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INCORPORATED WITH OOTTAOB UROVL LEADER AUOOUT 1. 1912
Vululila
No.
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26, 1914
XXV
WORK III WEST
COAST MINES
TO BE RESUMED
JOHN C00TER A BENEDICT PHONE POLE SAVES LORANE ROAD FUND vo te r s ’
UVES OF KEM
IS PRACTICALLY
FAMILY
COMPLETE
The wedding of u former Cottane
drove hoy, John Cooler, to Mi»» Corn
Kohler tu ken place Itila evening at tin-
home of the hriile'a pumita, in Corvul
lia.
Mr. footer win graduatoli from
the Oregon Agrieliltiirnl College III Emergency Brake Palls to Hold Auto
June, IIII3, anil la now inntrurtor in the
mobile Which Back* Down Hill To
ugroiioniy ilepurtinent of the College.
ward River, But Ie Stopped by Pole
Although Owuanhlp of Minan I» Now Mr. footer made Ilia home for aeveral
Only Pour Peet Prom Bank.
In r.utanglsd Gommimi. Preliminary yearn with Mr. mol Mr». A. H. Wood of
Preparation« Ara Shortly to Ila Mail«, thin city after hia father and brother»
The members of the O. M. Kent fain
left the eomiuunity.
Mr. iiud Mr».
U Raport.
Wood are in Corvallis to attend the ily probably owe their lives to the pres
ence of a telephone pole on the Itluek
ceremony.
Butte road, ns it was this pole alone
Stamps Have Been Idle For
which stopped their large Hudson Hix
Two Years
automobile when it »tarted to back into
the river off a high bill Hundny after
Mustek and llalana Mill« Will Ba Moved
noon.
Hoik to Obamplou. Making Twenty
The party hnd motored out to Itlnck
There anil Laaviug Ten at Each of
The championship of the city base Butte nnd it wan in climbing the high
Uta Other Mines
hall series was won hy the Outlaws in hill juit north of the Butte that the
tlirir Haul game with the All Htars cur refused to tnke the hill on the in
There see me good reason to believe Thursday evening. The final score was lermedinte speed n« it hnd always done
that the Weat Const properties in the |0 to 4. The gnme wits notable only previously.
The machine hnd lo»t
I to lie in is district will he in full opera for the errors mnde. A linker's dozen speed und practically stopped when Mr.
tion within u rouple week». At pre» were chnlkcd up in the first inning Kern, who was driving, attempted to
ent the ownership of the properties 1 « After the first inning both tennis set shift into the low gear.
In doing »0
in a rather entangled condition, hut it tied down to n steadier gait, hut the ex the car started to buck und when Mr.
is thought that this will he strnightened bildtmn was far from Drat elans. It Kern threw in the emergency brake it
out within u day or »0 and that pre was a sail baseball game and the won refused to work. Mr. Kcm then steered
purutionn will then he made at once to der is that the score remained us low as the bneking car into the bank, but it
put the property into operation.
il did in view of the lnrge number of struck the bunk with such force thnt
Camperà who have returned from the errors.
Markin for the All Htnre and it swerved outward and was backing
Bohemia district within the past few Itruuilield for the Outlaws did fairly over the bank o f the river when it
days report that Hurry Parker ha* been rreditatdr work in the pitching hot.
struck the telephone post referred to.
informed that hi» aervleea will he re
The [lost which »topped the flight of
quired within u very »hurt time, poa
Will Hell Out at Auction
the car was not more than four feet
kihly a week, in looking after the elec
At a puldir sale lo he held Mntur from the bank o f the river. The orly
trie power plant at l.undpurk, which i» day, W. F. Ilart/ell will selh,n number ilnmnge resulting to the car was n torn
eight mile« hi low the mill. To get the | of horses and wngons.
Heven
In the hills top and »mushed rear fender.
Juice into the ramp It will lie neeessnry whirl) announce this sale nnd which members o f the family were in the car.
to repair the large water llume thnt ear have been distributed throughout the but all were uninjured except for the
ne» the water to the power plant and to country two mistakes should he correct severe nervous shock.
repnir the eopper lines up the mountain ed t The hay marc advertised ia four
The ear was able to proceed borne
Slurb wire ia now down.
yearn old rather than five, nnd the under its own power and made the hill
It is also reported that the stump» Htudehnker wagon ia 34i» rather than on the second trial on the low genr. Mr.
thnt were taken from >ne Mustek and
Korn drove it to Eugene Monday,
1 %.
