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A large number of rattle feeders
from Umatilla, Wasco, Gilliam. Ilaknr,
Wallowa and Union counties mot at La
Grand«' to attend the first annual cat
tle fsedert’ - ■on volition.
The law enacted at the 1919 session
the legislature providing for a tax
Principal Events of the Week of
of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline sod H
Briefly Sketched for In fo r-. a cent a gallon on distillate sold In
Oregon has returned to th«- state up to
mation of Our Roadors.
N o m atter w here
March 1, 1920, proc«-«-d* totaling |390,-
912 22, according to a r«-port prepared
you buy“ Red Crown,
by Ham A Koz»r. assistant secretary
Concrete
monument*
are
to
be
u*««1
you always get the
by l.ane county In murkliiR the line of state.
same high-quality fuel.
John L. Hand, attorney of Maker,
of county rourin.
will
be appointed a in«-mb«T of th*
F
H.
Crosby,
Oregon
p
ion
eer
of
1849
I t is made to meet the
a resident of Albany, died in that city board of higher curricula to succeed
requirements o f your
aged utmost US years.
* A G ll«als of Tillamook at th» expira
engine.
Member» of the Northwest Wider- t i o n of th*- latter’s term Other mem
front Employers' union will hold t ielr bers of the board uA Jonah U. W l*^
"R ed C row n ” it all-re
biennial meet lug in I'ortlnnd April 10. Portland, (.’harb-s A brand. itoaeburg;
J K Hedge*. Oregon City, and C. J.
finery gasoline with the
For mi r President Ti.fl w'.ll lee ur.
Hmlth, Portland.
fall and continuous chain
at Salem May 28 nnd-r the nusplci « ut
Forty head of purebred Hereford cat-
tbe student» of W illamette unlver.lty
a t boiling points neces-
tl< wi re sold at La Grande Haturday
Htrlklna laundry worker» ut Ih<
aary for ready starting,
ut public auction by Andrew and Oar-
Mall»* have returned to their y-owltl >ns.
quick and smooth acceler
r*-tt Itlokland
Tb>- bidding was very
p<-ndtuK arbitration of the wngo <, i * h
low, probably du«- to the bad weather
ation. steady, dependable
lion
which prevailed. Didders from Union
power and long mileage.
The capai Ky of the state phi a uni | county. Mend and Maker bought the
Look for the "R ed C row n”
farm In lauie county 1» lit be dou -led stock, tb<- total amount raised by tbe
tht» year, arcordlnit to (lame Waiden sal«* te log $10,880
sign before you fill.
Shoe maker.
Governor Olcott, acting upon a re
M. A. Marl». 10 years old. empb y d port from Mr. W H. Lytle, state Veter -
a» a dock band on the »Isatm-r Id » Itiutlan. that a contagious disease of
patch, wu» drowned In the Coqi llle »h'-«'p known as wuhles exists In prac
rlver near Ilondon
tical! y all states outside of Oregon,
County fair stock titalln g 111 66« Issu'-d a proclamation abrogating th*
ha» been subscribed at I lend ,md pr-sent quarantine and making more
enoush more has been guaranteed to drastic the regulations attendant to the
make up an oven |20,0<0
»hlpim-nt of tb«-s«- animals Into th*
Fifty » « I crlntondants and principals state.
T. 0 Sudtell, Special A g t , Standard Oil Go., Cottage Grove, Ore.
of the Ku*t"rn Or«-gon ¡tchool u,,s< ela
Two new suw mills will be erected
1 1 .........
tion at*ended the annual i s m I iu of In the upper Willamette country south
the organization at 1-u Grande.
east of Fugem- at once. K. E. Hmlth
Fruit k rower» of Morto'i county re and associates, under tbe name of the
port orrhanl» to be In r vary promt In* (lukrldge Lumber company and who
condition. Foreboding» of gr«-»t dim recently bought 7,000,000 feet of gov
ago lost wlntor ban not teen reall/.i-d ernment timber on H&lmon creek above
/
e
Total ilepouit» In the bonks of the that town, have bought the machinery
»loti- on K< bruary 28, 1920, aggregated for a mill of 35,000 fe«-t capacity. The
1278.8-12,787.87, a decrease of »27.« 97. other mill will Is- erected by the Ed
955 46 »inn the call of November 17, wards Lumber company at Landax and
1919.
this plant w ill have a capacity of 25,000
A brunch of the state tuxpay r »’ feet.
