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LEADESR
Oil meal and cracked coin at the
flour mill.
J. M. Williams of Eugene was iu
town on business Wednesday and
Thursday.
Good music for you, and you
can’t miss it. The DeMoss family
sure Monday night.
Good music for you, and yon
can’t miss it. The DeMoas family
sure Monday, Jan. 15th.
Blankets, just the kind to coax
you to bed early. Take a look at
Lurch’s and get the best.
The DeMoss Lyric Bards are
coming. Don’t forget the date
Jan. i 5 at the Opera House.
Mrs. C. A. Wooley came from
Eugene on Wednesday to ▼ isit her
son and family L. F. Wooley.
Good music tor you, and you
can’ t ores it. The DeMoss family
sure Monday night, Jan. 15th.
Sewing wanted by ladies at Scott
Chrisman house on Wall street.
Will go out by day if so desired. 51
The Bohemia Telephone Com
pany has reduced its toll line from
50 cents to 25 cents for service
which appliss all along the line.
Mrs. Dr. Paine of Eugene, who
has been visiting with Mrs. W II.
Abrams, departed for her home
Thursday.
The DeMoss Lyric Bards are
coming. Next Monday eight, Jan.
15 th. Don’ t miss them Opera
House, Monday.
Romney Cox, a young man of
Portland, left for his home Thin •
day after quite a visit with J It
Cooley and family.
Wagon making,
blackstni thing
and general repair work at J H.
Baker’s shop. Every guarantee o!
good workmanship given.
tt
Frank Damewood of Wildwood,
was in town on budne»* on Wednes
day and report* d that everything
was getting along finely up his wav
Exchange the stub of your re
served seat ticket Monday night
and get a piece of latest sheet mu
sic from the DeMoss Lyric Bards
Prices I5, 25, 35c
Mr. B. Lurch made a business
trip to Eugene on Friday. He is
always out for a chBuce to do some
thing and is an enthusiast on Cot
tage Grove’s prospects.
Fingal Hinds has just sold the
farm recently purchased by him to
Geo. Keizur, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
T . C. Keizur, who immediately
moved to it. with his family.
Mr. Hussey and wife of San
Francisco, the new manager of the
Dorena mills arrived in town Wed
nesday evening and registered at
the Graham. Mr. Hutsey went on
up to the mill on Thursday.
The land office ia ready to do
business now, both the government
officers, B. L. Eddy and J. M. Law
rence, having qualified aud com
menced their work. The office will
be kept very busy for a long time to
come on the work that has nceurnu
lated during the closing.
For the information of our sub
scribers we would state that here
after on your paper will appear a
stamp stating that your subset ip
tion expires with that issue, and un
leas word is received within two
weeks it will he understood that you
do not want the paper. This is for
your protection as well as ours If
you want the paper continued, let
us know, either paying same up or
stating that you will latsr, which
will be satisfactory. It is to cut out
any dead subscribers that this is
done.
tilde has just been consummated.
The Dorena saw mill plant and
1000 acres of first class timber
lands- owned by J. H. Chambers,
have been purchased by Bussell A
Rogers Company, of San Francisco.
The purchase piice was $50,000.
The estimation of timber is between
35,000,000 and 40,000,000 feet. The
uew company will operate the plant
to its full capacity.
The logs are cut, sawed and con
veyed to the docks at Dorena in a
flume, and from there it is kiln-
dried, dressed aud shipped. The
plant has been iu operation about
two years.— Oregonian.
The W. D. Carman System is Now
Operative.
Mr. Uarman states that the new
system is now at work and that the
two agents working at Rosoburg
and Oakland are making good sales
that one of them has sold to one
family three different lots*of goods
in oue week, which made a big
order. The orders are being filled
promptly and if the present progress
coutiniue it will not bo long before
hey will all be able to retire. Mr.
F. 15 . Phillips and Mr.J E.
Wheeler went to Ashland aud M»d-
ford on Friday to t ike out licenses
and appoint agents to commence
wotk there. All tlie men interested
in * he company think that it nas a
g feat futuie before it, and th at
everybody before long will be call*» d
1 1 T nivc-is il” goods which is thet
*'!! ■ .1 n of the* 'in ieinark
Ne*v and Increased Telephone Ter.
vice.
