Slirp (F Vuluiii« No. XXV INCORPORATED (Srmi? WITH OOTTAOB OROVE LEADER AUGUST 1, ISIS. ------------------------------------------------------------------ , --------- c--------- -------------------------------------------------------------- COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1914 Number 49 BUNGALOW FOR Shrivelled Trees Given Away REV. FAGAN ACCEPTS CALL 300.000 FEEIOF ANOTHER EARLY MORNING WEST MAIN ST. TO ALBANY Now Bear Fruit Profusely LUMBER EOLI OF FIDE DESTROYS FORESI FLAMES BOLDON STORE Hhrrmun Godard bu» recaivad u con Iriirt for it m odarn bungalow on W est If liny further proof ware naaa»»nry M1« in HI real. T h a nuina of Ilia |ier»on Hint this is un extriiordinnry peurb fur whom it in to ba built bn» not bean year, Win. Lunda»» bn» thut proof in inii■ b* public. four thraa yenr old tree». Dangsrous Tiro un Llttlo Itlvsr Nsar Blark Butto KxtlUKuUlieil Only Aftoi llnxl Fighi by Warden Bruuibauali wtth C'row of F.litht Man Five Conflagrntion» in Prog- reta al Same Time Mr. G odurd bum ul»o recaivad tha con Iruct for coiiMtructing nn niblition to Ilia llorann »rboid bouaa. LOCAL WOMEN ON PROGRAM AT EUGENE Mr». K II W ood» und Mr». I.. II. lb* M|«nin of th i* c ity nre on the program PUr# un BmlUi Kivar Controllai! Iiy nt the two di!v» ’ Naa»ion o f tha county Warilau Bliortrldge nini Craw Only W C T. I ”, being held in Eugene. Mr». Aitar Monili of Flglitiug Havaral Wood» i» présidant of tin* county union nml comi Ur t » tba «camon. H er subject Minali Pira* Reported ou Row Kivar i», " Lum berm en nnd M in e r» .” Mr«. D rH p n in i» president o f the Inani union In t(n> tifighliorliood of 2,IMMI acre» of nnd spank» d u rin g Inani p ré sid a n t» * tlio furoai renar ve w»rc loirni’il ovar In hour. Ilio n*. l’iil Uri'» in G i i * Lon d on ro iin tr)' l'ro b n b ly 24MI.IMNI or lini,(Min fa ri of lini EXH IBIT' BUILDING IS READY FOR FALL FAIR bar » a ra ileatfoyed. Tb a ra wara Ava fin*» in } * r * Irradi ni ■ma lim a, lln* mo»t avrioiM being <>« l.il tèa K iva r iinnr llln rk Multa. Pira Wnrilan Prnnk Brumbautjh unii n arai» of a itili rni'ii b a ia ut ln»l auarao*|ad in goti mg Ib i» nini unofhar »ninttar Ara umlar control. P ira W nrilan M. 1*. N h o rtrid gc hit» Fruit and Vegetable Committee Accept »Uri*anlail ni ge ttln g thraa lira» Ulular Ing Exhibit« and Putting Them Into control in Ibi* « im a ta rrilory. T h e firr Cold Storage -Colt Show and {letter un W ilnon (’rack, w kiah I* « lill b u rn ìn g Babi«« Context Will Be features »orna, rcquircd « n in n ili’» fig b tin g »Itti craw» rn n gtn g fruii* Ibraa tu n i* man The obi high »rhtMil building is ready A la m i 5l mi «aia« wara liurnad ova r in for the opening of the grange fair Hep- tha ibraa Ara» bundlad by Ma. Mhorl • ember 17. All ’Vyit 1» now neces»ary rnljjr and ubim i 100,IMMI tea! o f titubar to make the fair a auree»» is for the dantrovad. Ila doan noi k n i w axnatly grower« to bring in the exhibit«. The h o » tu uà li t a r n lo r y * M b iira rd ova r in rommittee« in rharge have rereived re tha lira» bundlad bjr M i P rq nib a u gh , |Mirts that indiente that the exhibit» bui i-at tinteti*» It Ut lim ili 2500 urrà» will be much more extensive than they Il in proball)«* tbu! n! la uni SIM.’.IMJO faal have been nt either of the previous M of liio b a i » a ra danlroyail oli thut largì* hibitinn*. A large amount of fruit and un nrrrage, vegetatile» has already lieen rolleeteil Havarnl Ara» oaaurrad In tha Kow by the fruit rommittee and put into Itiv a r co untry d u rili# tha |ia»t waak rnld storage. Clint Htewart, John lin a w a* « n i o f Ih * rtver nana K o » Under and Oliver Veateh are the mem K iv a r |«o»loltiaa und »un «**tingui»h*d ber» of thi« committee nnd will cure by VI u n irli l»nva llrilinbn U|(b und rraw for perishulde produce. liafora II g u in n l tnuah heudw uy. T»o All exhibits must tie at the building or ibraa »muli Ara» oaaurrad nonr i k r before 3 o ‘clock Thursday, Heptrmber m mith of Taalaa» C rack und ut lan»t 17, the opening day. una Ibrautanad lo If a want ad. in The Hentinel gets you »onicthing you don’t wnnt, just put in another ad. and get rid of the article. Fire