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About Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Oregon) 1915-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1920)
T «»'- The Sentinel A Wwkly Newspaper With Plenty of Backbone of property is essentinl in opening n road or way necessary to th«> develop meat of agricultural or other re sources. Ample protection is given the owner of property. A sensible measure EQ08. OATS. SCHOOL TEACHERS KINGS WE THINK TW»*» OHier« Busk tsd What W. Tk'sk of Mio Iti**« 0 th « r« Hunk to pivumte development. Vote 300 KIbort Bede and Elbert Smith Publiahi'r» Yes. Klbort Bed« Editor 302-303— Amendment to rinse limit Every person has some good point of state road bond indebtedness from A first-elfta» publication entered at Cot 2 per ceut to 4 per cent. No tax is look fat .t • • • tage Grove, Ore., aa second-clasa matter levied by this measure. It simply |«-r A large voice Is impressiyc until it tnits the legislature and the voters, to Huainesa Office_________ 412 East Main issue road bonds up to 4 per cent of gets oppressive. • • • SUBSCRIPTION RATES the assess«‘d valuation of the state One year____ #2.001 Three m»ntha.._50e Bonds already authorised by the legis Sometimes a woman looks the worst Six months 1.00 1 Single copy.—— 5c biture can not be issued uuless this way for a man. • • • No subscription listed for less than 60c amendment is enacted. State road work Anywav an egotist uses his I ’s as would have to stop. Building of paved Member of main highways by the state must go inueh ns his tongue. National Editorial Association • • • Oregon State Editorial Association on. Automobile license fees are ample Oregon Newspaper Conference There is no fool like the fool who to take up all bonds that would be Lane County Publishers ’ Association tries to fool hituself. issued. Vote 302 X Yes. • • • 304 305 -Amendment restoring cap FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1820. The man who conserves his conversa ital punishment. Inflicting of death something to nuy. penalty left to judgment o f the jury, tion always has • • • which mt'ntis that it seldom would be An angel o f a wife is one who sees inflicted. The increase in cold blooded of Itor spouse. homicides shews that tht'ro must be to the worldly comforts A D V IC E ON M EASU RES. • • • fear of the death penalty to deter The suffragettes are disposed to give criminals. The Sentinel favored nhol ishiug the denth peuulty. It now fa the House of lairds a thorough clean ing. Following its usimi custom, The Sen vors restoring it. Vote 304 \ Yes. • • • 300 307—An nmendiueut permitting tinel gives herewith its opinions us to A hen kept by one o f the western the action that should be taken on the Crook and Curry counties to issue measures before the people for action bonds aud warrants to take up iuvol colleges laid 368 eggs last year. Edu notary indebtedness. Merely an etmb cation pays. a week from today. • • • Whether or not you follow the ad ling act wanted by those it affects. A startling lie attracts attention \ ote 306 X Yes. vico given herewith, it is your dutv to 305 300— Amendment providing sue where the truth would not but is it vote. You are uot the beet kind of a citi sen uuless you do vote. It is your cession to governor. In case of di'nth worth whilef • • • privilege and a prerogative which you or inability of governor to serve, the There are many things wo all wish i-hould exercise. Vote yea or no, but succession i» to pr«‘sident of senate vote, and so inform yourself before and speaker o f house. Superseilos the wo know- and many nioro that we wish hand that you will kuow what you are present disorderly succession of the wo didn't know. • • • secretary of state, who then holds th«' doing when you do vote. A Chicago man killed hsi wife's Vital problems are before you for two most important offices in the state consideration. Mt'tt are to be nominat aud controls all boards, l ’eople would $2500 dog because it was alienating pup! ed for important offices. You should select at next general election. Creates her affections. The • • • know to your own satisfaction that you no additional official. Provides no sal There is talk of a tariff on henna ary. Will not uffi'ct tenure of office are voting right. A government is no better than its of present governor. l ‘ uts state busi —and staid old Boston hns sudd, ly citizens. How much do you care about ness ini a much better business basis in gone wild for democracy. cas«> o f death or disability of chief vour government t ough to be in favor Both old parties ought Whether or not you vote will show executive. Vote 308 X Yi*s. Boti nc«>d some new 310-311—Higher educational tax act. of free lumber. Both what your interest is. If you do not vote intelligently you Provides 1.26 mills additional support planks in their platforms. cau not ex pec t your government to for O. A. C., U. o f O., and Monmouth The mau who knows how, and knows normal. Imperative need for this tax function intelligently. has been showu several times in these how to show others how, in the man columns. Education in Oregon must go whose services are in demand. • • • 300-301— Amendment extending emi backward uuless this tax is voted. nent domain over roads and ways. That would be too expensive an expert