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Y x n r m ite N a t io n a l 1‘ ark. a li.l Ht^ l i r a s an ! m atta uth.-l p l a c n ul in t r r r a r in I h r ilo la lr n S t a t e , u r w r ite to POR 11 AM). ORI GUN WW. Mt M IR R O . Gen’ l Passenger Agent HEATERS and RANGES of Quality at Reasonabl e Pr i c es We Save You Money on Furniture, Carpets, Linoleums. Lace Cur­ tains, Trunks and Suit Cases, Tin and Granite- ware, etc. KINTER BROT HE RS House Furnishers PH O NE 6 NUF-CED ! SEE US ABOUT FARM LOANS : GROVE i BANK OF COTTAGE > “ A G O O D B A N K IN A G O O D T O W N " ; C A P I T A L $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0 ! I N T E R E S T PAID O N T IM E D E P O S I T S J M T If it’s a particular job of printing, take it to ^ * t h e Sentinel s A rt Printery. Read this Partial List of Oregon Lands A Big Snap A Snap. -95 acres U miles from town, 35 acres in cultivation. Bal­ ance pasture and timber; farm house, (food barn, family orchard in bear­ ing team, 4 cows, all farming im­ plements, hay, grain, crop with place. $6000. Terms. 70 acres all under water ditch with a perpetual water right with deed, all bottom land, 3 4 miles from town on good road, near school. mile from railroad station. Will vulxlivide to suit, $150.00 per acre. Terms on part. HEMENVVAY REAL f SI AI f :: 160 acres in the Imrane Valley, near the Churchill-Matthews orchard tract, 120 acres in cultivation; l»ot- tom land; HO acres under irrigation; 10 acres pears, (De Anjo; 2 acres apples, and [teaches and cherries in bearing; 8-room modern house; water piped from spring to house and barn and chicken parks; chicken plant for 1,000 laying nens; barn 50x *>0; smoke house, tool house, mils house, machinery shed, worst shed; only $10,000. 48 acres, all level bottom land, and all cultivated, on good wagon road, 7 miles from Cottug* drove. This is choice land and the best of soil. Dark loam. No other improvements. $75.00 [>er acre. & INSURANCE LOCKWOOD :: COIIAGE GH0VI O .A .C .S H O R T C O U R S E S B E G I N J A N . 3, C O N T I N U E F O U R W E E K S YOU ARE INVITED An Editorial Ad Southern Pacific Excursion licket«» Costing The Southern Pacific Compunv’a steamer Solano, which has ferried thousands of trains every year since A N N A O C l RSHY. MAtoc 1879 across the Carqulnez Straits be H a lf o f the joy o f Christmas tween Port Costa and Henecta, Cali Sunday, November 19, being the 58th fornia, and which lias been known all iriving, comes from knowing birthday of John Seara, thia pioneer uf those years as the largest ferry that a g ift is o f some |>er- family, consisting of four brothers and boat in the world, is to lose its famous two staters, ranging in age from 50 to appellation. Its successor to the title manent value not a huuble to 70 years, held a pioneer reunion at the will be the ferry steamer Contra bo discarded a fter the novelty home farm three miles east of the Costa, now being constructed in the has worn off not a plaything for city, it being the tirst time this family Oakland shipyard* of the Southern Pa had all been together for about twelve citic. The building of the old Central a hoy. O f course, the little ones years. Pacific railroad across the great west must have their rattles and dolls, Those present were: Jas. Sears and and the steamer Solano arc today two hut to older ones you wish to give family, fhas. Scars and family, t ’ot- o f the favorite topics of the California tago drove; Mrs. Sarah Jones, Mrs. pioneers. a |R»rmanent remembrance. How Amanda Clangor, Pendleton; David The Solano is not to be retired from would it strike you to give that Sears, Dallas; Lewis Sears, The Dalles service, however. Both the old ami ami Mrs. Geo. Sears, wife o f the late new boats will carry the transconti­ hoy o f yours a printing press that Geo. Scars, o f Creswell, and son and a nental trains across the narrow straits will do just as good work as any few invited guests from Cottage drove. that separate Carquine/. and Sun Pablo one the Sentinel is using. Can lhis honored pioneer family came to bays. the E'onst Fork country in 1852 and the The Contra Costa, while the general you afford to spend $25 to give birthday dinner, with the table fairly dimensions do not vary materially from him such a press and type enough weighted with good things to eat, was those of the Solano, will be slightly a memorable and