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etili not understand a little tiling like I
thi s "" " ’''I explained bv ho alilo n |>n
|x*r “• The Register, w i l l ran l>o ex
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A Weakly Newspaper With P l e n t f
of Backbone
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Elbert Bode and Elbert Smith Publishers
Elbert Bode---------------- ---------------- Editor
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tage Urove, óre., as secoud cl.s. matter
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HINGS WE THINK
Must of iis feci timi thè pirking of j
thè werld ’ h grentest meli ami vvonion [ [
Ims bei*n dotiti a few vears tuo sona.
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Thing* Oil.«* Think »nil Whsl Wi>
study of such tilings, m which lot tho
li is a pleasaut surprise enee in a
think sf Ihn Ihmga Other* think
great mnjority of voter» of tho »tate
I w lille tu bear timi some of Mie gmxl
fall.
thinga you bave dulie bave traveleil.
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If we are right and Tho Register is
Tears shed ill divorce court do not
wrong. tho causo for tilnrni is not in wash away the sins that have brought
Kxpcrieiiet* nuiy be a good teaeher,
but Miele ureu’t etiougli people going
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N-xenod, for a display of .g
„ „ „ „ „ on th,. |mrt of Th„ Wg.stor ts the parties into • court.
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tu seluiol.
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B usiuohs Office..
-412 East Alain nearly as serious as a similar display
The most insignificant |x<o|ile will
on the part of The Sentinel,
There are very few people vv ho re
sometimes cause a person the most
HUB8CK1PTION RATES
Tlie Register is not alone in taking trouble,
frani from talking fot a luek of some
One year_____ $2.00 { 1'hroe months__50« that view of the ultimate effect of
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tliiug tu say.
Six months---- 1.00 | Single copy____ 5«
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When Adam saw Eve it was good
No subscription listed for less than 50c the proposed amendment, for the ar
guments against it in the voters’ p«m night for him.
A l* 'r u o t i \\ 1 1 h w ut«»r imi I l i o I m i iti
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phlet run along the same strain.
Member of
tloONtl *t ttltttt'V N O V l*rf|o \Y U l t i ) it lt ’MH.
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National Editorial Association
Regardless of this feature and with
A fourth class pontoffire seems like
Oregon State Editorial Association
out giving it any consideration, the n first elnss job to a lot of people.
Some folk» gel in a terrible liurry
Orogou Newspaper Conference
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proposed amendment is a confiscatory
vv lieti there in notliing tu do.
Lane County Publishers ' Association
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one which would soon drive every cent
The whistling boy mny be n hnppv
of capital out of the state unless de one, but land how he gels on one's
I> o «‘ mh ’ ! it m u k o y o u tiro « ! tn t l i i n k *
FRIDAY. SE PT E M B E R 10. 1920
clared unconstitutional, which it prob nerves sometimes.
t l i :»t y o u U»l n o m o folk?* uxurpifM * y o u f
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ably would be.
4 PER CENT MONEY AND 100 PER
CENT IGNORANCE.
THOSE WHO REALLY WORK.
Concrete as n building material 1 »
putting tlie lumber business up n
stump.
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The Eugene Register very truthfully
Marshfield Record:
When Elbert
says that tho only hope of favorable Bede was over here not long ago he
Happiness is mostly n habit—and so
action by the pt opl,» upon tho pro told the Record he intended going on is g roue hi ness.
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posed four per cout interest amend a camping trip. lle said he would like
ment is by playing upon ignorance. to enjoy a vacation for two or three
You can't In* happf yourself while
Tho Register eon1 1 uues:
months, lie could nut arrange to make figuring how to make someone else
“ The amendment has nothing to the long trip, but he has been able to unhappy.
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recommend it— that is, nothing ilvccut get away from his grind at Cottage
and honorable. It is confiscatory in Grove for a little while and, upon
When n girl says she intends to lie
its nature. It undertakes to make the coming back, he wrote:
an old innid it is n dangerous time to
scratch of a pen superior to the law of
“ A mountain stream rippling along propose to her unless you really want
supply and demand. It sets up the its way only a few feet from your pit her.
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theory that a man may uot sell that low, a bonfire throwing its glow into
which he has in the best market that the open tent, the starry
heavens
As niueh ns we dislike n kieker, he
offers. Its effects, if it should la* ap through the towering Goliaths of the is hand and shoulders above a do
proved by the voters, would bo dis forest guarding vour slumbers— that is nothing.
