Volume VI
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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1912
MONSTER GRASS-FED VIEWERS LOOK AT BEATTY ROAD
BOVINE KILLED
(fa ri
Number 19
ANOTHER LUMBER MILL TO START g |Q |y |j[^
Row River Lumber Co. To Begin
Operations at Once.
People O ptim istic Over Prospects
of K stahliahm ent of H ighw ay.
The county viewers lisvc been busy
tills w rrk looking over Die proposed
Beatty road from Cottage (¡rove to
W alker, which erii'iMirages local people
to believe that the opening up of a
safe, convenient anil direct highway to
Die laud which this will accommodate
is gelling lo lie more tliun ii probabili
ty.
The subject was broil gbl up at the
Commercial club Monday night, and
Die opinion was expressed that by
beurty i'ii operation with Cri swell and
W alker the mud will be secured.
COME HERE
Another large lumber mill will soon
be In operation again after a shut UNEXPECTED PROPOSITION AT
COW T IP S SCALES AT 1,4<>5
down of several months. The Row
POUNDS UVB WKIOHT.
CLUB MEETING.
River Lumber Co. has come to the con
clusion that conditions are such that 1
Proof of Cottage Grove's Claim as
it can resume operations in a couple Manufacturing ’Committee of Com
of days.
Finest Sto< k Country In thr
mercial Club Evolves Manner in
The continued resumption of busi Which J. I. Jones Mill Can Be
World Is Proven l>y Href Killrd
ness on the part of the mills means a
Herr During thr Past Week.
great deal to Cottage (¡rove, aa every Secured for Grove Immediately.
i business in the city has felt the effect
That th r territory urouirl Collage
The big J. I. Jones mill may yet be
of their idleneas.
(•rove ih it HtiM-k fountry cipial to any
moved to Cottage Grove from Diaaton
In thf world wm uldy proven thn* week
Sentinel want ads. inserted in news in the near future. During the paat
when u fem ale critter weighing 1.7%
columns are result getters.
week the m anufacturing com m ittee of
poundH mill raised enliridy on vetch
the Commercial club evolved a new
Kru
was
hrou|(ht III from th f John FLOWERS ARE IN BLOSSOM
whereby the plant can be
LATHAM GETS NEW DEPOT scheme
Cooley ranch oni' and oni' half iiiilra
moved here without a bonus of any
raal of thla flty and Hold to II. I). SPR IN G W EA TH ER CAUSES BUDS
kind.
I.lnroln for close to I'm.
SAYS
COTTAGE
GROVE
CAN
DO
Mr. Jones owns 20 or 25 lots in the
TO
OP
IN
.
Another rem arkable feature alioul
southeast part of the city th at would
LIKEWISE.
the herf wan that from a gros" weight
make ideal factory sites. The manu
of 1,7% pound" It dressed to a net Rosea Getting Ready to Burst
committee was sometime ago
Member of Latham Commercial Club facturing
w eight o f l.o n a laiunda, a rem arkably
Forth in All Their Glory.
instructed to see what could be done
sm all percentage of loss in dressing.
Says New Depots Are Not
in aecuring just this kind of land. Mr.
Busy Beea Busy.
A form er atia'k man who haa aren
Very
Hard
to
Get.
Jones oifered to sell these at $300 a
thouaanda of ra ttle drenaeil in ttie ruat Spring flowers are Idosnomiog again,
lot, or somewhere around $6,000 for the
aaya that thla reronl haa never been Doit
total area. This is about the amount
At
a
recent
m
eeting
of
the
Latham
is
those
that
ipiit
blossoming
at
e<|ualrd In the corn belt to hia knowl all. Some pretty, full-blown crocuses
of money Mr. Jones needs to raise to
Oimm
ercial
club.
K.
M.
