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TERSE TOWN TOPICS for agtieu ltu ie. The gentlemen will engage in farm ing, possibly d airyin g will he taken up as a side line. Body Buried Here. Lecture Before the Commer cial Club Next Monday. WILL CALL SPECIAL ELECTION Matters of General Interest Pertaining to This City and Vicinity. The body of Ira Clark, a form er res ideut of Cottage Grove, arrived bete this morning from California, accompanied by the parents u f t h : deceased, Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Clark. The young man. who was highly esteemed her«- and wherever he was known, met his untim ely deitth by accident. Tlie temaine and bereaved parnnts weie met at tin- station by sym pathizing friends, whose acquaintance had been formed while residents of Cottage (¡rove, some font years since. Burial took place soon after the body arrived. Looking A fter Mines. Mr. Francia M cHenry nnd Mr. (J. A. Pnrllnw, On-gun hoost.ors, whti H I c out gathering pictniea aini data o f the Oregon nnuiitn from which to have slides ninde, w ill address the Commercial club on next Muuiiay evening, allowing some hemitilul views mid illuhtiiitlnir the wuik which they inteml doing on • m onth’s trip throughout ttut m iddle west, all members m e requested to atteud. M he iiiin ville Western M ontldy Maga Ine take this origin al way of advei fining Oregon in the east. M l. M c Henry is a noted impersonator and lecturer, ami is well known on tile coast. A frte entrtainm eut w ill he given throughout. the week. This Knee ailing witli the advertising p ro position offered by the Commercial Club, by the H on villc Western M ontldy Magazine tor a certain num- lier of subscript in ¡a luquries are com ing now for farms to be rented by prospective put chasers tn the Mast. One gentleman at C cntervill, Iowa, says lie wants to tent a small place, about 200 notes, be lias $20,000 to begin with and says tf the conditions suit him lie lias a little more for investment. A petition to tlie council asking that a special election he called tu vote on bonds fot ‘ he construction of a water system, is in c iid ila tio n , and is meeting witli ttie approval of a huge m ajority o f citizens. The p e ti tion is a matter of t'oim, requiring tlie signatures of only <>0 property owners. Mayo. .Job informs Tlie Sentinel that the election w ill lie called at a session of the council Monday night, and w ill he held this month. Ur. J. O. VanW inkle, o f Cottage tlr-jvo, is in the city for a couple of davs. He is a giaduate o f tlie uiedi cal d epartm e«t o f W illam ette u n iver sity and is building lip a good prac tice in tlie m etropolis o f southern Lane cou n ty.—Salem Statesman. Tlie next annual reunion of the Lane county Veterans’ association w ill be liodd tti Cottage Grove next September. Mr. Wells. F. S. G ilb ert and Thus. Kohertson of Portland passed through Cottage G rove today enroute for M edford. They are traveling by an tomobile. James Craig Hnd AI Johnson came in from the Bohemia d istrict the llrsi o f tiie week, and departed yes terday for the Hiawatha camp. Jas. F. Powell of Albany is in the e i t : today looking after his business Interests. Cottage G rove is on the list. Twenty people registered at H otel Oregon oif one train last night, g iv ing the book a total of 43 fo r the day. The Hon. U M. Veatch was in Portland this week, having been sub poenaed as a witness in the U. S. court, J. H. Akers, an aged citizen, died at Oram yesterday. He was born lu Fulton county, Pa. lu the summer o f 1853 be moved with his wife and child to Iowa and established a home where tie resided 21 yeais. He moved to Oregon in the fall of 1874. and set tled at Junction C ity, where he lived .TO years. He leave» a widow, two daughters, Mts. L . E. Edwards, o f Drain, and Mrs. O. A. Young, of Redmond, Wash., and ten grand children. Dr. I.owe Monday. Dr. II. ft. Job has removed bis office to the Abrams A Wood bu ild ing, over the First National Bank, second floo«, suite 2. The Northwestern Corporation, successor to the W illam ette Valley Co., has bought A l M ontgom ery's (arm ot 154 acres on the M cKenzie, fo r $lS,.r)TiO. This w ill he the site o f tlie conqiany’s big power plant at M artin ’ s rapids whete a dam 4d feet high w ill he bnilt across the liv e r .— Eugene Guard. Sheriff Bown has made up bis d e linquent tax list fo r the benefit of (hose who desire to boy the property rtt tax sale. The law does not pro vide for publishing the list as in fo r mer years.