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About Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1909)
.1 at all times be found in the thick ot j political and business field. We | The Occupation Tax. the fight. | have made mistakes in the past; we ! -------- A careful investigation of existing I will make mistakes in the future, | The question of imposing an oc- B Y L E W . A. C A T E S . conditions imbues tts with unbound- | but whatever they may be one thing ! cupatton tax upon the business in- S u b s c r i p t i o n Ra tes. ed faith in the future of this local- is certain: they cannot be attributed ' terests of Cottage drove should be On*- Y eti Six Months_____ _______ _________ .75 ity. Could some power draw back 1 to dishonesty of purpose. thoroughly and carefully consider Three Months_____ _____________ _ .40 the veil and disclose it fully devel We shall faithfully and conscieti- e,i by the municipal legislature be- No subscription taken unless paid for in advance. This rule is imperative. oped we would undoubtedly see in tiously strive to fulfill our mission, | fore the measure is finally brought Cottage drove a magnificent city, strictly adhering to the motto, Home ; up for action. The city may need A d v e r t is in g Rates. surrounded by a populous country, fiirst, the world afterward. With ; the money to be derived from this Display lL'i cent» per inch under sixty inches; 10 cents per inch over sixty inch as productive as e’er the sun shown the earnest hope that the public- source to further contemplated im es. Reading noli* es, 5 cents |>er line each insertion. Want ads. 1 cent jx r word; oti—a realization of fond dreams spirited people of Cottage drove, provements, or to liquidate obliga no ad. less than 15 cents. Kates on posi and prophecies. and the rural realm adjacent there tions already incurred, but the ques tion made known on application. We shall strive to fulfiill the re to will accord The Sentinel support tion naturally arises: Why should OMi rt, m i i m s i . , s o l i i h oi p o s i o m m i quirements demanded of a modern according to its merits, we most en the man who happens to have elect Hntered at tin Cottage (»rove Hostoffice newspaper, and it is with no incon ergetically enter upon our duties. ed to follow the calling of a busi as Second Class Mail Matter. LEW A. C A T E S . ness or profession be separated from siderable pride that we assert that his brethern and forced to submit we have earned the right, by special INTRODUCTORY Let’s Form a Union. to double taxation? The average study and effort, to speak with con business man ol today is no more Having acquired, through pur fidence as to what these require Nehemiab, in rebuilding the walls able financially to thus contribute ments are It is absolutely neces chase, the newspaper property of of Jerusalem, commanded his work than is he of other namable occu sary for the newspaper of today to The Western Oregon, it devolves ers to begin the gigantic undertak pations in the community, and The be progressive, for, indeed, this is a upon us, through custom, to outline ing nearest their own homes. A n Sentinel can see no good and suffi progressive age. The methods of the aims and objects ol that publica drew, after lie had found the Mesiah, cient reason why, if his business is tilling the suil have undergone a tion's successor, and the policies it first went and found his brother legitimate, he should be selected to marked change- during the last quar purposes to pursue. To the editor Peter and led him to the Christ. carry a burden not imposed upon ter century, and the man who quit ol The Cottage drove Sentinel this Therefore, it would appear, that Iris fe’lowman. the old homestead even a decade ago is not a difficult undertaking. Very our first interest is towar 1 those with While such a law may lie con naturally, the primal object is to to engage in other pursuits would whom we naturally have to do. We b e c o m e possessed ol additional coin now find himself wanting as an ag must first strengthen our position stitutional it certainly is not fash Mother earth would before we are ready to reach out to ionable; and besides it is an injus of the realm. Not that we expect riculturist. disown his old-fashioned ways, hav strengthen our brothers elsewhere. tice to the men who come tinder its to amass a great fortune, lor it is ing learned to respond to quicker We visit the neighbors' homes to meaning, because it is clearly and a rare exception that a so-called motions and more modern methods. ascertain what interest they are purely a discrimination against cer country newspaperman attains finaii Mercantile lile lias passed into maniicsting in the advancement tain individuals who are entitled to cial independence through liis ef forts in tins direction. Hut we do new phases, answering to the mod and upbuilding of the community. the same rights, the same liberties expect, through (air compensation ern spiiit imposed upon it, and the We discover without research cata and the same privileges as any other lor our labors, to more than keep successful merchant ol 1 !W)!I s un logues from foreign business con owner of real or personal property like liis brother ol by-gone days. cerns, as an inducement to neglect in his bailiwick. The landlord from tne wolf from the door. His business is more complex, and home interests and spend the money