Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Oregon) 1915-1921, August 13, 1920, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPOOR SHOWING FOR LIGHT COMPANY, SAY PEOPLE Ownrm of H u mi xi m Hay It W a i Not Up to Thrin to Ulva Datali* o f Uia Bualnaaa. l 'il itr o* «if the city ^«m rully nrr * vary rut mil o f thr n I ium iiij * mm Ir hy thr t'lillugn drove N lrrtn r rompuiiy in the lieu ring upon itu upplicil t loll fur ii n»e o f rulen The «'fi tir 1*111 In tile re null of th«> filini iif tenliinony given liy 1' M Hlnnn, umiliiger of (lie roiiipuny, ^wlio nrrmeil Hot to Winli to give liny <J«'tiuit«' infornili t ion ronrernmg the it I fitim of the com puny. In reply to «ju m e« un tu the rout of improvement* limi mitili ion* to the equipment, hm re plien frequently were thut he «1 1 « I not anow V\ hm imkml hy (*omtnin«iouer Nt tlliiitun how he eip ertril the rollimi* aion tii arriva ut the vulue of the com puny n property if the ownem them driven ilol not know, hln reply wim, ' ' I Imt ’» up to yuti.,# t ’itirenn of the city ure a I in uat uunnimoun m miving flint if the roiupuuy vv unteti to initke u fun uiitl open *howmg un u Imnin for u remljiidtuient of rut«**, itn repreaent utiven nlioiiiil lui ve Inni tuliulutetl ull iluta thut woultl have uiiietl in urriv mg at u fuir deeinioit mol nhoiihl have bar*it prepuretl t»i freely mui op««nly of fer ull the fuetn in the rune. linn the eitireu* of the n ty think thut the eompuny dui not try to do, \N hi-o inter Vie writ upon thin |Mi|lit by the editor of The Hentiiiel, Mr, Htuun uiol Mr. Kem, the principili own m , ntuteil thut their Imokn did not •how In nueh iletuil nil item* o f e i p«-line connected with each improve ment un to entibie them to give the * i Ilf tit mut ion wmhetl; thut t in i could giv e upproiiuiutely the information unhid for but thut thr coin ut I ton on tie mantled voueherd iiidteud of rerordd; thut on account of the biidinenn being uwnrif in the faintly, it hml n«it bean nacednary to keep u complieuted det of bookd mid u v one her nyntem, thut they know whut their reeeiptA have been alni what their e i penned have been miti tliut t lie ne nliow u Inrge lonn with out figuring anything for interedt or depreciation; that it id not a quention of what the nyntem han coat them or what they hitvr pmd for it, thut it 1 « up to the comm inai on to utuke u fan e«t i in uii of whut t lo property m worth and to no ltdjunt th«‘ rat en thut they will I h < enubletl to nhtiw a profit of H per cent, which the law permita them to uiuhr, Aaked nn to what the remili would be in cane the n*e o f ratea la not granted, Mr. Hhmn replied, M W e ’U get it or give up our franchine. We will no longer operate at a loan. * * The atutemerti puidmhed in the Inn! tanue of The Mentine! that during lMll* t the company *« bunincan ahowed a n t revenue t»f $33U0 wan incorrect in that thin amount wm grona revenue I •an o|M*ratiug i* i penara miti tun'd only mol dol not Ink*« into ri*ti»i<|«‘nitic>vi «lepre ciuf i o u u od intere«! oil the iliv enfuient With the»* atblitional item« figuretl the eompuny would have been nhown to have tq*eratetl nt u loan ft»r I lit* year RAILROAD RATES TO TAKE INCREASE AUG. 26 Freight Ones Up Ou* fourth. Passenger Fare* Oo Up One f ir t h Un der N e « H< liedule l ’assengur rute» «vili Inrrrime 20 per coni oh August 2*1, nini un tho Mimi' day frriglit rate* un ull roininodit ics « i l i I n k « n 25 | mt cent meri'iini', ur io(iting lo lustrini ioti» rereivcd tiy thr lodil Southern Pacific »|>rnl. In thr menu lime no round trip t ■<• k <*t m esterni mg lii'ynml timi dui» « i l i In* »old ut . Ih « old rnto. I Tlir ¡ricreasi' rumo» a» n ronult nf tho generai mio inrroHno rcrrntly frinitoli Ilio ruilrond» ull over Ilio muli try I*_v tho iuterututo rommorco rum nnsaioii Tho generai offi'i't of tho frcight ri no ou tho prires of varimi» Coiiiinodi1io* in utili n iiinttcr of con jooturo. I .uuibcrincn of tho Fucili* northwcst nro wutchiiig il with puri ir ulur internai un it in tbonghi timi it . riiuy oortml tho rntiro lii.lustry unlonn «•omponnuloil by * inurkod incronno in thr siipply of i'i|iiipuiont lui« nvuilnldo for luiinlliiig tlioir produrt. I.ornl nuli nini do not venturo n prediciion yot uh tu wlint tho offset « i l