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/ Sty? Volume VI (Imuf Sonito! C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R EG O N, T H U R S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 15, 1912 CLUB RECEIVES MANY INQUIRIES KiMterncrH Want to Know About Land and Climate. Tlutt there arr many easterner« win* have their eye« on Ihi« particular part of tin' W illatnette valley la evidenced tiy the numerous inquiries being re eelved l*y the secretary of the Coin- mercial rluli. The majority write as to the price« and quality of land, anil all waul to know uhoot the rlimata. Some of the iiupiiriea are coming na the reault of promotion work done aev- eral yeara ai(o. MYSTERIOUS ANIM AL DESTROYS TIM BERC0nACE GR0VElEADERlsm D IN PECULIAR, UNHEARD OF MANNER Cottage Grove’s Second Best Paper Under New Management. ~~ WHAT ELIGIBLE DID GIRLS MEAN? Killing Fir Timber Off at Kate of 50,000 Feet in Short ORCHARD CO.’S AFFAIRS FIXED UP Space of Three Weeks, Night Prowler Causes Much a>|ml o( Em, loyet Pald „ „ Interesting Conversation of Two W o rry to Timber Owners in Mosby Creek District.— ness Resurned. Maidens Overheard. Animal Evades All Attempts at Capture. The attain of the Orchard Land & Two of ( 'ullage Grove's demure dam Timber Co., which operates at Divide sels were heard iliHi-iiHsing a momen tous subject ill the postoflice this T I M B E R M E N N E V E R H E A R D O F A N Y T H IN G week. The name of one o f the eligible L IK E IT B E F O R E IN H IS T O R Y O F B U S IN E S S bin helors of the city was mentioned several times. For job printing that haa elaaa, try Tlie girl with golden hair and blue Fir Trees Are the Only Species Attacked.—-Animal Strips tliu Sentinel eves said : " l i e told me if | didn’ t Trees of Bark, Starting About Half W a y Up Trunk kiss him he'd drown himself." WILD STRAWBERRIES ARE RIPE HALF P INT OF THK ROSY FRUIT ON EXHIBITION. The one with brown hair and black eyes was Hlurllcd, but managed to ga sp : " A n d ilid you kiss him?" To which golden hair, with a twinkle of fhe blue eyes and an expression in dicating thoughts of past happiness, answered. " H a v e you read anything hi The Sentinel about bis committing suicide?" FamouK, Fertile, Fruitful Willam The Sentinel man could rot catch the ette I)oea Not T «k e it Hack Seat 1 name, hut it seemed to be of Srandi for Any of Them When It Cornea l navian origin and the first letter was "A ." The Christian name sounded to Veraatility of Soli. : like " M a r t in ." Wild atrawherriea are ripe ilcapite tile fai't that it ia only the mulille of February. Hamilton Veateh brought in u half pint thia week tiial have been on exhibition ami have attrarteil enn- ai.liTable attention, even from thoae familiar with tiie veraatility o f the anil of the fiimooa. fertile, fruitful W il lamette. All o f the berrlea are juirv and rl|M' and ure enough to muke any one'« mouth water. Mr. Veateh found them growing in ilia paature, without uny protection wtiatever from tlie weather. A hunch of green wild eurranla waa alao broii|(ht in tliia week by Horace Cochran. Iteaidentn arc liuay theae daya layinK out and planting Mower and vegetable gardena. I'aalurage ia getting i|Ulte plentiful. Scttiug Out Prunes OWENS MILLTOOPEN OPERATIONS Wheels Will Begin to Turn Inside of Ten Days. Tlie Owens saw mill will begin operations within two weeks. A. If. Owens was in the city Friday and staled to Tlie Sentinel that be is grub bing ott a line 20-acre tract of land and that as soon as that work is com pleted the mill will lie started, lie said that would be within two weeks, which makes it less than ten days now. TAXPAYER WRITES AGAIN DEFENDS FORMER POSITION ON STREET TAX. and Berries. Still Thinks That Special Tax Street Improvements Is Proper Thing. A fifteen acre prune orchard ia ladng art out liy Itaylra brothera, wlio recent ly purrhaaed a piece of the Spray tract. I.ogan berries will be planted between the rowa of treea. for Cottage Grove, Ore., Feb. 7, 1912. Having read the article published last week, wish to say that Street'Naming and Numbering Or I think that tlie writer of that article dinances Published. hangs a little lo o much on one side; The city ordinances providing for the that is, tlie aide o f " m ig h t makca renaming o f tlie streets and numbering rig h t ." As ail ttic taxpayers of the ■if the houses o f the city are published city arc more ur less interested in this in another column and will prove of matter, 1 wiah to aay a few words in interest to all citizens and property regard to some of his ideas. owners. It's