Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader., March 05, 1920, Image 4

The Sentinel
iting has been done, the editor o f the
Vtlnntio declares, except th at por­
tions have boon om itted here and there
ing to the length of the inaiiuseript
A W eekly Now«paper W ith P lenty ow
which comprise,! some 180,000 words.
o f Backbone
Here art* a few paragraphs:
E lbert Bode nml E lbert Sm ith Publisher« “ All the way from the other logging
E lbert Bed*__ ___________________ E ditor cam p in the beautiful mountain« wo
in a wugou. Two horses were in
A first-cla«» publication entered at Cot came
front of us. They wulkod in front of
tage Orove, Ore., aa aeeend-claaa matter us
all the way. When first we were
come, we did live with some other
is Office
-tlh»*t "
(H-ople in the ranch house that w nsn't
SU BSCRIPTION r a t e s
all
build,*,! vet. A fter th at we lived in
On* year____ $2.001 Three months....50« a tent,
and often when it did rain
Six month«
1.001 Single copy.— - #e many raindrop«
right through
No aubacription listed for lea» tiiau Oi'c the ten t. They did eniiio
On Monday, March 1, the railroad line« of the Southern
fnll in p a tters on
~ r -------------
the stove and on the floor nnd on the
M ember of
Pacific. Company were returned to their owner« for
table. Too, thoy did uiuke th e quilts
N ational E ditorial A ssociation
operation. As a war measure they lmve been in charge
Oregon S tate E ditorial A ssociation
on the bods some dam p— but th at
Orearon Newapaper Conference
d
id
n
’t
m
atter
much
because
they
soon
of the government during the last two years and two
W illam ette Valley E ditorial Association got dried hungitig around the stove,
Lane County Publisher«’ A ssociation lly nnd by we were conn* from the
months. The stockholders in that period had nothing
tent to Jhis lumber shniity. It has got
to do with tho management.
VRIOAY. MARCH 5, 1920.
a divide in it. One room we do have
sleeps in. In the other room we do
IS o r A L W H ITE L E Y IIE R S E L F OB have breakfast and supper. Back of
In taking over the management of this property, the
SOMEONE E LSE?
the house are some nice wood-rats. The
policy
of the owners will be to give as satisfactory ser­
(Concluded from first page.)
most lovely of them all is Thomas
(.Tin I ter ton J u p ite r Zeus. By the wood
vice as lies in their power in return for the pntronnge
C ottage Orove, the nature of the little shed is a brook. It goes singing on
given us; to seek the co-operation of shippers and pas­
Opal was changed, th a t the nature I t ’s joy does sing in uiv heart.
. . .
which was th a t o f her parents left the
sengers and of the whole people in having our service
body an d flew to a sp iritu al world in
“
Between
the
ranch-house
and
the
reasonably responsive to the public needs.
the great unknown and th a t another
we live in is the singing creek
nature took possession of the deserted house
the willows grow. Wo have con
tenem ent of clay, th a t the new Opal where
And there 1 do dabble my
not rem em bering the* parent* o f the vorsntious.
We have to ask the patient forbearance of the public
beside the willows. 1 feel the
other Opal, thought th a t a substitu toes
feels
of
gladness
they
do
feel.
And
of
during
the readjustment period of the next six months.
tion of body as well as of spirit had
it is 1 go from the willows to the
It
is
true
during these six months the government con­
taken place and th at the parents, hav ten
m eeting of the road. That is just in
ing had charge of th e body and not fro
tinues
the
standard return allowed the lines while under
u
t
of
the
much-house.
There
the
the sp irit and the nature, did not road does have divides. It goes three
its control, based on the pre-war earnings But this
know of this substitution which did ways. One way the road does go to
not change the form or featu res or the
return is subject to certain legislative directions by
house
of
Sadie
M
cKinxie.