i l>o dii thoir nuli*. the running lionrd being Nplinterrd nnd dent* nui it'died in tin* body. The fen dor* o f the other eur were bent mid the front naie sprung hut the light» were unharmed. Spectator» who wit noNNi’d the ucci deni pluie the Illume on Mr. Duggi* liotg for ut tempt lug to turn in front of u muohiiie which hud thr tight o f wny. Doth cut» were tra w lin g ut moderate • perni. Into Roy Wood*, Jr., Return». I.ee Ho y Wood», J r , who left hero with old Miith roiupnny mid wn» n lieutenant with the eonNt mtillery dor mg tho wur, hn» returned to the city from t'orvulli* mid Ini» accepted a pn »Ilion li» tulli Ilian ut the t'hmulier» mill Mr. Wood» hn» uci'iimiil*t*d a family during hi» absence und hn» leu»ei| the Adu Mount» houne. ' CAPrAIN BEEBE 8 NAME AMONO 0RE00N HEROES ('upturn tji'Wia ( ’. Jit t'biq o f ('«»ttugf Drove, tu mt'iittoftctl a« one o f it*» Of«* gun uti'ti who were citeil or ileeumteil by tUe gov e rn m e n t for ili»ttnguiMlie«l » e r v i r e tlunng the wur, in “ lleroen AII, * * u recent book, thut hit« been utbletl to the < fregón «tute library, ( ’«p l a i n Itefb e in the tiitly I .ft ne county man in the li*t which include* 21 »«*! «Iter* o f the dtnte ou t«iile o f J*ortlun<l anti 15 in Dorila ml. T he book eontuia« ih«* nume« <»f all American aoldier* in the wur win» received c it atio n* «»r were tleeoruted. ( Itptuin Heebe, who 1 « «till on duty with the A mentit u foret*« in (iermuny, wn* rite«! for eireptionul bravery In action umler enemy fire, Hergemit Calvin T. Funk and I'rivnte Delbert Kelly, both Cottage drove men anil both killed in Frunce, were both d I m I for bravery but for *om* nn»on the Imt of Oregon citation* given in thi« book omit « the««* two. The Ameri euii Legion pott lure i« named for Sergeant Funk. TRAMPS DE LUXE SHIP CAR OP SHANOHAIED MEN TO EUOENE Hate ine rea ae« and the car ahortag«* «eclii to have little effect on the Moot hern Pacific trump« de hue whom* o|M*rutiona have nuddcnly taken n <! 1 f ferent nngb* than begging at doora of kiiol heartetl hoiiaew ivea. At leii«t nome o f them pii««ing through thi« city art* more reaourccful than that for on Fri day night 17 year old Calvin Koldun*« wan «lutnghaieil by two men, utjp|M>»ed ly trampa, robbed of what money he hud ou him unti unceremonioualy hu« t|e«l into a box car and «hipped to Ku gene Ktttdufid, who 1 « fireman on the O. P. A K. r a ilr o a d , w n n w a l k i n g a l o n g the Southern Pacific track* neur the can nery Friday night about II o ’clock whib* a long north I mmiiu I freight wn« «landing at the «tatuili. Prcacutly two men Mteppetl out from between car« unti one held a aun on him while the other went through hi« clothed. They were ili «appointed at finding only $2.50 on the boy anti acctim'd him o f hnviug more hidden about him. When lie pro tcated that In* had not, the man corked the pi*tol to iiiHure « t r id e r alienee on the part o f the victim, forced him to ebtnb into a car and fuMeued the door lifter him Once inmtlc Calvin fount! fount! two more men who rimmed to have been «hntighttied in the anuir man tier from point« farther Mouth. The three worked the door o f the car open before reaching Ktigeiie und when tin* freight «lowed down for the «fattoti Calvin leaped out leaving hi* compuntomi «till in the eur. The boy remained in Fugene till morning and then »tart««! home on foot retiehiiig here about noon Saturday. Owing to the dnrkncMM he got no clear description o f I iim a «.«ail ant« but «nul they were between 25 and 30 and wore dark clothing. Neither o f the two men in the car watt very communi rative and hi* learned little o f them. One wn« a foreigner while the other wore calked boot«, carried 11 blanket roll and wu*, he auid, apparently a I ii KK'T. ASTOUNDING CELERITY IS RESULT OF LIGHTNING FINDING COUNCH Lightning nml thunder that wmilil Ii.. Imt in 1 lil ■•ntrrtiiitiini'iit fur resident* nf Ic»» favored section» o f country, nearly »cure» to ileiith ri'Nideiit» here. There wu» more o f lioth during; two tiny» o f the pn»t week thit 11 iisimMy suffice» for »cvcriil »enson». One fltinil »truck 11 wire fence mintti of the city nnd set the urn»» afire, nt the »nine time nearly knocking down John Nuke» nnd Mr. Jenkins, who were 'l'Kt!'nK " well on the Jenkins