my opinion that the writer of that article has no pro|ierty to pay- ^ taxes on for the pur|xi*e o f building streets, or anything else. He says Watches Approach of Engine With that the only commendable thing in Apparent Indifference. the article of Jail. lHth is that the Comfortably seated on hia blanket writer had sense enough to see that and apparently awaiting death, an old the streets are in a deplorable condi man waa killed at 10 :.'tO Sunday by the tion anil should be improved. As for Koseburg local two miles north o f 1 his statement that 1 said in my article that streets were built where least Drain. The man hud been seen going south needed, 1 will let the readers judge for ward alung the track and evidently themselves. atop|M‘d to real, having placed hia roll He admits thut such a system as ad o f be iding on one of the rails of the vocated by the writer is all right for track and sat down i i | k iii it. Four eye country roads, but not for city streets. wilnessra of the occurrence say that The writer thinks that the system will the engineer o f tlie train blew the apply as well to city as to country whistle vigorously tiut that the man roads. All have to use them more or paid no attention except to glance less, the same as in the country, and toward the approaching engine when all ahould he more or less interested it was almost upon him, making nu in all o f the streets o f the city. effort to get out o f the way. Those So far as I have been able to discov who saw the occurrence are confident er by talking to taxpayers, the major he meant to commit suicide. ity are in favor of the sjiecial tax fur The man was apparently about BO drainage and street building. years o f age and from papers found in He claims that there are streets that his pockets his name wasC. McKIhany. do not call for travel. This condition Other papers showed he had worked does not exist in this city, for the fur the Utah Construction company, drays and delivery men have to travel probably u|ion the extension of the on h II of them and they know and ap Natron branch o f the Southern Pacific. preciate a good street when they see Coroner Jewett came from Koseburg it, and most of them are in favor of a and took the body there for burial, special tax. Hut he says thut if there deeming un impiest unnecessary. should exist such a home ns he des s it s Ed. Sentinel : ~ : T : : : : t r a in ALVAH GREEN MAKES HIT Alvah Green was here Friday eve ning with his barrel of fun and held forth to a large audience nl the Arm ory under the auspices o f the K. I’ , and W. O. W. lodges. Mr. Green was the third ami last number of the lyeetim course and gave entire satisfaction. His country school ••literary” made a hit. His imiierson- ations and make-ups were excellent. Many compliments and words o f ap preciation have been heard for the two lodges for their ettorts in putting on the lyceum course, requiring much gratis labor on the part o f members. The receipts were slightly in excess of expenses. You can judge the kind o f joli print ing a newspaper docs hy the kind o f n paper it prints. The Sentinel is w ill ing to let its paper be an ad. for its job printing. Number 21 cribed and the owner should object to the building o f a street at his own e x pense, he should have, according to the article, the street dosed and the lights taken out, if there should hap pen to be any. 1 think that any man with ns much linerality as that in his makeup had ought to he appointed czar to rule over some backwoods country. He seems to see that some o f his ar guments are a little far-fetched, hut anything will do to kill a system that will do the most good to the largest number o f people. He asks as to who is to lie the judge as to which, when and how these streets shall he built. I say, let the majority o f taxpayers and the council decide that when they get to it. He seems to think that there is no better system than the present under the Bancroft act, but still he thinks that it had better be amended so as to enable the council to compel the prop- < Conti ruled on page 5.) have been straightened out by »he sell- mg of an intereat in the company to M. K. Shaw, who arrived this week Bnd has rented a house in the city. He has assumed management of the company and operations that have been at a standstill will be resumed at once. The claim* of workmen whoattackeh the property and mill o f the company for wages due have been straightened and Working Into Branches; Sucks Sap as He Goes. — Piece of Tree on Exhibition at Sentinel Office. As exclusively announced in The ?