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o re ^ n ii»t S0, c , « , r t < V COTTAGE GROVE LEADER COTTAGE G R O V E , OREGON , SATU RDAY, JANUARY, VOL. XVIII 0 D IED Largest Flood Seen Here fo r Many Years A t Grants Paw, Oregon. Tuesday Jan. 1st. Mr«. RoDt Veatcli who was well and favorably known In ibis county. She wax born at F.ugMU Feb. 23rd, lSf'rfi. Her father was Win. Parson« a former merchant of Kuueinv The deceased h-aves a husband and three daughters to mourn ier loss, i They with other relatives came hen Thursday afternoon to perform Hu- last sad rltesover the remains of the departed loved one. The funeral, which was very largely attended, was from the Pre-diyterian Church. The Interment took place at the Masonic cemetery. & S E Bridge Gone. Thu bridge on O <fc S E Railway to Bohemia is badly damaged, three o f the bent« supporting it are en tirely gone. Train mu not now g o beyond Dorenu T'n- Row River bridge is out of line and will have | to bo repaired. Mining is Affected. A receiver for the Oregon Securi- | lies company was appointed in the | United States Circuit Court today : by Judge W olverton, the action For thirty-six hours the rains Hon. Frank Bakers Death. growing out of a suit filed this poured in torrents tilling the rivers On the death ot lion. Frank i morning by the Trust company » ( creeks and gutters to overflowing, on rhunda}! forenoon it became no Baker of Portlaud, Oregon has lost. America, a New York corporation, ticeably warmer mid the snow began | a friend and honorable citizen, the is trustee for the bondholdero of to melt in t)ie mountains which ang le nted llie rain supply In the rivers Republican party a staunch member the Oregon Securities Company. .Mr. Baker imdsiruims until they hurst their and splendid orgauizer. Tue suit was brought to foreclose banks ami flowed over the adjoining offered to give to the slat-- of Ore a mortgage or deed of trust secur fields and meadows. gon his printing plant in the state ing an issue of #4oo,ooo o f bonds of Late in tie afternoon the river which flows through Cottage Grove printers office at Salem v lined at the Securities company. The Se- owns valuable overflowed its banks at the upper $ io,ooo. providing that the legisla jcurities company part of town mid began to flood the ture this winter puts that office on a mining properties in the Bohemia streets. The water rose rapidly un flat salary basis. This offer has a ! mining district in Lane and D oug til tm r ■ was but lew buildings in town that wa not in danger o fg ett- two fold purpose viz: the saving of las counties. Ing a w -tting. .U ten o ’clock In the thousands of dollars every year to James R. Buieet o f New York, evening Main street presented a 1 the tax payers of the state in sup and J. V. Beach of Portland, ap weary appearance. Perhaps twenty porting the office o f state printer peared this morning before Judge or tliirty men around with shovels and carrying in uterus trumped up and again in providing the state Wol-'crton in behalf of the bond and down the street opening a j gratutiously, a good printing plant holders aud asked for the appoint trench her- and fastening down a of its own. ment of a receiver ol the property ilde or crosswalk there. But steadily In view of the above named facts of the company. the water rose until nearly every Joseph Simon appeared for the walk hi tow n was afloat and many we can not see how the legislatun stores and houses showed from one can do other than relieve the tax defendant company aud stated that inch to thr ■ l et of water ami mud payers of a heavy burden by doing it did not oppose the appointment on the floors. Few people slept for what should have been done years of a receiver. At the request of it was rune r, d that a large boom of both parties Judge Wolverton ap logs a few miles above town could ago. not In Id if i he w ater continued to in pointed A. B. W ood receiver, fixing crease in volume and flow. If this Thomas Jones of Cottage Grove iiis bond at # 20 , 000 . Mr. Wood catastrophe had happened houses j tarried too long over the eup that bus been the manager of the com and stores would have been swept away and thousands of dollars cheers and inebriates and was con pany for several years and is a man worth ol property destroyed. But sequently run in as a drun.c and of long experience as a mining en fortunately this did not happen and disorderly. Uncle Ben did not see gineer. very little real damage was sus why the usual fine should not be Gustave B. Hengeu, secreetary tained. A t 11 p. m. the wind changed and it grew noticeable colder which imposed and he was cmilcied # 2 o, and treasurer of the Oregon Secur ities company says the action of the checked'the rainfall and the melting which he paid.