IM vi Griggs says that the uew
telephones are being installed as
last as po.ssi'Te, that most of the
new ones have been put in around
town but that there is some delay
on the
nit-.- south, ou account of
1 lie Southern Pacific Company re
fusing permission for the lineman to
run drops across their rights of way
which is necessary in several places.
It is thought that the permission
will be had in t few days and that
th ¡1 the r in under of the new
phones will be put in, but until the
uew switchboard arrives the con
nections canti ' I) •
as conven
ient as it will be later. The com
pany is putting in a great deal of
money int the new improvement
all along the line and when the two
r ■-■■■' lines that are now being struD g
through to P rtland are completed
wo will have much better toll ser
vice
A Stray Dog.
A black and tail hound is at my
ranch Is miles south of town. The
owner can have dog by paying for
thi-, advertisement and 5oc a day
for care of dog.
E. L. S hortridgk .
The First Beaver Killer Convicted.
J W. Baker reports that B. C.
Kimblyof Canby was arrested for
having killed a beaver, and for hav
ing the hide in his possession. He was
fined $25 which he refused to pay,
but on beiug committed to jail paid
his line The deputy seined 8 dry
beaver hides nnd two fresh hides
and is holding them for an order to
sell them. They are probably
worth $10 or $12 each and tbe
amount received for them goes into
the general fund. Gaiuewarden
Baker is greatly pleased over the
conviction, as they have been work
ing on this for some time.
fendants in a suit brought by N. Nevada Has Old-Fashioned Mining uous. There is tio law or order.
P. Christman, fer trespass on his
Stampede a n d Manhatten
Lots have jumped hi price fiom
property on the fifth of this month,
Springs from Nothing to
$250 to $8500. Meats are very
at which time they tore down a
4000 Population and Every
high. A bath in a round tin tub
picket fence in front of his house
thing Goes to Famine
sold the other day for $2. High
and erected a barb wire and plank
Price*.
prices are paid for sleeping quarters.
fence between the barn. Mr. Christ
Gokifielil, Nevada. Jan t>.— Oue
man and hit relatives have lived on day a mountain valley with 2o in
Lee R. Minard in Trouble.
the present place for some twenty habitants in a week a pulsating
years or more and in Oregon a mining camp of 4000 people-,hat- Lee
.
peaceful possession for 10 years .s tne history of Manhattan. 80 B ReiJ of p0rtl;lm, were arr„ ted
rants possession. Mr. Auanias miles northeast of Goldfield. A lo w ■ o . _
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.
,
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. ., ¡innalem, Tuesday evening on a
and some I3 years ago pur estimute places the exodus to the .
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charge
of
adulterv,
preferred by the
chased a plot of land from the uew fields from Goldfield alone a t __ ,
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womans husband, Cant. John Reid,
Southern Pacific Co on which he 2000 persons. Two hundred dollars , . . . ,
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ot Astoria. The parties had been
says he has paid taxes ever since, a day
has been paid for automobiles
,
. v to
. reach
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__ 1 unable
to secure bail up to \\ ednes-
but never bad the Und surveyed, , by those auxtous
the „ camp
,
- venitw
nor attempted to establish any in a hurry. Hundreds of teams line ‘
claim to it until recently, when they the two roads to the latest camp.
tore dowu the feuce which was oa Yesterday a crowded stage tipped
their land and constructed the new over and killed the driver and
fence on the line of their land aa sur slightly wounded some of the pass
veyed bv the deputy surveyor of the engers.
county, says the Justice of the Peace
The life at the new camp is stren-
Vaughn. The whole case is badly
mixed up, and the action will mean
K es u lv itio n s
that the titles to the lands, claimed
Whereas, By the hand of the Al-
by both parties will have to be wise Heavenly father; our beloved
settled bv the courts.
friend and neighbor, Shade Stid
ham, has been called from this life
to a life beyond deaths dark river,
Water Pipe is All Laid.
and,
Geo. Lea, the contractor for the
Whereas, We know that the
new city water system, stated
Thursday night that all pipes were relatives and friends of the esteemed
neighbor mourn his loss We hum
a re made w ith
laid, that were specified under the
city contract, with the exception of bly petition the father above, that
a strip crossing the river at Per his soul may rest in peace ’til we
kins street, which can not be laid meet in eternity, be it therefore
Ile8olveii by Cyreue Cauip No.