Helena nnd installed at the Champion
whence it was taken to Portland by a
will he reinstalled at the mines where
mechanic for repair*.
they were formerly operated.
This
would leave twenty stumps at the
School Wood All In.
Champion nnd there would he ten nt
One hundred cord» o f fir wood for the
the Musiek nnd ten at the Helena.
heating of the »chord building» o f the
The West Const properties have been
l.undpnrk, on the Champion rond is a city during the corning winter are de
nearly idle for a couple ycura.
busy little burg these days. Mayor livered and in place ready for the
Andrew Nelson is expected to leave Harry Parker reports that every house school term. The last of the wood was
neat week for the mine where he will j within the corporate limits was occu delivered nnd piled in the basement last
a put the electric plant into shape for , pied a few nights ago.
week. The wood this year was got out
work and hnve nil electric apparatus
Realizing that the place is likely to by Hairy Short on contract. The price
ready to begin early operationa.
lie n metropolis at nu distant date, the of the 100 cords is $3.15.
¡city council ia passing stringent Icgis
Intern for the protection of its citizens, Work on Tyler Street Bridge Delayed
Work on the Tyler Htreet bridge was
lioth present nnd future.
The most
held
up several days last week on ac
.drastic actum recently taken hy the city
lathers was the passing of an emergency count of lack o f timber, but was re
1110 Cottage drove People Leave Mon ordinance limiting the »peed of auto sumed again yesterdny. All the ubutt
mobiles |u 3.1 Vi miles per hour. It is meats nnd fulne work are already in
day on Special Train for
j understood that this limit npplies both place nnd the timber will be supplied
h earty't Perry.
steadily now until the work is finished.
uphill and downhill.
Hap picking hna already com
Kansans to Picnic.
menred in yards which grow the early | Both bear and deer track» have been
seen within the city limit» within the
The semi annual Kansan picnic will
Kuggles variety of hops and ia soon to
pn»t few day*.
It is not very often to be held this year, Wednesday, Sep
begin in all others. Although there are
that such wild animal» come so close to teniber I*, in the city park. In cuse of
no yards in the immediate vicinity of
civilization. It ia thought they came rain it will be held in the Woodmen of
Cottage Qreve there are large yards
in to get a peep at the bevy of hunters the World hall. All Kansans and their
near Creswell, and Springfield nnd
from Cottage Grove who have been families are expected to attend. A big
tunny Cottage Grove people are nlrcndy
camping on the outskirts of the city picnic dinner nnd an informal progrum
leaving for these ynrds. Yards ns far
j for the past rouple weeks.
will be features of the dav.
down the valley ns Independence nre
OUTLAWS CHAMPIONS OF
TWILIGHT LEAGUE
< *
PROSPECTIVE METROPOLIS
LEGISLATES
♦
HOPPICKERS ARE STARTING
FOR YARDS
drawing pimple from this community
also.
About 1511 pickers have been engaged
in this city hy the large Heavey yard
til Heavey ’» Kerry on the McKenr.ie.
They will leave next Monduy for the
yard on n special trnin, with speeiul
»baggage ear. Thin train will he side
trucked nt Eugene nnd a switch'engine
will take it to Hpringlleld where Mr.
Heavey will meet them with eouveynneev
to tnke them the remainder of the dia
tnnee to the yard». Picking will begin
the following day.
Hops are free from vermin thin year,
but the yield is rather light, due to the
hot weather that has prevailed during
the entire summer.
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Peaches of exceptional flavor and
beauty were displayed last week
by Warren McFarland, who grew
them on hia place just north of
the city. They nre of the early
Crawford variety, average nine
to ten inches in circumference,
nnd nre beniitifully smooth nnd
handsomely colored. Mr. Me Far
land expects to pick about one
hundred lioxea of the fruit off
the acre orchard this senson. This
ia a light yield ns rnmpnrrd with
the bumper crop of 1000 boxes
which he harvested two years
ago, but the quality of the fruit
1» perfect.
About flflO still remains to be sub
scribed to insure the building of the
new section of the lairane road which
has been contemplated for some time
About ♦440 has been subscribed. The
proposed change in the rood will obviate
the necessity of going over the steep
Crowe hill, which is at present the ter
ror of all travel over the rond. The
subscriptions toward this road have
been somewhat slow in coming in, but
it is now thought thnt the entire amount
will be raised in u short time.