Anthony Comstoek claims that Adam This measure aims to prevent hold up nieut. Our institutions of higher learn hid behind the skirts of Eve. No won prices being dcmuud«‘d when a piece ing can uot function without this addi der he was found out so easily. • • • tional tax aud even then strictest The earnings of the Bell telephone economy must be practiced. Vote 310 system increased about three millions X Yes. 312-313—Soldiers’, sailors' and rnn Inst year. Talk isn’t so awful cheap. • • • rines ’ educational aid revenue bill. There are 25.000 magicians in Ameri Prov ides two tenths of a mill tax for financial aid to those who so recently ca aiol several thousand others trying served their country in time of stress to make you believe thnt the tariff is and made sacrifices far in excess of nil right. • • • w«> are now asked to make for in grain-raising, dairying, horticulture, A Berlin seientist clnims to hnve tin in. Vote - 11 ’ x ^ • a, stock-raising, poultry production, and 314-315—State elementary adMfli b«H«n successful in mnking food from other branches of agriculture, have fund tax. Provides two-mill tax for nir. IL- tnlks as if he had been trying elementary schools. Not necessurily an tho stuff. • • s Saved Oregon more than additional tax, as it permits local W e’ll have to tench our hens to put school taxes to be lower«*d the same or Higher Education a greater amount. The objeet is to col their eggs in cold storage during the has ever cost li-et school tax from property now pay summer nml to put them on the market ing no school tax. A progressive edu in the winter, • • • from its very beginning in Oregon. cational move. Vote 314 X Yes. The College hag reduced cost o f pro There is now n cable line to Ireland 316 317— Blind school tax measure. duction, improved quality o f protluet, I Provides tax of one-sixth of a mill for which ought to help materially in the and helped keep down the pests of 1 blind. A sensible hu progress and enlightenment of this be- manitariau measure worthy o f sup night«-d country. • • • farm, garden, orchard and field. port Vote 316 X Yes. If Japan ronlly wants to show her 318-319— Lane county #2,000,000 road Like the State University bond issue. The Sentinel has several friendliness towuril the United States, and the Normal times explained its position on this she might offer to take the Philippines measure. The money is as equitably over without a bonus. • • • it has helped bring school, business, distributed aa could lie expected. Cot You don’t see the newspaper boys and home into vital contact, and has tage Grove would get all it could ex pect under any bond issue. While rec kicking about the income tnx. It ii helped demonstrate that ognizing the wisdom of »he right kind human nature not to kick about some Higher Education is of direct of a bond issue for the purpose of thing thnt only hurts the other fellow 6» • • building good roads, yet we are help to the Country Districts disposed to believe it unwise to bond Somo religious authorities aro posi 3ut higher education in Oregon Is !„h,e ^ un,y the limit at this time. tive that the Gnrden of Eden was lo , . . A . , . The Uftsue H ill be debated here d u rin g cated in North I>nkota. Who can be onppled by great increases in attend the eoming week ,,y m„n ably (|,la|,fi„ (| expected to believe in tho biblo here mce, by lack of buildings, by the fall ; to present both sides. Voters would do after! • • • en buying power o f the present mill- well to inform themselves as to the A man will romance to bis sweet age support aud by the failure of the ,vriw*r to voto *>y hearing this de __ . bate. heart about the ether«*nl delights and .¿ullage support to grow. pleasures that are to be his after mar One o f our congressmen is being crit riage— and then demand steak and You are respectfully urged to vote friisl potatoes the first meal. for the new millage support bill on icized for borrowing money from a s s • Chicago meat packer. When you need May 21, the Higher Educational re to borrow- monpy it is necessary to go No one seems absolutely certain that lief measure. to someone who has got some. Mr. Bryan would unequivocally refuse • « • to accept tho presidential nomination (Paid advertisement inserted by Colin A pnllman train was recently held if tho proposition were presented to Jyment in behalf of the Joint Alumni up in the west, but the porter locked him in a delicate nnd refined manner Relief Committee for Higher Education himself out of sight and the bandits and couched in proper und inoffensive in Oregon, 514 Pittock Block, Portland) got nothing. Cottage Grove, Ore., May 7. (To the Editor.) We appreciate your valuable paper, and always look forward to its visits, as something of interest and pleasure. Hut would like to make a suggestion, thut you PLEASE leave out ALL or nearly all of your big stories about some body who hns a lieu that laid such a large egg. or some ones hen laid 23 Si e g g s a day, or some ones hens did some other great thing, which does not amount to any thing. Also your writeups about cuts, calves, freak vegetables, ect. And would suggest that instead of this kind of news you would endeavor to inform the people us to why food stuffs are so high, and especially sugar. . Also we notice in your lust issue the wages paid nchiad