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10 ÜÎu* (ünttmj? (Srmtr Smtitol ,E PAGES V O LU M E V C'OTTA(j| GROVE, OREGON. ERIIMV. SI ITEMBI.R 8, 1911 ESPEE FIGHTS UNCLE SAM R A I L R O A D C O M P A N Y K I L K S A NS WF.K Conteuda IN LAND HUT. that Use ul Line anil 40 Yeun. Without Riotest Strength e n » Its Right. AUTO COVERS MANY MILES ELECTRIC IS COMING SOON to request the state »uilrnad commis sion lo postpone its investigation of ex istiiig rales, which was scheduled fur the latter part of September, lor *•*» PATHFINDERS OF PROPOSED days, In order to allow the local ship INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY. pers to prepare their I'lise, SUPERVISORS GET MUSY. Lane County Schools Will He Syste mutually Promoted. NUMBER 50 Hill people are going along quietly 01906451 about their business and doing things, it would not lie surprising to Cottage I WO SURVEYS MADE THROUGH d r o v e |ieopk' to wukt; up some morn NORMAN H. SLITER KILLED BY ing and find that Hill had hought a de COTTAGE GROVE. SHASTA LIMITED. pot site within our corporate limit». MEETS' ' ... Globe Girdling Automobilistk Pass Right of Way Problem Reported to Garden Spot of the West. Former Baptist Minister, a Resident Through Cottage Grove on Wuy W. J. Messenger, who lived a num Have Been Adjusted and Work of Saginaw, Became Dazed ber o f years in Hogue river valley ami to Alaska. Commenced. While on Track. other jiarts of the state where there The hc I iimi I supervisors for l.nneeoim- are excellent fruit and gardening lands, Di'i'iiuse tli«’ 11 mti'il Sin ten lias hail tV entered upon the d,»charge of their I)r. Charles C, I'errlval, editor ul It apix-ars that actual work has com Norman H. Sliter, who with his w ife notice hut fuileil fur forty years to dutiea on Friday last, and hereafter Health Muga/inc of New York City, menced on the southern extension of and who now lives near Vaughn Spur, came to Saginaw from Minnesota about states thai the land» along Row river |iroti'«t uguinat tin' sail' of Southern the country sehisds will he as fully und and George D. I'.rnwn of Detroit, in the Oregon Electric out «if Salem, a year ago and took up a permanent I’Hollle mllroHil luml in larger quantities carefully superintended and directed as the famous globe girdling Abbott lie ami tiie rumor that there would he no under irrigation thia year beat any residence, was instantly killed by the thing he has ever seen in any country. than (tin Mt'rt'H aial at inure than lit.rat the sehisds nf the towns and cities. triot " K u lld n g " automobile, which la more railroad building iri Oregon until northbound Shasta Limited yesterday All manner of berries and fruit trees an arrr ; because thr Government has The county cducutl«nul hoard, con» at- palhfiialing a new rout«- for the propos after tin' coining presidential election forenoon. The accident happened in usell the railroad freely for triiiis|Mir- (ng of Oliver Vcatch o f Cottage (trove , ed Pacific international highway from bus been sidetracked. The blue prints and vegetables have shown wonder the cut midway between Saginaw and ful growth this year, never dream tation troops anil munition» of war, anil W. Washburn of Junction City, W, Tiu Jouna, Mexico, to Vancouver, D. nf thia southern extension show three Walker, Mr. Sliter appeared dazed for Hill. hr. C., passed through Cottage Grove this surveys through the city of Cottage ed of in that section of the country. lii'i'niiNi' it haa accepted taxes on thr I .. W hci h r of I’ U ,i -.ml a moment when Engineer O ’Malley unaolil railroail lanil to thr amount of George Edwards of Florence, and the week from San Francisco with a total Grove, hut so far as ia publicly known He states that the lands there contain sounded two warning blasts o f the the exact requisite of gravel to market 11,872,if:«. 10, in aihlition to *l4f.,!»77.2« county superintendent, has divided mileage to date of .'