Sharp
was
ap
edge and that no aurh stock ever cornea Were brought into The Sentinel olflce
pointed as a com m ittee of one to secure assist in the moving of the mill, and
to 1‘ortland from the eaat.
better depot facilities for the accom members of the comm ittee asked him
Tuesday,
and
Felix
Curriu
report"
Dial
The aurreaa whlrh Mr. (iailr) ia hav- his rose hods are tilling out ready to
modation of passengers and freight at if he would move the mill here in the
11 ik with alork-raialuK proves Cottaire
that
place. He imm ediately took the event that these lots were purchased,
their gorgeous tieauty to the gen
(•rove's i lium to bring an nleal rounlry i fling
m
atter
up with the railroad commis thereby giving him that am ount of
tie
spring
zcptirs
'ere
long
for that purpose. (iraln la hardly Those ex|H-rl in the business urr set
sion
of
Oregon and Mr. Sharp reports money. The committee rejiorted at
neeiled for the fattening proreaa, aa ting out their new rose hushes, and the
that,
through
that body, the Southern the meeting of the Commercial club
this case amply demonalratea.
Pacific
Co.
has
built at Latham as fine Monday night that he said he would,
lovers
of
early
garden
truck
ure
pre
When It fum es to raising grasses and paring lo put in their gardens.
a
combination
passenger and freight but that the deal must be made within
ruot rropa for ra ttle this rountry can't Felix C urrln brought in another
thirty days.
depot
as
there
is
on the line.
be iM-aten.
A special com m ittee was appointed
A
member
of
the
Latham
club
says:
bunch
of
straw
berries,
some
picked
Clover, velfh, alfalfa, corn, kale, from plants that have been growing uII
by the Commercial club Monday to
“
W
hat
is
the
m
atter
with
Cottage
rape and roots do well in thla aertlon winter, and be re|iortrd the honey An interesting and significant inci-*I,r'‘'e of them. The m anager said : Grove? It has talked depot for a long confer with a special com m ittee for
and yield abundantly. Kale grows all hers out at work again.
dent occurred after the cloae of the Thla apple sells for 10 cents. Well, if I time. B etter adopt L atham ’s m otto: the same purposes from the Board of
w inter ami yields from 20 to .'pi tons an
Trade to evolve some method of pur
N orthw estern Land Prudtcta Show in ‘be apple growers can find enough Cre- 'We Lead While Others Follow .’ “
arrr. From one ijuarlrr o f an acre
chasing this land. Bonding the city
osuaes,
who
are
willing
to
pay
them
St.
I'aul
out
of
which
the
western
ap
near Cottage drove a little more than
for the purfiose or forming a corpora
ple box comes tiium phant. A large 10 cents for each apple, it certainly
one ton o f clover haa been prialuerd
tion
to buy the land were two plana
concerns
nolsxly
but
the
parties
in
in
measure of the success of w estern ap
and twelve aerea reeently yielded
i suggested.
terest.
But
I
really
did
not
go
to
the
ple
shippers
in
securing
the
best
m
ark
thirty-six tons at the llral cutting.
C. M. Shinn, of the m anufacturing
ets has been the attractive manner in show to look at the apples, but to look
A lfalfa la aurfesafoily grown with
committee,
gave it as hia opinion that
for
a
packing
case
which
would
hold
a
proper cultivation. As many as three CANDIDATES OUT WITH THEIR which the r (ro lu c t was placed before bushel, and failed to see one.
i it wculd hardly take more than a year
the
rorauiner.
The
following
letter
eropa a year have I m ' i - ii rul without ir-
BACHELORS STILL RECEIVING to fill this land up with factories.
PETITIONS.
was printed in the St. I’aul Dispatch Long years ago the Kast supplied us
ri|(atlon.
PROPOSALS.
The importance of pay roils for the
on December 21at, and represents the with apples, and they were mighty
Your eastern friends would like to
j city was expatiated upon at length by
good
apples.
They
came
in
barrels.
average
eastern
er's
impression
regard
know som ething atsiul the rountry you County Officers Are Attracting Most
the capacity of the w estern apple They do today, in barrels of the same Leap Year Girls Are No Pikers members of the club.
are living in. Send them a ropy of the Interest at Present. No Senators ing
:
size.
and All Bachelors Will Be Bene
Sentinel, 6c.
, ..
To He Elected in This District, box
“ To the Rditor of the D ispatch:
Wfien the W estern apples came on dicts.—Outside Maids Contesting
but Three Representatives.
