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¥ * TERSELY TOLD TOWN TOPICS. * ■ '* * M. H. Lewis of Waitsburg, Washing- ton, has been in Cottuge Grove this week “ viewing the lay of the lund,” and visiting his old friend Hamilton Gammage, who last spring bought a farm near Saginaw. Mr. Lewis may conclude to take up his residence here. D. C. Baughman has bought the property formerly occupied by the Griffin-Veatch company on Wall street, and will open a merchandising estab lishment therein in the near future. The price paid was $3,000. E. B. Grable sews on shoe soles and guarantees his work. Give him a call, on Fourth street. Supt. L. S. Hill of the Brown Lum ber company transacted business in Portland on Tuesday. J. H. Cooley, a retail lumber mer chant of Medford, was in town on Mon day. J. H. Chambers, who has extensive lumber manufacturing interests at Ashland, spent a portion of the week in that city. Olympic Process Barley, 75 pound sacks. The cheapest and best, $1.25 per sack at Spray-Wynne Company. .. There seems to be no question but what the bitulithic or asphalt-concrete pavement is the best for durability and hard wear. Mr. T. C. Wheeler, cashier of the First National Bank, was a recent vis itor to the county seat. Charles H. Chadbournc of Drain died suddenly on Friday. He was born on the battlefield of Lexington in 1831. Mr. and Mrs. Kurtz left the first of the week for Oakland, where Mr. Kurtz is constructing a water system. Forty pound China Pheasant Flour for one bushel of wheat at Spray- Wynne Company. The Western Oregon has become The Cottage Grove Sentinel, with Lew A. Cates at the helm. It is a neatly printed 12-page paper and well edited. It should succeed. Koseburg News.' The United States Civil Service Com mission will hold an examination for forest rangers at every National Forest headquarters in the state of Washing ton and Oregon and Alaska, included in this district, on Monday and Tues day, October 25 and 26. Call on H. C. Cook in his new loca tion in the Woodward building. Messrs. Rostein & Greenbaum of Salem have purchased the W. A. Hem- enway stock, and will continue to close it out. L. F. Wooley was at the county seat on Tuesday. Call and look at E. B. Grable’s line of men’s and boys’ work shoes. They are guaranteed. Store on Fourth street. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Kayser spent Sun day with old acquaintances at Elmira, their former home. Manager Conley was in Eugene on Tuesday. The Cottage Grove Bottling works and C. Sanford have moved to the building formerly occupied by the Owl bar. Henry Combs and daughter Orpah of London were Eugene visitors on Mon day. You can get first class shoe and har ness repairing at the new shop of E. B. Grable, on Fourth street. Mr. C. C. Woodward will open a real estate and brokerage office in the Wood ward building as soon is it is completed. It is gratifying to know that The Sentinel is appreiated by the people of this community. Thus far during the month of October twenty-six new sub scribers have been added to its list without solicitation on the part of the management and others are coming in daily. Advertisers should make a note of this, as circulation is what makes advertising beneficial to the man who pays for it. Cochran & Nichols pay the highest price for second hand bicycles and guns. Take your repairing to them. .. Work on the Lebanon-Crabtree ex tension of the Southern Pacific railroad is progressing rapidly. About two miles of grading has been completed and more men and teams are being added daily. H. C. Cook has this week moved his stock to the Woodward building, where he has commodious and well-appointed quarters. Mrs. J. F. Hickey is visiting Eugene friends. J. I. Jones has instituted legal pro ceedings in the circuit court to recover $5,022.92 from the Disston Lumber company. A carload of new high grade pianos will arrive at Marion Veatch’s Music store November 1st. The Eastern Star will hold a regular meeting tonight, after which a Hal lowe’en program will be rendered. The community books, which have been long delayed, are expected to ar rive today. Mr. A. C. Piper of Portland spent several days this week at the home of his father, S. R. Piper of this city. Messrs. F. Snodgrass, G. Pitcher, W. Groves, N. Martin and H. Cochran have returned from a hunting trip in the Bohemia. Among the jurors drawn for the No- ¿ ¿ ¿ d i i * * 1 vember term of eourt are John Kirk and W. N. Wheeler of this city, I. Petrie of Lorane, and D. P. Caldwell and James Groom of Saginaw. Cream of Tartar comes from grapes. Every crimson drop of grape juice contains its integral part of grape acid, or cream of tartar. This is what good baking powders, such as Cleveland’s is made from. Albany Democrat: “ Linn county will pay nearly $2500 this year to the game and fish wardens, and there ought to be something doing all along the line. Oregon needs J. W. Baker for state warden. Baker was worth a dozen of the present state game war den, according to the opinion heard by the Democrat. An enormous sum is being paid in Oregon for something. What?” A good liberal discount on pianos at Veatch’s Music store until November 1st, to make room for new stock. Prof. Tucker’s family will move to Black Butte, where the professor is engaged as a school teacher. E. B. Miner has filed on two mining claims in the Bohemia district. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Barnes enter tained Mrs. J. C. Booth of Lebanon last Sunday. H. C. Cook will welcome you in his new location in the Woodward build ing. I). F, Skene of Eugene transacted business here on Saturday, as did also George A. I’hippen of the same place. D. J. Dunn was a county seat visitor on Saturday. Miss M otter returned on Saturday from a pleasant visit with Eugene friends. W. M. Johnson died at his home in Junction City on Saturday, aged 48 years. R. W. W aters has completed his con tract for painting the Booth-Kelly store building at Saginaw. The Presbyterian church has just re ceived an individual communion set. The sacrament of the Lord’s supper will be administered on Sunday, Oct. 31. All kinds of sewing machine needles at Marion Veatch’s. A. L. Wynne captured a gray eagle west of Cottage Grove on Sunday that measured six feet from tip to tip of its wings. The bird, after having been in the hands of a taxidermist, will have a place in W. McFarlands’ cigar store. The nine-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas, Sharon died on Wednes day morning at the home of its pa rents, a mile and a half west of Sag inaw. The child suffered a brief ill ness from enteritis. What makes Cleveland’s Baking Powder sell? Quality and price. 3 pound cans $1.00; 5 pound cans $1.65. Ask for the cans with the patent screw top. Messrs. I. J. Walcott and R. B. War ren of Eugene were in the city the first of the week in the interest of Foster’s lots at that place. Sales, however, were few, home people evi dently preferring to invest their sur plus money in property in their own bailiwick. Mr. Hugh Hampton of Eugene was in the city on Wednesday, a guest of his brother-in-law, G. H. Tyson. Eugene raised $5,000 at a single meeting for promotion work, and ex pects to increase the amount to $15,000. The General Association of Congre gational churches convened in annual session at the First Congregational church of Eugene on Tuesday. Waldo Hill flour has been ordered for the city markets. It is claimed that the Waldo Hill wheat comes near est to the hard wheat product. W. B. McAllister, of Pratum, was here on Monday and arranged for the flour to be handled in the local markets as soon as shipments are received. See that the label on your can of baking powder reads Cream of Tartar, Bi-carbonate of Soda and starch, as it takes all of these ingredients to make a perfect baking powder—such as Cleveland’s. Chas. Beals and Walt. Mason left on Monday for a week’s hunting and fish ing expedition in the Bohemia district. On horseback they expect to go 60 miles. H. C. Cook is now located in the Woodward building, east of Hotel Ore gon. G. E. Parshall, son of Dr. Grant Parshall of this city, went to Harris burg Monday to establish himself as a veterinarian. He is a graduate of a Chicago college. Clarence J. Morss is confined to his home with typhoid fever. The Rev. S. C. Adams was a busi ness visitor to Eugene on Monday. He was accompanied by Mrs. Adams. Mrs. W. Nokes arrived here from Seattle this week, joining her husband, who preceded her a month. Mr. and Mrs. Nokes will take up their perman ent residence here. The Rev. W. A. Elkins, pastor of the Christian church, has been com missioned Chaplain of the Fourth In fantry, O. N. G. He is a member of Company E of this city. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Easley, at their home four miles north of Cot tage Grove, October 1, a ten pound daughter. Cleveland's Baking Powder. Buy an Edison Phonograph at Veatch’s Music Store and enjoy the long winter evenings. Mr. J. W. Nokes has platted twenty lots immediately south of the corpora tion limits, each lot being 50x100 feet. It is a pleasant location, and the prop erty will doubtless meet with ready sale. VV. B. Hartley of The Dalles writes The Sentinel: “ I have received the three copies of the new paper, and wish to compliment you u|K»n the ap pearance and splendid news features, and more particularly the mining news. I have interests in the Bohemia mines, and am glad to have news of anything that is ‘doing’ in the cam p.” J. T. Kirk, W. 1!. Abrams, C. H. Burkholder, D. T. Awbrey, W. J. Kay ser and