Cottage Grove sentinel., March 29, 1916, Image 4

I t ind and The Courier will never bo' the »everi» I thou »und» who ii«it the fuir
adopted.
j each year,
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lu fact tho suggestion hue at leant
Still another reaaon in thin;
one senoua flaw.
l'but in that much
When the fair grounda were original
property ia not for naie ut uiiy p.ice.
1 ly puichaned, u part wan platted into
Who ban a home that hv him spout Iota and one or more Iota glieli to em ti
I I ears in building up that he cares to purchaser of mock. Many of those Iota
sell at ila value ou the uiurket f
have anice been sold for several tunes
Mauy have businesses that they j their original coat and the original pur
would uot cure to dispose of at their chasers of stock lire considérable mon >y
nlieiid no» vv itbout |iartieipiiting ni a
cash v alue.
Who would care to dispose of heir division of tho “ phnt’ ’ thnt would te
suit from tho suie of tho grounds at
looms at their market valuef
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Who would care to dispose of u pet $20,000.
Hesides, vvo do not helieve tho fuir
dog, or a pet oow, or a pet horse at
grounds are worth $20,0011.
its market value!
In a few years Kugoiio may huve a
A persou having property lie did not
vvaut to dispose of would have to place littlo ooiinty h 11 to itsolf iiii d it oiiii
its value fur above its real worth iu thon do whatever G dam pieuses about
order to prevent its sale uiul nguin we biiyrng fuir grounds uud othor Itixiiriea.
would have uucqual taxation.
The idea is a fine theory but iinpruc
ticul.
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convention.—Benton County Courier.
The Graphic cau 't s[«^ak for others
MEMBER WILLAMETTE VALLEY EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
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Wednesday, March 29, Miti.
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Same here.
o u T WHERE THE WEST BEGINS. teat the will of the majority of Ore
gou tepublicuiis, for the leasou that the
ROME SYSTEM
i.NOTt—Hack east the question is voters will uot be able to indicate then
onen asked, “ Wnere does the west be real clioice except by wntiug the name
fair questiou to ask: How, when
g.ui ’ W Ueu you are in New York, in ou the ballot—and results are sel
uuil where hus the Oregou Systou
iiicy call Detroit west; in Detroit, Kan dom accomplished that wuy.
vie teel certain that Brother Young saved taxpayers moneyJ Although th
s a s City is west; in rvausas it is Den
ver, and in Deuver, west is beyond the will see the uuteuubility of his pout ion advocates of the system made loud
ihuckies. In the following liue*s Arthur and iu an early issue do justice to promises o f reduced taxation, we ul
know- that instead of a reduction i
cuapmau answers the question and tells Messrs. Dunne and Fultou.
taxatiou, taxes have been going sky
us wnere the west begius:)
ward, and the fuuny part of the whol
out where the handclasp's a
little
tnrougn the formality of tiling foi business is tbut the people haven't ai
stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a
little ic-Humiliation on the republican ticket. much to say about taxatiou as they
1'here has been much talk of opposition used to. Levying bodies have been
louger,
m a t's where the west begius. candidates from different parts of the added, aud when it comes to state
district, but us yet uothiug has devel county and school taxes, the laws ar
Out where tho sun is a little brighter, oped. Hawley 'a reputation as a vote so fixed that officials have to make
vv uere the bonds of home are a wee getter dampens the ardor of those who certaiu levies and the only place the
bit tighter—
would like to enter the lists against taxpayers have a voice in the matter
W here there s more of singing and less him.
is in the road matters. The Oregon
System places the direct taxpayer at
ot signing,
in u t’s where the west begins.
the mercy o f those who pay no direct
DEMOCRATIC DESERTION OF
tax, scares capital from the state and
AMERICAN LIVES.
Out where the skies are a trifle bluer,
creates class legislation.
Out where friendship's a little truer.
PITIFUL story o f total >disre
That’s where the west begins.
gurd for the safety of American
PURCHASE OF FAIR OROUNDS
Out where the fresher breeze is blowing, lives is told by Henry Keuterdahl in
T MAY be a little early yet to
Where there's lauguter lu every stream tUe March Metropolitan. It is a story
of how American warships were order
talk about it, but there will be
let flowing,
Where there's more of reaping and Jess ed to desert Americans in Tampico at a measure on the ballot this fall to ap
the time of the occupation of Vera propriate $20,000 for the purchase of
of sowing,
Tnat’s where the west begius. Cruz and how these Americans, de the fair grounds at Eugeuc.
serted by their own government, were
On the face of it there seems no giud
Out where the world is m the making, saved by German warships. We do not reason why private individuals should
W here fewer hearts with dispair are wonder that Secretary of Navy Dau- provide grounds for the county's fair,
iels has impressed the facts that are but there are good reasons why voters
aching,
That’s where the west begins. now put forward with all the verifi outside o f Eugene should not vote for
catiou necessary to assure their au such an appropriation at this time.
