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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1907)
m T I fit 1 1 Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering and farming Interests of this Community. VOL. IX COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1907. NO. 39 .fl JA. s a" REFERENDUM DENOUNCED Called Unrcpublican, Unrcp' rescntative and Socialistic The Appropriation of $125,000 for Support of University of Oregon the Subject of Discussion at the Port land Commercial Club Banquet. At a dinner given by the Com mercial Club of rortland in that city, Oct. 15, pouches were inado denouncing the tinrepublican, un representative, socialistic fad called tho referendum and supporting the numial appropriation of $125,000 for the support of the I'nivcraily of Oregon. President Canipbcl' made a fine spooeh in favor of the University appropriation with out criticising the law. Hon. Win. T. Kenton said. "Now an assoult is tried f.gaitist our leading educational institution. In the desire to support the gover nor, the Senator Irom the count v r some other person whom they might admire, knowing nothing of the merits of tho proposition, our new legislature of 100,(100 people ia apt to fall into abuses and pervert what might otherwise be a nieritorous Bysteiu. I think tho system is fa tally faulty. At the last election we came dangerously near to buy ing a toll road that nobody wanted, because the voters were not in formed on the subject "I am satisfied that the grange is not responsible for this movement in regard to the university appro priation. I believe the farmers of Oregon are in favor of the State University, as they are in favor of the Oregon Agricultural College. Inspited largely by the example of Professor Withycombc and men of his class diversified farming has taken the place of wheat oats and parley growing ot the old days. "I intend to do what I can to light the wrong done by our friends of lyinn county, and I think that this voice of yours will have its ef fect and will be far-reaching." I foil. II. W. Scott, among other things said: "When acts of the Legislature carry appropriations for important measures which undoubtedly u ma jority of the people want and will support, it is unfortunate that this state of thiugs arises. For then the appropriation is held up until after tho people vote upon it in the next regular election. While I do not wish to declare against the in itiative and referendum in toto, yet I feel it necessary to say that I de plore such use of them. So, I think, do most citizens; yet there lias not yet been sufficient trial of the initiative and referendum in this state to justify us as I think in pronouncing agaiuat them. What it is necessary to do is to teach our people not to invoke them lightly or foolishly, but to eutreat them at least to consider that the institu tions of the state which the people deem necessary must be decently sustained. I do not doubt that the appeal to the referendum against tho appropriation for our state edu cational institutions will be dis missed by an emphatic popular vote. But meantime much em barrasment is the result of the delay. "Let us urge our people to be more sparing in the use of the in itiative, and in their invocation of the referendum, and to put their ap peals to them always on wide and ell considered grounds. Till; HARDWOOD SUPPLY. The Annual Cut Today is a Billion Tcel Less Thnn'Scvcn Years Ago. Although the demand lor hard wood lumber is greater than ever before, tho annual cut today is a billion feet less tlcin it was coven years ago. In thin time the whole sale price of the different classes of hardwood lumber advanced fr Mil U5 to (!.r) per cent. The cut of oak, which in lH'.l'.l was into than half tho total cut of hardwoods, has fallen IT INI per cent. Yellow pop lar, which was formerly second, in point of output, has fallen olT .'18 per cent, and elm has fallen off one half. Tim cut of softwoods is over four times thai o hardwoods, yet it is doubtful it a shortage in the former would cati'-e dismay in so many in dustiies. The cooperago, furniture and vehicle industries lopond ujkmi hardwood tiuihci, and the railroads telephone and telegraph companies, agricultural implement manufact ure! s and builders use it extensive ly. This leads to the question, Where is tho future supply "I hardwoods to be found.' The cut in Ohio and Indiana, which seven years ngn, led all other states, has (alien off one half. Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Now ' Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, ami Wisconsin have also declined in hardwood produc tion. The chief centers of produc tion now lie in tho I.ako States, the lower Mississippi valley, and tho Appalachian Mountains. Yet in the Lake States the prcsonco of hardwoods is an almost certain in dication of rich agricultural use. In Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mis sissippi t lie production ot Hard woods is clearly at jls extreme height, and in Missouri and Texas it has already begun to decline. The answer to tho question, therefoio, would seem to lio in the Appalachian Mountains. They con tain tho largest body of hardwood timber left in the United States. On them grow the greatest variety of tree species anywhere to hi. found. Protected from tiro and reckless cutting, they produce the best kinds of timber, since their soil and climato combine to mako heavy stands and rapid growth. Yet much of the Appalachian forest has been ho damaged in tho past that it will bo years before it will again reach a high state of productiveness- Twenty billion feet ot hardwoods would bo a conservative estimate of tho annual productive capacity of tho 75,000,000 acres of forest lands in tho Appalachians if they wero rightly managod. Until they are wo can expect ft shoitage in hardwood timber. Circular 1 Hi, of tho Forest Ser vice, entitled "The Waning Hard wood Supply," discuss ;s this situ ation. It may be had upon appli cation to the Forester, Potest Ser vice. Washingiou, I). C. Hard Times in Kansas. The old days of grasshoppers ami drouth nrc almost forgotten In the prosperous K 11 nans of today '. although ticillzcn ol Codell, Karl Hlimuhurg, lias mil yet forgotten ti hard linio ho encountered, lie Hays: "1 was worn out and discouraged by cougliinu' nlht mid dny, nun could 11 ml no re lief till 1 tried lr. Kiiik's New Dis covery. It took less t hull one bottle to completely completely cure me." The samst and most reliable cough and cold remedy and lung ami t hroat healer ever discovered. Guaranteed by Itenson'H l'harniacy, ."( cents and ifi.uo. Trial bottle five. Miss Gladys Vanderbilt, young est daughter of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, who inherited lo,ooo, 000 will soon marry a rich Hungarian count. There will be another divorce caBe soon. E WINS PRIZE In Hie Annual Medal and Trophy Contest Of the Fourth Regiment Which Was Held at the Range Near This City Last Wednesday. Score Being 12 Points Above Competing Teams. Company H of the O. N. O. par ticipate:! in their first annual con test for regimental honors Wednes day at the homo range in the pres ence of Col. O. O. Yoran, appoint ed executive officer and Capt. Ches hire appointed range officer, in 'i .l. .A . cnarge oi me nuooi. iiierw nru seven companies in tho regiment, Ashland, Rosehurg, Ivugene, (two companies) Albany, McMinnville and Cottage Grove. Company A of Kugene was the first to capture the regimental trophy and lost it to Itosetiurg, who were successful against all competitors until Wed nesday when Company l of Cot tage Grove, feeling it their duty to relieve Rosehurg of the honor, rather that lot them capture the cup again, in which event they would come in permanent possession of the trophy. The early morning prospects were dubious for our boys owing to a heavy Tog which enveloped the range, but true to their promises tho day they were mustered in, they went to the front and did their best which was somewhat dissapointing as compared to practice shooting, but as the fog disappeared it was shown clearly that it was the weather and not the marksman. Agreeable to orders No. 3, Head quatters 4th regiment, at 0 o'clock sharp, detailed men were at their posts and Capt. Cheshire called time. 1 If- Snodgrass fired the first shot followed by N II. Martin, B. Rooney and I.. W. Baker, who 'composed the competing team. Notwithstanding the weather they easily took place on the two hun dred yard range holding their own on the live hundred yard, and walked to the front on tho six hun dred yard shoot, Snodgrass making .TI, Mooney 3'2, Baker 31, Martin 28 out of a possible 35, giving an average of 31 out of a possible 35, w hich outreached the former cham pions of Rosehurg by 17 points, and Oh, Uncle Sam, what would Cottage Grove's company have done had the elementary conditions favored tho early morning shooting? In the alternate individual shoot ing, Private Fred J. Barters took the honors, shooting 8(5 out of a possible 10.r, Ostrander, Snodgrass and Mooney tieing for second place with a score of 85. Adjutant General V. E. Finzer, who has shown much interest in the Cottage Grove company, surprised the boys by dropping in on them and was a most interested aud grat ified visitor, his theme, even to a hobby, being good shooting rather than dressparade, the qualification of an efficient soldier. Lieutenant Metcalf in his "oinni" presence and cheerfulness added enoouragemeut to the contestants and Captain J. C. Johnson by arbitrary orders per served courage and without doubt should be credited with many of the honors of tho day. Sergeant Snodgrass in making a score