(Cnttarir (ßrnur Swtítel
F ax ?
*,
J
ano
Firm Public Mnatiug tu Chuintxu of
C o < o
Ri^iigiiUlmtlou to B*»
Uriel in lliicta Me liool.
l'ri'Miilcnt IV I«. (*iiin|»li«*il, o f fili'
I ni V «*r Mit y of t Ircgmi, will Io* Ih r j»rín
•' i| mi I NpHlikrr ut t u r I *rnt |»ubln hm « I
iiiK in (lo* «li in pinati fo r (lir n*o rollìi
i/iitioii of tin* i* hu in In* r o f roimiK r«*(’,
to I m * In M til 7: If* ton igli! in tin*
««buoi
uml if o r i o a i f which
hit« lir rn
t«Tiin*l it rollini il uà I y
««»nfrnnrr
tiii'i
Iov\ it
iti|4-
Oth«*r NiMMikrm will In* !.. VV. D«*jiii)',
«if H mh f r i n i r ini ' o ;
J . K i m , K \\
Miller unii W ilb ur Hpruy, m ( n«l«*tit Imd)
pr«mi|riit
( 'oui ui u nity
"* *l I*1*
[•«I by .1. I. ('llrimili inni lin*ri* will I"
iiiimir by I lu* n t y bun«!.
Klb«*rt lli'iii*
will prnmi«’.
I t r f rmhuiiMiti» will be
mrvr«i by Mian Mumi
I Olili »Oll
UH'I
iiit-inbur« of tlo« i|ulil«*nt i«' Nririir«* «lu**
of t'ottl!|{l' Cirovt» lililí
I'll r fl» Will I*«'
im •olàritnlion for fun<f•« ut tin« or an y
o f d i r «it her pillilo' lli«'<‘t itl|¿N to In*
In |<|
Ijilt-r
troni or^ii li i/o t ion <«f
lOM will iinikr o r o i n p l r t r ru n s inn* of
do« ro m uni in ty i n v itin g nil re p u ta b le
iiiru uml w oinrii to mi Ito with tin n ì
ui tin* «it in mu it i t) ori^nii i/ulioti known
ua tin* iiioilnu «hinüber of ro n in i rm *
K rr ii ro in p rt it ion I* until*ipfitml I m
tw«'« li t h r t i’Olll«, w lilt'll
Im vr
ln**’ll
i|i\o|r<| mm follow«:
No
I M ajor, t A .
Hurl' ll ; ro p
tit H im , H. I. I *»•• I u r « I, N. J . NrlmOl, I
ti Mutllrll, .1 F Hiiruy, Mr« C u rrie
l l r u o ’ iiwuy mol H. \ AII omoi .
No
l! M ujo r U. A. l*r«»rtor, J r . ;
ritptiiin«, .1 I S m it h , line’ ll S m it h , A.
\l \l<Miir, Jt«*rt U ir limoliti, Mr«. I.«lm»
n u o v i;
m
: a o k k
COTTAGE DROVE, LANK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, .11 NE 10, 1921
VOLIJMM XX .1
PRESIDENT P. L CAMPBELL
SPEAKS TONIGHT
oottaok
HIOHWAY 18 KEPT OPRN
HBRB
wiiii . e ;
OLOBXO
ELSE WIJ ERE
T h l a « r r i i o f i hi t « h r i 'i i mora* fo r
t unii ti* t in n ì l u u n y o t b r m i n n o t b u v
il i^ i i « h i ^ h w n y « r o i n p l r t i ' l y c I o r c i I
w li tir p u v i i i ^ w o r k in in pr opr i-« «
T l o * li l u k » ' f ' o i u p t o i i r o i i i p u n y , w h i r l i
l ui « fili* w o r k
III f i l i « « r r t o u i , l ui «
pro v o l m i « o le roto!« w l n * r « \ o r pò«
« i h l r n m i lui« u l w u y n lo f t i l o eiitir«*
r w i i l o p e n o n S u i o l u y « u n ii ut ull
t i n o « w h r n w o r k h a « hot h r r i i in
progni««
t ' r r t i u i i h o iir « liuvi* b r o li
r«t H hli«lir<l f o r o p i ’l i i l l g tlo* Ilig llW IlY
f o r t r u f f o * loti « i u n n g u hir gt * p a r i
o f tlo* t in o * it tifi« he«* li po N Hlhlr
to g< t t h t o i i g h ut o d i a r liutim.
LOCALS LOSE TO EUGENE
SCORE. 5 TO 4
file veil
IlitH Nnt Not u Scuri)
C o tta g i) Grove While V im tur»
for
Opal’s Diary Is Both Deception and Plagiarism
Month« of Rencarch, at Fir>t Unavailing, Topples From
Her Pedestal Cottage drove’s Literary Qenius and Prodigy
Hy KKHKKT HKDK
C«#ttttg<* Grove, Ore., J u n e Hi, llt'JI.-
It is citMicr to boost than to teiif down.
D i« easier to «ny plensunt things than
unpleiiNmit «»ii«'«. It i« unpleasant to !>«-
forced to believe that on«* of whom you
expected much has stooped to i|ec«*it.
