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Volume VI
COTI AGE GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1912
RUSH BEGINS IN SENTINE
POPULAR VOTING CONTEST
TO IMPROVE SHOESTRING ROAD CRESWELL IS OBJECTIVE POINT
Committee Appointed to Interview Oregon Electric Plana Extension
County Court.
South from Eugene.
Number 36
NEW MOVE IN FIGHT FOR
PROPOSED NESMITH CO.
Extension o f the Portland, Eugene
A Eastern Railway southward 13 miles
to Creswell is considered by officers .
I CANDIDATES AND FRIENDS IN
o f the company, according to the state COTTAGE GROVE TO COMBINE
ment of President Welch at Eugene J
FEVER HEAT EXCITEM ENT.
W IT H OTHER CITIES.
Tuesday, when he passed through look- |
Attorney for Anti-Saloon League
Carries Off Laurels in Interstate
ing over the ground and examining
Speaks Here.
Contest at Missoula.
Special Offer of Extra Votea Stirs
In Fight for Community Rule Bill
surveva.
Contestanti* to Renewed Effort.
Right of way for the promised line !
That WU1 Mtfke County
J. Frank«- Hurke, secretary and at
Second honors in the
interstate
has been secured, except franchises 1
torney for the Anti-Saloon League,
oratorical contest at Missoula, Mon
Each Confident of
Proposition Entirely a
for use o f a atreet in Eugene and o f a
made two addreaitca here Sunday, a t
tana, were won by Carlton E. Spencer
Victory.
Local Affair.
county road out o f Creawell, but no '
tacking the li'iuor hunineaa in all ita
o f this city, son o f Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
difficulty is expected on either o f these.
vulneralde |aiinta, and alrongly uphold-
Spencer, and a student o f the U. o f O.
The deeds for this right o f way were
Only nine more days remain till the
Believing that the creation o f new
ing loral option, lie uiadu an attack
Spencer ia one o f the best orators
made out in the name o f P. E. Snod counties under existing conditions is the U. o f O. has ever produced and
upon the liquor views o f many o f the close of the most successful popular
grass, cashier o f the First National well nigh an impossibility, the Nes has won many honors heretofore for
prominent politicians o f the day. Mr. voting contest ever conducted In this
Hank of Eugene.
Candidates and
mith County Committee, under instruc the Oregon institution o f learning.
Hurke spoke in the afternoon at the part o f the atate.
tions from a mass meeting held F ri
Presbyterian Church and in the even their friends, realizing that the tirnc
Wedding invitations—The Sentinel. day evening, has joined hands with St.
Grove Plants Go to Honolulu
ing nt the Christian Church. A large is growing short, are becoming alert
witli
feverish
excitement,
and
the
fact
Johns and Seaside for the initiating o f
audience greeted him at the latter.
The fame o f the Sunnyside Green
that each contestant ia confident of
a bill for community rule.
houses, H. K. Metcalf, proprietor, are
victoiy la evidence that the closing
Leave on Overland Trip.
Under existing laws, new counties spreading abroad, a shipment o f orna
can not be formed and incorporated mental plants having been made dur
Mr. and Mrs. Van Allison expect to night will witness a grand rush for
cities can not consolidate without tak ing the past week to Honolulu. This
leuve this week for an overland trip ttrsl place in each district and a verit
ing the proposition before the people is only one o f many foreign orders re
through the southern states. Including able avalanche o f votes will be cast
o
f the entire state, the result being ceived o f late.
California, Nevada, Arizona and Texas. at the last minute. Who the winners CART.
LAWSON BROUGHT IT B U S IN E S S HOUSES CLOSED IN
that voters are required to vote on
The trip may take a year. Mr. Allison w ill lie not even the (kmteat Manager
Memorial Day has also created a de
HERE MONDAY.
HONOR OF T H E D A Y .
propositions o f which they know no mand that has kept Capt. M etcalf on
ia troubled 'w ith sciatic rheumatism himself could hazard a guts» with any
Some o f the
thing and care less.
The new bill the jump.
and ho|tes to be Iwnefitlrd by the out- degree o f eertainty.
candidates are already commencing to Was Won By Local Team in Annual
Ing.
E xercises Under Auspices of G. A. to be initiated w ill be constructed so
build up a reserve force o f votea to tie
as to leave these matters with the peo
New Man In the Business.
Rifle Competition Last Year.
R. and W . R . C. at C em etery
Dr. Somera to Move to Canada.
cast after the ballot box ia scaled next
ple affected.
