E. A. THAYER HAS A JOB LIKE SHUSTER’S. REGENERATION OF A LAZY MAN Strange Weakness of a One Time Brave Soldier. Tlivr« 1« In «very mir, however •trnog. ki ii w wsukituaa whlrli la I miiiik I to allow Itself sooner or lat«r Hucli wuh tint r « » f wllli (jeorgv CoiiVuraa, who al twenty eight hull aervetl two enlistments In the llntteil Stnlea army with eretlll lie hull entered aa u prl VBte ami rninti out ua flrat Bernoulli of lilt* eoln|iUli). besides having lieeu men tloueil m i t r a l tlmoa for gullnntry In art loll The rouaon why he illil not on list for nnother term wns I .ermine hu huil fnllon In love wltli a pretty aoiiin alroNH, who adored him. anil they were to lie Innrrleil I• In Murker wua very |irouil of her lovur'a proweaa. The e i aerueunt founil n Job na |s>r tor In u' atoro. The couple were innr liml mill wont to liouaekeeplnu In u lit tie plio e purchuaoU with lilu’a savings All went well for awhile, hut (jtsirge. tiui Inn lieeu used to nil entirely illffer out life. I>e< nine rent I Vo under the inuii monpluee illitlea of u |nirter Me mine oil the out of iloor life, the martini mu ah', the metallic ring of arum anil en|m elully the eu lteliieut ami dnuger of a rniiipnliru liny after day he grew more dlsenntented anil nt lent I iohuii to ahlrk liln dutlea Thin In lime coat him hla |Mialtloii 11« wan not aorry, lie caune he thought he would find aorne thing Is-lfer milted to hln lante George tried nevernl other «rinlttlng bln wife to au|>|s>rt not only hernelf and their children, hut him aa well, at Innt canned the huger of acorn to tie (mlnied at him At Inat an event huppeued that open- mi Idn'a eyea Ho long nn Georg* wan an e l hero of many I m 111 en «he could hrmik hi« luahlllty to lalmr at ordinary dutlea. though ahe wan obliged to «up ply the deficiency hernelf. hot one night, todug awakened hi the nlilell of ainoke. ahe got up. opened 'he bedroom door nod found Hint the tmuae ntnivc wan to tinmen Awakening tier hun tmod. ahe hade him go to the up|n*r floor and tiling their eldeat Imv, while ahe carried down the other two rhtl (Iren, who alept In n room np|Kinlle to her own I.envlng (ieorge to hln tank. ahe eieculed her own. tmt nlnce he did not n|i|iear tier nuvlety Iml her tiack to dim over the caune of the delay Hhe *x peeled to nee him battling with the flniuen. half aiifTocnted with ainoke. Iieurlng their non to anfety Inatend he wun atnndlng nt the fimt of the atalr • ane which led to the burning «lory, shivering "( Ieorge, for heaven'« nuke, go! The child will fie lout.” f Ieorge turned towanl her a face white with fear. “ tlh. lieorge!" Thin waa all Hhe saw that he wna terror stricken A veteran nt ntnndtng up ugnlnnt «hot and «hell, he wna a raw recruit nt meeting fire. Hhe gave a nprlng nnd dnnhed up the atulrcnne The act of Ida brave little wife wna needed to enable (Ieorge t'onverne to master n conntltutlonnl weaknean Ida had not reached the top atep liefore her huntinnd darted pnnt her with the cry "<}o tmek!” Mow he got through the Are and nmoke that Intervened !>• tween him nnd the boy. why he wua not burned mortnlly by the one or nufT.icnted bv the other, he nor anyone else ever knew Itenchlug the mom he nought, knowing that he could not tiring the child oil! by the way he had corue. lie cried to hla wife: “ (to lielow the window!" Ida run down nud out. netzlng a blanket by the wny. In the yard ahe found aeveral neighbor« who had been attracted tiy the Are At the «nine tno men! George threw up n annli ataive Without a word thon«» present aetr.ed tlie lilanket. amt the tiny wna drop|ied aafely Into It. Aa noon aa (Ieorge Hon verse nuw that hla non wna aafe he la*gnn to re- tueinlier the fenr of lire thut had par alyzed him It wna all gone, the ahniue lie felt only »viwalnlng Hut one Iden tilled hi« mind to wipe out the atuln. “ Jump!" cried thon« tielow, bolding the blanket under the window. (Ieorge "at down on the window Bill, took a pl|ie and n tobacco pouch from hla pocket. tilled the pipe, lighted It and begun to puff na coolly na If there were no Are. “ Jump!” repented the c f w d . “ The ►•of may fnII at nn.v motn^nO “ I'm going buck the wny i .