Volume VI
(Eotfcui? Okmir
TO ATTEND HOUSE W ARNING.
COTTAGE GROVE VIEW S W ILL
Eugene Commercial Club Sends In ­
vitation to Grove Club.
Proposition Made by Portland's
Big Daily Accepted by Com*
mrreial Club.
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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1911
WILL GET BOOSTER PAGE
APPEAR IN ORSQONM V.
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A number nf the members o f the
Commercial club will attend the house
warning nf the Eugene Commercial
club December Hlh. The Invitation
waa read at the regular meeting Mon­
day evening and Secretary Anderaon
instructed to secure signatures nf
those who would attend.
The local club was also invited to
furnish some speakers for the occa­
sion.
The Eugene club ha« just moved into
ita elegant new <|uarters.
GILT-EDGED IMPROVEMENT BONDS TO
BE SOLD BY CITY OF COTTAGE GROVE
SHOULD
BE PURCHASED
HOME CAPITAL.
BY the payment o f assessments. However,
Number 10
RAISING BIG TURNIPS.
SAW MILL MEN NOT GUILTY
Nine and One-Half Pounds in One
DID NOT
Vegetable.
DUMP
SAWDUST
IN
COAST FORK.
W. A. H ogat* has been raising some
a rge vegetables this year, and haa
made a killing in the turnip business. J. B. Rous« and W. C. Shortridge
The largest one he raised tipped the
Acquitted in Trial at Eu­
scales at nine pounds and nine ouncea,
gene Monday.
and was solid and sweet. The others
were in proportion, and were all
J. B. House and W. C. Shortridge,
smooth and pretty, their overgrowth
not causing them to burst, as is often sawmill men o f this place, who were
tried in Judge tiryaon's court at Eu­
the case with large vegetables.
gene Monday, charged with dumping
I f it ’s a particular job o f printing,
sawdust into the Coast Fork, were
give it to the Sentinel.
found not guilty. This is the third
time Mr. Shortridge has been tried on
this charge, with the same result each
time.
The testimony developed the fact
COUNCIL MEETING W ILL BE IN-
that these mi i I la are built so that a
TERESTING.
portion o f them hang over the water o f
the river, and the jarring o f the ma­
Ordinance for Naming Streets and chinery and moving o f the logs in the
m ill causes some o f the sawdust ¡to
Numbering Houses Will
work down through the floor. Both
Be Acted Upon.
mills are equipped to take care o f
refuse.
Much important business will come
Game Wardens Davis and Foster pre­
before the council at its regular meet­
ferred the charge, it being a violation
ing Monday night. The most import­
o f the game laws to dump sawdust in­
ant proposition to be acted upon w ill
to rivers abounding in fish.
be an ordinance for the naming o f the
Shortridge's mill is located this side
streets and numbering o f the houses.
o f Ixindon and House’s two miles the
This has been under consideration for
other side.
tome time, but so much committee
work was required before action could
be taken that it has dragged along.
Bids for improvement bonds will be
opened and acted upon.
There are several other ordinances
that have been ordered drawn up but
DRAIN HOLD-UP ARTISTS RUN
will hardly be reached at this meeting.
not all o f the property owners were
aide to pay cash ami the city has issued
some $66011 worth o f improvement
They are Best Investment that Can bonds, whicn will be offered for sale
Be Had, Say* Local
on the fourth o f December, and the
A page nf view* friim Cottage Grove
sale o f th- bonds will relieve the city
Citizen.
will appear in the Sunday Oregonian
o f its temporary financial emharaxs-
Mt an early date.
