Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Oregon) 1915-1921, November 21, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textt Jht Qtottw®rou? J AND VOLUME XXIX CANNERY PLANT EXPANSION IS IMPERATIVE floor H puro u t Equipment Munt II« Doublât In Order to Oar« for Increased Business. T ill' llllMt lll'MM u f ilio * "<»t tuK*‘ O w v t m n iiiir y him i'>|ionil<'il «n ru p id lv 'iii'l U m bonm tiiig m i im putar 11 m a rk e tin g |iliirn fu r lin ' prod uce o f tlii« ««'«tioM Doit* ihn lio u ril u f d ire cto r» fim i tinti rip im m o ii o f tim |iln iit lu in i|U 'rn llv ii i f Ib i' I iu r ìiic h « m to In4 lim ililn |. Mui'li ï ni'u Mint rollili not In* ki'|it lnmy in Ilio i ' l l rly limtnry of llii- innti tut ion will have to !■« duplicated mnl Ihr floor it I mi* ï* limi was thought ex frataglia! win'll tin' huildlrg wim put up in now wholly iiiiii!i'i|iinti<. It in prolmtili' Unit u'i'liIninni stock will In' M ihi for tin" pur pò»«' of making tin' ni'ri'uniiry Improvement* mnl if the no provi'ini'iit* urn authorised liy Ihr J ntoi hInililiTw, it in proliulilii ttint tho in nin flour will lir ok to iiiloii to Sixth ■traci, whom tho receiving of prmluro will ln< limilo much moro rouvoniout, mnl probably n «omini floor will tio added for tho storage of ompty raun, rrnton, boxes, otr. A ï lit 1 1 1 « • h h I floor Hpiiro in imperative for tho ï it at it Hit t inn of u parking plant for fronti fruit. If tho rnnnery hml Inon in nlni|M< to park No. I applon thin yonr an fronti fruit, it coutil have greatly inrrounoit its profits on thin fruit mut roiiht have nluppoil at leant eight rum. With a parking plant it run Ititi for tho entire proiluct of an urrharil in rompotition with other ran norton similarly oipiip|ioi|. An iiiljuiirt to thi' runnory that Woulil gn-utly mrroano profits woulil In' a vilii'ijxr plant to tuko caro of tho porling* unit wanto from pours nml up pit's. Another nulo trnrk in also nor o s m i ry. Now that tho stork in paying itivi tienila it In thought that It will lie oiny to noil nny roriMinnlilo amount of now stork thut m ay bo iioronnury in orilor to uiuko tho roipiirnl improv entrât». NATURES CONSERVATION WAY IS BEST Forests ittooil for Tho usami* o f Years am] Were Not Endangered Un til Advent of Man. The Hunt horn I'ncifir railway rum | >u ay, through its limit rninminsiotior, It. A. Mr Allmtrr, is advocating u now method uf fire prevention, that of run Ir.ill'll nurfaro fires tn do itwny with tho nrrumulations that broil forest fire*. Tho rum|uiny somln out a pain phlot putilinhoil by Captain Joseph Kilts, nnnoointo mointior of tho Amort ran rtooioty of Civil Engineers, ailvo- rating thia plan. The pmnphli't dwells upon tho fart that fires ruuneil by lightning most have boon as numerous in tho th»u smuts uf years during whirh the wont or ii forests stood before tho advent of settlors, yet tho trees wore not de stroyed, while under tho present policy of forest conservation our forests would bo swept away but fur vigorous work on the part o f fire patrols. Captain Kitts draws the inference thut if nature and the Indiana pro served the forests through surface fires, that method is the one for use in the present day, mid he makes the statement that unless this is done we are in danger uf n fire that will sweep mul destroy the entire timber belt from Mexiro to the Canadian boundary. g HORSES OVER ORADE ON LORANE MOUNTAIN A four horue teutn mid the loud of apples whieh it was bringing to Cot tnge Grove went over the grade on the Imrauo lull Friday afternoon. The horsea were frightened by a Iruek that wan laboring to make the grade. The horses went down the 'grade in such n manner that the wagon wns not over turned and the horaea themselves were uninjured, but Martin Foster, the driver, sustained u fractured ankle. Two empty trucks left here ut H o'eloek Fhduy morning by the Lorane detour, whirh hud become more popu lur than the Delight vulley d't-inr, but found the roiuls so bad in plures that they did not renrh Eugene until 0 o ’clock. Traffic is now coming through on I'ncifir. highway and the detours will be abandoned entirely within a lew days. OOTTAOB O KO VE % LEADER COTTAGE