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About Cottage Grove sentinel and Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Oregon) 1915-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1921)
The Sentinel would have ended his life right there He went to bis knees, but w h s up agaiu in ail instant mid nil' like ih wind, but his “ fla g was d o w n '" (he A W eekly New spaper W ith Plenty never failin g sign o f a wvunded deei. one. o f Backboi 1 marked his trail and when I took it Elbert Bede and Elbert Sm ith Publisher* up the snow 1 us bo,k sidi s wa- stained Elbert Bede........ .......... _ .....«»«.„...E d ito r with bright red spdta aud splashes. 1 knew that sooner or later ni\ \ . t i n A first class pu blication eutered at Cot tage G rove, Ore., as socond class matter would lie down in his mis, iv and ilin all depended on niv cau n ou to got Business O ffice... ..*12 East Maiu iu the killing shot la-forc hi* was up and again out o f sight, SU B SC R IPTIO N B A T E S I'roecediug along the trail w ith the One y ea r___ 42 .25 | Three months tide S is mouths.... 1.15 | Single copy-------- 5c utmost caution 1 soon eauic upon him, N o su bscription listed for less than doc but he hud lawn watch till nud was on A reduction o f 25c fo r paying a full the go wheu 1 got the Ijr-t sigh t; year in advauce there was o|ieuiug enough for another shot and II broke a front leg. The ad Member o f diliouu l injury oul\ served to spur N atioual E ditorial A ssociation him on to greater e ffo r t to get aw ay. Oregou State E ditorial A ssociation 1 follow ed relen tlo»lv and he led the Oregon Newspaper C onference wav through a tamarack sw am p w hero Lane County P u blish ers' Association h,' tried to throw me o f f (hi* trail, but F R ID A Y , AUGUST' 12, 1921 the h eart's blood, skiwlv dripping, diip p m g , dripping, blazed the wav and TH E L U ST TO K IL L . his remorseless eueuiv becam e mere cautious than ever. There surely must be someth m g in Another sight, another shot, and the the snappy air o f the N ovem ber day shoulder id the m jured leg was torn that harkeus the soul o f mankind back to shreds l»v ihe soil nosed bullet. This to the call o f the w ild— the days o f I line lie went down aud t thought the the rave man wheu he hail to fin d his chase was ended. Hut no, he was e > fo o d as best he could and fig h t the and away b efore 1 could get in the beasts that opposed him, nud wm. fin ish in g shot. W eaker aud w eaker ho We long fo r the chase— to kill. b, cam e; uo more hi* |iiui|»*d uiitieiicv The fragrance o f the balsam comes able distances as he cuu; 1 could so to our w idening uostnla, the sweet per that he staggered as he w alked and I Ieri* we have the picture o f the fum e o f the forest aud as we close our knew thut the euil was not tar o f f . O ldsniobile truck (lint hauls the stu ff, eyes we can agaiu see the white i'resetitly 1 canto suddenly upon him as ■is well as the pieture o f the Mutual “ f l a g ' ’ o f the fleein g deer as it he lay, but he sprang into the air ■ ream station and feed store, w uh J. speeds to cover am id the crack, crack, with the seem iug v ita lity o f a whole F. Spray, the proprietor, standing on ilio running board o f the truck K O. crack o f the repeating rifle. deer and with one m ighty ju m p fell Elliott stands on the right bv the The big w oods call aud we beat iu lo a w iu dfall, where he flou ndered errant tester that never g ives the cus against the time that must elapse be about trying to get his feet under him turner one | m * i i i i v t i s i much nor takes a penuv fm ui him. The tester gives the fore the com ing o f the day that w ill tor auothcr spring, but it was useless eustom er ex actly » h a t is routing to give us license to load the pack sack, — he was all in. Mine at last. him. This truck ha* been m aking regular don the red m ackinaw , shoulder the As he ceased Ins struggles he turned trips for the past It months every dnv beloved