J. P. Graham, who has made Cot
I)r. II. II. Somers and fam ily will Thursday morning. No count w ill be
— Delivery of Cup Long
Hon. O. M. Kem and B. K. Lawson tage Grove a number o f visits during
in Forenoon and A rm o ry
leave Saturday for their new home in made a fter thut time until the C on test’
represented Cottage Grove in a confer the past year or so, has become so
Delayed.
in A ftern oon .
Canada. Dr. Somers came here about Judges open the ballot box and derlure 1
ence between representatives o f the enamored o f the little city that he has
a year ago and has built up a g o o d the winners Saturday night, June Hth.
three cities, which took place at P ort decided to make it his future home and
The beautiful silver trophy cup won
Today is Memorial Day, and business land Sunday.
practice, which he has transferred to The Contest Judges will be two re p -<
The meeting effected has purchased S. H. McKernan’s in
by the rifle team o f the local militia houses are closed to allow for a proper
Dr. K. C. Frost o f Eugene, who haa rcsentalive business men o f Cottage | *
an organization by electing Mr. Kem terest in the Bellingham Second Hand
Grove and their names will lie an in the annual shoot last year has at and fitting observance o f the day. chairman and Mr. Stroud secretary.
already taken up the work.
Store. Mr. Graham is apparently a
nounced in the next issue uf The Senti laat arrived at i'a destination, being Following is the program that will be
As a result o f this meeting, a special young man Of energy and w ill un
brought from Portland Monday by carried out during the day :
Able Memorial Sermon.
nel.
committee, consisting o f attorneys o f doubtedly make an impression in the
j Capt. H. K. Lawson. It ia on exhibi
The Fust HT.d R elief Corps w ill meet the three municipalities, was appointed business circles o f the city.
Kcv. A. S. Mason delivered the
Candidates ! The Contest Editor ad
tion at Scholl's Jew elry Store.
at the hall at 9 a. m. to be in readiness to draft a bill on the subject. This
Memorial Sermon in the Presbyterian vises each and every one o f you to
The cup ia undoubtedly the hand- to march or be conveyed) to the ceme
Beautiful Sweet Peas.
Church Sunday morning, which was keep diligently after votes from now
committee, which cousists o f A. W.
someat ever aeen in thia part o f the tery at 9:45, where the ritualistic ser
A large boquet o f full blown sweet
pronounced an able and instructive untill the end and to make every
Norblad o f Seaside, J. C. Johnson o f
vices o f the G. A . R., with short pro Cottage Grove and Perry C. Stroud o f peas, beautiful and perfume laden, was
our by thoae present. The service waa moment count while the “ club o f fiv e " j . country.
| The cup ia o f ailver, 25 inches in gram, assisted by the schools, and the
well attended, rs|*erially by members offer ia in force. Go after those who !
St. Johns, is in session at St. Johns to presented The Sentinel last week by
height and aix inches in diameter, rest decorating o f the graves o f the noble
Miss Lydia Dunn, who is an ardent
o f the G. A. K., W. K. C and < A. ( . promised to subscribe later on, tell
day preparing the initiative bill.
ing on an ebony pedestal six inches in dead will take place.
floriculturist
and makes it a point to
The need for such legislation, under
A game haa been arranged to lake them and show them that now la the height. The cover is surmounted by
Order o f march : 1 s t . - Martial Hand. which these questions can be settled have the first sweet peas every year.
time
to
give
their
subscription
when
j
place on the local grounds next Sunday
1 reproduction o f stacked arms. Eagle
2 d. Escort, m ilitia company.
by the people directly concerned, was
between Cottage Drove and Sulherlin. it w ill do the most good, as there will heads form the handles. An oak-leaf
3rd. Appomattox Host, with all suggested to the people o f the three
positively be no belter special offer.
design extends around the base, while veterans who wish to join in the march.
municipalities by a recent decision o f
Each o f you have five, ten or perhaps
the American flag ia engraved on the
4th. Woman's R elief Corps.
the Supreme Court in the St. Johns
fifteen or twenty |>eoplc who promised
two aides o f the trophy. The rim o f
5th. —School children in the order case, in which the state law o f 1893,
to subscribe later on. Get them to do
the cup ia decorated with a spray o f that the principals and teachers place
under which St. Johns voted to consoli
it now. Du you realize what two or
I oak leaves on cither side o f a target inem.
date with Portland, was annulled.
three “ clubs o f five” new subscrip
EVEN DOZEN W IL L RECEIVE
and below thia is a floral design. On
6th.—C ivic societies may take their
tions w ill mean to you? It w ill bring
Through the enactment o f the pro
the front o f the pedestal ia the seal o f places in the order o f their arrival.