GROVE, LANK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1919 OCTOGENARIAN INDIAN WAR VET WOULD GET I. W. W.'B The I. W. W. incident at Centralis hns stirred the blood of even the older residents of the Cottage Grove country. '.'U ncle” Murin' Ventch, who ia well in the Hit’s mid served in the Indian war liftin'I'ltrly lilt’s, almost feels the lilood of youth coursing in his veins ugmn when he talks of the recent attack upon the Armistice day parade, He thinks the I. W. W. are worse nod more trearberona than the Indiiins, for the Indians hud some right to eltiirn that the white man should not have tillin' to tako their country uwny from them, while the I. W. W. lire those who have been invited here from for eign lumia mid now would destroy the country whieh welcomed them. “ Grandma'’ llulstoti, well along in the 70's mid who made a record in selling l.iberty bonds mid stumps nml getting Iteti Crons subscript ions during the war, does not hesitate to say what she thinks should lie dono to those who have sneaked in under our immigration luws only to now strike us iu the back. Cottage Grove grunge, at ita recent meeting, nppnintcd a rumini t tee to draw up resolutions condemning the 1 W. \\ ONE TRUCK DRIVER SAYS HE’LL OBEY LAW Observance of Regulation* Heema to He Question of Each Driver’ * • Own Inclination. To admit that one drives c motor vehicle of any kind u|sin the streets of Cottage Grove Is tantamount to ad mitting that he is a violator of the traffic ordinances, but violations seem to lie gradually growing fewer, nl though yet so numerous that it is a miracle that there nrr nut many acci dents. CrosKing to the wrong side of the street is one of the most dangerous mnl most freipient violations of the regulations. One driver of n delivery truck re ported to The Heutinel a few duyu ago that hereafter he in going to obey the ordinances and wants to see the law enforced for others. In thin mutter he i* likely to be disappointed for it seems that the matter of obeying the regulations lies entirely with the driv ers themselves, nml the only good ren son for obeying the regulations is that if mi accident Imp pen» the one obey mg the regulations will not be to blame. The Ha'iitincl has observed this jiar tiruinr driver currying hia good* across the street rather than to disobey the regulation by running unto the wrong aide of the street. The Hentinel would be pleased to record the fact that oth ers intend obeying the regulation*. TAX LEVY FOR YEAR 1920 IS $16,000 Additional Levy of $2000 I* Mode to Care for Interest on Out standing Warrant*. The city council has *et the tn* levy for next year ut $111,000, whi.'h i* an advance o f $2000 over last year. The additional amount is to be used iu paying interest on city warrants and it is planned to pay up interest in full each year, so us to keep all warrants Ht per. An issue of $0000 in improvement bonds has also been authorised in or der to take up the warrants for street improvements inaile this year. Don’t forget to save that two bit* by paving your subscription during November. • Pilot Woolny Gives Dad a Ride. Eugene Register: Although 1.teuton nnt Cecil Wooley hns been piloting Eugene airplune No. 1, owned by the Eugene Aero company, on flights ev ery few days for the past three months, he was never able to persuade his father, I.. F. Wooley, a former l.nne county newspn|M'r man, to go up until Sunday afternoon. The lieutenant hml just landed from a flight nml taking on gas mid water, asked, “ Who’s n e x tf" No one just at that minute seemed to want to ride, so the lieutenant turned to hi* father anil said: “ Well, dad, y o u ’d better try it.” “ Not on your life ,’ * replied pater. But after some persuasion mid considerable kidding from his friends about having “ cold feet,’ ’ Mr. Wooley donned tho aviator'a rap, climbed in ALL MINING CLAIMS and said “ Is*t ’er g o ." After the flight Mr. Wooley declared ARE EXEMPT FOR 1919 that he would not hnvc missed it for Miinng claims in liny number are the world. now exempt from nssessment work for lllllt, according to telegraphic word to Tlie Heutinel from Congressman Haw MARION TEETERS, 16, DIES OF RHEUMATISM ley. Mr. Hawley had