<in«» doe« not welcome the o p p o rt u n i ty
to «ity th u t one with the t u l c n t « of a
l i t e r a r y g eniu s hu« ta k e n to pla g ia rism
to enabla/on I iin or her n a m e on th«-
««•roll of fam e.
Jn telling what 1 now believe to be
tin- true st«iry o f Opal W h i t d e y and
her diary, publish'd in A tlan tic Month
ly and supposed to be a record o f
< Jpu l’* chii»l life in the Cottag»- d ro v e
c o u n t r y . 1 have u task such a« 1 have
out lined.
It was uiy pleasure to as«i«t in dis
r v r r really ,nvt uny portion uf the
diary.
T hat Opal did k r rp u diury »•■•■ iiih
errtuin. I buvr »era ut ie u .t unr »hurt
uf her muiiUMcnpt which hud h«'en
written tu I». included therein. T h a t h
childi.h diury uiuy have huen turn tu
lot» tu »unir muiincr, may tie p m il i h ! ,
lint it j . my cuneluHiun thut «uch h
diury wa* an entirely d if f e r e n t one
Iruiii the oiu; given fur publication,
uithuiigh if mny huvu heeu u»ed n* the
fuuodutiuu tur the un« utter ward pub
lt»hi <1. A childl»h diury muy huv« nug
geated the u»e uf eulureil cruyoii. with
whuii the publuheij diury wu» written
und the teuring up uf the curly diury,
i f iiuuh ever uctuuliy huppened, may
have Mjgge.led thu Uentructinn uf thu
ri w ntlen diary.
l ic i t thu diury wu» not written u» a
ehihl i o f f e r proof which w e m » tu me
tu be in controvertib le.
«'«»veriiig Opal, who, long b efo re *h«‘
i‘ v c r hop«*«! to be feature*! by A t l a n t i c
M onth ly , p ro bab ly
even
befor«* «In*
Win Witt' 1'ive Hit.
s t a r t e d tin* p r e p a r a t io n of the d i a r y
A »hurt t im e ugu, |>y u m u l t furti!
which
c a u se d
her
to
be
hail«*«l nati a c c i d e n t , I gut t o e i u m i u r 17
u
bt«*rary p f ’dig y ,
e x h ib it e d
n u t r ì , . , k . which fo r m e r ly Imlungrd to
A c c o r d i n g t o nil p re ce d e nt iind«*r like j a«
i'i!< iiui«tum ••«, i «ding'
(«rove «hould t a le n t« which, ri g h tly d ir e c te d , insured '•pal m d tlo- e » i ..tr u c e uf which it 1 »
h a v e won fro m Kugene S u n d a y . T‘ 1«•• I her a posit ion ««-cure a m o n g the highest • u»y lo I,elicvi- »he hml f o r g o t t e n . M w t
lociil« guru« ti «I II hit« uml only fo u r I mi« lb * t« of the w«»rl«l. I hat p re d ictio n ol ilo in bore t i p u i ' . nuair in her own
NCori'N, while the s iNitor« giiriiered fou r | wa« m a d e for her by a well known hum! w riting, with which 1 am fumiliur,
p«y«'hologist, Mr«. J e a n M o rris Kills, nini I he n u le » th erein nino w ere III her
hit« un«l fi v e «««»««•«, uml the ui'»«t in
hand.
Thcne tiuuk. h u v r »ilice
c «» ii « i «( eli I p a r t o f the whole gain»' wn« ' who ha«l g iv e n her a reudin g and who, own
that du* to u r men wiin ««’«»red for th«* Ilk«* niytM*If, haile«! tli«> d ia r y as the I" • a eagerly el ain ird l»y Opal und 1
g enu ine p ro duct io n <,f :i lit« rury pr**d
under..!,tail th e y no lunger r a n h r HU ell
I.»« .«1« g«*i «»it hu«**N t In «lugli «'from.
iiy a iiyunu.
Ill tile eiglith llllilllg, with tw o <»n »gy, a« it n o tab le child re c o rd o f y o u th
iti th« book» were numuruu» m
uml tw o «low n mot a goo«! Nticker tit fill h e a r t th rob s, us the g enu ine out
the hat it Nccmcil a« if di«' locai« w"iii«t pou ring o f a wounded h e a rt an d an •tanceu where »hr had written down
g« t the »»lie ta lly that wotjht tie th*‘ ■ under«!iiiKliiig soul. W h a t she believes the remark» n f children, upparcntly
«core, when
S m ith
wu« «•might by now 1 «1«» not know. It ha« bceu my with un attem pt tu u»c the luliguugu
S u lliV nu.
) u r d « whit«* t r y i n g p etit la rc e n y ou th« i p le asu re to w u t o of the iitiunual t a l e n t s u f e Ii 1 id ren.
W
M i ll r r ; r a p
No
i M ujo r, K
On one page wu» the following:
«eco ml p lu tte r.
tin* « itu a tio n ngm u ot one so y oung, of otic who hud <by
tu i it«, A W l i . i l i w r i i , l(o ) S h o rt. W
*'M . morie» uf
My t'hildhuiuJ— tu
»••«•lin'd Iu\oru blo tu the ninth tint tin* ! the m ere fore«* of her g< UlUs risen
.1 I. ,1 «o i r «
moi
I »••«!» r fe«utt« weft* nil. T h e t«»erilN limi tight 1 a b o v e jMrsi t ions in* hie v e«l by o th er« with Write out.