—Eugene Guard. On Thnrsday morning there arrived from Texas four gentlemen who e x pect to make their future homes near Cottage Grove, They have had c o n siderable correspondence with tefer- enee to vat loos conditions and have been shown the possibilities offered Mr. Talkim/ton of Salem came to town last night on business connected with ins m ining interests. Mr. Talk- ington and Di Oglesby have seven claims on Sharp ( ’ took, and are pie- o a iin g to prosecute w oik more vigor nnely than hcietofore. A two story house 20x30 lias just been com pleted on tlie claims by James C ia ig and AI Johnson. dr. Talkin gton is also interested in the S ilver Slipper group witfi Mr. Goudy ot this city. On this prnpe ty considerable wotk has been done, there being over 2000 feet of tunnels Curious Habits of Spiders. The water spider carries nit- down t.itli it when it dives. Dr. McCook l.uv one remain forty-live minutes un- ler the water. One water spider builds a nest under the water attached to the stem o f some plant and in the shape o f a diving bell, with tlie open ing downward. It tills this boil with air by taking down a bubble at a time. Coining to the surface, it incloses an air bubble under its body and instant ly descends. Getting under tlie nest, the bubble is allowed to escape into it. and this process continues until tlie nest is full o f air. The spider then lays its eggs there, inclosed in a co coon, and leaves them to grow in this underwater palace, safe from all Hy ing foes. When these water spiders ure seen under water they look like little balls o f shining silver. Little bubbles o f air seem to cling among the hairs o f their bodies. As spiders, like insects, breathe the air at little holes along the whole length o f the body, thejr can easily make use o f these bub bles o f air for breathing. London Standard. I you going to remain sitting there? Why don't you come In and take me out?” “ Because I think 1 might make more out o f you In the morgue.” — I'aris Journal. WHO’LL FOLLOW THIS CLASSIFIED ADS. TRY THEM VERY PRETTY DESIGN? An Optimist. “ I am going to buy a raven,” a gen tleman Informed his neighbor. “ R eally!” rejoined the latter. “ W hat , for?” ” 1 want to see if these birds really do live TOO years, as people say!” — Westminster Gazette. Thie Design Provides a Comfortable Dwelling at M o d e r ate Cost - Can Be Erected For About $2,500. D e ilrc id hv Thomas 1 West Seattle. Wash Getting Ready For a Fresh Start. Gwendolyn de Courtenay, the haud- *omo society favorite, was nervously agitated. Even a blind baggage car could see that. She paced up and down in front o f the large clieval glass In her room. Evidently site was greatly aggrieved over something. H n ally her high strung nerves got 1 churned up to such a pitch that site lost control over herself and began to I clutch and tear wildly at her hair, pull ing it out in large handfuls. Your sympathetic nature is around and you cry: “ The poor woman is tem porarily insane. Why doesn't some one stop tier before she does herself bodily injury? She must tic in terrible mental agony to stand the pain of pulling.her hair out by the roots.” But hist! Be not too lavish with your sympathy, friend, t'p to now Gwendolyn has pulled off only four teen pounds o f puffs, three miles o f | interlocking switches nnd a fe w de- i tachable curls. She lias some distance ! to go yet before she touches the real, i cross your heart hair. Gwendolyn is merely distracted because her maid cannot got her floating hirsute equip ment on in becoming array. She Is simply getting ready for a fresh start. —I ’nck. CENT A WORD STi JCKHOLDERS M E F T ! NO - Notice is hereby given that the annual meet ing o f the stoekliolilers of the LeRoy Mining Company will be held in the company's office in tlie Griffin ft Veatch Co. store at Cottage Grove, Oregon, on the 14th day of October, BHHi, at the hour of n o’clock a. in., for the purpose of electing a Hoard of Directors for tlie ensuing year, and for tlie transaction of such other business as may properly come before tlie meet ing. This notice is published in accordance with the by-laws of said company. Dated at Cottage Grove. Oregon, Sep temtier GO, liHJO. II. It. VEATCH Secretary ami Treasurer l'O K SALE A home for $5,tHKi. Direct 1 m > x 371 Cottage Grove. FOR SALE - A $3,500 property inside, 2 acres, $2,t>00. Direct box .'