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/ HOW MANY OF OVER 65 IN GROVE? J ^ J J ^ Had Same Mother as Husband in r ifl Late W ife of Cottage Grove’s First Postmaster Bore Peculiar Distinction; Pioneer of* Willamette Valley Aunt N ellie Martin, who tiled hero IwNt Thurduy morning, bur« the dia- Uni t ion o f being "lie o f voiy few woman to have lived with her husband from time o f birth ami to have tieen nuraeil by the aamo mother. Mr*. Mnrtln’a mother tiled at the time of the dNUghtcr'» birth, ami Mr. Mnrtin'a mother took the newly born babe to her breaat and re are« I her, there being but a difference o f two inontha in the ■ gr» o f the two children. Hein* ao rloaely drawn together In babyhood, It wan but natural that the tiea ahnuld be later more rloaely remedied In bo ml» of matrimony. The two lived together aa man ami w ife for f>0 yearn, Mr. Martin panning away four year» ago. The rauae o f Mra. Mnrtin'a death waa paralyaia, which began to come on a week before death and wan almoat total when the aufTrrer breathed her laat, being unconaclou» for two daya. She had hail a alroke five yearn pre- vioualy from which ahe had completely recovered ami waa ip fairly good health up to the time o f the laat airk- nraa. The end came at 5 o ’colck laat Thurailay morning. The M arlin’a rroaaed the plain» in IHf.7 and took up their reaidenre at C ollage tirove in 1K6M. Right children were (torn to them, six o f whom aur- vlve. They are N. II. Martin o f thin city, with whom hia mother made her home at the time o f death; U. S. and J. It. Marlin, Seattle ; Mra. K. C. Mar low, lm|irx, Wanh. ; J. S. Martin, S il ver Lake; Jeaae Martin, Kreywater. The funeral waa held Friday a fte r noon from the Chrlatian Church, V. K. Iloven officiating. A ll the children were prraent and a large number o f friemla attended the laat ritea and con tributed beautiful floral offering». Mr. Martin, who died four year» ago at the age o f Ml, w ai an unuaual gen- iua. Crowing to yearn o f umleratand- ing without a achool education he waa in later life connidered a man o f unua ual attainment» ami waa well informed ami able to talk intelligently on any current »ubject. He waa a member o f the legialature in 1872. Mia campaign waa one o f the livelieat that ever occurred in thin aection o f the country, Hia |aiwer o f oratory made him a figure at the capi tal. Mr. Martin waa Cottage G rove’» flrat |M>atrnaater and eatablirhed the l/orane rural route, »till In operation. BREAKS ANKLE BONE Ï ! 4 Autoists Careless. Many complaints have been made o f late o f the way drivers o f automobiles turn corncra within the city, and the prediction haa been made that some accident in going to happen that w ill cause harsh censure. Several acci denta, it ia understood, have already been narrowly averted when machinen turned corners where it waa Imimaaible to see thoae approaching from behind some building. Sheriff Bown Still Improving. Sheriff Harry Mown continues to re cover from hia recent accident and hia complete convalescence now acema probable. The beat always. Sentinel printing. Never Before Found Such Sociable Community. The longevity o f life in the W illam ette V alley is somewhat remarkable, NO BRUISES, BUT IS IN UNCON and a list o f the residents o f C ottage SCIOUS STATE Grove o f 66 years or more would be surprising. The Sentinel would like to Condition of Gus Donley, Injured compile such a list, and asks all thoae in Cottage Grove Saw Mill, o f that age to send in their names, so that the exact figures rnay be obtained. Is Puzzling Portland I f not that old yourself, semi in the Physicians. numes o f thoae you know have attained that age. The names w ill not tie pub Knocked unconscious when hit by a !.-h.-.l large splinter at the Orchard Land & Tim ber C o.’» m i l l at Divide Friday, Gua Donley is puzzling physicians at Minnesotan Gives Praise Surprised Portland because o f his slowness in re turning to consciousness. WILLAMETTE VALLEY IS UTOPIAN at Uniform Profuse Growth. (kiates P. Bull, assistant agiculturi<t at the Minnesota Agricultural College and Experiment Station, while at Cri s well recently, had the follow ing to »ay o f W illam ette Valley soil: "1 have never seen surh uniformly profuae growth o f trees, fruits and vegetables anywhere. It is a surprise to me to sec ao many sheep in the val ley and foothills. Goats, also, seem to be a good propoai t km. " A l ' N T ' N K I. I. IK M A S T I N Photo by At matron g " T h e profits which have lieen ob tained from orchards and berries are a marvel. Cherries, applga, strawber ries and loganberries have proved their worth in porketbook and in the kitchen. That fiotatoeH and cabbage grow and Felix Currln Figures That There remained in the ground the year around I would not believe had I not seen the Are Big Things in Nut In plants. dustry in Valley. " I n general 1 can frankly say that Felix Currln ia gettin g to be, rather there ia no place endowed with auch continues to lie, a big booster for the poasibilitiea in agriculture in all its walnut ua a profitable product for the branches, ard at the same time ao lit famous, fertile, fruitful W illam ette, j tle developed aa right here. The coun Also Mr. Currin baeka up hia optimis try needs some o f the hustling blood tic ideas o f the walnut in a practical auch as we have in Minnesota to make manner. He has planted on hia walnut these valleys the great agricultural Avenua farm 7,000 English walnut sections they deserve to b e.” trees, ranging in age from two to 17 ! F. Harold 1‘ irska, also o f the IJnj- veraity school, had much (he same to years. The trees bear at five years o f age. say, givin g special praise to the Gres- Mr. Currin estim ate» th a t in a good well district which he visited. year he will get 600 pounds o f walnuts per tree, but to get down to a rock bottom basis, he takes 100 pounds a» the average. He figures 10 cents a University Graduate Has Painful |M>unda aa a minimum price. A hun Experience on Ranch. dred pounds oir o f 7,000 trees would be , 700.000 poumis. Selling at 10 cents a As the result o f an encounter with a pound the crop would bring $70,000. vicious horse laat week, on an eastern M r. Currin fails to see how anyone Oregon ranch, Leon Kay, a prominent can figure out a better paying propoai- member o f the 1912 class o f the U. o f lion for agricultural land anywhere. O., is at the home o f his parents near When he started in the Kngliah wal- | Rugcne suffering from sprains ami nut business, there were many who bruises inflicted by the flying hoofs of laughed at him and scorned his efforts the equine. and theac have not been won over to Young Kay was working in the har hia way o f thinking, but he believes vest field on the Tobey ranch ard was that in a few years he w ill be able to sent to the barn by the foreman to demonatrate hia superior foresight. wash the sore shoulder o f the horse. 7.000 WALNUT TREES VICIOUS HORSE MAULS LEON RAY Gooseberries Look Like Cabbages. W alter l)rane o f Coquille, when he Elderly Woman Jump« from Buggy returned from a visit to the beach When She Fears Horrç Will farm o f Stephen Johnson on the Overturn Rig. county mad between Itandon and Um Mra. A lice VanValin suffered a se vere fracture o f the right ankle laat Thurailay morning when ahe jumped out o f a buggy, fearing that the horse waa going to overturn the rig. In company with her daughter, Mra. J. 11. Chamber», nha had been visiting the Chambers m ill at Latham. N otic ing that the tile« were worrying the horae, the two decided to return home. Mra. VanValin got into the rig first. The horae immediately started and cramped the buggy ao abort that the occupant feared that It would be u|ieet and either jumped or fell out, ahe ia not certain heraelf which way it hap- l>ened. In atriking the ground her right finit turned under, fracturing the bonea on both aides o f the ankle. Mr. Chamliera, who had not known that the women were at the mill, waa immedi ately called to their assistance and brought the injured woman to the city, where ahe waa given medical atten tion. She ia now resting quietly, but owing to the age o f the patient the break w ill probably lie considerable tim e in mending, and it ia probable that there w ill be a permanent lame ness in the foot. Sentinel Would Like Names of Those Who Have Attained That Age. STRANGELY TAKES L,KINC T0 COmCE GR#VE RELATIVE OF MILES INJURED STANDISH DIES pire. brought'back with him gooseber ries that measured 3|x3f inches, per fect in form, smooth and solid. Mr. Dranc w ill endeavor to propagate the new variety o f berry in the (!oquille country. Injured by Accidental Shot. Scarcely had he entered the stable when the brute kicxed out viciously, knocking the young man against the wall. Kicking and biting, the animal continued its attack* finally fellin