“ 1 was at the Lan 1 Show and saw
with Home-Guard Maidens.
R. L. Gawley Purchases Some
(Continued on page x . )
apples and apples. I asked for the
Prize-Winning Chickens.
Politics
are
taking
on
some
life
these
Lovcra of G reatest N ational Gam e I days. Interest so far in this section
Cottage Grove bachelors are being A pen of Fischel’s W hite Rocks were
grabbed up rapidly. Some more pro brought from Aberdeen last week by
G etting N ervous.
1 centering around the county ulfires.
posals have been received this week. R. L. Gawley. He says they are prize
I .over" of the g reatrst of national Friends of candidates are busy through
Below are published those of which winning birds and he expects to exhibit
gain»'», base ball, are getting peevish out the county getting Die necessary
The Sentinel was able to get copies: them
for a sight of a diamond attain. Young j petitions signed to put (heir names on
the’r chicks at every Lane
Chicago. Ilia., Jan. 26. 1912.- Mr. J. county and
ster out playintt “ catch” just serve to i the ballot.
show.
predicts th at he will
PR0FF.RTY
OWNER
ADVANCES
HAS
IDEAS
ABOUT
STREET
IM
W. G rant, care Sentinel, Cottage carry off many He
foment the blissl of the fans.
Senators in this district and the joint
of
the
best prizes.
Grove, O re.,—Dear Mr. G rant: En Mr. Gawley also brought
' STRONG ARGUMENTS.
PROVEMENTS.
No definite plana of organization ; district hold over this year, hut three
a pair of
closed find $1.50 subscription for The Indian Runner ducks.
have hern made, hut it is a probability representatives are to be elected, I. It.
that Cottage Grove may have a regular 1 Cushman, Allen Katun and W. M. Sut Drainage of the City an Important Present Manner of Making Street Sentinel, which, I understand must
each application. A re you
team again hia year. At uny rate ton, all republicans, having completed
Improvements Declared Not accompany
Item
in
Its
Develop
giving
“
cut
ra te s” on The Sentinel MONEY IS THROWN AWAY
thrrw will be several school tennis.
their terms. Mr. Cushman ia now eir-
So
Very
Bad.
ment.
now?
$1.50
is
very cheap, when one
j culalm g his |K'litions and Mr. Katun is
considers
all
the
advantages from its STRONG STATEMENT BY RESI
Ins statem ent to the voters.
COLONIST FARES AGAIN ' preparing
Ed.
S
entinel:
In
your
issue
of
Janu-
pages
the
last
two
weeks,
Kditor
S
entin
el:
Having
noticed
and
Mr. Sutton has removed to eastern
DENT OF 38 YEARS.
ary 18, 1912, there appeared an article Do not consider me so immodest as
Oregon and so is out of the running. read the article in your paper under entitled,
“
Makes
Good
Suggestion,”
to
propose,
for
really,
I
w
oudn't
think
the
heading
of
“
Suggestion
Concern
RAILW AYS O FFE R BIG INDUCE 1 These three men were suggested in a
county assembly two years ugo, and ing S tree ts,” I would like to say that signed “ T axpayer.” This article com- of such a thing. Oh, no! I ’m only Enough Money Wasted To Have
M EN TS.
of our present method of im-
Macadamized Every Road in
were named so as to geugraphi-ally I heartily agree with the w riter in plained
Continued on page 2.)
proving
our city streets and the man
what
he
said,
but
1
am
of
the
opinion
represent
the
western,
central
and
County if Properly Spent.
From M arch 1st to April 15th G reat
that be did not say enough. The drain ner of providing funds to cover the ex Presidential Candidate Will Speak.
eastern
parts
of
the
county.
As
yet
-----------
ly Reduced F ares W ill Be
no one has appeared in the west to age of these streets and the city in pense of same. It condemned the sys Eugene W. Chafin. candidate for “ Enough money has been wasted on
of taxing the cost for the improve
in Effect.
con test against Mr. Cushman, but in i general should be taken into considera tem
ment
of a street against the abutting president in 1908 on the prohibition the country roads of this state to have
tion
as
well
as
the
building
of
them.
