Cottage Grove sentinel., October 08, 1913, Image 4

I t ’s well not to set a pace that you
are not certain you can follow yourself.
XSfie Cottage Grove Sentinel
A W E E K L Y N E W S P A P E R W IT H P L E N T Y ^ » B A O K P O N E .
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W E D N E S D A Y . OCTOBER 8. 1913
fire seems to strsngely relieve many
people o f their worry about what is to
MINIMUM WAGES AND OTHER THINGS.
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This rule is imperative
MILKING SHORTHORNS
FOR THE NORTHWEST
H R IN D U S T R IA L W elfare Commission finds that wages for
Never hold back your congratulation*
girls are too low in office and factory as compared with the cost to a newly married couple. You can
o f living. It is stated the minimum salary should l>e $9.25 a be certain they w ill be appropriate
(By PROF. THOS. SH AW .)
week, which is less than the average cost of living, stated to lie about if given at once.
There Is n o» Iu the quarantine at
$50 a month.
South Quebec the l»rx«-at Importation
The first love letter a young man ol uillklug Shorthorn* ever brought
T w o things are quite apparent from the investigation of the com
mission. One is that wages for girls are based not so much upon what gets doesn’ t leave his coat pocket, e x ­ to America. Heretofore only a few
they should receive to be able to support themselves and lay up some­ cept for purposes o f re-reading, until Individual* of tbt* clsss bsve ever
thing for a rainy day as upon the presumption that most o f them will after the edges o f the envelope an- crovsed the Atlsuilc for this country.
These cattle were purchased Iu Eng­
not be required to provide their entire support and that a nestegg is not worn through.
land by Mr. J. J. Hill, aud will be
necessary for a girl who will probably marry within a few years.
The girl with the tight tilting, cling­ brought to his North Oaks farm not
The other is that applications for office and factory work are great­ ing skirt must be from Missouri. She far from St. Caul. Mr. Hill Is a
strong believer Iu the value of the two
er than the number of positions while positions at housework go l*eg- wants to be shown.
purpose cow. that la. the cow for milk
giug.
A Portland biddie laid an eg g within and also for beef, usually spoken of
W hile the wage paid for office and factory ••
contemplates a
an egg. In these frensied dsys even uow s* the dual purpose cow. and of
future spent at housework, it trains the girl a wav
he latter.
the hen feels compelled to compress cow* of this clusa he regards nooe as
W hile no sensible woman feels lowered by doiuC* odwu housework,
superior to (be milking Shorthorns,
much effort into s* small a space a*
called Iu Britain the dairy Shorthorn
there are few, apparently, who would consider doing Tor others before
possible.
He believes that this type of cow tg
marriage what they delight in doing for themselves afterwards.
one that Is admirably suited to the
The
founder
o
f
a
science
called
spon-
W e do not believe the cause for this to be so much the amount of
needs of the average farmer, and lu
wages, which compares pretty favorably with that paid for other work, as dylatherapy think* he can inlluciice thi* he Is unquestionably rigtit. not­
the
sex
o
f
unborn
children
by
bringing
the fact that such duties have for centuries been considered menial.
withstanding (he leaching of many In
the mother under the influence o f d if­
our experiment stmtlous to the con­
A ll of which leads us to suggest that there tn.iy be a way to solve
ferent colors o f light.
W e predict trary.
all the problems confronting the Industrial W elfare Commission.
that he is more likely to have hi*
Many In those stations have taught
That is simplv to get the girls to take up household work.
anatomy discolored for butting in that there was no place for the dual
Ordinarily a girl has a higher earning capacity in the home than' where not wanted.
cow on (he farm. They have said she
iu a factory. The wages should lie in proportion. W hile the Indus
waa "a myth, a delusion aud a sn are”
i f a w ife hasn’ t a sweet, trusting They have i lalmed that to keep her on
trial Commission does not include the figures in its report we presume
that there is no question that the girl in the home lives better and disposition the fault is not usually the (arm was like “ going (o bunt
prairie chickens with a bull pup,“ or
saves more than the factory hand. Iu addition she receives the train- hers,
like "riding Into battle on a heavy
ing to fit her for a wife aud is relieved of much of the temptation that
In the actions and conversation o f the draught horse." Those men were hon­
besets her sister in office aud factory.
