Cottage Grove sentinel., March 13, 1913, Image 4

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deuce is that Mrs. Lister, wife of
Washington’ s executive, and Gov
W l often wonder how some folks
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C A L IFO R IA N
The Land of
il Sunshine and Flowers
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emplified by performance than by pro­
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Geo. Baxter, formerly etlitor of fession.
A first-class publication entered at t ottage Grove as second class mail matter. the Creswell Chronicle, has pur­
There are a lot o f times when we
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__________ chased the Enterprise at White get more than we are entitled to und
Salmon, Wash , and will pr«x’ee«l a whole lot more when we don’t.
to make the fish open their eves.
When a man knows he is treing flat­
TH E OREGON
riLLÎAM T P ERKI NS
W h a t! Rend in twain that heart of steel
That leapt o ’er leagues, with straining keel.
To strike with Clod’s avenging heel ?
Who listened long, through night and day;
Who peered through wraith of fog and spray;
Who knelt in praise to Heav’ u that day?
What though her atichors cake with rust.
What though her cannon choke with dust—
Will you forget her sacred trust?
Remember proud Columbia’s fame ;
Remember Cuba's years of shame ;
Remember Santiago's flame.
Give us our ship— the benison
To which each loyal, patriot son
Shall homage beat— loved Oregon !
A y e ! Open wide the river’ s gate,
Thrice welcome to thy kindly fate.
Sail home, old warrior. Freedom's mate.
REDUCING THE COST.
HE vice investigation being conducted by the State Legislature
of Illinois has placed in the hands of the retail merchants au
argument which they should not fail to make use of. The fallen
women of Chicago blame their condition onto the starvation wages
paid by the catalog houses, where they formerly had employment Un­
able to live on $6, $ 8 , or $10 a week, they had to eke out their resources
some way— and they took the way that offered the largest returns for
the least effort.
Having once sinned, it was but a step to earn the
entire living by the means that had been intended at first only to tide
over a difficulty.
An employer of several thousand girls expressed the opinion that
$7.25 is a living wage for a girl dependent upon herself alone.
Upon
being asked to show how this should be spent to provide the necessi­
ties of life he enumerated $1 for clothes. 25 ceuts for laundry, $4 for
board and room, 60 cents for sickness, 70 cents for lunches, 60 cents
for carfare, and ¿0 cents for the collection box in church.
That 10 cents for the collection box was a happy thought. Surely
a girl living in Chicago on $7.25 a week should not forget the Sunday
collection box. She should by all means attend church.
That $1 a
week for clothes will dress her so that she need not be ashamed to sit
in a pew alongside the daughter of her employer and learn to praise
the Creator for His bountiful mercies.
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A girl might be able to get healthy food and a clean room in
Chicago for $4 a week.
If not, she might curtail on the 70 ceuts
allowed for lunches.
We note that 60 cents a week is allowed for car fare. That is just
enough to pay the fare to and from work.
How did this beneficent
employer figure the girl was going to get down town to put that regular
Sunday dime on the platter?
Then there's that 60 cents a week for sickness. That’ ll cover any
ordinary emergency— and as for such things as amusement— well, of
course the boys will pay the expenses and the girl may make whatever
return of affection she may see fit.
The fallen girls of Chicago— thousands fall there every year—say
the wages they are paid by the catalog houses drive them to vice and
crime. The employers say they can not pay more and still make a
profit on their goods.
And that's one way they are enabled to sell goods in Cottage Grove
cheaper sometimes than the local merchants.
If such a charge were brought against a Cottage Grove merchant
he would be run out of the city.
No one in the Cottage Grove country wishes to save a few pennies
on an arttcle at the sacrifice of the virtue and purity of the young
women of Chicago. The moral is plain.
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Speaking of home trade, if you want stamps on your envelopes for conven­
ience sake, The Sentinel will print 500 envelopes for $1.25 above the cost o f the
envelopes, or 1000 for $2, and give you a real job o f printing.
DIDN’ T DO SO BAD.
ESPITE severe criticism, much of it deserved, the Oregon legis­
lature made a good record as regards legislation enacted.
Among the progressive measures may be mentioned the work­
men's compensation act, the minimum wage law for women and minors,
the millage tax, the Columbia river bridge bill, the Pan-American E x ­
position appropriation, the widows’ pension bill, the county road bond
enabling act, and the extension act for the O. A. C.
