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 z a -r r Mru/u (¿ / A / ( ) o (Enttag? (Srnup U nitari Volume VI C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N , T H U R S D A Y , J U N E 13, 1912 Number 38 STRAWBERRY FEAST AT CURRIN'S NEW RATE ISSUED ON GREEN FRUIT SENTINEL PRIZE CONTEST ENDS IN BLAZE OE 6E0RY About a Hundred Invited Guests From Southern Pacific Oregon Points Enjoyed Festive Day. to Eastern Markets. A 'o u t 100 citizen» o f the city en joyed a strawberry feast ami pinie Sun day at Die new Currin park east o f the city. The guests brought the »trawherriea and other supplies for the commissary department, while Mr. Currin furnished fresh rich cream from hia Walnut Avenue farm. Bevy of Three Young Ladies Attend Portland Rose Carnival at the Expense of Sentinel and Merchants The Sentinel'» big Voting route»!, in whleEi three young ln<li«-M won an prize» three free trip« to Portland'* World Famous Ituae Carnival came to a rloae at 10 o'clock Saturday night In a blaze o f glory, with all the leader* him ¡Imp fur vote* up ti> the lant moment. The winner* were Jcsaie Smith, Hazel lirumflcld and Vera Crowe. With heart* palpitating and eager friend* givin g them encouragement, all the winner* and many o f the other candidate* were preaent to watch the counting o f the vote*, which wan not completed until 2 o'clock. There wa> no certainty a* to whom the winner» would be until the la »l vote* were counted, and then it wa* demonstrated that the hustler» who kept on the job up to the last minute were the ones who hail the majorities. In the second district another "c lu b o f fiv e " sub scriptions would have changed the re su lt The moat spirited contest occurred in the Ural district, where M i»* Stephens, with the second largest number of voles in her district was .'if>,000 ahead o f the winner in the second district. The Anal count, as certified to by Judges VanDenburg ami I tart«- II. was a» fo llo w s: 1st D IS T R IC T . Jfsaie Sm ith........................... Bertha Strphena.................... . 146,900 Muriel Itobinaon.................... 2nd D IS T R IC T . Hazel Brumfield.................... G ertie Raines .................. . 94,966 Edna El ledge .................. .. 44.705 3d DISTRICT. Vera Crowe . JH6.7H0 Matiel Tu rn er............................ 64,415 Several other candidates withdrew from the race during the latter part o f the contest. Through the contest The Sentinel added about 150 new names to its list. KICKING ON RAISE IN RENTAL Lessees of Railroad Right of way Keel Abused. Several patrons o f the Southern Pa cific Railway feel somewhat riled over the rental that the road is now charg ing for use o f its right o f way for stor age purpose. It seems that it has been the custom for several years for the company to lease at a nominal rental small tracts o f ground at their station» f- r use of patrons to store material, erect ware houses or for other purpones which made revenue fur the railroad company in the way o f increased »hipment». For a time the charge mnde for thin was only $1.00 per year, later raised to $5.00 per year, hut now, so it is stated, the company is trying to raise it to $25 per year. This i» the minimum and practically all such ground occupied is ground that can not lie UHcd by the railroad company for any other purpose or at least is not be ing used. Patrons feel that the road could well afford to allow the u»e o f the ground gratia ami are kicking shout what they claim is an unfairness on the part o f the company in allowing patrons to erect, in many instances, expensive building», build up a good business for the company and then at tempting to raise the charge for the ground. These lease» are drawn up for only three years at a time, but the rental charge was so nominal that many ahip- per» located warehouses on tracks to save cartage on shipments ami now feel that the Southern Pacific company is taking undue advantage o f them and think the action uitdiplomatic when other roads are building this way Snd w ill l>e looking for business. LOVE, COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE How to Keep on Good Term « With Your Mother-in-Law. A special lecture on this unique sub je c t w ill be given in the Christian Church Friday evening by Mrs. Jean Morris Ellis, noted phrenologist and lecturer, who has been holding meet ings every evening o f this week. The Friday evening talk w ill Include a special lecture on "Eugenics, Proper Adaptation in Marriage, Scientific, Amusing Match Making, but Not Rinding." Currin’s place is located at the top of the hill east o f the city, is ideally sit TEie II. K. I.awson Paint Store uated for a view o f the surrounding changed hands this week, the Kwcngcl country and two large spring» furnish o f cry»tal aqua llurdwsre Store being the new owner. copious quantities Mr. Lawson has been a prominent purs. buNiness man o f the city for a number