old W inchester and match our his big, brow u, beseeching ey es, show w its and cunning w ith those o f the tug uo gliut o f fear or hatred, tow ard denizens o f the forest— w ith all the me iu seem iug mute appeal fo r a life advantages on our side. thut never did me any wrong and that And we g o forth to kill, and our 1 had no moral right to take. Hut 1 blood lust h aving been satiated wt am ouly humau aud iu answ er there com e back to civiliza tion aud o f civ il s;<ed through his noble head the bullet ization again becom e a part. that ended the struggle. M y, but what W e have tried to analyze the feeliu g a splendid fig h t he made for his life. but it is beyond us. A m ajestic beast he was, kiug o f his During the mouths o f w in te r ’s rule kind, but 1 never fe lt the searching in the budding spring tune aud in fiower o f those w onderful eyes, closing the hazy days o f radiant summer there iu death, uutil long u tter the close o f com es ever aud anon to my mind the the hunting season, aud then it was picture o f the splendid fig h t “ that big that my heart w ithered w ithin me b u c k ’ ’ made fo r his life “ last hunting and 1 resolved Uever again to take the s e a s o n ," and truly my heart seemed to life o f such a beautifu l, harmless aud shrivel up and 1 was ashumed o f my defenseless creature. self fo r the part 1 played in the mur Hut now , this suappy N ovem ber day, der o f an innocent creature. there com es again that m ysterious I v iv id ly recall the picture o f the som ething thut pours m to my veins noble old fellow- as 1 sighted him be the lust fo r the chase, to kill, aud 1 low me from a rocky h ill on w hich 1 am pow erless to resist. — M esabe stood. He “ sc e n te d ’ ’ me but could not tM iu u.) Ore. locate the danger— his m a gn ificen tly antlered head was thrown high, his IM P R E S S IV E L A C K O F F L O W E R S. nostrils distended, partly with fear and partly w ith the sense o f fig h t. He Though Am erican relatives usually sought to protect him self iu a near by want to plant flow ers ou the graves o f clum p o f ja ck pines, but b e fo re he their sons or brothers in the Am erican reached cover there was the sharp arm y cem eteries in F rance, an arm y crack o f a rifle and a leaden bullet ruling forb id d iu g this hus been ud pierced his qu ivering b od y— a little too hered to. The cem eteries, a uniform fa r back to touch the vital spot that stretch o f green grass with white é in some direel ion from I ’olln^t* t • rovi*, paving out ill »U na min oi titillar* t • 1 the turine r* for produce aud dein orili ff leeil »m l iHHiltry NiippItoH ni cil v price* l h e only th ill? that keep* fhi* truck Ipuni; 1* til«' ll ►orn 1 put roiiiti?i* |*i\« • 1 . bv the farm ers. When the truck first hi U rio 1 Oil its tri|* that was a new w » v • 1 (loi III? I*uni IIOM*. \ i ? o«»<i mim v |**oph I liotii'h Spray eouldu ’t g. 't i»y w it )i it bill h * now hu* » i?iinti si art Oil t III MOt'OIld year nod is just »ta flin g ft now deni. A rm nu ■ment* lu» \ I* lire u mnde with the well k ilOW II m en hu m Unwell „V Ibirkl older to handle their line. \ II the fn filler him t o do in to cull Ni». 70 (1*ow ell & num ber! nod gi \ o h N O «Ier u ml 1 lo* M iH*»ni? l.uik t ruck will order ut the fui titer ‘ * 1loor ut city price* w th no lumi *‘ g chnrge. The truck w ill muko dein eric a* follow *: Molili» V N miri h. Tile»! lavs siilit h . \ \ etl ucrtiliiy* \ ont, Tl iirsda V» not 1 h. Kriilnv* How rive r timi Musi v c reck. Orders h I ioii I i I lie iu tin dnv !»