child are pictured true to life its home est In their statements, but they sim­
T o get the girl into the home it will l>e first necessary to take surroundings.
ply did not know. They thought they
awav the odium of meuiality. A good start would he to strike the
knew, but they were mistaken. More
A child may forget the scolding you over, they claimed that dual cattle
words “ servant" aud “ maid” from the vocabulary. Call them “ do
mestic scientists” or some equally pleasant tianie. A hired chauffeur give it, but its mind has a peculiar could not be bred. For twenty five
fills much the same position as the hostler, and the odor of gasoline way o f remembering the cross word* years some of thoae men have been
diligently propagating that nousense.
isn't much more pleasant than that of the stable, but the position has i between mama ami papa.
and the public funds have born* the
tio odium attached to it.
Those wha don’ t know what they expense.
Maybe “ domestic scientist” might do as much for work in the want are often the worst kicker* be­
The folly or such teaching will be
house as “ chauffeur” has for the other.
apparent from the following: In Kng
cause they don’ t get it.
laud there Is today an aaaoclatloa for
By raising the plane of housework high enough to draw girls
from the oversupplied factory to the undersupplied home, the law of
About the moat embarassing position promoting the Interests of this breed
supply and demand would raise wages in factory and office, so that all imginable is to get caught by a six- This association has now 136 mem­
bers. In 1*12 It published the records
that seems necessary to solve all the problems is to induce girls to ac­ year-old son doing something you have
of milk production from 234 females,
cept positiousin tbs homes of the country.
spunked him for doing.
of which quite a percentage «e r e
0
heifers with their Orst iactatloa pa
DON'T W A IT FOR THE OTHER FELLOW.
The man who claims that worry, and rlod
T IS quite probable that at the next meeting of Cottage Drove not hi* w ife, is responsible for hi* bsld
The average of milk production
from these waa - between 7.000 sad
Grange the matter o f a cannery will again l>e brought up. This head, has not proved his esse.
1,000 pouuda for the year Some went
is a matter that has been hanging fire for a long time, aud while
The fall i* the hardest for thoee who higher than 13.000 pounds. At Kel-
it is a subject o f interest to every resident of the Cottage Grove country,
•nacott, l-echlade. Gloucestershire, the
it is a projositiou that should be worked out in the main by the farmers. have climbed the highest.
owner, Robert Hobbs, lias kept milk­
It should be a strictly cooperative affair with the stock owned by the
the ing Shorthorns constantly since U7k.
The
rarest
jew
el
in
the
world
is
producers. Every farmer o f the Cottage Grove country should own at
The herd now numbers nearly 100
least one share and have a personal iuterest in the business. Only by friend who sticks by you when the cow* In milk. Since mod the average
world
point*
the
Anger
o
f
scorn.
a personal interest being taken by the farmer can it Ire made the success
of all these. Including a large lot of
it should be.
heifers. In milk production haa been
How much happier this world would
W hile membership in the co-operative company is iu nowise to be if in growing up we could retain considerably more than l.ooo pound*
be limited to members of the grange, the grange as the representative the quickly forgivin g diapoaition of each year. The cow pulcle 7th, with
organization o f the farmers must engineer the deal, with what co­ th i chlid which seeka the caresa o f the a one-year milk record ending May 31.
ISIS, gave 13.533 pound*, and tbs cow
operation can be given by the business men.
hand that a moment before was uaed Rose 37th 14.277 pounds. Many other
H ere’s an opportunity for every member o f the grange to show in chastiaement.
Instances of Similar production may
that he or she is a live one, and but very little effort will be required o f
.
, ,
, .
.
be cited
Cow* of tbla breed stand
each if every one does an equal share. If the work is left to those who
How often ■ K,rl mi, 4ake> t o r b*»“ first In the milking trials of (he shows
have so far been active in the movement, the task mav be so large that tiful love * ,l"leou*t n>t*!*h*pen passion more frequently than thoee of any
it will not be accomplished. If every member of the grange should thllt sooner or later grasps her in ita other breed. Including the milking
take a stock subscription paper aud visit his neighbor, we believe the cruel, alimy tentacles and drag* her breeds.