I
Darby
l'tirlp«.
“ K i l n i n g on the Kurin.
d ie d th e i r g a m e mat« n . . l l y hut iiad t a r g r e a t e r opport uuitics. Jt has been
I'll»’ r tptiiiil« w «*rr «rl»*r.ti‘«| l*y . tin* h ard luck in g e t t i n g hit« when th e y my pleusurl* to t ill ol h«*r b«*autiful
“ My K irit .Krrand.
love tor Mod a n d his g r e a t o utd oo rs,
m a jo r« uiol tin* ruptnluu will in turn tinted to lit* t run« mid m a k i n g uvei
“ My Menagerie.
pirk t l o i r w o r k r m .
D urin g tío* pro|»
“ l e a c h in g Ib i tu Nwim.
thrown when they n«*tted «core« for th»- of her love for little ch ildren an d the
rr«M o f t h r ru m p oig li tin* Iruiii« will Kugene t e a m .
nobler an«l b e tt e r thing s o f life , o f
“ rvehiMil tiuy» ut Ntnr.
loilil o u r hour Itiurlo*«, lit whir'll tillo*
“ My Kirnt Mrhool Veur.
\ «‘termi t ari K ing, who in depended i her « rutiile f a m i li a r i t y with lit«*, a m
figure» will In* roiHpurril.
“ In the s p rin g by Knnkr Uiver.
upon to a l a rg e e x t e n t to nup«ariftt-end mute an d i limn mat«*, found ab ou t us
K« « o lr u t« o f t h r lurtil roUilUUliil Ira, the h e a v y h u r ra g e uml Mtrat«*gy work, by those with the e y e s to s«*e an d o f
“ l.i*uruing tu lie 1’utiuut.
u « wrll i«« o f t h r «it\ p ro p«r, will In* d i d n ' t g« t hi« e a g le e y e to f u n c ti o n i n g li«*r fa c ility fo r i n t c i e s t i n g us in those
“ T h r l ’e t Kiimb.
thing s which she under«to<»«i so well
•oliritrtl for iiimiili«-runip.
“ The t atb rd ral.
until the lutt«T h alf o f the g a m e , o d o r
an d which w«* passed by with*iUt dis
ih r
ctnirrh«*«
«if
thr
ritjf
Will Wine th«* «tory might h a v e be«*n d i f f e r
“ In F a i r y l a n d .
,
i rrn|g|ii/r S m o lu y , «luti«* Ili, n« Civic en t. V e t e ra n Hill wu« hack m f«»rm at c o v e r i n g th,» b e a u ty and g oodn ess so
“ Down by th r Spring.
Su h liny oliti t h r puri t h r c h a m b e r of th«* initial p l a t t e r .
“ On th r lii l i (^Htary.
*‘ l « k y "
A rth u r a p p u rcn i to one who seemed to h a v e
«omiiorr«* p iù )« in do* ri * ir tuoi rrlijj
“ Hi t in n in g u J u n i o r . “
failed to «luiii the hornehide aro u nd in , «•»nserrated her lif e t*» m a k i n g o th e rs
i m o lift* o f t h r Ctunilllinity Will In* hi« u«iiut m n n t # r , not r e g i s t e r i n g a hit, happy and d r i v i n g so rr ow out o f th e ir
.None uf m e above topic» had been
r ni ph un ix«*«l fr«»ni t h r pulpit«.
J
K. wliih* lie iinuiitly in figured an reliab le ii v i t .
written out, «»tit a r i e r u l of them are
t 'i«rl«oH, of ilo' t hfi«t um c h u r c h , hu« for a tw o h ug g er or two. i le c k «celti« j
M onths o f re s e a rch in an «'ffort to w ritti 11 out 111 the »ix year old diary,
^•ur rn l «li uri; r o f d u « port o| th«* to h a v e g o t t e n the belt« r of I iin m hi
p ro v e the a u t h e n t i c i l y or la* k ot au
although apparently nut y e t prepared
work otol n roturo i t t r r ii I no I iiin been e«m mid fcitViy g u a r d e d the «hortNtop t h e f ttic ily o f the d ia r y b rought fo r th at tile tim e t ir .e nutelaiuk» wi"rc kept,
npp«ontr«l for rnrli rh u rrli.
m ithing mu re d e f i n i te than tliat many and reference» therein indicutrd the
portion
lia «e, a new m an m tlo* hm
f«*rliH|{ th a t in t h r r tm r ^ n iiir o l o m o f
up, 1 « c h a r g e d with tw o e rr o tn , o u r a t : ol the incide n t« m en tio n ed in th«* d i a r y Olii tu huvr been when »hr wa» well
th« «huinlM -r o f « I » u n a r m *
tilt*
in w
l«*u«t of
which
wu« exciinahl«* and i wi re rid o ulous, or airily f a n t a s t i c , o r along in her teen».
liluiicl s lm ili.1 hu\<* «olio* «ny a« to w ho pluved ii r a t t l i n g g*»«»«l g a m e . S m ith i« | p h y sica lly
iui|H»s«ilde, or hig hly iuj
In anni her book appeared;
it« o f f i r r M « h u ll l»r tim i fc c litijf nino • l« \ « lt.ping a t Hie f(H*eiviiig end. t »*1 j p ro bald e. O ft e n th«* e v id e u c e a t hand
“ The Sto ry o f My L i f e iteginniiig
thut it UiU) h r w i«r to p ir k «OIDI* o f Icr«, a g a in in the box, p la yed hi« usual tend«*4l to l>ear out t h e cla im «»f its willi Nov«, U t, i i l i f .
th r n f f ir » r « fr»Mu t h r io*W nietuhi*r«llip, coii«iNteiit g a m e , got un m a n y hit« a« a u t h e n t i c i t y .