TH EIR DIPLOMAS.
COMMITTEE FROM BOARD OF your vote total up around the hundred
posed measure the forces that are be
the state o f Oregon and at the back
7th.
—
The
general
public.
thousand mark, which w ill make your
hind it point out that the procedure for
TRADE AFTER FUNDS.
the seal o f the National Rifle Associa
8tb .- Automobiles and private con
closest competition hustle to keep in
disposing o f the questions involved w ill Address by State Superintendent
tion o f America.
The cup waa de veyances.
the race. I f you lose now through
be simplified, besides relieving all o f
L. R. Alderman W ill Be the
Extent of Celebration W ill Depend neglecting your campaign, it w ill be signed and executed by Hailey, Hanks
EXE R C ISE S A T C E M E T E R Y .
the voters o f the state from being
& Middle company o f Philadelphia ard
President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Ad
Feature of Evening’s
your fault and not misfortune.
Do
Upon Amount of Funds Col
called upon to pass on the creation o f
I represents the highest workmanship.
dress............................. Dr. Woods a new county or the consolidation of
you realize what the winning o f one of
Exercises.
The state trophy was won by Com
lected.— Eagle W ill Scream
John A. Logan's A d d ress... Dr. Woods cities, with the merits o f which they
these prize trips w ill mean to you? It
pany E, Fourth Infantry, now the
and Cannons Boom.
Song.................Oh, Wrap the Flag
w ill mean that you urc ambitious, that
have no knowledge.
Fifth company, Coast A rtillery R e
The commencement exercises o f the
Around Me. Boys............................
you have succeeded in the face o f the
“ The purpose o f this volunteer or 1912 class o f the Cottage Grove High
serves o f Cottage Grove, at the annual
In Unison, W est Side High School
The eagle w ill scream at Cottage keenest competition, that you have
ganization,” said Mr. Kem, “ is to School w ill be held in the Armory
rifle competition held last July at
Pupils
Grove on the Fourth uf July, cannona merited the support o f those who as j Clakamas, Ore.
draft a biil that w ill enable the people Wednesday evening, when the largest
i Special Service at Cem etery........
Your friends will take
w ill I mom and everyone w ill celebrate sisted you.
o f any section o f the state to create a class in the history uf the school will
The team consists o f Sergeant J. H.
............................ G. A. R. Recital
the national holiday in grand and glor keen delight in your winning, from the Potts, A rtificer H. Mooney, Private H.
new county or to consolidate cities receive its diplomas. There are tw elve
Recital Service o f W. R. C.
ioua style, according to plan* made at knowledge that they helped by givin g
when desired by the proper number o f graduates, being Misses (Jester J.
T. Conner. The score was 984 points
S on g..C over Them Over With Flowers
the meeting o f the Hoard o f Trade you their votea. S^-ow them you mer
voters directly involved, without being Bemis, Audrey B. Langdon, Myrtle
out uf a possible 1,200. The Cottage
East Side School Pupils
Tuesday night. A committee was ap ited their support by winning first
required to go before the people o f the DeSpain, Blanche Veatch, Ruth A
Grove company w ill be entitled to
pointed to solicit funds and that com place in your disrict. You can do it !
A
F
T
E R N O O N EXE RCISE S.
entire state with an in itiative measure Woodard, Lena M. Burcham, Maude
hold the cup until the next annual
Any o f you can do i t ! In the words of
inittee ia now at work.
Meet at 2 :20 at Armory
as at present.
In the last general E. Lamson, Maude M. Skidmore;
competition, to be held in July. It
The extent o f the celebration will Patrick Henry, “ The race ia not to the
election the voters were called upon to Messrs. Herbert Mosby, Lee Roy
: w ill then be obliged to compete for Memorial Hym n............................
defiend u|*on the size o f the fund col strong alone, but to the vigilant, the
.......... Unison, by School Children pass on eight initiative bills for the
the trophy with the teams from the
Woods, Jr., Harry L. Martin, Dorris
lected for the pur|ioxe, but there w ill, active, the brave. The snail has beat
Memorial D a y ................Ethel Rogers creation o f new counties, and every
various other National Guard com
W. Medley.
undoubtedly, be a parade, orations, en the hare, the man o f average ability
panies, but Capt. M etcalf says there R ecitation ..................Miss Söderström one o f them was defeated because the
The feature o f the commencement
races and contests o f skill and cover wina out in the long run from the
is no danger o f ita ever being taken | Solo...................<............ Vena Wheeler average elector, not being in a position program will be an address by State
genius who is not ambitious and does
ing Are works.
