The Sentinel
cars annually visit these places even
now, with road condition s far from the
best. The com ing o f the fa ir should
see g ood roads into every inaccessible
A W oekly New spaper W ith Plenty
section o f Oregou.
o f Bttckbone.
Direct taxation fo r auy purpose
Klliort Bcd«> aud Klbort Suuth Publishers never works fairly upon every person
We would have no
P.lt>«*rt B ed e....___________________ Editor |wyiug the tax.
[laved highw ays in Oregou today had
A first elsss publication entered s t C ot we w aited until n o could spread out
tage Grove, Or«'., as secoud class matter ctpiitnbly and fairly to all In«* money
We
Bu»iue*a O ffic e _________ 41? East Main raised from the sale o f licenses.
would have no public buildings, no
public im provements o f auy kind in
SU B SC R IPTIO N RATES
One year____ $2.25 | Three months-----85c Oregon hud we w ailed until the bene
!5 li months__ 1.15 | Single copy— — 6c fits could lie distributed «'«juitnbly to
Port laud
N o sabscriptiou listed lor less thau 85c those l>ayiug the taxes.
A reduction o f 25c for payiug a fu ll would have no public auditorium had
the rity w aited until the b en efits o f
year in advance
the auditorium could have I mvii dts
Member o f
tributed equitably a ccord in g to the
N ation al Editorial Association
tuxes puid.
O ivgou State E ditorial A ssociation
Taxation never w ill lx" equitable.
Oregon Newspaper Conference
The milluge plan o f fin an cin g the fair
Lane County Pu blish ers' Association
is as fair as auv plan which could be
devised.
The b en efits w ill bo dis
F R ID A Y , N O V E M B E R 11, 1921
tributed as equitably as auy tuxes art'
distributed. Not only th st, but hero is
one tax that w ill stop u|xiii a certain
A LOW P R IC E TO P A T .
date,
lu addition, we are more than
likely to have a third o f the tux
There is little possibility that the
money returned to us through p rofits
will
people o f Oregon ever w
ill be satis
o f the exposition itself.
tied with auy loss thau the present j
The plan to have Portland (one
service they get from school district,
third o f the state) |xiy tw o thirds o f
city , couuty and state, which means
the expense, seems to be fair.
that we can hardly an ticipate a reduc- j
tioii in taxes except through econom y i
N O RTH D A K O T A W R E C K E R S
o f adiuiuistration. The probability is
H ERE.
that continued greater
demands will
In- made upon the taxing bodies, which
It seems certain that the odoriferou s
means that new
sources
o f incom e
Non Partisan league is g oin g to try to
must be fou ud or higher tax lev iea
orgauixe iu O regon.
This much has
must In* expected.
j been expected fo r some time, but it
We have set a standard o f public
¡seem s that a d ifferen t plan is to be
service which we are g oin g to either
follow ed her«* than was follow ed In
niaiutain or im prove U[*on.
We are
North Dakota and in oth er states. The
not going bark to con dition s o f fiv e
organization work is to bo done in the
years ago, o f 10 years ago, o f any
open.
number o f years ago. Som ething b e
An open m eeting has Ixx-n called.
tween 50 per cent and 60 | mt cent o f
| The purpose o f th«' m eeting has been
our total taxation goes for education
1 stated to tx< to organize a political
in some form or another.
There is
1 |<arty. Ev iden tic no cam ou flage is to
hardy a likelihood that the auiouut
-
, ,
,
. .
bo tried «ill the hard headed Ori'gon
■ •slimed for education is going to be
_.
, '
j
*
(fa n n ers.
The call for the meeting lU'Coid I» K ept tur Y ear ut Sheunau
l«'ss«*m*d
County and Ri sulta Are
states that the prie«- o f adm ission to
If we do not wish to fuco higher
thè nevv party has bet'n redneed from
Stirpnuiug.
tax levies, we must increase our tax
$!S to $12 for charter uiemlx'rs.
rolls.
