IT’S A ROBUST INFANT
Fruit Industry in Lane County
Is Growing.
SOMETHING ABOUT SPRAYING
for passage money. A few days ago,
upon being refused again, young Prit
chard went out into the field and shot
one of his father’s cows. The boy
locked himself in his room every night,
and constantly clung to his rifle. It is
thought his-mind has been deranged on
account of worry for fear that he will
be arrested as a deserter from the
United States Army, he having desert
ed two or three years ago, according to
his own statement at the previous ex
amination before the insanity commis
sion.
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NEWS FROM BOHEMIA.
Considerable Activity in the Gold Min
ing District.
Harry H. Parker came down from
the Bohemia district on Saturday and
returned Monday. During the fall and
winter one mile of tunnel has been
made on the Sarah Alien claim; and it
is now just thirty feet to the expected
shoot. Mr. Parker has been in the dis
trict four years, and says' there has
been less snow this winter than at ary
time during that period, thirty inches
being the greatest depth.
Therens nothing doing at the North
Fairview at present.
At the Grizley cross-cutting is bejng
prosecuted by President Klopfensten,
Cochran and Johnson. A machine, the
only one in the entire district, is in
operation;
J. S. Coffman is spending a fortnight
in Cottage Grove. He has been drift
ing on the ledge on H. H. Veatch’s
claim, located on Elephant Mountain at
the head of' Weaver creek. There is
REALESTATE
over 100 feet of tunnel.
LOANS
Mr. Lilly will commence on 100 feet !'"'JRANCE AND
of tunnel at the Golden Slipper about
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON
February 1, he ’ having been awarded a
Improved and Unimproved Farms
contract to perform the work.
President of Fruit Growers’ Associa
Care of the Dairy Cow.
tion Gives Some Interesting Infor
mation Along This Line m His
Three important factors of consider
Annual Address.
ation in the care of dairy cattle are
comfort, kindness and cleanliness. It
is bad for the dairy cow to stand out
President ,H. F. McCornack of the side in the rain during such cold weath
Eugene Fruit Growers’ association, in er as we have had. Thousands of dol
his annual address, among other things lars are lost to the farmers every year
through neglect to provide comfortable
said:
Tae 1909 fruit crop of Lane county in1 quarters for their stock.
No animal can do justice to itself
common with the entire Northwest was
light, but prices were fair and the de when forced to suffer cold and hunger
mand good so that growers realized at the hands of fan unhuman owner.
well on what they had. For example, Men who are so inhuman that they will
strawberries sold at an average price not provide properly for their stock,
of $2.65 per crate, while in 1908 the should be forced to do so. No matter
average price was $1.48 per crate. how crude and homely the protection is,
RAILROAD SEEKS BONUS.
Peaches this year averaged 95 cents.-pw we respect the man who provides shel
box and in 1908 63 cents. All small ter for the helpless brutes, which are
fruits brought a good price. Apples powerless before the gale and are left Coos Bay and Boise Line Asks $150,-
_ 000 Cash on Completion.
and pears sold teadily at a good figure to the mercy of man to protect them.
but there were hardly enough of the I have more respect for the farmer The promoters of the Coos Bay &
best' grades to go around. Green or who, if forced to choose, which shall be Boise Railroad, which is being survey
fresh prunes were shipped East in re improved first 'his house or barn select ed from Marshfield to Roseburg, are
frigerator cars and arrived there in ed the latter. The man who does this asking for a bonus of $150,000, the
good condition and sold at figures'very invariably governs the dumb brutes money not to be paid until thirty days
satisfactory to the grower. . I believe about him with gentleness. The farm after the road is in operation. The
, there is a great future for our fresh does not shelter an animal that. re people of Coos Bay will be approached
Italian prunes in the Eastern market. sponds more quickly to kindness than with subscription papers and an effort
Several years ago the brown rot was the cow. Her great, kind eyes are fill will be made to raise the necessary
bad on Italian prunes and they did not ed with gentleness and patience. She bonus.
hold up well when shipped East, but is almost human in her gratitude and
The people of the East are paying too
the better care, especially the spraying under the influence of kindly treatment, much for apples in comparison with
with lime-sulphur solution which the she will guard the homes, help lift the the price received by the grower.
trees have received for the past few burdensome mortgages, pay for the col Where the grower gets $2 per barrel
years seems to have checked this trou lege education of children, cloth the for his fruit the consumer is forced to
ble, and we hope that with better care family with serviceable garments, fill pay as high as $6. The jobber and re
and more thorough spraying the brown the home with comforts and provide tailer get the lion’s share.
rot like many of other pests will be the table with the most healthful arti
cles of food. Kindness is a quality in
come a thing of the past.
Notice For Publication.
