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XSfie Cottage Grove Sentinel A W E E K L Y N E W S P A P E R W IT H P L E N T Y q / - B A C K B O N E . BEDE Et ORANT. Pubhahars " " : ELBERT BEDE. Editor SU B SC R IPT IO N S RATES Oa* Y ear ........................................|1.50 Si* Month*............................................. 76c Three Month*.............................................*0 Single Copie*........................................ 5c No »uhecription taken unloss paid for in advance. Thia rule ia imperative. AD VER TISIN G R A T E S Diaplay 16 cent* per inch under aixty inches; 12* cent* per inch over aixty inches Reading notice«. 6 centa per line each inaertion. W ant ada. 1 cent per word; no ad. leea than 16 cenU. Rates on position made known on application. O r n c E L F i f - t h S t ., S o u t h of P ostoffice : A tirât claas publication entered a t Cottage Grove an second class mail m atter, THURSDAY. MARCH 28. 1912 OLD GLORY BY HARRY N ESB ITT Your Flag and my Flag! And how it flies today In your land and my land And half a world away! Rose-red and blood-red T he stripes forever gleam; Snow white and soul w hite— T he good forefathers’ dream ' Sky-blue and true-blue, with stars to gleam a rig h t— The gloried guidon of the day; a shelter through the uight. Your Flag and my Flag! And, Oh. how much it holds — Your land and my land— Secure within its folds! Your heart and my heart Beat quicker at the sight, Sun-kissed and wind-tossed, Red and blue and white. T he one Flag—the great F lag—the Flag for me and you — Glorifled all else beside—th red and white and blue. Your Flag and my Flag! To every star and stripe T he drum s beat as hearts beat. And filers shrilly pipe! Your Flag and my Flag — A blessing in the sky; Your hope and my hope — It never hid a lie! Home land and far land and half the world around, Old Glory hears our glad salute and ripples to the sound. LEA D ER G E T T IN G P E E V IS H Thia paper has small patience with the superior individual who insista th a t the people cannot be trusted. It can not understand why. if they are com p etent to elect an official, they are not com petent to recall an official. What ia competency?—C ottage Grove L eader. Docs the editor of the Leader mean to argue for a moment that he. the editor of T he Sentinel, or any other citizen of Cottage Grove, is competent at this moment, w ith out further preparation, to vote on the recall of a judge of the United States Supreme Court. Has be that sublime, blind egotism? Those officials are not elective, but it is proposed to make the recall apply to them. T he Leader Is for Roosevelt. Roosevelt would have stood a good chance of being recalled six months after becoming president had there been an opportunity. Two other notable men would have no doubt been recalled if there had been such a system of governm ent during cer tain parts of their adm inistrations— W ashington and Lincoln. Taft would have stood a poor chance during the first part of bis adminis tration against a recall. Yet it is well that none of these men were recalled. Indeed, it is well th at there was no recall invok ed against them, w hether it had been successful or no. All these men afterwards made good, but those who elected them were not competent to judge w hether they would make good or not. T he Leader also overlooks a point overlooked by most advo cates of the recall. Voting on the recall is not limited to the majority th at elected an officer. T he voters who voted against the official in the first (dace would be allowed to vote again and they would vote to put that official out of office regard less of the right or wrong of the proposition which caused the in voking of the recall. He m ight easily be found guilty of a crime by voters who were not voting upon his guilt or innocence. Is that the kind of justice we are to mete out in this Laud of the Free and Home of the Brave? W e refer The Leader and all others interested in the recall to an article w ritten by J. S. Medley and appearing in this issue, which for it. One has a* good a right aa the other. It ia not strictly equitable to conatruct a question of this kind in a manner which may mislead the stu dent. Then in a tiue leather The Ore gonian goes on to fncaase the school officials who frumed such a question. No doubt The Oregonian searched the touts of its inform ation for its answer to the Astoria school hoy. If it did uot do so, it must ackuowledge that it made a mis statem ent in the editorial referred to at the beginuiug of this article. And if it did get such informa tion from w hat it presumes a re liable source, that source is unre liable. The Sentiuel thought at the time of reading the statem ent that the “ great prom ulgator of reliable in formation and miscellaneous c h it c h a t” had slipped up for once. Therefore information was asked from W ashington, and that infor mation is that ‘‘all appropriation bills originate in the house.” Will T he Oregonian kindly apo logize to those it so severely and unjustly criticized and then crawl into its little trundle bed. The Sentinel for one does not take its editorial information from T he Oregonian, and The O regon ian m