!2,4<si miles. Dr. it ia not certain which o f the routes whistle. He had been walking on the them naturally adapt«*! for irrigated for surveying ami patenting tin- lamia, lame county into live supervisory dis Pert'ival has been in 4M states and will he chosen. One survey paasea outside o f the rails and when the whis thr government ia not rntitlnl to thr tricts and placed each under the direc around the border of the Cnited States, along Water street on the west side of product» ami he has all manner of tle apprised the pedestrian o f his dan lanil. tion uf (in experienced educator. This and spent three weeks in Mexico dur the river, another runs along Fifth vegetables of an enomous growth and ger, he look«*! back and hurriedly leaji- perfect in shape, flavor and color. Thrar, m brief, are thr chief con plan, which has been highly successful ing the recent rebellion. The present street its entire length and still anoth ed aside, but too late, as the bumper tention» of thii Southern I'acitir com ill several states, was adopted for Ore run is being made under the auspices er runs north and aouth on the east Among other things he has grown suc struck him full force and he died in cessfully is some very fine large toma pany in ita answer to thr government’ » gon by the last session of the legisla of the El Camino Real association and aide of the .Southern Pacific tracks and toes and melons. He believes through stantly. anil to ilco^ire 2,.‘17:1,1»») acres of val ture. The supervisor chosen for South Pacific Motoring, the oldest motor near tiie O. & S. E. depot. Deceased was aged about 60 years, the demonstrations made during the liable Oregon timber anti agricultural ern 4 ane is Rov C. Andrews, former magazine on thi- Pacific coast, und the The following is, in substance, a re and leaves a widow to mtiurn his loss. past year that the Row river country lanil forfeited to the United States he- ly principal of Union high school N'u 2 idea is to perpetuate El Carnmo Real cent item concerning present opera He was a Baptist minister by profes cause the railroad has violated the law at Lorunc, and he will have charge nf or the King's highway, the old road tions and commencement o f the work will soon become known as one o f the sion, hut had had no pastorat«- since under which the land was granted. supervisory diatrcil one, which include* built over l<m years ago by the mission as published fn the Salem, Oregon, garden sfiots o f the west. coming to Oregon. The remains were The railroad company’ s answer wiin school districts 01, 7f». .’II. Ml, H4, 177, priests, ami which for nearly a century Statesman : Hop Pickers Leave For Field. taken aboard the Shasta and taken to bird ill the United State's Court by its 122. W, Ill* .24, 2f>, 121, 131, 37. :«*, .’Hi. was the roud on the I’ acilic coast and "T h e preparations for the building More than a half hundrexi people Eugene,and turned over to the coroner. attorney, W. D. Kenton, on Tuesday. IM. .’14. 4fi. I2M. IMU, 114, 2«. 41, 42. 20. the twenty-one missions extending of the Oregon Electric lines south from were last Saturday morning passengers The laud involved Is valued lit between Ill, 6.1. 17s. 2, 1 *12, 6H, 126, 106. 1.16. and from Santa Tomas mission in Mexico, Salem are being steadily made und it THE REFERENDUM CASE. for Springfi2ld, Creswell, Eugene $60, ( » » 1,000 and 17il,iMsi,lssi, and the 110 21 iii i I ch below San Diego Cal., to is expected that the actual work of and other Willamette valley points. litigation has been in progress several The supervisors, of which there are Sun Francisco, the old place where the construction will commence at an early Technical Questions Are Embodied Several tons of baggage accompanied years. Some of it is in the Cottage five, will work six days ill the week wayfarer could find rest and refresh- date. Several railroad contractors the passengers, who were nearly all in the Complaint. (•rove territory. A long time elapsed and will *|M-nd at least live hours of i merit. have been in the city for some time bound for the hop fields. It is claimed Salem, Ore., Sept. 1.—Judge W ill after the tiling of thr complaint by II. every school day f I f the school room. Dr. Percival and Mr. Drown ciintem- looking up the physical conditions of that good wages are being paid the hop iam Galloway, o f department No. 2, I ). Townsend, spm .il assistant to the Their first visit will include careful plate visiting Alusku and will try to the route und camps are being estab (tickers this season and that the yield o f the Marion county circuit court, ar Attorney General. liefore the hearing examination and reports iqiofi ventila drive us fa r north as parallel »>4 awl lished along the line. Tents are be is a fair average throughout the valley rived in Salem yesterday to take up the was had on the demurrer to the com tion, lighting and heating nf the sev thus obtain the honor of having been ing erected at the Ralph ranch juat easetof Friendly vs. Secretary o f State plaint, and there was