previously se cured favorable net ion upon a resolu Mnrion George Teeters, 15 year-old tion suspending work on five claims son of Mr. and Mrs. George Teeters, only. died Tuesday morning, nfter having suffered several months with rheuma GAR0UTTE8 BUY OUT tism, whieh renched the heart. He ELITE CONFECTIONERY was born at Dorenn July P, 1904, and spent, his life in the Cottage Grove M. I’. Oaroutto and Earl (Inroutte country. The funeral was held from have taken charge of the Elite rim the chapel Thursday at 10 a. m., Kov. fei-tionery store mid lunch room, whieh Hamrick officiating. Interment wns in they laiught from Archie Thompson. the Hhields cemetery. Marion wns at The senior (Inroutte was for a number tending the high school mid the schools uf years superintendent of the Itrown of the ally closed during the funeral I.umber conipmiy's mill and recently service. Heaiden the parents, the fol completed •'«> years in the lumbering lowing brother and sisters survive: business. Euri was employed at the Ralph Teeters, of Astorin; Joyce same mill for n number of years, re Teeters, who is tenehing at Maker, nml cently having had charge of the re Myrtle, who is at home. The parents were planning to take saw. Mr. Thompson conducted the Elite Mnrion to Ht. Martin's springs for for n number of years. He hns not troutment on the morning of his denth. yet decided what line of activity he l ’ HONE YOUR NEWH. will entar. THE PETALUMA OF OREGON Following is u story clipped from the most recent issue of the Nortl wert Poultry Journal, written by W. ('. Con ner, former Cottago Grove editor, now editor of that farm joiiriial: Cottugu Grove, located in the extri ine nouthern end uf the Willamette valley in Lane county, Oregon, in years gone by beeiune known quite generally us the “ 1’etulumn of Oregon, ’ owing to the magnitude of the fancy, utility nml commercial poultry raised in that community. After many large ami sue. eessful poultry shows were held iu L'ot tage Grove ut which some of the best nml highest scoring birds on the coast were found, many of the poultrymen beemnr scattered amt for several yeurs little has lieen heard of that district us a poultry center. However, since the wur the poultry industry Ims grown to proportions fnr greuter than ever before, commercial egg plunts supplanting to a gn at de gree the former fancy nml utility in dustry. At this place, where the rams of the Willamette meet the sunshine of southern Oregon, the climatic condi tions seem ideal for the poultry in dustry and there ure those who through many years past have and still arc realising a satisfactory income from the commercial egg industry but have not becu saying much about it. Notable among these pioneer jmultry- men are C. F. Handy and H. W. Boyd, while many others have operated on a smaller seule during the lull in the poultry industry. Mince the close of the wur muny large and modern commercial egg pluuts have been established in the Cottage Grove district, the magnitude of which may be realised when we cnll attention to a couple of transfers re corded ut thut place late in October when Mr. I.ynch transferred his poul- try ranch and stock comprising about 7lH) White Is-ghorns tu Harrison I.. Rogers, late of the middle west, for $7mN). Mr, l.yncb then closed a deal for the smaller of the two commercial egg plants of John Hprny for a con sideration of $5000. This plant con siats of residence, two large double deck poultry hooaes and an acre tract ns well as 10tl0 fine White Leghorn hens und pullets. • Among other prominent commercial poultrymen of that community ure War. k Hon with u modern plant and 1500 White lu'ghorn hens und pullets, also 125 husky cockerels. Alfred Huuuer with a fine plant stocked with 1100 White Leghorns. liert Hands with a model little 3- acre plant und 1100 pulletn und hens und 150 classy cockerels. John Hpray, whose hobby la a double ■leek poultry house, is well stocked with heavy producing White la-ghorns to the number of 2000. J. D. Million has u model two-acre poultry plant and 304 early hutched White la-ghorn pullets. Dan Walton, who has a model plant and 7on Implicated White 1/eghorn pul lets and hens, ' ia busy increasing