— Register. snow, and the worst ha-1 been rea lised. At ilioi.t f-u. ill. Friday tho waters be ; ,n to recede and by noon the river ha I neatly resumed itschnn- ncl. About i) o ’clock the sun came out bright ¡mil wm in ¡is though trying to brighten the situation with its cheer ing rays. Sidewalks, crosswalks, wood and rubish is piled everywhere and as there is but one idle man and he came in on the wrecked train to assist in the work of clearing up. it will be sev eral days before the work will be com pleted. The water reached the following depth: First National Bank 8 inches on their floor, no dam age; Wheeler- Thompson Co. 7 Inches with no dam age; Benson's Pharmacy 5 inches, no damage; Parker.« Bakery 4 inches, no damage: Game Warden’s olllee 14 with soil)' damage to p;i|>ers. In the Fashion Stables which stood directly in the path of the flood the water reatched a depth of 2!*feet. The prop rletors removed tlieir horses when the water reatched their knees. At the Graham Hotel, Torn the popular clerk was the hero of the house; The water reached n depth of about flinches on , the office Hoar, w hicli drove the pro prietor and funtilv upstairs. The parlor carpet wa« torn up and placed in a dry place. When the water receded it left u liberal coating j of mud on the flour. The Hotel Ore gon stands on n Ir.gh ground as there is on this side of the river and only got enough water to wet the floors. At tin- Wave confectionery I store thr water reached u depth of lo , inches with no damage. A t Ben , Lurch's 1 inches, at Thorntons cigar store *» Inches at Walkei's paint store 18 inches with about #100 damages, at Owl cigar store 14 inches, no dam- i ages, at Thompson's hotel several in ch es, no lumages: At Campbell & Walker’s lumber office 12 inches, no damages, Bartels Meat market re ceived a severe wetting but the most | damage was to their Htock yards where some hog« and sheep were washed away. Hinds real estate office was flooded, nodnmnges. at the Nug get office tin- water was 12 inches deep. In Mr. Hards mining office the i water reached a depth ol Is Inches In the vault but no damage. One bene fit will aec: u that should tie appreci ated by all viz: the complete cleaning | and washing nearly every store build ing in town got, The streets were | also washed clean and mud less, Harrv Hr-dinur. proprietor of the 1 New Era drug store telephoned for his boat to take him out of his store J anil upon its arrival lie serenely took ■ his seat to have the novel ex|>erlence of a boat ride In the streets when the I l»oal tipped over and Harry got a j ducking. Ed Hibbard, proprietor ol the T og- gery. upon being asked what his loss amounted to stated that he grieves: the loss of the Oregonian and his Bible, but as he knew the blble by heart he would not miss It so much | but unless he - mild recover the Ore gonian. life w ild hold no charm» for him We are sure that he will have the sympathy of the entire commun ity ia this hour of disappointment aud loss. Dr. Lowe. Eugene's well known oculo-optieian will be in Cottage Grove next Thursday and Friday, Jauuary lu and :t Consult him about your eyes. F, D Wheeler NO. 38 5 1907, bondholders will facilitate the reor ganization of the company and that the proceedings begun today do not affect in any way the Oregon & Southeastern railroad company, which operate- a line of railroad from Cottage Grove to the property of the Oregon Securities company. Mr. Hengeu stated that the railroad company has been making excellent earnings nrd is not dependent upon the traffic of the mines alone as the bulk of its business is from timber shipments.—Telegram. Fashion Stable Sold. A. S. Powell purchased the inter est of his partner Mr. Potts, in tho Fashion Stables of this place. Mr. Powell will run tho business in the same business like way it has been coudueted in the past. Leg Broke S. B Morss fell from a tree while fixing a telephone line up near Do- rena yesterday and broke his leg close to his hip. He was brought home on the morning train, Dr. C. T . Hockett set the fractures. Mr. Morss is feeling quite comfortable. A Deer Escapes. The deer that was shipped from here to Homes Geological Arena at Denver, Colorado got out of the crate in which he was shipped and jumped from the train at Anlauf and escaped. The agent there wired the W ells Fargo agent here of the loss and asked tor instruc tions. The reply was promptly given to “ catch him and send him on his journey” which was done, but how we were not informed. Hon. Jim Porter got a good soak ing, because he stepped into high J. W . Baker saved his China water. pheasants from the flood by putting The child of Charles Burkholder them in on the porch of his house. Just before the storm begun the has practically recovered from his birds became very restless aud ut illness. tered plaiutive calls