A |irn|H>aitliin from the Oregonian
The recent sale o f improvement ment and permit the resumption of
waa road at the regular m erlin* Mon
I miim I b in the city o f Portland ia a beau­ business on a rash basis.
day night, In whiedi that |ia|ier naked
Now, we know that Cottage Grove is
tiful example o f the confidence that
the club to foridaii enough viewa from ,
Die people of Portland h a v e in their not a wealthy town, we have no men
thia vicinity to till the Ural page of the
city. " A n ounce o f loyalty is worth a o f great wealth with money seeking
magazine auction. A ll the cuat to the
iMtund of cleverness" and the loyalty I investments at all times, but our pop­
dull ia the funnelling of the viewa. A
that goes down into a man's jeans and ulation i* made up o f thrifty, wage­
committee, coneiating o f Meaara. I ’hll KRIS KRINGLE LETTERS TAKEN digs up the hard iron dollar« to buy the earning people to a large extent, whose
li|ia, Hazleton and llede waa appointed
Imnda o f hia home town not at their I having« should be carefully invested in
to nee that the viewa are furuiahed.
face, mind you, but at a premium, «afe, interest-bearing securities. For
A letter waa received from Jeaae
rather than have them go to outside »uch investment no better secuiities
Darling, elating that he had two Letters Addressed to Children’* Idol psrties, that is the loyalty that makes are offered than these same improve-
W ill Be Received at
hrolhera who were figuring on atarting
i ent bonds. They bear 6 per cent in­
the good citizen and the good (own.
a macaroni factory in thie county, and
Post office.
Knockers we have a plenty, hut the terest, are non-taxable and both in­
uaklng what t 'ottage Grove would offer.
man who overlooks the mud holes, terest and principal are collected by
The accretary waa inatructed to com­
The local poatofflce has received in- steps over the loose boards in the side the city for the bond holder and paid
municate with Mr. Darling and liod «(ructions to receive Santa Claus let­
wslk or stops to cut the hriar that | ou presentation o f the coupon.
out what would he necenaary to offer ters sml deliver them Ui associations or
These improvement bonds are not
hangs too far over the fence and de­
In order to get the factory.
persons who w ill give them the re­ clares liy all that is good that it is the only looked after by the city, but are
quired attention.
la-st town thst he ever lived in, and he guaranteed by the city, and for its pro­
Knpuira at Brown Mill.
The little Iota, with their innocent is going to do all he can to help muke tection the city holds a lein against the
Extrusive repairs are l>eing made at
property benefit ted by the improve­
the Itrown Dumber Co.'a mill. The faith in Kris Krlnglc, sre anxious tu it better; that is the man that warmy
let
him
know
what
they
want,
feeling
the eocklea o f our heart and makes us ment. Thus the investor is doubly se­
fire h otel III the holler room lire lining
certain that he is able sod w illing to glad that he is living, and that we are cure in fiuying such bonds, for they
entirely rebuilt, and the d o ck ia being
f ij III 11 there desires if they have been 1 living with him. We want more of I are gilt-edged in every way.
replanked,
good little girls hiii I bovs during the them.
The bonds are issued in denomina­
> pust year.
During the past summer this city o f tions o f $600 each and an investor may
Before the poatoltice department Gottsge (.rove H|>eiit some $10,<*Xi for buy one or more, as he desires, or
made the ruling that these letters could street improvements and in order to several jiersons tnay pool their money
•>e delivered to chsrilahle institutions carry on the work this money had to and buy one bond, to be placed in es­
TO COVER.
sod the like, they were sent tu the lie taken from the funds in the hands crow in the bank and owned jointly.
Close Shooting Contest.
dead letter office.
of the treasurer. On completion o f the
We urge those who have money for
H. H. Veatch attended the blue rock Two Youths, Accused of Hold-Up of
UNEXPECTED DEATH OP LON
One little tot has already put a letter work ussesments were made against which they a-e seeking safe, profitable
shoot at Eugene Tuesday, shooting
DON FREIGHTER.
Stage Near Drain, Have
' in »he local postofflce for the Christ­ * the abutting property, ss by law pre­ investment to consult with Recorder
with Eugene against Portland. The
mas saint. It is in childish print and scribed, and the property owners were VanDenburg and be prepared to take
Tell-Tale Evidence.