until low water next summer. This
pipe is laid up both sides of tbe 8767 M. W. of A., that in the loss of
river to this point so there is only our esteemed friend and neighbor,
a couple ot hundred feet to be laid we sincerely sympathize with the
to connect the two ends and make bereaved relatives of our departed
the entire system endless. The neighbor. Be it
Resolved, That a copy of these
only work now remaining to com
plete the entire contract is the filling resolutions be entered on the rec
fn of the ditches aud Mr. Loa is at ords of our camp and that a copy be
A b s o lu te ly Pure
work devising a plow and scraper to pieced with the bereaved relatives
use in the work. On account of of the deceased aud that a copy tie Antl«dygpeptlcj m ay be eaten
w ith ou t Inconvenience
the long time that the ditches have handed the local papers for publi
cation.
even b y persons
remained open, the earth removed
Respectfully Submitted,
With delicate
has become packed so that it will
i J. A. P owem ,,
digestion
have to be broken with a plow be
Com. < UgO. SUTHERI-RND,
fore a scraper can move it into the
M O rA L
POW D ER C O .. N fW Y O R K .
( H D. B a u g h m a n .
ditch. Mr. Lea expects to be able
to fill all the ditches in this way
with the exception of a part out near
Gowdvville, where it will all have to
be hand work, which will be very
expensive at this time. Now that
the new system is all installed, and
more users are being connected, the
revenue to the city is growing, and
Read every word of thin announcement, for ¡1 is tin- opportunity
of years. The three greatest magazines in 1 1 1 i c o u n t r y have com
Cottage Grove stands, as a good ex
bined to he offered together nt a gient Iv reduced rale. Never before
ample of a municipal ownership
was such an offer given to the public, and it safe to say uev* r will he
plant that is a suceess, and which
made again. This year several magazines have jncim-aal their sub
pays more than the interest on the
scription price, which shows now ranch greater this o
really Is. 1 he
only reason we are making it to the people of Ibis vicinity is because we
bonds for its construction, as well
find
we
have
not
ns
many
subscriber«
ns
we
di-sire
in
this
particular
as repairs and some on a sinking
locality. But only a limited number will be sold at this price, therefore
fund.
we advise everyone to accept this offer without delay. When we have
received a certain number, we shall withdraw the offer.
street. If the posts under awnings
were removed and braces erected in
stead it would also add to the gen
eral appearance. Cottage Grove
needs to have her main business
street reconstructed. It would not
cost so very much to have all tha
sidewalks brought to the established
grade aud made uniform. If called
to the couuoils attention they would
be glad to help the work along, for
they are active to see the town im
prove and prosper.
DIED
FIN N ER TY —Charles Finnerty
died at Eugene hoapital, Eugene,
Ore., Jan. 6. I906.
Charles Finnvrty was born in
Kankakee Co 1 1 nois, Sept. I3,
1874and die I at p'ejeue, of blood
poisoning caused by crushed pelvis
bone, at tbe aga of 31 years, 3
months and '24 days.
Deceased moved to Oregon with
his parents in the year of 1864 at
the age of ten years. Has since re
sided almost continuously iu the
vicinity of Cottage Grove. Mr.
Finnerty united with the Christian
Church ten years ago. He was a
faithful member till death and was
married to Miss Minnie McKibben
of this city, who still survives him,
on Feb. 12, 1902.
It will be remembered that Mr.
Finnerty was dangerously injured
by falling rock at tbe Champion
mines in the district of Bohemia,
on tbe 2l»th of May, I905. He has
ever since been confined to his bed
a helpless invalid. During his long
months of severe suffering Mr. Fin
nerty was ever patient and hopeful.
He leaves besides his wife, a
father, mother, two brothers and
one sister and a host of friends to
mourn his loss.
Portland Poultry Show
The poultry show is proving to
be a great success. A great many
entries have been mad* and hun
dreds of people are looking at the
birds all the time.
The only awards so far, have
been on Plymouth rocks which are
as follows.
B. F. Kennedy, Eugene— Cook-
erels, second and fourth; hen, third;
pen, second; cup for best five cock
erels.
J. M. Garrison, Forest Grove—
Cock, fifth.
J. L. Anderson, Fremont, Wash
ington— Cock, first and thirk; hen,
fourth and fifth; pullets, first,
second, third and fifth; pen first;
collection, first and third; cup for
best five males and first five females
aud cup for best collection of barred
rocks.
