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VOL. XVII COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1905. Most of the people feel very badly I A WARM | about the double expense, some DRAIM HAS A blurno the board, some the overseers SCHOOL MEETING and BIG FIRE some say it is done aud cannot NO. 15 town is ready to get down in his j and I want to say to the people of pocket and dig up his share of the SENATOR MITCHELL j Latie county it is the best mineral funds for a water system right off. in the building for the IS SENTENCED ; 1 exhibit There is a saying that a (own is no amount of money expended iu get- good until it has a good fire, well : ting it i 1 slia(ie and I took note of wo hope this will make a great im The Aged Senator Received His Sen the fact that it had the largest provement if the saying holds true. crowds of any couuty exhibit in the tenced Without Emotion. The nearest water supply is Elk state. I found Mr. Stafford busy Creek about 200 yards from the explaining iu a convincing manner "T he judgement of the court is the merits of Blue River and Boh principal street. The pr mlatiou of Drain is about that the defendant be imprisoned emia ore aud the work being done 600 , and is located 18 mile3 south toa the term of six months in the iu this direction will be of untold of Cottage Grove on the Southern county jail of Multnomah county benefit to Lane in days to come. Pacific. T h e principal business of this state, and be fined in the If there is a doubting Thomas in street of the town runs parallel to sum of $ 1 , 000 . ” I.aue county we invite him to give Oregon’s oldest senator Tuesday the mining exhibit bis careful at the railroad north and south 011 the west side of the track, and it was morning faced the judgement of tention for one day and he will along this street the greatest damage his nations judiciary aud heard agree with us that Mr. Stafford is was done. The principal stores are these words addressed to hirn>elf. not O D ly doing good and effective Ira Wimberley’s general merchan His face bore au expression of un work, but that he has the backing utterable emotion as the firm, clear of prominent mining men in both dise an, 1 undertaking. voice of the p iding judge pro districts who are working with him Lerry Applegate, drugs. \V \V Kent, geu uiorchaudiso, nounced tlu fateful words. Con in adding new leatures that are vulsive twitching betokened the bringing out the richness of the poet office and hardware. oi human endurance mines iu a most telling and convinc Perkins Si Son gen merchandise. limit There was a tremor, but no ing manner. W C Edwards, meat. collapse. With folded arms and A C Chad bourne confectionery. wide-opened eyes, which stared M Moon, grocery. General Summary. with almost au appeal, but at the Tom Bledsoe, gen merchandise. 'lue p.v-t week was the hottest of same time seemed bewildered, Joun Heutou Myers, gen merchandise. H. Mitchell sat before the judge, the season, aud no rain of conse Riley Lynch, barber shop. The Central Oregon Normal is who affixed the seal of disgrace quence occurred in any part of the located there. Has a faculty of nine upon his long career. Beside him ¡state. Fortunately, the wind was teachers and will have a class of 22 was bis sou, John II. Mitchell, Jr , I geneially light and the wheat crop his attorney, ex-Senator Thurstou, suffered but little damage. Iu the graduates tho coming year. Prof. Briggs is at the hea 1 of the and behind him were friends. But j Grande Ronde valley and in some of Normal school. Drain certainly ; he saw ouly the stern face of the tho Columbia River counties east of has nerve and faith in her town and j presiding judge. This official, ¡the Cascade moustains late sown true citizens, when they can dig up who had it within bis power to in ] spring wheat was damaged by the the money to run the Normal, after flict ten years’ imprisonment and a , hot weather nnd will probably be flue of $ 50 , 000 , or one day bebiti 1 j cut for hay. The hulk of the crop, the state lias refused them aid. Tho Sharkey Lumber company bars and $t flue, adding to the however, is safo, and both spring soltening unction, ! fall wheat are now beiug cut as has a large mill 6 miles from town judgement nnd has just completed a flume to spoke as though he was the blind rapidly ns possible. Thrashing wi'l the town where they arc erecting a spirit of justice, which had gleaned I begin in the Willamette valley this large dry kiln and plniuing mill and from all the circumstances of the woek. All indications point to au will install a first class water and case but one ameliorating condition extru