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Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering and Forming Interests of this Community.
VOL. IX
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1907.
NO. 33
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Lumbermen of the Coast
Welcome Investigation.
The Cause of the High Price of Lum
ber in the Eastern Cities bad to be
Duo to the Enormous Freight Rates
Made by the Railroad Companies.
1
HER
S
A resolution was introduced ami
passed ly rongresH Inst winter au
thorizing the bureau of corporations
of the department of cmnmerco and
labor 10 investigate the cause of the
hie,h prices of lumber. This in ven
tilation ha com ik need, and is
now under way, and the lumber
manufacturers of thu country wel
come it, because I hey know that
the real canso will ho uncovered
excessive froi,ht rat-.-!.
Take the. caso of the Pacific
const fur example. Washington,
Oiegon, Idaho and Montana con
tain 000,000,000,000 feet of stand
ing timber, sufficient t care for the
wants of the United States for a
poriod of 25 years. This legion
contains over 2,000 tii'V and shin
gle mills, employing 192,000 per
sons, and a pay roll of approxi
mately $135,000,000 pet year. I.ast
year theRe states shipped by 1 nil
17,000,000 tons of lumber. on which
the freight charges were not far
from $1.10,000,000. The entire op
oratiug expenses of the Northern
Pacific is paid by the lumbermen ol
the state of Washington alone, and
the most profitable business ot all
the transcontinental lines is this
very samo lumber haul. Were it
not for the forests on tho Pacific
coast the entire traffic of all the
lines could bo handled by one road.
Tho cost of producing this lum
ber at tho present time ia about
flUiO per 1,000 foot, and the aver
age selling price is about $15 per
M., that is $15 will cover the aver
age price of tho output.
Freight charges are s high that
in many cases tho oiiginal selling
price of lumber is exceeded. For
example rough lumber weighs 3.300
pounds per 1.000 feet, and by add
ing the freight charges one can as
certain tho delivered price per 1,000
feot at tho following prices:
Fniin I'acillc Cost Freight
Count, to At Mill Chges Total.
Mineapolls r,.00 flX'JO sf-js.oo
Omaha l".UO Hi..".!) :!.ro
ciiiciino i.'i.uu n..r.o :ii.ro
Cincinnati Ki.00 1! .SI.M)
Jiidiumuolia...l;.ou L'o 7'. ar(.70
,st. 1. on u l.".oii 17..T2 :ti?.:ir.
lies Moines.... 15.uo lC.fiU Ml. nil
Denver ir,.(io n.'Jii an.an
,ow York l5.(io 'jil.io ys.io
After this explanation one can
readily understand why, for exam
ple, the Hill and Uarrimau lints
own and control tho tariff from the
Pacific coasi and explains the itn
menso ineroase in railroad earnings
from year to year, For example
the gross earnings of the Northern
l'acilic during the years lyoo to
. 1906, inclusive, were $308,570,873.
!) I, the operating expenses, $158,
570,161.55, and the net earnings,
$im,.88.70i.y,..
During the same period the Groat
Northern's gross earnings were,
$234,898,393.79, its operating ex
penses, 1 18,183,460.59, and its
not earnings, $116,701,03:1.20.
Notwithstanding this prosperous
condition of affairs the Pacific coast
lines lines have not taken care of
the interest of the shippers, proba
bly because they figure that the
lumber is on the ground and can
pnly he hauled by the Hill aud
llairiman lines. Several years ago
tl 0 lumbermen of the slates of Or
egon and Washington petitioned
the railroitds for a reduction in rates
ol K) cents per 100 pounds to the
Middle Went, on the ground that
they were burning up annually
53,000 carloads of lutnbor in the
woods and at tho sawmills because
of a lack of tnatket for c-licap lum
ber. Their request wan refused,
notwithstanding the fact that tho
cost of haul is $1, '200. It per train
load and tho revenue at 40 cents
per 100 pounds would bo $6,120
per train load. This wasto of tim
ber is still going on. During the
past two years, the average timo ol
tnovotnont of a carload of lumber,
(Con! Inued to pilK'O 2. )
A Humane Appeal.
A 1 1 1 1 1 u ; 1 1 1 eitl.eu of Klellllioud, Illd.
Mr. I'. 1). Williams, In? West Main
Hired, hiyn: "I appeal to all iersoiiH
with weak Iimik to take lr. KIiik'h
New liHniveiy, l lie only remedy that
has 1 1 -1 1 . I 1 1 id and fully comeH up to
the pfnpi -letnr'H recommendation." It
saves mule lives than nil other throat
and liin lemedles put together. Uned
as 11 ( ou;;li and eidd cure tho world
over. Cure nil lima, bronchitis, croup
whooping eolith, tpiinsy, hoarseness,
and phthisic, ntopt hcniorrages of the
lutiK-1 nud 1 ii I li 1m them up. (luaran
t''eil at lienson'H I'liarmncy. 50 rents
mid fl.no. Trial bottle free.