This is the place apoken o f Mime o f years, lie has not derided what his time ago in The Sentinel which is to be future field o f activity will be. made into a novel experimental farm The Swungel Hardware Co. had a and park. The work ha» been started, mammoth stock,in it* line before mak but w ill not be completed for years. ing this addition, and w ill now lie bet Everyone preaent at the Sunday ter able than ever to serve its cus pienie re|)orted a more than enjoyable tomers. ^ time. Buys Paint Business. $35,000 AWARDED IN CONTRACTS STRIKES DYNAMITE WITH PICK; LIVES TO TELL TALE A rate o f $1.25 per hundred on green fruit, with the exception o f apples, in carloads, minimum 2,400 lbs., from all points on Southern Pacific lines in O re James McDole Unexpectedly Faces Horrible Death gon to Eastern points haa been put into effect by the Transcontinental Freight and Miraculously Escapes Without the Least Injury Bureau, through efforts o f officials of the 8. P. The former rate was $1.50. There H ittin g a fifty pound charge o f live have heretofore boen no shipments Street Signs W ill Soon Be Up. dynamite with his pick and living to from Cottage Grove affected by this Cottage Grove's street sign» w ill rate, but Local Agent King inform» The »oon he put up, the plates having ar_ tell the story is an experience o f .lease Sentinel that there will be some car rived. Since the renaming o f the McDole’a which he does not care to re load shipments o f fruit this year. streets there haa been no end o f con peat. The occurrence happened a few days fusion as to the proper names o f the The registration hooks have again different thoroughfares o f the city, ago while Mr. McDole was working in been opened and w ill remain open until and the putting up o f the signs w ill t>e the Schibenere rock quarry about four October 20th. Registration so far is miles south o f this city. He wss on a re lief to many. light, but it is expected that nearly a the dump removing loose rock from the Have you got something kicking face o f the cliff, when his pick sunk complete vote will be recorded in No vember, as the fight in national poli around in your way that you want to into a cavity. An examination showed tics is going to ginger up the laggards I get rid of? A reader in the Sentinel a charge o f 50 pounds o f the explosive j will sell it fo r you. and stay-at-homes. inside the cavity that had been placed there three weeks previously, but which had failed to(fire. About 175 loads o f rock had fallen on the dynamite with- out exploding it. . Mr. McDole removed the dangerous stuff from the hole and went on with RAID ON STAR R E S T A U R A N T his work, although the incident un nerved him somewhat. That he es NETS C IT Y $150. caped with hia life is a miracle. HEAVILY FINED FOR MISCONDUCT I THINGS ARE DOING IN STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Paving of Pacific Highway, Went Marshal Main Street, North and South Finds Two Couples in Rooms Together; All Plead Sixth Street Makes Guilty to Charges of Big Total. Misconduct. W ith the awarding o f contracts at In a raid on the Star restaurant yes the a|M-ciai meeting o f the City Council terday morning, Marshal Snodgrass Tuesday night for the hard surfacing and two deputies took into custody o f North Pacific Highway, Weat Main four parties charged with indecent con Street and Sixth Street north from duct. the railway, the total o f contracts Those captured were Susie Carter, awarded within the past few week» \ proprietor o f the establishment; Wm. totals about $36,000, the largest Hohl, who was found in the room with amount ever let in one year. M IB K K » V K K A C K O W K TK H K I8 S M IT H A N D H A /.K I. R K l'M F I K I.D Mrs. C arter; Paul Carter and Jessie Witiatrs in S en tin el V otin g Contest The contracts let Tuesday night l*h«Ho by A rm »trou it Croft, who were found together. were aa follow s: A ll pleaded guilty. The men were Pacific Highway, from the bridge to fined $50 and costs and the women $25 point 100 feet north o f Birch Street, and costs. $4,372.20. Paul Carter claimed Miss C roft to.be Weat Main Street from Coast Fork his w ife and pleaded not guilty, but I ridge to Silk Creek bridge, $14,626.16. > later changed the plea. Sixth Street from railway north to This hotel bps had an unsavory name SO SAYS NEW PRESIDENT OF ONE MEMBER NOT ABSENT OR end of the s'reel, $9,534.79. for some time and the raid was not a A ll these streets w ill be surfaced H ILL LINE. j TAR D Y FOR FIV E YEARS. < surprise. with bituminous macadam and the School closed Friday and teachers and three contracts went to Ambrose & Hirdsell. The contractors g iv e s bond Statement Taken by Many to Mean Class of 1912 Most Remarkable One. pupils residing outside the city have returned to their respective homes. That It W ill Continue on for maintenance for five ycara without Every Member Has Some Aim Prof. H. E. Inlow has