The Cottage Grove sentinel., January 21, 1910, Image 5

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VOLUME IV
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY. JAN. 21. 1910
2Par,s
NUMBER 16
CITY'S FIVES WONT GO
Felix Currin Installs Acetylene
Bond Companies Refuse to Pur­
Plant at Country Home.
chase Under 6 Per Cent.
HAS CAPACITY OF 35 LIGHTS
COUNCIL MUST BEGIN ANEW
This System Said to Be Nearest Ap­
proach to Sunlight of Any Illunii-
nant Yet Discovered—Cheaper
Than Kerosene.
Kean & Company of Chicago Offer to
■ Buy One Hundred Thousand Dollar
Bonds' of Cottage Grove at
About Ninety-Two Cents.
It having been fo und practically im­
A great change has taken place in -the
possible to sell the $100,000 five per
standard of living in the.country. Mod­
cent water system bonds at par, on ac­
ern conveniences such as are found in
count of the low rate of interest, there
most city homes have been introduced
is a probability that the municipal
into thousands of country houses. Hot
council will renew its efforts to provide
and cold running water, bathrooms,
this necessary improvement by begin­
hot-air furnaces, steam or hot water
ning all proceedings in connection there­
I heat, gas and electricity are now found
with over again. Money at this time, so
in every community. They lighten the
the bond companies hold, is worth more
labor of household work, make the
than 5 per cent in western states. A
home pleasant, more comfortable and
large number of cities are issuing bonds
cheery, and improve the health of the
for municipal improvements, and a very
[teates,.
large majority of these are 6 per cent
I A great demand has developed
twenty-year bonds, with stipulations
throughout the whole U. S. where ih-
for payment, or partial payments, be­
I telligent farmerfe are fully alive to mod-
fore the date the principal shall become
I ern progress for a better means of il-
due. In a few instances exceptionally
I lumination. Improved lamps and lan-
good propositions have found takers at
I terns havb been developed, but the pro-
slightly under 6 per cent, but these are
I gress in this line has not been great,
unusual. One thing is practically cer­
I for the very' good reason that about
tain, if Cottage Grove, is to have the
(every known means of burning oil so as
proposed gravity water system, it will
(to secure the best illumination had al- ■
have to pay the price. This is the opin­
(ready been worked out.
ion of bond companies, which have been
I Mr. Felix Currin, who Jias a 750-acre
interviewed.
Iranch east of town, after a thorough
S. A. Kean & Company of Chicago,
I investigation of the three improved
Isystems for lighting country homes ar- Dairying and Stock Raising Be­ Coast Fork Grange Is Now Con­ Work at Black Butte Quicksil­ Many Minor Matters of More the only' bidders on our bonds—and
these at 6 per cent—in a letter to Re­
Irived at the conclusion that acetylene
corder VanDenberg say: “We thought
■possessed advantages over gas made
Than Passing Moment.
coming More Profitable.
sidering Resolutions.
ver MinesCease.
perhaps you could issue a 6 per cent
■from, gasoline or electricity, and this
bond instead of a 5, and that you would
■week installed a complete 35-light
lacetylene plant, believing that the qual­ THIS. IS AN IDEAL LOCALITY LAID OVER TO NEXT SESSION MR. DENNIS GOES ELSEWHERE PERT PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS prefer to get a premium for your bonds,
and we therefore bid for a 6 instead of
ity, price of installation and the-ease
a 5 per cent bond at a premium, or 104.
land cheapness of operation makes it
■preferable to other systems. Acety­ Cows Costing From Fifty to Ninety Farmers Will Probably Support Ini­ System Invented and Introduced by Gleaning Here, There and Everywhere We also stated at the bottom of our bid
lene for illumination is a colorless gas,
tiative and Referendum and State­
By The Sentinel Rounders.—The that we would take a 5 per cent bond
Him Said to Have Been Failure in
Dollars Give Returns of From
on the .same basis. We meanby that,
[produced by the action of water on
Cream of the News Condensed
ment No. 1—Resolutions Intro­
. Producing the Liquid.—Engagos
Eight to Ten Per Month.—Twi>
at a price that would yield the same as
lalcium carbide. The thirty-five lights
duced
By
W.
Shortridge.
for
Easy
Reading.
Lumber Business at Portland.