Heroes Risk Lives For Clothing Dummy Friends of Larry Brumfield und l ’hil Hnhl have n good joke on them ns the result of the recent fire at the J. H. Boldon store. The men were doing heroic work ill »living the stork when they discovered what nppenred to be n well dressed woman standing in a cor ner where she would soon be nsphixint ed with smoke. Not forgetting chiv­ alry in even so exciting n moment, the men rushed in, grasped the woman nnd carried her to the fresh air, where she glared at them blankly. At first the men were inclined to believe that the womnn hud died standing erect. Heroic measures were necessary to bring back the spnrk of life. Grnsping the wo­ man 'a arni*— No, they did not grasp her nrma. They started to but could find none. Then it dawned iipou them thut they had saved a clothing dummy. Messrs. Hruinfield nnd Hohl were not the only ones fooled in n like manner during the progress of the fire. An other man using more profanity than the occasion seemed to require was ml nmniahed that ” n woman is standing there.” He looked Ht the supposed womnn nnd shut up like n dam. Alexander Churchill la Dead. Mr. nnd Mrs. Shelby Churchill re turned Friday evening from Coles Vnl ley, Douglas County, where they at­ tended the funeral of Mr. Churchill ‘a brother, Alexander Hamilton Churchill, o f Hopmere, Marion County. Mr. Churchill died in Salem August 2ft, after an illness of severnl weeks. He was well known in this city ns he had visit ed here frequently. He crossed tho plains from Iowa in 1N54 nnd nettled in Douglas County, where he lived until a few years ugu, when he moved with his family to Hopmere. He was buried on the old homestead of the Churchill fumily. Kev Howard Pagan, who wax pastor of the Chri»tian church o f this city last Grain lx Llgtt. The Hcott Chrlumun threshing outllt year, has accepted a call to Albany. It bus completed the season ’■ run in the is understood that he will enter upon Kow Kiver and Moaby Creek valile». The ilia new duties at once. Mr. Pagan was The tree» wara given him by J. II. run wn« a fuirly good one but all grain given a leave of absence from the local Bobbin whan ha w h n setting out bin was light on nreount of the unusual dry church for the summer and would have orrhurd on his place on Knox Mill. The season. returned here but for the offer from Al- tree» were somewhat shriveled up, but j bany. Mr. Lnnde»» thought he would lie un Confirms Report of Resumption grateful indeed if he did not at least W. H. Zimmerman, who is interested pi ii nt trees thut were given him, He with hi« brother, W. .1. Zimmerman, in put the entire four Into the ground side tho West Count properties in the Bo­ by side nnd only u few feat spurt at hemia district, left for Portland last the reur of bin woodshed. Protected Wednesday. He confirmed tha report The Burkholder W oods Co. has an ad. by the shad they have grown to n of the contemplated resumption of j in thi* issue stating that it is going to height of about fourteen feat in tha operations at the properties. quit business. Thi* firm w u established thraa yenr» und nre weighed down with 1 some twenty five years ago and is one fruit o f tha early Crawford variety. Legni blanks—The Hentinel. j of the oldest in the eity. Next to l.ureh’s it is probably the oldest. It has been an important factor in the bus I iness life o f the eity and the members > of the firm,« particularly Mr. Burk ; holder, have always taken an important I part in the affairs o f the eity. Didn’ t Do Bo Bad. Appreciating to the fullest extent the Several humorous incidents were re moderate climate of the famous, fer corded in connection with the recent tile, fruitful Willamette Valley, C. W. firr. One happened to n couple of young Caldwell returned Friday from a trip men who were going away on the night to Nebraska and Colorado. In Nebraska train shortly after the fire. They were particularly he found the heat very op togged up in their best and mueh of presive and says that for two weeks he their elotbing appeared to be new. A thought he would die. friend approached, looked them over Mr- Caldwell found financial condi and exclaimed, ‘ ‘ Well you didn't do so tions in the Middle West much the Die* at Age of 8eventy-five from Heart bad at the fire, did you ?” same that they are here. Times arc Trouble After Lingering Illness of slow ut present, but with large crops Several Months.