good crop of wheat, both as to —age. His judgement was as if quantity and quality. electric light system. Pasturage is getting short, but The company has extensive hold the humblest citizen had been ar ings and is composed ol experi raigned. Unmoved by the tense stock continues in good condition. enced and successful mill men of situation of the courtroom, where a The flow of milk is decreasing in fhe jam of humanity held breath in dairy districts, but not moro than Michigan. A fine Irish Setter dog 1 .longing awe, Judge DeHaven performed usual at this season of the year. to Mr. Lynch crawled under the his last duty in the most s nsation- Tho second crop of alfalfa is being Barber shop in hi 9 terror and per al case that has ever stirred the cut, and the crop promises to be about an average one. Hop burs Pacific northwest. ished. are forming amt tho vinos are grow ing n'cely. Hop lice are still to ' e Bids Asked fur Labor fur Panama Canal Special Correspondent. found, but they are lens numerous Work, than formerly. Coin, potatoes aud Portland June 1 7 , 1905 . E d i t o r R e g i s t e r : —As a mem gardens have made good advance Washington, July 22.—Bids wero asked today by the Panama canal ber of the Lane Coutity Mining E x ment, hut these crops would he im commission for 2,000 rach of Chin hibit committee I have personally proved by more rain. Early apples ese, Japanese and Itnlian laborers examined into conditions nnd find are ripe. Prunes, peats and peaches for the isthmian canal. Those who that published statements relative are doiug well. compete in furnishing the laboteis to Lane’s mineral exhibit aie false must submit bids first as to tho and that both Mr. Stafford and the The Methodist church has at last amount per day for which tho committee have been grossly mis gotten started on tlie building of laborers of a certain nationality will represented perhaps not intention the hoys reading and gymnasium work and also bids saving the ally hut wrongfully to say the building, which stood with only amount the government will be re least. the foundation laid. They have I fiud not only that no graft en several men at work and hope to quired to pay for tiansportatioo. tered into tne conduct of Lane ex get it done soon so the boys can Bids will be opened August 1. hibit but on the contrary every dol make early use of it. Wi'l Increase Water System at Baker lar paid to Mr. Stafford for his ser Cottago Grove is getting a move on vices has been honestly earned, I City. find jurther that Mr. Stafford has itself now. The Stewirt-Porter At an adjourned session of tho been one of the busiest men in the brick building is under way now council last night it was decided to mineral exhibit building and aside and the brick masons are getting pn t in 10,000 feet of wooden pipe to from taking tima off in which to eat the wnlls up rapidly. It wiil be a connect the present »utet system I113 meals he has been constantly at groat improvement. with Marble and Salmon Creeks. his duty, only once leaving the There will be a special school The present supply of water iu exhibit for a trip to Mount Hood at meeting of Dist. No. 45 of Lane Baker City gives signs of running the (arnest solicitation of one of his | County, at the East side school short and the city council decided forme r instructors in college, but lie jbuilingon August 12 th. that this precautionary measure was left ll e exhibit in competent hands, necessary. Twelve-inch pipe is to and f■ >r which service lie paid out of George Cole arrived iu the city to be used aud u representative of his o" 11 pocket- Wednesday afternoon from Oak- tlie Washington Pipe foundry of I visited the exhibit yesterday 11 iu<i lo visit Kn a s h u n lime. Tacoma offered to furnish the pipe at 35 cents a foot. The offer will j doubtle is be accepted at an ad journed meeting tonight. be remedied, therefore make the best A Heated Discussion Over Report—An- J of it, do the repair work and speud enough to have it right this time, i Several Large Buildings Destroyed In other Meeting to be Held cluding Southern Pacific Propertv | In making up the budget for the year, the 10;/2 mills ta x ' Tlio special school meeting o illoil coming would give enough to pay for a nine Saturday noon as the people in liv the clerk of District No. 15 for mouth.', school, janitors s.aluiies of the purpose of voting a io jj miMtux about 4500, interest on bonds about Drain were sittiug down to their for the rebuihliug of Hues nnd fur #500. grading 4 110 , sidewalks $60, j dinners the fire ularni rang out that nances in the West side school take up the 31 warrants outstanding the Commercial hotel was in flames. building, street grading, building of $15.15.75 aud lepair the school, etc. The fire was started by a defective Hue in the third floor and spread so side walks and for the support of u \\ beu the ballot was taken on the ; niuo months sell >ol for the coming I vute for the tux, the motion was de rapidly that most of the roomers lost their clothes and possessions. year, resulted in something of a feated by a vole of 14 to 8 . After : Tlie flames ran from building to stormy session. 