It
does
fam ily resem blancof
n ’t stop when it gets to her house
congress
that will affect operations during this period,
Those who believe th a t the spirits but
m ostly I do.
o f the dead are about us, might easily
which
ends
August 31 next. We expect, however, with­
work out such a theory, for the Opal “ 1 went to talk things over with
in this six months to mature plans for the future These
which we have known, while aggru my chum. M ichael Angelo Snnzio Kn
vatingly naughty, as her diary relates, pliaol. He is th at most tall fir tree
plans had to be held in abeyance thus far because of
yet seemed to be from the world ajm rt, th
a
t
grow
s
ju
st
bark
of
the
barn.
1
uncertainty as to the legislative conditions to accom­
a being of another world. She seemed
up the barn door. Erorn there
often even herself to forget her own scooted
pany
the return of the roads to their owners for opera­
I
clim
bed
on
to
the
lower
part
of
the
bodily presence here when in day barn roof. I walked up a ways. l?p
tion,
and these conditions have beep determined by
dream s she would fall from trees and there
I tak e a long look at the world
other high places.• • •
congress only within the last few days. We now have
about. One gets such a good wide view
of the world from a barn roof. A fter,
to study what is before us in law and in fact and get
M any who have alw ays know n the I looked looks in four straig h t ways
our bearings anew.
W hiteleys scout the idea th a t is set and four corner ways. I said a little
down in O pal's diary. The parent and prayer. I alw ays say a little pruyer
other relatives, apparently sore at lief ore I jum p o ff the barn into tb,
The operating organization as it existed under South­
heart, characterise it as the v ag a­ arm s of M ichael Angelo Snnzio Ra
ries of a m ind th a t has been abnorm al­ pbael, because th at jum p is quite »
ern
Pacific management has been to some extent dis­
ly developed along unusual lines. A long jum p, and if I did not land in
arranged during the period of federal control and op­
few believe O p al’» story and nearly the arm s of M ichael Angelo Sanzio Ha
all believe th a t Opal herself is sincere phael, I m ight get my leg or neck
erating practices have been changed, but the benefit
ill its telling.
broken. T hnt would mean th a t 1
of any new practices that may have proved efficient
The Sentinel has not the space to would have to keep still a long time,
a t this tim e go fu rth er into detail as Now I think th at would be the most
in the public service during the government control
to this and other portions of the diary, aw ful tjiing th at could happen, for 1
period, will, of course, be retained.
but a review of the same is published do so love to be active. So I alw ays
herew ith together w ith portions of say a little prayer and do th at jump
the diary itself. I t is a most rem ark­ in a careful way. Today when I did
We could not purchase equipment after we entered
able piece of literatu re—one of the jum p, I did land right proper in that
most rem arkable the world has ever fir tree. It is such a com fort to nes
'the
war because the government took control and war
known—and is a fulfillm ent of the tie up to M ichael Angelo Sanzio Ha
financing
occupied the field, while during the rest of
prediction of her m any loving friends phael when one is in trouble. He is
th a t Opal would a tta in a high goal if such a grand tree. He Has an under
the
time
the
question of adequate credit had to wait
she did not wreck her health w ith standin g so u l.’’
for answer in congressional action. On the other hand,
overw ork, which she frequently has Q uite a bit of territo ry for an or
come near doing.
the locomotives and cars in service have been subjected
dinary «¡x-yenr-old child; but Opal was
not, of coarse, an ordinnry six-year-old
to the most active use and new rolling stock has not
child.
been renewed throughout the country in normal num­
H ere is -another paragraph:
THE STOEY OF OPAL
“ When I was coming back fr m
bers for the increase of normal traffic. The burden
feeding them (baby yellow-jackets) 1
of
extraordinary war movements fell heavily upon all
heard a loud noise. T hat Hob Kyder
was
out
then*
by
the
chute
shouting
kinds of rolling stock, making it impossible to shop the
(By E lbert Sm ith)
a t God in a very quick way. He was
Opal W hiteley has arrived.
equipment at the proper time, and repair work was
begging
God
to
dam
thnt
chute
right
And, w ith her usual rare discrim ina­ there in our back yard. W hy, if God
further
delayed by shortage during the larger part of
tion, she has selected A m erica’s most
ered his prayer, we would be in
exclusive magazine— the A tlan tic—in answ
the
war
period in both men and material.
