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C O TTAG E GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUAR Y 22, 1912
Number 22
SQUANDERING AWAY HE DENIES PUBLISHED LOCAI. PASTOR RESIGNS POSITION EXHIBIT BUILDING AGAIN TALKED MAYBE LARGEST ON BOARD OF TRADE TO
ROAD MONEY
STATEMENT
THE COAST
j HOLD BANQUET
Rev. Van Gorkuin Has Been With Commercial Club Appoints Commit­
Bjptixt Church for a Year.
tee to Handle Proposition.
Rev. C. C. Van Gorkurn has resigned
SO SAYS HOAD SUPERVISOR OF INJUSTICE TO WOMAN
DifMUCT n o . 14.
CERNED IN CASE
church, to take effect April 1st. He
hnn not yet decided upon his future
held of activities, hut will spend a
Every Road in Stale Could Huve Allred Mutthcwn Flatly Denies A l­ short vacation in Southern California
Been Macadamized With Money
legations Made in Case of Wheel­ to recuperate loat health.
That H un Been Wanted on Hatch-
Work System of Building.
"Enough money him liven wasted on
th<' mini from Cottage Grove to ihr
red bridge on Kow Klver the |nmt
twenty veurn to huve macadamized
th e
whole mud," said llnmilton
Veuteh, uuiiervluor of Knud Diulrlct
No. I I, in which this road is located,
while in the city Saturday.
Mr. Veuteh la u good rouda enthua-
iual, hut he ia very much o|i|ioaed to
the old nyatcni of ruud building where­
by rouda lire juat |iutehcd up. lie mi
ticiputea thnl the apeciul tux in Ilia dis­
trict will raise about fl.Hiai, and he
wishes to use this money in startmg
from the od|(u of the eor|airute limit*
of the city of Cottage Grove nod mu
oadainizing the Itnw River road ua fur
an thul amount of money will go, mak­
ing u permanent road and beginning
next year where leaving off this year
Mr. Veuteh confirms the statement
recently mndu in Thu Sentinel thut
enough money hua been wasted on the
roads throughout the state under the
old patchwork ayalwin of mail building
to have macadamized every one of
them.
Ilia hobby ia quality, not
quantity. Build few roads if neces­
sary, but make those few good ones.
Me does not blame anyone in par­
ticular for the wuate of money, hut
la-llcvca thorough co-operation of road-
builders ia the only tiling ttiut can
tiring about u proper system of road
construction.
He will not be able to begin road
er vs. Wheeler und Declares Them
When Rev. Van Gorkuin a resigna­
tion takes effect he will have been
an Injustice.
with the church a year. His work has
The following statement handed The been successful and satisfactory and
Sentinel this week for publication the church has made considerable pro­
gress during thui time.
HpcukH for himself :
Ed. Sentinel : Referring to the arti­
E N V E LO PE S with blank return card
cle of Wheeler vs Wheeler published
for sale at Sentinel office, '¿fie per
in The Sentinel last week, in which I
hundred.
am accused of cotiahitating with the
defendant, I wiah to sav the accusa­
tion la whollv untrue and la a great in
justice to Mrs. Wheeler, as well as
myself, and a travesty on justice.
A L F R E D MATTH EW S.
C. II. Burkholder returned Tuesday
night from Portland, where he under­
went an O|a-rstion.
WILL PETITION FOR FREE
DELIVERY
All Members of Congress From This
Stute Will Receive Copies. Club
Members to Write Letters.
FARMER CATES GETS HORSE
Basket Ball Saturday.
The Inst basket hall game at home
I.ew A. Cutes has a horse, and there­ will lie that of-the Cottage Grcve high
by hangs a tail or tale or something arhiad team vs. Dallas high school
team Saturday evening in the Armory.
of that sort.
He could have had a half dozen or
Artistic job printing- The Sentinel.
dozen horses if he'd wanted them
there were plenty of chances.