'I'lite a long and warm considera building until 9 buildings were burn Clerk Barrett read the report of tion of (he matter a motion to re ing at once, covering about 2 blocks the financial statement 'for the year I consider the question was made on the principal business street. 1904-5 as follows: which was tin all v won on a second! From the Commerc'al hotel the AN jiUA I. STATS M EN I' ballot, the vote then taken on the fire leaped to the Hotel Drain iu lax was again won by the nays 20 to spite of the 8 -inch brick fire wall Cash ou hand June 30, 1905 ................................$ 8(180.1(1 1 3. Tlie rlmirroan of the board completed only about a week before stated that h e did not feci that the for such protection. From there it RECEIPTS meeting «as a representative one, spread to two stores, a baker shop, Co. Treas. district t -hool tax ................................ $ 1900.00 and 111 11 »t was lo t the wish of the; ice cream stand, two residences, peop e of the town to have only such ! warehouse, S. P. road masters of Co. Treas. couuty school tux ................................ 3095.00 school dining the coming year as fice and S. P. depot. The Commer Co. Treas. stute school tux 980.49 the board could borrow money for, cial hotel building belonged to the Various sources................. 45.50 but to p iv up tlm debts, aud have a Cellar’s estât« who leased the build- good school, and that a new notice iug to E. L. Meacham. The build Total Receipts............ $14707 32 would have t > he sent out for a new ing is a total wreck, and the estate meet mg at which time probably a estimate their loss at about $ 6000 . DISBURSEMENTS more representative class of voters E. L. Meacham was able to remove Teachers salaries for the year would lie pretent, at which time a part of the furniture from the Total warrants $4704 50 suc'i a tax would be undoubtedly hotel, thus reducing his loss to 31 warr. unpaid $1535.75 passed. After this the meeting ad about $ 1500 . The Hotel Drain Warrants paid ................. $ 3108.75 journed, some going around to see was the property of the McAlisters, Rent.................................. 10.00 the improvem ms paid lor during leasing it to Mr. and Mrs. Stark, Fuel and school supplies . 1158.09 last year. who had receutly changed and com New school house and........... pletely furnished it. Mrs. Stark lost several hundred dollars of site.......................... 8080.40 Warehouse Nearly Collapsed. private pioperiy and $ 35 . cash, Paid on principal aud int. 534.30 I liigene Guani. which with Mr. Starks personal Insurance......................... 112.38 Clerks salary ‘45.00 L mt night, between leu and ríe vea losses, amount to about $ 500 . The o’clock, the walls of 1 lie Hume lend barber shop was a complete loss Total.............................. $13688 92 ing from the mill race to the turbiue T. E. Bledsoe’s warehouse was filled with hay and wood, which OTU i.ll PURPOSES wheel at. the Eugene M,U aud Elpva-1 was all consumed. Mrs. A. H . Wood................................... $250.00 tor Cc.’s dour mill bursted and Whelden’s millinery stock did not Sidewalks............................. 50.00 before the water could be shut off a \ suffer much damige as it was re L um ber............................... 50.00 large area of earth beneath the flour moved to a distauce before the Per Sewer connections.............. 20.00 ware house adjoining tho mill was kins house in which it was burned. Toilet..................................... 195.00 washed out from beueatn the toun- I The Southern Pacific company Attorney......................... 150.00 daliop, <• , si tig the building to sag has just recently bought some lum Census................................. 30.00 seveial feet. It would have collapsed ber aud shingles to be used in build Hardware ........................... 70.00 soon ha 1 not tne llow of water been ing an addition to the depot which Repairs, etc........................ 40.00 discovered just in time. Contractor was all consumed with the depot. Miscellaneous...................... 