another long eral buildings, the condition o f the the lirst uutornobllista to penetrate the aouth of the city limits and laborers with prices almost fabulous for the Olcott on Monday, September 11. In lapse before Federal Judge Wolverton toilets, the apparatus and lihruries, Arctic circle and get near the north have been engaging hoard at different crop. Notwithstanding the almost fab sfieaking o f the case wherein the r e f ulous price being offered for the pro reached a decision on I he demurrer. needed repairs ami supplies. The |sde. For tins trip Die Abbott will be places. It is a la ted on good authority duct it is stated that nearly half o f the erendum law is involved. Judge Gallo Much time was taken in going through teacher will he ussisted lo classify her equqqa'd with front runners in place of that there will he several thousand way stated that although he in vestigat tin- briefs of counsel, as they were pupils and niuke out her program to wheels and special spiked tires on the men employed soon and the work hop raisers will receive hut a meagre ed the pleadings of Judge Slater anti compensation because their entire voluminous. All the material slate conform to the Htatc course uf study, rear wheel will giv e traction over the put through in record time. crops were early contract«*! fq j at ten others in the complaint hut briefly, he meiils of tlie Government are denied in und to keep her register und make hi r snow und ice of the Arctic circle. " I t is report«*! that the contract nas cents |>er pound. A great many o f the believed the suit would result in an detail. reports in u systematic manner. After From Alaska the trip will continue been let for the work and that the dirt pickers from Cottage Grove go to the exceptionally long drawn out litig a The railroad company realllrins the the tir»t trip, the visits will probably back to Seat.It' and across Canada to will he flying very shortly. Most of yards more for an outing than as a tion. contentions of its demurrer, which not lie liiadr ill rotation hilt in the or Montreal and N«-w York City, thus "M a ny technical questions are e m the right of wuy problems have been profitable enterprise. J udge Wolverton overruled ; that J udge der in which rundltioiis in the district c unpleting the lirst automobile t ip bodied in the complaint," said Judge settled and the few remaining ones are Wolverton had no jurisdiction to hear may make most advisable. around the borders of the Unit«*l expected to be cleared up in a short Galloway, "w hich will require no little Scandinavian Will Lecture. or decide the ease so far as it is a suit ! Stales and into every slate. From t im e ." time to investigate properly, and these David Eugene Olson, lecturer, evan Observe Not Labor Day. to enforce forfeiture. The answer says New York the trip will go to the Isth gelist, elocutionist and physical direc questions together with the many Last Mi induy was Labor Day and further that the corporation "tiles this mus of Dunarnu and then lo the Sand NE VS NOTES FROM LORANE. tor, will entertain at the Christian charges o f fraud, will tend to length answer upon protest, und protesting the |«'iiple nf ('o 'ta g e Grove enjoyed wich Island, Japan, China, the I'hilli- .church next Wednesday evening, when en the case considerably. 1 will con Orchard Superintendent Resigns Po themselves in the usual way. There against the courts' jurisdiction, sub pinea, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, a splendid program, as follows, will be vene my de(wrtment on Septemoer 11, sition.— Personal Mention. ■nits to trial because it must, under wus no appurrnt decrease in the pnyrnll Asia and Europe, it being tiie intention given : Indian club drill set to music and at that time will expect represen slid no more slurs nor less stripes were | of Dr. Percival to make a complete Mr. Phillips who came to the Lorane this court's ruling on demurrer." and fire; a medley o f Scandinavian tatives o f lioth the plaintiff and defen seen hi the American Mag which counts It is denied that the government is trip o f tiie entire world, which will, it valley from Toronto about a year ago songs with harp accompaniment thirty- dant to appear an«i present their argu sincere in the belief that it is entitled for the Hume every day in the year. is figured, take at ieusl two more lo su|ierinteod the orchards o f the minute lecture on " T h e 5,000,000 ments." 