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Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering and Farming Interests of this Community.
VOL. IX
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1907.
NO. 41
MUG
STATE DAIRY
Tl
Will Meet In Convention
December 12th and 13th
At Portland- Representative Attend
ance is Expected and Program ot
Interest to Dairymen is in Course
of Preparation.
lyl T. Judd, of Morion County,
president of tho Oregon State Dairy
Association predicts ii Urge attend
ance nt the sixteenth annual meet
ing of the association, which will
be held in Portland Thursday and
Friday, December 12 and VI Ke
ogniing the impoitauco of lliiH
meeting, the Portland Commercial
Club ia corresponding with the dif
ferent coinmorcial organizations of
the state and urging them to take
up tho matter with the people of
their respective, localities that the
competition for the hln-ral prizes
that will be offered for dairy pro
ducts may be general throughout
tlio state. It is desired to have a
largo attendance of practical dairy
men men who milk tho tows.
While the programme has not
been completed for the two days'
session, enough has been done to
mire an especially interesting and
instructive discussion of dairy sub
jects. Bosides the reading of pa
pers by men prominent in the dairy
industry in the state, a half hour
will be devoted to a general discus
sion of each of the following prob
leuis: "Succulent Feeds for Winter,"
"Kale vs Kosilage," "Handling
and Care of Cream and Milk for
Shipment," "Winter vs Summer
Dairying." TIiplo discussions will
be introduced by some of Oregon's
most successful dairymen.
A $loo silver loving cup has
been offered by the Vermont Farm
Machine. Corapai-, of Hollows
Falls, Vt., for the highest scoring
dairy, if made from cream Eeparat
or by a United States Cream Sepa
rator. In addition to the loving cup, a
large number of general and spec
ial prizes will be awarded as follows:
OKNKRAl, PRIZES.
For tho highest scoring creamery
butter, $2?) gold medal, also five
pounds Worcester salt.
For the highest scoring dairy
buttor, $2.r gold medal, also f0
pounds Worcester salt.
For the second highest scoring
dairy butter, two bottle Hancock
toster.
For the highest scoring Ameri
can full-cream cheese, 10 gallons
Hansen's Danish Itennet extract.
Ivor tho best display of dairy
products, $65 cosh; second, $35
cash.
The cash prizes are providod by
the Portland Flouring Mills Com
pany, anl the medals by the Port
land Commercial Club; salt by tho
Do Laval Dairy Supply Company
And tho rennet and tester by Mon
roe & Shelton.
SlWIAl, I'RHKS.
Offered by De Laval Dairy Sup
ply Company: ,
For the highest scoring creamery
butter salted with Worcester salt,
providing it scores Oo or more, five
pounds Worcester salt.
For the highest scoring dairy
butter salted with Worcester salt,
30-pouud sack Worcester salt.
ASSOCIATION
For the highest snoring dairy
butter made from cream separated
by a Do Laval Hand Separator, $.5
cush.
For second highest scoring dairy
butter made as above, "10 pound
sack liaum's Stock Food, value $.
2.5-
Offered by Empire Cream S"a
rator Company, Poilland branch:
For highest scoring dairy butter
made from cream separated by an
Empire Cream Separator, four-bottle
Habcoek test-ir, value $5.50.
For second highest scoring dairy
buller, mado as above, f, woith
Empire Separator parts.
Offered by Ha.lcwoo 1 Cream
Company:
For best plans and specifications
for barn and dairy farm on which
Ho cows nto kept, $25 cash.
For plans and diagrams of tho
host arranged dairy fatm of So
acres, said diagram to show loca
tion uf buililini.'H and subdivision
of farm into fields: competitor to
state crops to be grown on the dif
ferent fields and the rotation, give
mi m her of cows to be profitably
kept, work 'toises needed mid other
stock required for the economical
disposal of the byproducts, esti
mated income also to be Muted, f.25
casn.
To every owner of cows attend
ing the meeting who will enroll in
the Ha.lewoo 1 register, u free one
year's subscription t o cither
Hoard's Dairyman, Oregon Agri
culturist, Pacific Homestead, Puri
ne Northwest or Rural Spirit.
Offered by Charles H. Lilly Com
pany: For tlio highest scoring dairy
butter made from cream separated
by a Sharpless Tublar Cream Sep
arator, if scoring cjO points or over,
$10 worth of Lilly's Slock and
Poultry Food.
For the highest scoring creamery
butter colored with Aldcrncy Kutter
Color, live gallons Alderney Butter
Color.
Offered by Mitchell, Lewis &
Staver Company.