Eugene shooters won by one lonesome
given the option of paying cash or tuk- such portion o f this bond issue as they bird. This was the second shoot, Port­
Alver H. Nnwell Dies While on reads;
"D e a r Santa : Bring Lee a rocking ing avdantage o f the Bancroft act. It want, for we would like to see this issue
Found in possession o f a marked $6
land winning before by two birds.
Hi* Regular Trip from Here
florae and mice. Bring me a rocking i« gratifyin g to record that nearly one- as much over-subscribed as was the is­
gold piece taken from a pocket o f ('.
The
third
sh^ot
w
ill
come
off
some
to Londou.
j chair and baby b u g g y ."
‘ half o f the amount expended by the sue of Portland bonds.
A. Ricker, a passenger on the stage
time before Christmas.
It is signed with a little girls' name. city was returned to the treasury by
coach which was held up and robbed
C. P. JONES, JR.
A lver II. Nowell, who for six yearn
CONDUCTING APPLE
SHOWS, near Drain Saturday morning, Edward
haa been the truated freighter from
GYPSY SMITH SINGS.
j Jurgins and Fred Foster were arrested
hare to liotidun, dropped uucunaciuua
Seventeen Shows in One Month by by Sheriff Quine and Deputy Sheriff
with an apiaiplrctic atroke Saturday Audience aud Pastor Affected by
Stewart late Tuesday at the home o f
Great Northern
morning vyhile making Ida uaual trip
the Songs.
¡Ju rgins’ mother, nine miles east o f
The Great Northern railway w ill con- i
from here, lie hail nearly readied the
Roseburg.
Gypsy Smith was heard at the M eth­
duct seventeen individual apple shows
lloyd place, jual aoutli o f tiie covered
odist church Sunday night. Tw o o f hia
Abandoning the chase for the high­
In as many different cities throughout
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bridge when Die atroke came o n ,a n d tic
famous songs, "Jesus ( i n ly ," and
waymen at the head o f Bear Creek
waa not diacovered until a half hour or
Anxious to Get Back.
SHOULD BE APPRECIATED BY the east during the month o f Decern- 1 Saturday night. Sheriff Quine became
j "N e v e r G ive U p,” were placed on a
her. Develop land -crea te a market.
ao later, when medical aid waa aum-
W. T. K a jser writes from Missouri
LO C AL P E O P L E ,
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satisfied that the men were making
victrula, furnished by Marion Vcatch.
the slcgan,for Great Northern e x p lo it«- > . .
,
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dinned from here. It waa aeen at once
that
he
is
gettin
g
anxious
to
get
back
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and sounded so real that the audience
a
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i.s
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j rw -
their
way toward the railroad and
lion
o
f
Montana,
Washington
•nd
Ore-
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that he waa in a very aerioua condition,
imbibed much o f the feeling that pre­ to Cottage Grove, and «ays they are
would eventually pass through Rose­
Secretary of Ontario Commercial gon fruit district.
ami he waa brought to fun hmther'a
vails when sang by thrir author at one having more rain there than in Oregon.
burg. Keeping a close watch on all
Not a fruit growing district worthy
home in thia city, where lie died at
Club Writes Sentinel In­
He is leaving for Texas, and says,
I of hi* own meetings.
strangers the sheriff learned that two
of the name in the territory tributary
fi :46.
"T
h
e
best
part
o
f
going
w
ill
be
the
teresting Letter.
men answering the description o f the
The pastor, Kev. Sutcliffe, apparent­
to the Great Northern railway but what
Mr. Now ell haa not been hiinaelf
ly received inapiratlon from the words getting home to Cottage G ro ve."
bandits rented a horse and buggy at a
'has
seen,
within
the past two
ailtce laat Auguat. when he waa hit by
j of the great revivalist and at the end
local livery barn on Sunday night and
O N T A R IO C O M M E R C IA L CLUB.