1» recover tbese lauds. Tins suit was Ilnwcvc', Governor West's preamble years. The idea is to make the entire Churchill-Matthews company, has sev The Journal’s Salem correspondent Scandinavians in A m erica ;” recitations lo his proclamation, made on the lirst not brought to serve the e» da o f jus trip which is scheduled to cover 100,000 ered his connection with the company w rites: ami music on several instruments at tice, it is alleged, but "since the bring slid ton late for gcncrul publication, ' miles with the same automobile, and returned to Canada. He is suc Attorney General Crawford w ill file once; twenty minutes given to health ing of this suit forty-five separate and was fitting. He say» : "Whereas. Lab which will be turned over at the com ceeded by a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, or- suggestions which will prove a great his demurrer in the case o f S. H. or in all ita scope anil meaning is the chardis*. further suits have ta-en instituted ill pletion of the campaign to automo Friendly vs. Ben W . Olcott as secre blessing to all. Messrs. Porth and l.iuglehach, wiio this court by the government against cornerstone and the foundation U|s>n bile engineera, who will tear it down tary o f state, today. This suit was which rests the solid and enduring pros these defendants ami others, for the and render an exhaustive report, bought orchard tracts ut Lorane and Pioneers to Organize. brought against the secretary o f state pctended pur|sjse of asserting and re perity, growth ami advancement of I which will, it is hoped, prove o f great located thereon last fall, will return to Lane county pioneers are to be hon to prevent his placing the referendum their former home in Milwaukee. Wis enforcing pretended rights, equities nr lour state ami nation; and. Whereas, value to the industry at large. ored at the county fair. A t the meet against the University on the ballot. It is fitting and just that we pause consin, within the coming few days. remedies pretuining to certain of said ing o f the fair board Friday, Septem The demurrer is based on the allega They have disposed of their household granted la ds duly sold ot conveyed by j occasional!) in tho midst uf our various Real Estate Transactions. ber 22, was designated as "Pio neer tion that the plaintiff has no ca I activities and give thought to the |s> - . the defendant Oregon Si California rail Two tract» of land were sold off the goods, hut may come hack to Oregon Day.” and a huge book will be secur pacity in which he mav bring a suit : H'ncy, llu* meuiiing und honor o f con road company, to such other defend Riverside farm, two miles south o f 1 when their orchards are in hearing. ed in which all pioneers rea'hing Lane and that the complaint does not state scientious und useful t o il." Storekeeper Jackson has erected a ants. in alleged violation of some terms town, yesterday afternoon through the county prior to 1865 will be asked to facts sufficient to constitute a cause o f nr conditions of the said land grants, office o f Hemenway £ Lockwood by handsome and commodious residence register. It is also planned that there Returns From the Wilds. act'on. It will be argued that the adjoining his store, which he recently respectively." II. II. Vcatch, Glen Owens, Joel, . John Hull. Flach tract consisted of shall be a reunion o f these pioneers in state officials o j possibly the university The statement is made by the rail- Glen anti Elmer W icks have returned three acres and the price pun! in tioth moved to the tot* o f the hill. the morning o f that day, at 10:30, itself might have brought the suit. Put Mr. and Mrs. Lew. A. Cates o f Cot mad company that because the govern j from a week’ s hunting expedition to transactions w hs $PX) | h t acre. The when officers will lie elected for the that the individual could not. In sup ment accepted, approved and used the the Steamboat country «'ast of the llo- deeils were made to John KehbelhiH'k tage Grove were guests of W . C. Hill ensuing year. port o f the other allegation it will be ings and Dan Humphrey and families a Southern Pacific mail, the railroad com hemia mountains, which was at one - and Mike Kebhelbeck. respectively. argutxl that the charges o f fraud are pany rcplual on the acquiescence of the time the finest hunting country known j Albert Stocks has purchased three portion of the week. Grand Theatre to Close. wholly generalizations and that no per A few evenings ago while Miss Maud government and guaranteed the pay I