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Volume VI
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1912
CONTEST JUDGES ARE
SELECTED
POSTMASTER
VAN
Class of 1912
C. G. High School
DENBURG
APPLICATION OF
Ballot Boxen Scaled This Evening;
State Superintendent Advances His
Be
Made Un-
j
Ideas of Life in Address to
til Opened Saturduy Night
1912 High School
at 10 O’clock.
Graduates.
Tonight at it o'clock all the liallot
buira w ill be acalcd by Mcaara. Van
Itanbutg and Kartell. The volca w ill
be counted for the last tune by the
Contest Mumtgcmcnl and the nlnnding
o f candidates ahown at the Arcade
Theater.
From then on everyone w ill be in
total darkneaa aa to how each candi­
date »lands.
The Conical Manaaer
htmaclf w ill not t>e able to tell who ia
In the lead, even i f he wiahed to.
There w ill be no end of suspense from
now till the cloaing hour; ten o'clock
Saturday night.
Thoec who are at
prraent In the lead are likely aa nut to
he at the bottom o f the liat when the
linal count ia made. There ia not u SEASIDE, ST. JOHNS AND COT­
candidate in the race but who can
TAGE GROVE AGREE.
caaily win tlrat place in her District if
ahe makca every moment count tomor­
row and Saturday, and judging from On Measure for Consolidation of
the number who are confident o f vic­
Cities and Towns and Pro­
tory It la going to be a “ Battle R oyal”
viding for County
to the dniah.
R o y W oods
H . K . l* l. < m . Si IT .
SHOWS
W ORTHY
EFFORT
ON
HART OF ANNUAL STAFF.
Replete With Photographs, Inter­
spersed With Reading and
Artistically Printed.
The 1912 Annual o f the Cottage
Grove High School ia just off the prera
and ia a auitable monument to the
efforts o f the staff having the produc­
tion in charge. It is without i|uestion
the liest prepared, beat printed and
moat representative year book ever
issued by the schools. It is replete
with photographs and illustrations in­
terspersed with reuding and has been
well patronized by ka-al business men.
It w ill be a memorial which the mem­
bers o f the 1912 claso w ill treasure for
years to come.
The book is a product o f "T h e Shop
W here G ootf Printing Is Done.
Homeseekers Coining this Way.
Mr. Robison, who returned a few
days ago from Eastern Oregon, states
that a number o f fam ilies aro ready to
come into the W illam ette V alley from
that section. Mr. Robison undertook
to come across the mountains by team,
but on his arrival at the foot o f the
mountains on the cast aide was in­
formed that there was still so much
enow in the mountains that a team
could not cross. He said there was a
regular village o f homeseekers with
teams and wagons camped at the foot
o f the hills waiting for the snow to
melt so that they could get over into
this section o f the state
They were
induced to come into that portion o f
eastern Oregon which has been recent­
ly opened by the railroads, hut did not
find conditions to their liking.—Cres-
well Chronicle.
Extra copies o f the Sentinel always
on hand at 5c each.
• •
for
ANOTHER $3,000 BAR
OF GOLD
*
Cottage Grove Grange hopes to be in
shape by the early part o f July to lay
plans for the building o f a hall o f its
own, and will probably take the sub­
ject up at the first meeting in July.
A t the next m eeting, June 15th,
ladies o f the grange w ill serve a 12
o ’clock sharp dinner at 25c and ice
cream at 10c to raise funds to complete
Division.
paying for the lot recently purchased.
The grange has changed the hour o f
The proposed hill for consolidation meeting from 10 a. m. to I p.m. (1st
o f cities and towns and the division of and 3rd Saturdays.)
counties by the residents o f the terri­
Rids have been called for on quar­
tory affected has been agreed upon by
the St. Johns, Seaside and Cottage ters fur the local postoffice for the
Grove committees and petitions are next four years, and w ill he received
now living circulated to put it on the up to June 20th.
HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK
IS OFF THE PRESS
FOR FAIR MADE
Expects to Make Plans Early in Grange Getting in Readiness
Big Industrial Exhibition.
Month of July.
Almost every candidate ia holding
votea in reaerve to m at after the boxca
are acaled by the judgea, and each one
feela certain ahe la going to win.
That'a altogether dltin g and proper;
confidence ia half the battle; the other
half ia to keep after votea and not
waste a moment's time. Workers are
bound to win, and tho next two days
are the decisive ones. The standing of
ballot.
candidates ia ro near even that it is
Everything has been done to make
the measure as fair a one as (Missible,
(Continued on page 2 )
and the committees have confidence
that it will meet with the approval of
a m ajority o f the voters.
The complete hill
appears else­
MRS. A. H. POW ELL PASSES TO
where in this issue.
4
PHILOSOPHY
ADVISED BY ALDERMAN.
BILL WILL GO ON THE GRANGE GETTING READY TO BUILD PREPARATIONS
BALLOT
4
SEEK PLEASURE, BUT
PERFORM DUTY
AND LANDLORD BARTELL.