72.33 G. W. Taylor is at work today put The large brick building at the ting in new supports and straight -1 side of the Commercial Hotel stood Total ............................... $927.33! eniog the building up. the test of the fire successfully. The Total disbursement?... $14616.25 fact that the iron doors aud windows Balance on hand Juue 30, of same were closed probably saved Epworth Forum 1905......................... $ 91.07 it, as the outside woodwork, signs, There was considerable discussion Monday evening at 8:30 the regu etc- were all burned. over the report, the principal point lar meeting oi the Epworth Forum The Commercial hotel had re brought forth was the etnissiou of met in the Methodist Episcopal cently been remodeled and was very the items making up the amount of Church for the purpose of re-elect nicely refitted throughout. The "Other purposes” which have been ing officers for the ensuing s'x proprietor, Mr. E. L. Meacham has given herein. Much feeliug was months. The following named moved into the Normal School evident when the discussion of the officers are: Fred Waehlte, Presi boarding house for the present until West side school building was dent; Georgetta Berg, Vice-Presi some new building, or some other brought up. It is stated that not dent; Winona Gunn, Secretary; arrangement can be made, as the only was the building badly built, Eber Browne, Treasurer. Mes- Normal School will need its build but that tho heating apparatus was daraes J. I. Jones, J. M. Isham, ing at the beginning of school. The not properly constructed aud that t and I)r. Corpron were appointed as , Drain hotel people have not been able to make any plans yet for re before another years service, it must a program committee. he rebuilt, the board estimating the The next meeting will be held opening. The losses on all the buildings expense at about #500 to $600. Monday, August 7 . and contents were practically entire as the fire cleaned them down to the ground. The estimated entire loss is as follows: The Cellar’s estate.................$ 6000 K L. Meacham...................... 1500 McAlisters............... 4000 S. P. depot.............................. 1500 T. E. Bledsoe......................... 600 Mr. Lynch.............................. 600 VV. A. Perkins, dwelling..... 400 Cellar's, dwelling................... 400 banner Shirt Waist S. P. road master’s office.. 500 U. S. Geologicbl Work for Year IbOa in Kruse family.......................... S°° Oregon. A study of the stratigraph of Total loss............................ $15000 portions of Klamath mountains in There was no insurance carried Southern Oregon will he underta on any of the buildings there at the ken by Mr. J. S. Diller. Mr. D. present time although there had T. Day will make special investiga been up until very recently, as the tion of the black sand resources of fire insurance companies thought the United States, experimenting in • the risk was too great on account of the concentration of these sands the many wooden buildings, and with a plant, at the Lewis and Clark consequently withdrew all policies CeDtenniol Expoeition at Portland. outstanding paying back the pre The mineral atatistics af the state T H O S E L A C E C D R T A IN S “ YO U R L A S T C H A N C E " miums for unexpired time. Thus will be collected by Mr. C. G Yule. the losses occasioned by the fire will Mr. W. II. Herron lias charge of A re d o w n to B e d r o c k A t O u r A cco rd io n be large on this account. Many of parties that will survey two quad the firms will doubtless be complete rangles in the vicinity of Baker P le a te d S k ir ts but th e y h a n g n ic e ly ruined although people around City. This work will bo done in are ready to back them up. Some co-operation with the state of Ore even telephoned out for aid before gon. Tho streams of the state will the fire was entirely subdued to re be measured by Mr. W. C. Sawyer, build. Manv guests in the hotels 1 assisted by Mr. E- N. Smith and lost goods although the fire at first others. s oread slowly. Will Appeal Brantoo Case. The citizens turned out nobly Attorney J. S. Medley states that with their bucket brigade and did all in their power to save the build he submitted to Judge Hamilton at Mercerized Etamine, Mohair and Lawns. Also a iarge line of hours ings, but a bucket brigade has its Roseburg a bill of exceptions in the Shirt Waists. Best values ever shown. limitations, and the tearing down John Rranton Case preparatory to of buildings in the way was the i xppealing the case to the Supreme only recourse. Every citizen in the Court. i i “ N u f S ed ” LURCH’S-LURCE’S SP R IN G LIN E JU ST R E C E IV E D Hemenwoy Burkholder