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T H U R S D A Y . J U N K G. 1S»12
TH E SEASIDE-ST. J0H N S-C 0T-
TAGE GROVE BILL.
T h e Seaside-St. Jo h n a-C o ttag e
G rove bill is as lair a one as
could be enacted an d secure the
desired result. T h e bill saleguards
sm all counties from division, pro-
tects the interest of th e old terri-
tory aud still m akes co u n ty d iv i­
sion possible, providing there is
good aud sane g ro u n d s for division
In addition, th e bill relieves the
liallot of a lot of in itiativ e county
division bills th at are bound to l>e
u p every eleetiou under the present
m ethod. It m akes co u n ty division
w hat it is, a local issue, and the
electors of th e state are not asked
to cast th eir votes for som ething
about w hich they are uninform ed.
T h e bill o u g h t to secure the sup­
p ort o f every fair-m inded voter in
th e state, p artic u la rly those d esir­
o u s o f relieviug th e ballot o f a
load it should never carry.*
In ad d itio n , the bill m akes the
consolidation o f tow ns an d cities a
local issue, w ith th e sam e good
resu lts as in the case o f co u n ty
division.
publ ican nom inee, but ru n n in g on
th e th ird tick et he m ig h t.
If Rooaevelt receives the nom i-
nation, l a t t will retire gracefully,
p erhaps w illingly. It m ight be
wise lor 1 aft to let le d d y have it.
A lter l»eiitg skinned by a I'em o-
c r*t< R oosevelt m ight not 1* q u ite
as receptive n e x t tim e, and there
w ould l^e no reason w hy Big Bill
co u ld n ’t com e l>ack four years from
now, the sam e as C leveland did, u n ­
less there should l<e legislation to
th e co n tra ry m eanw hile.
T h e great circus at C hicago will
be w atched w ith interest, but not
any m ore so by the R epublicans
than by th e D em ocrats, and, after
all, the n o m ination is likeiy to
prove an em p ty houor.
A SCOOP ON US.
A gain the dove of peace hovers over
C o tta g e G rove. Mayor A b ra m s, the
Leader and S en tin e l hav in g all buried
th e ir little to m a haw ks.
A m e etin g of farmer!«, fru it-g ro w ers,
dairym en, p o u ltry-ra ise rs, and lumber
mill ow ners was held a t P le a sa n t Hill
May 30th for th e purpose of d is ­
cussing a proposed e le c tric railw ay
running from E ugene to Dexte», a d is­
tance of a bout se v e n te e n miles. The
m e etin g was well atte n d e d infM consid­
era b le e n th u sia sm shown. W ays and
m eans w e re ta lk ed over as to how to
in te r e s t c a p ita l to build a line into this
section of th e country.
T he co u n try betw e en E u g en e and
D e x te r is thickly populated ami a road
built b e tw e en these points would
n atu ra lly find much te r r i t o r y t r ib u ta r y
to it likely to o rig in a te f re ig h t, express
ami p a s se n g e r business. From Goshen
d istric t so u th e a st th ro u g h P lea san t
Hill. T r e n t and D exter, an elec tric line
would not only serve those living along
the main highw ay, hut a lto hundreds
of fa rm e rs in the Uloverdale and Edcn-
vale co untry, most of w hich is good
soil well ad apted to e i t h e r diversified
fa rm in g or intensive m ethods applied
to d a iry in g , f r u it or tru ck g ard e n in g
or poultry raising. In addition th e re
is said to be much g««od land in Lost
valley beyond D e x te r w hich will l>c
sooner or la te r bro u g h t u n d e r c u ltiv a ­
tion, especially now t h a t the S outhern
Pacific may build a line in from l.owell
to b ring the tim b e r out.
J T he g e n e ra l se n tim e n t am ong those
a t the m e etin g favored the proposed
line, a n u m b e r of land ownera even
su g g e s tin g t h a t a fre e right-of-WMy be
given if necessary to any company
show ing t h a t
m eans business. It
was also g ene rally a g re e d t h a t i t is
only a q u estion of tim e w hen an elec­
tric line will be con stru c ed in this p art
of the co untry.
Creswell Notes.
A POSSIBLE NEW PARTY.