teachers at some of the Coos County schools. Would it not be better to give the wages paid to the teachers of our community, and of your littlo City, than to be laiostiug the wages paid tinny over on the constt ami thereby encourage our best timehers to lonve Koine. With these few remarks, 1 will ask to lie excused for this time. (UNSIGNED.) V ote for GOOD ROADS Vote 302 X Yes for 4% State Road Bond Limit NO PROPERTY TA X < NO DIRECT TA X NO INCREASE IN AUTO LICENSE FEES NO INCREASE OF GASOLINE TA X Present Auto License Fees nn<l Gasoline Tan will pay both principal ami interest on all the bonds under this constitu tional amendment. Approval of this amendment is necessary to permit eurly completion of State Highways. (Paid ndv. by Oregon Ronds 3 Development Association, C. C Chapman, Chairman Executive Committee, R I, Amity.) TU K KKNTIN KL WANTS Till«] NKVVK IF YOU IIA VK A NKWS IT KM RING US Ul* (Editorial Note Ordinarily The Hen tinel puys no attention to unsigned communications, but this one seems good enough for publication without an uuthor.) D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y FOR LANE COUNTY We burn from an exchnnge that thirty |M<oplo have fullcn from bnlloona during the past yeur which is not mentioning a large number of others who hnve returned to earth rather and dculy. CLYDE N. JOHNSTON REPUBLICAN Your homo newspuper is first entitled to your support. ••• m 1 - 11 ■. ■ Chautauqua Signers Meeting at the high s ch o o l nudilo mini at 8 o ’clock Monday evening. The A Qualified Candidate Primaries May 21, 1920 u.'tO-ml-i |>resene^o^^i^>r^M£ne^ii^ieeessarjN Vote for GOOD ROADS MAY 21 Vote 302 X Yes for 4% State Road Bond Limit (Paid adv. by Oregon Ronds 3 Development Association, 0. C. Chapman, of Chairman Executive Committee, K. 1, Amity.) Help Given by O . A . C. to the Oregon Farmer Comfort for Your feet 2 . NO MORE FOOT TROUBLES ,.% r Warm weather means continual discomfort from tired, aching feet. There is no need for you to suffer any of these dis comforts. Try a Can of Rexall Foot Powder G ood Roads; G ood Sense; G ood Markets; Less Expense #T IT in not the intention nrnler the roml building pm- I* gram uh outlined, if the bonds are voted, to nuli heudlong into mail building. No bonds wdl be »old unless they bring par or better. No ronda wTIl^ie built unless bonds are Hold. If labor or othor condition« make it inexpedient to do exteuaive road work, no bond* will he «old to carry out any part of the road building pro gram unlc.HH «omo part of the system in in urgent ncc«l of immediate attention. Thin ban been the plan of the committee of the Good Hoads Association from the atari. Do not let the “ antis” mislead you by arguing otherwise Good roads are as essen tial as good stock or good implements. Voto “ YES” on the road bonds. Good roadi bring the freight to the fanner '• gate. Vote ’ 'Y ES ” for good roads. (T VOTING $2,000,000 bonfls for road building under II a prescribed program at the eoming general elec tion is a plain, mini' htiHincHN proposition. It does uot mean the creation of a $2,000,000 obligation immediately. It merely provides definite assurance of available funds as needed for several years to come. Not more than $500,000 is to be expended in any one year, and this amount is optional with the county court. Voting the bonds now ¡ h merely providing a means of carrying on needed road construction. It is a wise plan to provide for future needs when it is possible to make sueli pro vision, but it wouiy be folly to wait until we face a crisis to begin action. CT SOME say our dollar is worth only fifty cents as '• compared with a few years ago when considering its purchasing power. But isn’t it also true that your on< rfry is worth 100 jier cent more in the. same compar ison T When the lalmrer bought flour for $1.00 per sack, did he get from $5.00 to $H.00 for his day’s workt Did the farmer get $2.25 per bushel for his wheat, and cor respondingly high prices for all his other products? These muy be abnormal times, but the mpialiKing process is in existence aiyl active, and we are as able to pay for good roads now as we ever were or ever will be. Open the way for perma nent prosperity with good roads. Vote “ YES” on the bonds. Sprinkle a small amount into each shoe and sock, and im mediately you will feel the soothing, cooling effect. It is in Good roads lighten the the load, save time and shorten the route. Vote ‘ ’ YES ” on the road bonds. sprinkler top cans and easy to use. When Bathing the Feet, Use Rexall Foot Bath Tablets which will add still further to your foot comfort. IF CORNS TROUBLE, USE FIRST AID CORN PLASTERS, AND REXALL CORN SOLVENT The Modem Pharmacy Cottage Grove ^ Am Oregon Paid Ad v e r t i s e me nt CT GOOD ROADS will cut down hauling time, which is II one way to get more time for crop production. They will also cut down repair bills, which is a good way to conserve your present funds. Good roads earn good dividends in every use to whieh they arc put, and dividends, by the way, arc what we aro all after. Marketing when priees are right beats marketing when roads arc ready or not at all. You can always market over a good road. We have proved it is Tolly to temporise with poor roads, but wise to construct good ones. Garry on! by Lane Count y Good # Hoads Assn.