No Count Will
T
Number 37
Cottage Grove Grange is getting
IS BROUGHT DOWN FROM BO­
things under way for the industrial
HEMIA DISTRICT.
fa ir to be held this fall and next Sat-
urdav has been set for volunteer work
on the grounds, at which time grang­ Superintendent Hogg Thinks Prop­
ers and all others interested are asked
erty Is Doing W ell.—Crew To
to turn in and help the work along.
A il who know how to wield hammers
Be Increased.— Things Do­
ard saws are especially invited.
ing During Summer.
Advocating the application of the
philosophy o f the ancient philosophers.
State Superintendent Alderman, in bis
address to the 1912 graduating class
of the Cottage Grove High School last
night, said it was the privilege o f
young people in going out in life to get
all the pleasure possible, but at the
same time they should perform their
duty for its own sake, all the time
having a definite aim toward that end.
The A rm ory was crowded with
friends o f the graduates, Hester J.
Bemis, Audrey B. Langdon, M yrtle
DeSpain, Blanche Veatch, Ruth A.
Woodard, Lena M. Bure ham, Maude E.
Lamson, Maude M. Skidmore; Mr.
LeRoy Woods, Jr.
Following is the program rendered:
Invocation......................Rev. Sutcliffe
Instrumental Duet.................Qni Vive
Ada Matthews and Mae Armstrong
Vocal S olo.......................................
. . . .Out on a Roll o f the.Open Sea
George Matthews
Address........................L. R Alderman
Vocal S olo..................... A Perfect Day
Blanche Veatch
Distribution o f Diplomas. . Supt. Inlow
Benediction
The baccalaureate
sermon
was
preached in the Christian Church Sun­
day evening by V. E. Hoven. Special
music was furnished by a union choir,
Mrs. Geo. K err and Mrs. Robert Sut­
cliffe acting as director and organist
respectively.
The SPsby quartette,
composed o f Messrs. Stratton, Bisbey,
The g r a n g e has charge o f the fair
and Master McFarland has been elected
Another large gold
brick
was
superintendent, hut aid is asked from ;
brought down from the Bohemia dis­
all who have an interest in the affair.
trict Monday by Superintendent Hogg,
The different committees make re­ o f the West Coast properties.
The
ports indicating that the fa ir is to be a bar weighed out $3,000, and as there
hummer, with exhibits from every­ is only a crew o f fifteen men at work
where and prizes enough to go around. ' at the mines, Mr. H ogg feels that he
has made a good showing. The snow
is practically all gone now, a large
crew w ill be put at work and ten more
stamps put in operation at the Cham­
pion mill.
(Continued on page 7.)
The stamp mill at the Vesuvius w ill
be started just as soon as necessary
COUNCIL LETS CONTRACTS FOR
repairs are made, and plans are being
GREAT BEYOND.
TH IRD AND SIXTH .
made at other propertiea for a summer
o f unusual a ctivity. In addition much
Local Lad Breaks Record.
The high jump record for the State Resident of Cottage Grove Country Ordinances Also Passed for Improve­ development work w ill be done. The
success met with in the district by the SO SAYS REV. SUTCLIFFE IN
o f Oregon is now held by a Cottage
Since 1878.—Crossed the
ments on Monroe and Douglas
large operators is encouraging others
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
Grove student o f the O. A. C., Robin
to
attempt
to
put
their
properties
on
a
Plains
in
Early
Days
Streets
and
Cherry
Powell, son o f Mr. and Mrs. A . S.
paying basis.
Powell. He made the record at Port­
When You Can Overthrow Throne
of Development.
Court.
land last week in the big athletic
Mrs. George H. W aggoner found an
of Universe You Can Pull
meet. Pow ell's jump was 5 feet I l f
Mrs. A. 11. Powell, a resident o f the
The U rge number o f street improve­ eg g yesterday, laid by one o f her hens,
inches, about two inches less than the
Down the Flag.
Cottage Grove country since 1878, died ments for Cottage Grove during the which measured 6J inches in circumfer­
world’s record.
at her home here Friday at the age of summer season have been fairly started ence one way and 8J inches the other.
" I want to go on record this a fter­
68 years, death resulting from a com­ by the letting o f contracts by the City Inside this monster e g g there was
Mrs. Sutton returned Monday from
plication o f diseases. She had been an Council for the macadamising o f Sixth another e g g with perfectly formed noon as saying that sentiment is every­
attending the Haptist convention in
invalid for two years and had been Street from the railroad south and o f shell about the usual size.— R egister. thing; there is nothing in this world
Springfield and visitin g the S. E.
worth while but sentiment,” said Rev.
confined to the bed for six months.
Third Street, form erly Webber. These
Stevens fam ily in Eugene.
Wedding invitations—The Sentinel. Rout. Sutcliffe in his memorial ad­
Funeral services were held Sunday two contracts were let to Herman
dress, when he paid a glow ing tribute
afternoon from the fam ily residence, Venske, with the exception o f 1,000
to the old soldiers and Old Glory, show­
V. E. Hoven officiating. Interment feet on Sixth, awarded to Hull &
ing that it is sentiment that causes
Schilling, property owners.
was made in the Taylor cemetery.
people to respect and reverence both.
