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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
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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
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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.
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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.