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astrous in the extreme.
the life.”
“ AH of these things its promoters
And what Elbert Bede says is correct
By stooping to raise others less for
know. They know that if their scheme and probably an outing of the kind Mr. tunate than ourselves we lift ourselves
should bo adopted money would shuu Bede promised himself is more longed to :i higher level.
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Oregou as well people shun the leper for— more continuously looked forward
colouy at Molokai. They know their to— by newspaper meu than almost any
No one, no matter how independent,
measure has not the shadow of a other men who are chained to an al says nil the things he would like to
chance of being adopted on its merits, most eternal grind. Take it all the way say— anil |M*rhaps it is lietter that way
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for it has no merits. But they have 'round the average newspaper man
hopes of an ignorant vote. They rett plugs harder and for longer hours than
It is little credit to stick to the
sou that most pi-ople are borrowers and do men who are following any other straight and narrow path merely he
that a great ni-.iuy of them may’ vote to line of work. The new spa per game is cause of fear that we will lx* found
reduce their interest without stopping a merciless taskmaster. Each morning out.
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to inquire into consequences,
you build something up and each night
“ But there is another side to the tear it down and there is no rest. With * Imitate the unobtrusive mirror which
question. It is easy enough to say, if the cost of everything entering into u I whvs shows its bright side.
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we choose to say it, that money shall the operation of a newspaper always
not be loaned in Oregon for more than increasing and with it becoming next
The person who doesn’t speak except
five per cent, but it is not so easy to to impossible to get help, newspaper when the occasion demands it usually
say that money will be available at publishing is becoming excessively dif has something in store.
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that figure. We might say that eggs ficult and the trials are growing and
shall not be sold in Oregon for more the man who has been at it for years
Would you do for your friends what
than 1U cents |x-r dozen, or butter for yearns more than ever for the vaca you expect them to do for youf
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more than 20 cents per pound, or that tion that Elbert Bede took, but most
labor shall not receive more than a of the newspaper men put o ff the day
Alimony is pmbnhly a contraction
dollar a day, but if California and of enjoyment too long and when the of allhiamoney.
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Washington and other states were of day for taking it does at last roll
fering more than that for eggs and around the newspaper man is usually
Don’t carry all your money in one
butter and labor w> should soon find too old to get the full enjoyment from pocket.
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that all the butter and eggs were being his vacation. The newspaper man whe
sold elsewhere and that all the work stays on the job too long but invites
The best way to keep from tempta
ing men were quitting their j*dA and the undertaker too soon. I f the aver tion is not to be looking for it.
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going somewhere else. So it would be age newspaper man could turn gy|isy
if we should say that money shall not once in a while and get awuy from
A man can deceive his creator just
be loaned in Oregon for more than five his grief, he would s«s* things more alxiut as much as lie can deceive him
per cent. The money would simply be worth while ami his writings would not self.
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have the soured tone ami grouchy ring
loaned elsewhere.”
The Register goes on further to say that many of them have.
Most folks who kick about the kind
that enactment of the proposed amend
of sermons the pastor preaches, get all
There is considerable agitation to they pay for.
ment would result in every loan now
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out in Oregon being called in, as own wards the elision of the word ‘ ‘ obey”
ers of money would not take four per from the marriage service. We fail to
I f religion is free it is peculiur that
cent on loans already out any more see that its presence there has caused sonic folks don’t get more of it.
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than upon a loan yet to be made.
any harm, worked any hardship or
We do not wish to be placed in the rauned any qualms of conscience upon
Home folks over exercise themselves
position of saying anything good for the part of the parties pronouncing it trying to keep out of doing something.
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the propose,! umemliuent, yet it does in the ceremony referred to. Its re
not si-em to us possible that any mea moval, however, will cause no great
All kinds of mechanical alarm rloek
sure would be constitutional which seismic disturbance in the marital con devices for feeding chickens have been
would abrogate a contract of any kind ditions of this great ‘ land of* the free invented, but biddy still retains the
already legally in existence. We do ami home of the brave.
prerogative of laying her egg according
not believe the constitutional amend
to her own schedule.
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ment could affect existing contracts
Men live all their lives wondering
legally made and not yet completed or why they are not called to a position
The man who has confidence in his
expired.
where their abilities would have full coni|M*tency never worries nlxiut a job
We may lie wrong, but if we are, play, forgetting that the way to get a these days.
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then there is cause for real alarm, . ti>r
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nigh position is to demonstrate nbility
if Tin- ■
‘sentinel is*so ignorant that it in a lower one.