E. J. Ladd. Portland— Cock,
second; hen, second; cockerel, fifth;
collection, second.
Mrs. George Shaw, Sandpoint,
Idaho- Cock, fourth; pullet, fourth;
collection fifth.
J. O. Watts, Eugene,— Cockerels
first and third : pen, fourth.
J. C. Murray, Portland— Collect-
tian, fourth; pen, fifth.
J. Murow, Oregon City— Pen,
third.
M. L. Wiley, Rex, Oregon— Hen
first.
Much interest is being worked up
locally over the prospect of forming
a Lane County Association of which
a committee was appointed tbe
other day to take steps in that di
rection There are a good many
people around the Grove that are
raising chickens, and good ones
too, that will join the new associa
tion.
E
Hot-Breads
Light and
Sweet
ROYAL
BAKSNQ
POWDER
b a k in g
A Great Half=Price Offer
New Railroad for Grants Pass.
Cosmopolitan, one year -
Woman’s Home Companion, LOO
The Review of Reviews - 3.00
$ 1 .0 0
Grants Pass, Or., Jan. n . — A
railroad will be built this year to
the timber belt and tbe copper
mines of southern Josephine county
from Grants Pass. The railroad
evnd
question, which has been an un
settled matter for the people of this
section for the past six years, was
settled for a certaiaty at a mass
meeting ot Grants Pass property
holders Tuesday night.
Tbe mass meeting was attended
by nearly every merchant and by
tbe majority of property holders of
Grants Pass. Liberal subscriptions
were pledged. H. C Kinney pre
sided at the meeting and the propo
sition was presented by Representa
I h
h. * 1. greatly
which was recently purchrsed by Mr. W. It II*
tive Robert G. Smith, who gave
r len
Improved by the new management anil is now the
facts and figures as to the amount of
cent illustrated monthly in the world. Already Us ii" ha vi- been In-
traffic a railroad from Grants Pass
w h h it became a
creased 100,000 over what they were four months ;•
to southern Josephine dould ress
An edition of
part of the f.itnoii“ Hearst publishing nre-nni/ati
onably expect and proved beyond
question that such a road would pay
from the beginning. He suggested
is now In sight, aud the | ubllshers arc ¡-paring in > * * 1
1 u*' for it
the formation of a local corporation
anil articles.
in which local people could pur all that Is most desirable in the way of ptctiir* - -tori*
As an example pictures anil stories by Frederic Re mi ng t o n a n d stories
chase stock.
by W. W. Jacobs are now running iu the Cosmop ilitan. nnd a strong
A committee of business men,
new series by H. • J. Wells Is anm >11 need for ¡mini'11 ¡ate |• nI ilicat ion.
eomposed of Mr. Hmith, H. C. Kin-
T h e R .e v ie w of R e v i e w s
gey, H. L. Gilkey and Ed Lister,
was appointed to solicit subscrip
Substantial American men anil women are going to keep up wl .h
tions and form an incorporation.
the times nnd thoy are going to take the shortest cut—which la ‘‘Tne
Review of Reviews” a monthly survey of the world’s progress.
The road will be built up Apple-
gate river, using one of two routes
W o m a n ’s H o m e C o m p a n io n
over the divide into Illinois valley.
The objective point is Takilma, I is not excelled by any other home and family publication In the world,
where the smelter and copper mines I Stories, fashions, articles, illustrations.
of Waldo are located.— Journal
Cottage Grove Leader
Total
1.50
$0.50
I For Jnsi fln e-ii te Price
The Cosm opolitan
500.000 copies a m onth
Superintendent for Oregon
Securities
High School
Mr J. A- Eads, a western mining
man of much experience becomes
Examinations come tbe last two
the new superintendent of the Ore- day of this week. The class is tak
gan Securities Co. vice Mr. Archer, ing books home lately. "Cur est’ ’.
resigned today. Mr Archer will
First Senior— ‘ Come ovar to
leave shortly to take up new duties
elsewhere and everyone regrets his night and we will study Latin.’ ’
Second Senior — "Hist! Talk
leaving as he was both a competent
Laundry Woman Wanted.
and able mining man and a courte lower. Doa’t let her hoar you."
A good strong woman for lauudry ous and affable gentlemen. Dur
We have a class poet. Watch for
work wanted at Graham Hotel at ing his time as superintendent,
some of his works. One of them
once.