—Four Sons and a The Sentinel is u live wire. If you and the prospect of big price« the fu Daughter Survive. don't believe it, tnke hold of a copy. ture look* bright to the grain farmer. LONG ESTABLISHED FIRM TO RETIRE FROM FIELD Glad to Get Back to C. G. and Comfortable Weather MRS. ANN SMALL WAS PIONEER OF THE FIFTIES M onied M en Com e Prepared to D evelop Old Long Placer Claim Mine Formerly Owned by Recluse and About Which Considerable Mystery Hangs, May Become Active Producer at Early Date.—Property Is Isolated. The Bohemia district, long famous for the quality of it* gold bearing quarts, may become famous as a placer mining section. A party o f men, reported to represent considerable wealth, went in­ to the district quiet’y a few days ago to inspect the old I,ong placer claim und it is understood that if the property conies up to the representations that have been made to them they arc reudy to spend aoy amount o f money neers snry in development work. Very little is known alwut this pro perty by miner* in the district. It i* located quite a distance from any of the active quart* properties and is reached only by a trail which is difficult to travel. Old Mini Long, the former owner, lived the life of a recluse and died alone in his cabin in midwinter a couple years ago without leaving any clue, so far us is known to the miners of the district, as to the value of hi* property. No attention was paid to the property after the death o f the owner until Mrs. Florence L. Harris, only daughter o f Mr. Long, arrived here from Los Angeles a couple months ago. J. K. Cheatham, a mining engineer, nc eompanied her. When they returned from the hills he said the property was ■me of the best in one of the best min ing districts in the world. W. H. Davis of Angeles, reputed to re present considerable capital, urcompnn icd the party at that time and said if proper eo operation in the building of roads could be secured, arrangements would soon be perfected for going ahead with development work. When the pnrty left here its members said they would return as soon ns arrangements for carrying the work forward could be completed. It in now thought that these plans are about to materialize. Under «1500 Exemption BUI Wbo Will Pay? (From The Tax Liberator.) A rertnin amount of money is neces­ sary to run the state, county, district and eity governments of Oregon. This money is raised by taxation. A tax is a compulsory contribution to the gov eminent. Everyone enjoys the protec tion nnd benefits o f our government. Everyone has a hand ill electing our government officials. Everyone has a voice in saying how the government shall he run, and how the tnx money shull be expended, but all people do not pay the same nmount toward maintain ing the government. In computing the amount of taxes which each of us must pay, each per­ son is required to pay in accordance with his accumulated wealth. It mat­ ters not what form this w< alth is in. It matters not whether it is in houses, lsnds, stocks, bonds, automobiles, chirk ens, pigs or horses. Our taxes are fixed by the nmount of oox wealth, as repre seated by our possessions. There are mnny abuses in our present taxing ays tern, but this feature of it ie fair to all. But all this is to be changed if I' 'Ren and ¿he other advocates of the «1500 Exemption Kill have their way. Non remember, this proposed law does not giwaffiany exemption to lands. It ex4* ompts every kind of personal property, und improvements on land, but does not exempt the land itself. Now keep in mind that in order to maintain the government a certain amount of money must be raised. If a person has a house and lot, the pro­ posed «1500 Exemption Bill takes the tax off the house, but it adds to the taxes of the lot. The single taxers say, “ Well, that is what we want— it makes no difference.” That is not true, it does make a difference. For example, if a man has an automobile, and