Hundred Dairymen.
a 6 per cent bond would at 104. We
Bare distributed through Mr. Currin’s
would take the 5 per cent bond at about
■residence apd barn, while one arc light
A castle of the Royal Highlanders 92. Now, we know very little about
Coast Fork Grange, No. 243, met at The quicksilver mines at Black Butte,
The country surrounding Cottage
Burnishes illumination for the grounds.
was instituted at Dorena, with thirty-
■ Recent investigations in Washington Grove is regarded as ideal for dairying London last Saturday, but on account eighteen miles from Cottage Grove, six charter members, on Wednesday your city and surroundings. Perhaps
of
the
unfavorable
weather
and
bad
after we wodld have a full knowledge
have practically been abondoned, and
■bow that acetylene is the nearest ap­ and stock raising. The illustration
evening by District Organizer David of your place and a full financial state­
proach to 'sunlight of any illuminant, shows stock cattle on the 500-acre ranch roads the attendance was comparative­ it is quite improbable that the "com­
Wallace. It is a fraternal. insurance
Band as the sun is the standard by which of Mr. J. I. Jones, located three miles ly small. An interesting program was pany which had been operating there society, incorporated under the laws of ment, we might be willing to raise our
bid on the 5 pet cent bond, but as the
■the world sees the best, the farm can northwest of this city, and is only one rendered, C. L. Bergstrom, D. R. Har­ fir a decade or more will further pros­
Nebraska, and doing business in fouteen market is now, we consider that we
Bnow have the best light known. There of the many favorably situated places ris, C, L. Powell, J. G. Powell, Mrs. ecute the work. Mr. W. B. Dennis,
states. The institution of the Dorena made you a fair offer for the bonds.
Bis scarcely a farm community in which for the successful prosecution of this C. M. Winecoff, C. H. Winecoff and W. who has been at the head of the com­
castle was followed by a dance and sup­ We will be pleased to get your bonds
W.
Shortridge
participating.
Mr.
I
■growing
industry
in
the
Cottage
Grove
pany
as
manager
and
general
superin
­
■acetylene is not used by some progres­
per, the latter being prepared and serv­ if they can be purchased at a right
Shortridge
offered
a
resolution
as
fol-
I
territory.
The
altitude,
671
feet,
is
tendent,
has
gone
to
Portland
to
reside,
sive farmer, and light for light, it is
lows :
price.”
and there is now engaged in the lum­ ed by the lady members.
■cheaper than kerosene burned under regarded as being “just right,” being
“Resolved, That Coast Fork Grange,
Mr. Wallace has a charter list start­ It will be seen that, inasmuch as the
■ordinary conditions. The first invest- beyond the frost line, yet not so high No. 243, is opposed to the present saw­ ber business. William Harris is still
ed in Cottage Grove, and expects to or­ 5 per cent bonds advertised must be
■nent in the generator and piping is not as to be in the hot belt. There is an dust and game law as it now stands ■ at Black Butte looking after the prop­
ganize here some time in February. sold at par no deal can be consummated
■large and really should not be consider- abundant supply of pure water, good and believing that it should be repeal- i erty interests of 1¡he company. It is
Both sexes are admitted to beneficial with Kean & Company, and it looks
range
for
stock,
plenty
of
shade,
and
said
that
little
quicksilver
was
produc
­
led, in view of the fact that it is prac­
ed, we ask all granges to .take action i
membership upon equal terms.
as though it devolves upon the alder-
tically a part of the house, and is be- stock is free from annoyance from flies. on the matter and urged that the law j ed at the mine under the new system
W. T. Higgins came down from the manic body to start at the beginning
installed
by
Dennis,
although
it
had
The
Cottage
Grove
community
book
­
■toming as important to the house as
be removed from thq statutes of the been demonstrated beyond a question Bohemia district on Saturday, and went by calling an election to vote on $100,-
■the chimney. No one thinks of charg­ let contains some interesting informa­ state.”
north.
000 6 per cent bonds, and after the pro­
ing the cost of building a chminey up tion on dairying in this vicinity. Among
The following resolutions were intro­ of doubt that quicksilver is there in
A. M, Sanders, city superintendent position carries, which it undoubtedly
paying
quantities.
Dennis
’
experi
­
■to the wood and coat bill for running other things it says stock can be bought duced by W. W. Shortridge for discus­
mental work on a new furnace proved, of the public schools of Albany, died on would, either advertise for bids for the
■the kitchen stove, and so it is equally for from $20 to $90, according to grade. sion at the next meeting :
Saturday. The cause of death was bonds or sell them at private sale.