And speaking of fruit pests we cer man which costs him nothing, but the
exercise
of
self-control
and
when
pro
tainly have had some experience with
U. S. Land Office at Roseburg, Ore
them. One by one we met them and perly invested it pays astounding divi- gon, January 17, 1910.—Notice is here
fought them with various degrees of dends.
by given that Levi Wetmore, of Wild
success with a great variety of insecti I will mention a few of the subjects wood, Oregon, who, on August 11, 1903,
cides and fungicides, and when at last that should demand every dairyman’s made Homestead Application, 02626,
we found the lime-sulphur solution we attention. First, the importance of No. 12977, for S 1-2 of NE 1-4, and SE
fought them not one at a time but near and how to improve the dairy cow. 1-4 of NW 1-4, Section 32, Township 21
ly all at once and with Complete suc Second, the economy of feed ration, south, Rangel west, Willamette Merid
cess. I think I may safely say that the not how to starve the cow, for that ian, has filed notice of intention to
use of the lime-sulphur solution on practice has been tried too long and too make Final five year Proof, to establish
fruit trees is the greatest discovery of often without success. How to produce claim to the land above described, be
the age for horticulture, and our etern the most and best milk from a cow well fore the Register and Receiver of the U.
al thanks are due to our little “friend feed, well housed, kindly cared for, and S. Land Office, at Roseburg, Oregon,
the enemy”—the San Jose scale, for her thirst slacked with the purest of on the 21st day of February, 1910.
this pest taught us the use of the lime- fresh water from live wells or flowing
Claimant names as witnesses: Geo.
sulphur spray while using it, for the springs. Third, the care of the milk Kerr, James Hunt, Loren Hunt, Arthur
from
cow
to
dairy
or
the
cream
deliver
destruction of the scale we found that
Van Schoiack, all of Wildwood, Oregon,
it not only entirely exterminated the ed to the creamery, in order to produce Jasper Patten of Cottage Grove, Ore
the
best
results.
Fourth,
the
impor
scale but it proved to be the best fungi
gon.
cide known. It stops anthraenose, that tance of often testing the milk of every
BENJAMIN F. JONES, Register.
most destructive disease in our old or cow in your herd, that you may know
chards. It prevents apple and pear which is protfiable. Fifth, the too of
scab, a disease which made it impossi ten careless care of the m'lk and cream
ble to grow some of our best varieties. at home and 'in delivery of same to the
Brown rot and shothole fungus have creamery. This neglect alone in my
All kinds of Mill Repair
disappeared where it has been thor opinion costs the dairyman of Oregon
oughly used, and this destruction of annually thousands of dollars.
Work and Blacksmiting
DAN BLEUER,
fungus and disease allows the trees to
Manager of Cottage Grove Creamery.
assume a rich healthy color.
First class work at moderate prices
The fruit industry in this county is
Grocery
Men
to
Meet.
in its infancy, but is a very healthy,
Grocers of the state will gather at
robust, promising infant. This infant
fruit industry went to the Salem cherry Eugene January 26 ad 27 for the annu
fair with an apron full of cherries; she al convention of the Oregon Retail
came back with a blue ribbon around Grocers’ Association. There is a splen
her neck and a silver cup in her hand, did program of deep interest to the
Suitable for inside walks, No. 1
representing the grand sweepstakes dealers in feedstuffs and the attendance
county prize for the best exhibit of is expected to be the largest in the commop and better; dressed on
cherries grown in the state. This in history of the state association. Prob four sides. While it lasts, $8.0D
fant went to the , Albany apple fair lems coming up in the grocery business per thoueand feet.
,
with a pocket full of apples and return will be discussed and mutual help gain
Brown Lumber Co.
ed with another blue ribbon around her ed from the interchange of ideas of the
neck and another silver cup in her various dealers. The Merchants’ Pro
hand, numerous small blue and red rib tective association of this city has
bons fluttering from her belt and a poc elected ten delegates to the conven
ket full of silver, representing the tion, besides whom several others in
grand sweepstakes county prizes for terested will attend. “Should retailers
the best exhibit of apples grown in the pay cost of packing and cartage” will,
state, and many individual prizes. be discussed by H. H. Veatch of Cot
Again this infant went to Portland tage Grove.