moved to Port extra cost. to Cottage Grove in in Life and W ill Con land, where he expects to make his fut- Contracts had been previously let Near Future. tinue Education. • ure home. for Sixth Street South from the rail way, South Fourth and I Street und Rev. J. L. Beaty w ill preach at Silk The statement o f President Young of work commenced. The Class o f 1912 o f Cottage Grove Creek next Sunday at 11 a. m. and at the Oregon Electric that the iiee will ; High School is a most remarkable one. Lorane at 8 p. m. not stop at Eugene is taken by many ] Every member has ,some established to mean that it w ill E>e constructed on j purpose and aim in life, which is con Was W ell Known Character in Bo up the valley to Cottage Grove in the sidered somewhat unusual. Every not distant future. memt>er aims to continue his or her hemia District. Suflday School Pupils Make Hit in This statement was made by Presi elucation in order to be E>etter able to Children’s D ay Exercises. Thos. H. Meadon, a well known char dent Young st a recent banquet ten fulfill that purpose. ELECTRIC WILL NOT EVERY GRADUATE IS STOP AT EUGENE AMBITIOUS THOS. H. MEADON DIES SUDDENLY acter in the Bohemia Mining I)i»trict, died Saturday at the Thompson Hotel in this city, the cause o f death being pneumonia. He had come down from the mines W'ednesday because he was not feeling well, hut he had no idea he was suffering with pneumonia. LITTLE TOTS CONDUCT SERVICE _______ _ dered him at Eugene. Many Cottage Grove people have thought that work would start this way immediately a fter the electric reaches Eugene, and this statement by the new president o f the line serves in some measure to g iv e foundation to Mr. Meadon was about 65 years o f thia hope. age. He had no relatives in this sec tion o f the country, but relatives have Ready to Put Up House Numbers. The city Engineering Department is been located in New York through let ter» found in the pockets o f the dead now ready to put up house numbers man. W hat diapoai'ion w ill Lie made of for property owners. Under the pro visions o f the ordinance, property own the body is not ye t known. ' Mr. Meadon was born in New York ers can apply to the City Engineer, pay 35 cents and the numbers w ill be and waa a Civil W ar Veteran. put up without other trouble or ex G. H. Tyson’ s Mother Dead. pence. The ordinance provides that G. H. Tyson haa received word of the numbers must lie up by July 1st. the death o f hiH mother, Charlotte Wrapping pa|>er, just the thing to Elisa Tyson, which occurred at I,ondon, go under carpets at Sentinel office. England, May 27th. She was con scious at intervals almost up to the time o f her death. H er last words were "g o o d sons, ” a fter which she dropped into a sleep from which she did not wake. The end came peace fully. She had no fear o f death. Mrs. Tyson was about 60 yearn o f age. She leaves three sons in this country. In addition to G. H. Tyson o f this city, thev are W. P. and Alan Tyson o f Eugene. As indicative o f tile ambitiousness o f the class, it may t>e mentioned that Miss M yrtle DeSpain, when she com pleted the course, had not been atisent or tardy for a period o f five years, which is a remarkable record. In addition to the regular high school curriculum, the members o f this class took up the teachers’ training work and secured the one year certificates, which added somewhat to the burdens o f their studies. Fourth of July Meeting. A meeting o f subscribers to the Fourth o f July fund and o f others in terested w ill be held at the Commer cial Club rooms tonight at 8 o ’ clock. Gleason & Sons have completed ex tensive repairs to their brick yard and expect to put up something like 400,000 brick this season. n- CTE Sentinel Printing Makes H it in Portland P o r t l a n d , O r e ., Hurt at Saw Mill. Webb Dunn was badly shaken up in an accident at the Orchard Land & Timber Go.'s mill at Divide Saturday and waa taken to Portland Tuesday for medical treatment. Dunn was looking a fter the carrier that conveys the slashings to the bur ner. In tome way he was pulled or pushed off the platform and fell a dis tance o f about 30 feet. Medical aid was called, but no bones were found to be broken, altho4igh he was pretty bad ly bruised up and internal injuries are feared. __________ |__ Mrs. Ellis, who is a pleasing and en tertaining speaker, is well known in John England has purchased a five- Cottage Grove and has been drawing passenger Flanders through the Nes mith Auto Co. good audiences. May 18, 1912. C o t t a g e G r o ve S e n t in e l , Cottage Grove, Oregon. Yours very truly, D Toot it PAC IFIC P A P E R CO. By L. A. C o l t o n , Mgr. Returns from the East. George M. Hall returned Monday from a trip through the East. He re ports business conditions fa irly good, although somewhat slow. When asked concerning political conditions, he said there was nothing but talk o f the fight between Bill and