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About Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1913)
i A Commercial Club That Woke Up «1% Hy Ew ing Q allow ay, in L eali«'« W eakly O r ie n t aa it haa today in the Philip pine*. The Philippine* are aa healthful a* the United State* where the earn# sanl- tar> precaution» are ulteerved. Aa for teacher», officeholder» and "vaat outlay." every American teacher or officeholder her# geta more money for what he does than he would get In his own country for the same kind ami amount of work, and not on* dollar o f thia is paid hy the United State* ridiculed the auggeitton that they hiro The Commercial club of Henderaon, an expert to leach them new trick* In Kentucky, aet out tu build up * big agriculture, hail their namaa enrolled industrial center. It* member» were and went home to urge their neighbor» ambitious to make Henderaon a young I Fittehurg, and they began to advertise to join The Department of Agriculture aent what they conaidered ita unuaual ad government. vantage» Large billboard» proclaim- them Mr Charles A. Maham, a young The Philippine government la eelf- man with a degree from an agrlcul- ing the cheapneaa of fuel, the exemp- | year»’ ex- sustaining With its custom« dull*«. lion o f new enterprise« from taxea and tural coliege and »ever» V -rlence aa a |«eld agent for the de Its internal revenue, land, buaineae ami water renta for long period», and ex franchise taa It not only run» the reptional traille facilities were erected parinomi in the »tale» and In the government, but haa built hundreds of Fhilippinea. Maham began at once to along the railroad tracks, large quanti- milea uf firat class road, hundreds o f ties of advertising literature were cir- lecture at village» and to give practical ( culated, and the town'a cleverest advice to all who a»ke*l for it. Tu the i reinforced concrete bridgee, ami a talkers were sent out to large citiea to surpriae o f nearly everybody, the j arhoolhouse in almost every town and farmer» flocked to hia meeting» anil nearly every village In the arche- interview prospective investor». listened with aa rapt attention a» they pelago. Hut Henderaon did not take on the “ SutS shipments mean Studebaker We have a good government. We appearance of a Fittaburg or Gary or a ever gave a spread eagle spellbinder during an exciting political campaign, i have better laws than you have. What Birmingham. The place already had a has the confidence o f the farm er9 * And a number of them were enthua- we waul to keep, what we need to healthy growth, which continued aa in F.vrrv year over one hundred thousand horse- the paat, but the number o f amoke- iastic when he prupueed to have them keep, ie juat amt wlee adnilnlelratore driven vehicles are sold by SiuJebaktr. Over a million atacks did not increase at an appre ex|ieriment with croj>a on their own for three lawa and a safely device at Studebaker vehicles axe always in use. Stop and farms under hia (wraonal inatruettona. the top to veto ridiculous, malicious or ciable rate. think what that means. Henderson is the trade center o f a The fiacal court, which gladly fell in foollah ones. If the administration o f thee* lawa This enormous output means that Farmers—the naturally fertile hut poorly developed line with the farm promotion move men who know—depend upon Studebaker wagons to agricultural section o f the state. I* or ment at the »tart, turned over to Ma or tha unrestrained making o f new do their work. more than half a century the farmers ham the county poor farm to b* used once were left to there untrained |>eu pie in auch things It would be extrem e dragged along, using the methods of for experimental purpo#«». And a Studebaker wagon never fails. It is always ready to do a big day's work—and to keep on d o in g The agricultural adviser is helping ly detrimental to them and a calamity their great grandfathers and barely it. There are thousands of Studebaker wagons that eking out a skimpy existence from soil the apple grower», the dairymen ami to the foreigners. There are many have been in service from 20 to 40 years. that would have made them well-to-do the liveatock raiaera; he ia making reasons why, and could be bached up A StuJetm^er wagon is a real buaineaa asset. Wheels, body, had they given it half a chance. They laboratory testa of aoila and aeeda; and by euch an array of facta and Incidents frame, axles and running gear hare been tested and retested by were just like millions o f other farmers he is lecturing and giving general ad that the moat skeptical would l*e con experts. Ycu can buy cheaper wagons but they're not SiuJdxiJferi, scattered throughout the country. vice to the producer» of the regular vinced. Many of three incident a would nor will they last like ShideAa^cr wagon«. They did not progress -they merely tobacco and grain crop. In fact he I* make Interesting and entertaining Whether in city, town or country, for