Bi
Cottage <3rovc Sentinel
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER WITH PLENTY OF BAOKBONE
_____________ ELBERT BEDE, Editor and Publi.her_____________
Things W e T hink
T l i i f i other» think, and what ■ *
think of tho thine* othara think.
Report of the Condition of The First National Bank
■ t Cottage Drove, in the Htntc of Oregon, at the close o f business June 22, 1915.
KEHOlHCE8
A Deathbed
T riumph
Loans and discounts (notes held in b a n k ;.....................$138,198.12
T«tnl Inn— ......................................................................
$138,198.32
Overdrafts, secured, None; unsecured, $1,508.88...........
1,608.88
A Br»t e l m publication soUrsd at Cotta«« Orovs u —coud class matt«r
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U. H. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value;
12,500.00
Tiicsilny, July tl, 1915
Yo u ’ll get further by steady, general TMal 1 ■ bunds.............................................................
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By W IL L IA M CHANDLER
progies* than by jumping at conelu Bonds other than 17. H. bonds pledged to secure postal
HUB1NEBH OPPIOEl
M
SOUTH F I F T H BTREET
savings deposits .............................................. ............
2,000.00
sinus.
Bonds, securities pledged as collateral for Htate, or oth
Au old mull luy ou the bed o f death.
er deposits or bills payable (postal e x c l u d e d ) . . . . . . .
5,000.00
UUHBOR11'TION KATES.
The more certain a person ia the
Hecuritie» other than U. H. bonds (not including stocks;
A doctor siit by him Intent upon som*
On« Y « a r ........................................ *1 60 SU Muntil*................................... 80 greater will be his mistake.
owned unpledged ........................................................
42,509.00
method o f saving Ida life. An entirely
T b r «« M u n til*..................................... 40 Hlu«l* Copie» .................................
He
different problem was In the mind o f
We all think too miieti of money Hiid 'lotal bonds, securities, e t c .................................... .
No subscription tali mi unie** paid for m advance.
Till* rule ia imperative.
49,509.00
the sufferer.
too little of the things it will do.
Fiibscription to stock of Federal Reserve Hank, $3000
ADVERTISING KATES.
“ Doctor,” he said presently, “ can’t 1
Less amount unpaid............................................... 1500
1,500.00
1,500.00
die fo r a short time, then come to I l f «
I»*play, 25 mill* per iucli; reeding notice ail»., 10 cent* per line; legal notice«,
When we see how quiekly the loss of
21,500.00 again for a certain purpose?”
0 ceuta per linn; aurrounded ada., DO cent* per iucli; clu*»ified ad*., I cent per a thousand lives in one disaster is for Bunking house, $18,5(91; furniture and fixtures, $3(88;
1,800.00
Other real estate owned....................................................
“ What purpose?” asked the doctor.
word. Hpeciul discount» ou i outrai t». Card* of Tliauk* uuil Ke*olutiona, 0 cent* gotten, it makes us ponder us to wtieth Due from Federal Beservi Hank.....................................
4,571.35
The Invalid cast his eyes about the
per line.
or not it is worth while to spend these Due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chi-
room to see that no one was present,
cago,
and
Ht.
Loins......................................................
9,025.89
few yeurs of ours in fussing around for
then, stretching forth Ids hand, drew
Due from approved reserve agents in other reserve
name and fame.
MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
45,998.08 the doctor to him and whispered what
cities .............................................................................
30,372.79
he had to say.
When he came to A
MEMBER WILLAMETTE VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
There isn’t a freak reform idea of
Due from banks and bankers other than above.............
13,082.44 pause the doctor snld:
any kiud that wouldn’t work all right
MEMBER OREGON STATE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
Outside checks and other cash items..............................
213.04!
“ I have suspected as much."
if all people were honest and for that Fractional currency, nickel* and cents..........................
040.95
854.01
“ Can It tie done?” asked the Invalid.
reason most o f them will never work.
“ It can tie tried.”
amount secured by eight Oregon mem
Notes o f other national banks..................................... .
2,725.1)0
fAITII AND WORKS
Borne more conversation followed. In
Lawful
money
reserve
in
bank:
hers of congress at the recent session
One of the worst features o f our free
which the doctor gave the sick man
Total coin arid certificates..........................................
