POOR 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,
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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.
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