•«(me," he Huld doggedly. “ I f you do you are n dead nmo." “ Then I'll he n dend mnn." He turneil from the window, hut. hearing the agonized cull of hla wife, tieiit over the nlll. The look ahe gave him told hlui Mint he had no need to vindicate hlmaelf In her eyea, and he remembered that If he were lout ahe would lie left to continue to aupport hernelf and I heir children l i e Jumped Into the blanket. From thnt moment (ieorge Hon vend became an Induntrloua worker and made hla family happy and comforta­ ble. •a nt to N i c a r a g u a to H t r a i g h t a n M ar Finanoaa. Out A alep far In ad v n m e o f anything that Mila government Ima yet under taken In the way of lluumial a|H>uaor ship lina bee II taken lu III« recoin Uiemliitlou by the a ln i« department fimi Mie appointment by Mie Nleara glum government o f Edwin A Thayer o f Imlhinapolla. for the Inal ten year« connected with Mie l'orto Ideo cuatoma aeri Ice. an collector o f liilei uul r e v « line III Miuruguu This tin m been doll« lac u ime the Nicaraguan govern meni Ima defaulted oli Mie llilcrcnt o f III« f i . Manual I cui porn ry loan which waa Illude by New York hunker« to tld« over the Interval iiutll Mi« principal loan o f $ir,i«aii«ui could be arranged T h e treaty anthorll ■ and i iirnod out lug tliene negotiation« him not yet bean ruMIh-d In Mie Culled Slate« Me l i at e T h e ap|«ilntmen! o f Mr Thayer la nludbir to that o f \V Morgan Hhualer to lukc charge o f the Aacul affnlra o f 1‘ersln. an urrnugeuielit which liuu re Bulled ao dlaantroualy to the preatlg« o f Mie rultml Hlatea In near eaateru ufTnlra liecuUae o f the dlaaent o f Hus ala iind (treat llrltaln It la not to !>« believed that the arrangement put In operation III Nicaragua will turn out ao badly, aa w e have better mean« of comma tiding reaped for our kindly o f Acca In Central America than we have In the Interior o f Aala Mr Thayer'a np|a»1titDieiit fo llo w « that o f Colonel Maui o f Iowa Inat aum mer to aUpeD'lae the general Cliatoma aeri |c« o f Nicaragua. 60 VOTES FOR ARBITRATION. F ria n d ly < j Banatora P ra d ict a M a jo rit y . A m andm anta Likaly. A ipilct enuvnaa wna made o f the aimnle by the frlenda o f the arbitration t renile a Senator Mortoti o f Ohio, who aup|Mirted Mie treatlea In the original form and algueil a minority rc|iorl In favor o f their rntlAcallou without nuiendllieut, e\ p re s s is i confidence that the in« eaaury tw o third« vote would be ai» 11 red for their raMAcatlon, but ad milled that everyth in g |«jlnted to a long dehale Me said It would not lie aurprlalug If the debate citcuded over two month« The friends o f ratification lielleve they cau See sixty v o le« already, and this Is a aafe iiiiinlier In their estima Moli ll Is already certain that the trealh*a cannot go through unamended I «• una rulh member« o f the foreign relation« committee other than S e n a to r liny uer o f Muryland. who Is In favor of rntlAentlou lu the form In which the treatlea were negotiated, believe that If the treatlea are ratified Mielr char ncter will lie completely changed ROOSEVELT RUNS AN AUTO. , Uasd O n « j R e l u c t a n t l y at F ir a t . L e a r n e d to O p e r a t a It. Than Colonel Moose veil now alia I f hind the Steering w h ee l o f hla automobile Itealdelita o f Oyater May on ««verni occasion« ris enti)' have «ecu him drlv I lug through the town with Ida hand on the wheel T h e algid wna aurprlalug. liecauae Colonel Hooaevelt'a love o f the horse and aversion to automobile« were well known Hut he found an automobile Indlspeualble when he t>eguu to make regular trips between () y « t e r Huy und New York, (iradually he picked up Information nlxitit the mechanism o f the cur. bui It was only