in Oregon. Mr. Vcatch states that at luts east of the city park and proposes Cox Brothers, o f the Arcade theatre^ son is namtx! as having forged his ment o f approxiumtely $17,600,<»xi in ' present that purtimlur section ia in- i building a line new bungalow und mak Humphrey, who resides three miles bought The Grand yesterday atfernoon signature to the petitions. bonds, which urc still outstanding, is fesU'd with timber wtilvesso thick that ing Cottage Grove his future home. below l.orane on the Siuslaw, was go and atfer tomorrow night will close this A motion will also be filed to strike ing to the (Kistoffice for the mail, a big sued und sold under the trust mortgage the woods are noisy with their contin Mr. Stwks is largely interested in the place of amusement. Mr. Dtnges last out certain paragraphs o f the com o f July 1, 1887, covering these lands. uous howls and thut he encounter« d lumbering industry at this place and buck took possession o f the highway week sold The Grand to J. J. Ryan o f plaint which are alleged to be irreve- The railroad denies that the owner the hones of h I least seventy deer that knows sometl ing about the future in and refused to allow her to pass. Springfield, who placed the manage lant. It will be argued that the secre The Oddfellows’ lodge at Lorane is ship o f the land invovled is subject to had been h I it i ti and eaten by these store for it. ment in the hands o f Bert Richmond, tary o f state .will not be required to forfeiture, declaring that the railroad beasts. The wolves were not I ki UI Rastus Nelon has sold his farm at in a prosperous condition. It owns a who gave way to Chas. Hall after a day check over and vouch for the genuine wus given "absolute and indefeasible enough to lie seen by the hunters, hut Rice Hill and purchased a barber sup building and has about $500 at interest. or two. The place was then taken ness o f the signatures on the initia ownership" by the grant, which cannot would mukc unearthly howla when call- i ply house in Portland. With his w ife , The membership, while not large, is over by the Cox Brothers, and here- tive and. referendum petitions. be tuken because the railroad sold land ed. The boys killed but one «leer on who wus Miss Hazel tirav they will decidedly enthusiastic, which means I after Cottage Grove will have but one in large quantities to speculators in the trip. Eiahing was fuirly gtasl, make their future home at the metrop much for the success o f the organiza moving picture show. HOLLENBECK IN TOILS. • tion. violation o f the terms o f the grant. however, and they report an enjoyable olis. Miss lsab«.*lle Hillings was among the Arrested ia California Charged With Harry Mitchell hHS purchased an acre Miss Robbins to Lecture. ' trip. •*. SHIPPERS’ CONGRESS CALLED. Falsely Securing M ofey. tract on south Sixth street from J«x' number who le ft the first o f the week Miss Annie A. Robbins, the W. C. T. Still Elude Authorities. According to a Spokane newspaper Porter. Mr. Mitchell is soon to have for the hop fields. U, lecturer, will speak at the Christian William Simpson o f Myrtle Creek, a nice bungulow built on the property. Road Supervisor Dan Humphrey has church at the 11 o’ clock service. Pas T. A. Hollenbeck, who spent last win Medford Takes Initiative in Move and Mr. F. Cheaabro of Comstock, who accomplished good results on the high tor W. A. Elkins will deliver a special ter in Cottage Grove and the Bohemia for Uniform Rates. elo|i«*«l a week ago last Thursday, tak ways of his district during his term of illustrated sermon Sunday evening on district, was last week arrested at Red PIANO CONTEST CLOSES. The Medford Trallic Moreau, com- ing along the woman's two children, office, having one o f the best retails in the famous "Parable o f the Prodigal ding, California, charged with obtain posed of local shippers, has issued a < still elude the aeureh o f the authorities, All Votes Must Be Deposited by the county. Tht* work was done by Son." A large chalk picture will be ing money under false pretenses in cull fur a congress o f ahip|M>rs from all Noon Next Tuesday. who are without the slightest clew as s|H*cial tax. The timber owners o f the transformed by the speaker while Montana in connection with a mining parts o f the state to he held in Salem The merchants’ piano contest will district have no cause for complaint to their whereabouts. Mr. Chessbro, preaching. Evening service at 7 :3U. deal. The sheriff o f Missoula, Montana