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VOLUME IV
Commercial Club Believes the
Investment Brings Returns.
MR. THOMPSON MAKES TALK
Report of Promotion Department .Makes
Good Showing for First Year.—A
Fund of $3000 Will Be Raised
for the Coming Campaign.
The Commercial club held an inter­
esting meeting last Monday evening,
the principal feature being the assem­
bling of the subscribers to the booster
fund of last year, and the unanimous
sentiment expressed for a continuation
of the work during the coming year.
The reports of the Promotion depart­
ment, read at a previous gathering and
published by The Sentinel last week,
were again read for the information of
those absent one week ago, supple­
mented by remarks by Mr. H. 0.
Thompson, retiring chairman of the
Promotion department, and other mem­
bers of the committee, all of whom ex­
pressed a desire that the work under­
taken be carried on to a successful fin­
ish. A resolution was unanimously
adopted to the effect that it be the sense
of theCommercial club of Cottage Grove
that the sum of $3000 be raised for
promotion work for the ensuing twelve­
month, this sum, together with some
$600 left over from last year, being
considered suffiicent to prosecute the
publicity work along Jines laid out un­
til next May. A committee will be
appointed in the near future to solicit
contributions to the fund.
MR. THOMPSON’S TALK.
The retiring chairman Mr. Thomp­
son, spoke at considerable length, re­
viewing the work of the committee
during the year, and comparing this
section of the country with others. He
Said :
Mr. Chairman and Gentlèmen : It
has been my privilege for the past six
years to be a member of this commer­
cial club—I am a charter member. It
was my privilege to serve as its secre-
tarv for one year and also as its presi-
dent for one year. In addition to this,
I have served, together with others, on
various committee work and it was my
special privilege dqring the time I was
president to appoint two committees
whose work are along lines that are of
greater importance by far to this com­
munity than anything that came before
our citizens during the time, at least,
that I have been a resident of Cottage
Grove, which is. seven years. One of
these committees was the one appoint­
ed for the purpose of creating Nesmith
county; the other was the publicity
committee. The County Committee as
appointed consisted of A. B. Wood, C.
H. Burkholder, R. M. Veatch, C. E.
Stewart, G. L. Rees and myself as an
ex-officio member; When Mr. Rees re­
moved from the city Lew. A. Cates
was elected in his place. These men
are dilljgent workers in the cause of
Nesmith county.
The first committee named to raise
funds for the prosecution of our work,
when we had it before the legislature,
was Ben Lurch/ W. S. Hubble and F.
D. Wheeler, which succeeded in raising
sufficient funds to supply our need at
that time. When the committee de­
cided to continue the fight and carry it
to the polls at the November election,
at a meeting held in the opera house,
Mr. T. C. Wheeler and H. Venske were
named as a soliciting committee, and
l am pleased to state that with their
assistance several thousand dollars were
raised to continue the fight, and we are
still lighting.
The promotion, or publicity commit­
tee, as appointed consisted of A. B.
Wood, - C. E. Stewart, J. F. Spray, F.
B. Phillips, T. C; Wheeler and myself,
all of whom, including even myself-, I
consider a very good booster, and Mr.
Conley as manager, and it is upon the
conduct of this latter committee that I
am to report upon as its chairman. I
hope what I shall say will'offend none
but please you all.
MANY INQUIRIES.
Regarding the number of letters and
inquiries received by Mr. Conley up to
December 14, 1909, there were more
than 7000 addresses, classified and
otherwise, from the Portland Commer­
cial club, a great number of which re­
ceived attention by letter or Conductor
booklet, the Community booklet, not
having been received until October
1909. The Conductor books were re­
ceived in August.- More than 800 in­
quiries were received from the Sunset
Homeseekers’ Bureau, and approxi­
mately 1000 inquiries received from
the advertisement in the Sunset Maga-
zine and from other sources. All di-
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 13, 1910
I rect inquiries were answered. Since '
| December 1 last letters to the total of !
1040 have been received ; 1595 letters
and 3647 books have been mailed out.
As to the result of this work you are
in as good a position as I am to judge. Institute Will Be Held in This
This much you must all admit, that
never before in the history of Cottage
City Tomorrow.
Grove have the citizens worked and
pulled together for a common cause as
now. As Mr. Conley has said in his re­
port, many strange faces are seen on- PROMINENT MEN TO SPEAK
our streets; real estate has changed
hands at greatly advanced prie'es; a
great dealof which, we believe, is due Afternoon Session Will Be Held at the
to thé fact that we are shoeing signs
City Park Following a Basket Din-
of life, and a willingness and desire to
ner^-Eyening Gathering at the
promote our interests and develop our
Com merci al Club Rooms.
country. We know that people have
been induced to locate here through
this work.