aw ful fix. The house wc live in
which to accomplish her arriv al, tin- an
would
lie
under
w
ater,
if
God
dammed
•
vehicle W ing a series o f articles on
u te.’’
titled “ The Story of O p al,’’ the first th a I t t ch
The
problem
before
us
at
once,
therefore,
is how to
would seem th a t the educational
of which nestles snugly in the place o f curriculum
of
a
logging
camp
takes
in
put to the best use the passenger train cars and the
honor in the current number. And upon
of territo ry too. And a six year
the A tla n tic ’s classic cover her nam e, a old b it child
freight
cars that are in service, and how to put into
be pardoned for misin
like Abou Ben A dham ’s, leads all the terp retin g may
things
in
the
advanced
rest.
courses.
“ The Story o f O p al’’ purports to be H ere is an other:
the diary of Opal W hiteley. From some
tim e in her sixth year to the present, “ Then I saw a man and woman
according to an introductory note by com ing across the field. The man was
tho editor, it has continued w ithout carryin g a baby. Soon I m et them. It Ami he did. And the nngels looking
was Ijirry and Jean and their little Town from heaven saw their happiness
serious interruption.
It is inevitable th a t the au th en ticity baby. They let mo fiat the b a b y ’s tind brought a baby reul soon, * * *
of the purported w ritiugs of children hand and sm ooth back its hair, for 1 hieh mu* very nice, for u baby is
—especially of six-year old children— do so love babies. When I grow up I such n com fort and tw ins are u m ulti­
Thing« Ottwn Thiak and Wkst W«
should be doubted, and Opal and her w ant tw ins am i eight other children, plication table of blessings.”
Think tf U m Tbiagt Other« Thiak
friends may as well prepare, w ith such and I w ant to w rite outdoor books for
A
desire
for
“
tw
ins
and
eight
more
everyw here. T onight, afte r ch ild re n ” m ust certainly be credited
equanim ity as they |
, to w eather children
the storm of controversy which “ The l-arry anil Jean started on, I turned to a child not more thun six years old, The morui yard stick your neighbor
again to wave good bye. I rem em bered but we must adm it (w ithout doubting uses on you is usually a short on*—
Htory of O p al” will precipitate.
It is true th a t orthography and punc­ the first tim e I saw l.nrry and Jean, ts au th en ticity ) th a t the rest of the about the snme length us the one you
tuation have been conventionalized, to and the bit of poetry he said to her. paragraph seems a bit heavy for the uae on him.
• • •
m ake the tex t more readable for folk They were standin g by an old stum p Hveraga run o f grown-ups.
• as
w ithout sufficient m ental ngility to in the lane where the leaves whispered.
It
beats
nil
how
surprised n girl can
adapt them selves readily to o riginal­ Jean was crying. He flatted her on
appear
when
the
question
is popped—
‘
The
Htory
of
O
p
a
l”
is
prefaced
ities in those respects’ but th at may the shoulib-r and said:
a fte r she hus been prepnring for it for
by
two
biographical
introductions,
one
In- considered a concession t<r the a v ­ ‘There, little girl, d o n ’t cry,
by the editor of the A tlantic and on* six months.
• • •
erage reader rather than n discredit to
I ‘II come iiaek and m arry you
by O pal; but to the people of C ottage
the original m anuscript. No other ed-
by ami by. ’
The man who deserts the fam ily hi*
Grove, who have known tier from in
has helped to create is so sm all by
fancy, Opal needs no introduction.
In her own introductory note, hew nature thut u m osquito co u ld n ’t find a
*
ever, she has woven for her story u landing place.
trago rom antic background out of
which she m aterializes a fictitious par
A m a n ’s holiday is ju st w hat his
entuge to whose early training she as wife has been, w aiting for. Hhe hus
cribes the influence which directed her saved up about u w eek ’s work in an
subsi-quent precocious developm ent. We ticipation of the occasion.
• mm
rnay speculate with in terest upon the
ffect which this revelation, whether I’rosperity seems to cause more d il
fact or fiction, will have upon, her content than hard tim es -th e more
book. W hile it doubtless will afford there is to get the more folks im agine
readers of her journal an opportunity they u re n ’t g ettin g their share.