But what's the talc?
Well just this:
Portland Concern Writes Commer­
When Cates wants anything, he gets
cial Club for Information.
It.and he goes to the right place to get
it that is. The Sentinel's news col­
A Portland concern lias written the
umns. He inserted a three-line local Commercial club requesting informa­
in The Sentinel en Thursday and the tion as to the advisability o f starting a
horses hegnn to arrive before break­ manufacturing plnnl here for the
manufacture of a special cement Idock.
fast t ¡me Friday.
It was several horses on Cates, any­
The concern also wishes to interest
someone in the business, presumably
way.
Maybe you’d like to buy or sell with the intention of giving such a
something also. The Sentinel's adver­ person the managership. The company
tising or news columns will du the is starting its manufacturing plant in
many of the cities o f western Oregon.
business.
TO START CEMENT BLOCK PLANT
ATTEMPTS TO TAKE OWN
LIFE BUT IS STILL LIVING
BEGS W IFE TO RETURN HOME;
THEN SHOOTS.
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Women Are Encouraged.
The members o f the Woman's club
are much elated with the encourage­
ment they are receiving in their cam­
Lemuel Elam Attempts to End Life paign for a public library. They are
Because of Marital Infelicity; receiving words uf commendation on
Turns Revolver on Self; Bullet all sides and many offers of assistance
in the work. The club is already prac-
Fails to Pierce Skull.
! tirally assured o f having the dog tax
turned over to them. An ordinance
Because hia w ife left him and re­
for that purpose will lie presented at
fused to come tiMi-k and live with him,
the next meeting of the city council.
Lemuel Elam, who had followed his
The entertainment to he given next
w ife from here to Raymond, Wash.,
Wednesday promises to put quite a
tried to commit suicide at the latter
little into the fund.
place by shooting Wednesday o f last
Classy job printing The Sentinel.
week.
The bullet failed to take effect, how­
ever, and merely tore the flesh and Land & Timber Co. Opens Office.
skin open from the point where it en­
Offices have been opened in the
tered above the ear to the point where Woodard building by the Orchard Land
it emerged on top o f the head. The Si Timber Co. which operates at Di­
injured man waa given immediate vide. C. I). Brainard arrived Monday
medical attention and is now so far from Idaho to have charge of the office.
recovered as to he locked up pending The opening o f the office here is a re­
trial for attempted self destruction.
sult o f the re-organization o f the com­
The married life o f the Elams is un­ pany announced in The Sentinel Inst
derstood not to have been so very week.
pleasant ami on Feb. 11 Mrs. Elam left
for Raymond, where she lived before
her marriage, it being understood that
ahe intended making her home with
relativea there. Two days later Elam
followed her, met her on the streets of
Raymond, asked her to return to him,
and upon her refusal to do so, walked
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COTTAGE
GROVE GRANGE
HUMDINGER.
IS NEW
BODY’S FIR ST A TTE M PT
AT ENTERTAINM ENT.
Now Has Membership of Over Three Banquet W ill Be Served at Hotel
Hundred and Still Growing.—
Oregon and W ill be Followed by
Over F ifty on Waiting List.— Big
Number of Toasts by Prominent
All-Day Session Saturday.
Citizens of the City.
Cottage Grove now has the largest
grange in the state o f Oregon, i f not
on the coast. By the admiaaion o f 30
members Saturday the membership
was raised to over 300.
There are
still nearly 50 on the waiting list.
The Board o f Trade, organized but
30 days, will give ita first banquet and
get-together affair next Wednesday
evening at the Hotel Oregon. It is
understood that the affair will he for
members only, with the exception o f
The nearest competitor of the local some o f the speakers.
The banquet will begin at 8:30 sharp.
grange is Evening Star grange of
A ft e r the feast the following toasts
Portland.