You can judge the kind o f job print­
months, the face o f a Great Northern
lightning. Ever after that he had a
o f the nermon made a spirited and im­ ing u newspaper does by the kind o f a
were driven to Jurgins' ranch.
Ontario, Oregon.
railway industrial and immigration
kind of proaentimeul that death waa
passioned apfieal to those present to paper u prints. The Sentinel is w ill­
The Sheriff and a deputy went to
Nov.
17th,
1911.
agent sent out by Mr. L. W. H ill to
coming.
Thnae who aaw him thr become followers o f Jesus.
Many
the Jurgins farm, where they placed
Mr.
Elbert
Bede,
ing
to
let
its
paper
be
an
ad.
for
its
procure
the
choicest
apples
for
dis­
morning o f hia death recall that he gathered around the altar ra'I and
Editor Sentinel,
play in the seventeen different indi­ the young men under arrest. As the
waa acting rather i|ueerly, not aeeming prayed. To an appeal to mothers to job printing.
Cottage Grove, Ore.
vidual business streets o f the larg­ officers neared the residence Jurgins
to have full uac o f Ina head or muscle*. join the church fur the «ake of their
School Heads to Meet.
and Foster ran indoors and were only
Dear S ir: I want to compliment you est cities in the east.
The funeral aervicea were held children many mothers rose to their
City Superintendent lnlow is in re­ on the newspaper work you are ac­
found after a thorough search o f the
It
is
with
an
eye
to
the
future
and
to
Wednesday from Veatch’a rlinpel, ir- fe d .
ceipt uf the follow ing circular letter complishing at Cottage Grove. The creating a permanent market for this premises.
When searched the men
terment being made in the Oddfellow«
Fully 30(1 |M-ople were present, which which is being sent to ull city superin­ Sentinel, under your guidance can and
large production o f choice apples that had about $80 on their persons, includ­
cemetery.
; is about 100 above the average.
tendents in Oregon by State Superin- w ill do your city much good. The L. W. Hill ia unceasing in his efforts ing a bent $5 piece taken from Ricker.
Mr. Nowell waa an active member o f
Tw o o f Gvpsy Smith's songs will be tendent L. R. Alderman:
greatest advertisement a town can re­ to exploit the apple industry through­
Jurgins is about 26 years old and left
the grange, under whose auspices the sung again next Sunday.
Salem, Oregon, Nov. 24. 1911.
ceive is from a good home newspaper. out the east. "A p p le Show Month” Roseburg five years ago fo r eastern
funeral waa held. He had alao been
To the City Superintendent*, Oregon : | The man who expresses his ideas w ill probably become a permanent fea­ Oregon, where he was since employed
an Oddfellow for ID yearn. The funer* ODDFELLOWS TO ENTERTAIN.
My Dear Sirs: I am calling a meet­ through the editorial column without ture o f Great Northern railway develop­ on the range. On Friday he returned
al aervicea were very simple, thus fu l­
ing o f the city superintendents and : fear or favor, with interest o f the com­ ment work.
to Douglas county, accompanied by
filling the wish o f the dead. Mrs. M. Lorane Lodge W ill Attend Meeting high school principals and teachers, to
munity at heart, deserves success. He
Foster, and le ft the train at Drain.
C. Kinnery, o f Saginaw, made a short
Saturday.
meet in the Lincoln high school, Port­ is invaluable to a growing section.
The follow ing morning the stage was
VERY SUCCESSFUL OPENING.
.talk, but there waa no Mention.
Please The Sentinel seems to be thus pos­
Igiranc lodge, I. O. O. F., w ill oe en­ land, December 28 and 29.
held up and suspicion pointed to them.
The Metsan Shop Begins Business
The deceased Inal lived al l.ondm for tertained Saturday by the local lodge. bring with you a« many o f your high sessed.