Registered
Jersey
cows
cost
from
$50
■absurd to figure that the acetylene
/‘Whereas, There is a disposition on to his own satisfaction at least, that pneumonia, which he contracted only a
Profiting by past experience the council
■enerator and the piping df the house to $90. The full-blood stock is -prefer­ the part of the machine politicians of he had discovered a more economical
week before. He -was 46 years of age. would probably make somewhat differ­
■h really a part of the lighting bill. red even at the higher prices because the state of Oregon to assail the initia­ way of producing the metal mercury,
Mr. E. B. Perrine, of the Roseburg ent arrangements for the liquidation of
■Every house, and every building built they are productive nearly the entire tive and referendum together with the | and he razed the old furnace and con­
Ireal estate firm of Walker & Perrine, the debt, principally by providing for a
■in the city today is piped for gas and year. They give a larger flow of milk most vital part—statement No. 1— structed one according to his liking,
spent Saturday in Cottage Grove.
sinking fund, a requirement of some
Irired for electricity. Th'e gas bill or much richer in butter fat and the cal­ whereby candidates are chosen by the ! but after expending a considerable
H. H. Veatch attended the Retail bond companies, and appreciated by all.
■the electric bill is really the cost of the ves bring higher prices. Feed for cows people and not by a clique, therefore, amount of'money in testing the system
Hardware Merchants’ state convention While it is a matter for serious re­
it and the miñe has been abandoned.
■lighting; the rest is the cost of build- can be produced cheaper in this section be it
in
Portland this week.
gret that this contingency has arisen,
than in many localities. Land is rea­
“Resolved, That the Coast Fork
DEATH OF CANDACE KLADY., - Aurthur' E. Osmun went to Portland “an emergency is declared” and, the
I Besides the convenience of having sonable in price, and because, of the Grange, No. 243, P. of.H., in conform­
Monday to attend the agents’ business aldermanic body should lose no time in
(flights in every part of the house and mild winters stock can secure green ity.with other granges of the state of Passes Away at Calapoo’ya Springs
meeting
of The Prudential Life Insur­ righting the- wrong. Cottage Grove is
■voiding the danger of carrying around feed all the year. Little or no shelter Oregon go on record as opposing the
From Heart Trouble.
ance Company of America.
sorely in need of an adequate water
■snips, acetylene .can be used for cook- is required and indeed some of the assembly plan and favor and give our
Miss Candace Klady of Woodland,
The Coast Fork Telephone company system. The .protection of property
■ig. Just light a match, turn a cock stock in this section have not been allegiance to the direct primary law, Washington, passed away at the Cala-
met at London last Saturday for the against, the fiery, element during the
■ aid you have the full heat gping with housed for years. Kale, rutabagas, and be it further
pooia Springs Hotel, at London on, Sun­ purpose of considering an extension of dry period of the year is alone suffici­
vetch,
sugar
beets
and
hay
are
the
■ o smoke, no bother of gathering kind­
“Resolved, That we are opposed to day of heart trouble, and the body was the line. It was decided to extend the
ent reason for making the large expen­
fl Ings and building a fire. It will give principal feed, which is produced at any raise of salary for any officer of
shipped home the same night. It was line from London to the bridge, a dis­ diture. Such a system as proposed,
I maximum heat for all kinds of cook­ trifling cost and in great quantities.
Oregon for any cause whatever othèr accompanied by the mother, Mrs. Belle tance of about two miles.
giving a flow of 1,680,000 gallons every
fl ig as long as you want it, and when
Cottage Grove has an excellent than by" the initiative, as they are be­ Klady, Ed. Turpin and Wm. Lacky,
Capt. J. C. Johnson transacted legal twenty-four hours, and with,a 300,000-
I ou are through turn off the cock and creamery which handles daily large coming masters rather than servants.” brothers of Mrs. Klady, and Mrs. Num­
business in Eugene on Monday.
gallon reservoir, which would keep five-
B he fire is out. There is no big stove quantities of milk and cream. The The lady members of the Grange bers, her mother. Deceased was twen­
M. W. Carman and G. O. Knowles of
B o heat up the kitchen on a hot day.
growth of the dairying industry in this will, at the next meeting, discuss, “By ty-eight years old, and had come to the Eugene were in town on Tuesday, en­ efficient fire streams of 200 gallops each-
per .minute going five hours independ­
I Acetylene can also be piped anywhere territory is indicated by the success of what means can we better brighten our springs some six 'weeks ago for the route to Disston.