“ Iteculiection* of My Ciuidhuud.
u 11 t h r p r r w n t o f f i r r r « h a v e «i|£n«*«l a n y o f Vin mid w iin ch arge«! with no
1 do not g m i t l y wonder that At
th e ir re m o u n t ion«, to h r r o n ir e f f e c t iv e
««Mm it« t h r r r o r^ u u ir.iitio n w o rk i«
com pir!«'«!
In tin « w a y r v r r y m e m b e r
w ill hnv«* m i rcp m l p u rl in « tu r(in j¿
t h r now o r g a n i r n t i o u u p o n it« w n y n*
n p o w e r in do * rout m u n it y :no i r n r h
t u r m h r r w ill bava* m i
r«|tinl
oppor
t n u it V o f h r ilij; «<'lri'tr«l to t u k r «otnr
i in |«»rt tint pit r t m thut im p o rt nut w o rk .
um
JAMES GOULET SUCCUMBS
TOSTROKEOFAPOPLEXY
Jiiiur« (louiet, for ninny
yearn
a
rraolrn t of tbc Ihurliu nmglilmrh«» til
mol well ktiwn lo r e , «Io*«l ut Kiigrm*
riiurNiltiy of lu«t week following u
stro ke of apoplexy. N« w« o f hi« «leuth
<lol not rrur.li hrn* until jimt lu'forr
the funrrul Sutunluv, whirli h i u lo'lii
ut
Kugriir,
the
t "h riftt ii% n Seience
churrh hrm g in charge. T h r remaina
w ere «rut to Portimi«! f»*r rr<*amt ion.
Mr. (hm lr t wn« ug«*«l tlft yearn anil bad
beetf a lu m ilu*r of thu Mamitiir frti
t r n u t y f«»r u long time.
liruide« the
wif«*, there nr«» two «tirviviitg «lutigli
ter«, Mim d«*«>rgrne Mouh't, o f S«*uttle,
uml M i « n Mutui«» doiih't, of Kugene.
T h e «troke o f tipoplexy «'time up in
Mr. Mouh't j»i«t un lie wiin ulnuit to
mcviid the NluirN to the o f f i c e »»f n
Kiigem» dentiNt.
Hp«s tal School M M tiu g.
A «p«*<‘iiil ««'liool niri'ting I ims h«*en
«'Hill'd for J u n e Ml, ut which tim e u
d irecto r dml u «rliool elerk tire to In*
elert«»d. The t «*rin of II. J . Shinn un
(lir«'<*.tor expir«*«. No one Im.« y»*t he«*n
«ugge«t«*il to ta k e I iih pine«» und he i«
non com m ittal iin to whether or mit he
will ho a cand id ate for re d a ctio n .
Worth Harvey prolmhly will h<* a
cuiiilidute to Hiicr«*od hiiii««*lf a« cle rk.
Flower Miftnlon Day Tortay.
Today in W. C. T. II. flower iuìnnìoii
« lay uml e n te rtain m e n t for th«» «hut*
ui« mid older p«*oph* will In* pr«»\ ide«l
a t th«* W. I«. Durhy home. Tho««* tin
aide t«i walk, or httving no wtty to g«*t
to the Durhy home, will In* pi«*k«*d up
i f word in left with M m . Durhy, Mr«.
•I.
II.
Pimm horn
or
Mr*.
J.
It.
Ilendriekn.
HF.AVY RAINS F.I.SEWHF.RF.
WHILE EVERYTHING
IS DRY HERE
Cottage d ro v e comph’tely earn pod
th«» « l«Mi<lhur«t o f Hiittmhiy, nl
though only a few mil«*« away on
ull ni«leN the water came down in
torri’iitN.
J o h n Nokea, who rnme
out «if die Hohetniu «li«tri<*t S at nr
day, rep«irt«*d t h a t a heavy hail-
Htorm occur re« I flier«* TliurNday, the
Ntovi«*N being as large
a«
robina'
«•gg«.
The ground w ii n completely
cover«»«! with them.
Kain fell here
heavily Sunday night hut not iin
heavily h n the fnrmern wiabed.
«
laiitie Monthly was convinced o f its
geiiuiu«*ne«s.