Teddy. DRAIN EXPECTS TO GET ELECTRIC Message from Drain Says Local Capitalist Is Behind Move. The follow ing message has been sent out from Drain and is appearing in the papers o f the state : A party o f railroad surveyors passed through here yesterday. From the best infownation obtainable 'h ey were Oregon Electric men. They looked over South Drain carefully, evidently looking for room for yards for a ter minal. They have a man here now con tracting fo r a lot o f supplies for the party and evidently they expect to be around here for some time. A w ell known local capitalist has been talking electric railroad from Drain to Marshfield. He claims to have sold some stock and negotiated fo r some right o f way with farmers along the proposed route. He says there is a man ready to take the matter uu when the proper time comes and furnish all the money necessary to complete the project. Whether this has any con nection with the survey party remains to be proven but it is the general im pression here that it has. Drain may yet be the first point to have railroad connection with Coos Bay, whether the Southern Pacific builds or not. The terminal railroad work is show ing the heavy construction it w ill re quire to put the road down Front Street. Thiis morning the workmen are laying and pinioning the large tim bers which w ill support the immense stringers. The first layer o f tim ber is a foot thick, which w ill be overlaid with other heavy timbers, and on these the ties w ill be laid. The whole resta on piles recently driven, and the base o f the construction is 39 inches below the surface o f the street. The ties, rails and all are expected to be laid and the street put back in shape before the Fourth o f July, so the thoroughfare may be given over to sports and races. Children’s Day was appropriately celebrated at the M. E. Church Sun day with evening services conducted entirely by pupils of the Sunday School. The little tots in' particular were heartily applauded. The singing by the large chorus choir was highly appreciated. » The following program was ren- !dered: March............................... Processional Song............................ June Is Golden Prayer......................... Superintendent Recitation ..........God Wants The Boys Mr. Wilkinson’s Class Chorus......................... Children’s Day Recitations— June................Genevieve Johnson My Wish and I ........... Harry Hart Adam..................... Marion Teters A Hint to the Boys. .Lois Compton Song.............. Gentle Summer Breezes Primary Department Exercise............................... Sunshine Primary Department S o n g ......................................... Smiles Grace and Edith Brehaut Cradle Roll Exercise..................... ................... Mrs. Compton’s Class Exercise........... Three Little Rosebuds Primary Department The Little Out Door People......... Sherry Miner, Lois Compton, Gor don Wright, Aileene Barnett, Ed mund Wilkinson, Bonita Beiger, Donald Tibbies Duet................................ The Sunbesm Bsnd Lelah Lewis snd Marion Hooper Recitation...................Children’s Day Geo. Teeters Claims the Prize for Tracy Lizer Precocious Fruit. Exercise....................... Boys snd Girls Mrs. Umphrey’s Class With ripe loganberries Monday morn Chorus........................Just to be True ing, Geo. Teeters thinks he has the re Recitation........................ Velma Hart cord for precocious fruit. They were Recitation.......................................... A Christian large ones, solid and sweet. Logan Gracie Jones berries are coming on nicely this year Don’t Take Offense...................... and promise an unusually bountiful .......................Mrs. W right’s Class _____ ______________ Chorus.............................Step by Step crop. REPORTS FIRST LOGAN BERRIES Gentlemen:— We have your favor o f the 17th and want to congratulate and compliment you on the really meritorious proof submitted on cards for Mr. Seymour. We are enclosing you O. K ’d proof. We are inclined to think that not all o f the classy printers reside in Portland. Toot i Off for Europe. Miss Ella Anderson arrived from Eu gene Friday and on Saturday she and her father, J. D. Anderson, le ft for a trip to Europe. They go by way o f the Canadian Pacific through Canada and over the Nagara river. They w ill sail from New York on the Lusitania on June 1. They go through England, thence to Gothenburg, Norway and Stockholm, Sweden, where they will witness the Olympian games. They will then pass through Franee and Germany, returning in aE>out four months. They w ill visi» Washingon. D. C., on their return journey. a Exercise.........................Miss Monroe’s Class Children’s Day w ill be observed by Recitation.................................... Neita Compton the Royal Neighbors with a celebra Chorus........... Tell the World of Jesus tion in the City Park June 16th.