.71, Cot tage Grove. STILL WE G R O W WHY? BECAUSE: P E R S P E C T IV E V IE W —FROM A P H O T O G R A P H . I his is a strong, careful, safe and successful institution, It is a grow ing. active, up-to-date hank in every particular. Your account will lie appreciated by the bank and your interests will always be carefully considered. Our funds are protected by a mod ern burglar proof safe and burglar insurance. Capital and Surplus $30,000.00 Etiquette at Covent Garden. Etiquette at Covent Garden Is nl uost as strict ns that which prevails in the servants' hall o f a great man sion, says London M. A. 1*. No pritnn donna must he addressed by an in ferior, and the presentation o f bou quets is a delicate matter, regulated with due regard for the feelings of the ladles. The claque still prevails; hut, as only the less eminent singers employ those "aids to success,” nobody fs ever deceived. The management knows nothing o f those men, who nre hired by the singers to go into the gallery and applaud their employers vociferously. The custom is very com mon cm the continent, where it also takes the more objectionable form of hiring men to hiss rivals off the stage. Happily that sort o f thing would not Drinking Cups of the Ancients. lie tolerated in England, and so the Silver cups made by such famous claque is confined to the minor mem SECOND FLO O R PI,A N . workmen as Myron, Myos and Mentor bers of the company, who bring over were preferred to gold cups. They with them an insatiable desire for ap The plastered effect is well presented in the above photograph. The were very beautifully engraved and of plause and are so determined to get It first story is covered with nnrrow cedar shingles, nnd all above tills, includ- workmanship which has never been that they leave nothing to chance. The Verge boards and ihe equaled. When gold cups were enrich claqucrs receive a fee o f 2 shillings, | ing gables, is finished in plaster ou metal lath ed with precious stones they some in addition to the payment for (heir brackets o f the gables in heavy rough stuff and roof o f cedar shingles The novel and attractive exterior details are paralleled in the interior. A times became peers o f the engraved scats. j large arched column opening connects the living room and dining room, nnd silver vessels. O f all sizes, shapes and the living room is set off from the hall by sliding doors. The living room designs were these drinking cups, and Couldn't Pass Him. their value was measured more by Dr. Caleb Muim hack in 1803 or 1804 has a large mantel with high leaded glass windows on either side; also their form and design than the mate was making a professional cull one beam ceiling and a bay window. The interior finish throughout is native rial o f which they were made. Some night at a road house, his horse nnd fir, stained. Width o f structure, 24 by 31 feet: height o f first story, 0 feet; had tw o handles, some only one and buggy standing outside, when a young second story, 8 feet C inches. Basement under the whole house with concrete Heated by furnace. With some none at all. They were large and fellow staggered out and mounted tlie walls and cement floor. Laundry in the basement gas and electric lighting and porcelain plumbing, this house can he built small, low nnd tall, narrow and ob horse and started off at a wild gallop, house al once complete long. They were purely the product of not noticing the wagon attached to [ fo r about $2.500, making an inexpensive six room TH O M A S I. W EST. Architect the varying fancy o f that prodigious the horse. A fte r a time tlie young nnd comfortable. age. which seemed to scorn uniform man realized that a wagon was fol ity. The early Greeks and Romans lowing close In tils rear, so he held In drank hot water from cups, as w e now tlie steed and shouted: PRESIDENT TAFT ON PARKS. drink coffee and tea, these beverages “ Go on past if you want to- if you’re Believer In Generous Provision of being unknown to them. Coffee origi in such a hurry!” Beauty Spots and Breathing Spaces. nated with the Assyrians, and tea was O f course the rattling ceased, and no President T a ft in his notable speecli first used by the Chinese at a very body responded, and nothing was vis early age.