recently that be began to drive It Th e colonel «Mil I prefers the horse, however, nnd when he 1» at home takes dully horseback | rides j As n concession to the automobile Colonel Misisevelt recently built a broad macadam road from Ids home on the hill t<> the public highway Ordinance No. 328. An ordinance adopting a uniform syatem o f naming the streets, avenues and other public highways in the city o f Cottage (¡rove, l.ane County, Ore­ gon, repealing ordinance No. Hfi and declaring an emergency. The common council o f the city of | CottMge Grove does ordain: \ Section 1. The system upon which the streets, avenues and other public highways o f the city o f Cottage Grove shall he designated shall he as follows: All thoroughfares running north and south shall he called streets and all thoroughfares running east hiu ! west shall be called avenues; except Main street and any thoroughfare not over three blocks long ao located that its extension is impossible or impracti­ cable shall lie called u court when it runs parallel to a street, or north and south, and it shall he called a place when it runs parallel to an avenue or east or west. Section 2. For the purpose o f desig­ nating the streets the rity shall he di­ vided into Fast Cottage Grove and Wcat Cottage Grove by the Coast Fork o f the Willamette river. Section :i. The streets on the east aide o f the river shall be numbered consecutively beginning at the river and they shall he spared approximate­ ly 250 feet apart. Where existing streets are more than 260 feet apart Hnd as much as 460 feet Hpart the prop­ er number shall be allotted to a point in the middle o f the said distance and said street number shall regulate the house numbers in said block. The streets on the west side o f the river shall be known by the letters o f the alphabet and what is now known as Alpha shall be called “ ( ¡ ’ ’ street, j resided«« and of business therein shall the preceding letters being left for I Is: hereafter known nnd designated by future development. The huiiic rule number, within the limits of said city for spacing shall he applied as on the as follows : east side o f the river. To each block shall he allotted 100 Hectlon 4. For the purpose of desig­ numbers and each number shall govern nating the avenues the eity ahull be a space of ten feet frontage ; this num­ dividid into north and south by Main ber will designate the tens arid unit« atreet und on the west aide the name | of the apace number and the number o f Wall street shall be changed to of the street or avenue from the initial Main street. ; point (which shall he Main street in Section 6. On the east side o f the j the . aae of avenues and (he river in river and aoutb of Main street the case o f stre e t!, on the aide o f the avenues shall be named after the presi block nearest the initial jsiint shall dents of the Moiled Slates in their nr designate the hundreds of the space der beginning with Washington, the number. sixth avenue being called (Quincy after The even number« shall be used on John (Quincy Adams. the east aide of the streeta and on the Section tt. On the east side of the north aide of the avenuea and the odd rivi r and north of Main street th« numbers shall he used on the west side avenues shnli ha named after the o f the streets and the south side of the governors of the state of Oregon in avenuea. their order beginning with Whiteaker. Section 2. All dwelling houses and Section 7. Avenues shall he spuced «11 places of huainesa in the city of approximately .100 feet apart and Cottage Grove shuli he numbered with where existing avenues are more than figures of sufficient size and to he of 100 feet apart and as much as 560 feet such color and ao located as to he upsrt the proper name shall he allotted easily read from the sidewalk in front to a |aiirit midway o f the distance and o f aaid pro|s-rty. All aurh dwelling its consecutive number shall govern houaea and