For the highest scoring dairy
butter made from cream separated
by an Iowa Cream Separator, one
Drew Adjustable Litter Carrier ami
loo feet cable for same, value $15.
For the second highest scoring
dairy butler made as above, 12
Foster's Improved Steel Stanchions,
$in.
Offered by Monroo A. Shelton;
For tho best scoring dairy butter
made from cream separated by a
Simplex Cream Separator, one four
bottle Facile Jr. Habcock Milk and
Cream Tester, valuo $C.
Itl l. ICS OOVICKNINO CONTESTS.
The contests will be governed by
the following rules:
All exhibits of creamery butter
shall consist of not less than ten
pounds, uny kind of package, 20
pound tubs preferred.
All exhibits of dairy butter shall
consist of not less than four pounds.
All exhibits of American full
cream cheese shall consist of not
Icsb than 10 pounds.
He Fought at Gettysburg.
David Parker, of I'nyette, N. V
who tost 11 foot ut (ieUyHl u !),', writes:
"Klectrlc Hitters have done me morn
Kood tliun uny medicine Lever tool;.
Fur several years 1 had stomach
troublo ami paid out much money for
medicine to little purpose, until I bo
Kim takiiiM' Electric Bitters. I would
not take f)00 tor what they have done
for 1110." (Irunil Ionic for the aged
and for femalo weaknesses. Ureal
alternative ami body luiilder ; best of
all for lame back and weak kidneys.
Uuaranteed by Benson's l'hnrimicy.
f.0c.
Once in a while you find a man
who thinks his local merchant does
not always give him a square deal,
but after he gets bumped a few
times by catalogue houses or trav
eling fakirs he concludes that the
most dependable class with which
to deal, in all lines, is the home
merchant.
ILLS ARE
CLOSING 01
The Lumbering Industry of
Oregon Damaged
High Rates and No Cars the Cause
The Alarming Extent of the Damage
is Only Just Beginning to be Real
ized. 'Mill closed on account of lack
of cats and general demoralization
of trade caused by proposed ill-
cre iso in rail rates."
Such is the message sent by
scores of mills in Oregon, qtid with
one accord, th lumbermen place
the responsibility for closing down
on the railroads; first, the car short
age, and second, tho new rate,
which is a 20 per cent advance and
completely prevents Oregon mills
from competing in tho eastern mar
ket. No change in conditions is
anticipated until tho Interstat; Bad
road commission decides against
the proposed new rate, which the
railroads intended should take ef
fect Friday, but which thoy are re
strained from enforcing through in
junction granted by Federal Judge
Wolverton.
The alarming extent of the dam
age to the lumber industry is only
jiiHt beginning to dawn ou the pub
lic The fact is that in Oregon the
industry is being ruined and the
mill men, r.s 11 last, resort, oro clos
ing down their plants, paying of!
the men, thus throwing an army ol
unemployed laborers on the market
and alTectiug the business of every
town in which the mill payroll is
exchanged for living expenses.
Today the lumber output of Ore
gon mills has been cut down more
than 1,100,000 feet of lumber a
day. This will reduce the output
more than 12,000,000 feet per
month. All this has come about
recently and more mills are boing
added to the closed-down list every
twenty-four hours. In the Willam
ette valley the lumber industry is
paialyzed.
Fully fifty mills of various size
and capacity havo been closed down
within tho past lew weeks, and no
one knows foi how long. They
are located in more than thirty
towns. What the payro'l amount
ed to or tho number of men em
ployed cannot be told at this time,
but there are mills in the list which
employed 2"0 men. Dozens em
ployed more than this number and
others, ol" course, had much smaller
crows. Tnat, at least, 10,000 men
are thiu thrown out of work, is a
conservative estimate.
Among the milh closed are:
Stewart and Delaucy, Comstoek;
Skidnioro Son, Comstoek; Tay
lor & Loo, Divide; P. A. Lindstroin,
Divide; Chapman & Son, Divide;
Cuitiii Spur Lumber Company,
Spur; J. II. Chambers, Cottage
Grove; Booth-Kelley Company, Sag
inaw, Wendling and Coburg; Big
Star Lumber Company, Yoncalla;
Lehman & Co., Rice Hill; Dimmick
Lumber Company, and Klk creek
Lumber Company, Draiu.
1 1 comes put up In a collapsible tube
with a nozzle, easy to apply to the
soreness and Inflaniatlon, for nny
form of Piles. It soothes and relieves
pain, itching and burning'. Man Zan
Pile Itemedy. Price BO cents. Uuar
11 11 Iced. Hold by New Kra Drug Store.