T he work on the new dep o t ia pro­
T h e past cam paign for th e presi­ g re ssin g nicely. O p e ra to r Land has
dential nom ination an d th e cam moved into th e new building, which
promises to be a g r e a t im provem ent
paigti to follow th e n o m ination, is over the old one. T he fo rm e i building
WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE
going to com e m ig h ty near to is now. being rem odeled in to a fre ig h t
W o m an ’s suffrage has m ore o p ­ w iping ou t th e tw o old parties en room. T he work in fininshing the
p o nents th a n one w ould expect for tirely . W ith less th a n a th ird of p as sen g e r and tic k e t office d e p a r tm e n t
a subject th a t is so fair on th e face th e vote cast iu th e preferential will be d elayed s o m e w h at, ow ing to
of it. E v ery few d ay s the new s­ prim aries, th e sue cessful nom i­ the com pany being u n able to secure
oak lum ber for finishing w ork.
papers o f th e c o u n try receive litera nees of th e tw o parties w ill repre­
C. H. G u th r ie b r o u g h t in a s t r a w ­
tu re tellin g w hat a terrib le th in g sent th e preference o f only about berry from his place n o rth o f town the
for wom en w om an’s suffrage is. o n e-six th of th e p arty vote, but it is la tte r p a r t o f last week which m eas­
Som eone evidently th in k s it w orth q u ite probable th a t th e balance of ured n ea rly five inches in c irc u m f e r ­
while to p u t up plunder to fight the th e voting stre n g th of th e co u n try ence.
H. C. K enney is doing some work
proposition, and w hoever is doing if cast w ould not have m ade m uch
on the residence vacated by Mr. and
th e en g in eerin g is wise enough to ch a n g e in th e results..
Mrs. H o lte rm an , which is th e p roper­
h av e wom en at the head of th e or­
.W hoever the nom inees o f the ty of Mr. Keeney. He e x p e cts to
ganization.
tw o g reat p artie s m ay be, if picked move into th e house upon the arrival
T he S entinel fails to see any from th e avow ed can d id ates, th e re of his fam ily from S a c r a m e n to , Calif.,
great d a n g e r in allow ing the wom en are th o u san d s and th o u san d s of w ith in the n e x t few days.
Charles M ittan, a fo rm e r resid e n t of
to vote. I t probably w ould not be voters w ho have becom e so es-
very edifying to see som e wom an rin g e d th a t they will vote for the C resw ell, who w ith his fam ily have
been living in the vicinity of Florence
m aking a fight for office against a nom inee o f th e o th er p a rty ra th e r
for a y e a r or more, has retu rn ed to
m an of th e ch a ra c te r of T eddy th an for the victor in th e ir own. Creswell.
R oosevelt, bu t the day has come T h is condition will p robably af­
The new uniform s for th e Creswell
w hen the m an w ho cares for his fect the R epublican p arty to a ball te am a r r iv e d last w eek and p re­
good nam e can hard ly be induced m uch larg er e x te n t th an the Dem o­ se n t a very n e a t appe aranc e.
Ell Denny of N e b r a sk a this week
to ru n for office, and it is h ard ly cratic.
purchased William H o l t e r m a n ’s fa rm
likely th a t w om en, w ith th eir
A t any ra te party lines are going
g re ater refinem ent, are going to go to be som ew hat obliterated, and of 118 acres, known as th e WcWooten
place in C loverdale. Mr. Denny w ill
in very stro n g for office seeking. the fu rth er th e prim ary m ethod of ta k e possession of the fa rm a t once.
W om an has a m ore noble sphere nom ination is carried, the dim m er
Mrs. J . F. S anders received word
in life to fill th an holding office and they will become.
The» fighting Tuesday of th e dea th of her sister-in-
seek in g political pap.
S he can betw een factions of a p arty are law, Mrs. Jo h n Bowers, which oc­
not be spared from th e hom e even hereafter to be h ard er and m ore curred in E u g e n e Monday night. Mrs.
for h er c o u n try ’s political welfare, b itter th a n the fight ag ain st politi­ S anders w e n t to E ug en e Tuesday.
Mrs. H e n ry Olson and tw o children
b u t th ere is no reason on the face cal opponents. A nd it m ig h t l»e
arrived home last week from an e x ­
of th e ea rth w hy she should not asked, w h at is th e need of th e tended v isit w ith r e la tiv e s in Chicago.
v o te— if she so desires.
D em ocratic and R epublican parties
Mrs. H. C. K eeney r e tu r n e d S a t u r ­
In O regon every m an who know s an y w ay ? T h ere are no longer an y day from Ashland, w h ere she hail been
en o u g h to m ake bis m ark is al­ large issues on w hich th ey seem to visiting her m o th e r for se v eral weeks.