10,383.25
N ONE of the churches of the compared with that secured by the government is the buneh o f tattered
Instructions, nnd the sick man did the
Redemption fund with U. H. Treasurer (not more than
city a »eriiion wa* preached Hun forty New Engla nd mem tiers, but he candidates' curds that disfigure pole*
5 per cent on circulation..............................................
025.00
025.00 same by the doctor. Then the latter
ended the matter by saying:
day morning on " F a i t h and did refer to the fact that light houses nud old buildings from one election to
“ A re yon readyT ’
Total ......... ................. .............................................
Works ’ ’ In an aide »ertnou the pa* have been built on the New England another.
$311,355.99
“ Yes.”
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T
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E
S
const
where
there
was
no
water,
while
tor proved conclusively thnt faith with
25.000. 00 The doctor took from his medicine
We all like the man who smiles— and Capital stock paid in .......................................................
out work* ia not sufficient to save, the West suffered for money for harbor
25.000. 00 case a tablet and plnced It In the pa
that may lie the reason why things comi •Surplus fund......................................................................
lie showed that faith without work* improvements.
I Undivided profits............................................ $12,017.15
tient's mouth.
The Henator did not have time to so easy for the smiling villain.
would huild no churches, urguuir.e no
Reserved for taxes........................................... 3,033.44
The sick man, who was lying on hla
Hunday Hchoola and would not carry on touch every phase of the subject o f gov
back, utared at the ceiling. Immovable.
The man intoxicated with the nertur
$ 15,050.59
Th e doctor went hurriedly to the door
the work of the J.ord
lie »aid, or in eminent ownership of railways, lie did
5,095.05
from a woman’s lips may feel just as I ess current expenses, interest, and tuxes paid.............
9,954.94
and opened I t There atood the w ife o f
ferred, that with faith alone rhri* not refer to inefficiency of government
damphoolish over it the next morning a>
the Invalid.
owned railways. He did not attempt
tiantty would die.
Circulating notes....................................................... .
12,500 00
the man who was on a regular souse
“ Madam." said the doctor. “ I fear
Less
amount
on
hand
and
in
Treasury
for
redemption
to
say
what
the
result
would
be
when
What
this preacher said
nlmut
the night before.
or in transit..................................................................
400.00
12 , 100.00 that your husband is dead.”
churches, Hunday Hchool* and rhri* the government owued all competing
The woman hurried Into the room and
Due to banks and bankers (other than included
tiauity la equally true ahout many oth railways aud competition and the incen
I f there is anything in the old say
in above) ........... ........................................................
318.77 stood over the sickbed for a fe w mo
live to improvement were removed, lie mg about faith that moves mountains, Demand deposits:
er thing*.
ments looking down Into the pale face:
Individual deposits subject to check.......................... 198,137.01
Many folk* have great faith that the did not suy what might happen when the woman who believe# everything her
Th e doctor, who was beside her, closed
Certificates o f deposit due iu less than 30 days........
5,372.03
the eyes o f her husband, then led her
Cottage drove country i* rapalde of the government arbitrarily attempted husband tells her has faith euough to
Certified checks...........................................................
15.00
away, saying:
producing enough to feed the *tnte to do what it would not give license make this old world reverse its motion.
Cashier’s checks outstanding.......................................
315.48
“ This has been a long trial to you.
That faith l* probably well founded, to private capital to do.
Costai savings d e p o s its ..............................................
397.94
Your watch Is now over. Go and rest
A
woman
may
be
liorn
the
equal
of
but faith will not turn a furrow nor
Htate, county, or other municipal deposits...................
0,979.72
The critirism is very mild, so we will
yourself.”
man but it doesn’t take her long to
211,217.78
plant an acre of grnin. It will not lie mild in our reply.
She suffered herself to be led away
Time
deposits:
even gather the egg« for the chicken»
For the kind words covering our oth overcome it.
Deposits subject to 30 or more d a ys’ notice...............
27,704.50
27,704.50 and within an hour was In bed and
that will lay them i f given half » er editorial Mr. Mors» bus our sincere
asleep.
