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The Sentinel work for a c e r t a in cluss of labor. • too with a public servan t that we 1 here aro many of us who have uot re gulate bv a public servant which vve| ! more thau reached the middle of life do uot regulate. ¡w h o cau remember » lieu the 10 hour Motor trans|Hirtntion must pny its» 1 dii) was the usual thing. Micro are »»vili wav liuti must submit to the sum.' A Weekly Newspaper W ith P le n t y Thtn«« 0th«' Think amt What Wt uiuny now living who cau remem ber regulatio ns as .lo those with whom it | ot B ack b on e . Think of tha Thing' Ottima Ihtnk the 18 hour day ol their early life, compete*. E lb e r t B ed s aud E lb e rt Buiith Publishers which was som ething ot an improve E lb e rt B e d e ....................................... ..E d ilei meut over the 14 hour dtty which had COUNTY EXTRAVAUANCE. Houli of tho Iivolioat |»«*«»|>lo ou curili preceded il. There are many o f us I uro tHo*o with olio foot tu tho gruvt*. not so very ta r along in lif e who cau • • • A l it t l e letik may develop a fissure ▲ first-c lass piib licalio u entered at Out rvuiciubtr when 11 iioui» in a day wus t a g s tirove, Ore., aa second class matter not an unusual thing l o r a siore clerk . that wrecks a dike. Sunn* s e lf math' lima co u ld n 't g»'t L it t l e drops o f w ater will finally We would not go buck to I k s 14 the same kind o f a j o b fo r any on« Busuieaa O f f i c e ____ ____ 4131 E a s t Main hour day, we would uot go baek to wear uway a stone. In thcnc »lays when the tax|niyurs else. llio 18 hour day, nor even to the 10 are yellin g their head s o f f for a re SU BSC RIPTIO N B A T E S hour day l o r wugo earners, but those .luciitili of the tax ra t e , o f f i c e r s spemi I Georgi» W ashington was never lichen One y e a r ™ __$2.23 | T hree mouth*....-63c who rail a t the b hour day are turning mg th e t a x p a y e rs should be m in i they put Ins picture on a isislng* themselves ca re fu l o f the l ittle money S ix mouth*.... 1.15 | S in gle copy..... — So public scut tuiont against leaks, us well as .s tump * and are fo rc in g the open shop. o f t he big ouch . 1 1 N o sub scriptio n listed fo r less thau tioo The priuters" s t r ik e lo r the 44 hour I ll u s t r a t i v e o f the little l»>aks, iu ni .... . , ..... , , A reduction o f 86 « fo r pay tug a full week hits forced the open shop into recent publication o f tho county court ' here is lit t le excuse for b ein g 1 », y e a r in advance many c itie s where it was hardly proceedings, we find Tit item s c i n e d i I hunt with yo u r iiccoiiot iu |wiyiug com kn o w n ; tt lias caused d is sa tis fa ctio n the same, each item bein g a warrant | pliuients, M ember o f among even many o f the workers in fav or of th»' highway commission N atio u al E d ito rial A ssociation themselves aud it is more thau likely to r work oil the Hlaehlv rood. I Tho most a c u te eyesig ht som etimes Oregon S t a t e E d ito ria l Association that the printers may have to concede se the county cau not draw generously fa ils to s.'»o the f r a iltie s o f the S hour day aud make all over one B ecau Oregon Newspaper Conference w arrant for moro than $500, it „»„„kin.l ' ag a in their tight f o r the closed shop took 30 w arrants in under t»i i»av lit »'1 L a n e County P u b l is h e r s ’ Association on that basis. s t a te $17,53S.63. It. cause the employer thought too F R I D A Y , AUG U ST' 26, H*2I It is b e l t e r to grumble about your This provision o f law which limits little o f the rights o f the work er, he the sis e o f w arrants to $500, may b. wife than at her, although both nr« had unions forc ed upou him aud was a senseless and e x t r a v a g a n t one, but utterly lisciali*. T H E F A R M E R ' S 44 H O U E S forc ed to comply with union demands. • • • hat was som ething with w I ik T i the I f the employe now flu n k s t o o B i t s county clerk could not deal. He ha»l More downright misery follows iu A Minnesota farm er, Charles H o f the employer— and o f those to to issue the 30 w arrants, but he dui Carlson, of M arshall, does not think