It is doubtful if the same amount of progressive legislation will
ever be passed at one sitting by the initiative.
Considering the brevity of the session, the record made is really
remarkable. Many legislatures which sit for 90 days do not anywhere
near give what the Oregon legislature did in less than .50 days.
Subjected as the legislature was to ridicule and the most bitter
criticism, torn with dissensions within itself, at wide variance with
the governor, the state at large did not expect much and is genuinely
surprised that any kind of a record was made. The wisdom generally
displayed in the large batch of measures enacted is almost beyond
comprehension under the circumstances.
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A person who does not do his share to aid a commercial body in
doing something, has no kick coming if things are not done to suit him.
Things are shaping themselves nicely for an era of prosperity in
Cottage Grove.
The governor and legislature of Washington are endeavoring to
imitate the recent Oregon burlesque, and even the governor’s
tered. he flatters himself by trying to
believe thut it is deserved.
Plenty of s«>ats in the front row on
the water wagon at reduced prices.
Probably no man ever steppeil
The fumous road that leads to the
from the presiileutial chair more
place
that begins with a letter the
universally beloveil because of his
personality than William Howard English do not pronounce, has just
Taft.
N’o man could have shown been resurfaced and is in condition to
himself a better loser, and his ami­ withstand traffic until next New
ability under adverse circumstances Year.
As long us memory remains the
has drawn from the most partisan
press only words of kindness at this dead past is never buried.
Some folks imagine they are im­
time.
pressing you with their strict utter»
tion to duty when they are merely
making grouches o f themselves.
The person who eats his vitals out
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with envy is due for a long attack of
At a recent Commercial Club dinner, biliousness.
the theme o f one o f the speakers was
There comes a time in every per­
the need for a thorough understanding
son’s life when he imagines he is go­
between the city and the country. It
ing to have cancer or appendicitis.
was an apt theme for discussion at the
It’s sometimes well not to start out
meeting of a publicity body. Upon
the degree of harmony existing be­ so far ahead o f others that you will
tween the city and the country depends be fagged out when they start and
to a considerable extent the progress get left behind— but it is just as fatal
to wait so long that you will be in
of the community.
In many places the town and the sur­ the rear guard to start.
Some folks have a mistaken idea
rounding rural districts do not regard
each other with a feeling o f confi that a guaranty improves the «juality
dence.
This condition, wherever it of an article.
The only person who can convince
prevails, is unfortunate. It is usually
the result o f political manipulations. folks that he really loves his enemies
Politicians, with their eyes fixed on an is the one who has become so attached
office, have set the people against each to his bad habits that he can’t quit.
other.
The person with the most confi­
The interests of town and country dence in himself has the most confi­
are identical. What is good for one is dence in others.
certain to be good for the other in an
Friedship is nursed on the milk of
almost equal degree. The prosperity human kindness.
of each ia dependent upon the good for­
A headline in a daily says: “ Corset
tune of the other.
Gives Correct Figure.’’ W e’ll admit
Eugene and Lane county furnish an
that it can add to or subtract from a
excellent illustration of the truth of
woman's appearance.
this statement. The future growth
The person who tries to act rich is
and prosperity o f Eugene depend upon
poor in the finer qualities o f man­
the degree to which the country in­
hood.
cluded in its trade zone develops. If
The secret o f some men's popular­
the surrounding country becomes thick­
ly settled with prosperous families, ity is that they never try to force it
Eugene is certain to make a large and on you.
There is no silver lining in the
hustling city. Therefore, the develop­
ment of this territory is an object most cloud for the man who gets up at 4
sincerely to be sought by the city of o’clock in the morning to go fishing—
and comes home after dark without
Eugene.
All of Lane county, on the other having had a bite.
A fter a woman has raised four or
hand, ia greatly benefited by the ener­
gies and the activities of the city of five children, she doesn't talk much
Eugene. More population ia the need about theories.
of the outside districts, and to get
Some men kick about married life
more population an appeal must be just like some one had forced them
made to more thickly settled states. into it.
The city o f Eugene has borne the ex­
By worrying for fear something
pense of making this appeal. The re­ may happen, you will get yourself
sult has been a materially increased into a condition where you won’t be
development o f the whole county, and able to stand it when it does happen.
a marked accession o f land values.
We should think some self-made
men would try to blame it onto some­
one else.