All
«*v idonce
actually
II i ’ll A K 1 a v ailab le at the time th«* diary was
•»
0
4 u published certain ly !«•«! straig ht t*» such
• 1
ii
6 1 a conclusion. For months it seemed to
• 1
0
1 3 me that nothing to prove to th,. con
•> tl
trary would ever come fo rth , that it
0
«1 9 " was more than lik.-lv t h a t th e ^ iu th c n
0
1
M a « d e i t y «»r luck o f a u th e n tic ity never
0
u « woubl be proved. F a c t aud fancy were
1 It*
0 1 no clev«rly woven to g e t h e r; incidents
0
1
Ü
0 (1 known to have hu|»|»eiied were so clev­
1
erly «*ui belli »tied; so few of the inti
i • il
IS 5 «lent« related wa re readily susceptible
.. 34 5 4
of dispro o f; and th«* wonderful »lory
Coting«* d ro v e :
•1
•1 i| was «me it seemed no child or older
Hune, LM»
.. 5 1 1
.1
K
ib
a •J jm r««»u could possibly construct out ol
.
4 0 0
Itili, Ih
_ 5 1 1) 1:1
1 tl whob* cloth and was told with such
Ar t hur , « t
tl
ti u naive rliurtn, so like the gushing o f a
.. 4 0 0
0 u child heart, so 11k«* the outpouring o f a
Hnitnhuugh, If
4 0 1
0
«1 0 « lublish, wounded soul, that it at first
S m ith, c ................. .. 4 •» •1 11
1)
(1
( «i . « u. r t
ti 1 forced Indict merelv because o f the a]*«
•• J 0
l
(Viler«, p
! 0 parent childish itiiHK*«*iic«* aud sin cerity,
.. I 0 2
„ 3 tl 0
Ile i k,
a
1 it for no other reason.
0
More it not lor some o f the unkind
tl
h . me
u tl
.. 1 0 1
thing« said m the diary 1 might almost
T o tal«................. „ 3 * 4 11 •J7 15 H wish 1 had not bc«*n forced to the con­
clusion that the diary as published
ck in ninth.
was a c tu a lly completed shortly before
Cottage (Jrov
0 1 1 1 1 0 n ti a - 4
its publication in A tlan tic Monthly.
Kiigem*............
1 u u 0 0 1 1 2 t> - 5
Kven now, ad m ittin g what f a c ts at
Two hm«' hit«: II. Lntliam, Jiane. hand plain ly indicate, that the diary
Three Imne hit«: II. I«udiuni. Kuril« <1 is both u deception and a plagiarism,
run«: Kugen«*^l. Stolen ha«e«: Smith liter«» is some s a t is f a c t io n to Opal s
(K u g e n e ),
Huntington,
Hill,
liruni
torni(*r associa tes here, aud to relatives
haugli, Klin e.
Hacrifice hit«:
Mill«, rath e r unkindly tre ated in the diary,
Smith ( K u g e n e ). P im t on hall«: Ot t in the f a c t tliat study of the case by
Murphy, I ; o f f (Vllern, 1. Kirst oil ci
psychologist« b n u g s out the theory that
r«»r«: Kugene, it; Cottuge d ro v e, «». Opal probubly has both uu abnormal
L eft on b a s e s : Kugene, ti; i ’ottag»* and a subnormal condition of mind.
d ro v e, S. Double play: Smith t o d a v i n . From the abnorm al mind comes l o r
S tru ck o u t: Hy Murphy, 5 ; by (Vllers, wonderful power o f description, her
M» Hit h) pitched b all: datnhle. I ’ m be au tifu l f a c ilit y «if expression, and
pire, linker. T im e o f game, 1:50.
from the subnorm al conies her love t«»r
K isalry is keen between the Kugene association with lit t le children, her
and C o ttag e d ro v e teams. Kach has enjoyment o f their jo y s and her child
flow won a gam e and di<* deciding ish outlook upon lit'«» which enabled
game will I n * played here next Sunday. h«*r to so completely mimic the child
Tin« game is more than likely to citu h in a diary which, I am convinced, was
the \ alley championship and a more written at a tune when «tie had the
than kcAn contest is anticipated . Cot
i lit f i l e d uni train in g of a grown woman
tag«* Grove Im« lost hut two gaums, one and a knowledge on many subje ct« the
to Ktigem* and one t«i YoncuThi.
e«|tial of thut o f scholars, which «'ii-
ableil her to produce the childish Im
nior bubbling from almost every p a ra ­
ALLEY OBSTRUCTIONS
graph, which enabled her to unveil the
HAMPER CITY BUSINESS heart and soul o f n child in composi
tiou so uncommon y e t so childishly
W hether or not owners o f property
expreaniv e.
may place permanent o bstructio n« in
T h e way this airy little maid of the
paved alley« was again b e f o re th«» city
woods pul over her e x o tic literary pro­
council Monday night, bein g brought
duction and th«» pains and thoroughness
up through the fact that cement «tep«
with which she laid ii plausible foundn*
had been built a t the re ar o f the
tmn fo r its b elief are hardly less won­
Mod(*rn P h arm acy and tidcphoni* o f ­
derful than would have been th«* actual
fice. A block f a r t h e r down the alley
w riting o f the diary at the age and
the removal o f
a
rh im uey
which
under the circu m stances claimed for it.