E. B. Miner were at the county seat on Monday. Remember H. C. Cook has moved to the Woodward building. Members of the promotion depart ment of the Commercial club met in regular session on Wednesday evening, alt being present except Mr. A. B. Wood, who was absent from the city. The finances of t the department were carefully gone over, and the books audited, resulting in an exact tally be tween the secretary and treasurer. The Superlative, published each school year by students of the High school, will he issued sometime in No vember. There will be a number of important improvements in the paper this year. It will be published bi- monhtly instead of monthly. You can pick out a diamond for a Christmas present now. Madsen will put them away for you. Several complaints against the poor condition of sidewalks have been brought to the attention of the council- men. On Wednesday the marshal re ported a defective walk, where a pe destrian had fallen and sustained in juries. You can pick out a diamond for a Christmas present now. Madsen will put them away for you. No m atter what your condition in life is you should hear about “ The Empty Cradle” at the Methodist church Sunday evening. Marshal Snodgrass arrested Geo* Nolty on Monday night on the charge of drunkenness on the street, and upon being arraigned before Recorder Van- Denberg he was assessed $10 and costs. Some of our townspeople have been looking up the w ater power possibilities near Cottage Grove. Wonder what it means? Are we to have an electric railroad to Bohemia. Big diamond sale at Madsen’s next week. Hampton & Co., The Spray-Wynne company, Simeral & VanDenberg, Burkholder & Woods, The Lyceum Course, B. Lurch, Walker & Kinter and H. C. Cook have new advertise ments in The Sentinel today, to which your attention is directed. Col. Veatch informs The Sentinel that the committee having in charge the formation of the proposed Nesmith county, will convene within a few days, and soon thereafter the petition will be filed. This petition bears somefhing over 11.000 signatures, or about 3,000 more than is required. Biggest bargains in diamonds ever offered in Cottage Grove at Madsen’s next week. The Woman’s Club will convene at the parlors of the Commercial club to morrow afternoon. Mesdames Comp ton and Jones will lead. The subjects will be of a humorous character. Mrs. Compton will also make a report of the meeting recently held at Forest Grove. Madsen has bought a fine line of diamonds at a bargain, and will sell them cheaper than you can buy them anywhere else. Marshal Snodgrass will commence collecting the dog tax next week. This tax is payable after July first of each year, but owing to the absence from duty of Mr. Snodgrass the matter has not been given proper attention. The tax is $3 for males and $5 for fe males, but if confined, or kept up, the owner is not liable. The marshal tells The Sentinel that the tax must be paid forthwith, and all dogs found without a tag after a reasonable length of time will be killed. Gentlemen’s and ladies’ diamond rings from $8 to $400. Call at Mad sen’s and see them. Levi Geer of Calapooia Springs was in town Thursday on business connected with his organization. He says Mr. W. B. Dennis has gone to Chicago in the interest of the company. Booster Conley and famliy called up on friends in Springfield Tuesday night. The booster says Springfield is improving. At a meeting held Satur day night it was decided to carry on publicity work similar to Cottage Grove. The right kind of publicity brings results. Albany capitalists, assisted by some outsiders, are backing a movement to erect an $80,000 four-story brick hostlery on the site of the present St. Charles hotel. Alva Wise brought up a nice band of goats from Cottage Grove one day last week for his farm in Scotts Valley, says the Roseburg Review. VOTE { 1.001 BONOS ! place the figure in the aggregate at 1 judges and clerks of said election in approximately $70,<>ti0. | the second ward. The city council met on Wednesday The store room in H. C. Schleef’s night in adjourned session to can building on the north side of Main vass the vote, but no quorum w a^pres street near the bridge was the |H>lling Water System Will Now be Buiit ent, and it adjourned to Saturday night. place in the third ward and D. G. The vote was not large, the inclement McFarland was designated as judge and Without Delay. weather probably keeping many voters C. F. Walker and J. E. Ostrander as from the [tolls. Now that the bond judges and clerks of said election in the issue has been authorized by the quali FEW VOTES ARE POLLED fied electors of the city, the municipal third ward. authorities will proceed to have plans PAYS A VISIT TO BOHEMIA. and specifications of the proposed work Council Has No Quorum Wednesday