• • •
for cogitution upon a more or less
hackneyed them e, it will add no artis
W idows nnd widowers are not ns sel
ic value to the work, and those who fish luid avaricious us other peoph
love O p ul’s friends— the trees, flowers, M any of them devote much tim e and
birds, plants snd subordinate fauna— atten tio n to looking out for No. 2.
t TI
will, we think, agree th u t the sp irit of
childhood which sings in every line W hen a mnn gets so seriously in love
of “ T he Htory of O p al,’ ’ would have th a t he declares him self ready to lay
scaled the heights of literary distine down his life for his sw eetheart, it i«
tion on th e ir own power.
really cruel o f her to facetiously a sk :
“ On the d e a d !”
• • •
A sm all ripening often leads to large
Tho Oregon A gricultural college
opportunities.
tenches poultrying w ith moving pic­
More men fall from being light tures. A picture of the hen g ettin g n
headed than because they c a n ’t bal­ move on would be som ething like it.
• • •
ance what they have in their upper
stories.
I
f
only
the
good
were to tench high
* • •
er m orals this old world would be in a
A «lining w ith electricity in her hair bad way.
• • •
should turn the sw
• itch.
• •
Pencils are being mnde from p o ta­
The mnn who never brags about his toes and m en ’s collars from milk. If
pugilistic abilities wins the m ajority of some friend of hum anity would only
fights.
discover a method w hereby the squeal
of the croaker could be transform ed
Hadden popularity ruins fully ns into an nrtiele of diet and the wasted
m any men as sudden prosperity.
energy of the knocker harnessed and
used for m otive power, we would feel
A tru th fu l mnn sometim es has to tell th a t the millenium was close at hand.
• • •
n lie to a ttra c t attention.
• • *
A rrniri who is m arried may not be
We hnve never yet seen a man so nblo to do anything he wishe*— but
loyal to p arty th a t he would refuse neither dims he do an ything ju st ns his
votes from the other «id3.
w ife wishes.
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good condition for service «very piece of equipment
to be had. This problem is before every railroad.
Abreast of this is the larger question whether the
earnings under the now law, the “ Transportation Act
of 1020," will be enough to establish the credit of the
railroads at a point where they can provide themselves
with the facilities of all kinds that they need to give
the public proper service. We have the will if only we
can find Uie ways and means. These are not easy to
find, for an assumed earning of even 0 per cent, and no
assurance of that, is not attractive to anyone having
money to invest when money is worth 7 or 8 per cent
in tho open market.
Hence, the effect of the new act of congress upon
earnings and upon the credit of the railroads cannot
be immediately determined. This act provides for a
rate-making structure, under which, during the next
two years the railroads will be permitted to earn up
to BVa per cent annually on the value of the railroads
as may be determined by the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The Commission has power at its discretion
to increase those possible earnings to 0 per cent, the
added one-half of one per cent to be used only for
improvements to the property.
No guarantee of any kind is given to any railroad,
but half of any earnings over 8 per cent are to be
taken by the government to make loans to railroads
that may need them for improvements or to care for
obligations falling due, or to obtain and lease equip­
ment to the carriers that cannot afford to buy It.
Obviously these elements in the situation will have
to be considered in making our plans. The Interstate
Commerce Commission is the deciding body with respect
to value of the properties, as well as the rates which
are to yield the bi/a per cent return thereon, and much
will depend upon the vision and promptness of action
with which that body accepts its great responsibilities.
In the meantime it is particularly desirable, in view
of the shortage of equipment, that every effort be
made by shippers and the railway foroes to continue
heavy c&r loading and train loading, and to lose no
time in loading and unloadtng cars.
Believing that we will have the full oo-operation
of the people served by eur lines in dealing with the
problems presented, it is due them that in thus aiding
us they should know what problems we hnve to meet.
You can rest assured we are not idle with respect to
them.
WM. SPROULE, President
‘‘I’ll says
Tell the Good
the Judge
World”
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real satisfaction out of
his chewing.
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its rich taste. You don’t
have to take so many
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who uses the Real To­
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you that.
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RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
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