Chronicle.
lowed to help frame the law s under be array e d ag a in st one another.
w hich we live, and still the old D em ocrats v oting for a high tariff
‘‘The S h o p ” w here good p r in tin g is
sta te seem s to be w obbling along and R epublicans voting for a low d o n e —T he S en tin e l.
in p re tty fair shape. W e fail to tariff are anom alies t h a t seem to
see w hy m ale ignorance should be indicate th a t p arty lines are g ettin g
T H E B E A U T Y STRAIN
placed on a h ig h er plane th an fainter.
P A R T R ID G E W Y A N D 0 I fES
female intelligence.
A D em ocratic president and a
W h y n o t g e t t h e bent g e n r r a l purpf>»e fowl,
D em ocratic congress are no longer
t h e JP-auty S t r a i n of Partridg*- W y a n d o t t e * '
T h e y a r e a <|uick m a t u r i n g fow l, t h e r e f o r e
TH E CHICAGO CONVENTION.
a red flag to th e ra n k and file of
m a k i n g a n e x c e l l e n t la y e r.
T h e i r ye ll ow
s k i n m a k e » t h e m n o te d a s a t a b l e fowl of
W ithin a few days everyone will th e R epublican p arty and vice versa
t h e best of q u a l i t y . Y a rd * lo c a te d at n o r t h
* n d o f S e v e n t h S t r e e t . Visitor» w e lc o m e.
B ut th e re is som ething against
k now w h e th e r it will be T edd y or
1. C. HAPPY, Cottage Grove, Or.qon
T aft to be slau g h ted by th e dem o­ w hich the m em bers of both parties
crats. T h e cen tral com m ittee is are opposed, and th a t is Socialism .
already at w ork h earing contests W ith a com m on enem y and w ith
and the convention will be con­ no bones to pick w ith one an o th er,
it is no t such a stretch o f im agi­
vened in a couple o f days.
A fter the b itter fighting between nation to co n ju re u p a coalition of
tw o men w ho have been honored th e tw o old parties into an anti-
w ith th e h ig h est office w ith in the Soeialist p arty . T h is has already
g ift of th e people, after all the been necessary in M ilw aukee.
th e charge« and countercharges,
den unciation and revilem ent, it
T h e O regonian on M em orial and if you wish to move in the
seems q u ite probable th a t it has D ay said th a t the im m ediate ob­ right direction, you should come
been a w aste of energy.
je c t of th e C ivil W ar w as secured in the direction of this hank if
I f T aft secures his nom ination in w ith the unconditional en fran ch ise­ you are going to open an ac­
th e sam e m anner th a t R oosevelt m ent of th e negroes.
W’e can count.
This bank has estab­
tw ice secured his, or in any other h ard ly believe th a t T h e O iegonian lished a reputation for reliability
w ay, for th a t m atter, T errible m ade such a statem en t in te n tio n ­ and stability. All accounts wel­
T ed d y will bolt boot and baggage ally. C ertain ly th is g re a t news- come.
an d become a “re cep tiv e” ca n d i-j paper is inform ed o f w h at every
d ate
again on an o th er ticket. school boy kn o w s— th a t th e Civil
...THE...
T h a t is probably th e w isest course W ar was no t fo u g h t for the e n ­
for T eddy to tak e, an y w ay , for he franchisem ent, or even th e em anci­
can h ard ly be elected as th e Re- pation o f th e black m an.
• • m OLD RELIABLE'’
First National Bank
Things Wc Think
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T hings others think, and w hat we
think of tho things others think.
On Account of the
If you wnut to b« m aoclaty man. bo
tho presiding officer of your homo c i r ­
cle and d o n 't miss a mooting.
Tho ronton wo spowk of our rich moil
leaving ao many ' ‘cool” millions la
(»■cause they used tho freezing out
process In acquiring them.
Low Cost
(In* comfort ami conven­
ience, there’s n o t h i n g
that gives more comfort
than
A Russian editor has died, a f te r
forty years sp e n t in tho n ew spaper
business ill t h a t country.
He must
have been prepared for deuth.
Vudor Porch
Shades
It ta k es a lot iff clothes to court atul j
marry a girl. F irst, you have to pay ;
suit, th e n you have to su it her, and
you have to addreas her papa ill lang- ,
uage clothed w ith diplom atic verbiage.
Then you have to have a wedding suit,
ami if you tlml you a re unsuited you
g et a law suit.
Vudor
The b ackw ard man aom etim es ex- >
periencea trouble in forging ahead.
Don’t w ait for fortune. F o rtu n e is
feminine and you should go to her.
Those who |>eddle gossip o u g h t to be
license«) like any o th e r («eddler.