of 33 out of a possible 35 at (iOO yards mado "a great roar" be cause two out of the seven shots missed center by 1-16 of an inch or and Fred Bartel "beefed" worse than ever when it was discovered (bat ou his score ot 34 out of a pos sible 35 at 500 yards his only mist was 1-32 of an inch from the center. Botn gentlemen are now consider ing consultation of an eipert occu list for correction of their aye sight. In all, not alone Cottage Grove as well as Ltne county and the state of Oregon , are justly proud of the record made by the contribu tions we have added to the "good blood'' of our fighting daddies. It is history, that the country laddies are the boys that do the business, WOODMEN HEAD CLERK DEAD. John C. Latshaw, head clerk of tho Woodmen of the World, died at Denver Tuesday night after an ill oess of short duration. Mr. Lat shaw was near GO years of age and had been head clerk of the order, with headquarters at Denver since April, I905. His office will be filled by appoi"tment, to be made at once by I. I. Bosk, head consul. The office will be filled in this way until the meeting cf the bead camp session in Portland, 1910. Later C. V. Benson, head man ager of the Woodmen of the World, whose home is in Fort Collins, Col orado, was appointed head clerk Saturday to fill the vacancy made by the death last week of John C. Latsbaw. Joseph M. Wood worth of Portland was strongly recom mended for the position by Multno mah camp, the strongest camp in the Pacific northwest. It is believed that the recommendations did 'not rcst-h Head Consul I. I. Boak, who had the appointing of a new clerk, in time to receive consideration. C. V. Benson has been bead man ager for three consecutive terms and is regarded as an efficient man for the place. BRANCH ELECTRIC LINE TO COR- VALLIS. The best news heard in Corvallis this week is that we are to have a real electric railway, a branch of the great new system from Portland to Kugene, says the Republican. A Republican reporter had the oppor tunity Monday of an interview with the gang of surveyors at work near Oakville, in Linn county, and from them he learned some news that will bo of interest to Corvallis peo ple. These surveyors are now go ing forward as rapidly as possible on the line from Albany to Eugene, which will go through Oakville and then on to Peoria, passing thence through Harrisburg and Junction City ou the way to Eugene. As soon as the survey to Eugene is completed a branch line to Corval lis will be surveyed from a point two miles south of Albany on the main line survey straight to Corval lis. CHAMPION PHEASANT RAISER. Corvallis has the champion Chi nese pheasant grower iu the United States, Gene Simpson. He has raised to maturity this year, nine hundred birds, and of these he has sold 7O0, receiving $7. Co a pair, $2626 in all. Besides these be has sold 3o pairs of golden pheasants at 10 a pair. Mr. Chris Vandran, of Albany, is perhaps next tb Mr. Simpson. ; A Crimimal Attack on an Inoffensive citizen Is frequently made in that apparently useless little tube called the 'appendix." It Is generally the result of protrac ted eon stipatlon, following liver torpor. Dr. Kino-'a New Life Pills regulate the liver, prevent appendicitis, and estub I lish regular habits of the bowels. 25c I at Benson's Pharmacy. Call at the Toggery and see those beautiful shades ol brown and grays. TO Citizens of That Section Will Take the Matter Up And an Organized Effort Will be Made to Secure Extension to Florence. Umpqua and Coos Bay -Tired of Looking to Eugene for Support. A prominent citizen of the lower Siuslaw country, who has been a resident there for the past twenty years, recently informed the Eu gene Guard that there is talk of starting an organized movement to secure the extension of the Carver railroad, now building from Corval lis to the Alsea country, to the mouth of the Siuslaw and tbeuce on down the coast to the Umpqua and Coos Bay. This, the citizens of that country think, is about the only hope they see at present of se curing transportation of their pro ducts to market. They complain that the county court is very negli gent of the roada that lead from bat country to Eugene, the natural trading point and if something is not done to keep the thoroughfares in good condition all the year around, or if there is no immediate prospect of a railroad being built trom Eugen to the mouth ot tue Siuslaw, the people will look to some other locality for relief, and they think the Carver railroad can be secured as a means of transpor tation of their products to Corval lis, where they can either be shipped by water to Portlund .