places o f business to hear the house numbers in the following the number corresponding to the apace bluek. on the street line, where a line through Section H. On the west side o f the the center of the door at right angles river the avenues north o f Mam street to the atreet line intersects the street shall he nurned in alphabetical order line. using the names of the varieties of Section 1. The owner or owners of Irees as far as (sissihle, beginning with any dwelling house or business house the tirst street north as Ash, Mirch, within the corporate limits o f the city Chestnut, Itsyton, Flder, Kir, Green­ of Cottage (¡rove shall apply to the wood, Holly, Ironwood, Junijier, Ken­ City Recorder for a number or num­ wood, Laurel, Maple, Nutwood, Olive, bers for his or their said dwelling I’ ine, etc. house or business house and shall pay Section 'J. On the west side o f the therefor a fee o f 35 cents and receive river and south o f Main street the ave­ a receipt therefor which said receipt nues ahull lie named in alphabetical shall give the name of the street and order as follows: Anthony, Hryant, the correct number o f the house or (¡lark, Dalton, Emerson, Kreemont. number of the place of business and Girard, Hudson, Irving, Jerome, Kent, aaid fee of 15 cent« shall be in full pay licwis, Marshall, Norwood, Osborne, for the correct number plate which I’rescott, etc,. shall he suitably placed on said build­ Section 10. The thoroughfare ing without further cost to the owner platted on the west side of Curriti park thereof. All fees ao paid to the City addition and extending from (Quincy Recorder shall be turned into the gen­ avenue south to Vanliuren avenue eral fund of said city to he used in the s I im II he called St. Hellena court. purchase of house numbers and street The street extenling north from signs. Gibbs avenue to Woods avenue shall tie Section 4. Every dwelling house called Cherry court. and every business house now erected The street extending southeast from in the c ;ty of Cottage Grove shall Tenth street and now known as Burk­ have suitable number or numbers holder street shall t>e called Villard placed thereon on or before the 1st day place. of July, 1912 and every dwelling house The street shown on the plat o f l*er- and every business house hereafter kina railroad addition on the southwest erected within said corjiorate limits side o f block one shall lie known as shall have a proper numlier placed Shustu place and the street shown on thereon within ten days from the com­ the northeast side o f said addition shall pletion of the same. lie known as Vincent place. The Section 5. Every owner of any street which is shown on the southeast dwelling house or business house lo­ aide of blocks one and two o f the atiove cated within the corporate limits of addition shall he called Columbia court. said city, who shall fail to have his On the west side o f the river, the said dwelling house or business house streetrunning along the southwest side so numbered after receiving ten days’ of block one o f Hazleton's addition to written notice to do so by the City Cottage Grove and extending in a Marshal or Street Commissioner, shall northwesterly direction from Pacific upon conviction thereof before the Highway to the intersection o f Main City Recorder, be fined in a sum not and ' ' L ” streets shall !>e culled W il­ exceeding $1.00 and in default o f pay­ lamette court. ment o f such fine, shall be confined one The street extending northwest from half day in the city jail. Par fie Highway between blocks cne Section 6. The City Engineer is and two of the above addition shall he hereby directed to furnish to the City called Martlet place. Recorder a list showing the correct The street extending in a northwest­ number o f each house in said city hy erly direction from Pacific Highway blocks and streets, with the name of tietween blocks two and three o f said the owner thereof, where the same Hazleton addition to Cottage Grove can be ascertained. shall he culled Nellis place. Section 7. The City Recorder, is The street which runs along the west hereby directe t, as soon as he is fur­ hank of the river and is now known as nished with the list as required in Sec­ River street shall l>e .