whom the employer must sell his goods not have to list th e 30 w arrants in »,. th»» ,, witko o f so ealied pleasure thau much o f the s t r ik e o f the printers in he i> going to put the employer in the court proceedings. l ie conl»l h a v e ! *,,**°var» sorrow order to secure a 44-hour week and, the saddle and be him self dislodged li-ted the 30 items ill tho same s|uiee| con tras tin g the fa rm e r and printer, It is one ot the weaknesses o f human that one occupied. I Women ’* c lo thing has been a puzxh . says: nature to ask all we think we can get, T o publish the 30 item s in the t w o l b u t it is g c t t i u g so it is not so h a n i •‘ Wheu a f a rm e r has put in an o f t e n knowin g that in ju s t ic e is bein g o f f i c i a l papers cost the comity $ I 0 .S 0 | |„ through eight hour day (eig ht before dinner done. l f III»» 30 items ha») hccii liste»! n* olle T h is seems to be rase with those thè eost wouhl b av e Invìi 3 (le, a saviug aud eight a f t e r ) : » lie u he has to give Ili ('hii'ago tliey b av e a eat wlth the railroads h a l f of Ins crop to gel who have demanded the I I hour week o f $10.50. the other h a l f to m a r k e t ; » h e n his and they are likely- to find that public Not a largì' am ou nt, 'tls true. I mi ! four benda am i politieiuu* vvith any largest eouhid e wouldn’t nay for n sentiment will do to th e 44 hour week eaoiigh pennies mako a din»', and atiiuher o f talea. • ss s tea k in a S t. P aul hotel or his loosest what it tlid to the I t hour day, the 18 dime* malto a dollar. te am c o u ld n 't haul enough hull's to hour »lay and the 10 hour day. We wnnt o f f ic i a i* , c it y , coutilv, s tati 1 It is e as , r io g»»| » promise o f $8’S market to t » y fo r the harness on their The p rin te r* could hardly have ami lini tonai, » ho uri' e v er alert tu b acks, it is sure pleasant to read the ptvkcil a worse tim e t o have made save $10.50 vvheufvcr tliev enn, nini si x moutba frinii no»» llinu it i* tn ili cusli. ad ve rtisem e nts o f the strik in g print their dcmntt»l. W ith th»- demand for vvhi'ii vve bave o f f i c i a i * enger lo save lu lle rt • m • era. decreased p r i n t , the employing print siich smnll items, »»• m a r foci quii» “ I f work in g four hours less a week ers »»-re in no positiou to grant a e e rtain t h a t tliev a r e lookiug a f t e r Conservatim i is all righi in some lengthens life nine years, they ought h o t t e r day a t the expcnac o f th»-ir thè big nuca vv 11 li cquni eoucern. niys, but d o li ’t conserve your suu to cut out all work and live fo rever. 1 custom»- rs. stime am i happiness. should thiuk the employers would be The S e n t in e l is o f the b e li e f that I\>r ye ars women have t r e n wi'sring happv to pay them their $46 |»'r week many class»-* o f lab o r a re un<lerpai»l I f we had to wait until |>oopli< wer« i f they sent a union messenger boy and it a n t ic ip a t e s that tb»> tcmloucy dresses maile almost e n tire ly o f tin around to the print shop each morning is going to be towards higher wages, and have supina»-»! that thi'y were fitte»! to govern them selves we wniihl with their v isitin g cards. I f their but that a d v an ce can not lie »>x|»cct<’d w earing silk. Woimra who would no [ n e v e r hav»' s e lf governmiral reasoning holds good that shorter u n til a f t e r the pr.-sent readju stm ent more think o f e arry in g a d in ner |inil hours mean louger life, the av e rage period has passed aud is uot likely to d ow n the *tr»'»'t thau o f f ly in g or who \ Wellesley professor »lodare* that Minnesota farm er should be dead and m 'tir,- gh th e sub to rfo jt« o f a vvouliln't deign to soil t h e ir soft and the sex»'* are uot rqnul. Well, the buried long a g o . ’ ’ sho rter week. liatiitlin»' the men are »lev eloping rnpiilly. T here is some good, hard sense in Th»* employe has com plained, ami Illy W lilt«» ha ml» by this satire o f this Minnesota farm er o f t e n righ tly so, that th»' employer kit< hen «li»h«*», htVH I m '« ii pnrait'iiailling and there are some things apropos and and the higher ups have tak e n no cut the st rt»«»tn wearing «Ir«*’»»«•» lutiti«» e f It must ta k e a lot o f bravery to help pertinent which he has overlooked. in their wages. It is c»|unllv true ohi wash boiler* 1 tini titoli {til 11 » for u moli t a r am i f e a t h e r some poor, He might have tru thfully stated that that the employe can harillv look to s c ie n tists tell us tln-re is muoh m o r e ] helpless, seared to »lenth victim, the shorter hours the rest o f the world b o o m i n g a higher up or an em ployer tin than silk in th»' goods passed ov er) work, the longer hours the fa rm e r has if 4-» hours a week is going to scare th»' cou nter* thi'se »lay* fo r silk l * n ’t| It is easy to sny a lot o f b righ t, got to work in ord er to produce him to »hath. it m o r t i f y in g l enough to buy the thing s made by o rigiu sl thing s if your aud itor* those who insist that 44 hours is P U T B O T H ON S A M E B A S I S . h a v e n ’t heard llu-ui before you steal enough to work in one week and who, C riticism may uot m ake every critt |th i f granted the 44 hours, soon will be T h e a c tio n o f railroads running out cized j*r*»ra pro m in eat, but it has equally as vehenieutlv insistin g that ot l'o rtlam l to tho beach resorts that egotiat is one who, wheu lie 44 hours is an intolerab le length o f hav e s t a rt e d a cut rate war fur the mude a reputatio n fo r many, and no him self that he oil gilt to do time to labor during a week. purpose, so it is stuted, o f m ain tain in g one has e v e r rcnchc»! prominence with He might have tru th fu lly sta te d that tlii’ir own e x iste n c e over the |M,rtiou- out licing severely rr iticixe il. t'r i t l [s o m e th in g , uiingiiiei that the cull is i f the farm er should get down to a o f t h e ir lines a f f c r b ' i l , emphasises eisrn o f your a c t i v i t i e s is a certain | general 44 hour week, a lot o f the rest o f us f o rc ib ly the f a c t that the motor trails sign that you are doing something. would have to get into the producing portal ion problem is one that is going T h e d ia m e te r o f the fam ily c irc le Is business in order to have something to cause us as much trouble and worry Wheu a girl marries a man who has I ihe »listnnco from fa t h e r to mother, us tlnl the railroads when we startl'd with which to m aintain ourselves, and ■h'dared hiiuaelf ready to »lie for her, | T h e shorter the d iam e te r the happier the 44 hour a-weok laborer would have re g ulatin g them, uml this is but one «he is likely to fimi I ird *. t h a t she ha.* mar to put in u lot o f overtim e a t pres o f many eases where the railroads are ent wages iu order to be ab le to |my bein g put to it to m aintain e xiste n ce rii »1 a demi one. A ir inside a tire nerve* a good and the price that a shortage o f crops in the fa c e o f m otor com petition. T h e s e s ervan ts o f ours, f o r they now would bring about. Many fo lk s nekuowledge a fa v o r tn | useful pur|a»se, vvliuli it is uot so tr a « ar»' tru ly such, provide t h e ir own I t is not so very long a g o — right equipment and then are tohl by Mat»' such a n a y ns to giv e the impression o f that in » number o f p i i j ' l r »•> a t the time when our country needed ami fetleral commissions how th»-y that they a r e c o n f e r r i n g a fa v o r by|could name, all o f its man power— that we heard must run t h e ir tra in s , the kind o f men ac ce p tin g it. that 30 hours was a reasonable w e e k ’s T h e ni»-an thing s you say are grad they i-au put iu ch a rg e o f their trains, the kiiul o f service th e y must main T h e r e ’s almost as much pleasure iu | u“ lly fo rg o tte n , but the uu-su thing t a in and the price th e y may ch arg e g iv in g avvuy som ething you <lou ‘t want I you write may spring up to taunt you for such service. as th»'r»' is in g»'tting s»imethiag you | “ • “ " y time, A f t e r reg ulatin g these common c a r riers in this m anner, f i x i n g a large do want. No woman is n good w ife who flat part o f t h e ir o p e ra t in g expen se and T h e wnuiau 's mind is not in rondi it e r s her husband wln-n hi' »lo.