plnce Houl D i f f i d i l i to Trave). Mm* Èva Wontworth, « I l o lui* ju*t nenrhy. Kd. Tullnr, who live» nearby, oponod hor Muinnicr Best moiintiun wiin lying on n metnl couch, which the homo for nìv wook*, roportn t liti t 11»«* “ ju ic e ” found, with the result thut rond frotn I.oruno thrituali tho Kynnson Kd. got "I* with n celerity thut ns turni i* impKNNnldo I iocuiino of tlir flirt founded the good wife, who hn» hud thnt tlio o « n o r lui* rlouod Ilio f o r u m yenrn o f experience in attempting to rond nnd uuliNtitutod nnothor ovor induce curly morning unimntion on the «Inoli nutoinobile* « i l i not nttcmpt to pnrt o f her hubby. Mo fur us reported, no damage wn» truvol. done by the frenk storm. I CAR SMASH ON MAIN STREET DENTS DORT MOWER SEVERS FEET OF 3 YEAR OLD CHILD A Durt touring our driven by Froil Onggisberg sustained n Npl interrd rim nmg bonrd uud buttoroil body «hon hit brondHido by n Dodge our driven by Virgil White nt the Intersection of Hcvonth unit Mnin onrly Mnturdny for«' noon. Hovorul mon wore in tlir Dodge ut tho time nnd one in tIt»* Dort but no one « a * injured. — Mr. (logginborg, «hit wu* traveling «rent on Mnin ntreet, turned into Hev- onth it* Mr. White npproiichod tlit» in tonoetion going o iin I on Mnin. Mr. White, who tuid tho right o f wny, wn* looking out for another enr coming north on Seventh which hnd tho right o f wny ovor him nnd did not nee tho Uogginbcrg machine until it wnn d i rectly in front o f him. The Dort wan •hoved **ver*l yard* by the impact, « SHEEP KILLINO D00S DAVID HOWES INJURED CAUGHT BY LOCAL MAN BY C R. ELLIOTT S CAR Fourteen of Frank Me F u r l u n d ' David How« «, 10 yenr old son o f Mr «lieep were injured by two doga eurlv j L. Howes, is recovering Tu«*aday morning in tin* pasture which and Mrs. ( he rent* from Mr«, Laura M<-Karla ml from injuries Nimtained Haturday after pint we*t of the city. Both dog« were noíjii when he was struck by a ear captured by Mr. M< Furlnnd who hup driven by C |{. Klliott. It wa« at first ju'iied upon them «till chawing the sheep ¡thought that the injuries would be fa when he went to do hi* chore* Tuesday tal, but tin* lad is now able to sit up morning. One o f flic d<»g«, u large ■ lb? was uneonscious for a number of ('olhe, •« evidently u stray, whib* the hours after the accident. The lad had other was a small black mongrel be I been nicked up by ii. F. (inroutte, who longing to a neighbor. Mr. McFarland | would pass th»* Howes home on east killed the Collie dog nvheri no owner Main, lie was taking his puekag«*M could be located but* i t i n not known out o f tit • car in front o f his home when thd Klliott car turned the corner what will be done with the other. Thu hiss is covered by a state law a short distance away. It is not cer which provide« indemnity for damage tain just how the boy was hit but it done to sheep and other livestock by is probahb* that he stepp'd out into «logs running at large. Mr. McFarland the road a« tho Klliott car passed and 1 « required to submit claims o f damage that the sp<«‘d o f the car was so great to the Pane county clerk and thcae that it o o u l d not hi* dtpped in Much a will be acted upon by the county court. short distance in time to prevent the Funds for tb<* payment <*f *uch chum* accident. A fender hit the boy ’a head are derived from the dog license law and there was an injury to one leg probably caused by the huh of a wheel now in effect. COTTAGE GROVE HOSTELRY CONTRACT FOR PLAY SHED OF THE FINEST LET BY BOARD IIo U l Rar tell to H« Formally Opened Tuition of $3 a Month in Orades to to Public Augum 20.— Total Be Charged Pupils Coming Coat $10,000. From Outside District. Cottage drove will have within n few «lays as fine hotel accommodations hm those of many cities of fur larger population anil probably better than those o f any other city o f its size in the state. Hotel Kartell will be O p e n e d to th«* public, not lutcr than Align«! 