,, ,
i away from Cottage Grove marksmen, Address........................... Rev. Sutcliffe to know the merits o f either o f the Superintendent L. R. Alderman. Fol
. . . . . . .
not possess those staying qualities of i
Your Flag and My Fla g..O p a l Whitely measures, uniformly voted against all.
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The cup was authorized by the
lowing is the program that w ill be
Telephone Line Completed.
which winners are made.” These are
rendered:
general statT o f the Oregon National Recitation.....................................Claire Leum
“
We
feel
that
the
determination
o
f
The new toll line o f the Pariflo Tele the reasons the Contest Editor is urg- j
Rose Garden D r ill..........................
Guard in June, 1911.
Invocation..................... Rev. Sutcliffe
these
questions
in
all
cases
should
be
phone A Telegraph Co. Itetween here ing each o f you to make every moment
............... Miss Wohrer and Pupils
Instrumental D uet................. Q ’ i Vive
le
ft
to
the
people
who
are
directly
and Yoncalla, mention o f which was count, for while you are idling you can
Ready.............................. Edna Johnson
Ada Matthews and Mae Armstrong
concerned
and
who
are
in
a
position
in
$250,000,000
Is
Wasted
Each
Year
made in The Sentinel several weeks just bet your competitors are on the
Duet, Bring F lo w ers......................
In i Vocal Solo......................................
telligently to pass on their merits
ago, waa completes! Monday. Messages job and piling up votea.
On Roads.
___ Leila W alker and Hildred Hall
ill
. ...Out.on a Roll o f the.Open Sea
drafting our proposed bill we
for the north from the Yoncalla coun
Now , the Contest Editor haa given ‘ “ Tw o hundred and fifty million dol- Recitation...................................Thelma Jones
George Matthews
establish
a
minimum
as
to
the
area,
try are nuw being sent direct through you all some good sound advice, make isrs is wasted annually on poor mads Recitation...................................... May Hayes
the assessed valuation and the popula Address....................... L. R. Alderman
Cottage Grove, instead o f by Rose- the most o f it. See that each day in the United States, which is noted
tion o f the territory sought to be Cornet Solo............The Gates of Pearl
burg, as waa the rase before the com shows a decided increase in your vote for its business acumen and th rift and
L a y n g C reek W a te r A ga in .
Roy Woods
formed into a new county. The meas
pletion o f the new line.
which has long been called a business
N. H. Martin and crew o f men re
total.
ure also w ill provide fo r safeguarding Vocal Solo..................... A Perfect Day
Don’ t fo r g e t! The follow ing stores nation. I f you add to that enormous turned Saturday from Layng Creek, { existing counties by preventing the
Blanche Veatch
Your eastern friends would like to
give vote coupons on all cash pur sum the additional money that it costs, where they went to make repairs to appropriation o f territory from an old Distribution o f Diplom as.. Supt. Inlow
know something about the country you
The repairs were
chases.
See that your friends are through the losses in business caused the intake pipe.
Benediction
' county in the creation o f a new county,
are living in. Send them a copy o f the
made aware o f this and have them by these bad mads, the sum leaps to completed and the city is again being to the extent that the area, assessable
Sentinel, 6c.
save the coupons for you. Every one $1.000,000,000 a year. In other words, supplied with water from that source. valuation and population o f the old
w ill count and it ia better that you win every man, woman and child in the
county w ill be reduced below the mini
M ost V a lu ab le Land In S tate.
by a hundred thousand m ajority than United States bears a burden o f $12.00
mum established for new counties."
a year, caused by poor roads," said
to loae by one v o t e :
What is declared to be the most val
It is probable that the Nesmith
the editor o f one o f the motor maga uable tract o f farm land in the state,
M E R C H A N T S G iV IN G V O TE COU
County
bill may not be put on the bal
zines recently who has motored in many and probably in the whole country,
PO N S :
parts o f the United States in the past lies near Beaverton, in Washington lot at all, it being thought that all
Luscious Strawberries Mark
energy should be turned into boosting
Hon Ton Confectionery, Swengel two years, that ‘ good roads' are na
i County. This fifteen acre farm ia
eted by Local Rancher :: ::
for the community rule bill.