g young Kay to the floor, where he lay at the mercy o f the maddened steed’s fu rious maulings. Finally he was thrown clear o f the beast’s hoofs and painfully crawled a safe distance, where ha was later found by fellow laborers. Horse Steps on Foot. Donley is a chainman at the mill Juat as the last cut was being made from a split log, he jumped onto the carriage. A t the same moment a large splinter from the log, about three feet long and two feet wide, flew into the air and hit him a glancing blow on the head. He fe ll to the floor, got up and fell back again. When picked up and carried to a physician, no bruises o f any kind were found, but there had plainly been a concussion o f some kind ami the injured man was taken to a Portland hospital. Donley ia not completely unconscious, as he helps himself at times and an swers queations, but remains in a par tially unconscious condition. While the Injury ia peculiar, the attending physi cians express the opinion that he will completely recover. Donley is 28 years o f age and has a w ife at Divide. Telephone Girls Draw Moral from News Item Friends o f H. II. Hendricks here are sanguine his pnrdon w ill be granted by the president soon. Action awnits in Fairies of Switchboard Give formation called for by the depart Advice to Peevish Patrons. :: ment o f justice from Oregon local o f ficials, upon receipt o f which it is ex pected the department w ill recommend The telephone girls o f the city are and the president w ill grant a pardon. calling attention o f subscribers to the case o f the Vancouver telephone girl Installs Officers. who was driven to kill hcrtielf by rea A t the last meeting o f Bohemia son o f the cruel worda spoken to her Camp, W. 0. W ., the follow in g officers by a man who didn't get just the ser were installed: C. K. W alker, C. F ; vice he wanted. A. Brewer, A. L . ; I). B. Chamber- ” I f you want live hello g irls ,” the lain, banker; F. C. Coffman, clerk; fairies o f the switchboard say, " ju s t 11. J. Jorgensen, escort; A lb ert Hull, be kind and good-natured to us and sentry; M. Kibblcbeck. watchman; J. talk sweet and pretty. Don't get a W. Veatch, J. W . Eddy and 11. C. grouch on when you can’ t get the num Adams, managers. ber just when you want it. Some “ The Shop” where good printing is times you may have to wait for your w ife to get done using the line, and done—The Sentinel. sometimes the other man’s w ife that Takes Strawberries to Tacoma. you want to talk to may be busy talk Manager A . B.Wooil, o f the O. & S. ing to someone else. Then it isn’ t our K., le ft Tuesday for Tacoma for a fault i f the party isn’ t in or shuts you visit with his mother. He took along off. There may be a lot o f reasons a few samp ea o f Cottage Grove straw why you can’ t get just what you want berries to demonstrate to the people when you want it, and a good natured who reside in the shade o f Mt. Kanier person like newspaper men usually gets the wonderful poaai bill ties o f agricul what he wants quicker than the acri ture in the W illam ette. monious crank. Get w ise! Get w is e !” To Reserve After Berries, Maybe. Mesdames C. E. Jones and Linnie Violette left Thursday afternoon for a visit wth Joe Landess in t^e forest re serve. They stated their intention to be to pick blackberries, but Mr. Jones is o f the opinion that his w ife intends to get a job as forest guard. He says he knows her range is good, and that i f she is given the proper implements o f warfare, it w ill be an unlucky day for any depredator caught poaching on her patrol. Claims Bumper Egg. Having read o f the different monster monstrosities in the hen fruit line, Mrs. Archie Thompson comes along with the claim o f the largest eg g so far reported. It measured 6} inches by 7} and is the handiwork o f a proud Plymouth Rock biddie. G. B. STANDISH BURIED HERE SUNDAY BY G. A. R. One Time Associated With P. T. Barnum in Show Business.