I ague |* being organized In Hood 111»-
Pur- has*- of Hwan Island and remov
er county to combat the Non Part -an al of the west half of it from the river;
league or 1 Its alleged Oregon aff.Ila- closing of th<- pr>-»cnt crooked, donger-
tlon. the Ijm d and Labor l^-ogu<
: ous --list channel and the creation of
The d> partiiK nt of the Interior has a straight west channel 1600 feet wide,
noth It'd wau-r users In the Kla.n ith tog«.-tber with tho construction of a gi
Irrigation district that th" 1920 tote gantic mole on th«- < out side of Swan
for up« ration and maintenance will be Island, providing terminal and dockage
a minimum of |3 Instead of |1 25 for facilities superior to those of any other
43 S O U T H S IX T H S T R E E T
m 2 25
P H O N E 16 P3
each Irrigable acre.
| city on the Pacific coast, form the sali
Income and «-zee*« profits taxes ag ent feature* of a f 10.000,000 harbor de
gregating approximately 11,000,000 >)00 velopment plan submitted to the Port
have been paid Into the f«d«-ral tr-ae land city oouncll by a committee of flf-
ury a* the first Installment of the na teen.
’ f
tlon’a tax for 1919. Oregon'a portion
Eighteen thousand acre* of Indian
was over 17.000,000.
land* In the Umatilla Indian reserva
A conference of Morrow county tion will bo lcaa«-d upon *«-aled bids
school principals, directors atul tench on May 8. Announcement of the avail
era at IL-ppm* puss.-d rtsolutions rec ability of this land for lease ho* been
nmmendlna the salary of school mu mode by E. L. Schwartz lander, super
perlnteud- nt I»- flx« d at )3000 per y< ar intendent of tbe reservation. There
and a minimum salary of 21500 for are about 208 parcels In the offering.
teachers.
Not more than 800 acres can be leased
The Oregon fu b llc servlc«- commls to one p«*rson. The rules under which
slon will hold a conference with mem the land la leased also provide that two
bers of the Idaho public service com ycur leases only will be expected except
mission, officials of the Idaho Power when both parties agree to a four-year
company and the Oregon irrigation louse.
power users, at Ontario. Malheur coun
According to W. 1L Canon of th*
ty, on April 8.
lloseburg United State« land office. In
With the object of organising the quiries concerning the Oregon and Cal
sheep asd goat raisers In Mouglas ifornia lands are coming In at tbe rate
county. Agriculturist C. J Hurd has of about 100 a day. Although consid
called a meeting which will be held erable Interest Is manifested In these
In Iloacburg April 2, when the breed lands the rush that was expected prob
0
ers
will bo urged to Improve the grad« ably will not materlallsA. Most of th«
With the invention of the tractor the farmer ims become
of their herds.
requ< sts for Information are from ex-
nn ngriculturnlifit and hood may have to have a laboratory
Stockmen In the vicinity of Dixie service men who desire to exercise
and Murk«» arc greatly worried con their preference rights. It Is expected
and ImaineHN office for the proper and dignified conduct of
earning the feeding situation on the that there will b*- a large number of
wknt ia now a regular huaineNa. The farmer is mm not only
surrounding cattle ranges
At prtrs filings when the lands are opened to
^he moat independent of men lint the tractor ìn making him
ent the grass Is scarce on the low hills entry.
and there la no grass at all on the
a man of independent means. The h'ordson is the most prac-
Attorneys for the settlers on the cen
higher altitudes.
tral Gregofi Irrigation a*'gre*atloo
tieai for tin* farm of the Cottage drove country and the dif
Two men charged with selling or mode their first definite move In a
ference in the price is something that the business man farmer
chard tracts for the Mexican Land campaign to oust the Central Orison
company wen- temporarily detained In Irrigation company from control of the
will take into eonaideration. Always glad to have the chance
Portland by H. J Ahuldermau. state Irrigation system and the lands which
to demonstrate.
corporation oom in last oner, and com It wuters, by filin g a suit In equity to
pelled to return money advanced by prevent the company from collecting
a«'vcn purchasers of the lands.
any maintenance charges or from en
The minimum aoahi for common la forcing the collection on outstanding
bor In the various sawmills of Coos contracts until the Irrigation system Is
liny has te'On Increased from |4 80 per put Into condition to supply water for
F R E E D E M O N S T R A T IO N
day to |S.30 per day. as the result of the acreage wnlch has already been
J a conference b*‘tw«>«'n five employers
purchased.
and five representative* of the Loyal
The fruit situation throughout the
Legion of lo ggers and LumN-rmen.