A girl in Germany has just been mar
chance
Work tnu*t go with the faith thanks,
Paul Markham passed aw ay at dawn
Total ....................................................................................................$311,355.99
rid without the bridegroom. The groom
Htaie of Oregon, County o f Lane, ss: I, T. C. Wheeler, Cashier o f the above
the next morning. Preparations wer*
Many folk* have great faith in the
was at the front and couldn’t be pres named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of made for the funeral, which was held
Auother editor ha» lunded a fat job.
Oregon *y»trm, but because »o many do
cut. Home day he may wish that tin- my knowledge aud belief.
three days later, and on the fourth
*'arl
Mboemuker,
of
thè
Uoseburg
New»,
uothiug else but huve faith in it, it tin»
T. C. WHEELER. Cashier.
day his widow, who was his second
ha« been apponiteli (lame Wurden. Ile war had never ceased.
failed to do the things ripected of it.
•Subscribed and sworn to before me this first dav o f Julv, 1915.
wife, and her two children by a for
GEORGE* II. BRAIN A BD,
Many have faith in the Commercial deserve« thè piare and thè fuh and
When it is said that a woman carries Comet— Attest:
mer husband, all dressed In deep
Notary Publie.
Club
They believe the City should game w ili he safe in thè halli!» of Mr her age well it is meant that she carries
mourning, entered the drawing room o f
Herbert Eakin,
have one, but if there were no worker» Hh or maker and bis secrrtnry, Editor it where no one will ever find it.
the house In which Mr. Markham had
N. W. White,
to bark up thi* faith there would be firowti. By thè wnv, Mr. Ilruwn, who
died and took seats.
A number o f
Oliver Yeatcb, Directors.
other persons. Including a lawyer, en
no Commercial Club. Those that have bus aerved but fifteen day», is thè old
When a man really prefers to live
tered. and when all were seated the
faith iu the club but do no work »hould est i i ib ii in point of servire ronuected in the suburbs, the chances are that be
attorney
unfolded a document and w a *
with
thè
commissiun.
have no rredit for the uinuy thing* the
wants to keep his wife where she can't
about to begin its reading when Dr.
club does.
get down town to shop so often.
Blanchard, who had attended the de
A LAUDABILE D Lei.SION
Many have faith in our public school
ceased. entered In company with a girl
Notice
is
hereby
given
;o
the
legal
voters
o
f
Hchool
District
No.
45
of
Lane
A man who can't make a name for
system, but if it were not for the few
o f fifteen. There was about her a mel
The state highway engineers, who be
himself is quite often satisfied to give County, State of Oregon that a H P E C IA L HCHOOL M E E T I N G of said District ancholy that savored o f despair.
worker* (who are often cussed for their
will be held at the High School building on the 20th day of July, 1915, at 2:00
lievr thnt Oregon should iguore her own
one to a woman.
worh) our public srhool system would
“ I have here.” said the lawyer, “ the
o'clock in the afternoon, for the following objects:
greatest natural resource, assert that
decay.
The <onsideretion o f the following budget statement o f the estimated last will and testament o f Paul Mark
He
who
hesitates
is
won—
»ays
the
steel bridges can be built almost as
amount of ri venue required for the ensuing year for the maintenance o f Hchool ham. deceased, executed one year ago.”
Many believe in a city government,
cheaply as wooden ones. I.atie Conn leap year girl who has just proposed
District No. 45, and for the purpose o f voting a special tax for said maintenance,
H e then read the will, which left all
but there would be no city government
i s provided for under the General Laws o f Oregon, 1915, Chapter 217, page 285. his property to his beloved wife, Jane
ty 'a esperience, however, does not bear
but for the few workers.
Teachers’ »claries................................................................... $13,092.00
John Graham Hell claims to have u
Markham, trusting that she would s u f
out the truth of this statement.
Muny have faith in a city library
Apparatus ..............................................................................
175.00
new
invention
which
will
greatly
fácil
ficiently provide fo r his daughter. Ethel
According to the report of a former
Library bo ok s........................................................................
35.00
They believe we should have one. Hut
Markham. Havin g stated that the w ill
state highway engineer, the steel in the itate mental telepathy. The invention
..................................................................................................