Where the snows that fall are a trifle tbeuticity.
The principal reason is that they need
whiter,
A reading of the story, which in all the money fur other things that will
Where there is more of giving and less its detail is almost past belief, will
do us more good.
of buying,
cause the blood of every patriotic citi
Money spent for good roads on
And a man makes friends without halt zeu to boil with righteous indignation.
which farmers may haul their products
trying—
Poor Wilson has certainly been un­ to Eugene to be exhibited is a far great­
That’s where the west begius.
fortunate in the members of his cabi­ er need.
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net. in the pity we feel we haven’t
A few years from now, after the re­
PEOPLE’ S CHOICE M AY NOT BE
the heart to criticize the president for turn of prosperity, we may be able to
PEOPLE'S CHOICE.
his lack of judgment in this direction afford the luxury o f $20,000 worth of
ground for a county fair— but not now.
CCX^UILLE Sentinel, in speak-
And it ia not entirely unfair to ask
THE OTHER FELLOW ’ S OX
ing of the fact that David M
the
private owners o f the fuir grounds
Dunne and Charles W. Fulton, can­
BOL'T as flagrant an example of to hang on to their property awhile
didates for delegates to the national
pure, unadulterated 101 per cent longer.
republican convention, are circulating
inconsistency as has ever been brought The fair grounds are owned entirely,
petitions to get their names on the bal­
as far as we know, by Eugene citizens
to our attention is referred to in an edi­
lot in order to avoid being bound by
the people’s choice for president, says: torial columns of the Ashland Tidings. who receive an indirect return on their
investment out o f the money spent by
“ The man who announces in advance We quote from The Tidings:
“ The Business M en’s association had
that he is unwilling to be bound by the
people’s choice doesn’t look good to under consideration a “ trade at home’
campaign. The object was to make a
us as a delegate.”
Ordinarily Brother Young’s ideas are concerted effort to educate the citizens
sound and his reasoning unassailable, to the unquestionable fact that he could
but in this caae he has the wrong hunch. better afford to pay his home mer-'
Oregon republicans are in a peculiar chant a little more for goods than he
position this year.
Unquestionably would have to pay the mail order house
Justice Hughes is the choice of 90 per for the same article, because every dol­
cent o f the republicans of Oregon, but lar spent with the home merchant
it will be impossible for the voters to stayed in the community to enrich it
indicate that fact, because Mr. Hughes with ready cash, while the dollar sent
away was gone forever and left the
will not permit his name to be used.
But there is rather more than an even community that much the poorer. The
chance that Hughes will be the choice idea was a good one and the argumeut
of the larger number of delegates w^ien absolutely true.
“ But—
the convention meets.
“ Hiney Enders took the floor to ad­
Two votes may swing the nomination
vocate such a campaign and suggested
to Mr. Hughes.
Messrs. Dunne and Fulton know that that the association get together and
Hughes is the choice o f the majority order a lot o f bills for a trade at home
campaign. He said he could get them in
of Oregon republicans.
It is for the very purpose o f being big lots from the east at a very cheap
able to vote for the choice o f Oregon price.
“ What do you thing o f that!
republicans that they wish to be un­
“ Why not as well buy the trade at
pledged.
To attempt to pledge them would de- borne campaign bills from 8ears-Roe
buck t They probably could furnish
them cheaper than the home printer
who spends his money in town and pays
taxes here, and might famish them
cheaper than they could be had from
the Portland printer who pays taxes at
least in the state.
“ There are a few definite reasons
nine miles from Cottage Grove, farm
why Ashland is not a better town com
land and timber; ten million feet of
mereially, and Enders has bit the nail
timber; well watered and on good
on the head without knowing it when
road; $20 per a«cre; will fornish
be advocates having his trade at home
buyer for timber at (5,000. Ve&tch
bills printed by a mail order house,
& Spencer.
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while he boycotts the local printer.”
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Thirty-four acres of fine land on
good improved road, within one-third
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NEW 7 ROOM BUNGALOW
Two large lots, close to scLool and
pavement, at a bargain if taken
toon. Terms if deaired. A. j .Wood­
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/^ fD I T O R Brown o f the Benton Coun-
Courier has ideas o f his own,
but has no compunction or heatitancy
about adopting those o f others if they
seem to fill the bill.
Several times The Sentinel has said
that if the figures given the assessor
were accepted as the price at which
the property assessed was for sale, there
would be a readjustment o f assessed
valuations that would be somewhere j
near fair to all.
In a recent issue The Courier elabo­
rates upon the idea.