— Conducted Grocery Store While Resident. Gideon B. Standish, a direct descend- ent o f Miles Standish, the latter a passenger in the Mayflower, a promi nent character in the early settlement o f New England and made immortal in verse by Longfellow,-was buried here Sunday, the body being brought from Tacoma, where death occurred July 17th from cerebral paralysis. The ser vices were conducted by Appomattox Post, G. A. R. Mr. Standish was a form er resident o f this city, at one time conducting a grocery store here. He had the Bo hemian disposition and had drifted about a fter being unsettled by the death o f his w ife two years ago. At one time he was associated with P. T. Barnum in the show business. He was born in Michigan and waa 55 years o f age at the time o f death. Mr. Standish served in the C ivil War, be ing discharged with an enviable record. An adopted son. Wm. Standish, resides at Lorane. Otherwise there are no known relatives. Bids Asked for Dam. The City Council has called for bids for the rebuilding o f the Layng Creek Dam. It has been found necessary to move the dam 600 feet further up the creek in order to maintain the proper head. It was found that the first dam would not do this and a wooden addi tion was made to it. which was washed out this spring. This has been tempo rarily repaired, but will probably go In an opinion by Judge McBride filed out again with high water. It is Tuesday the supreme court reversed planned that the reservoir shall main Judge Galloway in the U niversity o f tain a head o f 500,000 gallons. Oregon ease, and the two bills making Order Makes Record Trip. an appropriation for the University An order sent to a Portland house w ill go on the ballot. The court held that there were this week by Wynne & Woods for three enough valid names on the petition to rolls o f galvanized iron made a record entitle them to filing, and that it was trip. The order was sent at 10 a. m. not necessary for each sheet to contain Tuesday morning. A t 2 p. m. the next the form o f petition. The court also day the goods were on the floor, thirty held that it would inquire into the hours from the tim e the order was written. The old S. P. put on some facts. Judge Eakin filed a dissenting opin speed that time, as well as did the house gettin g the order. ion. University Referendum Bills Will Go on Ballot This Fall Off on Auto Trip. W . B. Cooper, w ife and daughter and Mr. and Mra. W. G. Houser left Mon day for a trip to and through Alberta, 'Canada, in Mr. Cooper's automobile. Ihrf auto is fitted up hotel stlye, with kitchen, dining room, beds, etc., and carries a tent that can be used as a garage. The party expects to be gone a couple months. GROVE IS LIVELY CITY So Says Forest Ranger, Surprised This was the second time the case Ships Sheep to Honolulu. was up to the supreme court for ad by Growth Since Former Frank Brown o f Yoncalla has made judication, the court in its former de Visit to Lane County. another shipment o f sheep to Honolulu. ‘‘ Cottage Grove is certainly one o f the liveliest little cities in the W illam ette V alley, and I was hardly prepared for the splendid progress she has made the past ye a r,” said State Forester F. A. Elliott, o f Salem, who was in the city Saturday. Mr. E lliott is making a tour o f the state on business connected with his office. He bas given appointments to Frank Brumbaugh and Sam Shortrige o f this vicinity. The form er w ill act as ranger in the Coast Fork district and the latter in the vicinity o f Lon don. J. H. S priggs is suffering this week Vasco Gambrilla, an Italian in the with a badly damaged foot, the result employ o f the S. I’, near Yoncalla, o f letting \rchie Thompson’ s horse Everything Wilson. waa accidentally shot last week by a browse around on it. Col. Blair, a rampant wearer o f the The injured fellow countryman named Togo Vasa- member is gettin g along nicely, and it bandana, who recently returned from line. Vasaline was cleaning the gun, is thought no bones are smashed. Portland, says everyone is talking W il when it accidentally discharged, the son. and you can hardly hear any other Advertising pays—in The S entinel... candidate mentioned. charge passing through the wall o f a box car and imbedding itself In the leg o f Gambrilla just below the knee. The injury was not dangerous. Hendricks Pardon Seems Certain. Miss Leah Barrell, who came here to lecture on the white slave traffic, haa taken such a liking to the Cottage Grove country that she has practically decided to purchase a piece o f land here on which to spend her seasons o f rest from platform work. “ N ever b e fo r e ," Misa Barrell says, “ have I met people who were so socia ble and pleasant and made you feel so completely at home. To go with the people is a country, from an agricul tural and esthetic standpoint, as fine as any to be found on the face o f the earth. ” Misp Barrell has been givin