10.00
if a few women hndn’t barked their
had been duly signed and witnessed,
Repairs o f school houses and outbuildings..........................
500.00
two mam spans of the new bridge cost is placed on a person ’» bead and the
faith with hard work we would have
he added that It would be Immediate
Janitor ...................................................................................
925.00
the contractor ♦‘.*,540 f. o. b. Eugene, thoughts from within, through the aid
ly filed fo r probate. He was refolding
no public library.
Junitor's supplies...................................................................
75.00
while he charged the county $180.32 of delicate coils, cause air vibrations
the document when Dr. Blanchard
Many have faith in their own ability,
^
“
'•1
.........................................................................................
340.00
for it. This same report shows that the which carry the thoughts to the person
arose and. drawin g a paper from h i»
Light and power.....................................................................
100.00
but because they do not work they
Clerk 'a s a la r y ........................................................................
100.00
steel used in this bridge cost the con who is the subject o f the thought. That
pocket, said:
accomplish nothing.
Census ...................................................................................
3500
“ I have a will executed a fe w hour»
tractor $75 per ton f. o. b. Eugene, would prove a dangerous invention.
And thus we might go un forever.
Insurance ................................................................................
40.00
before Paul Markham's death.”
while he charged the county $lsii.32 Suppose on press day an editor should
The preacher was right.
Warrant indebtedness............................................................ 5,531.12
The widow's countenance changed
per ton for it. Do overcharges such as attach one o f these inventions to his
Bond interest..........................................................................
2,850.00
We need faith— but only as an in
immediately.
this make it appear that steel bridges head to inform his wife that he was
Htreet assessment...................................................................
100.00
erntive to work.
“ I f you have any such will.” she
Water .................................................................................
135.00
are no more expensive than wooden thinking he would be too busy to get
said. “ It Is a forgery. A t any rate It
We have plenty o f faith mid to
Telephone ..............................................................................
3100
home
to
dinner.
Then
suppose
that
just
••nest
was not witnessed. That I know, be
•pare— what
w*
need
ia faithful
Manual training supplies........................................................
100.00
The I.nne County Court has acted as the last form had been put <>n the
cause
1 was iu attendance upon m y
Domestic
¡Science
tupplies......................................................
100.00
work.
husband every day and hour during
wisely and sensibly in deciding to build press the phone should ring the editor
Advertising aud sundries......................................................
50.00
would answer with the thought trnns
hla last Illness, and 1 know no one
Librarian ................................................................................
50.00
Eugene is so proud of its newspapers u wooden bridge across the Coast Eork
who could have witnessed a will en
ferrer
still atached) and a gentle fem
that there is talk of distributing them of the Willamette on the Pleasant Hill
Total ................................................................................ $24,374.12
tered the house.”
¡nine voice should say: " D i d you get
free to people passing through on the road. By its decision it has shown that
Contra:
“ W hat time did you go to bed the
the item about my party a few days
it
proposes
to
keep
Oregon
money
in
1914 taxes not collected (estim ated)................................... $ 3,000.00
trains as an advertisement for the city.
night your husband died?” asked the
aguí
I
’
ve
thought
I
would
call
you
up
County school fund (estim ated)...........................................
4,000.00
Cottage (Irove need take no bark seat Oregon insteud of sending it away
doctor.
Htate school fund (estim ated)............................................... 1,300.00
where it will never get buck. By build every day, but I knew you didn't go to
for Eugene in a thing of thnt kind.
“ At 10 o’clock.”
County high school fund (estim ated).................................. 3,000.00
mg a wooden bridge instead of n steel press until today and thought there wa>
“ Y’ our husband did not die till R
Necessary to raise by t a x ...................................................... 12,474.12
one it will make use o f a product of no particular hurry. Now if you 'll get
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
o’clock the next morning.”
“ H e died at 0 o’clock in the evening.
Total ...................................
which Oregon is justly proud, and will your pencil I ’ll give it to you over the
$24.374.12
Dated this 2nd day 1 t Julv, 1915.