whom the business man may rent There lias recently developed a to gain desired results requires far which should find its way into the is not compelled to contribute ad strong sentiment for the improve greater thought and greater vigi legitiir.atechannels of Cottage ('.rove ditionally for the privilege ol leas ment and upbuilding ol tlie city ol ing his premises, and neither should lance. commerce in the larger cities. Cottage drove, and to the further A revolution has taken place in What is gained by this social and his tenant have to pay more than a development of the immediately sur manufacturing and labor realms, not moral neglect in one way is lost iti just and equitable tax upon his per rounding territory, and to making alone in the United States, but another. It is our duty to deal with sonal stock in trade. an augmented community, so lar as As was contended in the remarks throughout the world. New en those with whom we daily have to possible, dependent upon its own re terprises have sprung into existence, do. Our mercantile, agricultural, of Mr. If. H. Veatch before a meet sources, and independent of those placing upon the mat ket contriv and mechanical interests stand con ing of the Merchants’ Protective other localities that are constantly ances thought not of a compara tiguous. and thus supported cannot Association Tuesday night, the diverting a considerable portion ol tively few years ago The unprec fall. We must trade at home ayd business people of a community are tin- local wealth Irom its legitimate edented demands ol this prosper home must trade with us. By pat the first sought when popular sub channel. This commendable move ous and contented people eottld not ronizing home people we are aiding script ions for financial assistance ineut for our material advancement be supplied with the antiquated in the general advancement of the for any cause, good or had are cir and sell sufficiency is being fostered machinery operated twenty or thirty in 1111 i<'ipa 1 ity, the upbuilding of its culated; the prosperity of the town by an individual and co-operative years ago, and the methods then schools and every public institu depends largely noon the frequency determination to bting the locality employed in producing the staples tion, lur in support of these the bus with which they loosen their purse up to its highest plane, aglieultur would utterly fail. iness man contributes according to strings; they contribute according ally, hoi (¡culturally, industrially, to their means to public and private Matvelous changes have been bis possessions. commercially and heautili. iallv It enterprises; they relieve distress wiouglit along educational and tlieo During ¡lie late financial panic a may !>•■ described as a movement logical line“. The mind is the prim prominent Eastern banker said to among widows and orphans; they for civic improvement, and to this al and dominant human force, and tlie writer in a newspaper interview: are the acknowledged victims i f praisewot t li y endeavor may beat dead beats and beggars, and in ad tributed the existence ol TlieC-itt a g e will not neglect itself, lienee in an “ Why, this institution is in a union age when new things are the order of banks, and this compact fortifies dition to these and other sources of drove Sentinel, lot without a maiii it has demanded lot itsell the con it against a possibility of injury." unostentatious gifts they annually testation ol progtessivetiess on the meet their just proportion of the part oi tlie community the writer’s -animate result <>l all these riper So it should be with the people of lurces that entered into the modern Cottage drove. The merchant, the tax levy lor state, county and mu attention would not have been di manufacturer, the agriculturist, the nicipal purposes without a murmur. rected to the county seat ol the In development ol the world. The modern newspaper is the ex mechanic, the miner, the butcher, Is it any wonder that the merchant- ture Nesmith t ounty. poneiit of these things—anil many the baker and the candlestick-maker of Cottage drove protest against It is, therefore, onl\ reasonable to more. It is in keen touch with ev should form a compact to patron the bill now before the council? expect that this publication willex- ery species of activity, and is itsell ize each other, and thus keep tlie The Aldermanic body, The Sen ert its.-lt to become an impoitant an impersonal force tending to the money from the foreign marts. tinel believes, is composed of taetor ill tile upbuilding ol Cottage advancement ol the community in Cottage drove is growing rapid moughtlul and fair-minded citizens, drove and the cmuitiy tnbutarv which it is published It chronicles ly, and that it has a bright flitur who would not knowingly perpe thereto. One acquainted with its taitlifully and intelligently, tile hap no one can successfully refute, but Irate an injustice upon any class ol geographical position, its natural penings ol the day, no matter how its general prosperity tnav be very their fellowtueu, and with this view advantages and the almost unlimit seemingly trivial they may lie, dis materially enhanced by building a of the situation it most respectfully ed resources ol the adjacent teiritoty tinguishing between news and gos fence around the home dollar. Here urges each councilman to consider cannot tail to )>e tavorablv illiptessed sip, and. so