the rnpurity of his plant. H. W. Boyd, the pioneer o f the com mereial egg industry in the community, who has a fine plant und fruit farm in conjunction near town, anil is a breeder of the Tom Barron large strain o f White Leghorns exclusively, keep* tin average of 000 heavy producing hens nil of thut well known English strain. Win. Keyes, a neighbor o f Mr. Boyd, also maintains a fine little plant and about 400 English White leghorns of the Boyd strain. In the same neighborhood is Walter Gamutte, whose best paying farm side line is his 100 Tam Marron White Leg horn* from the Boyd stock. Mm* Augusta Guroutte is building up n nice little town lot poultry plant with this sume strain of White Leg horn«. Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Miller have es tablished a fine plant mid have sev eral hundred heavy producing White Leghorns, their plant representing sev ernl years of hard work, they being handienpped by Mr. Miller being blind, but by perseverance and good manage ment they have built up a successful little business. Win. Hogiite has bought im acreage east of Cottage Grove and is laying the foundation for a profitable com mereial egg plant. 1«. R. Isdig has recently constructed a modern double deck luying house l*i by 40 feet and has 2(H) fine White l^'ghorns on the job. Hamilton Venteh has purchased some 50 Tam-red Leghorn hens as a founda tion for a new commercial egg plant in Cottage Grove. W. W. MeFarlnnd is a farmer of the community who has long considered u good flock of White leghorns us a very profitable furra side line. C. F. Handy, another pioneer in the commercial egg business, has a fine 5 acre plant und a large flock of heavy producing White Is'ghorns. He was formerly a Huff leghorn breeder. David Hterling champion* the famous old Burred Rocks and has an excellent Inying strain with slundard qualifica tions, one young hen recently having given him forty eggs in forty suc cessive days, and many of them have heavy annual egg records. Mr. Hter- ling is a trap nester and Mrs. Hterling is business manager for the firm. E.,C. Conner is in the business for both eggs and meat and swears by the big White Rocks, he having both the Wilke and Daniels strain. His “ Moun tain View Farm” near Cottage Grove, ia to be the home o f registered Jer seys. |>edigrecd goats, sheep and— White slocks. Jns. H. Henson hns for years been quietly developing a fine 15-acre fruit farm which, when he desires to retire from the routine business of dis|iensing powders and pills, will be made the iiomr of Henson's famous Rhode Island Red* whirh for some years he has been diligently breeding up to a high state of |U'rfectioti and at the sume time making production one of the chief requirements. Muny others are engaged in the poultry industry in the Cottage Grove community on a smaller scale, many of whom will be heard from at a later date and who are doing their part in a smaller way to maintain Cottage Grove’s well established reputation ns the “ l ’etaluina of Oregon.” Being tho trade center for a large lumber, mining, fruit, farming mid poultry district, this little city is en- joying prosperity and is making rapid progress and development. THE SENTINEL’S FIRST PAGE MAKE UP IS SUBJECT OF COMMENT The most recent issue o f Oregon Ex changes, the little magazine published by tho department of joornalism of the University of Oregon, says that “ The Cottage Grove Hentinel observes all the typographical canons and prin ciples of display and the result is, week after week, one of the most at tractive und easily readable newspapers that tom«» to this desk. With a six column paper, The Hentinel uses a »mull size of heads— two decks, both in the inverted style, the upper deck io IX point condensed caps. The Hentinel rarely has fewer than 20 stories on itc first page, often up to 40, and the oize of tbu heads is, apparently, based on the relative length and importance o f the articles. An occasional halftone livens up the appearance. The Heutinel, however, uses no cuts other than those o f loenl significance. The general ef fect ia most inviting, and the reader who pieks up The Hentinel does ont fee| that he is wandering desperately