abutted in the alley vviim ordered re-
• 4» »
moved before paving work was started
In my e f f o r t •« prove tht> tintIn*n
A controversy o f a sim ilar nature came
t l r it y or lurk nf niitlionlirity uf Opol'x
up at the tim e Kirst alley «outK was
ilinry I first tlircrtfil u liir^r »mount
paved, when obstructions were ordered
o f e f f o r t to try in g to find nomoone
removed from th«* rear o f the F irs t
who lii»«l n.-t mi Hy ureu it. A hint would
National hank building.
r»mi' that Opal had nhown thr diary
na n child to *o and no , T h r evidence
T h e progressive spirit o f the c«t- » n s poMitiv,. until t h r moment o f thr
ir«*ns o f C o ttag e d ro v e is indicated by in torvir w, whrn ahvny» it drvrlnprd
tlo* f a d that already this y«*ar 4545 that Opal hail not n r tn a lli^ i l h i lo t r d
fe e t o f cem ent walk has been laid. t h r dinry hot Hint . h r had npohru o f it
During May 747 feet o f cem ent walk in an o ffh an d mnnnrr. Not a r r l a t i i r ,
was laid and 5lM) feet o f board walk. no nm ttrr how v l o . . th r rrlutiouship,
err or«.
T h e box « co re :
Kugene:
Alt It
S m i th , nh .........
1 1
It. i.uthaiu, HI»
5 !
I h* Arin om i, itti _ 4 0
tìaiuhle, et ..... . 3
I
H u n ti n g t o n , c... .. 3
1
M urp hy, p
.. 4 0
( la v ili, I h .......
.. 4 1
M. I .a dia ni. r P .. 4 0
Mill«, r f ..............
.. 3 u
RESIDENT
FOR
SHORT
TIME BEC0ME8 REAL
LIVE BOOSTER
No where in the world is there
scenery tu surpass t h a t o f the Cot-
tag,, Grove country.
T h a t is the
opinion o f J . H. Blackruure, who is
here in connection with the work
uf the American City bureau.
He
has been g e t t i n g a f i r s t hand view
uf the country which will be hi*
home fur several week* and thinks
the people here should be the hap­
piest in the wurld, considerin g all
that nature has dune fur them and
the little t h a t is really required to
make the com munity one o f the
beat, liv elie st and p re ttie st in the
world.
*
CHAUTAUQUA CLOSES, WILL
RETURN IN ’22
ilu use Provea M ost Popular L ectu re r
aud M ary Adei U a y s Company
M ost Popular Musicians.
Chautauqua cauie to a successful
cluw t-rulay evening with a splendid
concert by the Mary Adel i i a y s grand
opera singers. Unquestionably this wa»
tin- best musical cuuipauy ever to up
pear here. Miss i i a y s nerscll has a
b cu u lilu l coloratura soprano voice aud
is ably supported by the other mem­
bers ol tne com pany, iiu th i ’earc y,
contralto, Claude .-vcnt-li, tenor, and
•loan kluinuiau, baritone. B eu lah Clark ,
piano and f lu te , is a re c e n t student a t
he University uf Urcgou.
i h e most popular lecturer on the
entire program was Ur. K. 1- B ouse,
who appeared 1 hursday ulteruoou aud
evening, in» s u b je c ts being “ The Won­
ders or the M i n d ' ' and “ T h e Destroy
ers and B uild ers uf H ealth . ’ ’ Dr.
House is a psychologist aud presents
his ideas showing the influence of the
uu uu upon life and health in a most
fureeful manner, t ie is an Orcguu man
m akin g his home 111 P o rtlan d but de
voting Ins l if e to the w e lfare o f a na­
tion.
V. I. .Shepherd, on F r id a y afterno o n,
gav e pro bably the must scholarly ad
dress o t the session, snowing in his
talk 011 “ T h e B ouse We Lave i n ’ *
that man himself is responsible fo r his
own destiny aud that right thinkin g,
individually aud collectiv ely, brings
like results.
As the sessiou progressed the mem
tiers of the talent lie cam e mure aud
more e nthu siastic in their praise o f
the b e au titu i floral dccoratiuus. A l ­
most without exceptio n they stated
their b elief that C ottage Grove would
carry o f f the honors fur the season in
that rrsiH'Ct. T h e hospitality uf the t i t
izeus a o' the ehaula uqua sp irit found
“ My pet»— Ginger, tihep, Max, tiyp, here also were o fte n referred to.
I oui, Krx, Ihindy, T h r I ’r t I'hipiuuuk,
The yuuior chuutauqua was uut the
The K u h . “
least important part uf the program
Thi» list o f name» fur her pets i» in aud the kiddies are e n th u siastic Chau­
»frange con traat with the B rav e ilo ra
tauqua fa n s .
They gr e a tly enjoyed
lui», Ari»totle, Aphrodite, Klizabeth their daily association with the story-
B a r r e t t Browning uud other e ha rue ter» lady, Mrs. Fultz.
ul the diary »up|ai»ed to have been
A c o n t ra c t for next y e a r was signed
u»ed many year» l e f o r r ,
iicforc the close o f the session.
AI»o ili,, jwt crow, the Jiet vvoodrat,
ihe »eventi j » t mice, the |>et bat», the
BRINE OVERLAND CAR
pet row, the pet hen», rooater», piga
IS STRUCK BY SHASTA
and other» ot the menagerie o f the
diary e ith e r had been torgotten or had
The Overland car owned by L a w ­
not yet been added In the list o f pet».