We must g«'t more ¡H-ople into
K videutly thè organirers bave come
Oregon. We must get mori' industries
to b cliev c thè trnth o f thè statemi nts
The uveiug«' •■«•.■•I o f producing wlii'ht
to operating iu O ivgou.
Iliade by The S ea t in e l and other |« i | n t s • iu 10 faim." in Slier lumi «*<«uulv tor
To gel people and industries here
lo thè e ffe e t lliat ili«* shrewd fxrm ers 19211 wax $1 66 n biixlud. Y«'l hull oi
means ........... alia« "i
vast sum o f * , , ,
,
,
.
o f Oregon would not nav an admission lh«' wheat wax pruduei'd m olcr a d.iltai
money in advertising our advantages. I ,
,
, *. -,
,r
ttX' o f $ IS to get into
a ixditieal
ami u half.
l o eov er the co."l o l pro
rhere is no wav to get several m illion
.
..
,
.
,
,
1
. .
• ,
,
«. .i
party, the leaders o f such
im rly to
ix-oide her«' so • heatdv as through the - 1
• ,
.
.
,, 1 . 3 , duet ion to the bulk o f |iruilu* - I x
.
’ -,
...
,
dictate how nu-mliers shall vote ami per c e n t), u p in e o f $2 40 »bollili have
proposed 1925 ex|x>sitx>ll.
It no.
act.
been teeeiveii. The rauge in rout Mns
cent were to be returned t«» us di
The Sentinel and other papers have f.oiil $1.00 iu $2 Ml. The u v ii.ig e •<>-.!
rectly. th«' cost jx*r head would be as
long predicted that the Noli I'arlisan o f producing wheat ou 453 farm.« in
cheap as any method that couhl be
league, the same «rhirh is to lx* or the uiidill«' w*-st tor the M im e yea* wu..
em ployed, anil it is a certain ty that
gnnized here, would w reck the state $ l.s5 , uud the bulk line iiu t $•_■ tu. Tin*
the visitors are com ing. Almost every
o f N orth Dakota, where it for years rompurixou merely emphnsixeu the re
letter arriviug in Oregon from the east
had com plete con trol o f the govern
liability o f the Sheriuuii coun ty fig
tells o f those wh«i already are m aking
ment. At the time that the e ffo r t is urea.
It also indicate» chentx*r pro
their plans to visit us iu 1925. Those
being made to organize here. North lui'tioii here than in tin* m obile went.
who hav«» Ix'c.n planning fo r several
Dakotn is found to b«a almost hope
The foregoin g fa it » are brought out
years a visit here w ill make this the
lessly in debt. Farmers anil property
a a wheat e«»»t project »|aiii»orcd by
excuse for postponing the trip no
owners are stru ggling to |iay their the exteuaiou xerv n c o f Oregon Agri
longer.
tuxes.
The bauks o f the stat«* have 1 ‘ iiltural college in rixqx'ration
with
If not a penny w ere returned to us
b«*eu w recked, or nearly so.
The the Sherman County
farm
bureau.
directly, the exp«*u»e o f g ettin g the vis
w reckage is strewn everyw h ere and R.
V.
Gunn,
farm
management
itors here «vould he low er through the
only a week or so ago the voters o f »[»•cintisi from the college, aud C. C.
exposition than by tiny oth er mettuxi
the state went to the polls and threw I'ulkiua, form erly rou u ly
agent
in i
that could be devised, but it is pretty
out o f o ffic e , through the recall, those Sherman coun ty, conducted the survey. I
certaiu that those who com e in motor
lenders who have led the state to de which wu» »tarted tw o y in r » ago. The l
ears alone w ill leave several times the
struction.
fir»t re|xjrt, which »bow ed the coat o f
ben efits, but
central
Oregon
and
N orth D akota has been the terrible producing wheat on 12 farm » iu 1919,
the
Coos
Bay
section.
tx»th
of
exam ple w hich w ill be held, maimed wax i.x.xued iu the summer o f It! 20.
