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most ukasonaiim: miens.
Devoted lo the Mining, Lumbering and Farming Interests of this Community, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake.
Collage Grove, Oregon., iEViclay, Janun-ry lO, 1902.
3STO. 52
VOL. Ill
PROFESSIONAL.
J. E. YOUNG
jllforin'ii-ai-Laio
() (II i-0 mi MHllI MIMI, CI Klito
Cottaoic Okovh, Oku.
for
,, C, JOHNSON ami F. (!. EIIY
rtttariirusaiid Cotnxrors-af-Lair 'tn(
n,el mimilli'ii Klirn In Mlnlny. I'oriornlliiii
ODIffl " "i"""" lleniHitwuy'olmo.
COTTAGE GROVE, ORIS.
J. S. MEDLEY
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MHie Main ittcel :
CoTTAC.lt OKOVIC, OKI!.
JEROME KNOX
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.tl,m,.t uniiii iM Mtiltic imltie.
CoTTAOlt CjROVH, OKK.
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THOMPSON & HARDY
:ltloriris and Coitisclors-at Lair
HlH1rUl uniiUmi Kl8ii loltiP lw HIliW.
Ki:.KNK. "UK.
L. T. HARRIS
:lltorntu and f'oiiitsctor-at-Lair
Hui timi" "' Uw ut M,,lt'
Flr.t NmiIimiwI UiiiiW l!ultll"K
Kl'iiKNK, OKI!.
Kathrrluc S'clilctf, M. I).
All kinds
i
Underclothing and Footwear
Loggers and Lumbermen, Miners, Prospectors
Farmers.
The Famous Cutter Shoes
in all sizes.
Special prices in Umbrellas.
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EAK1N
RISTOW,
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10
NO
Diseases of Women ami ClnWrcn
c:orr.iiK tiimvi:, oni:.
W. H. ROBINSON
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and
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corrAtiKitiuiVK. - -
BUSINESS.
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SatLtfaction Guranteed.
BARKER & PERMAN
-l'UOl'HIKTitltH PI"
THE EXCHANGE "7
nr.Ai.t'.UH in i'ink
WINKS, LIQUORS, CIGARS.
Miiln mrcd. OiiIIiib" ro . lln'i
H. C. MADSEN,
Watciimakkk.
ItepntrltiK t ronnoiinlilo clmrKoii.
All work KHiiniillitivl llrnt-i'lum. ,.,i,
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Gar man & Hemenways
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Makers. St.loulsflo.
KNOWLEDGE IS WEA
LTH'
Do yow know
A coiuntetu lino always in stock
At LURCH'S.
PIONEER
WHITE
LEAD
Is Absolutely PURE, and will
OUTWEAR all other Leads.
If youi lni'iil ilimlur ilnoH not nirry It wrlto
u u mill wu w 111 noo llit you Bi
W. P. Hiller & Co.
POUTI.ANU, OWUOON.
Kino roHidcncori, clioioo lotH, ImihIho
uloukii for mtlu Jcromo Knox & vo.
bat a Railroad is being constructed from Cottage Grove to the Bohemia Mining District
through one of the finest timber belts on the Pacific Coast ?
kl,ow that the ore now being transported by wagon from the Bohemia Mining
District to Cottage Grove is the same character that made Cripple Creek famous ?
knowttatthta ore from the Helena Consolidated Mine contains values from Lour to
iBht Hundred Dollars per ton, and is being shipped to the Omaha Smelters
through Long & Bingham'- warehouse.
kll0w that the present population of Cottage Grove will double in tlie next eign-
teen months?
,. that the fine, high, sightly tract of land adjoining Cottage urove
iied by G w. I(0g) has been platted in lots and acreage and is being offered
terms t will enable you to double on your investment in a very snort time ,
Do you
Do you
Kit?
Do you
Do you
0VI
Oil
. . . .... fan,. lth which we can make you acquainted if you will call
Me above is a ww
. upon us or write.
Address all communications to
DEVELOPMENT OK
PACIFIC COAST.
THE
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V, O. VOX S, COTTAGE GJiOVE, OliliOOX
The Chamber of Commerce and its
Usefulness.
A Dormant Organization a Curse,
Rather Than a Benefit Los
Angeles Chamber at the Front
Duties at Home as Well
as Abroad.
Biieclnlly contrlljiitoil tn the Times by
W. I). Curtis.
More than two hundred cities in
the Pacific Coast States have a
regularly organized public body of
some sort. Tbey are variously
called Chamber of Commerce,
Board of Trade, Commercial Club.
Improvement Club, or some other
less common but similar name.
I will venture the assertion that
no other group of states has a pn
portionate number of such organ
izations. But such an organiza
Hon is the community expression
of the publicity idea, and is to be
expected that the far western
country would lead the older aud
more conservative sections.