On Saturday next a Farmers’ Insti­
Now in regard to publicity work. In
the way of our booklet. I have had it tute will be held in this city, when a
said to me, that it was a shame to put number of prominent agriculturists and
out advertising that Was misleading and dairymen will be present and deliver
untrue such aS contained in our book­ addresses, among them being Dr.
let. I do not altogether blame them Withycombe of the Oregon Agricul­
for this, for they may be conscientious tural Experiment station at Corvallis,
in their statements, but if they are it State Dairy Commissioner Bailey of
is because they have not considered the Portland and Prof. Kent of the Corval­
matter well, and perhaps have not even lis institution. A basket dinner will
read the book. If they have they have be held at the city park at noon—or at
permitted others to do their thinking the rooms of the Commercial club if
and perhaps supply the words that the weather be inclement—following
clothed their thought. I only speak of which the addresses will be made,
this in order that I may better bring Mayor A. W. Kime delivering a wel­
coming address to the gathering-.
out the points as I see them.
An interesting program has been ar­
The first thing to take up is tYie very
outside, or cover design, consisting of ranged by the committee in charge of
a dairy herd and the china pheasants, a the institute for the evening, when the
magnificent design and both subjects Commercial club rooms will be thrown
true to nature of the great state of open to our rural friends. There will
Oregon. “Why” it is said, “this is no be songs and recitations, instrumental
dairy country.” I want to ask you music, drills and an address, on good
why this isn’t a dairy country? ■ Here, roads by Judge G. B. Dimmick of Ore­
where mother earth is covered with gon City, and also a stereoptical lecture
Nature’s carpet of green twelve months on dairying by Dr. Withycqmbe. The
of the year. But you say there is no evening session will be as important
nourishment in the grass during the as the afternoon meeting, and the
winter months. We have to fed too farmers should attend both. The com­
long. Did you ever see a c'ountry mittee. consisting of Messrs. Dan
where dairying was a success that they Bleuer, H. Venske, S. W. Boyd, Mes-
did not have to feed during the winter dames D. H. Hemenway, H. A. Miller,
months? I will leave it to you,- won’t G. H. Hall and Dan Bluer, have made
a heifer calf grow to be a cow here as extensive preparations for the enter­
well as in any other country, and won’t tainment of a large crowd on that day,
a cow give milk in this country and a and it is earnestly hoped that it wjll
great deal of it, the same as she-would not be disappointed. “Come and bring
in any other country, and if one will your lunch, " says the- committee. It
produce these results won’t 1000 or will furnish hot coffee free, and en­
deavor to make the day both pleasant
10,000 do the same?
and profitable to all who attend.
DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
Now in regard to diversified farming.
Do we not produce hay, grain, hogs,
cattle, sheep, goats and horses, pota­
toes, corn, beans, cabbage, cauliflower,
cellery, etc? >In the fruit line, do not Douglas County Rancher Gives
apples, peaches, pears, plums, prunes,
Reasons Why He Favors It.
blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries,
logan berries, strawberries, currants,
Mr. W. H. Lawrence of Douglasuoun-
etc., grow in abundance. You say yes,
they grow here, all of this is true on a ty, six miles south of the Lane county
small scale. But look at the work, and line, was in Cottage Grove on Saturday
show me a commercial orchard/ or a and to The Sentinel said: “Every
dairy herd of any consequence, or goats man I have seen, and that’s nearly
or sheep, of hogs. Timber is the only every one living in that section of
thing you can show a man here.
Douglas proposed to be incorporated in
Now I am going to agree with you on Nesmith county, is heartily in favor of
a small scale. It is true that timber creating the new county. Over forty of
is our greatest developed resource. these residents signed the petition, and
But I am also going to say to you that I do not believe there will be a single
God, creator of all things, developed vote against the adoption of the meas­
these virgin forests, because the life of ure.”
When asked why the people are so
the average man is not sufficient for
him to develop them. God has endow­ unanimously in favor of Nesmith coun­
ed us with a climate and a soil making ty, Mr. Lawrence replied: “We of
it possible for us to produce and devel­ Douglas want division for the same
op these things of which I have spoken, reason that part of Lane wants to go.
provided we are not afraid to get in Because we get no benefits from Doug­
and work and have faith in results. As las. I have lived near Comstock for
Dr, Ford of Eugene said in his sermon twenty years, and have been trying all
last night, if you expect to accomplish that time to get decent roads, but have
anything you must have faith and be- only been contributing to the upbuild­
lieve in yourself, and so I say to you if ing and improvement of Roseburg and
you expect too accomplish anything that immediate neighborhood. The on­
you must have faith in yourself, and in ly way that we can get relief is, I be­
your town, and in your community, and j lieve, through self government. I am
work. Did you ever see a country convinced that with the creation of the
where you could produce these things, proposed new county, improvements
if you did not work? I may not have that we hav§ been waiting for nearly a
the appearanefe of a farmer, and I may quarter century will be made within a
have. At any rate I want to give you reasonable time. ”
And this is the sentiment of many
a little of my experience as a farmer.