ight do well to get some of its information from the country press hereafter. It m ight Ire more reliable. The straw ballot taken by the St. Paul Dispatch gave Roosevelt twice as ruauy votes in N orth Dakota as it gave I.a Follette and Taft less than one-tw enty-third as many as Roosevelt. Did you read the real returns? They give some idea of the absolute unreliability of straw ballots. Delegates count! In a recent issue, the Oregon Journal, presumed to be dem o cratic, said; “ W ith claims on all sides tested, it looks like Taft on the first ballot, with Roosevelt a voices the sentimeuts of T he Sen- poor second. tinel. W hile reading it, remember ‘‘An estimate by states of the th at the writer is not a member of j strength of the various candidates the party to which Taft belongs gives Taft 598, Roosevelt 342, La Roosevelt is getting the straw Follette 34 and Cummius 16, with 88 in the doubtful list. This gives votes and Taft the delegates. a total of 1078 delegates, 510 votes needed to nom inate.” O R E G O N IA N M AK ES A Things We Think Thing* others think, and w hat w* think of th* things othars think There are a lot of thing« th a t go on th at the newspapers never hear about and a lot of things the newspapers hear about th at never go on. There are any num ber of jobs around for the man who knows how. Too much adverse criticism lias k e p t1 many a person front doing something really worth while. S catter a little sunshine along your way. It certainly can ’t hurt, and it may help. Hope springs eternal in the human b reast—otherw ise women would gel com pletely discouraged with married life. There never was a proposition on which averyone agreed unless this is the one. We criticise the nervy m a n -b u t he usually finishes ahead of the man w ho lets the other impose upon him rather ; than display a little nerve. W hat a m an’s body does not need N ature takes away. N ature ought t n ( do som ething of the same sort f u r ; these folks who have ao much more j money than they need. j , A substantial reward is otTerod for the person who hasn’t broken any of 1 those New Year resolutions yet. It is easy to convince a man th at a woman’s in love with him, and eaay to i make the woman believe it too. Some of these gumshoe politicians need to be retired. When an areoplane turns tu rtle the aeronaut turns angel. Sometimes people lie to you because they know you w ant them to. Not knowing for certain, we suppoae . a dry politician throws d irt and a wet one throws mud. I Some folks ju st enjoy having you tell them your troublea. When a girl tells a young man she hates him, i t ’s a sign th a t she thinks something of him, anyway. Men and women are peculiar crea tures. A man wouldn’t have a girl th at no one else would have, and still it makes him mad to have others show | th s t they w ant her and vice versa with the women. I A lot of the sw eet things of life are j purchased with tainted money. Nearly all the sins of this world sre ' committed by people who know better. Whiskey is probably the original • "com e back.” j Some people delight in hitting some one every tim e they shoot otT their mouths. When a man gets m arried he assumes many new relations with the world— j many of them being bis w ife's. A fool and his sw eetheart are a long tim e parting. A young man will chase around a pool table a great deal harder than he will chase up a job. G reat fortunes grow from the root of all evil. Folks with the liest eyesight over look m istakes made by others. When m arriage is a failure, the hus- 1 band and wife are among the liabil ities. The churches are always encouraged by advertisem ents of millinery open ings. Trying to travel in double harness often drives men and women to des peration. You can build yourself a house, but not a home. Rubbing up with the world ia what puts the polish on a person. When a child ia given an exam ple to follow, it adds to and m ultiplies his im aginary troubles and cares. There is only about one thing worse than a woman gossip, and th a t's a man gossip. H eiresses are all rig h t to m arry when you can ’t g et a real woman. Every citizen owes a duty to his country, but hates to pay it when bringing valuables back from abroad. 1 M ISTA K E. Tw o of the im portant officers to Not long ago an Oregon country be nominated at the coming pri “ ra g " criticized other country rags mary election are the railroad com for “ poll parroting” The Oregon missioners. The present iucum- ian. bents are Thos. K. Campbell, a The Oregonian took the subject citizen of Cottage Grove, from the up and in a fine spirit of bragga First Commissioner’s District, and docio said that the reason country Clyde B. Atchinson, of Borland, papers reiterated statements made chairm an of the commission, from in the editorial columns of The Ore the Second District. These men gonian was because the informa- organized the present commission atiou therein contained was abso and have served faithfully and fear lutely to I jc depended upon, be lessly for the past five years, and cause every statem ent made could it seems to he the opinion that the be proven, and none was published Republican voters of the state will until it was certain