g her lec tures at Saginaw this week. Profiles Disappear and Railway Officials Worry Cottage Grove Is Threatened With Congestion of Railroads Mystery enough for the construction o f two or three coaat-to-coe*t railways and a dozen or so electrics it contained in the disappearance o f the profile o f the Oregon & Southeastern Railway from the offices o f the company in this city. It has been missing fo r some time, strict search has failed to re veal its whereabouts and worry is written upon the faces o f the officials o f the company, who, having read the newspaper reports o f the frequent presence in the city o f foreign railway officials and surveyors, presumably having designs upon the business o f the company, fear that some ras cally rodent or other animal o f unsa vory reputalion*ttiay have surrepti tiously removed the profile for the ne farious purpoae o f building a nest. A corps o f detectives has not yet been put on the case. cision reversing Judge Galloway on the ground that injunction proceedings to restrain public officers could not be brought by a private citizen. The Uni versity, to comply with this decision, brought suit a second time in the name o f District Attorney M cNary, o f Mar ion county, and while holding that its procedure in this respect is legal the court rules against the other conten tions raised by U niversity lawyers. The main point upon which the Uni versity hoped to win its case was that o f fraud, it being contended that there were sufficient forged names on the petitions to invalidate them. POPULAR BABIES PRIZE WINNERS Contest at Arcade Theatre Comes to Close Monday. With parents o f babies in a quiver o f excitement, the popular baby contest conducted by the Arcade Theatre came to a close Monday night, when the prize winners were announced to be Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Freeman’ s baby and Mr. and Mrs. Terry R im e's baby. The first prze was a silver cup and the second a gold necklace. Barber Shop Moves. The breed is Shropshire and the de mand is strong. Mr. Brown has shipped 190 animals in the last 15 months. Visiting cards—The Sentinel. GROVE’S CONEY ISLE Local Citizens Are Installing Water Sports in Coast Fork Branch Above the Dam. Several local citizens are arranging a miniature Coney Island in the waters o f the Coast Fork above the dam. A 4 0 - foot galvanized shoot-the-chutes, two high dive ladders and two spring boards have already been provided and those arranging the amusements are planning on considerable water sport this summer. Lee Roy Woods is mainly responsible for the shoot-the-chutes. The lumber used in constructing the paraphernalia was furnished by the Chambers and Brown lumber companies. DATES OF FAIR ARE SEPT. 5, 6, 7 Spoelstra's Sanitory Barber Shop is M ISINF O R M E D Ilf now located in the building W est o f S E N T I N E L the First National Bank, the move S T A T E M E N T LAST W E E K ♦ having been made this week. O. W. Warner has accepted a position with the shop and Mr. Spoelstra w ill devote Anxious Prospective Exhibitors Are part o f his time to jew elry repair Keeping Grangers Busy Answer work. ___ ________________ ing Questions and Giving Grove Sells to Orient. Cottage Grove is furnishing clothes for the residents o f the Orient. This week Mrs. H. H. Fiester received an order for a suit to be delivered to Miss Laura H efty, a Cottage Grove girl, who is a missionary in the faraway country. The cost o f transportation on the suit w ill be about $10.00. The editor o f the Sheridan Sun makes fun o f his brother in Iowa, who has been making a fuss over some strawberries that counted out 34 berries to the quart. The Sun man wonders what the Iowa brother would say about I f you would make your married life happy, have The Sentinel print the in “ the Oregon kind,” when only 18 are vitations. ,, required to fill the same measure.” Information. Through misinformation given The Sentinel by one o f the members o f the grange connected with the forthcoming agricultural and industrial fair, the e x hibition was announced for August when it should have been September. The Sentinel is now informed that the dates are September 6, 6 and 7, which w ill give exhibitors much more tim e(to prepare and w ill give better chance for crops to ripen fo r exhibition pur poses. The announcement in The Sentinel has kept members o f the grange busy givin g out the correct information.