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ent of the main line, would materially
fl o tiie barn and stables, and with an au- the local creamery which started three homes.” ■
benefit of her health. The physicians
reduce insurance rates throuhgout the
OFFICERS
ARE
RE-ELECTED.
years
ago,
using
the
milk
furnished
by
B oniatic electric device you can light it
of her home town had acknowledged
CLUB Wild. ENTERTAIN.
city. Cottage Grove should have the
fl ? merely pulling a lever of pressing forty farmers. Since then the plant has
their inability to render further aid in Herbert Eakin Again Chosen President system, and the council should lose no
I bin ton. This does awa’y with the been enlarged three times and is now Business Men and Invited Guests to her case, and recommended Calapoo’ya
of First National Bank.
time in providing it.
'
Banquet
This
Eyening.
I anger of matches and of lanterns, using the milk and cream supplied by
mineral Water as a possible relief.
At th,e annual meeting of the stock­
■ hich are so easily knocked over and nearly 200 . dairymen. The grade of The Commercial club will hold a re­
Leases Land for Chicken Ranch.
holders of the First, National Bank, H.
stock has improved greatly within this ception this evening, when a splendid
B ause so many fires.
AN HEIR TO MILLIONS.
C.
H. Fuller of Vancouver; Washing­
Eakins was re-elected president and T.
time. Dairymen are now milking all banquet wlli be served by the organiza­
Huge Tree Stops Train.
the year, instead of three months as tion to its members and about forty in­ Cottage Grove Man Becomes Suddenly C. Wheeler cashier. The board of di­ ton, has leased the Kendall tract of ten
rectors for the new year is made up as acres one mile from town and moved
' Immensely Rich—Maybe.
fl Tiie Oregon & Southeastern train was formerly. They are. also weeding out vited guests. The evening will be
his family thereto. Mr. Fuller has al­
■ sable to reach Disston on Friday, a the inferior stock, thereby improving spent in social intercourse. Messis.
John Nokes, the mason, has received follows: Herbert Eajdn, T. C. Wheel­
■ ig monarch of the forest having fall- the grade of cows, because it. pays. Adams, Phillips and Trask comprise thè word through other Nokeses residing in er, Oliver Veatch, N. W. White and J. so purchased two lots in the Long addi­
■ ;. oss the track pear Wildwood and Prior to the establishing of the Cottage committee in charge of the entertain­ the East, that he is undoubtedly-one H. Hawley. The First National enjoy­ tion, * and it is his intention to make
Cottage Grove his permanent abiding
I »¡steel the rails. Several persons Grove creamery the farmers got about ment.
of many Nokeses who are heirs to a ed a year of prosperity. Two semi-an­
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place. He is favorably impressed with
nual
dividends
were
declared.
The
fl siting at Disston for the train walk­ four dollars a month per cow. Now
Big Lumber Contract.
vast estate in England, and his pedi­
fl i to Wildwood.
the mqnthly earnings per cow average
Senators Bourne and Chamberlain, gree is wanted, in order that action may bank has $17,000 in its reserve fund the possibilities of the locality. He
will engage in poultry raising.
rten dollars. The price of butter ave­ working in behalf of Oregon lumber be instituted to seize and hold the. prop­ and $5,000 undivided profits.
Good Showing for Big County.
rages thirty- cents per pound the year interests, won the big government con­ erty, together with all appurtenances
An Exceptional Winter.
Will Inaugurate Mining Operations.
B Sheriff Bown has filed his semi-annu- around and the demand for cream is tract for barracks construction in Ma­ thereunto appertaining and belonging.
“Uncfe Ves” Veatch, who. has resid­
E. G. Cady of this city, who has a
I statement with the county clerk and ever increasing. More than $2500 nila away from the other Pacific coast It is said that the estate, together with ed in Oregon fifty-two years, says the •considerable tract of cohl near Marcola
I tm it we notice that there is only monthly is being paid to Cottage Grove cities,- with the result that the bid has the accumulated coin of the realm, now present winter has brought with it more under lease, has. gone thither to inaug­
I -S3.41 of the 1909 tax roll uncollect- dairymen for milk and cream. The been awarded to J. Ernest Laidlaw of amounts to something over $63,000,000.
continued cold weather than any other urate mining operations. Mr. Cady has
■L and accounted for. That is a most quality of the milk is high, tests show­ Portland. Mr. Laidlaw has received The Cottage- Grove Nokes is losing no during that lengthy period. And this been unable to prosecute work during
■client showing in a county of this ing an average of four per cent butter formal notice that his bid had been ac­ sleep over the matter, however, and is statement is acquiesed in by all other the past few weeks on account of
> > we.—Eugene Register.
cepted.
fat.
as anxious to swing the trowel as ever. “oldest inhabitants.” ,
snow.
Ä GROWING INDUSTRY OPPOSE THE ASSEMBLY OPERATIONS AT CLOSE COTTAGE GROVE NEWS