Over 100 grangers were present at will be answered:
the meeting Saturday, many being in Introductory Remarks...... Toastmaster
from the country. A big basket din­ The Preaa and Its Mission. Elbert Bede
ner was served at noon, the work be­ History o f Early Cottage Grove ..
ing started at 10 a m. and lasting un­
....................................... Ben Lurch
til well into the afternoon.
Cottage Grove and Its Future.......
......................................C. M. Shinn
Woman as a Business Factor........
....................... Mrs. N. E. Compton
Is an Attorney Justified in A id­
ing a Client to Defeat the Pay­
ment o f a Just Claim H. J. Shinn
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
Community Interest B e t w e e n
SCHOOLS W IL L SPEAK.
Farmer and Merchant..............
........................... C. H. Burkholder
Representative Citizens and Parents Merits o f Organization.. B. S. Swengel
Urgently Requested To Be Pres­ Good Roads and Best Method o f ..
Obtaining Th em .......... J. F. Spray
ent at Address Tonight.
H. O. Thompson, Toastmaster.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION TO
BE SUBJECT
COMMERCIAL CLUB APPOINTS
RESOLUTION COMMITTEE.
In line with the recent action o f con­
gress. which is considering the exten­
sion o f free delivery to nil cilleH of
I.HUH |Hipulation or over, the Commer­
cial club has ap(siinled a committee to
draft a resolution to lie forwarded to
all members o f congress from thin
slate urging the passage o f such a bill.
All members of the club have been re-
(Continued on page 7.)
! quested to write ja-rsonal letters to
such memla-ra.
tinder the provisions of the hill in­
troduced in rongresa it is aimed to
give the smaller ciliea o f the country
PECULIAR TALK UK HARMLESS
carriers in proportion to postal re­
QUADRUPED.
ject pis. That is, if a city with $10,000
postal receipts gets four earners a city
Which Said Tale Contains Some with Ifi.tlOO receipts would g e l two
carriers.
Things Not Really Pertinent
To the Question.
The securing of a building for the
o f exhibits of grains,
greases, fruits and minerals o f this
section of the valley has again been
taken up by the Commercial club, arid
a committee o f three from the club is
now endeavoring to work out [dans for
the immediate securing or erection of
Much a building.
It is aimed to have the building as
close to the depot as possible. The
Felix Currin exhibit of grains and
grasses, which have just iieen returned
from their exhibition at all the east­
ern land shows will be placed in the
building, and will themselvea require
a large amount o f space.
CON­ his | kin it ion as pastor of the lluptist displaying
.aw» ■
I. At IK A TH O M A S C U N N E U .
Who will appfMr at th« Armory n « * t Wednesday in Library lienefit
WILL BE SOMETHING GOING AFTER A NEW
REAL GOOD
RAILROAD
State Superintendent o f Schools L.
R. Alderman will deliver an address
in the Commercial club rooms tonight
on "Industrial Education."
He has
particularly requested that all mem­
bers o f the Commercial club and rep­
resentative men and women be pres­
ent. The address will be to parents,
and not to pupils. Mr. Alderman is an
interesting and entertaining speaker,
and it is expected that a large audience
will hear him. County Superintendent
H. C. Baughman will be with him.
Sumelhing real good in the way of
amusement is what is promised for
those who attend the entertainment to
be given next Wednesday by the
Woman's club for the benefit o f the
lihrury fund.
The entertainment will be furnished
by Miss Ethel Carolyn Palmer, pianist,
and Miss Laura Thomas Gunnell, im­
personator.
Miss Palmer is a musician o f unusual
g ift and secured her education from
some of the best masters of music in
the country. Her programs are varied,
appealing to lovers o f pure soulful
melody and colorful harmony.
Her
playing is full of idyllic grace and
tender beany, yet lacks none o f the
masculinity demanded at times from
the true pianist. Her music is too full
of her charming personality ami the
stuff o f which dreams are woven to
attempt to portray the beauty of her
work. There is poetry o f sound and
motion, passages of cloying sweetness.
way to Tap Coos Bay Country by
" T h e Shop” where good printing is
W ay of Bohemia District.— Im-
done—The Sentinel.
mense Timber Tracts Along Route.