When I was a boy, I put in seven others in the territory proposed to be
years with my father on a farm in Ne­ taken from Lane and Douglas counties.
braska. I worked at it ; I was at the Rural residents in all parts of the coun­
practical end' of the plow; I planted try included in Nesmith county have
and I harvestd, and I knew what the expressed themselves along the same
results were in bushels, but did not line. Mr. J. G. Allen, also of Northern
know what they- were in dollars and Douglas county, recently told The Sen­
cents, or you may bet I never would tinel that the highways of his neigh­
have steared that plow around those borhood were almost as impassable as
prairies seven years. Now. Nebraska, they were thirty years ago, and that
was not a bad country; we used to cul­ an endeavor to secure improvements
tivate about 120 acres of corn and raised from the county court had availed them
enough of the smaller grains and hay little. He is another firm supporter of
to feed. This corn averaged about 50 the measure. It is the same old story,
bushels per acre and the price, I re­ repeated until it is threadbare, per­
member, during that time run from 15 haps, that communities far removed
to 35 cents, so 25 cents was a good aver- from the county seats receive compar­
rage. At 50 bushels per acre, an acre atively few benefits from the taxes an­
of land would yield about $12.50. Now nually paid and that improvements of
that is an absolute fact. Think of it, a public character center at the court­
$12.50 per acre—plow, plant, cultivate house.
and harvest an acre for that amount of
money.
With alight rod and a bright fly Miss
I say here at this time, if you will Laura Chisholm of Astoria hooked the
simply plant an acre of ground here largest specimen of mountain trout
and it doesn’t yield more than that I ever recorded in that vicinity. It
will eat an acre of dirt. Now let me measures 28 inches long and weighed
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five pounds.
NUMBER 33
| work fftund it impossible to cover the
! territory assigned to them within the
specified time, and it was found neces­
sary to divide the district, and an ex-
tension of time may have to be asked
Oregon & Southeastern Equip­ for. Yet the Ugene contingent wants to
retain every inch of the territory with­
ment Is Released.
in the county, and would probably un­
dertake to annex adjoining counties if
it thought it could succeed-in getting
away with the goods, “for revenue on­
RECEIVER HELD IN ABEYANCE ly.”
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HEAVY BOND DEBT.
Validity of the Company’s Bonded In­ If Election Carries Eugene Will Owe
M*ore Than Half a Million Dollars.
debtedness May Be Tested by Those
Recently Awarded Damages
On May 16 Eugene will hold' an elec­
for Personal Injuries. ,
tion for tfie purpose of voting $150,000
in bonds to take up outstanding city
warrants, and an additional $60,000 for
Judge Harris heard the petition and other purposes. If these propositions
listened to the arguments in the mat­ carry Eugene will have a total bond­
ter of a receiver for the Oregon & ed indebtedness of $532,000. And
Southeastern railroad company on Fri­ yet it scoffs at Cottage Grove, with a
day, and held that the appointment of total indebtedness of less than $9,000
a receiver at this time would probably and calls it incompetent to administer
result in a loss to both parties, and its municipal affairs, because the'peo­
therefore heli the appointment in abey­ ple of this community are interested in
ance. The’defendant judgment credit­ promoting the proposed county of Nes­
ors consented to a stay of execution mith. Added to the $532,000 Eugene
on their claims pending the bonds and has also a heavy school bond debt. It
mortgage, which has been commenced might be well for Eugene to adopt the
by the plaintiff. This foreclosure suit Cottage Grove method of improving its
will be strongly contested by the judg­ city, in which case the contemplating
ment creditors on the ground that the settler would not have to think twice
bonds were illegally issued. It is before concluding to “drop in” and
claimed that the entire road of 21 miles contribute for years to come towards
was built with the private money of wiping out a heavy debt.