The
new road from l-orane to Eugene will
probably direct a good deal of trade
and travel toward that city and the
people along the route of the Cottage
Grove road and the citizens of this city
urr anxious to have the improvements
made as quickly as possible.
H. J.
Crowe solicited subscriptions in this
city Saturday. The bulk of the money
is for purchasing the new right of way.
pam phlets out
P O M PAYS
TOP PRICE FOR
GROVE PEACHES
Cottage Grove voters are receiving
their initiative pbaraplets, mailed out
Ibis week by Hecrctary of Htate, Hen.
W. Oleott. The pamphlet contains all
the proposed constitutional amendments
I and measures to lie presented at the
general election of November 3. Argu
ments both pro and eon for each sep
arate measure are given.
The book High Quality Fruit from 4-Ysar-Old
contain* 110 pages, and there are 19
Trass of Rev Robert Sutcliffe, Is in
proposed amendments to the state con
Great Demand by Fancy Trade la
stitution and 10 proposed initiative
Oregon Metropolis.
measures.
DOPE FIEND FORCED TO
LEAVE CITY
$1.00 Box Paid for Luscious
Charlotte Variety
Excellence and Quality of Crop At
tributed Chiefly to Wise Pruning and
John Doe McCoy, a man of xeveral
Oreat
Care Given the Healthy Young
aliases, was driven out of the eity yes
Fruit Trees
terdsy morning by Marshal Pitcher.
McCoy, who bad been in the eity only
| sine« Friday, was a sign painter by
Peaches that are today bringing ♦1.0«
trade, but was addicted 'to the drug a box on the Portland market where
habit. He ealled on Dr. Frost Monday, other peaehen are selling for from 30
end while the doctor was out of the eents to 60 cents (with the bulk of
room stole a small case in which was a sales at 40 cents to 50 eents to quote
newly purchased electric lighting in the market quotations of yesterday),
strument. MeCoy probably thought it are now being harvested by Rev. Robert
contained a hypodermic syringe. Dis Sutcliffe of Lebanon front bis superb
covering his mistake, however, be 10-acre peach orchard on the hillside
secreted the case and left hurriedly. just east of the eity. Rev. Hutcliffe is
I'pon missing the case the doctor sus just now gathering his Charlotte
pected the man. Hearth finally revealed peaches— a luscious, rich, yellow peach
the whereabouti4>f the bag, and it was of fine flavor. This variety is in ex
proven that McCoy had taken it. It cellent demand by all who know it, and
was then that be was ordered to get out. as Rev. Hutcliffe grades and packs his
product in fancy style it brings him
John Vwatch Takes Cattle to Coot.
the top priee. Rev. Sutcliffe’s slogan
John Veateb and daughter Hylvia, re in peach culture and marketing is qual
turned Saturday evening from a trip to ity. "P eople will pay best for the
Cooa county, where they drove twenty b e st," seems to be his motto, and ex
j
dairy cows. The cows all belonged to perience is certainly bearing him out in
John Boiler Visits Surrounding Country
1 Mr. Veateb, and be sold them to dairy this instance.
In Effort to Arouse Greater Interest men in the Coast district. They were
There are five hundred peach trees on
on Port of Potential Exhibitors at ; chiefly Jerseys.
Rev. Huteliffe’s tract and they are
alternated with apple trees which have
Coming Grange Fair.
not yet come into bearing.
Part of
the peaches are o f the Elberta variety,
A trip in the interests of the collec
whieh are not yet ripe and the re
tion committee of the Grange Fair,
mainder are the Charlottes just de
which is to be held September 17, IN
scribed.
and H*. was made last week by John
Miss Arlie I-angdon sustained pain
When the suggestion was made to
Bader.