No doubt the people of Cot­
The boys were armed with automatic
about tw elve yeara, and had been run­ { There w ill be degree werk and a ban- school faculty as possible, mid be tage Grove appreciate the good work
Auspiciously.
revolvers sim ilar to the ones described
ning the freigh t team for six yeara. i <|uel. A large delegation ia expected prepared with good suggestions for you are doing. Keep it up and you and
The Metsan Shop had a very success­ by the passengers on the stage. Jur­
He did all the freigh ting for the J. K. i from Dnrane.
the high school course of study.
your associates will accomplish more ful opening Saturday, being crowded gins’ mother is almost prostrated with
all day long, and Messrs. H. K. Met­ grief, follow ing the arrest o f her son.
Hanlon Mercantile Co., and was truated
Yours very truly,
than is at present realized.
A t the regular meeting Saturday the
implicitly, carrying one o f the tirm'a
calf, !,. K. Sanford and assistants were The officers are confident tonight that
I..
R.
A
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R
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,
Wishing
you
every
success.
i local lodge elected the follow ing
kept on the jump all day.
check hooka and paying ita bills here
the boys w ill confess the crime.
Supt. Public Instruction.
Yours very truly,
officers ;
for them. He leaves three brothcra,
The ladies came in large numbers to
When questioned by the district at­
LE
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J.
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,
Noble grand, L. A. R alston ; vice­
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Cravens, o f
W illis E. Nowell, o f thia city, Frank
get the potted plants which were g iv ­ torney tonight Jurgins admitted hav­
Secretary.
grand,
LeR oy
Woods;
treasurer, Portland, visited at the F. D. Wheeler
en away as souvenirs, and very few ing registered under the name o f R. C.
C. Now ell and H. W. N ow ell, o f San
| George M. H a ll; secretary, A. Brow- home during the past week.
Legal blanks at the Sentinel office.
went away without buying something. Wilson, on a recent visit to Portland,
Francisco, n widowed mother at Lon­
don, and two sisters, Mrs. Electa Thor- j er.
and said his partner registered under
The Rehekah lodge at its last meet-
denherg and Mr«. M. H. Hasher, of
&
the name o f H. Jones. These names
1 ing elected officers as follows ; Noble
London.
are identical with the names o f two
grand, Muggie Hunt; vice-grand, Li*-
A lver II. Nowell wus horn in Dowell,
important Meeting To Be Held. | strangers who registered at a Drain
' r.le
H a ll; secretary, Anna H o xie; JURY L IK E L Y TO GIVE THEM MONSTER VEGETABLE ON EX-
Mass., May 31, 1862, and also lived at
I-. D. Mahone, state secretary o f the hotel on the night previous to the hold­
treasurer, Lena Knowles.
AN ACQUITTAL.
H IB ITI0N BY SENTINEL.
Charlestown, Philadelphia, Esteville,
A. M. C., w ill be in Cottage Grove up,
Iowa, anil San Francisco. He lived 26
some time this month to attend a meet­
Jurgins talked freely and made a
Has Known All Governors.
years at ’ Frisco, doing W ells-Fargo de­
number
o f contradictory statements.
ing
of
those
connected
with,
and
in­
Fancy
Christmas
Goods
Get
Pho­
Raised
by
John
Nokes
Without
W. H. Parker, a resident o f A irile,
livery work for If» years. He moved
terested in, the mining business. The Foster, who is 26 years old, refused to
holds the distinction o f having met and
tograph Firm Into Serious
Cultivation and Solid
to ( ’ottage (¡rove July, IttOk I.iitcr he
meeting will be called to take action answer many o f the questions pro-
enjoyed the personal acquaintance of
Trouble.
as Rock.
bought the fam ily homestead at Don-
on a resolution passed by the recent pounded by the district attorney,
every governor o f Oregon, from Joseph
don, on which he lived and supported
convention o f the American Mining
A touch o f the old western life was
Lane and John Whitaker to George K.