A t the meeting o f the Board of
Trade last week the secretary was in­
structed to write a letter to the Chi­
cago & Northwestern railway concern­
ing that road's proposed line to the
coast, setting forth the advantage of
coming by way of the Calapooias; also
to send map of three proposed routes.
The following letter has been for­
warded :
In a recent issue o f The Oregonian
we noticed an article stating that you
were expected in the near future to
begin making surveys across the Cas- j
cade mountains to find a suitable pass
leading to the Coos Bay country.
We have awakened during the past
few years to the importance o f ac­
quainting the outside world with the
opportunities and natural resources of
our heavily timbered lands, o f our
productive valleys and our mining dis­
trict.
Believing that whether or
not you intend to immediately tap the
Coos Bay country, you undoubtedly
MUST LIKE TO PAY HIS TAXES
E. P. Redford Has Paid Them in
Lane 51 Times.
E. P. Redford o f Saginaw was in the
city Monday to pay his taxes, and it is
probable he holds the record as a tax­
payer. He has paid taxes in Lane
county 51 times personally and has
paid tax on one place for 48 consecu­
tive years. W’ hat other pioneer has a
better record?— Eugene Register.
" T h e Shop" where good printing is
done—The Sentinel.
Bown Won’t Be Candidate.
CLUB OUT FOR SUFFRAGE TUBERCULOSIS DISCUSSED
The lectures on " T h e White Pla gue"
at the Presbyterian church Sunday
night, the discussion o f which from
the pulpit on a Sunday evening was
defended by the pastor as a movement
tending to the saving o f physical life
by God given means and. therefore,
worthy o f such recognition, was at­
tended by an audience that filled the
church, thus showing the interest tak­
en in the subject, even in a country
unusually free from tuberculosis.
Dr. H. H. Somers, D. O., explained
clearly and in an able manner the
causes o f the disease, the best manners
o f prevention and o f cure. Dr. Ogles­
by. M. D., who was also to have spok-
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DIES WHILE AT REDLANDS
DEATH SUDDENLY TAKES MRS.
JENNIE SEHLBREDE.
Appendicitis Claims Her While at
Resort With Sister and Mother
of This City.
While spending the winter season at
Redlands, Calif., with her sister, Mrs.
C. H. Burkholder and mother, Mrs.
Lydia Stouffer, o f this city, death un­
expectedly came to Mrs. Jennie Sehl-
brede o f Billings, Mont., Friday morn­
ing following an operation for appen­
dicitis.
Mr. Sehlbrede was telegraphed for
when his w ife began to grow worse,
but had hardly gotten started to her
bedside when death occurred.
The body will arrive here Saturday
and funeral services will be conducted
Sunday, at 2:30 from the M. E. church,
Rev. Robt. Sutcliffe officiating.
Mrs. Sehlbrede was born and raised
in Cottage Grove. She was married to
Mr. Sehlbrede 25 years ago and they
moved to Montana soon afterwards.
The deceased leaves a husband,
mother and sister, already referred to,
and a son, Clarence, who was with her
at time o f death.
MANY EXPLANATIONS OF
GREAT ANIMAL MYSTERY
Sherriff Harry Bown, democratic
sheriff for two terms, has announced
that he will not be a candidate for re-
election and James C. Parker, one of
hia deputies, has filed his petition for
(Continued on page 7.)
(Concluded on page 7.)
nomination. The republicans will at
once put a good man in the field. Be­
fore Bown's announcement it was
thought useless to oppose him.
ADOPTS RESOLUTION AT ITS MUCH INTEREST SHOWN IN
The fifth candidate on the republican
side to declare himself for the county
LAST MEETING.
