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Grand Showing o f Fall Wearing Apparel o
Dress Goods, Ladies’ and Misses’ Suits, Coats and Skirts. The Season’s Best Moderately Priced.
Hampton & Co., Cottage Grove s Only Exclusive Dry Goods House
THE LUMBER SITUATION
! business where self resinim i imisl he
exercised hy the manufacturers Mint
sell restraint menus some Limi of mil
There is ulte hopcfui sign in (he prca- Inai understanding. ”
ent conili lume surruunding thè lurobcr
PRUNKS PROFITABLE CROP.
traile, ami timi ia Ihe al ti tinte nf thè
hankers towarits Oie industry.
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State S u rvev Brings Out Some V ery
followmg exeellent .statement nf thè
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relation o f thè lumber traile tu thè
lu le r ilt in R Facta.
business o f thè Northwest, by John A.
The state wiile pruno aurvey. inaile
Reatina, viee-pre»i«lenl of thè l.umber- “ >' Prof, t , I. Lewis of thè Agricultur-
men's National Uank, o f PorOaml. “ • eoi lego, has brinigli! out aulite Inter-
printetl in the Oregonian, presents the fslin g faets eoneerning thè ineome
situation elearly ami foreefully. Mr. frolli thia crup. t>n ime fam i o f lUili
aere*, fnr instance, it wus diaeovereil
Keating suit! in p a rt:
“ The present condition o f the lumber timi thè 15 aerea plunteil to prunes
market exemplifies the elfeets o f ruth liroiight in 75 per cent o f thè total in*
less and unbridled competition at its conie. Anuther farlo nf LUI aerea, o f
worst. As Judge Gary has said, there whicli «'•»» were coltivateli, largely in
are two kinds o f competition, construe, grain, had one-lifth o f ila total in
tive and destructive. Competition at coine from a smull planting o f prunes.
its best is the life o f trade, stimulating Nliie o f IO aerea o f prunes Oli a farlo
merchants and mnnufaeturera to new o f Ilio aerea, o f wluch 75 are under
activities and developing husineas ; at rultivation, yield four-llflha o f thè
its worst it leads to waste and business fruii grow er's profila. Anuther amb
anarchy, and that ia the condition to iar case ia thal of thè man who bus
ward which the lumber market has bui lì or 8 aerea o f prunes oli u fam i of
112 aerea and derives from thcin 20 per
been tending.
To merely satisfy your O S T E R M O O R ** S L E E P
INDUCER
customer is one way ' STYLE B'
OUTER TUFTS
IMPERIAL El
o f doing business, but
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to H ighly Please Them
is Our Way.
THE 0STERM00R MATTRESS
Will stand the test o f time.
From ttve to thirty
years of satisfactory service is proof of mattress
quality.
Inspect our large stock o f Ostermoor and
and other makes.
See us before buying Furniture.
Stoves and Ranges. Carpets. Linoleums, Lace Cur
tains and Drapperies, Trunks and Suit Cases, Tin
and Graniteware. Tents. Hammocks and Screen Doors
WE SAVE YOU MONEY
R BROS.
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HOUSE FU R N ISH ER S
PHONE 6
NUF-SÉD
FARMERS and BUSINESS MEN
Come in and list your property with us.
W e are having many inquiries from
prospective purchasers from all parts o f
the United States and Canada. I f you
want to sell, buy or trade, be sure and
come in and see us.
HEMENWAY (Ü LOCKWOOD
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ARRIVING DAILY
IMMENSE SHIPMENTS OF
HARPY WOMEN.
Fall Shoes
A t W H E E L E R - T H O M P S O N CO.
Utz & Dunn for women, in vici, patent leather and
gun metal at $2.50 to $4.00. Packard for men, new
est lasts and best o f leather at $3.50 to $5.00. Hol
land fine shoes for boys at $2.50 to $3.00.
Famous
Walton school Shoes at $1.50 to $2.50.
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Everwear Hosiery.