Willamette valley ta good except In In
Sara A. Koxer, assistant »«'critury of stances where the tree* and vines were
state, has mailed out several thousand winter tnjur-d, said J. O. Holt, manag
pamphlets containing a digest of the er of the Eugene Fruit Growers’ asso
election laws of Oregon.
The pam elation and field director of the Ore
phlot Is a biennial product of the sec gon Growers’ association, after a trip
retary of state’s office and Is much through tho valley. Mr. Holt aaya that
sought by voters and office holders In all loganberry vines that had aot been
why
all sections of Oregon.
trelllsed before the freea<> came are In
were
The state highway commission haa fin«' shape, but as a rule the vines that
so skillfully
requested the state board of control were up on trejllsee were hilled down
Chesterfields bring you
to Issue 12,500,000 of bonds to meet to the snow line. There Is a vigorous
government aid In the construction ol growth of new shooti on those vines.
the best of Turkish and
post and forest roads In Oregory under
Fourteen rent# a pound Is being of
Domestic leaf, blended
the provisions of the co-operative fed fered by Halem buyers for the straw-
to bring out new de
eral aid law enacted at the special ses ’berry crop for 1920, according to an
lights of flavor.
sion of the legislature laat January
nouncement. Several contracts at this
The Marlon county grand Jury la ex prlc«- have been executed while other
pected to resume Its Investigation of growers are said to be conalderlng the
th«' affairs of the state treasurer’s de offer. It Is said that the product la
part ment this week after being en for shipment to eastern markets for
gaged with other business for several use of a fruit Juice corporation. The
days. The auditors employed by the loganb«'rrr situation remains unchang
state to examine the books of the ed anti quite a number of contracts are
treasurer will compb'te their work on being written at I I cents a pound.
Thursday. Their figure* and records Halem runners are meeting with
probably will be turned over to Attor eldership opposition this season, a nu
ney-General Brown and later submit her of outside buyers being on t
ted to th* grand Jury for consldsration. ground at ike present time.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
The Gasoline o f Quality
Plaster
Lime
Cement
Drain Tile
Pire Brick
Building: Blocks
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Independence Depends Upon
Having a Fordson
In2000Counties This Month
The Forces of the Church of Christ
W ill Gather To Face the Facts
I
N 2000 counties in the United States the pastors
and laymen o f 30 great denominations will meet
in conference this month.
It is the kind o f conference that generate hold
before a critical engagement; that business men
hold before entering a new market. A conference
o f judgment, not emotion; a clear-eyed facing o f
the facts.
A Survey that Business Men M ust Admire
For more than a year hundreds of workers have bean
quietly engaged in making a scientific survey of the mission
fields, and of America county b y county.
—Chesterfield
AND
not? Never
fine tobaccos
blended!
\ 'I
\
The facts developed are startling. N o such picture of
America's religious situation haa ever before been drawn.
On the basis of these surveys thirty Protestant de
nominations are uniting in a
Nation Wide Cooperative Campaign
Each of the thirty denominations has its own “ For
ward Movement” organized and officered. The Interchurch
W o rld Movement is the clearing house for aO of those.
It ia the agency which the churches have created to
avoid duplication, to footer cooperation and make sura that
every man and dollar render the utmost service possible.
T h e month of A p ril w ill b e devoted to j
the facts of the survey known to America; in the week of
April 25th - May 2nd, will come a united simuftaneous
financial campaign.
Whether You Are Inside the Church or Out
T o every man and every woman w ho loves hia country,
these 2000 county conferences are vitally important.
For the tecta developed by this great survey show
vividly what forces are at work in America— and what,kind
of a country this country ia to be.
,
S ee that the pastor o f y o u r church appoint»
delegatee. A n y pastor can tell y o u the con
ference place and date. O r m it e direct to the
I nterchurch
WORJJ) MOVEMENT"!
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43 W E S T 18th STREB T. N E W YORK C ITY
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through tha oooparatioa o f SO danoouaationa.
Every patron of The Sentinel is helping to give
Cottage Grove a newspaper which eminent au
thority has stated to be one of the best country
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Go to Woodson s for Fordsons
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l
in using such tool« as we
tell.
to
and
The user finds it easy
do
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w ork
quickly
w orking
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