HOLD ELECTION ANY TIME
Attorney-General Gives Opinion Rela
tive to School District Tax Levy.
In reply to numerous inquiries
received from many sections of the
state, Attorney-Genernl Crawlord
has given m 1 opinion in which he
gives an interpretation of the act
providing for the annual school dis
trict tax levy, holding that a dis
trict may hold an election at any
time during the year and vote the
tax or the nch'on taken at the first
election may be rescinded at a sub
sequent election and a new rate of
levy made, providing the notice of
change is in tho hands oi the Coun
ty Clerk prior to January 1 in order
that the correction may be made
and the levy extonded upon the
tax roll.
'No time in arbitrarily fixed for a
school district to hold an election
for voting taxes" says tho Attor-noy-Ooneral
iu the opinion, which
is addressed to District Attorney ().
W. Phelps, of Pendleton. "It can
be held at any time providing it
does so in timo to notify tho County
Clerk prior to January 1. Under
the general rule that tho power
which creates can destroy or undo,
the school district has tho right un
der the law to resciud the vote if,
in the opinion of the majority of
the voters, it is considered for the
best interests of the district. Alter
tho meeting a certified copy of the
records had with tho notice of the
new levy would bo sufficient for the
County Clerk to disregard tho first
notice and act upon the second, pro
viding it is dono before January 1."
How's This?
We offer )nt) Hundred Dollars re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
(Hue. P. .I.OIIKNEY & CO, Toledo, O.
Wo, tho undersigned, have known
P. ,1. Cheney for tho last 15 yearH, and
believe him pcr'ectly honorable In all
business transactions, aud financially
nblo to carry out any obligations
made, by his linn.
Wai.iiino, Kinnan & Maiitin,
Wholesalo Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hull's ('atari h Curo Is taken Inter
nally, acting directly upon tho blood
and imiciious surfaces of the systom.
TerUiuoulals sent free. Price 7.1 cents
per bottle Sold by all druggists.
Take Hall's Family Tills for consti
pation. WANTED
Wood choppers to contract for 1200
cords of four loot cord wood. Ad
dress P. V. Cooi'Kit, Black lluttc, Ore-don,
WILL TEACH WITHOUT PAY
A Plan Outlined at a Alcctlng of the Regents to
Carry on University Work.
The board of regents of the Uni
i vorsity of Oregon met in the offices
jof Cyrus A. Dolph to provide for
j meeting the expenses of coining
1 school year. C. A. Dolph, Judge 1
jit. K. Bean, M A. Miller of U-ba-j
non, S. H. Friendly of lingerie, !''.
V. Ilolinan and J. C. Ainsworth of j
Portland were present. Regents
Smith of Baker City, I'.utler of
Dallas, and Hamilton of lloseburg,
were present.
j Th stale university will be
j greatly in need of funds to meet
current expenses during the cora
liin year, on account of the refercu
duin on the last appropriation of
J $125.0(10, which ninkcH this sum
unavailable. About $75,000 is re
quired each jcai to meet tho cur
rent expenses and only tho continu
ing appropriation of $17,000, with
about $10,(100 fiom other sources,
is available until next year.
I'y th end of the third quarter,
October 1, practically nil Hie salary
money will be exhausted. As the
board of regents is forbidden to in
cur indebtedness, t!:e only plan to
bo followed is to suspend salaries
for the fourth quaiter of the year,
wilh the understanding that the
salaries will be paid in case the vote
on the university appropriation is
favorable. This proposition will be
made to the faculty of tho state uni
versity and it is believed the teach
ers will accept this plan. The reso
lution adopted by the board of re
gents promises to pay the teachers
next year.
The condition to be met is prac
SUES TO CANCEL PATENTS
Government Would Regain Lands in
Famous 1 1-7 District.
Portland, Ore., Sept, 13. An
echo of the famous 11-7 land fraud
case was heard in the fedoral build
ing this morning when Assistant
United States James Colo filed seven
suits in the United States circuit
court to cancel patents to lands
which are alleged to have been
proved p on fraudulently by the 10
defendants named in the complaints.
All of the lands amounting to
about 51,500 acres, lie iu the north
east corner of 1,11111 county.
The cancellation of tho patents
will be tho final chapter in the his
toric suit in which was involved S.
A. D. Puter, the Oregon land fraud
king. Through Puter many acres
of valuablo timber and agricultural
lands were taken up and passed to
final proof before the government
learned of the fraud being practiced.