4°
tbe mine has begun producing, adorned our notes last week
and been made ready for continuous
The basket ball team was de
The Street Cleaners are Busy.
work. While the results of the
feated
at Eugene last Friday. Well,
The city council ordered the December clean Dp of the mill are it is a sad tale to relate. But we Schwab and Associates Purchase His
streets cleaned this week, each mer- not known as yet. the compnny is suppose the Fales decreed that be
toric Gold Producers and
chant piling up the mud in front o f , much pleased with the showing und forehand, as well as they did for us
will Begin Work.
If you do not want hut one of the magaziiu - above with our pa-
pe to keep up tbe
tne good
goo work.
v his
i. place of business and the city I hope
vhlle it is
to
play
a
part
of
the
U.
of
O.
Tonopab,
Nev., Jan. I I . — A Iper for a year, you cannot do better than to accept till
Mr.
Eads
iu
coming
to
this
camp
removing the piles The task was
Pittsburg syndicate, at the head of I hot right off th# bet and before it is withdra #11.
to
take
up
the
work
will
lend
to
it
We
have
had
no
visitors
of
late.
a large one because the mud was so
which is Charles M. Schwab, the
C o s m o p o l i t a n , o n e y e a r $1.00
thin but the improvement was very his knowledge and experience and Rouse up ye parents and ye fellow ateel magnate, has closed a deal for
citizens-
but
please
don't
come
till
is
heartily
welcomed.
noticeable and it makes a great
♦‘C o t t a g e G r o v e I^ c a tlc r”
1 .5 0
the purchase of the famous Blair
after exams.
ebange for the better. The work
gold mines on Silver Peak, 4o miles
B o t h f o r o n ly
-
- $1.7.')
should be done quite often which The improvement of the City Street*,
Professor Strange is giving us west of Tonopah. The price paid
will keep the streets in better con-
street commissioner with his lessons in Physics ‘non facile' and is $750,000.
Fill out Coupon—mall It today with your n inittuiici and lie sure
bition and also make the work much leams an,j men, with the assistance some of us are having some trouble.
Tha old Blair mines art almost as I of getting the greatest m a g a z i n e combination th a t »ie • •1 offered an
less.
of the various business men along
The pupils after ibis will leave famous in the early days of Nevada O p p o r t u n i t y of years and one It Is safe to say will never 1 c marie again.
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Main street huve made notable im- their MSS in their desks when they mining as the Comstock. They
T T . .. f C u t T h l s U i i t ) ............
Englisn Ring Necks.
provements b y removing much of go to general assembly on Friday have a record of $7 ,000,000 in pro-
dnetion and are credited with hav
Gamewarden Baker has juet ob-' the mud from the street Some of morning.
I tate
‘CottageGrove L e a d e r "
ing paid more than $5,000,000 in
tained some English Ring Necks, a« the holes off on the side streets have
he calls them, from a bird fancier, been filled up by the mud, and
The DeMosa Lyric Bsrds are dividends. The mines show hun
Wallace Evans of Oak Park IU. some of the crossings have suffered coming. N e x t
Monday night. dreds of thousands ot tons of min
for
a
time
but
the
effect
is
good.
(or which pleure enter my name
Enclosed please find 9--------
The resemble Oregon's China Pheas
Don’t miss them. Opera House, ing ora of fine grade.
Nothing but litigation in which
ants, but are larger, have less white It would be a vast improvement if Monday.
Ifor one year’s subscription to your paper and tl following magazines :
the Blair estate has been involved
around their uecks, and have more the city council could order a gen
eral
reconstruction
of
all
sidewalks
for
years
hae
prevented
a
sale
of
the
red on their breasts.
>n Main street and compal them all Justice Fines Offenders $10. and property. It is expected that oper
Costs.
to be of a certain width, grade and
ationswill begin on an extensive
is a bio ............. -
Timber Deal in Lane County.
height, so that they could be uni-
Thursday morning Ananias and acale as soon as tha plana of tbe
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Cottage Grove, Or., Jan. 9 .— A j form. It would make a great dif- Beeson Land, Warren and Wilbar purchasing syndicate are rounded
into
form.
|
Kell«7
and
Day#
Baker
were
de-
timber deal of considerable m*f i i - 1
‘u tbe »ppwruoce
the
New
Grab This Opportunity
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