Armstrong & Dean, the photogra­
A radish so large that it had to be Congress at Chicago, asking congress given Saturday when the Drain-Coos
hia mother up to the time o f hia death,
Chamberlain, Frank Henson and Os­
phers, are upon a peculiar and unusai labeled to keep folks from believing to provide for the establishment o f Bay stage to Scottsburg was held up
wald Weat. Mr. Parker is intimately
charge, the result, o f their attempt to it to be a pumpkin, has been brought metallurgical experiment ore testing three miles out o f Drain at 5 :40 by two
Goode Sold Cheap.
acquainted with the present governor,
A lot o f valuable chattels went at a Oswald West, having known him from furnish Christmas pictures o f extraor­ into the Sentinel office by John Nokes. stations. Oregon will ask for stations masked highwaymen with automatic
dinary high class at a price lower than When put onto the scales it registered at Roseburg and Baker City.
small liguro lit the sale o f the Reed
, revolvers.
boyhood. Mr. Parker was born at Sa­
seems consistent with quality o f the over 91 pounds.
goods at Iajrane last week. The goods
The two passengers, Wm. Burchard,
lem in 1846, and spent most o f his life
production.
The vegetable was still growing when
wore sold to aatiafy a chattel mortgage
Sent
Turkeys
to
Agents.
o
f
Scottsburg, and C. E, Ricker, o f
in that city, but removed to A irlie a
Immediately upon hearing that this pulled, but Mr. Nokes thought it bet­
note o f $1,600 and were hid in by the
Agent D. T. Awbrey, o f the Wells- Gardiner, were relieved o f all their
few years ago. He remembers the
firm was giving a picture for $ti n doz­ ter not to leave it in the ground longer Fargo company and his assistant, H. money, the former losing about $90
Fithian-liarker Shoe Co., holders o f
early history o f Oregon very clearly.
en
that costa $12 in Portland and g iv ­ for fear he would have to cut it up to Wheeler, each received a juicy turkey ar,d the latter $10. The robbers did
the note, at about one-third o f the face His parents were among the earliest
ing with each order h beautiful 11x11 carry it down town.
o f the note.
from the company for their Thanks- n° f disturb the mail or express mat­
settlers o f his state. Mr. Parker at­
photograph calendar, enemies got busy
The radish is o f the white variety giving dinners.
The gooda consisted o f 10 jacks, 10
ter- The driver's watch was taken,
tended school in a log house at Salem,
and said it could not be done, and now and grew entirely without cultivation'
Jersey cows. 1 Jersey bull, 3 aerea o f
but he happened to have no money with
where the state capitol now stands.
it is up to the firm to go before a jury It is a foot long and 22 inches in cir­
growing potatoes, 100 tons o f hay, 100
Stores Closed for Holiday.
him.
A t that time the land now occupied by
heads o f hogs, 1000 chickens, 18 goats, county and state buildings was then o f the people and show that it can be cumference. It is on exhibition at the
A ll the business houses o f the city
Marshall Snodgrass, o f this city, was
done and that it will be done.
Sentinel office.
2 jennets, wagons, buggica, horses,
were
closed
yesterday
to
allow
clerks
telephoned
to, and the service o f the
covered by dense brush and timber.
More than twenty different styles o f
pony, machinery, cream separator, etc.
Get next to the stationery sale and and proprietors to properly enjoy tur­ bloodhound requested, but the dog is.in
Constable A. H. Atkins conducted
When you see a neat, tasty job of picture* to select from .at as many the chance for the turkey. A ll for 30 key dinner and sleep it off afterwards. ■uch shape that it could not be taken
centa at the Modern Pharmacy. .,
Th « churches duly observed the day.
printing, look for the Sentinel imprint. different prices.
out.
the sale.
ORDINANCES TO COME UP
SANTA CLAUS GETS MAIL
card or.
DRAIN STAGE ROBBERS
SPEEDILY RUN TO EARTH
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH;
APPOPLECTIf STROKE
COMMERCIAL CLUB SECRETARY SAYS
SENTINEL IS AD. FOR COTTAGE GROVE
ARMSTRONG DEAN TRIAL IS IT RADISH OR PUMPKIN?