September 22, for the purpose of dis the woman's husband, has deenled to come to a close on Tuesday, September when work o f this character is done at Endeavor at 6 :3l). Bible school at 10 took Hollenbeck back to the scene of cussing in detail the shipping rates now offer a reward o f $100 for the arrest of 12, ut 12 o ’clock noon, after which a reasonable cost. the crime. The newspaper account a. m. in fore* throughout the state and sug- i the couple. Simpson, it develop*, t«x>k hour no votes can he deposited. The The Churchill - Matthews orchard ! states that Hollenbeck telegraphed a gesting remedies where rates are in Big Land Deal Closed. more money than ul first supposed from committee on Count, which includes all tracts are looking tine this fall. The Mrs. Thompson in the east for $200, equitable. It will he the pur|sise o f the grocery of Mrs. J. Frills, at Myrtle the merchants interested in the contest, Milwaukee Orchard company, at the I C. W. Spalding and associates of signing her husband's name to the l he eongreaa to discuss the rale situa Creek, where he was employed. In will convene at the Commercial dub head of which is Jesse Darling, is pre Chicago have purchased a 1,640-acre message, received the money and im tion, prepare for uniform action, initi spections o f the store books discloses rooms at 1 o'clock, count the votes and paring to clear 120 acres for fall plant-1 tract o f orchard and farm land located mediately left for parts unknown. ate legialation in regard to raise, es three miles from Oakland, in the Ump tliul instead o f $120, as at first an announce th«> result immediately there- i ing. tablish a maximum distance table of Coke Recall is Dead. qua valley. The actual consideration nounced, Simpson really took much after. The count I ihs not been made rates to Im applied to the entire state, More Railroad Rumors. The movement for the recall o f Juilg«* for a iortnight, hence the present involved was not made public, but it is more than belonged to him. and to demand one schedule o f distance News comes from Gardner that a understood to have been not far from Coke, which was started shortly after standing of the candidates is not known. class rates covering the entire state. party o f thirty engineers of the Hill $ 100 , 000 . Rebekah Celebration. the McClallan murder trial, is dead, It is expected the shippers will he in' Cottage Grove Rebekah Lodge, No. ' Much Baggage For 18. system have arrived at that place and according to indications. The major Telephone Line Extended. session for several days. There were 118 pieces o f baggage are engaged in surveying a route to 24, will celebrate the With anniversary ity o f citizens have taken the attitude The Farmers' and Miners’ telephone The Medford Trallle Mureaii, which of the order o f Kehekaha Ht the Odd ' cheeked from the Cottage Grove <lc|iot Coos Bay. A Mr. Warren Reed authen that i f Judge Coke erred in giving in was formed sometime ago for the pur- Fellows' hall in this city September to go on last Saturday morning’s ticates this statement in an item line has been extemlcd from Glenwood struction to the jury in the case, he did |s)se o f securing more equitable rates' 20th. They have invited all Odd F e l local. No. 18. (In account o f this ami published in the Marshfield Times. It to President mine, a distance o f five so without an ulterior motive, and a re to southern Oregon, is taking an ac lows’ to participate with them in their the large number o f passengers to get is the opinion o f the Gardner man that miles. The new line touches the Hoos- call would not be justifiable. The work ier and Pittsburg group o f mines. tive part in the movement to initiate itnnual celebration. between A social and lit aboartl the train was delayed about ten another Deschutes contest o f circulating recall petitions has hern legislation which will increase the erary as well ns a musical program will minutes. It was the record day for Hill and Harriman forces is eminent Levi Geer left this morning for Sa suspended, the illness of Attorney E. (lowers of the state railroad commis be rendered which will he followed by the business o f any one train at this with Coos Bay the objective point. It lem, where he will exploit Calafiooya L. Cannon, the leader o f the move sion. The Traffic Murcau also decided a banquet. depot for the year. appear* from thia statement that thi* Mineral Water during the state fair. ment, being given as the reason.