interesting event. larger. It is being constructed of Ore­ to do job work with? I f so, the gon [due sud will tie placed in service S k n t in k l can lix you out. The chorus choir tit the Presbyterian immediately upon its completion. The church, under the direction of Miss length over all will be 433 feet, 4 Silsbv is rapidly increasing. A number inches, and the width 116 feet. Its of her pupils have recently joined the tonnage will be tons. The most choir, the* tenors and baas being es­ radical difference between the new pecially strengthened. There will lie steamer and the Solano will be the lo­ special numbers both morning and cation of the engines. Instead of being evening, next Sunday. propelled by one engine, loculcd in the The Young Married Ladies ’ Embroid­ center of the boat, there will be two ery club was entertained Wednesday independent engines of 2600 home afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ben [lower each, located below the main droll-. Refreshments were served and deck, one engine for each paddle from the surface, being delermined tu go ii | mui Ihc singe. ||is a pleasant afternoon was spent with wheel. Steam will tic supplied from 8 worked slopped oil top and thus worked tlown pcrsistcnrc woii the day. He tiuw needlework and social chat. dry buck Scotch boiler*. to the slate from above. Some exprr drives the singe belwcen tlpiium'* I here w ill lie four parallel trucks, The Columbia Messenger Boys of the imeuls ure, however, being made in Corners and Newtown Center. 12 foot centers, on the Contra Costs. Presbyterian Sunday school were de­ working (he slute from ta-lew with Dnn't wait for suceess Io cnme In These tracks will be four absolutely lightfully entertained at a Thanksgiv­ modern machinery und using the waste ymir yurd. Grub it by the eollar und straight on the deck of the I sju I, there ing supper last Tuesday evening, at slute to till up holes left by tin- remov­ yunk it ilisidc the gate. being no deck houses in the center of the home of their teacher, Mrs. H. <>. al of the good slate. Strunger: " ( ’an you direct nie tu a the steamer to require a curve, as on Thompson. The decorations were red A Pennsylvania firm has been mak bank?” Villuger "Sorry sir; bot the Solano. Its capacity will be 36 and green. The [dace cards were mg from waste slate a routing for Mat l ’m not a bank dirertor." freight cars und 2 locomotives, or 24 Thanksgiving [Hist cards. Miss Blanche roofs or roof* with but u slight incline. From November Furm Journal. passenger coaches and two locomo­ Veatch and Mis< Veta Holderman as­ Such a routing is no longer in uii exper­ tives. The present aprons and slips of sisted in serving. Foot Hall Notes. imental stage but has been used sue both Bcnceiu and Port Costa terminals The Cottage Gruve high sebiail fiait The class was organised Columbus eessfolly on large buildings, such us will remain as they now are, the guard factories, trum sheds, office buildings, bull tcuin will play Itrownsville on the day and is doing excellent work. lines of the new steamer being iden­ [tower houses, apartment houses und laller's grounds Tbanksgiving Day. The officers are : President, Kenneth tical with those of the Solano. The Ttils is the local tcum's llrsl gnine private dwellings. De Lasses; vice-president, William Contra Costa will be provided with a A ropy of the report may be obtained away from Imme thia year, Ostrander; sec’y, George Robert Mc­ cafe and bur on the main deck, also upon application to the Director of the Queen; treas., Harvey Holderman; On the Saturday follnwing Thank« h waiting room fur locul passenger*. Geological Survey at Washington, D.C. giving the high sehool leum will play cap?., Harold Levene and Ben Rinard. The members are Teddy Mason, ugiiinst u tram maile up from the Cot He Was Germ Proof. Out of the Ginger jar. James Kinant, Harold Levene, George tuge Grove hoys attending the O. A. A fond mother of Brownsville whose Most rut holes will hear looking into. C. at Corvullis. Simmons, Jesse Simmons, George little son had just entered school, wus Isn't the lover who braves the storm Robert McQueen, Merville Veatch, informed by him on hi* return at noon a rniubeuu’.’ Harvey Holderman, John Bolden, Alta the tirst day that he would have to buy It doesn’t require an axe to cut an Notice of Road Dixtrict Meeting. Groves, Kenneth Del.asses, Jacob j a drinking cup for himself in order to TO WIIOM IT MAY CONCKKN uci|uuiiitunre. Meyer, William Ostrander, Raymond avoid contact "w ith the germs that Notice is hcreby giveo thut u inert- Corn on the eob is more ucceplshle Potts, Fred Stuber, William Salsman, are on the other runs.” She gave ing of the luxpayers of road dlstrht than corn on the foot. Luther Meyer, Wilbur Spray and Ren him a quarter for that purpose, and No. 16 for Laue County, Oregon, will There is no impropriety in using a Rinard. r when he marched up to her proudly, he Held at Grunge II m II the IGtli day of The Ladies' Aid society of the Pres­ and said; "Manwiu, don’ t you want spring wagon in the fall. December, 1911, at the hour of In It isn’ t very long before the “ good o'rlork a. m. o f saiil iluy. byterian church held an interesting to see my new folding cup?” “ Why, meeting in the Brotherhood room of yes, my son,” and be Iw-gun to empty fellow ” is a poo.- fellow. The object of amd merting is for the the church last Wednesday afternoon. his pocket in search of the new possca- Women are vain, but men ure much pur|s»se of submittilig tu the luxpayers A large number were in attendance. aion. more so and with far less reason. of sanl roa«l distrlet the guesllon of The first article brought forth was The ladies report rapid progress in the Many a man is in great fear that he j voting h levy of an ailditionnl tax up work for the Christmas exchange and a handkerchief which looked like u last will get all that ia coming to him. on the laxabl« pro|ierty of said illstriel year’s bird nest. She took that out of bazaar. \Vt- notice that most people who are for the purposc of improving th ■ iiwid* of said distrirt. M rs. Geo. Hall entertained the La­ his hand and noticing some red stains consumed by curiosity atill survive. This notice is signcil by at least teil dies’ club at her home Saturday after­ on it, asked, “ did you have the nose If our mistakes tench us nothing it “ No, mamma, but Jimmy per eent. o f the taxpuyera of said dis- noon and this was one of the most bleed.’ ” were hardly worth while to inuke them. trict. pleasant events of the season. As a did, and he didn’t have a handkerchief A horse is not of any use until it is so 1 lent him mine.” The next article NA MKS. diversion from the regular study broken, but it is different with a plow. was a rusty old mouth organ and in J. I , Staplcton, J. E. Bunton, l.evi course, after a brief business session, Though we may never have lost uny, Geer. O. W. White, G. S. Halles, J. W. the following splendid Tbanksgivirig explanation the boy said: “ This is our band and we take turns playing sol­ most of us are looking for money all M'issey, J. G. Powell, J. N. Ilogue, program was enjoyed: D. K. Harris. W. G. Massey, O. p. Reading, ‘ ‘ Little Johnnie’s Version diers.” The third article was a dead the same. A hen will spend a whole day getti.ig Will*. H, E. Larkcy, Jos. T. Taylor, of November,” Hildred Hall; reading mouse in a tair slate of preservation by Miss Fern Holcumb; instrumental and below this was found the gormless up un egg that a hungry mail can eat T. V. Schild, D. Cooler, W. G. Haie, N. W. White, Os« ar S. Wnodiird. J. W. in a minute. solo, "D ix ie Darlings,” Hildred Hall; drinking cup. Skaggs, J. H. Trunnell, S. W. Itoyd, instrumental solo, “ Remember Me.” Here is a g o i s l question for lyreiim* Tungsten a Remarkable Mineral. E. C. I.athrop, Gro. W. Shearv, John Miss Fern Holcomb. The mineral tungsten (the name to discuss this winter: "H ow much Cooley, Alex. Coolcy, J. M. Ritehey, At the conclusion of the program is enough?” ’ meaning heavy stone; bus been known II. D. Whitloek, J. I). Andersoll, ( ’ . the ladies entered into a spirited When you buy n balky horse you may K. Eldredge, J. I, Lawaon, J. J. fur many years, but only comparative­ “ turkey game.” Mrs. Alden being the ly recently has it become o f economic not pay for any harness, but you will Werden, L. II. Glichst, W. Sloan, lucky winner of the prize. irri|iortunce. The most imp«»riant use, be sure to get n baiter. George Ta.vlnr, C. E. Gilham, C. II. Miss Fern Holcomb assisted the hos­ according to Frank L. Hess, of the The wise man does not let his wife Wineeoff, Edwin Tullur, W. F. Hart tess in serving lunch, consisting of United States Geological Survey, and hear him boast ihut be is u giwsl man­ zell, John IJ. A. Young, C. L. Berg