as though in A ndy Nelson mourns his boat great distress. They no doubt that went with other articles of knew ot the coming storm. value that were not cared for. Pheasants Saved. Wm. F. Hemenwav and daugh ter Grace o f Seattle visited ftiends Why fuss all the time 1 One says and relatives here during the holi better to close schools on account of days. the flood, others say no schools Our readers will be pleased to closed. A wrangle and hard feeling know that Marshal Underwood is the result. much better and bis doctor tells us Can’ t this business ever be stop that he will soon be seen on the ped in Cottage Grove. Shall wo streets again. bang together, or separately? Jim Craig started for Bohemia to Have Dr Lowe, tho optician, ro work at the Vesuvius, Wednesday. lieve your head and eye ache with a He found it impossible to get there pair of his supetioi glasses. Con for the snow and storm. H e re sult him January io and 1 1 . turned to the Grove last evening. School Board. L. R. Woods H. O. Thompson rs w e i-. «äse amatmaammaan M M H U sra V S. P. PASSENGER The Two Engines Plunge into Creek near Alca Ou Thursday evening Jan. 3 rd as passenger train No. 14 was running at the usual speed and nearly on time, pulled hy two engines the track sank beneath the pondering locomotives precipitating both of them into the creek which was about 1 27» feet below the roadbed. Engineer W m . Wichlin of Rose- burg was on the head engine which was a helper on this train. He was killed instantly aud pinned down by his engine so that his re mains were not recovered until Friday morning. His fireman Dyke Long was thrown or jumped clear off the engine and landed in the mud and rocks on the opposite bank o f the creek and escaped with a severe shaking up and some bad bruises. Engineer Jno. Mont gomery who was» ou tho second or road engine escaped with a severe shaking up. His esoapo from death was almost maraeulou«. Without a moment's warning his engine jumped a clear t25 feet to the creek bed below. The fireman on the road engine was unhurt. The baggage aud e x press car was thrown nearly cross way of the track, but did not topple off the cross-cut The messenger cut his way out aud baling some bruises aud cuts was uninjured. The passenger •,«-* ;<» given a severe shaking up. Those who were at dinner were thrown all over the diner. Among the number who were in the dining ear was J. M- Taylor of Frisco, who is attached to the engineering force on the construction work of the Drain- Coos Bay railroad. He was sitting at a table in the timer, facing the way the train was going, and was thrown clear over the table, but was unhurt. When the engines broke loose from the train the air brakes stopped it at almost at once. Train No. 14 is still lying where tbe wreck occurred which is about 8 miles south o f Cottage Grove. The cuuse of the wreck was the great amount ot water that had fallen, which soaked the ground to such an extent that it would not hold the weight o f the engines and train. The Cottage Grove local came only as far as Junction City and laid there all night fcating to conic on up on account of the soaked and dangerous condition ot the road-bed. Thats why you some times have to wait a minute; But it pays you to wait if you can get it of WHEELER-THGMPSON GO. For W e Have it for Less [Successor to Welch & W oods .] First National Bank Bldg. Dr. Kimo has gone to Acton, California to see his father who is dangerously ill. The Misses Berg opened the doors of their home on Monday evening and received a company o f young jicople, who very gaily and pleasantly spent tho remainder of the year together. Dr Lowe the optician does not go from house to bouse. You will find it much to your advantage to consult him in bin hotel office. See him at Hotel Oregon next Thurs day and Friday, January 10 and 11. David G tigg- prupriot >r of tbe Modern P h a tm .v , renimla the editor of ye o ld '» days when on one occasion ivhil • fishing in a Colorado to in In- ugh top boots were not high 1 1 nigh, and ye ed i to r- hoots .ven filled with water and y 1 nor got a good soaking, .so di David during the flood o f Friduv. All right for Colotado edi tor, hut an Oregonian ought to get higher top Ixiots. Roderick E. Smith, sjiecial agent ond adjuster for the Loudon Assur ance Corporation has been at »lie Hotel- Graham for several days. Many of the maps and diagrams of the company were destroyed in Sun Francisco and Mr. Hmitb was en gaged while here in making a new list of the buildings and • stnblish- ing rates. Tho London Assurance Corporation is otic ot tbe largest fire insurance companies 111 tne world. They were tbe first to pay up in full every loss caused by tbe great disaster. Mr. Smith decided upon Mr. F. Hinds as their agent in Cottage Grove. * - * * « /■ * » '•