' Kugene there are already two other
property
and recommended the levying ticket, will s|>eak in the Armory Mon- macadamized everyone of them. This
The city is in a very bad condition at
All the tranacontinental railways
day evening at 8 o’clock. Admission >s p artic u larly true of Lane county,
of
a
general
tax instead.
present,
so
far
as
drainage
is
con
(<
ontinued
on
page
X.
have joined hands in offering the usual
of which I have been a resident for 38
cerned. During and since this last The only thing that is commendable free.
apring colonist fares from the east to
years.
” Such is the statem ent of
at
all
in
the
above
mentioned
article
sturin
the
west
h
ih
!
south
parts
as
well
the west, and another great influx of
Orrin
Bennett,
who lives north of E u
as the south and east have to some ex is the fact that someone in our city has
settlers is expected. The general
gene,
who
was
in the city Friday and
opinon seems to tie that the railways Two T ins of D rug and P ipes Found tent been covered w ith w ater, a thing awakened to the fact that the streets North Road Declared To Be One on is a good roads enthusiast.
“ It is not
are
in
a
deplorable
condition
and
really
that
should
not
exist
in
h
city
like
this.
should make it plain to eastern people
in C hinese L au n d ry .
particularly
the
fault
of
the
people,
Which
Work
Should
Be
Done.
that the weal can not at present use A dope joint was cleaned out at Ku If a few measures had not been taken need improving. The w riter claimed
nor
of
the
county
and
road
district
in
his
article
th
a
t
the
present
method
The L o m e road proposition again
any more latairers, that what the great gene last week when a U. S. inspector to stop out some of the river w ater we
came before the Commercial club Mon officers, so much as the fault of the
weal needs just now is people of small from Portland raided a Chinese lauii-
(Continued on page 8.)
(Continued on page X.)
day night and the two roads, the north system ,” continued Mr. Bennett.
and large means, people to make jobs I dry on Kast Ninth street in that city.
‘This country needs system atic road
and not people looking for jobs. The One Chinaman was arrested for hav- Is Coming Back to the Grove Again. Wreck at Springfield Delays Trains. and the south, to this rich valley were * building
under com petent and experi
thoroughly
discussed
by
those
fam
iliar
west holds as great o|i|Hirtunities as . ing opium in his possession, two tins of A fter an absence of 15 years, Jake A partial wreck of freight train No.
enced
supervision.
The people should
both. All those who had traveled
ever for investm ent, but at present | the dope, two pipes, lamp, and a dozen Wrhitney has w ritten from the east to 221 at Springfield Junction at 9 o’clock with
both
roads
were
of
the
opinion
that
^a'
e
something
to
show
for the money
there arc already thousands of people em pty tins were seized.
his cousin, John Nokes, that he can no Saturday morning delayed passenger the north road, while probably not be-
spend,
and
this
condition
will
in the big cities out of employment.
Long Soon, the Chinese proprietor of longer resist the call of the W est and
s a few hours. The northbound ing as good a grade, could be the more never prevail under the present system
The colonist tickets are second class the laundry, was taken to Portland to will soon be in Cottage Grove again tram
passenger was delayed five hours at cheaply completed, it being already of road building.
and good for stopovers. Home of the appear in the federal court. The in preparatory to taking up his residence Creswell
and the southbound three covered with crushed rock from here •
rates to Southern 1’aciflr points are as spector also raided the noodle joint on where he left off.
hours at Springfield Junction. Two to the top of the mountain, w here the 1 Yoncalla Maid May Beat Out.
follows: Bristol, Tenn., $415.75; Chi Sixth street, but found no evidence of
item sim ilar to the following runs
Do you want something? A reader cars of the freight left the track and county rock crusher now stands. It ia I in An
cago, $33; Milwaukee, via St. I’aul contraband dope there.
the
Yoncalla Times every week :
the
wrecker
had
ta
be
secured
from
understood
the road
district
and Spokane, $,'<1.50; New York, $5*>; The governm ent had learned in Port in the Sentinel will get it for you. .. Rose burg.