does not own any land, he will pay no taxes at nil. The government keeps up the roads for him to use, but he pays no contribution to the government. But remember this, some one must pay this tax for him. Some one must make up the deficiency caused by exempting his automobile from taxation. Likewise if a man owned no land, but does own storks and bonds, he is exempted from taxation ou these bonds up to $1500. True enough, he will pay less taxes, but some one in Oregon must pay more tax­ es than they are now paying in order to make up the deficieney_.e«used by this saving in taxes. Somebody else must pay his bills. Who is this somebody! It i* the class o f people who have most land and few improvements. That class ia the farmers of the state. The situation is just this: The $1500 Ex­ emption Bill makes improvements on land und personal property stieh ns auto­ mobiles, stocks, bonds, merchandise stock, etc., pay less taxes. It makes land pay more taxes. Therefore the people who have the most land will pay the most taxes. The farmer has the most land, proportionately, and he will pay the most taxes proportionately. This is entirely unfair. It takes all classes of people to make the world, but no class of people are as necessary as the farmers. Everything we eat and wear originally comes from the farm. The eity man works eight or nine hours each day, but his brother on the farm works from 12 to HI hours on his farm. Why should the farmer be discriminat­ ed against in the wny of taxesf Why should he be compelled to pay double his just proportion of the burden of public expenses? It would be a most terrible blow to the state if he were re­ quired to shoulder all the tnx burden that the $1500 Exemption Bill will effect. But this measure will never pass. The people of Oregon will never wit­ tingly vote the farmer out of the state, nnd that ia just what wo would do if we voted to adopt the vicious $1504) Ex­ emption Bill. It would be the most fal­ lacious thing we ever did. The cities depend on the farms and what hurts the farmer hurts everybody. Mrs. Ann Small, a pioneer o f the Cottage Grove country, died at I,oodon Wednesday after a lingering illness with heart trouble. She was aged 75 years. The funeral was held Friday, interment being made ia the cemetery on the old Small place beside her hus­ band. The sermon was preached by J. N. Hogue. Miss Martha Ann Cooley was horn in Virginia. In 1A53 she moved to Cot­ tage Grove with her mother, Christina Cooley, and other members of the fam ily. Four sons and one daughter sur­ vive. They are John. Henry, Alex, Rob­ ert and Nancy, all residents of Lon­ don. Alex and John Cooley were brothers. Currin and James Cooley, of Browns­ ville, nephews of Mrs. Small, were here to attend the funeral. Woman of 74 Makes Fishing Record. Mrs. Helen Silsby, who returned from Newport Saturday with her daughter, Miss Esther, holds the female fishing honors at the resort for this season. She landed a "'n-pound redsnapper. Mrs. Silsby is 74 years of age. ConnerTreats to Peaches and Past Sins Are Forgiven Him Loea to Stock of Merchandise Estimated at Between «20,000 and «25.000. Part­ ly Covered by Insurance.—Loss to Building Probably «6,000. Cause of Fire Is Probably Combustion C. W. Parker, Who Carried No Inaur- ance, Owes Escape from Damage to Fact That He Slept In Building.- Re moves Automobiles tn Night Clothes. Fire which broke out shortly after 1 o ’clock Sunday morning almost com­ pletely destroyed the Kees-Wallace Co. stock of general merchandise owned by J. H. Boldon. The Spray building, in which the stock was contained, also suffered considerable damage. Parker '» Garage, located in the same building, would have suffered severely but for the faet that Mr. and Mrs. Parker sleep in the building. Clad in his night-elotbes Mr. Parker removed all his machines from the building, together with con­ siderable other material and supplies. Two hundred dollars will probably eover his loss. He carried no insurance. J. H. Bolion estimates his loss at $20,000 to $25,000, partly covered by insurance. Mr. Hpray estimates his loss to the building at $5,000, fully covered. People in