•"*.'?'■ '" * ; ? * • ^ msdge, formerly in the job printing business at Salem, being the new own er. Mr. Talmadge is an experienced newspaper man from the cast, and under his management The Leader will, no doubt, be a humdinger and compe tition will have to hustle to remain in the front row. D. F. Dean and C. O. Dry den, the former owners, have not yet announced their future plans. DEMURRER IS ARGUED BEFORE COURT up- In the rearrangement o f its affairs Some mysterious animal that is rais and width. The tooth marks show ing havoc with the timber on tlie land that the animal ia provided with the Orchard Land & Timber (Jo. hag filed for record with the county clerk a LANDESS, ET. AL., VS. CITY OF of tin- Storey-liracher Lumber Co. in strong, sharp incisors. COTTAGE GROVE. 110,000 mortgage on its sawmill prop- township 21, section 30, is euusing Residents of that vicinity have set watching parties, but so far have been erty 8nd lands, giving the mortgage to much worry to those having timber in that vicinity. This land is located in unable to catch the animal at work, the New Plymouth Land and Coloniza- j Demurrer Sets Up Point of Law as the Mostly creek district. They are puzzled by its mysterious op- tion Co., Limited. to Whether Complaint States a I f the ravages of the animal arc not eratinna and fear that a tremendous Cause of Action.— Second Case of Sentinel want ads. inserted in news stopped • there seems to be no limit to amount of timber will be destroyed un- i Its Kind in History of State. Ihc damage thut may be done. Some less strenuous ettorts are made to catch columns are result getters. 50,(MX) feet of standing timber has al- the perpetrator o f the depredations, The demurrer in the case of I.andess, ready been destroyed and the pest lias Thia is the first time that anything has . et. al., vs. the city of Cottage Grove, only been at work three weeks. Trees | ever happened to the timber o f that for a stretch o f a mile have already vicinity, and there are no timber men Large Number of Eastern Friends wherein the plaintiffs contest the elee- Remember H. H. Harris. | tion held last May, by which consider- suffered. 1 who have ever seen or heard o f any- The animal starts about half way up thing of the sort before. The turperi- Ninety postal cards were received hy able surrounding territory was voted the trunk and works up to the branches, tine in the sap seems to have no effect H. H. Harris last week from friends ! into the city limits, was argued before biting ott the hark and sucking the whatever un the animal, in New Brighton, Pa., the occasion Judge Harris Monday and the case A decision sap. Nothing but fir trees are at- ’ There are some who think there is a being his 60th birthday anniversary. taken under advisement. tacked, anil the small ones o f thia colony of animals at work. Others Mr. Harris is a vigorous gentleman will probably not be reached for two species seem to lie preferred, although think that if there was any number of for one o f his years. He is a new ar or three weeks. This is the second some four and five-foot trees have j them they could have gotten son»- j rival from the east, and already thinks case of the kind in the history of the lieen attacked. ! trace of them before this. No one i he would have enjoyed his three score state and it is understood that Judge Rufus Rawlings, who has land in . seems to have any definite idea as to years much more if they had been Harris wishes to wait for a decision on thut vicinity, iiHs brought in a piece of ' what manner o f animal is doing the ! spent in the famous, fertile, fruitful a similar case now before the supreme court before handing down a decision. one of the trees and samples of the | work, although the general belief ap- Willamette. _____ _ _ _ The demurrer merely sets up a point burk bitten off. These are on exhibi- i pears to be that it must be some form j lion at The Sentinel office. ] of the squirrel family that travels by | plaint states a cause of action, and the 'Die animal bites off the bark in jumping from one tree top to another. i decision on the demurrer will probably strips about three or four inches in Residents of that vicinity think it will | length and about one-half inch in be necessary to appeal to the govern IN FELIC ITY AND DOMESTIC IN- aettIe the ca8e in the circuit court. FID E LIT Y CHARGED. The defense has practically stipulated width. The appearance of the chips ment for assistance. Any information i to all the facts stated in the complaint. seems to indicate three or four bites from anyone