With the conviction of tho culprits
the government is seoking to re
cover tho land, which has bince
passed iuto the hands of the de
fendants name in the suit filed this
morning. If successful in regain
ing the laud the government will
place it in the Cascade forest re
serve. Health in the Canal Zone.
The hltfli wiircs paid inako it a
mighty temptation to our younu' ar
tisans to Join the force of skilled
workmcnjiieeded to construct the
Panama canal. Many tiro restrained
howcyer, by tho fear of fevers and
malaria. It In tho knowing ones
thoso who liavo used F.lectrlo Hitters,
who ko there without this fear, woll
knowing t hey arc snfo from malarious
inlluciico with K Ice trie flitters on
hand. Cures blood poison too, bilious
uchh, weakness and all stomach, liver
aud kidney troubles Guaranteed by
llcnsou's Pharmacy. f0o.
tically the same as that of two years
ago, when 011 account of lack of
funds, salaries wcro reduced. I'y
January it is expected thnt money
will bo forthcoming to meet all ex
penses. At thi meeting confidence
was expressed iu the ability to pay
salaries ultimately and many of the
teachers will probably stay, despite
the fact that they have had offers of
better salaries during the year from
other institutions. The enrollment
during the coming year is expected
to be from 15 to 20 per cent ahead
of that of last year. Provision has
been made lo maintain the standard
of efficiency of the institution and
a number of new teachers has been
secured.
James Gilbert, a graduate of
Columbia University last year has
been selected to r.ucceed Professor
1. T. Hrindley, who resigned in
June. Dr. R. C. Clarke has been
elected to the chair of history in
the absence of Professor Joseph
Schater. who will spend the year
abroad iu study. Dr. Clarke is a
graduate of the University of Wis
consin and has beeu pursuing edu
cational work in Pennsylvania.
Miss Julia Burgess has been elect
ed assistant in tho department of
rhetoric and American hisloty, suc
ceeding Miss Blanche Bigelow, who
resigned last June and will Bpend
tho year abroad. A number of other
assistants have been re-elected.
Other routine business was trans
acted by the regents at yesterday's
meeting. Oregonian.
TO BE REORGANIZED.
Oregon Press Association to Meet in
Portland for That Purpose
At the recent meeting of t'ie Or
egon Press Association held at Sea
side it was decided to reorganize
the association upon wholly differ
ent lines from thoso governing it at
the piesent time, and a meeting lor
this purpose will bo held in Port
land in Jauuary. The attendance
at the meriting just held represent
ed but a small part of the manypub
lications in the state. Quite likely
some were unable to attend, owing
pressure of ollico work and a lack
of help, but many who might have
been present at this, and former
sessions of the association, havo
been quite indifferent. There should
be a "getting together" o the edi
tors and publishers of tho local
newspapers of Oregon, not only in
a social way. but from a business
standpoint, for in o doing they can
accomplish much for themselves.
Au interchange of ideas and the
discussion of matters pertaining to
the newspaper work will result in
improving and advancing every
publication represented, nud we
hopes that the reorganization of the
Oregon Press association, should it
bo perfected in January, may build
on a broader, more definito, and
withal, a more representative basis
than at present exists. Such an
organization should mean much to
every publishor and editor in the
stato, and they should personally
givoitaetivo support aud eurnoat
consideration. llaod Kivor News
letter. CAVES HAVE NOT GROWN.
Since the visits of tho Joaquin
Miller party to the Oregon caves,
the description of the actual won
ders h vo been greatly exaggerated.
Tho estimate that the cavern com
prises 20 miles of rooms is purely
imaginary. The known rooms are
just tho same now as they were
shortly after the caves wero discov
ered and no additions have been re
added to thorn. There is no river
dropping.'20 feet into a canyon, but
a lovely litllo streamlet runs out of
the lower entrance and ripples down
tho contracted valley to Sucker
creek, a couplo of miles below.
The stalagmites are not clear ae
glass they are of lime formatiou,
white in the cave, dirty brown when
exposed to sunlight, and havo no
transparency whatever. The caves
constitute a natural wonder, and
the water formations of ages have
beautified them, but they are not
palatial, that is only poetical. The
known exteut of the caves is
abundant for most visitors, and if
there are fuither great ramnifica
tious they have not yet been dieso
ered. We take occasion to offer
this criticism because the real facts
will not dissapoint visitors, but ex
travagant descriptions will. The
Oregon Observer.
OREGON TO TAKE A HAND
Suits to be Started Against the Stand
ard Oil and Other Companies.