(Into Ilogate, Urn city drayman,
for a careful transfer of your house
hold effects.
WILL REDUCE FORCE
Booth-Kelly Mills Will Continue
Wages Reduced to 20 Cents
Per Hour. ,
f
in an interview witb Superintend-.
ent Bassett, of the Booth-Kelly milj
at Springfield, we learn that, on
Monday morning, Nov, lltn, the
mill wages will be cut to 20 cents
an hour for eight hours' work.
This is the result of a meetingfbeld
at Eugene by the local officers1 and
superintendents of the four Bpotb
Kelly mills Tuesday. It was' de-
iii1
cided to keep the mills at Saginaw
and Coburg closed indefinitely.'but
tho mills at Springfield and Wend
liog will be run but eight hours a
day. The mills will not Co any
cutting, but the planing department
will continue to run for some time;
There will be no activity about the
mills until the financial situation
improves and the demand for lum
ber becomes greater. Piesent and
future orders will be filled Irora the
stock on hand, as the yaids of jibe"
company have several million feef
piled up in them. i v',
BLOW TO SPRINGFIELD.
The closing down of the millsd
bound to be a hard blow om all,
branches of business in Springfielp;
but it is hoped that the financial
situation will improve and that ui6
settlement of the freight matter
will soon be brought about. Most
of the men who are now working
will be given steady employment:
The single men will be the ones, to
lose their positions and the 'men
with families will be retained.
While the cut in wages is a serious
matter, and will be considereddij
mauy as an outrage, those who at
permitted to stay even at the small
wages should be thankful,
liootli-iveiiy mm at bprmgneia;
been operated at a loss for the
eitrbt months, and while toe redfic.-
tion will be a severe blow to
employes, it must be remembered
that if tho truth was known be
company will be the heaviest loses.
The news will be rather discourag
ing to the business men, but we
may consider ourselves fortunate
that the company has retained as
many of its employes as it was pos;
sible for there to find employment
for under present conditions.
News.
Bank Officials Arrested.
Portland, Nov. 9. J. Thornburn
Boss, president; Geo. Hill, vice-
president, and T. T. Burkbardt,
treasurer of the Title Guarantee &
Trust company, which went into
the hands of a receiver last Wed
nesday, were arrested today and a
warrant is out for John E. Aitehi
sou, secretary of the defunct insti
tution. The charge lodged against
them is accepting money on de
posit while knowing the bank was
insolvent. Under the laws of Ore
gon this is a felouy punishable by
a maximum fine of $looo or; im
prisonment iu the penitentiary for
two years or both fine and impris
onment. The arrests were made oa'cpra
plaint of C. F. Fdiman, who alleges
that on October 2fith, the day. be
fore tho preseut day to day IjQiiaay
began, he deposited in the jbank.-
me sum ot $;h.u. i;uman alleges
that the officials of the bank ifnew'
ou that day and had known , foi
some time previous that the't, bank
was insolvent. '
Aitchison is now in New York
City but he will be arrested on bis
return. Those defendants who have
been placed under arrest were re
leased this afternoon on furnishing
$25oo bail eaoh. :
0
he
Will
be Held in Portland
Beginning Thursday
The Best Program Yet Presented at a
Meeting of this Kind has Been Pre
paredPortland Merchants to visit
. Mosier Other Notes.
Hon. John II. Scott, President
of the Oregon Good Roads Associa
tion, has prepared a magnificent
program for the good roads meet
ing to be held at the Portland Com
mercial Club beginning Thursday,
November Htb, at 1 o'clock p. m.
The meeting will be opened by
addresses of welcome by Mayor
Lane and Tom Richardson, with
response by Judge Scott. The ad
dresses for the afternoon will be by
Hon. Wilbur K. Newell, Judge Al
fred Battles, President King county,
Washington, Good Roads Associa
tion, Judge Thomas F. Ryan, of
Clackamas county. ex-Goveruor T.
T. Geer and Hon. James II. Mc
Donald, President American Road
Makers Association and Highway
Commissioner of Connecticut.
Thursday evening at 7:80 there
will be a stereopticon lecture, by
Hon. Samuel C. Lancaster, United
fetates-Government Engineer, fol
lowed by refreshments, music and
speeches, at which Judge Webster
will preside as toastmaster.
The convention will re-assemble
Friday morniug, November 15th,
at 9 o'clock and the list of speakers
for the moruinx session iucludes
Professor Skelton, of the Oregon
Agricultural College, Dr. Willis
B. Vloiee of Salem, President Camp
bell of the State University, Hon.