buildings close to the one in whieh the fire occurred removed their goods to the streets and suffered some damage in this manner. The flames, however, were easily confined to the one building, which hat brick walls. The cause of the fire ia unknown but was probably spontaneous combustion. Flames were discovered in the rear of the store shortly after 1 o'clock by Archie Thompson. A passerby some­ time before that said he thought he saw a flicker in the store when passing hut thought nothing o f it at the time, think­ ing it probably an electric light. Firemen were on the scene soon after the^iarm was sounded and the chemical engine was soon playing a stream that seemed to quench the flames, but when a draught was given by the opening of all doors to remove the stock the flames burst forth with vigor and the rear o f the building was completely gutted be­ fore they were gotten under controL A part of the roof fell in and the entire roof is praetieally a complete Ions. Fire Chief Woodruff’s plumbing shop is but a few doors from the Hpray build­ ing and many of the spectators were determined to remove the stock to a place of safety. Mr. Woodruff was kept busy between directing the fire fighters and watching his store to see that its contents were not dumped out into the street. Oeeupants o f other buildings were not as certain as Mr. Woodruff that the flames would be con­ fined to the Hpray building and suffered considerable damage in moving their stocks and furniture to the street and back again. The invoices o f the Boldon stock were kept in the store and were de­ stroyed by the flames, so that the exact loss will probably never be known. Mr. Boldon states that it is his intention to open up again at once with a new stock. There might possibly be some ques­ tion between W. C. Conner and The Sentinel as to the former’s ability as a newspaper man, but as to his ability as a grower o f fancy flavored Charlotte peaches there can be no question. While on his way yesterday to put a few beau­ ties in cold storage for the grange fair, Mr. Conner could not resist the tempta­ tion o f letting The Sentinel take a peep at a few o f the best. The Sentinel force was also treated to a taste and all the mean fhings Mr. Conner has ever said about any member of the gang are hereby forgiven and forgotten— for the time being at least. Mr. Conner's orchard is more favor­ ably situated than those of other grow ers. It nestles in a coxy river bottom where frosts do not molest it and be has peaches many years when the trees Supervisor Tullar and a crew of men of others are barren. have commenced work laying a mile of gravel on the Hixth Street London rond. Watering Trough on London Road. An improvement that is appreciated The new improvement commences at by those who use the London road ia the end of the macadam laid last yenr. a watering trough put in at the moun­ The gravel will be put down a width of tain spring three miles this side 6t Lon­ twelve feet. The dangerous turn at the don. It is understood to be the work Mary White eorner is to be eliminated and the road is to be widened at the of C. H. Winecoff. bridge. MILE OF GRAVE IS BEING LAID ON COAST FORK Cub Killed, Mother Wounded. A cub bear was killed near the Dona­ hue k Dubois lumber ramp Sunday by Lee MeCaHfc and Gus Donnelly. The mother and another rub were wounded but escaped. The men have been searching for them since but have failed to locate them. Falls from Ladder, Cracks B o m . While he was picking peaches in his orchard several days ago, the ladder slipped from unde^r Warren McFarland, throwing him to the ground. He struck heavily with his left arm under him, eraeking the bones in the forearm. He continued at work for several days be fore realizing that the injury waa ser­ 160 Plckara from Haro. A hundred and fifty hop pickers left ious. here Monday in special cars for the Seavey hop yards on the MeKenxie near There was a man who was wondrous Eugene. The crowd was a cosmopolitan wise; he jumped into a bramble bush and joyous one. and seratehed out both his eyes. Then he put a want ad. in The Hentinel and Legal blanks—The Sentinel. got them baek again. s2