20, according to present plan«. The public is invited to visit the new hostelry and escort« will ! m * provided to show them over the building. Shortly thereafter the management will give u banquet which leading citizens o f the city and a number of prominent people from over thr state will be invited to at tend. The total cost o f the building, owned by W. It. Cooper, together with the fnrni«hitigM placed by Mr Kartell, is about $ 100,000. The building is a three story one, 75 fi*et by 100 feet in dimensions. There are 52 guest rooms, all o f which have been completely fit ted in the m<»st modern manner and n number o f these are urruuged for two room and three rmun suites. The dining room, which in eluhorately decorated, 1 « on the lower floor ami im 55 f«*et by 20 feet. An orchestra pit is pro vided. The lobby uud office, in the east side o f the lower floor, are being expensively furnished. The ladles’ rest room will take up tienrly nil o f the «imeioua hall o f th«* secomi floor. This a Is«» i.« being «*X|M*tisi v ely and luxur hiun I v furnished. An electric return call system nn«l room photo's ar«* now being installed and most o f the furniture already is in place. The lighting and ventilation o f thr entire building is a sp«*cial attrac tion for gui'sts ami nearly every foot o f nvuil:^LIe wall space ha« been given Over to H u m purpose. Hot wuter heat amt hot and cold water are provided for eacji room. A glass facu«le und massive rustic doors make a pleasing first impreasion upon the guest. Flow «*rs along the entire front o f the build ing will add still further to this im prrssion. Mr. Hurt«*ll came her«* 10 years ago and beraiu« interested in th«* Hotel Oregon, which he will rets in and run 111 connection with th«* new hottd. The construction o f a play shed for the east aid«* school was authorize«] at a meel mg of the school board Monday night an* 1 the ion«* bid of J. F. Oo i ard o f $1.»(>0 accepted subject to con tract conditions. Only one shed «an b«j erect«*«I at this time a« suffi«icr.t funds have not yet uccumulut«‘d to ju stify the two originally planned. The dimensions of the shed are to be 40 by HO feet. Tuition in the grade schools nt the city for pupils coming from outside districts was fn«*d at $3 a month, pay able in atdvnncc to ths* city sup«*rin temlcnt. The action was taken when it was shown by the school records that the actual cost for each pupil in th* grade schools last y<*ar was #55. The charge her«*tnfore ha« been $1 a month. No fee is charged for high school stu- dent* coming from outsole districts, as this is covered by a county logb school tax. The board also authorized the le*ia ing o f th«* Caldwell cottage for a home economics practice house. Thurston honk was elected janitor o f the west side scho«>l for the coming year. COTTAGE GROVE CANNERY IS PAYING 20 PER CENT STOCK DIVIDEND The Cottage (iro\e cannery » » » « e l a tion is now (uiying a dividend o f 20 per cent, declared in July by the board o f director», from the earning» o f the concern for 191!t. Approximately in paid up stock will draw dividend» at this rate. The dividend is payable only h i »tuck, n» the directors felt that the cash on hand was needed for an. operating fund. The company doe* not ¡»sue fractional aharea of stock and in eases where dividend» do not amount to 15, which i» the par value o f the new »tuck, the stockholder must either pay the difference in cash or leave the unpaid dividend until another dividend is declared tiro»» sales o f the cannery last year amounted to approximately TOMATO VINE PRODUCT IS BEAVERS DESTROYING CORN ENIGMA TO PUZZLE TAKE BEARING STALKS WISE ONES FROM EACH HILL I f any freak is possi ble in the fruit or vegetable worlil, the Cottage Oro ve country cu a I h > ubsulutely depended lipón to produce it. The latest contri buí ion is a toma tu froni the gn rilen of Mr*. Jcptha Hart, which mny be cither a replica o f the Hiamese twins, or a c.annibalistie vegetable, or nn imitntion o f oíd lli Cost o ' I.iving gouging the ultímate consunier. The toinato is mude up uf two. One is natural in simpe. The other is roñe shnped. the npcx o f the cune being moled ¡n the heurt o f the other. It mny be n twin o f the first tomnto or it muy be ouly a parasite sucking the life friun the other. The Iteavcr* wh^ch recently circum vented wire fence und boards to get to llaniiltxm Vcatch '» apple trees, have now started harvesting the crop o f corn growing nenr the apple trees. With unerring accuracy the amphibious rodents waste no time on stalks which bear no ears. Evidently in the hope that the thievery may