Wheeler-Thompson
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OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
DIGNIFYING
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INDUSTRIES
T b li la tbe t ill* o f a beautiful *4 page book, which
w ill abow any boy or girl bow to SUCCEED Drop a
poetal la tbe m all TODAT and It w ill bo aeat f RLE
Tbe aim of tbo College l i to dign ify and p opu larité
tbe Industrie*, and to ic re e ALL tbe people. It offer«
couraet In A griculture C lell Engineering, Electrical
Engineering Mechanical Engineering. Mining Engin
••ring. Forestry, Domettlo. Science and Art, Com
mere#. Pharmacy and H uile. T b o CoUosa o p e n «
September 22d. Catalog free.
Addreaa : REGISTRAR. OREGOH AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE, C orvallis, Oregon.
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REAL E S T A T E -IN S U R A N C E -L O A N S
Improved and Unimproved Farms.
Choice
Acreage Adjoining Town. Business and Re
sidence Property for sale. Reference: First
National Bank or anyone in Cottage Grove.
Send for Price List, etc.
C O TTA G E G R O VE,
“ I f the manufacturer was aide to
form agreements with his competitors
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Plenty of Them in Cottage Grove,
for the maintenance o f prices a tre-
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rnendous benefit would accure to the
Good Reason for It.
i people o f Oregon, among whom th«1 Wouldn’ t any women be happy,
manufacturer spends his money for A fte r years o * backache suffering,
supplies and labor. But a combipa- I Days of misery, nights of unrest,
i tion to control prices is impossible un- The distress o f urinary troublea,
! der the present laws. There is nothing She finds re lie f and cure?,
! to remedy the situation, except either No reason why any t i l l a g e Grove
a concentration o f ownership or a rad- j
reader,
| ical betterment in general business Should B u ffe r in the fa c e o f evidence
¡conditions.
like this;
“ The present depression is not caus- | Mrs. E. B. Sherrnun, west side, Cot-
ed solely hy depressed conditions in tage Grove, Ore., says: "T h e state
the business world generally, ia shown ment gave for publication in favor of
by the fact that yellow pine in the Doan’s Kidney Pills two years a g o s ti‘ 1 (
Eastern market has advanced $.'! to |5. holds goml. It would be almost impos
It is within the territory in which fir sible for me to describe how severely I
holds its own against yellow pine that I suffered from kidney complaint. The 1
the trouble exiats ami it is due to de trouble came on gradually, the first j
structive competition among the W est Hymn loin being a pain in my le ft aide,
ern manufacturers who supply this became tired nervous and languid and '■
as the trouble progressed, began to
limited territory.
"R em em ber that the jieople o f Ore Huffer from headaches and h | m »II h o f ^
Sometimes my limbs ami
gon are more interested in this than ¡dizziness.
the timber owner.
On W illam ette | feet become so badly swollen that I
Valley timber the timber owner gets | could not wear my shoes. Nothing help-
only $1 per 1000 fee t out o f the pro ' ed me until I commenced takng Ooap’ s
ceeds o f th° sale o f the manufactured Kidney Pills,procured at Benson's Drug
They removed the pain and
product, while $8 is spread around for 1 Store.
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lameness
and proved o f benefit in every
labor and supplies.
way. The contents o f five boxes o f j
"T h srefore, the people o f Oregon
I Doan's Kidney Pills restored me to |
¡should take an interest to see that the,
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spending o f this IS is to continue. I f K « « ! health and I am now fr e . from
the manufacturers could get a price at
troub e.
which they could run at a profit and ,
H" le b> " »
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could hold their price tirm without cenU-
slashing and
not have to
aential that
camps should
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F IN G A L H IN D S
“ In Oregon the lumber imiustry is j l!*n t o f his income,
the great spender of inuney. It is the
Nearly all the easti income o f u farm
larcest employer o f labor; it busy pro- " f which 65 acres are cultivated, hut
visions, machinery, rails for new log- IT being in prunes, is from that one
ging roads, wire cable anil a thousand crop. A planting o f tiOO trees of dif-
other eommoilities. F.mployes o f the ferent varieties o f prunes on a farm of
lumber mills amt logging camps buy ,
acres, 70 acrea o f which ure in
shoes, clothing, provisions und spend grmii, yields three-fourths of the in-
coiu e.
money otherwise.