which are out o f the w ay, can I«H>k
and bleeding, before the farm ers ot This »bow ed an average coxt o f pr>>
forw ard to g«'tting their money back
Oregon to o ffs e t the attem pt to or
luctiou about 15 |x*r cent lower than
from the tourist. Hundreds o f tourist
ganize here a political party such as fo r 1920. The report for this aecoud i
that w hich has w recked our sister yi-nr i.x bnxed u [ hiii actual fm nneinl
state.
aud inventory record»
of
the 1920
The ¡Sentinel maintains its b elief farm bu»ine».x ax kept by the 40 co
that the farm ers o f Oregon need no op erative wheat grow ers.
new p olitical |>arty with leaders to die
Further nnulv»i» o f
thi» aurvey
late their v otin g fo r him. W e remain bring» out the fact that all operatin g
o f the b e lie f ,that they are not going fipciiN c»,
including
»uch
item»
a»
to pay som eone $ I S, or $12, or tiny labor, feed, repair», ga», oil, insurance,
! other am ount, to be relieved o f the eta., approxim ated but 5s [x'r cent o f
burden o f doin g their ow n thinking.
the totul co»t.
M achinery coxt ninne,
which reprexeutx repnirx, gax, oil aud
The Grants Pass C ourier is to be depreciation, approxim ated 45 eenta
congratulated u|x»n a special 20 page fo r every bushel o f wheat [»induced.
edition which it has just issued to Coxt» not eaxh, »uch a» fam ily labor,
•-•■mmemorate
the
open in g
of
the depreciation on m achinery and inter
Savage Rapids dam, constructed at a *•»! on investm ent, make up the other
«•ost o f a h alf million dollars to irrl 42 [XT cent.
The fact that many
gate thousands o f acres o f land in farm er» take Ics» than the prevailin g
that section. The special edition was wages fo r their ow n labor and n»k
printed upon The C o n n e r's new Goss little or no interest fo r
the use o f
! < 'omet p erfectin g press, one o f the their capital, explains the often asked
| latest and best machines upon the inquiry, “ How can furm»'r» continue
; market.
to raise wheat and sell at lex» than
the nctunl cost o f p r o d u c tio n t”
Woman, if she must split the w ood,
In this survey it whs interesting to
should n«e both hands in grasping the note that yield per acre and acres per
I ax. O therw ise, accidents w ill hup|>cn farm were the outstanding fa ctors in
like that at C ottage G rove, when the flu en cin g cost [XT buxhcl. The eight
I aioli*' ' 1 in terfered. ’ ’— O regonian.
pen farm s ab ove the average ($| 65
in cost per buxhcl) had an average
y ield o f 14 bushel» nn nere, while the
tw enty tw o fnrinx below the average in
cost
hml nn average yield o f 22
bushel» nn nere.
The first group o f
farm s with th<‘ higher cost a bushel
averaged .‘134 acres o f wheal n farm,
while the group with the low er cost
averaged 396 acre» o f wheat n farm.
IS THE FIRST INTIMATION OF YOUR MESSAGE
That this project ¡» an im|M»rtnnt
one and is o f vital internal to wheat
USE
grow ers is eviden ced by the fact that
the U n itili Htates departm ent o f agri
culture has requested the cooperation
o f the Oregon Agricultural college in
more inclusive three year wheat cost
xurv»'y, and that 150 farm ers o f Hber
man coun ty
responded
during
the
mouth o f Ju ly with riqiorf» on their
Inst y e n r ’s business.
As
indicated,
this w ill In* follow ed by a second sor
vey on the same farm s in the summer
o f 1922 arid again in 1923.
Hiniilur
projects on a smaller scale are being
taken up in other wheat counties.
Why wait and keep on doing three times the
necessary work on wash day?
NO KUMBING, NO BOI LI NG
JUST LET THE “THOR” DO IT
rr,flr t
Your Stationery
SYMPHONY
LAWN
and dress your message in a
manner that insures
a welcome
Symphony Lawn
ALL STYLES AND SIZES FOR ALL OCCASIONS
is the finest quality writing paper,
denoting Elegance anti Refinement.