business or pleasure, drifted. The town was not altogether doing everything he can for the general reading. For instance, the native town there is a Sluddalfer vehicle to meet your requirements. Farm wagons, trucks, contractors* wagons, buggies, surreys, runabouts, council of our provincial capital paseod to blame for that, but it missed its promotion of better farming. carriages, business and delivery wagons—each the best of its great opportunity when it overlooked The story ia a good illuatialion of an ordinance that no motor vehicle Studebaker harness also, of f every description. for so long a time its opportunities to the wonderful awakening in Kentucky would be allowed to exceed two-lhlnla Ses our Dealer or write us. use its money and ila energy in the and other states south o f the Ohio of ita maximum speed. promotion o f better agriculture. The river. The value of land in Kentucky A eiaty-mil* auto could dash through STUDEBAKER South Bend, Ind. effort wasted in trying to secure out haa almost doubled in the past ten or town at a furly-mile clip while a six NEW YORK CHICAGO DALLAS KANSAS CITY DENVER M in n e a p o l is SALT LAKE CITY SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND. ORE. side help to build up an industrial city twelve years, and the farmers realize ■nils one would be amenable to fin* it would have worked wonders among the that they must either adopt modern it exceeded a four-mile gaiL . farmers and, indirectly, it would have methods or seek some other means of Thie indepemlene* agitation in con helped wonderfully in the upbuilding making a living. They have all the gress haa been disastrous to bosineaa natural advantages they need, and here. Millions of dollars o f ordera for There is only one way to get all the news of the Grove country of Henderson. Hut the commercial club was not there is every reason to believe that merchandise, machinery and supplies That is in The Sentinel. destined to follow a cold trail forever. their advancement during the next ten have been cancelled in the United There came a time recently when it year« will be marveloua. States and Europe. More millions o f decided to branch out in a new direc dollars o f plana for building and Im tion -and here you are introduced to an provement« have been indefinitely post enterprising young man. On the club's poned. Values have been depressed farm development committee—which enormously. up to thia time scema to have t>een Nearly all of the well-to-do Filipino* Within a 15 mile circle around IM P E R IA L little if any more useful than the other do not want indepemlene* but they are there are now several hundred prosperous committees—was a young newspaper afraid to fight out in the open againat farmers raising enormous crops o f wheat, man named Leigh Harris, who had It for fear that if independence should rye, barley, oats, potatoes, vegetables, etc. Review of Conditions in Islands by come from the corn belt o f northern Poultry raising is also highly successful. be granted their lives would be in dan American Who Ia on the Illinois and put a bankrupt evening ger ami their property would be con Three large stock ranches, owning several paper on a money-making basis in a Ground. (located. thousand horses and cattle are also in this comparatively short time. Harris There ia no auch thing as legal op circle. The following interesting letter ap spent a vacation with relatives in Illi pression (or one rare end liberty for IM P E R IA L is now the trading point and nois, and while there he had a good peared in a recent iasue of the Grand another in this country. Every Filipino will soon be the shipping point (the rail It la opportunity to contrast to up-to-date Junction, (Colo.) Daily News. ia entitled to every liberty which any roads are now building) for the products dated from Cadix, Negros Island, F. I., methods o f Illinois with the old- American haa. Filipinos fill 90 per from thousands o f acres surrounding it. fashioned methods o f western Ken written by J. Clayton Nichoia and ad cent o f the office*. Filipino* make ell tucky. The contrast impressed him dressed to Judge W. 8. Sullivan of the lawa, but the safety o f the country Grand Junction. C olo.: deeply, and while he was thinking lies in the fact that all measures which about it there came into hia active The slogan of the congreaaional dem they try to make into lawa do not be mind an inspiration. ocrats so far aa the United States' come so. When Harris went back to Henderaon oriental possessions are concerned, ia The independence agitation ie a very he sat down and wrote a letter to the “ without the consent of the governed'’ •erious affair with us. Ho long as it «"e"® »X "X *< "X > < ~ x-X “X --X “ X “ X “X K ~ x-x~ x--x~ x--x--x--x-< --x> 'X ^ *< *< "X r Bureau o f Plant Industry in the De or " t o ----- with the Fhilippinea.'