Samuel Hill, president Washington
Good Roads Association, Dr. James
Withycombe and Hon. John II.
Albert.
Friday atternoou Senator John
son, ot Benton county, Judgo Web
ster of Multnomah Couuty, Addison
Bennett of the "Irrigon Irrigator,"
Dr. Andrew C. Smith, of Portland,
President Coleman of Willamette
University aud Senator Kay of Mar
ion county will talk, followed by
reports of committees, election of
officers, and an automobile ride to
Kelly Butte.
The horse show which closed Sat
urday at Portland was a tremend
ous success, and the Oregon animals
on display as well as the show it
self was voted by Dr. Withycombe
as just as good, if not as large, as
the one iu New York City.
There will be a special excursion
of Portland busiuess men to Mosier
Saturday the lGth, to attend the
meeting to be held Saturday even
ing. "We take clearing house certifi
cates" is a sign now to be seen in
the show windows of almost every
busiuess house. The financial sky
is clearing and there ia every pros
pect that two weeks more will see
conditions normal.
A Hard Debt To Pay.
"I owe 11 debt of gratitude that can
never be patd off," writes O. 8. Clark,
of Westtleld. Jowa, "for my rescue
from death, by Dr. King's New Dis
covery. Both lungs were so serious
ly affected that death seemed Immi
nent, when I commenced taliiiiu New
Discovery. The ominous dry, hack
ing cough quit before the first bottle
was used, and two mora bottles
made a complete cure," Nothing hus
ever equaled New Discovery for
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
complaints. Uuaranteed by Benson's
Pharmacy. BOo and Sl.Oo. Trial bottle
free.
CONVENTION
HOBO SHOT AT YONCALLA
While Attempting to Escape From
City Marshal.
Since the larger cities have been
driving the "floating element" from
their limits Yoncalla is being
"blessed" with quite a lot of these
pests. Last Thursday several non
reaideuta were on our streets and
late in the evening it was whispered
around that one of the "wearies"
had made his brags that he was go
ing to rob a certain individual in
the town; this of course aroused
suspicion, and coupled with the
fact that two of the party left town
late in the evening and returned
after nightfall showed conclusively
that there was a chance for some
underhanded work.
About midnight Marshal Lundy
placed one "weary" safely behind
the bars and was taking a second
one up to nive him a free bed, and
had reached the corner of Stearns
k Cheuoweth's hardware store,
when a scuffle took place, and as
the man in charge was a powerful
man, he succeeded in freeing him
self from the grasps of the officer
anl deputy and started to make a
"getaway". Lundv cailed for him
to "halt," and was greeted by
"shoot, you s-o-b; you dou't dare
to shoot." It is said that the pris
oner then started to face about and
acted as though he had hold of a
weapon, whereupon Lundy fired at
hi 'ii striking him in the right side,
killing him almost instantly.
As iu all instances of this kind,
there is a great diversity of opinion,
but notwithstanding all this, it must
be admitted that the public has to
be protected, and a policeman is
their only medium in cases of this
kind, and when it becomes his pain
ful duty to resort to shootiug it is
our opiniou that he should be given
the benefit of all doubt and receive
the undivided support of all the
citizens until conclusive evidence
goes against him. Courier.
Resume Work In Oregon.
One of the best signs of the
rapid clearing of the financial situ
ation, is said to be the ordering of
resumption of work on the railroad
projects that were abandoned in
the Pocifio Northwest two weeks
ago, says the Portland Journal. The
Httirimau people have ordered work
resumed in a number of places on
new construction, and forces are
being reorganized.
Work will be resumed immedi
ately ou the Ilwaco extension, the
Pendleton-Pilot Rock branch, the
Lewiston bridge and the Coburg
bridge. It is said that the llarri
man companies will gradually re
sume work all along the lines of
extension aud improvement laid
out before the financial striugeucy
began. It is reported from Tacoma
that J. D. Parrel, general manager
of the Oregon & Washington rail
road, the Harriman extension to
the sound, has given orders that
bids must bo let and work com
menced on the Tacoma tunnel for
that line before December 1.
Similar action is expected in the
matter of the Last Portland penin
sula tunnel foi this compaiiy. The
policy of the Hill companies iu
pushing construction of the north
bank line to completion is having a
strong effect on all other construc
tion work in this territory. The
plan of the Harriman companies is
to carry on their construction work
between Portland and Tacoma at a
rate that will complete this Hue
about the time the Columbia river
bridge of the north bank road is
ready for traffic The tuuuels at
Portland and Tacoma for the Har
ruuau extension will be the first
actual work to be started ou this
line,
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