G. B. Hengin, and the bonds and mort­
gage were fictitiously issued to cover BOHEMIA CAMP SUFFERS LOSS.
the cost of the said road building to Principal Owner of West Coast Mines
himself or assigns for an amount great­
Company Passes Away in East.
ly in excess of the cost of the road and
Notice
is received of the death on
not to any stockholders or those holding
claims against the road. Manager A. May 2 of Mr. John W. Wheeler, presi­
B. Wood is still in charge of the road dent of the Home Sewing Machine com­
and the rolling stock has been released pany, and president and treasurer and
and the line goes on undisturbed. The principal owner of the West Coast
refusal of a receivership is just as Sat­ Mines company of the Bohemia dis­
isfactory to the defendants as they trict. His death occurred at his home
sought earnestly to prevent it, and it in Orange, Mass., after a brief illness.
gives them free rein to attack the va.-. Mr. Wheeler’s demise will probably put
lidity of the bonds and mortgage in the an end to operations at the West Coast
for some considerable time, as it will
suit for foreclosure.
be thrown into his estate. His only
immediate heir is his wife, there being
• Births of the Week.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James Lebow, no children. Arrangements had been
on Sunday, May 8, an 8J pound daugh­ perfected for the resumption of work
at the mines at an early date, and with­
ter.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Monroe, ori in the past few days prior to Mr.
Wheeler’s death a number of men had
Monday, May 9, a 9J pound son.
gone into the camp preparatory to com­
mencing work with the opening of the
season.
FAST TRAIN DERAILED.
Men Locally Interested Form Shasta Limited Thrown Into the Ditch
By Spreading Rails.
$2,000,000 Syndicate.
Chas. E. Ladd, of the Black Butte
quicksilver mines, Fred Russell of the
Chambers Lumber company, and W. B.
Dennis, also connected with the quick­
silver mine near Cottage Grove, are in­
terested in one of the largest and most
important timber deals of the year in
Oregon, concluded last week, when the
holdings of the Carlton Lumber com­
pany, located on the line between
Yamhill and Tillamook counties, was
sold to a large syndicate. Included in
the purchase is the milland other prop­
erty located at Carlton. The mill is
one of the best sawmills in the interior
of the state. It has a.cutting capacity
of 50,000,000 feet a year.
The name of the corporation taking
over the property is the Carlton Con­
solidated Lumber company. It has a
paid up capital of $2,000,000 and is of­
ficered and owned by the following:
Chas. E. Ladd, president; Fred Russell
and G. K. Wentworth, vice-presidents,
and W. B. Dennis, secretary and treas­
urer.
Plans are under way for building a
railroad .from the mill at Carlton to
Fairdale. This road will be owned by
a subsidiary company of the Carlton
Consolidated Lumber company. It will
be a standard gauge line and will tap
the valuable fruit and agricultural sec­
tion as well as a vast body of fine fir
timber.
CROP WILL BE LARGE.
Outlook for Bumper Yield of Fruit Was
Never Better Than Now.
It is said that never in the history
of this vicinity was there greater prom­
ise of a large fruit crop than there is
at present. Every day lessens the
chances of injury, if we protect the
fruit from the codling moth we are
pretty sure of a bumper harvest. It is
all important that Oregon be able to
supply a large amount of fruit this
season, as the middle west has been
visited by severe frosts, which have
caused the compete destruction of ap­
ples, pears and peaches; so it is doubly
important that the orchards be protect­
ed from pests at this time. Care for
the crop and care in marketing' will
make big financial returns for our fruit
this fall.
Lane is a Large One.
According to Census Supervisor Hen­
dricks, Lane county is so large that
the enumerators appointed to do the
Kansas City Firm Will Construct
Water System.
$100,000 IS COST TO THE CITY
If Bonds Are Sold Elsewhere Than to
Contractors Price for Work Will
Be Reduced Eight Thousand
. Dollars.—Fives Too Low.
On Tuesday afternoon the city coun­
cil entered into a contract with the
American Water & Light company of
Kansas City, Missouri, for the' con­
struction of a water system from Layng
creek to connect with the present water
system, a distance of eighteen miles,
the price being the full amount voted
for the purpose, $100,000. The com­
pany, however, agrees to accept in
payment therefore the 5 per cent bonds,
but should the city succeed in placing
the bonds elsewhere, bids for which
have been advertised for, the company
will reduce the price of its contract $8, -
000, making the figure $92,000. This
arrangement was made for the reason
that it is a difficult proposition to sell
5 per cent bonds, and the company in
order to break even must increase the
price for construction.
The work will be inaugurated within
twenty days, and completed within six
months. The company feels confident
that it will require only about four
months to build the pipe line, and make
the necessary connections. A large
crew of men will be employed, three
hundred if they can be secured, and the
dirt will fly from beginning to end. If
feasible the work will be started from
this end of the line, and connection
made with Teeters creek in order that
a supply of water may be had during
the time the balance of the line is be­
ing built. This, it is thought, can be
done, and if so Cottage Grove will
have no more “dry seasons.”