-r by the Southern Pacific lines to any other point on the Paciti'i coist. The Siuslaw country raises some of the finest apples aud vegetables in the world, but ou accouut of the lack of tiansportation facilities there is no encouragement for the farmers to raise more than they need for their own use. Apples that equal those grown in the fa mous Hood river aud Rogue river valleys are shaken off the trees and Jed to the hogs, and the same is done with the surplus potatoes, corn and other vegetables which grow to enormous size in that fer tile valley. It appears to be up to the county court to improve the roads from here to Mapleton aud up to the cit izens to see that a railroad is built to that country before Mr. Carver teaches there with his road, in or der that Eugene may retaiu the trade of that rich aud prosperous section of Lane county. His Dear Old Mother. "My dear old mother, who Is now eighty-three years old, thrives on Klectrlc Hitters," wrltee W. J. Brun 8on, of Dublin, Gu. "She has taken them for about two years and enjoys an excellent appetite, feels strong and sleeps well. That's the way Kleetrle Bitters affect the aged, and the same happy results follow in all cases ot female weakness and general debility. Weak, puny children too, are greatly strengthened by them. Guaranteed also for stomach, liver and kidney troubles, by Benson's Pharmacy. 50c. First Annual Portland Horse Show. Portland, Oregon, November 7-8 and 9th 1007. For the above occas ion, the Southern Pacific Co. will sell round trip tickets to Portland and return for one and one third fare for the round trip. Children half fare. Sale date November, 6th 1907. Final return limit Novem ber 10th 1907. . M. Isham, Agent. ROAD SIUSLAW AN IMPORTANT CHANGE. As Announced by T. H. Vail. Presi dent of the American T. T. Co. An important change in the pol icy for thirty years of the Bell Tel ephone Company has been , made known. When questioned regard ing the report that the West ern Klectric Company, the concern that manufactures the apparatus used by the Bell Companies, would hereafter sell telephones and sup plies to all buyers, President Theo dore II. Vail, of the American Tel ephone and Telegraph Company, confirmed the report. He explained that the idea had been under consideration for a long time, but that heretofore one diffi cult had been that th Western Electric needed more plant; its full energv being required to supply the demands of the Bell Companies alone. This obstacle to doing a general business has been overcome by the recent completion of very large additions to the Chicago fac tory of the Western Electric Com pany, and htnee it is now in a po sition to take care of outside or ders. Iu reply to a question as to the probable effect of this action on the revenue of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Mr. Vail said that 110 considerable direct in crease was anticipated, but a great indirect advantage was looked for from- improved relations between the public and all of the associated Bell Companies, because there had been an.entirely erroneous idea more or less prevalent that the charges of these companies for their services were based on a monopoly of telephonic instruments, while the fact is that the instrument is but a small part of the plant required in giving telephone service. It is felt that this action may cause it to be more dearly under stood that the Bell Company's only claim for patronage is based on their ability to furnish the best ser vice at reasonable prices and not on any instrument mouopoly. Mr. Vail explained that at the preseut time many inefficient tele phone instruments are in use on lo cal and private lines, aud that the Bell Companies desire to see these replaced by standard instruments in order that it may make traffic con uectiocs with the greatest possible number of properly equipped lines assuring proper service aud trails -mission. For example; There are thousands of so-called "Farmer Lines," which will furnish valuable feeders for the toll lines of the larg er system when properly equipped and maintained. This situatiou can now be provided for through the sale outright of Bell instrunieuts and apparatus. In answer to the question wheth er it is intended that the Western Electric Company become an ag gressive competitor of the indepen dent manufacturers, who up to this date have had a monopoly of the selling trade, the only reply was that the Bell interests were fully prepared, either from the manufac turing or operating side of the bus iness, to meet all the needs of the public, and that they wish to dem onstrate that thoy claim or ask no advantages other than their ability to meet those needs under nquare competitive conditions ot quality and price; there would be no trado war, but any manufacturers who have beea selling inferior goods at high prices under the old monopo ly of the selling trade, would nat urally suffer a loss of business. . Horses for Sale. Five head good work horses for sale. S. K. Buslek at the Burnett place, near Bohemia.