not be detected they take but one stalk from each hill. Mr. Yentch is o f the opinion that the game laws will have to be violated if he is to get any reward fur prdoucing one o f the finest fields o f corn to be found in l.nnc county. Indian W ar Vet«ran Visits Here. William Russell, ,S4 year old Indian Marine* Offered Bounty to ReenÜst. war veteran, spent part o f the week Men who have served in the marines on furlough fiom the old soldiers' and who wish to reenlist are offered home in Koseburg nt the home o f his Mr. bounty inducements ranging from «liO grandson, J. H. Higginbotham. Russell has taken part in most o f the to «4*5, under a decision recently ren dered by the comptroller o f the cur Indian wars in this stute and has re reney. The bounty provides two ceived four wounds. In 1X64 he says month*' full pay, at the rate o f pay he camped with his w ife on l ’ ass creek last drawn, for a two year reenliatment, near the divide and discovered some three months’ full pay for n three-year coal among the rocks in the stream. recalistnn nt and four months full pay for n four year reenlistment. The .Seutinel, «2.00 the year. SH0RTRIDGE FAMILY HAS LEAVES COTTAGE GROVE REMARKABLE RECORD ONCE BUT NEVER OF LONGEVITY AGAIN” FOR HIM Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mhortridge. Oregon pioneers o f 1X52, celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary on August 4. They were married nt Di vide August 4, 1861, by Mi|nire Vaughn, o f Cottage Grove, who died several year* ago in his 9.'lrd yenr. Mr. Mhort ridge now over N4 yenrs old, was born in Mnscntine county, la., March .'II, 18.16. Mrs. Mhortridge, whose mniden name was Kllen Keyes, was born in llaneock county. III., March 12, 1846, over 74 yenrs ngo. The family has n remarkable record for health and longevity for out o f the II children, six sons nnd fiv e (laugh ters, 12 grand children and six great grandchildren no death has occurred. All the Mhortridge families live in l.ane county except one son, G. Lane Mhortridge, whose home i* In Dougin* Both feet o f the little three venr old daughter o f Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred Lock wood, runeher* o f the North fork country in western l.une county, were severed Inst week by n mower driven by Mr. Lockwood. Mr. I .ockwnnd’* two children had been playing about him while he wnn getting the mower ready to run, but when he wnn ready to atart he did not «00 them and thought they had gone to the house. On the fir»t round, how ever, he came Hiiddenlv upon the little girl playing in the tall grain, and the aickle aevered both feet o f the child before he eould check the horxe*. The ehild wa» taken to Florence by the phyaictau, who attended her, and i* ■aid to be recovering, county. Ray VanVIade, who recently came home from Washington to help the home folks with the harvest, has or dered his paper sent here regularly. He says, “ They got me away from Cottage Grove onee, but they'll never do it again. I 'm here to stick. I know a good thing when I see it the second time.*' OVERLAND CAR BREAKS ANOTHER U. S. RECORD Across the United Mtntes, 1442 miles from New York to Man Francisco, with nn average o f 27.2 miles to the gallon o f gasoline! Twenty fiv e different drivers handled the car. T h a t ’s the new transcontinental economy record established Monday morning, July 26, when the Overland “ How Mueb <iu«“ car found the end of it» trail before the Overland store in Van Ness avenue, Man Francisco. Kleven »tale, were crossed, with all their variety o f rough ciruntry road», broken mountain trails, stretchc» of mud anil weary wastes o f deoert land, ! yet the ear arrived in Man Francisco Was Seen Her* Saturday Noon and ready und fit to make a return trip. Mangled Remains Arc Found The Overland record wa» not made at Sutherlin Sunday. by experienced drivers, »elected from the faetory. The company wished to j find out what the car could do under The funeral o f Pari McPoy, 19 vear the worst condition» o f operation. A c cordingly, each distributor and dealer old son o f Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCoy, whose territory wa» crossed furnished | who was killed beneath a Mouthem a driver. There were good drivers and Pacific, train at Huthcrlin early Monday