«*fore delivery, luit o r d i r » will bo fillod tip tu 7;.'10 mi luorniug* nf delivery. N on , M r. Far " u t , j " r furili is w ori li 111101 * w 1 1li turili deliverv ut vuoi iloor. The ronditim i in whlrli cretini and cggs are kepi lui* a whole lui tu do 1 w i l l i ilo * i t i c i ' l l u i t cali b c puoi I» 1 our in olio b e : “ M u ri* r o w s , b oiler i*ow*| unire Iteli*, b oiler lieus; more l'ii'nin. b o ile r e renili; more eleitli wlule eggs. ’ ’ Pilone 57. Ti v a w 11 iitniI a fter evervth in g else In . fnileil (r If vou can't afford to subscribe for The Sentinel. von uan’t nlToiri not to read someone else’s A O n e ß a f S p e d a i S a le , © f C t a n w & e f illa t f t t v & a a A Inherited or developed eye-troubles corrected best by our properly fitted glasses. SformonW-Mootlu eugcne one. Here's the most for your money in crosses, look like “ acres o f white lilie s ,’ ’ accord in g to Miss E lsie God durd, a W ellesley graduate who has returned to this coun try a fte r h aving had supervision o f the Y. W. C. A . rest huts built fo r the com fort o f rela tives visitin g the graves in fou r o f the A m cricau cem eteries in France. “ A t fir st everyone w auts to plant flow ers on the grave they lo v e ,’ ’ says M iss G oddard, “ but they soon see that the arm y ruling keeps the coin eteries most b ea u tifu l aud im pressive because o f the u niform ity. Cut flow ers can be placed ou the graves, aud flo w ers ran be planted in the flow er beds near by, but not ou the graves. The i reach people who are eager to deco rate the graves iu some parts are o f ten surprised at this ruling, but our I cem eteries, us cared fo r , are wonder fu lly im pressive. A fte r visitin g them few A m ericans want to take the bodies o f their boys home, though they had been determ ined to do so b efore they c a m e .” The Y. W. C. A . and Red Cross com bine in m aintaining rest nuts at R om ague, B on y, Bellcau W oods aud Fere-en Tardenois. “ N o m atter how prepared a m other and fath er are fo r what they ex p ect to see, the first sight o f the fie ld o f Am erican graves over whelms th em ,’ ’ says M iss G oddard. W hite ilìQ Selection is ¿!Oik!r AittüHisfeinsa- Com e Carlini SE L i (VASI IMO R l l A S T t R I t ’s peculiai that so few o f the uo usually bright children ever get to be president. * • * D o n ’t be discouraged. Think o f the fo o ls who have succeeded iu w inning the position to which you aspire. • Lord Baltimore pound paper gives you approximately 96 double sheets of high qual ity, fabric finished, pure white writing paper. One full pound net____ 76c Lord Baltimore Linen En velopes match the paper in quality and are the latest stationery mode. Buy them by the box of 50 at..................... 60c Tbeae are two Rexall store big values which mean true money saving for you. The Modern Pharmacy L tJkm ^ e*tcd £ & > S tore f t The only side o f the money question we hear is the one the Goddess o f L ib erty is on. The other side d o e s n ’ t talk. • • • It is so dam p tn Panama that pianos are an im possibility. That is one ad vantage that even th is enlightened coun try does not have. • • • When L o t ’* w ife insisted on having j her ow n way, she turned to salt, and ever since then woman has turned to sal* water to get her w ay. . . . The m osquito who punctures the epi j derm is o f the grouch with his p rob oscis! and makes a meal o f the corpuscles | must w ant to com m it suicide. • • • Htatisties state that tw en ty billion telephone messages were sent in the United States during 1920. There must be an error som* where— we found the line busy more times than that. * * * The railroad showed considerable dis cernm ent o f judgm ent that hired "ir is i to take the place o f male strikers, but the g irls w ill soon be tuken to court aud a ju stice o f the peace w ill tie them | up so that they w ill not bother the m en ’ s jo b s very lon g — i f the unmarrffed strikers are on to their job . ?Q T d o »m ir itm tr R 8 ClIP corni PiRCOtAIDfl No Telephone or Mail Orders During This Sale All Ware Guaranteed to be Genuine Q U A L IT Y B R A N D A L U M IN U M W A R E These The Q u a n tity is l i m i t e d * To A void D isappmettait ant Wa K W f K w To Low Prices W ill S h op E ariu~N o Wore S et A side ~ I t „ M u st B e FIRST COME, FIRST SERVER Attract Crowds of Buuers 10 o’clock a. m. Saturday, August 13th W. L. Darby Company * i