-sfi't ,1 th eir income, we a r e le ttin g ano ther form o f tran sp o rtatio n run almost f r e e tion to get th»' liest out o f a Sermon s»'rve it. By this measure most women are gootl wives. o v er highways we have built, and vv ken ab o v e it is a last y e a r ’s hat. ¡w h ic h the railw ays have helped us 1 build, with little regulatio n aa to Ali cantero man whu wn* down ano I t 's funny, but some fo lk s never will precautions they must t a k e f o r the I nut went insane ami s ta r te d tu bar* i s a f e t y o f t h e ir passengers, without any learn t h a t the way to keep a thing | and bite. It ringhi be sani that he regulation as to tim e si-hedules and quiet is not t o tell it. weut to thè doga. without a n y regulation ns to the rates * #' s they may charge. N owhere «Joe* the bib le refer to the Railw ays may not comliict a rate It is ns impossible to e duca te d i f f c r IriNh, although Making the (lend | I war in or»ler to put com petito rs out ent prople tu th»' sani»- Yicwpoint n* Il Modern bifocals serve of bnsine**, but this new com petito r to have been pm etieed. would be t 1 make a cut un»! a muli-» ! o f the railw ays may cut ra t e s to any you best. The combi vvny. T h e w i.H 4 * mao m u ea up hi» monejr *<••' tlunga thè snine ! poiut it chooses in orih-r to put rail • • • nation lenses for b u s y hik I th«* fotil fo n u n ulong and borrow> ; ways out o f business. The person who is must indispen people. Motor t r a n s p o rta tio n is here is s ta y , it. suble un a jo b is thè ime who doesn’t without a doubt. S o is railw ay trails » a ste bis empktynr’* timi* telling how portntion. T h e two engaged in the same business should be sim ilarly r»*g thè business wouhl go to thè bowwowi <L without ti■ 111 . B o th must stand upon t h e ir own s s . f»'ot. We can not f a i r l y subsid ise the 881WU LAMETTE ST EUOCNE 0 « . When you s»-e your ilaughter grow one with fn-e high w ays unless we s u b ing 111 > ili thè minge o f her motlier, sidize th e o ther. W e ra n not f a i r l y t e ll one what it shall do and let the M a in t a in in g P a r k s fo r T o u ris ts I s E x you think o f thè wny mime smart i< ‘ ■■■' young man is going to get thè sanie oth»-r run wild. pcu.sc W hich T o u r is ts Them We can not p»Tmit u n f a ir oompet thing you did. selves Should P ay. s • • HINGS W E THINK $1 FEES FOR AUTO CAMPS IS ON THE WAY S fie riim itW -M o o ili/ onteeJ BEAUTY C O M PACTS 5°* .-■ 4M 1 *.. — m- ' » 3 « w ' tm » to ... k , \ f * * Cv i ; : • » M WA ïw e •* - » ta w • . S o b *r S * * e •r * vv a -» •>»*.. py*«yar ' * ’F- « »ü** r.<\ I« . .«* iu •»*«-«* X X tliX A i »«■' «f «wr *rt$ sngmn î ! « ï P e r fu m e d w ith t h e W o n d e r fu l N ew O dor o f 2 0 F lo w e r s (Rw F ace Powder in its handiest, most economical form. D ain ty oi^cs o f Face Powd«-r Jo n tc e l in c h a rm in ' h ttle boxes th a t slip into your h a n j-h ip N o s p illin g , no w aste. E xquisite .shade*—t o m atch all comp!» taxis. C om plete w ith puff, 50 c. t P.S.Tkrri’NalarKe Mir Jonfr* l fW-anty'1 Compact fi»r the dn-tnin,' table, $!.OoJ The Modern Pharmacy C.J. KEM, PROP. ^ S c a tta r , COTTAGE GROVE E ugene R e g i s t e r : T h e c it y o f Me»i ford lias ta k e n a wise step iu relutiou to the urubh'ui o f municipal autumu bile parks. I t lias culled a con fe re n c e el re p res e n tativ e s »if c it i e s in O regeu and no rth ern C a lif o r n ia to consider the c h a rg in g of a uniform fee to ull those who |«itroiiize the to urist narks. Much a plan is a s tep in the right direction. T h e municipal autom obile park is a development o f re c e n t years, anil it has muck to recommend it. Automobile trav e l is in c re asin g ut a tremendous ra te and the e n t i r e P a c i f i c roust is anxio u s to encourage the tourist. T h e urn in »-1 pal autom obile |sirk is o f con sideruble a s s is t a n c e in the way o f re d uring the c o s t o f tra v e l and any thing t h a t reduces tr a v e l cost has a tendency to increase the amount o f travel. B u t th e re is a question as to whether the tax [rayera o f the c itie s o f (hi- coast s t a te s are w arranted in main ta iu in g t hese in s titu tio n s on a wholly