that facts reward them with renominatious. necessary to prove them could be T heir work has certainly entitled had at a m om ent's notice. them to consideration. Mr. Camp ’Tw as a fine boast, the sarcasm bell has no opposition. was biting, and The Oregonian strutted around its editorial pen like a pet peacock. The Oregonian has thrown down the gauntlet, its hat has been precipitated into the ring. Can it !! ---------------------------- ■ ! > 4J The Sentinel has them to ; make good? A t least once before suit every taste and at prices J the publication of the editorial re ! ; more reasonable than they ] ferred to, it failed to do so on that jj ; can be purchased from out- f ! kind of a proposition put up to it ;! side dealers. by T he Sentinel, and here’s an \ » * » * is»»»A»* » * » » » * » * When a man gets to raising a family other one. he always hates to punish a boy for A short time ago T he Oregonian A PR IL FOOLS’ DAY. doing the same things he sneaked out stated editorially; April Fools' Day probably comes when a kid. i, Calendars A young person who, as we infer is a down to this generation from the an student in the A storia public schools, cient F east of Fools, which was cele asks The Oregonian to answ er the fol brated annually from the 6th to 16th lowing q u estio n : " I f Oregon wishes ; centuries and m arked with the most an appropriation from the national absurd ceremonies and indecencies. governm ent to improve the Columbia The celebration had to be abolished by ta r , who m ust introduce the bill in royal edict. Congress, one of our senators or one of The preaent m anner of celebrating our rep resen tativ es?” The question the day is harm less and innocent was a p a rt of the eighth-grade exam i enough and i t ’s a pretty sm art and nation in civil governm ent. Very lit self-contained man who doesn’t bite on tle research ia required to anawer it some o f the pranks played by the and yet we aubm it th a t it is not a fair youngsters. In fact, it is a pretty se question. The wording is fram ed with date man who d o esn't try to spring a the p re tty obvious intent to mislead few jokes himself. But a little m errim ent, even if bor- the student. The intim ation is th a t the bill in question m ust be introduced ; dering on idiocy, is good for the diges eith er by a senator or a representative, tion and general disposiion, and it is one of them having the exclusive rig h t well to throw old Dull Care down for to do so and the other not having any one day a year. Anyway, we are all fools in one way or another and we such rig h t. Now the well-known fact is th a t ap m ight as well throw off hypocrisy and propriation bills may be introduced in be our own natural aelves for 24 hours. eith er house of congress. A senator We m ake the biggeat fools of our- may ask for money to improve the Co aelvea when we try to make believe lum bia or a rep resen tativ e may ask th a t we don’t care for foolishness. I t ’s a pretty safe prediction th at half of the church goers attend church mure becauae they think they ought to than because they w ant to. I t could probably be stated w ithout fear of succeaaful contradiction th a t 60 per cent of the people in these United S tates do not (loaitively know how to spell more than half the words they use. I t is fully as im portant to do the things you should do as it ia not to do the thinga you shouldn’t do. The young man ju s t making a sta rt in the world thinks his future promin ence is assured the first tim e he is called out of town on busineas. We know some folka whom, if served on a cannibal’s table, would require lota of sa lt to make them palatable. I t beats all why the tru sts should fight dissolution when the papers tell us the Standard Oil, sugar and tobacco tru sts are m aking more money now than under the old wey. The Give cAway Is Going Still On 5 0 c F r e e * i * i t h every $ 2 .5 0 purchase o( any- v l y tiling in our "Shop,” we will give away, absolutely free, a beautiful, guar- antced-to-bloom rose bush that sells regu larly for 50 cents— this is a real give-away and something most everyone appreciates. The cTWetsan Shop ■SOM EIM ING D IF F E R E N T fixin’s for Easter €J W e have the latest novelties in [j Ladies’ Neckwear. Just the thing to put the finishing touch to your Laster gown. p CJ This neckwear is made in dainty shades and will go with the most deli cate of colors. Ask to See Them L u r c h ’ s , Cottage Grove W E’R E PROPER OPTIMISTS 4] And Ixrlicve our venture into the clothing business in Cottage Grove will prove that out judgm ent is correct in lielicving that there is a profitable business here for an exclusive and high class clothing store and toggery. 4] We will have to increase our business a whole lot to satisfy us, but we confidently expect to do so, if honest m erchandising and good values can do it. 4] New goods are arriving almost every day. Our lines of clothing, shoes for men, women and children, men's and (toys’ hats are com plete in every detail. P o w e ll & Cooper S U C C E S S O R S TO W M CELIR-TM O M PB O N CO Hot Lake Sanatorium Nature’s Cure for Rheumatism You need not .suffer. 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