The price o f tombstones may be g o ­
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ing up, but that’s none of our fun­
The people o f Eugene and Lane eral.
A democratic president, a demo­
county cannot do better than unite in
an effort to secure an agricultural ex­ cratic congress, and prosperity still
pert who will devote all his attention rampant. Well, what’s this country
to the problems of this particular lo­ coming to, anyway?
The assessor gets so he believes all
cality. Such an official would fill a
very important need, and when only the stories about predatory rich to be
the trifling sum of a thousand dollars pure fables.
stands in the way, there should be
Quite often when Cupid thinks he
little difficulty in bringing him here.
has wounded a heart, if he should ex­
Jackson county has a horticultural amine the withdrawn arrow, he would
expert whose services are provided in find the point turned.
a similar manner, and the good that
There are some few people in the
has resulted has been enormous. Un­ world for whom it would be a pleas­
der his direction, fruit-growing in the ure to write an obituary.
Rogue River has been put upon a
If you want to grow to a ripe old
scientific basis, and the fame o f the age, stay away from Mexico.
apples and pears that are grown is be­
Professor Frederick Starr, o f the
coming world-wide.
department o f anthropology of the
Lane county is an enormous agricul.
University o f Chicago, recently told
tural territory in which old industries
the members of his class that some
are rapidly giving way to new. The
adoption o f new methoda and the grow ­ time in the future, hair, teeth and lit­
ing of new crops bring with them prob­ tle toes would be missing from the
lems that must be solved or costly mis­ members o f the human race. “ Pre-di-
takes will be made. The right kind of gested food, hats and shoes have rend­
advice in the planting o f a single cherry ered hair, teeth and the little toe use­
or prune orchard would result in the less,” he said. “ The time will come
saving o^an amount many times larger when the man, woman or child possess­
than the expert’s salary.
ing these will be a freak. All parts o f
All that is necessary to secure auch the body not put to use will gradually
assistance is to raise a thousand dollars disappear.” Following out the pro­
each year. A similar sum will he pro­ fessor’s method o f reasoning the fifth
vided ; the first year by associations generation o f the Thomas Lawson
that are seeking to promote better family will be nothing but an animat­
methods o f agriculture, and thereafter ed gaul bladder.
by the government. The investment
All the world may love a lover, but
would be a good one.
the interested young man could be
If you don’t read The Sentinel you contented if he felt certain o f the a f­
don’t get more than half the news.
fections o f just one o f the many.
W hat’ s so rare as a dav in Ore
gon in March ?
MUTUAL INTERESTS
A THOROUGHLY ENJOYABLE ROUTE
You Can See in California:
Attractive seaaiilc resorts, famous hotels, hot springs and outdoor
s|x>rts. At I'nsndcnn the world famisl ostrich farms and mngidll
c«>nt home«. At Sun Kernadina und Kiveraide the Orange Groves.
At Catalina, the wonderful submarine garilena, und at various
«>ther (Hunts attractions that delight the eye and inform the mind.
Low One Way or Round Trip Fare»:
Round trip tickets to G>a Angelo* on sale daily with long return
limit ara! stop-overs at will. If you wish to go still further south
or east, tieaeta via all ruil, or rail and steamer thruugh New
Orleans can 1»« secured at reasonable rules.
Further particular* on application to any Agent,
literature on California, or "Wayside Notes,'
Francisco to New Orleana.
Ask for descriptive
describing tnp San
JOHN M. SCOTT, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Portland, Oregon
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FOR
THE
Formal Celebration
| Salem Bridge Opening
OF THE
MARCH
FIFTEENTH
T3fie
have placed in effect a round trip rat«
to Salem o f
ONE AND ONE-THIRD FARE
From Portland and all main line points to Drain inclusive;
also from points on the S. F. C. A W. and I. A M.
Tickets on sale March 15th, good for return March 15th
or lflth.
For further information as to train service, specific fare*
from any station, call on nearest Agent, or write
JOHN M. SCOTT, Gen’l Pass. Agent. Portland, Oregon
An Agricoltnral Expert
U P P O S E , right now, while you think of
it, you call at our store and learn for
yourself the prices we ask you for new
and snappy House Furnishings.
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That’s all we want you to do; just give us
the chance to show you our quality and quote
you our prices on Rugs, Rockers, Dressers,
Beds, Go-Carts, Tables, Lounges, etc.
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LOANS
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Farm Land*
Rates Reasonable
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