—National Food Magazine. ible In the darkness, so he lashed the at a dinner given in his honor by tho i Can sell a n y t h i n g , from a leather horse into a gallop, saying, “They’ll citizens o f Washington touched upon tea-kettle to a cast-iron never overtake us.” The wagon clat Rock Creek park as follows: Curzon and Davitt. bull - dog. “ Now 1 want to talk about the fu tered on behind up hill and down dale. Once in the house o f commons, when ture. aud the future o f Washington! When Dr. Munn overhauled him, hav George Curzon was making some de C O TTAG E GROVE ! OREGON What an enormous development is be fense ns to alieged harsh treatment by ing followed on a fleet horse, the fore us! Why, 1 am not an imaginative Turks o f Cretan prisoners, he was tu young fellow said: “ I was bound that man in the wagon man, hut 1 would like to come back terrupted by a query from Mr. Davitt, C O T T A G E GRO VE P O STO FFIC E . “ Were these prisoners handcuffed?’’ should not pass, because he wouldn't ; here a hundred years hence and see Quick as lightning came the reply, when 1 offered to let hlin. I don't hear the he«uties o f which this city is ca | T h e tim e for c lo s in g th e m a ils is a s fo llo w s: “ Yes, and some honorable gentlemen him now, nnd I guess he drove off the pable. Right here under our noses for I N o rth B oun d to P o rtla n d a n d a ll E a s t e r n p o in ts, a time, under our very eyes, are those I 4 : 1 0 a . m . , 11,'oo n . 111. an d 4:oo p. m . ought to be no strangers to handcuffs.” bridge.” —Newark News. beautiful Potomac 'flats that are going | So u th Bound to till C a lifo rn ia p o in ts io :o o p . tn., This was o f course the signal for a vio 1 6:00 a. m ., 2:30 p. m. to make as fine parks and parkways Meal Monday. lent parliamentary tempest. A day or T h e C o ttag e G r o v e local train an d tr a in s 15 a m ! The students in the Scotch universi as there are in the world. Those parks 16, c a r r y no m a il. two after Mr. Curzon went up to S w ift ought to he connected with the Rock ties annually enjoy their “ Meal Mon MacN'cill and expressed Ills sorrow at T h e m a il H ast o v e r th e O. .Sr S. !•!. L in e to Diss- having used the expression and his de day,” but fe w o f the undergraduates Creek park by moans o f the mouth [ to n , c a r r y in g m a il to D o ren a , S ta r, W ildw ood, sire to apologize for it in the most remember how the holiday was insti o f Rock creek or otherwise, anil then Iiissto ii and O rscco, clo ses at 7 :15 d a ily , ex c ep t public manner. “ W hy,” lie said, “ I tuted. In faroff days, when learning , through them all there ought to he 1 S u n d a y . T h e a fte rn o o n m ail to W ild w o o d and ; D isston h a s been d isco n tin u e d . thought the interruption came from was really nourished on "a little oat- ! carried a park clear around, including T h e m ail to B o h e m ia c a rrie d b y w a g o n , clo ses you nnd that you, o f course, would meal,” the students before leaving ! the Soldiers’ home and completing cir a t 7 o 'clo ck a . m M o n d ays, W e d n esd ays a n d F r i not mind, i was horrified when I dis home for the universities provided cuit with I!oek creek at the other end." d a y s . covered that It was Davitt who had themselves with a quantity o f meal : President T a ft is a believer in parks, T h e m ail for L o n d o n a n d B lack B utte c a rrie d made the remark. O f course I would sufficient to make "halesome purrltch” ' an earnest advocate o f an extension o f oy s ta g e closes at 6 30 a . m . d a ily e x c e p t Sun- the parking system o f the capital, and la y s . not bo capable o f joking on the sub half through the session. By tlie end M a il c a r r ie d on th e Lorain - rout«- is clo sed at ject o f imprisonment and handcuffs o f January their “ meal kists” had run J it needs not the saying that he wants T>. M. C. G A C L T , P o stm a ste r. with a man who had endured nine long low, uud “ a day off” was given in | these parks to he beauty spots and 7:45 a. in years o f penal servitude.” —London which the student was expected to | breathing spaces accessible to and for journey halfw ay home, meeting at the enjoyment o f tho general public. Globe. Z i'l I « *'• » OffII . b v L . a W 111 OI\»i this point his parent or brother, who That Is what parks are for. brought with him a second load o f The Making Men's Hats. X . a ll!o< <1 r>|. nsc—Cured by Oil o f Clean City Campaign. Men's hats, stiff or soft alike, are simple diet. The holiday was fixed <>n Vlntcrg.etn Compound The Clean City club o f Tuscumhla. made from the fur o f the rabbit. A a Monday so ns to allow the under copper cone, whose very top Is more graduate the benefit o f the preceding Ala., which numbers among its mem For r.r.ry years eczema was sup or less