While the production of milk Is tbu*
funds could Ire subscribed within three days. If left to a few it may down to hell.
highly satisfactory, all the males not
again drag along past the time when crops must be planted to provide
There is no understanding woman-
wanted for beef are grown Into bul
something for the cannery to work on.
or a gasoline engine.
locks They are reared oh skim milk
and adjuncts during the milk period
• And when you go out with a stock subscription list you are not
I f a doctor asks $100 for telling you They are told at the age of eighteen
presenting a charitable proposition. You are asking a person to invest
At twenty-four
money which he will get back many times over. You are asking him what you’ ve got, tell him his diagno­ to thirty months.
months they usually average not less
to get in on a proposition that he should be hunting up instead of waiting sis ia wrong, you haven’ t got it.
than 1 . 2 U 0 pounds, and tell for $100
to be asked.
The doors that swing before you. too to $125 each They are favorites with
Don’t wait for the other fellow to start! Get in yourself aud start the ¡often lead to those which swing behind the butcher, aa there Is less loss In
ball rolling. Don’t wait for the other fellow to do it! H e ’s waiting ' you.
cutting up the carcass than with bul
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lock* reared on the dams There Is a
for you.
Everyone at some time or other gets larger proportion of lean and less un
MAKING YOUR OWN COFFIN.
happiness out o f bringing joy to others desirable fal on the hand reared
i f 1~FTER S E L L IN G tobacco in all forms long enough to accurau- — but not even the moat devoted Chris­ steers It Is a fact that fully 30 per
^ 1 late quite a fortune, a New York tobacco merchant in his will tian geta any self satisfaction out o f cent o f the milk used In Britain
left $.10,000 to a grandson, one of the provisions of the bequest the laughter he causes by chasing a cornea from pure and grade Hbortborn*
and nearly us high a percentage or
being that the beneficiary upon attaining maturity must make oath new straw hat through a mud puddle. the meat Mr. Powell, the venerable
that he has never smoked cigarettes.
secretary of the Shorthorn association,
It causes aome people a heap o f
Here was a man who had been in a position to learn the effect of
told the writer that even many of the
worry because so many o f their ex
breedera of Scotch Shorthorns are
the deadly coffin nail. N o doubt in his loug experience he had learned
pected troubles never happen.
now milking their herda Think of the
to know the cigarette fiend by his lifeless eye, his expressionless face,
deadened senses and lack of ambition. Knowing these symptoms so
If heaven ¡, only . place where we prices which those cattle bring. At
the dispersal sale of Garrett Taylor
w elllhe probably became so fam.l.ar with them that he knew the call complete our air castles i f * good laal year I kit females of all ages sold
inveterate user of the cigarette before hearing a request for a box.
He e
h for
one
for an average of £11.1, 16a. 6d, The
knew that with an immoderate use of the cigarette is seldom found a
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people of Argentina. South Africa
bright intellect; that seldom has a slave o f the pill risen to high posi- ' The person who does just about as New Zealand and Australia are now
tion. He knew that money in the hands of a cigarette user would not ¡he pleases seems to have aa many buying these cattle in large numbers
be made the most of and he provided against such a possible event, friend* aa the one who doesn’t act until and yet (he wise men of our stations
I he life of a man at 21 is said to lie worth something like $50.000
I f after considering whether such action claim that they can’t be bred.
Mr H ill’s Shorthorn Importation
the will of his grandfather keeps this young man from the.use of pafier will offend anyone,
consists of twenty eight animals, of
encased coffin nails the latter will lie giving the former just about his'
blch three are males The females
money’s worth.
I t ’ s funny how fulks completely
are young cows from two to six years
taken in on o n ^ marriage are easily old
They are all now milking and
SPECTATOR GREETS UNIONISTS.
fooled again.
III calve again In due time. Individ
T IS with no little pleasure that The Sentinel notes the present
ually they rank high, having been
It is aaid that 4,000 Mexicans die
happy solicitation of the Portland Spectator for the laborer.
chosen with much care
They have
The Sentinel reserves to itself no little credit for this actiou on ! annually from tarantula bites. We milk records running from 6,000 So
the part of the sprightly weekly, knowing that it is because of the kind­ will head the list with a aubatantial 10.000 pounds a year.
ly admonitions of The Sentinel that The Spectator has come to take an amount for a fund to establish tarantula
There Is certainly large room for
tbla class of cattle In all the North­
interest in those who begrime their hands with honest toil. It was not farma.