. . . . territory
.. that
. to rock
. . the
. road in . i ... A lbert
Helliwelt, , one of . Cottage
that
proposes
,
St. l.ouin, #32; W heeling, W. Va., $41.- land that the dope had been shipped to
,
.w
.
a
A.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Grove
a
most
young business
Felix
Currin
Moves
to
Town.
Cottage Grove people were from the top of the mountain to the ' men, was visiting
. ... popular
. this
75; Missouri River common points, Kugene so the inspector was directed Felix Currin has purchased the G. H. on Several
with
friends in
the
train
bound
for
Eugene
and
valley
this
summer.
such as St. I’aul, Atchison, Council to go there and And the goods. With Dyer place in the southeastern part of found the w ait rather irksome such a
city last Sunday.
lilulfs,K ansas C ity .l’eublo, St. Jo e,$25. Chief Bistol at the front door and the city and moved hia gooda and fam i short distance from their destination. The probability of there being an
easier pass over the m ountain was
Officer Chris'ensen at the rear, the in ly in Monday, although he saya he will
brought up and it developed th a t there
spector went through the house, *l>end most of his own tim e a t the
Big Farm at Lorane Sold.
was none th at could be used without Curious Puzzled by Seeing Front
through trunks and every farm . Mr. Dyer left yesterday for Last week Mr. Charles Curran sold building
an entire new road.
One Hundred and Fifty Candidates searching
possible hiding place of the drug. Ilis Bandon.
Door Nailed Up.
his 200-acre ranch near Lorane to Mrs. The recent report that was sent to
Waiting for Degrees.
efforts were rewarded by finding the
W einhart of Eugene. The considera the papers from Creswell about an Considerable curiosity was exhibited
All-Stars Win Game.
Cottage Grove (¡range will hold two tins of opium and a dozen empty
tion was private, but it is significant
being unable to get over last Sunday by those who passed The
another m onster m eeting Saturday, cans, together with the pipes and pe Kugene Co. C basket ball team went from the fact that the land lies in one automobile
the
Lorane
road
was spoken of and was Sentinel office as to the reason for the
the session beginning at 10 o'clock. culiar lamp used by smokers of the down to defeat before the local All of the most valuable sections of the declared to be false
made for some front door being open and the opening
Stars team Friday evening to the tune county, near two large orchard tracts, purpose not apparent and
Degree work will start at 11 and din juice of the poppy.
on
the surface. nailed over with boards at irregular in
There were s large number of of 47 to 6. The game was a lively one, on»* of which contains 3,00» and the
ner will be served at noon.
tervals. Many thought there would lie
There are still 150 candidates to re Chinese in the building, but only the but the local boys has the county scat other 2,000 acres of orchard trees.
Promotions Expected.
an auction sale Monday, others thought
ceive degrees. These are the remain proprietor was taken. He wanted to Aggregation completely outclassed.
The owners of these orchards are Capt. B. K. Lawson has passed his there had been a fire; anyway, every
der of those secured in the recent furnish bail, but the Inspector said that The line-up of the local team was as planting more acreage every year and exam ination as lieutenant colonel and body took a peep in and found there
momtiership uonteat, and if the w eath would be a m atter for the eourt to de follows: Joe Brant, Jack Lewis, for they confidently state that there will will probably receive hia commission was nothing but a coat of paint on a
er ia propitioua most of them are ex cide and that bail would probably tie w ards; Klmer Hastings, cen ter; Fay be a railroad through the section of before long. Several other promotions floor that the air was being used to
between $500 and $1,000.
Allison, (’has. Beals, guards.
are expected in the near future.
country in a very few years.
dry.
pected to be on hand.
in
APPLE BOX TRIUMPHS OVER
EASTERN BUSHEL BASKET
POLITICS TAKING ON
SOME LIFE
GIRLS ARE ON THE JOB
ALL THE TIME
WILL EXHIBIT AT ALL SHOWS
BOYS ARE TALKING BASE BALL
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT
DISCUSSED BY TAXPAYERS
OPIUM IS SIEZED AT EUGENE
GRANGE TO HOLD BIG MEET
LORANE ROAD AGAIN DISCUSSED
SENTINEL ATTRACTS ATTENTION