* does not cost the United States any partment o f Agriculture at Washing Thia first ia merely a matter of sen thing to hold the lamia (I mean more ton. He asked if a good farm expert timent held by people who measure could be employed by the year at a the Filipino atandard by their own and than oriental polities if it did not have the island*; ami ao long aa ita posses D. S T E R L IN G , M ANAGER reasonable salary, and if the depart are absolutely ignorant of condition* sion is a boon to every person In the ment could give him any practical sug here. archepelago I do not aee why our Wheat, Oats, Grain, Hay, F L O L R —Hard Wheat Brands: gestions. In three or four days he re The other la an inherent Indifference nation ahouk] withdraw. ceived a reply assuring him that the Mill Feed — Shorts, Bran, Olympic and Pure White held by the average American to eon- The condition o f affairs in Mexico hiring of a scientifically trained agri cem himaelf about people of a different Vetch Seed, Chopped Oats, Every sack Guaranteed. should be the strongest argument culturist hy the yesr was the very beat race in a foreign land. He does not feel Oil Meal. Grass Seed— all thing that a community like Henderson that he is called upon to aacrifice any against American release o f supervis kinds constantly on hand. F L O I R — Soft Wheat Brand: county could d o; they not only offered thing te missionary work in a atrange ing the Fhilippinea. Very sincerely, J. CLAYTON NICHOLS. to help him find just the right man for country when there is so much to do Poultry Feeds and Supplies. White Star. the position, but agreed to pay half the among his own kiud of people at home. ■ P H O N E 171 1 Drain Wants Cannery. salary. Then Harria began to look 1 cannot blame him, only that he doea Subscription papers for etoek In a around for further assistance. not understand the situation. cannery to be located at Drain are be He evolved the idea that some large While traveling through the United ing circulated and the capital stock Is trade organization in a big city might States laat summer many people said being pretty generally subscribed for be induced to contribute something for to me : “ Why do we want to hold the by the people of this community. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ the carrying nut o f his ulan. Bankers, Philippines, and tend our soldier boya The capital has been placed at $1,000, merchants, railroad presidents and men over there at great expense only to divided into 100 shares at SI0 each, o f prominence in other lines o f business •icken and d ie ?" "W hy do we want thus placing it within the reaeh o f all. were talking about the necessity o f to send thousands of our beat people It has been the intention to sell not modernizing farming in the less pro over there at a vaat outlay to teach more than one share of atock to any gressive states, so why should not some and govern a strange people o f a d if one person in an effort to make it, aa ♦ to the fact that no other store in the o f them be willing to spend a little ferent race?” much aa possible, a community affair. money to further the Henderaon county ♦ city carries a better or more complete The American who thinks that the — Nonpareil, scheme? The first large organization ♦ line of Groceries, Dry Goods and Gen- that bobbed up in his mind was the United States should stay within ita J eral Merchandise. It.’s a fact. See- Chicago Hoard o f Trade, and he took own boundaries and not mix with the For Dygp«psia advantage of his first opportunity to family o f nations is on a par with the ♦ ing is believing. Come and see! man in Grand Junction .11 years ago If you suffer Stwmach Trouble, go to the Windy City and find out what, and yeu try our remedy, It w on 't who objected to the railroad coming aa f anything, it was willing to do. eeet you a cent tf it fail*. Putting on a good front, Harris went it would hurt freighting. To prova to you that indigaatioe It is scarcely worth while asking how to some of the Isading members o f the and dyi(>«p*ia ran tw *bomugnly r*. lUved «„J that Ha.all byepenaie Board o f Trade and stated hia caae. you would gel rid o f your spple crop TaUata wi!| do it, wa will furaiah Yes, the idea was all right, they aaid, without the railroad. There would be the medicina «lw.lut.ly (rea || it fail« to giva you aaüafaeUoo. and the experiment might prove to be juat aa much sense in one o f your ♦ « o f national importance. Harris carried ranchmen trying to live from the pro • t. J*1* remarkaU« miceaaa of Reiafl Dyspepsia Tablet» ia dua to tha high ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ back with him an agreement to donate ducts o f hia farm only. »•$"• ec!mtille «kill uaad ia da- viaing their formula aa wall aa Oj ik, a thousand dollars a year for two years The unsettled condition o f China and exerriaad in their manufactura, to the general fund o f a farm develop the danger o f Japanese encroachment where),y ____ , 1 *! Whereby tha the well ,.