There were other entries to which 1 rence 1’ritie was hit Monday evenin g a t
the south Creswell crossing by the
will re fe r when takin g up the fuater
B hasta limited.
Mr. P r i n e , who was
parent fa n t a s y .
a t the wheel, says t h a t wheu he hit
I lie Kugli»h u»cd in thc»r notebook» the cro ssing rain was pouring d o » u ,
lack» the b eauty of that used iu the the rails were slippery uud the rear
diary and th e quaint and fa n t a s t ic end o f the Our skidded down the tra c k
>tylo of the diary is entirely lacking, inside (he rail. Kl'forts to g e t the c a r
lui» give» nome credence to the belief troiu between the rails were u n av ail­
on the p a rt o f »»me that Opal hud ing and e f f o r t s to flag the ap proaching
»olile as sista n ce in the preparation o f train also were unavailin g.
T h e rear
the diury, although Opal herself in ot the ear und the body were badly
other w riting has shown u possession wrecked.
T h e traiu
came
to
stop
ol b e au tifu l Knglish and, before the witkiu its own length a f t e r s trik in g
pnblu alflui of the diary, wrote a bisik the ear. No one was in the car when
which drew the corameudation o f kings it h u s hit.
and queens, authors, editors uud s t a t e s ­
men.
T h a t the published diary was not
written until a f t e r Opal le ft the uni­
versity 1 fe e l certain because o f the
tac t that while there she evin ced no
intere»! whatever in F r e n c h , which *0
abounds iu the revised editimi o f the
published diary. A fti'r her a rr iv a l in
C alifo r n ia she did show au in terest in
that language und while a guest for a
few months at the home o f Mrs. Maud
Harwood Bales, L’0 I I 7 Sherm an Way
Boulevard, Oweiismouth, Calif., sheets
of paper done in ehi.dish print were
found by her hostess where they had
been acciden tally le ft by Opal. The
several bulky boxe» required to oontain
the shredded diary vveru not a part of
O p al's belongings whcit she arriv ed at
the B a le s home, where fo r many
months she v 1» a welcome guest. Mrs.
Bale» 1» cer ta in that- here the diary
was s tarte d and the s i t year-old idea
conceived and that from the B a le s
library were copied in their entirety-
tin- quotations from the C ath olic man
mil and that the lists o f French words
so fre e ly used in th e published diary
were tak e n from a “ French Si-If
T a u g h t ” in the Bales home.
I have been unable to find anyone
who ever saw any o f the buses iu
which the diary reached Boston. None
of the fnmily knew o f t h e ir existence.
Nowhere that she ever stayed were
they in evidence. Such a bulk being
, : , rted around by a little girl could
hardly have pnssed without notice or
inquiry.
It appears to me that even laird
b r a y , who acted as a sort o f g o d father
for the arr iv a l o f the book in Fagiani!,
who is reported to have invited Opal
to become a member o f his family and
who wrote the introduction for the
second edition in book form, was very
doubtful o f its precocious authorship,
l'Ut he suggested other reasons why it
(Concluded ou f i f t h page.)
TEACHERS SELECTED
FOR CITY S SCHOOLS
T h e follow iug have been elected to
positions in the Cottage Grove schools:
High school: Miss Maude ¡Skidmore,
Mrs. O ra Head llem eu w ay, J . F. God
urd, K. J . Kdwards, Miss l.ulu Currin
and Miss Klise Price.
G rades: Mrs. Albert Woodard, Mrs.
K a t e Burrows, Mrs. Aida Hrnith, Mrs.
M atilda Bleep, Miss A d d le White, Miss
M a rie t te llumuiit, Mrs. U. J . Laudess,
Miss Nora Queen, Mrs. lim a B eag er,
Miss Kllu K ro e g e r aud Miss M arjo rie
S h a y . T he re are other positious to be
filled aud a superintendent has not
y e t been elected.
NUMBER 38
RECALL MOVE IS DOWNED
BY LANE VOTERS
BuIdlers’ Bonus Go*» Through With a
Whoop;
G s g U U t ir e
Hssalon
B i t s usi ou Killed.
The recall m ovement agaiust Com
missiouer M. U. B a r l o w was showed
under by the voters Tuesday, iticuin
pielo returns ind icatin g that the tion.
totals will bo about -fibtl lo r f i a r i u n
to J ZOO fur Honey. The recall move­
ment i tse lf, fav o rab le uctiou upon
which
was necessary
b efo re
theic
would be a vaeaucy iu the commission
of »hip to l i i i ,
was suowed under
even deeper, t h e r e was much r n u iu
d erstanding upou the p art of the vute.s
as to the proper method of marking
their ballots. Pro b ab ly more than ko
per c en t o f the voters killed one vote
with the other. Many voted fur the
recull uud followed by voting to retain
Mr. B arlo w m o f f ic e .