Hardware Co., Pow ell & Cooper, The tional questions that bulks much big
Little Georgie Brund Meets
beaver-dam land and has grown onions,
Ladies Toggery, The Fair Store. Hrund ger than ta riff, navy, foreign posses
The announcement last week that
With Peculiar Accident :: “
valued at $9,000 a year, for forty
& Co., Armstrong Studio, Eagle Cigar sions, commerce and all the other stir
Nesmith County might be put on the
years. The tract has produced a total
Cottage G rove’s first home grown
Store and the Arcade Theatre, where ring questions o f the day.
ballot caused many prominent citizens
It also o f approximately $200,000.
Onions
strawberries were marketed Monday
L ittle G eorgie Hrund, 2 years o f age. standings o f candidates ape shown each
proves thst if the federal government yield 400 sacks per acre on this land o f Eugene to promise a fight to the
by A. C. Lathrop. The berries were
son o f Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hrund. night.
and ita legislators would assist in the and its richness seems inexhaustible. finish. This would sign ify that the o f large size, luscious, sweet and solid.
suffered a peculiar accident laat week,
good roads question, that thia vast sum It ia thought there is no other piece o f Nesmith County Committee shows He experienced no trouble in disposing
resulting in what was thought to lie a
o f money would be saved the country land in the United States that can i wisdom in its latest move.
Hotel Oregon Sold.
o f them to local epicures at two bits
broken arm.
each year and its resources developed show a sim ilar record.
for two boxea.
The business o f the Hotel Oregon
It it not known juat how the accident
and new regions opened to settlers.”
Ciicus Made Good.
Mr. Lathrop says no special culture
has
changed
hands
again,
the
new
happened, but it occurred while he waa
Rufus C. Arne has been named ad
The much-adveitised performance o f was given the berries other than the
romping and playing with hia father. proprietor being J. M. Stark, who
ministrator o f the estate o f H. Arne, ' the Sella-Floto circus fo r Memorial regular cultivation.
W ill Erect New House.
The latter had lifted the boy into the form erly had charge o f the Hmeed ho
who died here May 14, 1912. The esti Sunday was pulled off on schedule time
Wild strawberries have been on the
C.
W.
Caldwell
has
moved
his
old
tel
at
Eugene.
The
new
owner
will
air by the hands several times, hut
mated value o f the property o f the es Those who saw the performance say market for several weeks and parties
whether the arm was hurt in that take hold o f the business June 1st. house at the corner of Fourth and
Mr. Billings, the present owner, re Adams onto the north part o f the prop tate is $1,900. F. B. Phillips. W. H. J it was clean and high-class, although o f pickers have been scouring the hills
way or not is not certain.
ceives
in the deal a hotel at Indepen erty, lined it up with hia other three Abrams and Andrew Brund have been the management received considerable daily.
A physician was called and declared
named as appraisers.
criticism fo r advertising a 25c show
Other berries are setting nicely and
the Injury a broken arm. The little dence. He has not decided as yet as houses in the block and w ill erect a
new
residence
on
the
corner.
Work
to
whether
or
not
he
will
take
charge
“ The Shop" where good printing ia and then charging 50c extra for re promise a large and early crop.
fellow is all right again now, so the
served seats.
Cherry trees are also heavily laden.
w ill be commenced at once.
o f it personally.
done—The Sentinel.
injury was at least not serious.
BURKE FAVORS LOCAL OPTION
A committee to interview the Coun
ty f 'ourt and to endeavor to get the
Shoestring road improved, waa ap
pointed at Die meeting of the Hoard of
Trudc Tuesday night, the subject be
ing brought up by A. L. Woodard, who
estimated that a good dirt road could
be mude for $2,000. The road ia one
o f the oiliest in the county, having
been opened a half century ago. It
lies partly in Douglas, and an attempt
will be made to interest the County
! Courts o f ix»th counties.
It is thought thst it may tie possible
lutrr on to get it designated aa part
o f the Pacific Highway.
C. H. Korkholder and Marion Veatch
were ap[xiinted aa the committee to
preaent the subject to the ( ’ourt.
SPENCER WINS SECOND PLACE
TROPHY CUP ARRIVES TO HONOR THE DEAD
FROM PORTLAND
APPROPRIATELY
WILL CELEBRATE THE
4th OF JULY
Papa Plays With Son;
Boy s Arm Is Broken
TWELVE GRADUATES
THIS YEAR
A. C. Lathrop Sells
First Home Berries