the shape o f the crown o f a Saturday. In times past the journeys 1 bers many o f the lending women of s' . to be a blood disease and was Tuscumbia. Is making a determined would often extend to fifty or sixty derhy hat nnd whose sides are cov icously - rented as such, but now ered with minute holes, is revolved miles. Tlie modern student goes I. mo fight to Improve the henlth and the np a: *»t authorities agree that eczema very sw iftly over a suction fan. The for "M eal Monday,” but he travels pea ranee o f the city. A notice was o y h s. in d ia vtse and must be fur is fed on to the eone. and the suc with n week end ticket nnd has no recently issued through tlie local pa ’ irougl. the skin. The eminent tion and tlie sw ift revolution draws thought o f the painful journeys o f his pers that members o f the cluti will inspect tlie premises, nnd where they tills against the cone in the form or ancestors.—Dundee Advertiser. . specialist Dr. D. D. Dennis, first nre not In sanitary condition will re a fur cone very far In shape from the ivered the ecz> ina germ and his port the fact to the authorities. Tills Ancient Concrete. finished hat, but which rapidly be • cry was quickly taken up in step was taken because sickness was That the Romans were very familiar comes a finished hat by sizing, shrink .•many and France. ing. shaping and trimming. Individual with concrete and gave consldera:Ion very prevalent . i ill the o.zcina g<rm and at the to Its use examination o f the concrete | skill o f a very high order counts for ic 1:1711 heal the skin, Dr. Dennis No Suffering. work in the forum clearly shows everything.—Argonaut. •«;> •tmded oil of whiter green, thymol, Their concrete contained generally ' It was at a breach o f promise case, yCecil c, etc. T h e remedy is a liquid, only two kinds o f stone, travertine and and Hie rustic defendant was under A French Joke. cross examination. a mere salve, hence it sinks right T w o tramps on the hanks o f the selcle. In equal parts. Selcie Is a hard “ Now tell me. please,” said the coun closely knit ris k, very similar to "ur to the pores of the skin. W ashing Seine: tiluestone or trap ris k In color as well sel sternly, “ one the evening o f the ith this o il of wintergreen compound “ H ow can we raise the wind?” 10th when you hade her goodby did e -m • to t.ik- a w a y the itch at once| " I have it. You throw yourself in, as quality. Travertine Is a volcanic i she suffer you to kiss her?” -on the scales drop aw ay and the dis* and I ’ll jump In after you and take rock not so hard as selcie, considerably ■"Well,” said the witness slowly. “ I you out. Then I'll get the reward lighter In color, and was desirable n reckon now I did give her a kiss or ise disappears, T lie prescription has account o f Its porosity, which Insur- il from the Humane society.” two. hut there wern't much sufferin’ iow been used so long as to have prov- a good bond with the cement. In all , “ Good! Here goes7’ He jumped tntc :n its absolute merit ana we do not about It as I could see ” the water, and after floundering about the Roman work the combination f And even the learned Judge eonde- vesitate to express our confidence in the travertine and the sell le Is clearly for some time he was getting tired scended to smile. Exchange. L>. D. D. Prescription as used with out. “ Well,” he asked, "how long are 1 distinguishable.—Cement Age. 0. D. D. Soap. j W. T. K A Y S E R If you are not a Customer of this Bank, let this be your invitation to become one. Undivided Profits $17,00000 First National Bank OF COTTAGE GROVE Look ! Here ! Dying French Dry Steam Cleaning Pressing Cleaning A L L K IN D S O F Suits Furs Hats Gloves Laces Old Tinte Auctioneer L A D IE S ’ S L I T S .A S P E C IA L T Y ALL W G U A R A N T E E D !! Guches & Thorndyke 4TH ST. O P R . C I T Y H A L L PROFESSIONAL CARDS ./. C . JOHNSON A t t o r i i c v - n t - L i t [v Practice in all Courts of State. Corpor ation, mining and Probau.* law a specialty Collection and Insurance. C O TT A G E GRO VE , OREGON /<’. L. INGRAM Dm t int Stewart-I’ortcr Building A. //. K I N G A tt o r n e y a t Law C O LLE C T IO N S A S P E C IA L T Y Near Bridge : : CO TTAG E G R O V E ./. E. YOUNG • A tto rn e y a t Law Office on Main Street, West Stile COTTAGE GROVE OREGON ./. O. VAN WINKLE, M. I). Physician and Surgeon Special attention given to diseases of tli* •ye and ear. Offices over the Bank ol Cottage Grove P h o n e s — Office, Main V ll, Residence, M4