Sense and sentiment don't always
mix.
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When your wife is your banker, a
hill of particulars must lx- attached to
every check drawn against the account.
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I f money ever gets to lx* n drug on
the market, there will lx* a lot of dope
fiends.
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“ Tree D ays’ Courtship Enjls in Mar
riage,” says a headline. We have ul
ways warned young people that those
short courtships often result disastrous
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A chaperone is a superfluity
stiur faced girl.
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to a
Tho nicest tiling about a «lut \ i-
when providence or a« « nient puts »
harrier in the way of performing it.
Hmilrs will usuully do mort* tlmn
cross words, but a woman’s «curs have
them both tx*at.
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A m:»n does« ’t feel like cnlliui: lit*
sweetheart a " k i t t e n " just after hear
niK her senau» ut sight of a mouse.
NOT THE - - ONLY
ONE !
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There Are Other Cottage Grove people
Similarly Situated.
Can there be any stronger proof
offered than the evidenre of Cottage
Grove residents! After you have read
the following, quietly au.iwer the ques
tion.
Alfred Dixilittle, retired eurpealrr,
:iJM 5th Ht., Cottage Urove, says: “ I
am ready to speak a good word for
Doan's Kidney Pills at any time for
1 know from experience they are all
thut is claimed of them. I have taken
Doan 'a on several m-easions when I
noticed my kidneys needed attention
and my buck felt lame, and they have
always given me splendid rati, fuelioii
I also know from what 1 have heard
others say, Doan’s Kidney Pills tire a
remedy -of merit and ran 't lie beat for
kidney trouble.”
(Hlatement given
March 25, 191«.)
On March 27, 1920, Mr. Doolittle
said: “ My faith in Doan’s Kidney
Pills is ns strong us ever. I seldom
have nny sign of kidney trouble n.rvv
and give Doan’s the credit.”
«Or nt all denlers. Foster Milhurn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
9.1 10
uncertain steps— the first thing you
think o f is a
KODAK
W hi le it is all very simple the K od ak way,
the experts in our photographic department
are more than ready to give you the benefit
o f their experience and to help make good
picture-making all the easier.
Kodaks from $9.49 up— they are all auto
graphic— an invaluable feature for pictures o f
the youngsters where the date and title are
often halt the interest-
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We notice a song recital advertised
to be sung in Esperanto. It is well to
have this latter fact well advertised,
i*s otherwise the audience would never
notice the difference.
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Ex Hpeaker Cannon
studying French. lie
able to fully express
dulcet phrases of that
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is said to lx*
never will be
himself in the
language.
I f astronomers want to op'*n up con
versation with one of the planets, why
not try Venus. Hhe would lx- more
likely to answer back.
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There are n lot of figure heads in
the navy department— anil not all of
them are used for ornnmental pur
poses oil battleships.
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American sehixd children would lie
delighted to live in Rossis, where there
are about 90 public holidays.
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Most of iis would cash in at 50 per
cent on most of the things that we are
certain will happen.
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THE MODERN PHARMACY
9JU
Jfema
e v e r
Sept 2 1 -2 5
LARGEST AGRICULTURAL ANI) HORTICULTURAL
EXHIBITS
FINEST STOCK SHOW EVER HELD IN LANK COUNTY
SALE OF PURE BRED LIVESTOCK
HORSE RACES, BICYCLE HACKS, AUTO RACES
AUTO POLO, MOTORCYCLE RACES
Tl'KiSDA V, HKITKMIIKU 21 I’lONKKU DAY Itaby
Show, Reunion ul Ks SorviiT Mm. Ilariii**« ami ......... .
Ituei'H.
WEDNESDAY, SKITKMIlER 22 KI'UKNK DAY
rial I'VntuivH, Harm s* ami Itiimiiiig Karra
THURSDAY, SKI’TE.MUEK 2i FARMERS’ DAY
S| m *
Hpr
rial I'ValurrH, llarmss ami RlllMiiiitf Karra.
FRIDAY, SKITK.MliKK 21 Sal«* ol I’un lli. il LivrHlock,
Auto Karrs, Motiiiryrlr Karra, Auto Polo.
SAI'I KDAY, SKI’TE.MHER 25 Ail.imxm Only Auto
Karra ami Auto I'olo.
All bnihlitiga will rlnsr Finlay night
day for spuria only.
Saturday will lx* a
Muair hy the bilks Kami ul' Kugrm*.