around in search of news with no guid ance or cooperation from the editor.” I. W. W. THREATEN LEONA MILLS PROPERTY Burning of Store Building Said to Be but First Outrage of Organ ized Propaganda. It has been thought that this sec tion of country wa* free of I. W\ W. activities, due to the efforts o f the Ixiyal Legion in keeping suspicious characters weeded out, but indications are that some of that ilk have got in their work at Leona, where the general merchandise store of the Leona Mills company recently was destroyed by fire. The report hns reached here that a few days after the fire a placard was found on the door of the home of Henry Fisher, the manager, reading, “ Henry Fisher you dirty dog, this is only the first,” or words of that gen eral meaning. Several witnesses were ealled to see the sign before it was removed. The incident has stirred the Loyal Legion to a more active organ ization and the property of the mill company is guarded by 34 men. Home have suggested that the placard was the work of a practical joker, but it is hardly thought anyone would carry a joke that far. NO SWIMMING HOLES ALONG NEW HIGHWAY New Highway, Combined With Old, Is Now In Use Between Here and Saginaw. The road between Cottage Grove and Haginaw is now in passable condition and is being used by traffic. The fine weather of last week gave Contractors Kyun and Corson full opportunity to fiuish a dirt cut and spread the neces sary rock. The road is not yet a boule vard but by the use of part of the old road and part of the new road a high way has been provided over whieh travel is not uncomfortable. At least there are no swimming holes to be ne BUSY BEES STILL STORING EVERGREEN BLACKBERRY IS gotiated. The Delight valley road was placard NATIVE OF SOUTH PROVISIONS IN WINTER ed as impassable early last week and COMMISSARY SEA ISLANDS traffic directed by the Lorane road, which was found to be much better. Someone recently brought up the “ U ncle" Hurno Ventch, who hns lived here ever since there has been question o f the origin of the Evergreen Don’t forget to save that two bita any place here to live, reports that he blackberry, once a pest in the Will.cn- by paying your subscription during saw liees putting away bee bread Hun | ette valley, now a very respectable November. day, which is the latest in the year producer of profits from fence corners to the best of his recollection that j and waste land. Many Attend Football Game. George II. Himes, curator o f the these frugal insects have been known Among those from here who saw to be adding to their commissury 1 Oregon Historical society, suvs that an Evergreen biuckberry vine was Oregon down O. A. C. at Eugene Hut- stores. urday were John Woodard, M. H. An Mr. Ventch’* father-in-law, Samuel growing in the yard of J. B. Ht evens derson, Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. Mackin, It. Ventch, also a pioneer of 1X52, hi Portland in the early 50's and that “ Happy” Roberts, Elbert Smith, Al. brought to this country the first, stand the seed of that plant was brought Adams, Ray Kerr, Frank Knox, F. C. of bees. It wns shipped in from Cali from the Hnndwich Islands. Mr. Himes Coffman, Glen Hmith, O. M. Arthur, fornia and cost $100. The bees which says the Evergreen hlncklierry is n na Huperintendent and Mrs. W. G. “ Uncle” Hume watched Sunday prob tive of the South Sea Islands and that Beattie, Albert Griffin, C. A. Bur one of the Fijis is covered with this ably were lineal descendants of those tell, Wm. Ostrander Prentice Callison, which his w ife's father brought here berry. Victor Kem, Raymond Veatch, Chester so many years ago and that early Anlauf, E. S. ilolderman, Harlow Gar stnnd of bees seems to have been al BRINGS JERSEY HERD TO etson, Charles Ferguson, Charles Hall, most ns prolific ns the Veatch family. Virgil Powell, Dale Wyott, Mrs. J. B. FAVORED DAIRY Howies, Mr. and Mrs. Helden Powell, COUNTRY Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McFarland, Mrs. Lorone Young Mon Dies Suddenly. John Baker, Mrs. A. W. Kime and Aaron Gilbert, of Lorane, aged 20. J. I. Jones is another who pins his son of Steve Gilbert, died suddenly faith to tho Cottage Grove country