Of course, assessed valuations will
never be absolutely fair and equitable
and the method suggested by The Sen-
“ TUe Ne'er Do W ell.”
“ The N e ’er Do W ell,” by Hex lieneh.
the speetncular drama filmed by the
S elig
Polyscope
company, features |
WHeeler Otikmnn uud Knthlyn Williams!
and uii all star cast. The hero is Kirk
Anthony, u college graduate, a veteran j
foot ball player, and sinee graduation,
the roach of his university.
a On the I
evening following n foot bull victory,I
the last of the season, Kirk and others
stnrt to celebrate. Lute that night he
finds himself on shiphonrd. uml when I
he awakens he is without money and
without baggage. During the voyage
Kirk becomes acquainted with u woman
a Mrs. Stephen Cortlandt whom he!
learns to admire very much. She is I
really a diplomatic agent of great iu
fluenre. One dny while Kirk is out
hunting he meets in u forest bovver,
a Spanish girl who is known only u I
“ Cuiquita.”
He falls desperately in
love with her, and tries vainly to dis
cover her identity. The story of hi •
making good, of his winning of Chi
piita, despite the counter plottings of j
Mrs. Cortlandt, of the clearing of his!
name, and of the final decisive inter !
veation in I’ anunianiun uffairs of old
Darwin K. Anthony, is strongly en- 1
grossing and varied by many richly
humorous episodes. Chiquitu is by far
the most ehiirming feminine character
Kex Beach has drawn, and Knthlyn
Williams ns Edith Cortlandt is an ex­
ceedingly convincing mid fascinating
type. “ The N e ’or Do W ell ” will be at
the Kex theater April 2ll.
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Wade Right In”
Feeling
firs! tiling in the morning
living.
com es naturally with light
Daily iood plays a lug part, for unless ii supplies
pro|>er rebuilding elements, and is promptly digested,
o n e ’s mental and physical pow er is hound to suffer.
Grape-Nuts
the whole wheat and malted barley food, provides
all the rich nutriment ot the grams,* including their
vital mineral salts phosphate of |>otash. etc. lacking
m the diet of many, hut which are necessary for
balanced upkeep ol body, brain and nerves.
Grape-Nuts has a delicate] nut-like flavor; is
always ready to serve with cream or milk; is easily
digestible; and yields a wonderful return ot health and
energy.
HINGS WE THINK
“ There’s a Reason”
Thing« O ther« Think and W hat We
Think o f th # T hing « O ther« Think
A lot of long haired populists of n
A *tat< «man of the pr itrnl admin
few yeitra are now dyed in the wool iHtrntion has made the statement that
The two moat interesting figure* in
democrats.
money run be handled more safely by
the upprouehiug campaign arc the two
women than by men. With us it ’s
colonelx— Bryan and Roosevelt. Neither
The mnu who guides the ship of not so much a question of safety as of
one could be elected in his own right,
I «tate »round all shoals hnx well earned economy.
but they huve the power to name the
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his laurels but ns a great diplomat .
one who ahull.
: lie does not roinpare with the one who 1 The person who throws mud makes
The Russians a re u s in g ja p iin n e i 1 »b: II keep the witter wagon from bs mi attempt to clean up his muss, even
ing overturned by boulders along the after he fiuds his efforts have been
weapons.
way.
directed at the wrong mark.
When it comes to the pork barrel
We woiildn't admit that uny other
After a person's fare beromns marked
there are too many who try to hog it
baby is better than our own—because with sin und intrmprranre, it is imp*»*
all.
ii better baby
would be too good for silde to eiitirely remove the traces by
What a howl there would be if mon­ this world and we wouldn't wish to even the most upright life but a life
ey was squandered on a peace project bring uny sorrow into the lives of its of crime will quirkly disfigure the
pureutx.
the way it is on a senseless wnr.
• Hire spotless window of the soul.
April 3rd to
S a m S ays;
You Can Afford
It
Preparation» »re now under way to
make Dress Up Week a gala day in
Eugene.
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Photo Plays
“Dress- 1
A PRETTY THEORY.
A
lieto mul There About l ’layr
ami riayers
EUGENE’S
Monday
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"D res» Up” week
is
Spring 1916 Style Exhibit
Combined With National
Saturday,
April 8th
Inclusive
T o You
Your Friends:
To every man, woman and child we
extend a most cordial invitation to
come to Eugene and enter into the
spirit of "Dre»s Up” week. Novel
displays will be provided for your
entertsinment. W e welcome you«
one and all, and assure you that your
time will be well spent.
a
National Event and the success of
This Invitation Is Signed by All
Eugene’» “ Dress Up” week is as
cured and Eugene will be dressed
in her best for the occasion.
Eugene Merchants
Come Monday—Come Every Day—We Bid Y ou W elcom e
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