SOLD ONLY AT
The Modern Pharmacy
C. J. KEW, PROP.
CALOL LIQUID OLOSS
for all kinds of furniture.
COTTAGE GROVE
is the right furniture polish
Buy it from us by the quart.
1800 ACRES OF TIMBER IS
BURNED IN YEAR
Fire
Warden Finds That Destruction
Amounts to Total of
113,000 Feet.
Hizty fou r fire» co v erin g 1800 aeree
and totalin g a loss o f 113,000 fe e t o f
»tnnding tim ber wn» the forest fire
loss during the pa»l year in the arena
overed by the Western Izinc Fire Pn
trol a ssw ia tion , accord in g t»» the nn
miai report o f
V. O glesby, super
vising warden o f this section.
The
W estern Ijin e association is m ain tain
ed by state forest o ffic ia l» and the
various
private
tim ber associations.
Tin' nri'ii covered by the organization
includes the western portion o f faine
county and Benton coun ty, and the
northwestern part o f Douglas county.
The m a jority o f the forest blazes in
— ,T
i .- b b m b t —
■ ■' *■ •
~~—
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iJCi.OO puts tlif inut'hinr in your I n him *.
Ihiliiiicr small |mviuriils.
IMioiu* or rail for a uiaHiiur dt'iuoiistration.
Our lull lim* of <'linstmiis rlrrtriral supplies
will hr iu iu a IVw days.
Agruts for tin* famous
“T O K k lN d 1
T O N ” VAHMTM GL KANKI i .
Sold on easy paymt'ids.
A . L. W ynne
f
Plumbing and Klcctrirul Supplies tuul House Wiring
4(Hi Mnin Street
COST OF WHEAT TO FARMFR
FOUND TO BE $1.65
/
z t s t -—
I’ honr U
First Presbyterian Church
A R H|»earow.
Pastor
Sunday, Nov. 1 »3
T h « Church
•n it B a n ifl
Munitili; K t i l i j i ri,
Thi* «I I V III* VV i l i
Knilnm miti Soli».
latiti’* ’ i liiirii*.
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Kv flit Ilg sul jeel.
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S ’ -••* t
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tli"
Vi*ii« v
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U til
«’ V f It I t i g
n r\ i f f tu v% fiYirt* nu'ii.
Mu lt* by
iiu'ii * • ' lit I r n t a
I-. \ HKK\ h K \l K N ,
W K \\ VNT YOU TII^KK.
Law Protects You Largely as You Protect Yourself
Y u li n i'c ( u o t e e l e i l liy s t a le law n g n iiis t th e |nn t'lu tse o f la in tuul
g r e a s e s a s ila ir y p i m l i i e t s
T li e r a r e n o H iilistitu te s fu r d a i r y f o o d s ,
lu ll t h e r e a r e m u t a t io n s
T h e d a i r y in t e r e s t s h a v e ju s t w o n t h e ir
fir s t east* t o roni|ie| |iro|ier la ln -liiig o f th e s e iiu iln lioiiM .
I f y o u lin y
im it a t io n s , y o u Im y th e m k n o w i n g th e m t o lie im i t a t i o n «
T h e la w
Mays t h e r e a r e no s u b s t i t u t e s f o r d a i r y f o o d .
Y o u r s t o m a e h t e lls y o u
so .
In sis t o n g e t t i n g d a ir y f o o d s , th e m o s t p e r f e c t f o o d s it is p o s s ib le
t o p u r r lia s e
A s k f o r R e d R o s e l l r a n d b u t t e r a n d V e l v e t Rost* le e
( 'ream.