tai a s possible, closing begins the difittsiou of greatening the provisions of the ordinance in with the luture prospects ol Cottage its eats tt) details ol disgusting and power. question well before he cast? his drove 'fhe greatest Architect ol revolting crimes,leav ing what would “ A Constant Reader' asks The vote. The editor of this publica all, lb- who never drew a lalse line, unquestionably I k * uufiit lor youth- ¡ Sentinel lor a cure for rheumatism, tion has seen the questionable meth s o planned that I he iMUiiiteons slot es ttiI rcaders in thè outer darkness. and while we have not made a study od of raising municipal funds in op ol nature (all into its lap, and here The nevvspaper tliat is olititlei 1 tu ol the Western variety, we shall eration, and it is his sincere and in lies the source ol its |>ins|>cctivc thè esteem and respect ot thè peoplc forthwith instigate a thorough in honest conviction that it is detri greatness. Nature lias richly en is ime tliat stands lor all tliat is or- vestigation and report fully when mental to the advancement and pro dowed the Willamette valley, and dei Iv, lan ini and deceut in thè so gross of the community. It is i the returns are in. now, speaking in the popular vet- cial lite of its community, ami to step backward, and tlie law that tiaciilai, it s up to man to take ad this etui The Sentinel will alway Boost the coming l’oultrv Show; gives municipalities authority to vantage ot the oppottnnities thus use its l>est endeavors. make it the grand success that it impose the tax should lie wiped oil | "take B offered Politically The Sentinel will be I ,U’sorves to be. The name and tame the statutes of the state. The Sentinel aims to be a la. tor affiliated with the republican party, | " , Cotta«e ° rove as :l producer «'I In opposing the passage of this contiibntitig to this m-eessaiy bet- but emphasizes the tact that it re- 11111 I " ’1'1' ' i> uhio.nl in tin •aim orijjnance ¡t js ¡n no spirit of atltag- terineiit ol conditions, livery un sc i'e s the right to lie independent at its. nputation as m u li U l u m J onisnj to the council, or any mem- dertaking lot development along all ot|» i i t \ lash to tht* interest ot the m-m|l-,,IU ‘ 1 0,1 tlii* “ <* t .ismn. j her thereof. Tne Sentinel has no leg. 1 1mate line- will b. | m \ aIIv chain I'ttl’li- g«‘i.d V \ e i will it know ; Every business man, every pro- friends to reward or enemies to pun- piotied without the vainglorious ingly give ait ot support to any tin lessional man. every property own- ish It believes that there is ahso- blow ing ol horns oi beating ol svili ] wantin' manor measure simply lx*-| er, and every man who wins Ins lately no justice in such a procedure bols. |t is the turn eotivielion ot eause ot its lielie! in the (nudameli- bread by the sweat ot his brow, and hopes and trusts that the metn- **" it Cottagi (5 rovi '.,s tal principi«..... republicanism it should contribute according to his I bers of the council on Monday next en te'"! " i ’on 1 ,u" 1 ,1 an era ol believes in the institutions of the means in promoting the material in- j will heed the petition ol their con- piogtess and municipal develop- country, and stands ready to defend terests of Cottage drove, stituency ank kill the bill. tnent. New loi» • s and old tones them, hence it ma\ lie said to I k * pa -1 It is only when a man begins to have united upon a common ground tilotic. It does not snosertU* to all Now mat the qualified electors get baldheaded and dy speptic that to gire us those tilings we need, an d 1 things that are done: tdall laws en- of Cottage drove have signified in he t tt 11 y appreciates how happy he " fitch we so tidily deseive. East* aeted, lieoause munv laws are eph- eagerness for an adequate water erners alreadv hai an rye on us | tuerai, but in these organic things, was when a boy with a lighting supply, let no stone lx? left unturn tlirough thè etfortsof a locai nrg.in- framed to preserve the liberties ol dog with an impeachable aroma. ed until this crying need is satisfied. The i’ortlum izatiou |**rJected and maiutaiued the people, and to establish a gov Journal s.i%s q«jicre arc numerous salient points, for generai gissi, and we mav rea- ernment solid and enduring as the “ Cottage drove ■s coming up. lo be considered tn connection with sonably ex|s et sonn i hing Itaiidsonic eternal ns k. it is true to the core. Yes. indeed, coming up, going |h# propositjon> but Mayor Jo b has down and broadening out on th; assured The Sentinel that each will frolli this direction. Civic ptidc is In conclusion: The Sentinel will uliv and an adequate 111111111.1(1011 Is* conducted along the lines indi sides. \\ atolt us grow . lx* given thoughtful consideration lor lli nnoosiug supetstriii lute is cateti, and in the limitations ot its l’li.it Oregon is pros|x*rous is evi- and the undertaking launched as l**uig laid. In bnei. a spit ¡Irsi field it will aim to maintain a high deuced by the fact that since Jami* speedily as possible, and we may eatupaign for a (ìreater Cottage I standard ot 1 \i ellence and Is*reckon- at v first last SOS new ejr(snatioiis therefore expect that the system Orove ison, and The Seutuirl wilUed a taetor lor gissi in the social, ■ have filed articles with the state. i s a sure thing. a h r S’rutuu'l. The American Gentleman The American Lady SHOES! 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