bad men who saved the ear and other* j morning, was held at the Adventist church August 1«. Interment was in who punished it. tho Milk creek cemetery. Mo far as details go, mystery sur OAS SHORTAGE FELT rounds the death o f the buy, as no one IN CALIFORNIA CITIES witnessed the accident. Apparently he had attempted to alight at Huthcrlin The gaa shortage is riot confined to Oregon hut is acute in places much from south bound tram No. 13, which passes that station about 4 a. m. and nearer the California oil fields. A. IS stops only on flag. The body, which Wood writes from Hon Do go that at i times only one gallon may be obtained \ was not found until the agent cam.- on when more is urgently needed, t'ars \ duty later in the morning, had fallen beneath the wheels and had dragged with half a tank full are being turned ; for some distance along the track. away at the filling stations there and cars with empty tank < receive a max Identification was established by menus His imum o f thrie gallon». The result has o f papers found on the body. watch, an automatic, pistol and other been to lessen tarvel except for busi ! personal effects were picked up along ness purposes, in his own ease at least, I Mr. Wood says. The report bears out the track. Carl was seen in this city the statements made by the oil corn ' about noon Maturday. He is thought to panics th^t they are distributing the have been no his way to Huthcrlin to supply on hand as fairly as possible visit relatives at the time the fa tal accident occurred. over their whole territory. Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fistic Prowess Costs Hun Five Spot. W. McCoy, Carl is survived by a sis ter, Mrs. Frank Beverly, o f Leona, and Oeorge Robinson paid a fine o f «5 two brothers, Neal McCoy, whose home in Judge Young's court Tuesday on a is near the city, and a younger brother, charge o f provoking a fight with an Jhile McCoy, who resides with his par other lad. Marshal Pitcher states that ents. be is going to put a stop to some o f the rowdyism o f which there has been Burglar Is Revolver Target. considerable lately, lie says this is Night Policeman G. F. Gnroutte did but "t>e o f several boy scraps which some early morning practice work with have lately been reported to him. his revolver Sunday. He disturbed a man trying to enter the Cash Gro MAN WANTED FOR HARNESS cery and when the burglar did uot heed the command to stop Gamutte THEFT MAY HAVE fired a couple o f leaden pellets at him. BEEN CAR THIEF The fleeing man was encouraged to greater speed by each shot and eluded Marshal Pitcher pinked up a man the officer. here Monday wanted on a rharge o f stealing harness at Mpringfield. Sheriff C H A M T S TO P L A Y B A L L Mtirkels came up to take him to Eu A T SPR IN G FIE LD S U N D AY gene but his heart was softened by the plea o f the man that he was not the The Cottage Grove baseball team will thief and that he was willing to giv e play Springfield on the Springfield up his car as security until the sheriff diamond Sunday nnd will probably play convinced himself that *umeone else a return game with the same team was guilty. The inau, who gave his : here the following Sunday to wind up name as George Ttnbharr, o f Deer the season. Springfield has been mak Park, Wash., bad t**eji endeavoring to ing very little noise buf has been win trade a car for 4 iwru-h cheaper one. ning bull games all season, laist Sun which made Marshal Pitcher suspicious day they won over Albany by a 4 to 3 that the car might be a stolen one. His score. suspicious w e«» probably correct, as Manager Hill expects to make a few t i f f Wnn McpuTfcd dmVog cbe fstlowinp eh a ages in his outfield for the Sunday night and has not since been found, game but the rest o f his line-up will although the sheriff's o ffic e has sent remain virtually the same. word down the line to be on the look out for him. Bank o f Cottage Grove Elects. MYSTERY SHROUDS DEATH OF CARL McCOY The board o f directors o f the Bank o f Cottage Grove has elected the fol Iwoing officers under the new organ ization: President. N. K. Glass (former cashier); vice president, VV. L. Hub John (J. A. Young, aged 65 yenrs, bell (reele cted); cashier, S. S. I j i s s who died nt his honn- amith o f the eity well. Mr. I.nsswell has just completed August i> after a lingering illness, was three years with the First National buried August 10 at the Taylor-l^ine bank, o f Portland, nnd previous to cemetery. Rev. Simpson Hamrick con that was assistant cashier o f the Me dan State hank, o f Medan, Kan. ducted the service at the grave. John Q. A. Young was born near Hillsboro. Ore., July 21. 