-ailed Pacific tion 6 of this ordinance to procure a H ighway. metal plate with letters not less than The street which runs along the west three inches in height for each num­ side of the Southern Pacific Railroad ber shown in said list and also a name company’s right o f way shall l>e known plate showing the name or number of as Lane street and the street which each street or avenue as provided in runs along the east .aide o f said South­ Ordinance No. 12H with letters and ern Pacific Railroad C o .'» right o f way numbers thereon not less than three ahull he known as Douglas street. inches in height for each street and Section 11. Ordinance No. Hfi and avenue crossing in said c lost agency fur ««curing p*z.«n*«. Sen d F o r This S e e d A nnual-Free rater.te taken through M udo A Co. receive I $pe en­ tered according to the prayer o f the ap­ plication and you will be forever barred from disputing the same. S T A C E Y M. R U S S E L L . Clerk. J. E. YO U N G , Applicant’ s Attorney. (Seal o f Circuit Court.) j25-f22. Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at Roscburg, Oregon, Jan­ uary 16, 1912. Notice is hereby given that Joseph B. Gregg, o f Cottage Grove, Ore., who, on Novemlier 14, 1906, made Homestead entry Serial, No. 04084, for Lot (111, Section 4, Township 22 S., Range 2 west Willamette Meridian, has filed notice o f intention to make Final five year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Register and Receiver o f the United States Land Office, at Roseburg, Oregon, on the 23rd day of February 1912. Claimant names as witnesses ; John D. Palmer, o f Cottage Grove, Oregon ; Joel D. Palmer, o f Cottage Grove, Oregon; Samuel K. Lewis, of Corvallis, Oregon ; John Gray, o f Cot­ tage Grove. B E N J A M IN F. JONES, j25-f!5. Register. A hnndeomeJy lllu ttm ted weekly. la rg e s t c!r- culettoti o f any »cientiflc loarnnl. Tern.«, f a year: four m onth», |L SoidbynJl newsdealer« MUNN £ Co.36,B™ d~ ’ New D. York Branch Offlce. 525 F 8t„ W aeblngtun. C. C A LA PO O Y A Springs Hotel Located at London, Oregon, in the Calapooya mountains. 800 feet above sea level, twelve miles from Cottage Grove, Ore. Cuisine and accommodations excellent. Hot mineral baths, recommended by physicians for rheumatism, stomach, liver and kidney troubles Very extensive grounds with swings, tennis court, croquet and other amuse­ ments. Splendid trout fishing at hand. Automobile line from Cot­ tage Grove over good roads. Write for full particulars,rates, etc. Address Calapooya Springs Co. Cottage Grove, Ore. Southern Pacific Railway Ilme-Iable COI I Mil GKOYf MUIOS South Bound Na No. Na No. 15 13 19 17 li ß a . m. 6:42 a. m. 3:01 p. m. 9:32 p. m. North Bound No. No. No. No. 16 14 18 20 1:48 a.m. 2:25 a. m. 11:02 a. rn 3:56 p. rn. 0. & S. E. R. R. COMPANY. TIM E T A B L E NO. 5 . To Take Effect June 19 , 1909 . K. BOUND No. I. __________ IV. BOUND No. 2 . \ \ \ Ml» -«r \ r u > \ - I M 7. |o I.v __ C o l 1 \' .i G h o v k A h 7 - 5 <> 3 5 -...................... . W a l d * » .......... .............n as 7.59 6 . 7 . .................. C k k k o G o r d o ............. . . 11.16 8.14 8 6 . ..................... D o k b n a .......... . . . . 1108 8 40 i a « 3 ...............................S t a * ................. .. 10 40 8.50 13.5 .................. .V k i i .................. jj 9.05 15.9 .................... 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D e p o t af t e r 5 p. m T o in s u r e f o r w a r d i n g on n e x t t r a i n f r e i g h t m u s t be d e l i v e r e d in a m p l e t i m e t o p e r m i t of it s b e i n g bi l le d A, B. WOOD, Manager.