as daughter Geneva, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Monday. He wns not known to be ill an ideal dairy section. Ho boliovos Chambers, James Potts and daughter but when the younger children came also that tho best dairy country in Myrtle, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hall, home from school they found him demi tho world should have the best dairy George nnd Miss Hildred Hall, Mrs. on the bed. stock and has brought the Bedford M. F. Wyatt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles herd of Jerseys hero from west of Adams, Misses Lenora Hubbeli, Juda Trunnell, Lois Thomas, Lillian Lewis, RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP IS Drain. There are 12 cows and heifers Elsie Lea, Blanche Miller, Hazel Wat and one bull in the herd, nil registered, BUT ONE QUARTER THAT giving Mr. Junes u total herd of 25, kins, Kathleen Kem, Florence Heraen- way, Eva Hartung, Mary Ellen Ben OF LAST YEAR all Jerseys. son and Alice Garetson, Mrs. Armand Wynne, H. W. Titos, Mr. and Mrs. The totnl memberships taken in the Claud Hchrack. third nnnunl lied Cross roll call just MRS. MYERS FIRST OF FAMILY OF 10 TO DIE closed for this district were 401) for CITY ATTORNEY BELIEVES tho city and X!l for tho country, ac Mrs. Arthur K. Myers, of Delight PHONE RATES TO OO DOWN cording to complete reports received by Mrs. J. W. Buckley, chairman of tho Valley, died unexpectedly Tuesday nt Eugene Register: O. H. Foster, city drive. This is a drop from 600 for the tho hospital, where she had been country districts and a material reiluc brought suffering with n severe ease of attorney of Eugene, who attended the thin in the total membership which jaundice. Funeral arrangements have telephone rate hearing before the state Inst year wns 1364. A donation of not been completed pending word from public service commission in Portland relatives. Mrs. Myers was a daughter during the week, has returned to the $4 in rush wns also received. of Mrs. J. H. Lake. The husbnnd, a city confident that the “ Burleson” tl-yenr-old daughter and a lti-months- rates as put into effect a short time The Hentinel wnnts the news. old daughter survive. This is the first ago by the Pacific Telephone and Tel death in n family of 10 children, the egraph company in this state will be GEORGE CURRIN IS AGAIN following surviving: Henry Isiko, of reduced and says he believes that they LAID UP BY INJURY Cottage Grove; Andrew Ijike, o f Noti; will be reduced to nearly what the Mrs. Fronie Cox, of Marcola; Mrs. puhlie service commission fixed as a George Currin is again suffering Frances Briggs, o f Hnginnw; Mrs. Dora fair rate. from injuries sustained in n mill acci Havens and Mrs. Ollie Pnrteous, of dent. This time he sustained severe West l’ oint, Calif.; Mrs. Tildie Cole, Hear Sousa at Albany. injuries to a finger of the loft hand of lorane, and Mrs. Minnie Myers, of Among those from here who attend when he eniiglit it under n beard while Hnginnw. ed the concert at Albany Saturday by employed at the W. L A E. company's Sousa’s hand were Mr. and Mrs. L. i l Don’t forget to save that two bits Harrel, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Beidler, mill. He wns recently Inid up for sev by paying your subscription during eral months as the result of injuries George Matthews, Bert Trask. Miss * l-ela Ferguson, Miss llasel Weldon, sustained while employed at Leona and November. before that had a real seiaion with the Carl and Fred Bennett and Mr. and PHONE .YOUR NEWS. flu. Mrs. T. Q. Hudtell. NUMBER 9 R. R. TAKES WAGON ROAD SETTLERS SWIM Resident! Along Bluslaw Have Means o f Travel Left Ex cept by Water. No Declaring that all means by law have been exhausted to secure the recon struction o f the wagon road along the Hiuslaw river between Maplcton and Acme, which was dentroyed when the Coo* Bay branch of the Honthern Pa cifie was built in 1911, J. C. Beck, a prominent resident of Mapleton and a farm owner, is in Eugene in un en deavor to enlist the aid of public opinion, hoping in some way to make an effective appeal to the railway company to keep its alleged promise to restore the road. According to Mr. Beck, the eounty court