prepared, and then advertise for bids Mr. Wynne is Favorably Impressed Night to Canvass Vote, Official Fig for the construction work. And in the With the Outlook. ures are Nevertheless Given by the meantime arrangements will be per Mr. H. F. Wynne, of the Spray- fected for the sale of bonds. Several Wards. Wynne Company, returned the first of The special municipal election on The First ward cast 50 votes, of the week from the Bohemia district, Wednesday, held for the purpose of which 45 were for and 5 against the whither he went to install a gasoline voting on the question of issuing bonds proposition. The Second ward cast a engine at the camp of S. J. Brund. to an amount not exceeding $100,000, total of 31 votes; 27 for and 4 against. Mr. W ynne is quite enthusiastic over said bonds to run for twenty-five years The Third ward cast 76 votes; 57 for the prospects there, and believes and bear interest at the rate of 5 ¡ier and 19 against. A total of 157 votes, that ere long it will develop into a re cent per annum, the proceeds from the as shown by the above, was cast in the markably good mining camp. He bonds to be used in the construction of city, 129 of which favored the issue, visited the Crystal, Music and other a water works system, carried by a and 28 opposed it, making a clearma- camps and wherever he went he found pronounced majority. The onlj opposi jority of 101. good prospects. He says the gold is tion to the measure came from the The polls were open for the purpose certainly in the field, the only thing fact that the proposed mode of proce of said election from 9 o’clock in the lacking to make it productive being a dure had not been fully explained by morning until 12 o’clock noon, and smelter. Mr. Wynne is particularly the city council, the public generally from 1 o’clock until 5 o'clock in the impressed with the Brund properties, appreciating the need of such an im afternoon. Tom Allen’s shop was where the stamps will soon begin to provement. It is proposed to construct the voting place in the first ward drop. a pipe line for a municipal water sys and R. M. Veatch was designated as Ed. Jenks is now in the Bohemia dis tem, the water to be taken from Layng judge anil J. C. Wallace and J. K. trict doing assessment work. He has creek at a point near the line of the Barrett judges and clerks of said elec several good claims. forest reserve, a distance of about tion in the First ward. twenty miles, and connect with the The Council room in the city hall was If you want a diamond to give for a present water system. Estimates of the voting place in the Second ward, Christmas present, call at Madsen’s the probable cost, which have hereto and O. Veatch was designated as judge next week; $50 diamonds for $35 and fore been published in The Sentinel, and .1. M. Durham and N. H. Martin, $45 for $25. ^ Hampton Co O R the Balance of October we are going to offer a trade inducement to the people that cannot fail to prove "fetching." Below are some reduced prices for your inspection. Bear in mind that every gar ment is seasonable and up-to-date, all being purchas ed for N O W S trade. Every article is a good value, and if not satisfactory may be exchanged or money back. Come into our store and inspect the goods; you don't have to buy unless you want to. : : : : : : : : Ladies’ and Children’s Coals Boys’ Suits Reduced A Large Assortment of Knickerbocker Suits made from the same fabrics as our Men’s Clothing at th e following prices: $6.50 Suits for - - $ 5 75 5.00 25 4.00 50 3.50 3.00 2.50 00 50 While They Last. 00 This Sale is only to make room for an Lastern ship ment now enroute. LADIES’ FURS The latest fashions will be found at our store from $ 2 0 0 to $ 6 5 0 “Best Yet” Children’s Storm Capes The only thing for School wear, protects the child from head to foot, $ 2 5 0 All Reduced This Month, binding October 31 . bodies' $ I 8 Coats for - $ 16 5 0 16 “ “ - - 14 7 5 15 - 13 6 5 ’’ 1 4 .5 0 ” “ - - 12 7 5 1 2 .5 0 “ " - - 10 7 5 10 “ “ - - 8 75 “ 7.50 " “ - 6 75 Children’s $ 8,50 Coats - $7 50 6 50 “ - - 5 5 0 “ 5 00 “ - 4 00 4.00 " - - 3 50 3.50 “ - 3 .0 0 Children’s Bear Skin Coats $ 2.50 Coats - $ 2 0 0 3.75 Coats - 3 2 5 4.75 Coats - - 4 2 5 Ladies’ Black Satin Waists Embroidered $1 5 0 Bl.uk Satin Skills, $1 0 0 Mens T ailored Suits Hundreds of Samples to Select from, and every suit or overcoat absolutely guaranteed to fit perfectly. W e rep resent one of the very best merchant tailoring establishments in America, and our instructions are to return any suit that fails to fit. W e haven't had to send one back as yet. When you come to us for clothing of this kind you are, practically speaking, stepping into one of the largest tailor shops on the con tinent. SU IT S $15 T O $40 A Saving of $3 to $10 on every Suit