DREAD DISEASE.
commissionership is Charles E. Bailey
o f Junction City, who filed his nomi­
Male Voters Petitioned to Grant Large Audience Listens to Able Ex­
nating petition last week. The other
“ Votes for Women.” — Suffrage
position of Topic of Vital
candidates are H. M. Price, Emmett
Question Much Agitated.
Huffman, Orrin Bennett, Edward A.
Interest.
Bond.
The Woman’s club o f this city, at its
last meeting, adopted the following
resolution:
"Resolved, That The Woman's club
o f Cottage Grove petition the men o f
Oregon to grant ‘ Votea for Women’ at
the next general election. ”
The Woman’ s Suffrage question is
taking quite a hold on the women of
the city and it ia expected that the re­
Prefers the Willamette.
sults o f their work will be seen when
I. H. Hull has received a letter from the votes are counted.
hia uncle, II. .1. Dennison, Ht Nordhoff,
Aristic job printing—The Sentinel.
Ventura county, Calif., in which he
' saya grass is dried up Hiui rattle starv­
S. P. Reduces Fares.
ing. He said he prefers the Willam­
Agent King has received word that
ette with a little extra rain to so much the fare on the Corvallis & Eastern
sunshine with nothing for the stock to has been reduced from 4c to 3c per
eat.
mile.
Classy job printing—The Sentinel.
Commercial Club Dues Raised.
The Commercial club dues have been
raised to $1.50 a month for the next
two months. This action was taken
at the regular meeting Monday night.
At the same meeting the board o f
AND IT W IL L BE GIVEN FOR A BOARD OF TRADE IS RIGHT ON trustees was recommeaded to consider
raising the monthly dues permanently
GOOD CAUSE.
THE JOB.
to that amount, and the subject will
j
probably come up at the meeting next
Workers for Public Library Enthus- Wants Chicago & Northwestern Rail- Monday.
iastic Over Big Program of Music
and E 1 oc u t i o n.— Entertainers
Come Highly Recommended.
Big Deal Pending.
A deal is pending for the change of
ownership o f one o f the large mercan­
tile establishments o f the city and the
deal will probably be consummated
some time today.
Style Print Shop
The Sentinel.
Mrs. J. K. Pfleigher Dies.
Mrs. J. K. Pfleigher died Sunday at
12:16 p. m. o f homorrhage caused by
cancer o f the stomach. The funeral
waa held Tuesday from Veatch’ s chap­
el, Rev. Robt. Sutcliffe officiating.
Interment was made in the Masonic
cemetery.
Mrs. Pfleigher was nearly 44 years
of age at time o f death. She was born
in Belmont county, Iowa, and had been
a resident of Cottage Grove two years.
She leaves a husband, but no children.
Have you got something kicking
around in your way that you want to
get rid of? A reader in the Sentinel
may sell it for you.
..
E X H IB IT DRAWS FORTH M ANY
V A R YIN G OPINIONS.
Guesses as to What Kind of Ani­
mal Is Doing Damage Vary from
B illy Goat to Rokarebor, With
Porcupine in the Majority.
The mystery still continues.
Despite the fact that the article in
last week’s Sentinel has been the chief
topic o f conversation o f the county,
no positive clews have been obtained
as yet as to what manner o f animal ia
doing the damage to the timber on the
Storey-Bracher tract, as reported in
The Sentinel last week. The exhibi­
tion o f a piece o f a tree that was at­
tacked by the animal and some of the
bark bitten off. at the Cottage Grove
Sentinel office, has attracted much at­
tention and has caused all kinds of
theories to be advanced as to what
breed o f animal is doing the work.
The guesses vary from a woodpecker
to a rokarebor. The guesses include
pine squirrels, wood beavers, wood
rats, goats, worms, pocket gophers,
ide hill augurs, flying squirrels, beaver,
and porcupines. The majority o f opin­
ion seems to be that it is either wood
rats or porcupines, the latter having
the more supporters.
Only one man suggested bear, but
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