K iN T E R
B R O S .*
1 louse Furnishers
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E m m a Goldman claim s she is being
robbed of her fair name. Well, she \ A
shouldn't have a nam e like th a t.
It is reportc«! th a t a go v ern m e n t
civil se rv ic e man, while n e g o tia tin g a
suppose«) black hand o u tra g e , found a
nigger in th e wood pile.
When hubby tells w ifey sh o u t w hat
p re tty h air some o th e r woman has, it
is decidedly im proper for h e r to e x ­
claim, “ R a t a l ”
Mrs. Annie Besant says th e coming
man will be seven fee t tall. H ere ia
one woman, a t least, who places m an i
in his proper station, above woman.
Money ia an aw fui w eight on a m a n 's ;
mind.
John 1). o ught to be sainted
for doing such yeoman service in b e a r - !
ing our burdens for us.
Good fortune seems to reach o u t and
help those who have already climbe«l
quite a way up th e ladder. T h a t ' s a
way good fortune has.
Somehow or o th e r a w om an's figure
seems to tit any fashion.
In T u rk e y the women a r e so modest
they w ear heavy veils so people c a n 't
see th e ir naked eyes.
The broom tr u s t nearly sw eeps us
off our fee t w ith the s ta te m e n t t h a t it
must double the price of its product or
die.
A s o u th e rn gas com pany has been
robbed of several thousand dollars.
The t h e f t has not been laid to the gas
m eters, however.
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SETt f LARAWAY’Í!
Grea t Jewi dry Expansio m Sale
Don’t fail to visit this great Expansion Sale while
in Eugene. Bring this ad. with you, it’s worth
money at Seth Uaraway’s in Eugene.
W oolen U nderclothes at
95 in the Shade
Would hardly be appropriate. Neither are
winter outer garments when Old Sol is
at his meridian height. Let me fix you
out with a cool, jaunty, tailor made suit.
Thoroughbred Crystal White Orpington
and Plymouth Rock
Baby chicks ami C rysta l W hite O r ­
pington cockerels for sale.
Mrs. Geo. 0
Get them at
PORCH SHADES
I f tim e is money, t h e r e a re some
awful s p e n d th r i f t s in this old world.
The man best i|Ualified to ju d g e of
the value of a dollar is, |>eculiarly
enough, the man who h a s n 't one.
We have it on good a u th o rity t h a t
a t its p re se n t price beef s te a k is a
dangerous artic le of food, being a
hreeiler of appendicitis, tuberculosis,
cancer and o th e r luxuriea t h a t only the
rich caa afford. T ake due notice and
guide yourselves accordingly.
No more |)owder, paint, h air puffi,
dang lin g je w e rly , fluffy lingerie, etc.
j u s t plain black or w hite s h ir t w aists,
black s k ir ts and h air nea tly done, is
the ortler of a Chicago sto re to its f e ­
male employes. T h a t sto r e m u st in­
tend to build up a business on first
principles and c u t o u t flirting by its
male cUHtomera.
and Hammocks
Knowles, Cottaqe Grove
Straw H ats Cleaned and Bleached
The moon affects th e w e a th e r to a
g r e a t e x t e n t —so wc presum e a full
moon is a sign of m oisture.
Some people w aste enough tim e and
en e rg y deploring hard luck to m a k e a
success o f m ost any buaineaa.
The man who hides his lig h t u nder a
bushel ia in a large m e asu re responsi­
ble for his own failure.
T h ere is more religion in a square
meal to a hungry man th a n in th e
m e a tie s t serm on e v e r preached.
When a re la tiv e dies and leaves you
a million, you c a n ’t be blamed for e x ­
claim ing, “ T h a t ’s c a p i t a l ! ”
Did you e v e r think you would like to
give some poor fam ily a lift and then
find t h a t they k e p t and feed four or
five m angy curs.
T he tro u b le w ith college is t h a t it
keeps a m an t h e r e until h e ’s ao old he
d o es n ’t have much tim e le f t to g e t an
education he can use.
Those people who claim we o u g h t to
work only tw o hours a day will never
realize th e ir dream s, because such a
condition as t h a t would n e c e s sita te the
w orking of th e crim inal c o u r t m a chin­
e ry n ig h t and day.
A couple of N orth D akota land ow n­
ers, w hile in M inneapolis a s h o rt tim e
ago, b ought a gold brick from one of
th e Flour C ity 'a frenzied financiers.
T he n e x t m orning th e brick had turned
to brass. T hey m u st have a peculiar
atm o sp h e re th e re to affect m e tal t h a t
way.
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