Separate suits are to be brought
in the name of the state against the
Standard Oil Company, the Wells,
Fargo Express Compauy and tho
Union Oil Company for the collect
ion of fees due the stato as three
per cent of the gross earnings of
these companies, under, the act of
tho legislature of 1005, together
with interest at the rate of G per
cent from December .'II, 1000. At
torney General Crawford is pre
paring the complaints and will file
them in the Circuit Court for Mult
nomah county within a f w days.
The amount ot fees due from th
Standard Oil Company, represent
ing .'I per cent of it gross earnings'
in this state for ihe year ending
December 31, 100(5. is $2,119.08;
and from Well, Fargo Kxprcss, $3
778.37, These companies hav filed
their reports showing their earnings
for the period covere :, in conform
ity with tho law, but the Union Oil
Company ha- even neglected to
make a report to the State Treasurer
and it will be sued for compliance
with the law in this respect as well
as for its share of tees due, with in
terest. Several months a'o Attorney
Oeneral Crawford instituted au
action against the Pacific States
Telephone & Telegraph Compauy
and tho Sunset Telephone Company
upon similar grounds, and this suit
is still pending.
The Touch That Heals.
Ih tho touch of Iliicklcii's Arnica
Salve. It's tho happiest combination
of Arnica flowers aud healing balsam
over compounded. No matter how
old the soro or ulcer is, this Salve will
cure it. For burns, scalds, cuts,
wounds or piles, it has no equal.
Guaranteed lv l.cnson'ti riiarniacy,
J," cents.
PINKERTON'S BIG BILL TO STATE.
lioise, Idaho, Sept. 10. A sen
sation was created here today when
it was learned that the bill of the
Piiikerton Detective Agency for its
services during the Haywood case
amounted to $20 .000. More than
half of this sum was for ''Inciden
tals," including cigar and whiskey
bills contracted by the detectives
assigned to tho case.
Lost and Found.
Lost between U::io p.m., yesterday
and noon today, a billons attack,
with nausea and Hick headache. This
loss was occasioned by finding at
lieiieoii'H Pharmacy a box of Dr.
King's New Lll'o Pills. liuaranteed
for biliousness, malaria aud Jaundice,
go cents.
IRRIGATION
CONGRESS
Followed By a Great For
ward Movement.
California's Capital City and County
Makes a Progressive Movement by
Voting Bonds to Complete New
Roads. Bridges. Public Buildings.
The National Irrigation Congress,
which met in Sacramento last week,
gave a great impetus to local im
provement and development as well
as to the movement for irrigation,
forestry a"d conservation of Ihe
whole resources of the country. Al
most immediately after the close of
the Congress, a City and County
bond electiou was held and bonds
to the amount of $1,500,000 were
voted for roads, bridges and public
buildings. The majority for the
bonds was one of the largest in the
history of similar elections, which
goes to show that the Capital City
of California has had a real awaken
ing. Sacramento was, until within the
past five years, regarded as on of
the least progressive of Pacific
Coast cities. Her people were pros
perous, iu fact, the foundations of
mauy great fortunes were laid there
but owing to the fact that tho landB
of the yreat valley in which Sacra
mento is situated were held in great
tracts end devoted to wheat grow
ing, there was little opportunity for
growth of population in the country
aud consequently little city growth.
Recently there has been a marked
chance. Tho wheat lands are be
ing irrigated aud sold iu small
tracts for intensive farming and
fruit culture. The power resources
of nearby mountain streams are be
ing utilized. New industries are
sp'iujjing up, railroads are building
and a new order of things prevails.
Tho National Iirigatiou Congress
was the first National Convention
to meet iu Sacramento aud the
people rose as one man to meet the
occasion, enthused not ulone by the
prospect of entertaining many dis
tinguished men, but more by the
opportunity to further the splendid
objects of the Congress. Tho fund
raised within the city for this pur
pose amounted to $45,000 or one
dollar for every man, woman and
child iu the city, probably the
largest per capita subscription ever
made by auy city for any similar
event. This was supplemented by
$10,000 contributed by counties
and individuals elsewhere in the
State. The work ot promotion oc
cupied eight mon.ths end cost very
nearly twenty thousand dollars and
the results far more than justified
tho expenditure.
The voting of the bonds, $1,500,
000, means that every main road in
Sacramento County will be macada
mized from county lino to county
line. It means that every bridge
and culvert on these roads will be
of cement, steel or stone. It means
the erection of a new Courthouse
and jail, which with the magnificent
State Capitol and the new City Hall,
now being built at a cost of $300,
000 comprise one of the finest sets
of public buildings to be fouud ia
any city of the west.
Do you know that i'lncsalve Car
bollaed nets like a poultice in draw
ing out Intlamatlon and poison? it is
nntlKi'ptic. For cuts, bums, eczema,
cracked hands It Is Immediate relief.
25 ets. Huld by New lira Drug Store,