COTTAGE GROVE CREAM’RY
The Sample Store
Some
of
Our
Special
UMBRELLAS
M EN’S PANTS
All styles ami materials at re
markable low prices
Heavy pants, just the thing for
winter, at only
$1.15 to $8.68
P L A Y SUITS
Children’s play suits, most all
sizes--
_________ 98c_________
BLANKETS
Wool nap blankets at. only—
$2.25 and up
All wool plaid blunkets only
$8.50________
CHILDREN’S HOSE
Children’ll hose at
15c and up
LAD IES’ HOSE
Ladies’ fib« silk lisle hose at —
29c
Ijadies’ cotton hose at —
19c
thi» d i»lrict w ere in the nri'ii o f for
hot
burns and brush land, neeording
to the fire w arden, and n» n con se
quence the fin an cial hsm was »mull
f-oiiipiircd to the amount o f nerengn
burned. The Inrgoxt fire o f the year
«vu» n recent blaze w e s t o f Junction
t ’ ily I hut hurned ov er 400 aere» o f
cuttings. Home fen cin g and cordw ood
was destroyed hilt th»' diiniuge wax
«iffset by the amount o f good accom
plished by the elea ring o f the lumi o f
the old cuttings, say» the fire o ffic ia l.
Carelessness i» the cause o f the inn
jo r ity o f the fi rest fires reported in
this d istrict, accordin g to Mr. O glesby,
who, in com m enting on the e ffo r ts o f
the fire association to hold the num
ber o f forest fires to a minimum,
_________$3,25
M EN’S
U N I0N SU ITS
$4 IK) tinioiisuits at
$2.30
All wool iinionsuitM al
$3.95
Lambs' wool unionsiiits $4.25
Cotton unionsiiits at all prices.
OVERALLS
Just received two shipments of
men’s and hoys’ overalls, union
made, beat grade.
Men’s overalls at
$1.45
Hoys’ overalls at -
90c and $1.00
DRY GOODS
!l-4 sheeting .......................50c
Fruit o f the Loom muslin, per
yard, now
23c
Others per yd.
15c and 17c
.'»li inch heavy percales, yd 16c
Ginghams, y d ......... 15c to 30c
sluted timi With the opening o f the
fire danger season next year the rain
pmgu o f educating the public to the
necessity o f w nlehftllucss iu regard to
the use o f fir e in the tim ber zones
would be supplemented with a vigor
oils prosecution o f nil [ mtsoiis who by
tlin r carelessness enitsc forest fires in
this district.
In
refsirting
on
the
protection
untili.ds em ployed during the year liy
the
WcMtern
I si n e association, the
warden voiced the b elief that the air
plane fire patrol service limi proved to
he n successful menus o f qu ickly re
|sirtiiig nny fire that might develop in
the tim ber districts.
During the past, year while the 91st
aero squadron petroled the northw est
Sale
Prices
MEN’S RUBBER
SHOES
Men's aud boys’ rubber shoes
and hoots in all styles at
Very lowest prices
M EN’S SHOES
Men’a dress shoes from —
$3.85 to $5.85____
MEN’S SHIRTS
All-wool shirts at —
$3.95
•Mixed shirts at
_________$2.95_________
M EN’S HOSE
Men’s cotton hose at
15c to 35c
•Men’s wool hose at—
25c to 50c______
OUTING
FLANNEL
Hest grade outing flannel al
16c
10 yards outing flannel for —
$1.45
foresi areas every bluse datacted li
• he section under thè jiirisdiction o
thè locai associli) ion wns necurntel;
rvported us to location, with thè ex
eeptioti of a few fires, and thè murgii
of error in Illese canea was less tinnì l
mite, he States.
Impmvcmcnt projeets complctcd «lur
ing thè pnst yenr by thè nssociatioi
include a new tclcplionc line of cigli
miles connecting thè Miuslnw lini
Hinith river conni ries and sii miles o
trnil colisi rueted between Usuimi*
crcck limi thè monili of thè Twin Hix
ters ou Smith river. Two lookou
towers bave nlso beco erccted in thi
seetion by thè federai for«'stry depuri
meni to guard traete of governmen
t imber.