chicken patties, pickles, salad, brown the one which makes tungsten mining ager ; she knows better. strnm, E. Geer, George Sutherlainl. R. bread sandwiches, pumpkin and mince on an extensive scale possible, is an He wus an ambitious youth, the I’. Williams, C. C. Gilham. L. J. pie, cheese and coffee. alloy for tool steel. It is stated that simple life was not for him. He wus Green, W. T. Garoutte, II. C. Comb*. Those present were: Mesdames II. about live times as much can be «lone J. Shinn, J. C. Johnson, H. A. Miller, with lathes built for such speed and W. H. Abrams, Grace Cruson, Merle work as can be done by the lathes with Scoville, C. M. Shinn, C, J. Kern, A l­ carbon steel tools. From 16 to 2b per fred Jury, John Silsby, Helen Neal, cent of tungsten is ordinarily used in Robbins, S. Markin, H. Alden and lathe tools. The melting point of The Great Northern Offers Fifty Dollar Silver Trophy tup Miss Fern Holcomb. tungsten is exceedingly high 5,676 de for Best Display at St. Paul Land Show A pleasant social dance w h s given in grees F. the armorv last Saturday evening by Tungsten also has an important use Another cup has been put up by the different land shows, It will l»o Mrs. Brebaut’s orchestra. These in making incandescent electric lamps, dances are becoming quite popular and crucibles for electric furnaces, arxi the Great Northern Railway for com­ an honor, Indeed, tu win the Great petition at the great Land Show to Northern cup fur the liest exhibit are well attended. various other articles. be held In Ht. Paul December 12 to made at the St. Paul Show. Notice of Road District Meeting. 23, 1911. This trophy cup will be a 0. A. C. Gets Incelandic Paper. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : A newspaper in the Iceland language handsome silver cup und can be won Notice is hereby given that a meet­ has been added to the Journalism by any county, commercial club <»r ing of the taxpayers of road district Club’a collection in the O. A. C. li­ Individual In the big State of Ore­ No. GO for Lane County, Oregon, will brary through the g ift < f Mr. Sigurd gon. The county, commercial club or be held at the residence of H. S. Cline Peterson, instructor in oratory anil de­ the 18th day o f December, 1911, at the bates, who ir a native of Iceland. The individual which makes the most hour of 11 o’clock a. m. of Huid day. collection of papers is to be used in the attractive exhibit of Oregon's grains, The object of said meeting is for the club's study of various [»bases of news­ grasses or fruits will win this cup. Perhnps you nre going to purpose of submitting to the taxpay­ paper work. ers of said road district the question of Prof. R. D. Hetxel, of the extension exhibit as an Individual, and If not, voting a levy of an additional tax upon department, spoke at the last meeting probably you will exhibit through the taxable property of said district on college journalism, and Mr. Leonard your commercial club's or county's In any ease, even If you for the purpose of improving the roads Carpenter at the previous meeting on exhibit. are going to exhibit Individually und of said district. his club reporter dayH in Colorado also through either your county or This notice is signed by at least ten Spring?. commercial clubs exhibit, you should per cent, of the taxpayers of said dis­ do everything in your power to assist Applying Modern Machinery. trict. During the last two years some quar­ in gathering the best fHrni products NA M K8. Help boost. Try ries have been opened for the special In your section. H. S. C LINE , to win this cup for yourself and your purpose of getting out stone with mod­ ED JENKS. Considering the fine con­ ern machinery anil working up the aectlon. BALTIM O RE G. M. CO., slate in such a way as to obtain from dition o f Oregon’s crops this year, TH E VESUVIUS MINES CO., it all possible material of value. The and the splendid showing On-gun’« F. J. HARD. slate quarries in this country are all axhlbits are making everywhere at Nov. 24-Dec. 15. Every citi/en of Oregon iscordially invited to attend the short courses of the Oregon Agricultural College, liegtn- ning January 3. Eleven distinctive courses will lie offered in Agriculture, Mechanic Arts, Domestic Scietiee anil Art. Commerce, Forestry and Music. Every course is designed to H ELP the student in his daily work. Make this a pleasant an