Now a Chamber of Commerce or
Board of Trade stands as the con
crete representative of a community
which desires to do something for
itself. Therefore the natural in
ference is that any community
which has not organized in some
form to further its interests is not
determined to push itself forward.
So far as mere figures go the Pa
cific Coast therefore is strong in
the idea of community promotion,
but when we examine the work
actually accomplished there is a
keen feeling of disappointment.
Too many of these organizations
were effected under the impulse of
some passing fancy. Quite likely
some of them v ere organized by
men who had no right conception
of the work they should take up.
Just as a live, hard-working
Chamber of Commerce is a blessing
to a community, so a dormant or
flpnd nrtr.inizatiou is a curse. A
town afflicted with an organization
which has ceased to produce re
sults is heirless until freed from
the incubus.
There are lots of communities
even in the stirring, bustling west
which are afilicted with a sort of
dry rot; and half a dozen Cham
hers of Commerce will not help
such a town. In other words, a
Phmnher of Commerce will be
effective in its work for a town in
exact proportion to the capacity
and the interest of the men wno
direct it.
An organization of some kind is
necessary in order for a group of
men to w'ork harmoniously to
gether, but it is also the handiest
way in the world for a group of
men to shift responsibility and get
rid of work.
First of all then, organize
Chamber of Commerce and see
that the men in direct charge are
men who will give it the same
vital, personal attention which
they expect to give to their own
business; or if your town already
has a public body wlncli is not
(Ininir what it should, taKe tue
nrnner steos to reorganize, to draw
in new blood. Rejuvenate
skeleton.
Many of the present organiza
tions are models and the good they
have done cannot be estimated.
It is a matter of record that the
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
is one of the best organized and
most effective in the west. Secre
tary Wiggins is in frequent receipt
of requests for the by-laws under
which the work is carried on and
for data concerning certain features
nftho work. The success of the
Southern California exhibit at re
cent irreat expositions has throw
cj
its work into strong relief.
Now the chamber in a small com
the
ruunity cannon hope to accomplish
things of the same magnitude as
have been taken up by the Los
Angeles Chamber of Commerce,
but you must not lose sight of the
fact that they are relatively just as
easy ot accompnsiiment and no
more expensive.
Perhaps you will not be able to
advertise in a list of eastern maga
zines in order to secure the ad
dresses of intending settlers to
whom you can send printed matter,
as the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce does every year. But it
is entirely feasible for a certain
group of bodies representing a
county or section to do this. The
San Joaquin Valley Commercial
Association should be able to work
out such a plan, and any group of
towns whose interests are similar
could doubtless do it.
Do not get the impression from
this that I think that the main
purpose of such an organization is
to place advertisements in eastern
publications. By all means no.
That is simply one feature of the
manifold labors which lie before
such an organization. Moreover, it
is not the point at which to begin.
There are plenty of things close to
hand which must be attended to
first.
What would be the sense in in-
iting people to settle in your com
munity when their first visit, tnere
might shock them over some of
the conditions which they have
neglected and which might have
been corrected by concerted action.
say first of all, make your com
munity what it siiouid oe as a
place to live in and a place to do
business in. Now just "what it
should be" is a point that no one
can know so well as the leading
business men of the town the
men who should be in control of
your Chamber of Commerce. It is
a question to be decided entirely
by local environment.
Prepare figures and institute
carefully comparisons between your
own town and other towns situ
ated similarly. If you find that
your town is doing less for the
surrounding country, and conse
quently is not in good repute, you
can be sure that it will lose trade.
Here is a work for you to do.
If you find tint the products o.
the territory which you should
draw from are not flowing through
your town, you are not offering the
proper marketing conditions. Get
to work, and makethem right.
If it comes to your ears that
traveling men are not properly en
tertained, or that tourists go away
dissatisfied, it is a big mistake to
let it continue. A few people of
this kind traveling about the
country will soou do you irrepar
able damage. Appoint a com
mittee, find out what is the trouble
and correct it.
If the local papers do not seem
to be giving all the attention they
should to the big enterprises of
your town see what is the trouble.
Chances are that the publisher is
not getting the support which he
deserves. There is no man more
devoted to the interests of his com
munity than the newspaper man in
the west, but he needs support and
backing.
The list of local work to be done
might be extended almost indefi
nitely, but I think this makes it
clear that all of the advertising
which a community gets is not
bought and paid for at so much per
inch. When you have carefully
gone over every point which might
affect your welfare along such
line's as I have suggested, it is
then time to take up what is more
generally considered the advertis
ing question. The different phases
of this advertising work will come
up iu subsequent articles.