Mr. Bader visited Lynx Hol
low, Bow River country, I,ondon and ful and nearly serious accident last eve Rev. 8utrliffe that doubtless he had
l.ornne. Mr. Bader saw a great many ning when the horse upon which she alternated the peaches with apples on
fine examples of what the Oregon soil was riding slipped and fell, pinning her account of the shorter life o f the peach
rnn prudbet and anticipates that the beneath it in such a manner that the trees, he replied emphatically that
two bones in the left ankle were
(Continued on page 2.)
fair this year will be very creditable.
cracked,
the arch of the foot badly
Members of the fair board say that
they have always had difficulty in get mashed and the limb otherwise bruised.
ting out exhibits for the reason that The aeeident occurred on Main street
the farmers all think that other fnrm near Eighth street at about 10:30. Miss
er»’ products are superior to their own, I.angdon was game and tried to mount
constitute
themselves
preliminary her horse again unassisted, but was un
judges of their products, and decide that able to do so and was taken to a doctor Chance Given Those Conditioned in
June to Pass Into High
they would not get prizes anyway and by the two young women who were rid
School This Fall.
do not exhibit.
The board is trying ing with her. It is thought that the in
hard to overcome this unfavorable jury will keep her in her room for sev
Eighth grade examinations, given for
tendency, and it was partly on this ac eral daya.
the removal of conditions imposed at
count that the trip was made at this
Electric Company Publishes Tariff.
time. The board urges this year that
The Cottage Grove Electric Co. is the examinations in June, will be given
all farmers submit their products for this week having printed a new tariff in the high school building September
competition and allow the judges to schedule for issuance to the 8tate Rail 3 and 4, beginning each morning at 9.
Cottage Grove is the only city south
decide as to their comparative merit road Commission.
The tariff includes
rather than judge them unfavorably all rates on every kind of lighting and of Eugene where an examination will
taemselvcs. Prize winning material is heating under the contract recently be held and all those in the surrounding
often thrown away *n the manner de entered into by the eity with the Elec country who were conditioned in June
should present themselves for this ex
scribed.
tric Co.
amination, unless they wish to take the
eighth grade work another time. Ac
cording to the statement of Supervisor
C. R. 8tahlman. the pupils who present
themselves for this examination are ex
pected to take their grade cards with
Over 1000 Gallons Are Canned Monday
A game between a picked team from them in order to avoid any error in
and Tuesday of the
selecting the branches in whieh they
the Twilight league of this eity and a
Present Week.
were conditioned.
8imilar examina
picked Roeeburg team may be played tions will be held in Eugene, Springfield
Yesterday was the biggest day of the in the latter eity Labor Day. September and Junction City.
season for the Cottage Orove cannery, 7.
8. L. Mackin, of the Twilight
an itemised record or the d a y’s run League received a communication from
A want ad. in The Sentinel got an old
suowing that 549 gallons of fruit had the Roeeburg aggregation last week ask maid three husbands, another ad.
heel received and prepare*! for market. ing if his team would consider a game brought her three children for adoption
Monday was also a big day, 4S4 gallons for that date. Mr. Mackin replied that and still another ad. located her three
having been put up that day.
they would do so if Roseburg would husbands for her after they had run
The fruit being received at present guarantee expenses, but as yet has not away. A want ad. in The Sentinel will
is largely plums and blackberries.
had an answer.
do most anything. One cent a w ord....
Pears nre just beginning to eome in
and it ia expected that these and
peaches will keep the plant busy for
two or three weeks yet.
GRANGE FAIR BOARD
WORKS TO GET
EXHIBITS
HORSE SUPS AND FALLS
INJURING GIRL
THIRD 8TH GRADE EXAMS.
TO BE GIVEN
TEACHERS TO BE ELECTED MOCKING-BIRD WHISTLE TO CANNERY H AD BUMPER MAY GET LABOR DAY GAME
FOR NEXT YEAR
BE ORDERED SOON
RUN YESTERDAY
WITH ROSEBURG
At a school bonrd meeting to be held Olty Given Big Reduction In Price of
Hntunlay evening, August SI*, two tench
Device Which Will Give
er* will probably be elected. A vacancy
Fire Alarm.
exists in the grnde teaching force nnd no
one hns yet been elected to tench the
Fire Chief Frank Woodruff expects
high school classes in physics and mnthc to order the new mocking bird fire
mat ice.
whistle within a few days. The whis
tle, which has practically been decided
Have you ever noticed that you never upon as the one to furnish the noise
rend an issue o f The Nentinel without when Cottage Grove hns n fire, is eight
inches in diameter nnd four feet in
finding a lot o f new» that you hnd
length. The li»t price of the whistle is
never even heard of iiefore. npr22-tf
♦ 120, but the price mnde the eity is
♦42.50. It ia guaranteed to make auf
Itcient noise if the stenm presaure ia
high to reach the most remote parts of
the eity. Manager Hhinn of the Cottage
Grove Electric Co., who is to furnish
the steam, says thnt the pressure will be
sufficient.