This does not necessarily prove ttie- |
"Rem em ber further, that the bulk
o f the lumber is sold outside the state, superiority o f the prune over other
in California, the Fast, and in foreign crop», hut in many cases it does indi
countries, and the money which reaults cate extemely |n>or farm ing methoda. ’
from these sales is, therefore, brought Kor instance, '.here is a man who, on
from the outside into the state to he j a till-acre farm, makes one acre o f i
prunes bring in one-fourth o f hi» lit*
s|>ent here.
“ It is the depression o f the lumber 1 come. Obviously, he is not farm ing i
market that is atrecting businesi in i the other 59 acrea to advantage. It ia j
Oregon today. Business is dull and I quite likely thut the results are simply !
will eonitnue dull as long as lumber is * because he can g e l better crop» from j
dull. Therefor it is o f vital im|tor- prunes that »re neglected than from j
tuner to every man, woman anil child |iear and apple trees under slovenly
in Oregon to study the depression o f ! treatment. Another man who is laia-
the lumber market and try to better it. , ing gra|ies, apples, pear», and prune«, ,
“ l.umber is a peculiar commodity, ami has al*o general fa.'m crops and
sold under peculiar conditions. Buy- j considerable pasturage, finds prune»
ers are largely retail yard men. who his umsl profitable crop, But u study ■
will absolutely not buy at all on u fa ll of his yield proves him to be a |aair j
ing market exeept to fill orders. If grower, »ince he i» getting hut half
the lumber manufacturers had suftir- the crop hit should produce under the
ient command o f the situation so that circumstance».
The prune survey does not aim to
they could abstain from the market a l
together until they get their pt'ce the point out the advantages o f prune
: yard men would come to their price, .grow ing, hut to get at the real facts;
: The minute the yardman realizes the as to the present method» ot cultiva |
' market is firm and is likely to go up tion ami marketing and to solve the
he will commence to stork up and a flood problem» arising in that connection.
I o f orders w ill result.
OREGON
undercutting they would N*!W York* 8ol‘‘ W
curtail, and it is very es- ••’ t-“ 11’*'-
Remember the
the mills and logging
take
no other.
he kept running.
"T h e re-entry o f the railra.sls into
the lumber market would have a tre-
rnendous effect.
Railroads are the
largest single buyer; fnr example, one
railroad alone takes 40 per cent o f the
I output o f the mills at rail points in
Western Oregon, but the railroads o f
America have dismissed 9 per cent of
their employes. They are still facing
decreases in net earnings and are
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MILLIONS OF ACRES
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CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & PUGET SOUND RY.
Hruery Bldg , Seattle Washington
WHEN SCHOOL STARTS
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Nexl Monday, you should have
everything in readiness for a good
beginning. W e can supply your
needs as we have everything in
D e la y s
Not infrequently has r o n * ! aint reach*
P,| The Sentinel that the delivery o f:
mai| from the
to tht, >HMtof|ice ¡„
B'ow an(j unsatisfactory, and an irivcs-
p o t io n reveals the reason for this
con,ijtion. There is an interval o f an
hour lMitwePn the arr|va| 0f the a flo r. j
n(Kjn train fr ,m, the north an), U|t. „ „ „
from the aouth
The formqr |a ofU n
threatened with atrikes.
. titnea a few minutes late, and when
"T h e viaible supply o f timber is this happens to be the case mail from
always enormously greater than the the southbound train is held at the sta-
market will take in lumber and ruth- tion until the arrival o f the north bound
leas competition w ill force more lum train, thus causing delay in receiving
ber on the market than the latter will mail from points north o f Cottage
stand. It ia therefore peculiarly a , Grove.
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