having heard of anything are made to get off a piece of this size, of the sort before will be greatly ap Agent of Well&-Farg0 Company and the case hinKe8 on whether or not the plaintiffs have a cause of action. hut they sre almost uniform in length predated by them. Files Complaint in District The plaintiffs state in their complaint Court Against Spouse. as a cause o f action that the city char Sentinel Copied in Des Moines. Brings Suit Against Star Lumber Co. ter does not provide for such an elec Kev. Kohl. Sutcliffe has received an D. A. Mosby has commenced suit j A tale o f infelicity and domestic in- 1 tion, that if held under the initiative inquiry from T. F. Gilchrist o f Des against Joseph Wicks.et. al., constitut fidelity is recited by Harry M. Wheeler the election was illegal because those Moines, lows, for his views on Social ing the Star Lumber Co., for $1127.68, in a complaint for divorce tiled against j outside of the city were allowed to ism. The inquiry came as a result of claimed to be due him for timber cut his wife, Lottie E. Wheeler, in the cir- 1 vote on what amounted to an amend- seeing a clipping from The Sentinel on his land and used by the mill. J. cuit court Saturday. The couple have ment to the charter, and further that concerning Mr. Sutcliffe's sermons S. Medley is plaintiff's attorney. been married but six months. The ' those outside could not be voted in published in a Des Moines paper. plaintiff is agent for the Wells-Fargo without their consent, and that the Board of Trade Will Banquet. express company. In his complaint he . ballots were mixed together in such a The Tax Rolls Compared. Members of the Board of Trade will alleges that his w ife at the time of manner as to make it impossible to The total footings of the tax roll for hold a banquet within the near future, their marriage at Cottage Grove on show whether or not the outsiders 11*11 are $795,753.22, while the roll last probably on the 27th. The banquet August 20, 1911, was enamored of one ' voted to come in or not. year was $630,484.91. The city tax for will be served at the Hotel Oregon at Alfred Matthews, and that at various Cottage Grove this year is 14 mills, 7:45 and will be followed by a program times between the date o f their mar as against 15 mills last year, but the of toasts. It is planned to have nine riage and Jan. 12, 1012. at which time state, county Hnd school tax brings the talks of ten minutes each and to con Mrs. Wheeler left the state, she and Two Highly Accomplished Artists total quite u bit higher than last year. clude the program at 10 o'clock. Matthews met clandestinely and co Have Been Secured. habited with each other. An entertainment of unusuall • high The plaintiff alleges that his wife class has been arranged through the would often visit the mill where efforts o f the Woman's club, and the Matthews was employed and met him AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FROST WOULD CAUSE CONSID- at various other places at numerous proceeds will go to the library fund. The entertainment will be given by SUNDAY EVENING. ERABLE DAMAGE. times; that such conduct and inter Laura Thomas Gunnell, impersonator, course became so notorious that it at and Ethel Carolyn Palmer, pianist. Drs. H. H. Somers and W. W. Ogles Branch of Full-Blown Plum Blos tracted the attention o f neighbors and Both ladies are highly accomplished in friends and caused uncomplimentary by Will Give Ideas of Their their lines. Both are graduates of soms un Exhibition at The remarks to be made of and concerning Oregon universities. Schools on Dread Disease. Sentinel Office. the plaintiff and defendant, all of Miss Gunnell brings to her hearers which was very humiliating to the the gladness of life with all its vivac " T h e White P la gu e" will be the sub A branch of a tame plum tree with plaintiff. ity, the sadness o f life with accom ject of a platform meeting at the Pres full-blown blossoms was brought into He alleges also that his w ife told panying tears, the beauty o f life with byterian church at 7 :30 Sunday even The Sentinel office yesterday by Hor him at one time that she loved ing, when Dr. H. H. Somers, of the ace Cochran, who states that this is Matthews better than she did him and word and tone pictures most vivid, the Osteopathic school, and Dr. W. W. the earliest he has ever seen plum trees intended to marry Matthews i f the op- [ grandeur of living with an ennobling inspiration as she interprets the stories Oglesby, of the Alopalhie school will in bloom. There are many who fear portunity presented itself. The