free basis. I t is the experience o f most o f the a t t e n d a n t s at these [sirk s, for instan ce, thut a liew type of i t i n e r a n t has sprung up with the spread o f the use o f the automobile. There wus a time when many o f these itin e r a n ts rode the b rak e beams from town to town. Others o f th<-ni drpve bony hor*»-K hitched to d ilapidated wagons, and yet o the rs walked. B u t now iu larg»' numbers they f l i t from [dace to place in r i c k e t y fliv v ers. Does an y t a x p a y e r feel t h a t he is doing him self a fav o r by m a i n t a i n i n g a more or less expensive cam p ground for trav e le rs o f this t y p e ! T h e kind o f to urist t h a t the coast, wants to eueourage would have no ob je c ti o n I» pitying a small fee say 50 cents a d ay — when he wants to stop in one o f the m unicipally m aintained rum i) grounds. Hitch a fee would be a small drain ii|sin the fin a n c e s o f the tourist, anil y e t it would s u f f ic e q u ite s a t is f a c t o r i l y f o r the m ain te n an ce o f a t t r a c t i v e i«irk*. An average o í 60 c a rs a day a t the Eugene park is low, and yet a t 50 cen ts a day such an a v e r nge would provide a m aintenan ce fun»! o f $25 per day f o r keeping the pnrk in a t t r a c t i v e condition. Quite a little could b e done with that amount. T h e Medford b ica o f a c t in g in c o n cert is the righ t one. I f any single c it y should mlopt the fee plan, it would possibly lie regarded a* an e f fort to prey on the to urist, but i f all the ro ast c itie s a r t to g e th e r this phase o f the sitiiHtion would tie o bvia ted. It is timi- to go ahead and do som ething alo n g t h a t line. Mi'u ami women are peculiar crea ture*. A man w oiihln't bave 11 girl that no mie else would bave, and stili it inak<-s Inni iniul to bave others show thut they wnnt her and viee versa with thè women. * • • sta ts court says that hereafter '■njdoycH of ruilroad compirai»** will b»' obligi-d to ri'gunl thè Icgcnd, “ This siile u p . ” Heretofore they bave religiously carried out thè bihiicni iu structi<ra o f siniting bolli si»les. A Show mo 0110 who makos no mis- takosand I will show V you a «load olio. Ont» .should ho forni von for making a mistake, Imt never for refusing to oorreet it.. If you have a griovanoo against tho t'ottago drove Klootrio ('ompaiiy, don’t oomplain to tho iioighhors, bring it to the offioe, we have a plaoo for it. Kvery man is entitled to at least one oliane«» to make good, he who denies this right is as guilty as he who oom mits the offense. Cottage Grove Electric Company When a Winchester Speaks It Means Business There lie cornea the big griz/.ly aiiarling, only a few fed away. It taken a mre-fire, mire to work, accurate rifle and a powerful, hard billing cartridge to bring him down. A Winchester r i f l e and one W incheater cartridge can . , , , atop the charge of the world’s largest carnivorous animal. Winchester rifles and ammunition have been the choice of Uooncvelt and many other famous hunters of big game fur many yenra. ,, , . „ Kvery \\ meheater rifle exacting teats for strength, smooth action and accuracy. Winchester cart ridges arc tested fur power, velocity and pend rat inn. For your next hunting trip whether you go after big game nr small take a Winchester rifle and Winchester cartridges world standard for over fifty years. W. L, Darby & Company The Winchester Store THE INDIAN MOTORCYCLE is the fastest motorcycle on the market i m V.-4» Ride a Bicycle to itchool anti you will never be late. It givea you health ful exercim* ami hel|)M yon get more real enjoyment out of life. Why not let him invent hia HAvinga in a gootl wheel or better Mtill, buy one for him? I try to carry the beat bieyclea. They are all guaranteed hy the maker and the price» are right. Ilaetl wheels taken in ex change for new tinea. Term« if yon at» tleaire. Harry Rentle THE BICYCLE SHOP B e fo re y o u Im y a n e w o n e lo o k th e 1i)22 model.s o v e r, th e y a re g u a ra n te e d to m a k e il(> m ile s p e r h o u r sto ck m a c h in e , ( ’an you h e a t th is ? HARRY R E N T L E AOENT FOR THE INDIAN