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COTTAGE GROVE LEADER
COTTAGE G R O V E , OREGON , SATU RDAY, JANUARY,
VOL. XVIII
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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.
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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.
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