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western atatea This doe* not mean
so very long ago that The Spectator fulminated aud frothed whenever
The confesaions a girl makes after
it was intimated that the laborer had rights worthy of consideration. ahe’a married make a man feel like a that there la no place for the dairy
Labor organizations were a crime aud a member thereof a criminal, but aheep when he thinks o f the aleeplesa breeds There la a wide place alao
for the dairy breeds, but viewed from
listen to this from a recent issue:
nights he spent worrying over hia the standpoint of the present and pros­
T o the union machinists of Pittsburg The Spectator Bends
sweetheart’s apparent indifference to pect! vs demand tor beef there ia a
greetings. * * * They are solving the labor problem.
larger place for dual eattle
hia protestations o f devoton.
la futura must come from the
W e felicitate The Spectator ujxm its return to sanity.
A girl is,never satisfied until she haa arable farm, and It must coma mainly
I f it'* in T h e Sentinel it’s news— if it’s news it’s in T h e Sentinel. let someone read her first love letter. from d»aj cattle that will toa mOk*4-
a n d W IN A P R IZ E
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T o the fust |a*isoil bringing the ud. to The Sentinel office with
the mistakes marked, a due bill will be given good for $1.00 pur
chase at store named in the first ud. Due bills good lor 15c oil
a dollar purchase at tlit* otliei stores represented below to the
next seven correct answers. Theordet of the ads. w ill be changed
each week. Read them all so as find the purposely made errors,
for tv|N)gtaphical errors are sometimes overlooked by lite printer.
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The very latcal in cameo unga,
stickpin«, pendant» and brooch**.
A large NHOortmcnt of diamond» ut
price» lower than they can now be
piirelumed ut wholetinlc.
You will And that you can buy cheaper
her* than «nvwhereelue. Watch*«*
ut cost. All kind» of movements
from u Howard to a dollar watch.
H.
A L m y e S to ek o f L a d ie s ’
S k ir ts in a li coloro
$2.50 Io $6.00
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STUDIO
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iu town. I'rieeH to suit
vour punte.
See our
new wm k— it’s fine.
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FIND THE MISTAKE
An eastern Collette president ndvo*
cates stewed prunes and mush as a diet
for colleit* students, lie talks as If he
was givin g this advice from exper­
ience.
Frank W o o d ru ff
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WOODS
GC N I R A I H A R D W A R E
Plumbs tig aiw J PlwinUu* 3t«f*vb«*
Oregon is lu have a log building to will lie characteristic ami a truly mag
house its exhibit* at the I’ anama-I’ arillc nifleent structure aurh as could he ob
Exposition. The design for the build- tained with no other native material.
l ing ha* been »circled by the Oregon
A t the second juvenile fair recently
commissioner* for the Oregon building held at Wilaonville, Ore., a nine-year-
which w ill be part o f the fair at San old boy carried off a total o f 31 prises,
I Francisco in 1915.
Tentative plans winning Itrst on practically all lines of
prepared bv the architects show a huge fruits ami vegetables, and alao taking
I log building o f novel design, (he build- Aral money in the chirken display.
j ing being so constructed in accordance Among the other Item* ahown by this
i with the wishes o f (he commission ami youthful farmer was a box o f 142
in keeping with a pronounced popular |K)Umls o f American Wonder potatoes,
demand. Inasmuch a* the exponition the product o f one lone spud.
ite if w ill nut give spare to a separate
No business can get along without
forestry display, it js believed that
Oregon can attract much attention in 1 ruslmncri. Customer* can not be ae
thi* novel «nil striking manner to one cured without advertising o f some k iml.
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i No feature o f a buainesa deserves more
o f its chief industries, Thia log house , attention than the advertianig.
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Be sure you get the genuine "S ta r
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Johnson & Rand on the sole and their
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T h « “ Patriot", “ Pilgrim“ ,
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