You called me Into the rtKjm where he
In a letter which appears in another employ l.une County labor instead of phone. I think I can remember the
lay and told me he was dead.”
columu, H. H. Mors* of Host, a former being compelled to send away for ape names o f all the guests." Just a* you Attest:
WORTH HARVEY.
A. L. WOODARD.
“ I told you I feared he was dead.
resident of Cottnge drove, mildly eriti cial workers. Its example ought to be were getting ready to say in a picas
jly5-12
District Clerk.
Chairman Board o f Directors.
He
was very low. He revived, and at
ciac* The Hentinel's comment on the followed by every County Court in Ore ant tone that you were awfully sorry —
midnight I drew this simple will for
that you wouldn't have missed the item
address of Henator Hurkett in opposi gon.
him. bequeathing all his property to
who lived long, useful lives without
Judge Dimirk— Anybody can raise
tion to government ownership of rail
To paraphrase the immortal words of for anything, you would hear the receiv
ever having to resort to the use o f pro pigs; the problem is to raise the feed his daughter. Ethel Markham. T w o
ways.
Lincoln: I f we buy steel in Pittsburg er go hang at the other end o f the line fanity. There isn’t a single word to thnt will put these pigs onto the mar persons came at my call and witnessed
We must confess thnt we do not see to build bridges in Oregon we huve the — and then, oh, horrors, you would think be said in defence of the disgusting ket at a profit.
the will while you were asleep."
the great difference thnt our correspon bridges and Pittsburg has the money; o f the thought transferrer and a lost habit and I am glad you said just what
The woman stared at the doctor, al
I f one may judge by these excerpts
dent does between government owner but if we use Oregon timber to build subscriber. No, it will never do for you did in censuring it. Yours truly,
the addresses that were made were though she could hardly believe her
8. B. MOR8H. both profitable and pleasing. Certain- senses. For years she had dominated
ship and public ownership. As long ns bridges in Oregon we have both the general use around a newspaper office.
lv they tended toward a better under her husband and fo r a year, since she
there ia a government we do not grasp money and the bridges.— Eugene Regis
A GOOD EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW. standing between the town and the hail forced him to make a will In her
thnt
your
city
should
have
asked
the difference in meaning o f the two ter.
country. One speuker touched upon favor, had watched him carefully to
private capital to put it in and then
words. Perhaps the Hocialists do not
proximity, thereby emphasizing the mnke sure that he did not make an
(Editorinl in Eugene Register.)
charge the limit.
believe in public ownership until after
" T h e r e is no highway of legislation
The many progressive cities o f Ore community o f interest. Another men other. A t the very end o f his life h«
The second oversight was in not
government has been eliminated. Cntil but there are many b y w a y s," said stating that the 40 congressmen from gon that are seeking ways to aid in tioned cooperation, which is vitally had outwitted her.
necessary i f both towns and country
the human rnre is reorgunir.ed we could Woodrow Wilson when he was a candi New England secured eight times as the development o f the state— particu
“ Let me see It.” she said to the doc
larly that part o f it lying in their own are to prosper as they should. Htiil
not last long under that condition so date for President. Since the discovery many dollars from the last congress for immediate vicinities-—could well take a another gave the proper pat to our tor.
rivers nnd harbors and other public im
He held the paper before her. She
it is a waste of time to talk of what of flaws in the t a riff law which will
pride in our state and our section, and
provements as the Oregon members did. leaf from the book o f Hpringfield,
might be done with Hocinlist theories cost the treasury $20,000,000 it is quite Maybe he did and you just forgot to which has worked out an idea that is others discussed such extremely practi read It and recognized her husband’#
cal subjects as soil drainage and profit signature, though It had been written
under such conditions.
apparent that Democratic legislation sny so. I f so, please publish the exact worthy o f general imitation. On Hat
urdav night the Business Men's Club o f ' able crops for feeding hogs. It must In the agony o f death. Realizing that
One o f the greatest weaknesses of not only pursued a course t ro u g h the figures.
have been an instructive session and she had been foiled, she arose from
It is not surprising that certain peo Hpringfield gave a banquet to the farm
'Hocialism is thnt it proves its ease to byways, but encountered fatal pitfalls.
one that will result in tangible better
ers
o
f
the
surrounding
country,
and
the
j
her seat nnd. followed by her two chil
ple were glad to " d i g u p " for another
ment o f conditions in the country sur
attendance
w
as
large.