You want someone to
with a big red apple in her hand and
A Dairying fountry.
do your
returned crowned apple queen of the
In a recent - address made before the
Willamette valley, the original home Oregon State Dairy Association Mr. J.
infant of the “big red apple.” I say a W. Bailey, State Dairy and Food Com
very healthy, promising infant.
missioner, said: “Oregon, especially
occasionally,' and I want
Now, gentlemen, we have proven the western part of it, is pre-eminently
to do it for you.
that we can and do grow prize-winning suited to dairying, fephaps no coun
fruit, but iwe do not raise enough if it. try in the world is better suited. This Now, Mr. merchant, lawyer,
It does not pay to produce common is not our boast alone, but is the ex doctor and real estate agent!
fruit, and this is especially true of ap pressed opinion of all great dairy au Wouldn’t it suit you pretty:
ples and pears. Almost every state in thorities who have examined conditions
well if you could get a
the union grows plenty of common ap here.”
ples and pears. We can not produce
Notice to Ticket Holders.
this grade and pay freight on it, say to
To Patrons of the Cottage Grove Ly
New York, to come into competition ceum CourseThe Clara Vaughn Wales to keep your books posted up'
with the apples grown there. If we Concert and Comedy Co. will begin to date twice a week, once a
grew something better than they have their program at the Armory, J an. 26, week or at any time you wish:
we find a good demand for it at very at 8 p. m. sharp. Be sure that your ed, and at less expense than
remunerative prices.
tickets have been altered according to you cduld do it yourself? I
ARMY DESERTER IS INSANE. .the Armory seating. Any one appear will do this work for you and
ing with unchanged tickets will exper at right prices.
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Young Pritchard Burns Buildings and ience some difficulty in securing proper
How About Those Collections?
seats.
SELDEN C. ADAMS.
Shoots Down Stock.
Haven’t had time to make
Ernest Pritchard, about twenty-three
Card of Thanks.
years of age, has been adjudged insane.
I desire to return thanks to the Cal- them! Better hand them to
me and see what I can do
He resided on a farm northwest of Cot apoo’ya Mineral Springs company of.
with them.
tage Grove, and is charged with burn London and others for courtesies and
ing houses and barns in the neighbor aid rendered during the illness and af
hood, and with killing a farmer’s ter the death of my daughter Candace,
horses. Young Pritchard was arrested who died on Sunday last.
last fall on the charge of insanity, but
MRS. BELLE KLADY.
wis discharged. For some time the
Office in old Union Mines &
John A. Williams of Curtain Spur
boy has wanted to go to Australia, and
Developing office
he has asked his father time and again was in the city on Monday.
FINGAL HINDS
Choice Acreage Adjoining Town
Bus
iness and Residence Property for Sale
Reference: First National Bank or Any
one in Cottage Grove.
Good Bookkeeper
N.F. WHITING
There is but one short and direct route
between the West and the East.
The Southern Pacific
AND 0. R. & N.
OREGON SHORT LINE.
UNION PACIFIC
THERE IS unsurpassed through fast train service
to Denver, Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago, with di
rect connections to all points East and South. J
THERE IS an abundance of matchless scenery, and
an opportunity to make a daylight stopover at Salt
Lake City if it is desired.
LET US tell you all about what can. be done, , be
fore you purchase your ticket.
L. S. TAYLOR. Agent Southern Pacific (5o.,
—or to—
W_M. MCMURRAY
Gen. Pass. Agent, Portland, Or.
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Price List, etc
METCALF
&
BRUND
Grocers
to the People
PHONE HAIN 65.
WELL PAVED STREETS
are of great value to a community and
enhance the value of abutting property
more than any other improvement
CAN BE PAID FOR IN 10 ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS
so that the cost per year is small.
The increased valuation is demonstrated in the follow
ing cities in the west where the Bitulithic . .
Pavement has been laid:
Walla Walla
Eugene
Ashland
Vancouver
Salem
Albany
Boise
Medford
Portland
Nampa
Roseburg
Pendleton
Baker City
Lewiston
Puyallup
and many other cities
It is a general proposition that two years after a street"
has been paved ..
THE PROPERTY CAN BE SOLD FOR DOUBLE
the price at which it is offered before paving, and yet
at that time only two of the ten payments
have been made. Examine
"THE BITULITHIC PAVEMENT
in any of the above cities
and see for yourself why
BITULITHIC IS BEST BY EVERY TEST
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SIDEWALK LUMBER
$8.00 PER 1,000
Typewriting
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Send for
Miller’s Machine Shop
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TOM AWBREY has the most reason
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reverse transmissions, shaft drive, speed
from 2 to 65 miles per hous. ■ This car is
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top and glass front and sells for
$2000
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
The 24 horse power, fully equipped for
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Attorney-at-Law
$1475
Practice in all Courts of State. Corpor
ation, mining and Probate law a specialty
Collection and Insurance.
COTTAGE grove ;
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Dentist
AUBURN MOTOR CAR CO., PORTLAND
Stewart-Porter Building
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COTTAGE GROVE
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eAttorney at Law
Office on Main Street, West Side
COTTAGE GROVE
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FARM, CITY AND TOWN LOANS
Physician and Surgeon
Special attention given to diseases of th
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P hones —Office, Main 193; Residence,631
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PHONE 583
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