Threats of dynamiting the shop, boy
Small Car Attracts Attention.
rotting the paper and tabooing our
A little Hnxon automobile belonging
society hnve not led The Hentinei to
to Chet Hemcnwny o f Eugene uttrneted
flinch one iotn from its pnth o f duty 11 »
considerable attention on the streets
it. sees it, in keeping its promise to 0.
The mnehine is extremely
J J A. Bnrtoll thnt it would not divulge to yesterdny.
* ’ him, before the present issue, the mean light and small, consumes but little
( > ing of (hone cabalistic little letters, “ w. gasoline nnd is especially adapted for
] ’ k. unit p., ” which were appended to driving about the country, ns Mr. Hem
■ ’ his cognomen in n story last week re enway does in his occupation ns n
The Hnxon hns
1 > lilting to his helpless wrnth when the traveling snlesmnn.
J [ deer season was so arbitrarily suspend wire spokes like the wheels o f n bicy
cle.
' ’ ed hy Governor West,
Mr. Bnrtoll, evidently seeking insult,
The Nelson Durham, Bert Richmond
chose to interpret the letters ns the
nnd Elbert Bede families returned yes
initinls of the insolent epithet, "wenk-
terdny from their outing nesr Land-
kneed proprietor," nnd has labored un
park.
They brought a wngonload of
der thnt impression nil week.
picked fish bones with them ns proof of
Now, nil we renlly monnt liy the lit the prowess of the men o f the party
tle letters, was "w e ll known and with the line and hook. The Umphrey
prominent"— hut of rourne, Mr. Bartell and l'urvanee families will return
may have his choice of interpretations. Thursday.
In W hich C. A. Bartell Learns
W hat “ W . K. and P.” Signifies
Finest of Peaches are
Grown in Cottage Grove
Mo m y Hubxcrlbnd Will Build New Rood
Around Crowe Hill.
Improvement
Will be of Advantage to Both Orove
and Lor an e
Nuni bar 48
Bede Said to be Preparing
Chicken Feast for Warriors.
“RAIN-MAKER” NOZZLE IS
GIVEN TRIAL
The "M onday Crawfish," esteemed
lx of Value In Fighting Fires In Wooden morning contemporary of the Oregon
ian, this week rontained the following
Buildings—Throws Wide.
dispatch among its war bulletins from
Heavy Stream.
various important and strategically sit
At the regular monthly drill Monday
The Deutsch Verein met Sunday
uated cities in the Willamette Valley:
evening the fire company tried out the
afternoon at Phillips hall and
"C ottage Grove, Aug. 22.— (Delayed
new "rainm aker nozzle," received
voted a donution of ♦100 to the
by
8.
P.)—
Elbert
Bede,
the
local
captain
Inst week, for the first time. The noz
German Red Cross Society to be
zle throws a spray about fifty feet in of industry, is figuring on cornering the
used
in helping to eare for the
width, which resembles a heavy rain chicken market, so that he ean furnish
wounded during the present con
the
victorious
Generals
in
the
present
storm. It is especially designed for use
flict.
Several members of the
in fighting residence fires as the stream struggle with material for banquets."
Verein have relatives now in the
This must be a slip oa Dame Rumor ’■
is not destructive, but is of suffi
army. John Bader has a number
cient height.
The nozzle which has part, however, for Mr. Bede isn’t really
of nephews who are engaged in
been used up to this time throws a thinking of raising chickens just now.
active conflict and others have
stream of such concentrated force that He has, in fact, deserted all thought of
eousias and more distant connec
it rips off shingles nnd fairly tears holes chickens— and The Sentinel as well—
tions. 'T h e local Germans are
in the walls of wooden buildings. I f for the festive trout which disports so ] ’ loyal in the support of the father-
this nozsle is found to be advantageous, eoylv in the Bohemia mountain streams. < > land and have expressed them
it is thought probable thnt a second one
< , selves as being anxious to help in
will be purchased for use on the West
If i t ’s in The Sentinel it's news— if
every way possible.
Side eart.
i t ’s news i t ’s in The Sentinel.
:: Verein Donates $100 to
Help Care for Wounded