1*55. He was married at Ooldentlale. Wash.. March 27, l w l , to Phoebe Evaline Carlile. Mr. | and Mrs. Young moved to their present home near this city in May. 1X94. Mr. Young is survived by his widow, one adopted daughter, Mrs. K. A. Dor. little, o f Salem, a brother. Jiw. o f Gold E f f o r t W i l l Be Made to Pass Direct endale, Wash., one sister, Mrs. K. A. T a x in Lieu o f Bonds for Roundtree, o f Outlook, Wash., and Lane Highways. many more distant relatives. J. Q. A. YOUNG BURIED AT TAYL0R-LANE CEME TERY TUESDAY 5 MILL ROAD TAX FAVORED BY POMONA GRANGE OWNERS WARNED NOT TO OVERLOAD TRUCKS Owners o f motor trucks have been warned by the I^ine county court to comply with the law regarding the loading o f trucks whiefi operate on the public highways. The nction was taken after it whs found thnt the new p a ve ment between Eugene nnd Goshen is breaking in places. One instance o f overloading cited is that o f a mill man near Cottage Grove who is said to haul as much ns ten tons o f luipber to Eugene at a load, while the maximum load under the law is fiv e tons. COTTAGE GROVE MAN GROWS IMMENSE BEANS A resolution favoring a five null county road tax for construction work in lieu o f road bonds for that purpose was acted upon favorably by the Lane county Pomona grange at its meeting Saturday at Ir\mg. A committee of three was appointed to sm-ure the placing o f the measure upon the ballot for the November election if possible. Plans for the formation o f a potato growers association to standardize the potato crop produced in L in e county and put in graders for the purpose was discussed and a committee appointed to carry out the work o f organization. A similar organization was considered for the wool and mohair growers of the county, and a committee was in strueted to proceed with its organisa tion. About 100 grange members of the county attended the session. The next regular meeting will lie held Oc tober 30. Kentucky Wonder bean pods perfect in shape nnd measuring XVa to 9 inches in length were brought into the city D on ’t have any slackers. Keep track this week by A. J. Stevens who has an acre and a half o f this variety now- o f what each hen does bv using egg record cards. For salo by The Sentinel ready for market. ** * Mr. Stevens, who is farming the at «1.75 the hundred. Ostrander plnce north o f the city, says his beans this year are on rather thin soil nnd have not hnd exceptional care. Kentucky Wonder beans seldom grow ^ W ' l I K S E N T I N E L end.mv.-rs larger tlinn this. Mr. Steven* nlsu has Æ » j to get out a newspaper several hundred heads o f early cab | tkat is :< good ad flit tin- hage ready for market. city. In this it has succeeded to n certain extent— ns has been t i » O V E R 800 T O U R IS T S STOP tified to many times— but we IN P A R K D U R IN O J U L Y have not done as well as we would like to do. We have been The eity park and auAi camp able to do as much as we have grounds were cleaned up and put in ; | because o f the support we have fine shape last week under direction received from advertisers. VVe o f the park commission. Over XOO tour have done the best w* could ists stopped in the park during Jnlv. with the support we have re People who have camped in the park reived. How much better we do have been liberal in their praise of in tho future depends entirely the c ity 's rest spot and o f the fncil upon the support we get. The ities provided. Sentinel will at nil times get out a paper in keeping with the de To Whom It May Concern. sires o f the citizens and business From and after this date I will not people o f the community as ex be responsible for debts eontraeted by pressed by thAir support. To this inv wife, Augusta Patten. extent it is possible for them to .TAMPER P A T T E N . say just what kind o f a news Pottage Grove, Ore., August 7, 1920. paper they want. Th* Sentinel, «2.00 the yenr.