It is your fair. Ilrlp makr il a surrras
list ami bring anmrthing with you.
E.
W.
R.
C.
Spencer,
Yoran,
(Jrt a prrmiuiii
President,
Secretary,
Eugene
Eugene
OREGON
STATE FAIR
SALEM
SEPTEMBER 27
TO OCTOBER 2
A WEALTH OF AHKICl LTFKAI. DISPLAYS
MAGNIFICENT LIVESTOCK EXIllHITloN.
SPLENDID MACHINERY AND TRACTOR EXHIBIT
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
liO T H
DAY AND NIGHT.
IDEAT! CAMPINO GKol NDS
EXCCKSION RAI LS o \ ALL RAILROADS.
For F u r t h e r P a r t i c u l a r !
Wr i t e
to
A. H. L e a , S e c r e t a r y , S a l e m , O r e g o i ^
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We
notice an
advertisement
of
shredded asbestos in a magazine. We
wonder if a book of dainty recipes goes
with each package.
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t h a n
EXCELLENT RACING CARD AND AMUSEMENTS
A petrified leg has been found in n
Pennsylvania- coal mine.
Evidently
present day methods of leg pulling arc
only u continuation of more crude
methods 1 'scd in by gone ages.
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LANE
b e t t e r
GREATEST lloRSE SHOW IN THE NORTHWEST.
Paper money spreads disease germs,
scientists insist, but none has yet been
returned to us with a request that a
doctor’s certificate of gi oil physical
conditioif accompany same.
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P retty important event— those first
a n d
County Fair
It ¡* <| Il iti* Il roliof fil HOlllt* |»0O|l|0
who huvo mi (litoti tu hit\ o Noiit ot » h t ‘ toll Í
thorn that c tre uniMt a n con wnrrnutoil t lit*
action.
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A wift» fools that NoiitohoNY or othor
hor rolli; mu will hi moiiio wh y muso hor
htislmitil.
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K te reining y mir prorogativi* imi *t
physical culturo. • • •
Almut as iisoloss a wasto of tuno as
wo can ì ni ti ^ i it«* is that upo nt in wish
hit; for things that you know can't
happon.
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Tho man with tho hig noist* may at
tract attention first, hut ht* t loes it't
hold it the IntlgMtt.
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A prisoner in Kentucky, while under
oath to toll the truth, called tilt* jutlgt*
a liar, ami the itulgi* who adminÌMtorod
tin* oath licked the prisoner for his
statement.
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i-tniiie folks think they have doni»
their duty when they ^et someone flat*
to ««Minne it.
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The fut her who wrongs a n o t h e r ’s
daughter should fimi lot rest on earth
nor in hell.
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It easy to eat eh people if you can
keep them from thinking that you are
suspieiouM.
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RIOOEK
One pleasing characteristic of the
hen is that she doesn’t make a lot of
noise until after she has delivered the
goods. Biddy is no four flusher.
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Home folks who lose their heads
would deny it if approached upon the
question—and w e ’re not surprised that
some don’t notice the loss.
YES, IT IS RATHER DIS
TURBINO
TO
BREAK
YOUR GLASSES WHEN
YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR
A NEW PAIR TO BE
MADE
Why not keep an extra
[»air nit haml In meet just
HUch emergeneieH?
L.’l UK
make H uh extra pair fur you
befure the unfortunate mis
hap nceum.
Hy the way, are you fa
miliar with the many advan
tages affnrded in
K^9K
First National Bank
THE OLD RELIABLE
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON
M EM nun
JKDEHAL RESERVE
SYST EM
First in Service—First in Safety
THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS
They take the plaee of
two pairs of glasses, elim
inating ftissitig with reading
glasses and are void of
seams, so pronounced in old-
style bifocals.
Sherman W. Moody
Eyeidght Specialist and Optician
A LITTLE CHEAPER AND BETTER
Home pride alone impels you tu Iniy a limite produci, Imi
w ben that prudnel alsn is cheaper and Itettcr tlinn thè sanie
piotine) l"'*n g sliipped in l'rom lite ottlside, y o u bave a triple
mditeeinenl lui h n yin g thè limile produet. Rem em ber un al-
w ays tur eliieketi ami stock feed.
THE COTTAGE GROVE FLOUR MILLS
Factory on Premises- Phone 1«2
8H1 Willamette Ht., Eugene, Oregon
WATCH YOUR LABEL—IT W IL L PAY YOU
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