HAIL STORM AT ROSEBURG.
Over One Hundred. Street Lamps Brok­
en by Terrific Downpour.
Roseburg Monday evening was visit­
ed by hailstones in some cases as large
as walnuts. Hail fell to a depth of
four inches inside the ten minutes.
Flower and truck gardens were ruined,
103 street lamps and many windows
were shattered, some outbuildings
were wrecked or moved several feet
and small trees, billboards and fences
were blown down. The interior of
buildings equipped with sky-lightS'were
damaged and one firm lost in this way
$1500 worth of millinery. Street drains
and sewers were clogged and in some
places miniature rivers ran over the
sidewalks. A large ’tree on an island
in the Umpqua was split by lightning.
Bad as the storm was, it fortunately
was confined to the city, else outlying
orchards and strawberry patches would
have been, ruined.
The Shasta Limited, after leaving
Cottage Grove Tuesday morning, left
the track at Junction point, and the
greater part of the day was consumed
by the wrecking train in getting the
cars on the track again. The train
was running at a rate of thirty miles
an hour when the rails spread and the
tender jumped the track, followed by
the baggage and express car, mail car
diner and three Pullman sleepers, only
two sleepers remaining on the track.
The accident occurred on a high
grade. The track was baldy torn up
the ties being demolished and Ahe rails
twisted and bent. All of the china­
ware in the diner was broken. The
ASHLEY PLACE IS SOLD.
sleepers tipped at an angle of eight de­
grees, but no one as injured, tiut those Massachnttes Man Buys Twelve-Acre
in the front cars were badly shaken up.
Orchard Adjoining the City.
After the cars' had left the track the
Mr. C. C. Ashley on Tuesday sold
train ran about 300 feet before it was through Hemenway & Lockwood twelve *
stopped. ______________
acres of land one-half a mile north of
Cottage Grove to Frank. C. Magrath of
BRIDGE FOR ROW RIVER.
Worcester, Massachusetts, the consid­
Penn Bridgé Company Gets Contract eration being $5,000. There is a com­
at $8,600.
fortable new bungalow on the place.
The bids for the construction of the Ten acres are planted to pears, and
wagon bridge across Row river, near among the trees are two acres of straw­
Cottage Grove, were opened by the berry plants. Mr. Magrath’s family
commissioner’s court this afternoon,but will join him here in a short time. He
the contract has not yet been awarded. is accompanied by Mr. Geo. W. Steb-
The bids were as follows : L. N. Roney bens, also of Worcester, who will take
of Eugene, for wooden brigde, $8500; up his residence in Cottage Grove.
W. W, Inman of Eugene, for wooden
A Handsome Gift,
bridge, $9,850; Perrin, wooden, $8400;
Mr. McMurray, general passenger
steel, $11,200; Penn Bridge Co., wood­
agent of the Southern Pacific, has pre­
en or steel, $8600.—Guard.
sented the Commercial club with a
The contract for the bridge mention­ handsome photo cabinet 10x14 inches,
ed above was on Wednesday awarded containing scènes in and around Cot­
to the Perin Bridge Company for the tage Grove. Many of the photos are
sum of $8,600, and will be completed by from the Community booklet, and are
arranged in a well-bound book. The
October 1, next.
cover bears the name of Cottage Grove
Shall We Celebrate.
in gold letters. Secretary Rosenberg
The question of whether Cottage has the book at the club rooms.
Grove will celebrate the Glorious
Drowning at Winchester.
Fourth was discussed by the Merchants’
Two
of Roseburg’s most popular
association at a regular meeting on
Tuesday evening, but no definite decis­ young women Mrs. Adeo Vial and Miss
ion was arrived at. Another meeting Hattie Smith, were drowned in the
will be held next Tuesday evening, North Umpqua river at Winchester
when the matter will be decided. The Sunday night about 11 o’clock. Two
Merchants’ association has taken the young men who were in the boat with
initiative in the proper observance of them at the time of the accident es­
the day heretofore, and very naturally caped drowning.________ -
Big Timber Sale.
the public looks to it to take what ac­
A. S. Kerry, of Seattle, has disposed
tion it deems advisable.
of 10,000 acres of timber land in the
Band Concert Sunday.
Nehalem Valley district for $460,000.
The Cottage Grove band will give a This property was purchased by A. S.
concert at the city park next Sunday Kerry and associates about three years
afternoon, weather permitting.
ago for about $150,000.