Many uthc*.
voted a g a in s t the recall aud then voteu
fo r the recall candid ate for commis­
sioner. In only one precin ct in lb i­
section was the vote a consistent one.
i u the Luraue precin ct, there were e^
u cliy the same number of votes fo r the
recall caud id ate as for the recall i t k - n
and e x a c tly the same number of votes
for B arlow as la e re were against the
The aoldiers ’ lion us was adopted L j
an overwhelming vole and tUe pro
pus a I to increase the salarie s of th»
legislature aud iengtueu the legislative
session has been a e l c a l e d . T h e erne,
gcucy clause veto amendment receiveo
a l a v 01 able vote.
tlygieun: uiarnag
was d efeated by a small m ajority. The
women ju ro r bill is y e t iu doubt, hi.
L ane county every measure receive,,
a fa v o ra b le vote except the rxlend eu
legislativ e sessiou.
tii th«, recall electiou Cottage Grove
gav e a m a jo r ity o f o f o r the recall
aud a m a jo r ity of b for Uoney over
ila rlu w . i ue Dorena p re c in ct oppose,,
the recall by a lew vutes, while the
I .or am- precin ct was a g aiu st the reeai.
dlmuat three tu oue.
In Kugene th,
recall faile d iu some instances ainiosi
ten to one. J u n c t i o n City favored the
reeall strongly, w tub, Mpringfield gave
au almost eveu vote. T h e coast wen;
fur the recall, Mapietou going twenty
to oue.
T h e vote in Cottage Grove and in
several uearby pre c in cts was as fol
Iowa:
. C o ttag e Grove
1 2 J 4 5 TL
L eg isla tiv e Compensation:
Yea---------------------------- 3 9 M 3 9 13 37 l i
No----------------------------- 75 lib til r J 5b 24
S o ld i e r s ’ B onus:
Yea---------------------------- 7b 5U bti 27 6*> JO.'
N v j ---------------------------5 J
24 12 27 IS
Kinergeucy V e to :
Yeo.------------------------ 50 .'!« 68 l b 43 2 1u
No----------------------------- 54 l b 26 12 32 14..
Hygienic M a rria g e :
Yes..... ....................... L. 63 21 6b 22 47 22 -
N o..... .............................. 62 41 46 14 42 20o
Women J u r o r s :
Yea________________ 64 3 0 63 l b 4b 2 2 -
No--------------------------- 63 2b 4b 16 4b 2b -
F o r K e call:
Y e s __ _______________ til 31 4b 25 44 21
No_________________ 5b 33 57 13 43 2bu
F o r Commissioner:
Harlow
64 36 55 14 34 20=
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63
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F o r K e ca ll:
Yes..
N o ._
Harlow.
K oney________
4b
28
25
4b
46
48
5o
43
74
42
41
75
56
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48
IRVING WH1PPS DROPS DEAL
AT BELLEVILLE, KANS.
The body o f I r v iu g Whipps is e*
pected to arr iv e upon a n y train from
B elleville , K an ., wher« Mr. Whipp
dropped dead upon the
street
from
h e art trouble.
Mr. Whipps was aged
28 years, 11 mouths, 3 days. Ue « « >
b o m a t Washioga, Minn., aud came to
Oregon iu l b l u .
Ue
had been in
K an sas about a ye ar. H e had never
recovered his streugth following at a t ­
t a c k o f influenza two y e a r s ago and
went to K ausas in thu hope t h a t th -
change might b e n e fit hi* health
H -
was a sou o f hlr. aud Mrs. Finle.
Whipps, promin ent resideuts
of
the
Mosby creek country .
EDDY S HENS SPREAD
ENERGY OVER SEASON
J . W. K d d y ’s W h ite l.cghora h e m
a re o f the kind t h a t do nut expend
all t h e ir e f f o r t s in the early spring
STEER WAS LARGEST
and a r e not led a s tra y by the pre­
J. W. VEATCH HAS SEEN cocious examples set by other flock*.
Oue o f his flock
has
ju s t
gotten
.1. W. Y e a t c h reports k illin g a few around to the production o f au egt
days ago the largest s tee r he has ever weighing 3 ! 4 ounces and measuring s
seen. I t dressed 67 per cen t, an un­ inches by -6 inches.
In co n tra s t with
usually large percentage and weighed the mammoth egg is an o th e r laid by
1U15 pound* dressed. T h e animal orig another member o f the flo c k weighing
inally was owued by C. M. M clan , less than a q u arter o f an ounee.
was a fte rw a rd s owued by F r a n k Me
Furland und N. W. W h ite and twice
A panacea f o r e v e r y th in g — B e n t in d
by Mr. Y e a tc h .
I t had been pasture wan tads.
fed for th re e ye ars and was o f the
Hereford breed.
Musical Program Saturday.
Miss G ilb e rt and Miss B ard , o f the
New Y o rk grand opera com pany, will
appear in a musical program a t the
high school auditorium S atu rd ay eve­
ning a t 8 o ’clo ck under the auspices
o f the American Is-giou.
The pro­
ceed» will be used to assist in d e f r a y ­
ing the expense* o f 800 o f the Whitney
boys in a tour over the county pro­
m oting the l b 2 5 exposition fur P o r t ­
land.
WATCH YO U B L A £ K L
— those who ad v e rtis e
— are alw ays the liveliest
m erchan t*
— and, therefo re, the ones who
pick up the barg ain s when
any a re to be had.
— you a r e alw ays assured o f
the best o f service when dealing
with those who a re regular
and persistent advertiners.