spe give their views on the causes, cures a late frost with considerable damage cific charges are cruel and inhuman ( that genius has woven. Miss Palmer has studied under Hugo and prevention of the dread disease. to blossoms on fruit trees. treatment in bestowing her affections Mansfeldt, Chas. Dierke and Carl J. S. Benson also brought in a sample u|H>n another and finally leaving him The meeting promises to be an in Lachmund. She is a brilliant pianist to go to Washington. Plaintiff claims' teresting one, us both physicians will of garden peas in blossom. of high attainments. endeavor to express themselves in E N V E L O P E S with blank return card he treated defendant with the utmost , The entertainment will be put on at terms that, will be intelligible to the for sale at Sentinel office, 25c j>er kindness and frequently pleaded with the Armory Wednesday evening, Feb. her to give up her infatuation. layman. There will be special music. hundred. 28th. Tickets will be placed on sale J. S. Medley is attorney for the i at The Wave Monday. J 90 POSTALS ON HIS ANNIVERSARY SUES WIFE FOR DIVORCE |°fiawast° whether°r not tbe c°m- ENTERTAINMENT FOR LIBRARY TALKS ON WHITE PLAGUE PLUM BLOSSOMS ARE OUT LOCAL MAN IS DIRECTOR HOW SENTINEL ADVERTISES E N V E L O P E S with blank return card . for sale at Sentinel office, 25c per Like the report o f Mark Twain's j hundred. death, the report o f the shutting down of the J. I. Jones mill was considerably exaggerated, and the mill is still do ing business, although it will not be The Arcade Theatre is giv in g resi run to capacity until several proposi dents of the city many first class en- tions concerning the moving of the mill | tertainments o f high quality and the and the securing of a timber supply managers are putting the local show are settled. ; house on a much higher plane than it Billy Wilkins, formerly woods fore has ever been before. That the efforts man for the J. I. mill has just taken a of the management are appreciated is logging contract for the mill. : shown by the large and increasing at- Demurrer Overruled. tendance. The Kenworthy Stock Co, In the $55.000 damage case of Handy : has been giving such satisfaction that vs. Chambers, the demurrer to the ' it has been secured for every Saturday, complaint has been overruled by Judge ; Harris. It was simply a little legal Will Preach Memorial Sermon, sparring and means nothing, as the A t the request o f the Women’s R e merits of the case do not appear. J. 1 lief Corps, Rev. Hoven, o f the Church C. Johnson, Malarkey. Seabrook and of Christ, will preach a sermon on Scott represent the prosecution, while , Sunday, Feb. 25th, in commemoration J. S. Medley, C. A. Hardy and Wilbur, o f Lincoln and Washington. The Re- Spencer and Dibble represent the de- lief Corps, G. A. R. and militia boys fense. Probably only local talent will will attend in a body and the general really appear in the case. public is cordially invited to attend. Report Much Exaggerated. I). T. Awbrey of this city was elected a director of the Oregon Agri- cultural Experiment league at the re- cent election held at Corvallis. Mr. Awbrey is one o f the business men of this city who hopes to follow the back- to-the-land movement and attended the short course at the O. A. C. The New Richmond, Wis., News which recently receive.! a copy o f The .Sentinel, sent to it by S. L. Mackin. comments as follows: " T h e Sentinel listens like a hangup good newspaper and i f Cottage Grove is as good a town as The Sentinel is a newspaper, it is a humdinger.” RETURN TO GROVE THIRD TIME H. K. METCALF ELECTED CAPTAIN Can’t Stay Away From Famous, Co. E, Coast Artillery Corps, Holds First Election. Fertile, Fruitful Willamette. John Ferguson and family are again hack at Cottage Grove, this being the third occurence o f the kind. They cam® from Prineville Tuesday and have already rented a place for a year. They say that it scents as if they can’ t keep away from the Cuttnge Grove country. Your eastern friends would like to know something aiiout the country you are living in. Send them a copy of the Sentinel. Extra copies, 5c. A t the first election of Co. E, Coast Artllery Corps, held Tuesday night, H. K. Metcalf was elected captain of the body. Six new recruits were taken in at the meeting. Seven more enlist ments are necessary to bring the com pany up to the required number of 63. Do you read all the locals in your home paper? What are you doing now? You are reading about the good goods and low prices at the Belling ham Second Hand Store. MANY GOOD PRODUCTIONS