The
nature
o
f
j
its own satisfaction with such argil
chnutuuqua after having such a nice re
dren.
stnlked out o f the room.
incuts as that it is just ns easy to put CRITICISM BOTH UNFAVORABLE nctionary senator stop the wheels of the discussions that took place may be rounding Hpringfield.
Dr. Blanchard by the terms o f the
guessed
from
the
following
summary
j
There is one fact that the people o f
progress so easily by setting up a man
public ownership o f rnilwny* into ef
AND FAVORABLE.
deathbed will was made Ethel’s guard
o f straw and then bravely punching that was printed by the News, under the Willamette Valley must not lose ian, nnd she thereafter made her resi
feet as to put into effect city owner
the
heading,
"Hparklers
from
the
sight
of.
It
is
this:
Whatever
benefits
Post, Ore., June 28, 1015.— Ed. Senti him over.
Her life had been
ship of a municipal water plant. This
the towns benefits the country, and dence with him.
His reference to New England was Talks at the Banquet:’ ’
nel: I have just read your editorial
Rev. E. C. Wigmore— How far is it I whatever benefits the country benefits nearly crushed out o f her by her step
is the argument our correspondent comments on Senator Hurkett ’» address, peculiarly unfortunate from the fact
uses. It would be no more far fetched where in you intimate thnt the learned that the railroad management up there from my house to the country! It is the towns. The boundaries betvveeu the mother. nnd It required some time to
two are purely imaginary, for their restore her to a henlthy state o f mind
just outside my woodshed door.
to say that n teacher in a backwoods gentleman put an everlasting quietus needs nbout eight times as much fixing
Judge Dimirk— I can ’t say anything interests are absolutely mutual. I f the and body. But by the time she cam*
up
as
in
any
other
part
o
f
the
world,
school could just ns well take charge on government ownership of railroads. to sny nothing o f the United Htates.
more than hns been said about co country prospers, the towns will pros o f age she was completely recovered,
There is one error and possibly two
o f all the school children in the United
operation unless I tell you to practice per. I f the towns prosper, the country for her surroundings as a member o f
O
f
course
he
didn't
fail
to
prove
to
oversights in the article that I wish to
will prosper also. There is no getting
your entire satisfaction thnt govern what you preach.
Htates.
point out.
Hie doctor's fnmlly were all that could
Mayor Hcott— When Nature began to away from this fact.
ment
owned
rnilronds
would
murder
First.—
Socialists
do
not
advocate
Public ownership o f railways will
be
desired, and he knew how to treat
Sprin gfield’s example ought to be
more people than under the present distribute her bounties in the far east
never be brought nbout through the use government ownership as the ideal, but highly efficient system. I f it would she took care not to be too liberal, and widely copied. Those who live in the her to her advantage professionally.
public ownership, a distinction with
o f such arguments as those used by our
beat the past record o f the New Haven when she reached the Pacific slope she country have problems in whose solu In his old age Ills anting* o f yearn
" r i g h t sm a r t " of a difference.
had a plenty and to spare, and she 1 tion the people o f the cities can aid were swept away In a commercial pan
correspondent. I f half the people of
The first oversight is that the sena the right o f way up there would be all
dumped them all out here.
most materially, and the cities have ic, and Ethel Markham provided fo r
mussed
up
nbout
all
the
time.
the United Htates could henr Henator tor should huve followed up the logical
Assistant Htate Engineer Cupper— problems that need the attention of the him and those o f his family who wer*
In conclusion let me snv that your
consequences
of
his
reasoning
and
Burkett ’a address there would be no
The great problem in the Willamette people o f the country. Getting together still too young to take care o f them
should have ahown his Cottage drove editorinl on profanity in the same issue
danger o f government ownership.
valley today is the proper regulation and talking things over is more than
audience that your city mnde a mis o f The Hentinel is absolutely the proper
selves.
worth while.
Senator Burkett did not aay how the take in putting in its own water system, talk. I have known several persons of soil moisture.
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