Mrs. Powell came from the East in
The improving o f 1 street has al­
In his tribute to the flag he said,
i860 with her fam ily and settled first ready been commenced.
in I.inn County,being married at Albany
Ordinances have also been passed As Nucleus for Public Library, To “ When you can pull the stars down
Team Stampedes Down Main Street
from the firmament, when you can
in 1864 to A. H. Powell. Her maiden for the macadamizing o f Cherry Court
Be Followed by Purchase
With Load of Calapooya
bail the ocean with a woman’ s thimble,
name was Mary M cKnight.
and a triangle on Monroe and Douglas,
of New Books.
when you can overthrow the throne o f
Springs Water.
Besides a husband, Mrs. P ow ell connecting both streets with Sixth.
the universe, then you can pull down
leaves five children, two brothers and The latter improvement takes in about
A book shower to obtain a nucleus
the fla g ."
Cottage Grove barely escaped being a sister. The children are A . S. a hlo:k o f each street.
for a library has been suggested to the
The speaker also laughed at the
Mrs.
made a wet city Memorial Day, when Powell, Mrs. Lincoln Taylor,
A concrete crossing has been ordered Cottage Grove Public Library Board,
a fourhorse team, attached to a wagon A lex Small, all o f Cottage Grove ; Mrs. across the alley on the W est side o f L and the idea may be carried out, prob­ bugaboos which intelligent people allow
to worry and excite them.
A fte r
freighted
with Calapooya
mineral Henry Taylor, Maylo, Wash; Lester street.
ably by those suggesting the idea. Some
naming several other bugaboos which
The
The City Attorney has been ordered books have already been promised.
water, stampeded down Main Street, W . Powell, Auburn, Oregon.
have needlessly excited the people, he
the heavy load careening behind them. brothers and sisters are James Mc­ to draw up an ordinance prescribing
The Board w ill have something over
To the onlookera attracted by the noise Knight, Portland; Mrs. Sarah Fronk, specifications fo r concrete walks in $500 for the purchase o f new books,
(Continued on page 2.)
it appeared every moment as i f there Lebanon; John M cKnight, Bellingham, residence districts.
and the first order will be sent in soon,
was to he an infraction o f the " d r y ” Wash. Lester W. Pow ell and James
The alley between Washington and but probably not until after the book
Eugene Depot To Be Beauty.
regulation, hut everything went as M cKnight were here to attend the Adams Streets on Sixth has been shower is held, i f such a course is de­
The plans for Eugene’ s new Oregon
graded and gravelled by the owners, cided upon. The book committee is Electric depot are said to present by
well as could he expected under the the funeral.
W. B. Cooper, G. H. Tyson, I. A. Ran­ now at work making selections, and far the flneat depot on the entire line.
circumstances until the Southern Pa­
Dies While at Work.
cific tracks were reached, when one
dall and Geo. Smith.
wishes citizens would make sugges­ It w ill cost at least $25,000 and w ill
W hile at his usual work, James San­
team decided to go to Creswell, while
tions as to books they would like to be built o f pressed brick with a shed
the other preferred a straight course. derson, a resident o f Lorane for a num­
Lands Another Big Order.
covering for passengers. There w ill
have purchased.
The result was that the "L o o k Out for ber o f years, dropped dead, presum­
The Cottage Grove Manufacturing
be many offices in the building and it
Anything in printing—The Sentinel.
Deceased Co. has landed another big order from
the C a rs" pole got in the way, the im­ ably from heart failure.
w ill be modern in everv department.
pact snapping off the post and stopping w h s a widower, 89 years o f age, and California, this time the bill being for
The company has leased one-half the
Children’s Day Exercises.
tho runaway atceds, which were soon lived with his son, G. W. Sanderson.
all the wood work for a $10,000 resi­
ground floor o f a large six-story build­
Extensive preparations have been
caught.
dence being erected for Geo. C. Me-
ing at Salem for their depot. A t A l­
The runnwsy occurred a few minutes Kessel at Arbuckle, Calif. The com­ made for the Children’s Day exercises bany a $12,000 structure will be erected
There was a grand opening o f miner­
al w ater bottles, hut under the circum­ a fter the Memorial parade. I f it had pany has had to postpone needed addi­ in the M. E. Church Sunday evening. and the Eugene depot will cost at least
stances the marshal made no arreata.
occurred 15 minutes earlier, there tion and repairs to their building be­ The little tots have been drilling $25,000. Work w ill be started here in
patiently for some time and the in­
Those who saw the runaway say the might have been many casualitiea.
cause o f rush o f work.
the course o f two weeks.— Register.
structors
have arranged a program o f
rear team was a little ahead moat of
The runaway ia supposed to have
Visiting cards—The Sentinel.
unusual
merit.
Desk blotters for sale.—Sentinel.
been caused by an automobile.
the time.
PIONEER WOMAN IS SEVERAL STREETS TO
NO MORE
BE IMPROVED
TRY TO MAKE WET TOWN
OF THE GROVE
NOTHING IS WORTH WHILE
BUT SENTIMENT
BOOK SHOWER SUGGESTED
TO LIBRARY BOARD