in granting the franchise to the Houthern Pacific company to build its grade on land occupied by the county road, entered into a contract whereby the company was to rebuild the road after the railway was completed. Mr. Beck says “ after the railway had been in operation for some time the farmers along the line began to wonder what had become of this contract and the question was taken up with the county court and railway company. The Houthern Pacific company offered the county the sum o f $17,500 as compen sation for the destruction o f the wagon road in lieu of building a new one, but the settlers affected protested strongly against accepting nny money, declaring that they wanted their road back, and the eounty court turned down the o f fer. “ The eourt then turned the whole matter over to the publie service com mission of the state. This was three years ago. The eommiaaion, after a henring, sessions having been held both at Eugene and at Mapleton, ruled that the railway company should rebuild the wagon road, and gav<T it a certain length o f time in which to do so. The company appealed to the eirenit court of Ijine eounty on the ground that the commission had no jurisdiction. The court sustained the decision o f the commission, whereupon the railway company appealed to the supreme court and abont six months ago that tribunal reversed the lower court. ' ' This is all they are able to do as far as the law is concerned, and now some other means will have to be tried to secure the reconstruction o f the road. “ The conditions as they are left by the railway company when the grade was built are such that the farmers living along the right-of-way are not able to drive a team even to their neighbors’ farms without taking the water route, und they are unable to drive to and from Mapleton, their nearest trading point. They are com pelled in every instance to travel in boats on the Hiuslaw river. “ The worst feature of all is that our school children are compelled to walk to and from their sehool on the railroad grade, an extremely dangerous practice. Before the railroad was built they walked on the wagon road. It is true that the railway company has con sented to allow the children to use the track, and has laid planks on all the trestles for them, but with trains com- ing and going at all hours it can easily be seen that the children are in con stant danger.” PEOPLE OF DELIGHT VALLEY WANT ROAD MONEY Think County Court Should Find Cash to Fix Road Used as Detour During Past Sommer. The people of Delight valley are highly dissatisfied with the eounty court because it professes to be unable to locate money with which to improve the road through the valley whieh it used as a detour road while I’acifio highway was closed to traffic, with disastrous results to the road, although it is practically impassable during the winter season regardless of the araonnt of traffic. A delegation was informed that the county court would match $500 to be raised by the district but tho residents along the road are not inclined to think this would go very far in making a winter road. People of the valley are of the opin ion that their road will be used again next year as a detour while hard sur faced paving is being laid. RASPBERRIES STILL RIPEN AND ROASTING EARS ARE IN THEIR PRIME This fall has been the mildest in many years in the Cottage Grove country. Mrs. C. M. Jackson a few days ago picked fully ripened raspber ries from her garden. There still were green berries and blossoms on the bushes. Bake Stewart brought into the city a few days ago roasting ears from his Dorena garden which were in prime condition. SAYS LOYAL LEGION IS GREAT ORGANIZATION A. W. Mueller, general field officer o f the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, former member of the legislature and former Columbia coun ty attorney, visited Loyal legion rumps in this section daring the past week. He made the statement that the legion ia doing the greatest work of any organisation of working men in tke history of the world and that this fact it being rapidly recognised by employers of labor. He found the legion in a prosperous and healthy con dition in this section.