|| W k ^ , „ - pi^-rUai ment organization. of Riemuth fluhnltrau and Papain make it absolutely necessary for the hava bean properly nomlaoed with The next thing he did was to lay hia United State* to he cloee on the Job CarzmaaUvas and other agenU. plans before the local commercial club, for the adequate protection of ita citi Bismuth-fiubnitrata and Paoain and, with the assistance o f several fel zens. ^ * ? T U,n.tJr •»Cloyed and raeog. bleed by tha entire medieai profee- The latter ia a sore point with every low members, he enlisted the coopera eion aa InvaluabU i. th* treeUneot indignation and (lyiMpiii tion o f the county fiscal court, which American who travels in foreign coun oper combination makaa a remedy controls the county’s business affairs. tries. If he be in trouble and calls up valuable for stomach relief 7 Leading farmers from all parta o f the on hia nation's representative for pro We are ao oartain that there |a county were interviewed and found to tection, the latter almost invariably fuiaM?!*0 (or «tonI«ch ill* aa Ka.all I lyspapsia Tablets that we urea aay. “ we will aee," first and then he be enthusiastic over the idea. you to try them at our hU TbS etaaa, it eanta, 60 oanta, sad $1.00. Then there was a big masM meeting, trie* to find out the merit» o f the caae. The Britisher immediately trains hia and the Henderaon Commercial Club, practically (though not literally) trans guna and aaya: “ Don’ t you touch him formed itself into the Henderson We will aee later." ™ E c “ j ? . D « k • E " R b N P r o pharmacy County Improvement Association. Thie ia a matter o f chagrin to every C o t t a g e p r l.t o r The membership fee waa fixed at a American who gets from under the Orov« ortf«a dollar a year, and everybody interested shadow o f hia flag. in the welfare o f the town and county If the United States had a naval sta lUmwIy for nwarfjr •▼•ry ordtaary was invited to join. Scores o f farmers tion only on this aide o f the globe it who ten or fifteen years ago would have would have aa many soldiers in the The D PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE TALK IS HURTING BUSINESS STERLING FEED CO. I ALL C ITY ORDERS DELIVERED j Are You Wise : J O H N S O N <& C O . : | Get Prices on Mill Feed at the Flour Mill j Before Buying Elsewhere f Rolled Barley, 75 lb. Shorts, 90 lb. Sack Shorts, 80 lb. Sack Bran, 60 lb. Sack Sack, $1.15 - - 1.45 - - 1.30 - - .80 :: Feed Grinding a Specialty, 5 Cents per Sack COTTAGE GROVE FLOUR MILLS C nothing quit, m g « / * ' Tablet» They bow el, but Improve tiu strengthen u,0 ^ •«Id by all deal,* I ’h o n e S S ' wtsi snx Feed & Bam (Htginai A ( OtVly Ivervthiaq Sew Up-to Heu Give us a For the Weak and Tired uut. weak, ncr*« women would feel ambili«», full uf life ami alwiy» h . , appetite, If they would de u, thing fur hrelth take kiwtm Nothing belter f..f tha i _ or kidneys. oi.nd. . their lives to ibie a remedy. Mra. O. Kklnerwlt twnter, N Y . eayi "| *| trie llltlrra as one ol Ike : gifts. I can rrver forget *u, done for m e ." Get * botti» and atre what a <D (Tersan It sg In your health. Only Mr u Hecummended by all daalefi Before calling on tour beetgM In and lei me put the Ila to your drew. A classy duat FRED L1ZER, Expat! WeaSyeariwt AUISOS A WUlAM Foley Kidney Fills reyaj donee In their healing Ik qualities. Any kidney of I ease not beyond the rreckd will yield to their use. M& Copeland, Ardeola, Mo., i kidney ami b I odder trouble year am) 6 buttle« of Fi Fill« cured me " It ia (be from every one who uee* aay, "th ey cured me." For dealers every whare. Taylor & If CONTRACTORS Concrete Work a SpecaíJ COI 1 AGI GKOVl Cure for Stomsch Di Disorders o f the tUimid avoided by the uae of C* Tablets. Many very rsBMtaW have been effected by the*» Hold by all dealers. J. E. Black T H E C IT Y TR A All Kinds of Hauling & Dra D one on Short Notice phonk m Office at Saltzman’i Cl|ar Best Medicine for C o* When a druggist r* remedy for colds, throst «* troubles, you can f«*1 knows what he *• ulllln* * Lower, druggist of Msn* writca o f * Dr. King'* N** ‘ I know Dr King * New I> the heat throat and Ion« ! ® •II. It cured my bronchial cold after all ‘d*1* It will do the ",mV „ failed, are suffering with * <*° you ,|, throat or lung bronchial, * i bottle on hand-II the the family to use. ' ns in 1 doctor, Price M»c snd $ L * 0 teed by all druggist*- There I. more r a . s r r M a J ^ the country *h, n. . l a s t together, and “ "•".'Arable- fí*. waa supposed •“ t’*' ‘"„^ u n c*! 'Ll mnny yean <J<«;I >ra Pr , . . . . .n d nrc;cr s t a , n t l y f « llln * . *?, incur*** Djr c co o n ..* “ l en e n t i , p r o n o u n c e d O A treatm taa e enee baa p r o v e n < t u n ..m il d l a . « « f . •n‘l . tullonnl c o n s titu tio n a l tren linen - '■-— Cure, . manufactured M ' naira ^ •„ le d o , (»hin ;; - ; ' T t V , '»nt«. *- Co.. T '.dedo, , tlonal cure c, on id dmP'.'A 1 - In d o » .» from n„ tP ternally H a c t a d*eeç«'Y |rg ç a • poon fol a»r . and I mucous — " " ua aurfncea offer ona *“ falle to