and school tax The plan suggest-
ed by R. G. Smith of Giants I’nss,
•
OREGON
COTTACE GROVE
is a worthy one Tile people of
Oregon have been barred out long
l ’ U IIL IS H K D E V E R Y S A T U R D A Y
enough und the possessors of the
lands have enjoyed their fat privi
LE AD ER I t B U S H IN G COMBA N Y
leges long enough at the expense of
the state.
JÍulered at the ( otti»«« G rove poslofllce as sec
Sale of the 5,000,000 acres of
ond-class matter.
land would bring the monopoly
owners a vast sum of money—far
S tB 8 C K IP T IO N K ATES
greater than it was thought their
llm* ' *ur
-
#U t
reach when they
t>!x Monttw
.75 value ever would
JTlireee Mon m s
.50
as a bounty by the
l paid iu ad van ce but
U not so i*dd a were granted
atiir rm rate of 9 2 . 0 0 per year w ill s#» etutrged.
United States, It is not right that
A dvertising rates made kn ow n ou application
the present owners should sit down
and wait for the growth of the state
further to enhance the value of the
CLUBBING LIST
lands.
The Cottage Grove L eader for one
The grants should never have
yoar, and any of the following publi-
have bean
•! itlou for one year, for the price set been made. They
opposite •
held by non-resident landlords
these many years, at the cost of the
New York Tribune Farm er
.Si 75
COTTAGE GROVE LEADER
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Jones
Celebrate Their Fif
teenth Wedding
Anniversary.
Cottage drove Churches
<?
Cottage G rove F lo u r M ills
1 ST EPISCOPAL. Rev.
L. Beatty. Past r. Preach
\|‘T ing HOD
services at If a. in. and TdtO
Manufacturers of p'lotir and p'eed.
p. ill. Sunday School. ] ip a in..
Epworth League, 6:40 p. m . Prayer
meeting Thursday evening at 7 :'! 0 .
All arc cordially Invited to he present
Bran |*o per tou, averaging 50 cents per sack.
First Presbyterian Church, Pastor
Probably the most pleasant and R. C. Grace. Morning service, 11,
enjoyable function of the social evening 8, Y. p. s C E. 7 p.
season was the celebration of their m. All S t r a n g * rs and sojourners
Crystal wedding anniversary by Mr welcome.
and Mrs J . I. Jones at their home
Morning subject : ‘Distinctive
¡n
cjtv Saturday evening
words in the Christian religion.”
A large number of invited guests Evening subject ‘ ‘Hours of Dark
assembled to join in the celebration ness.
and partake of the generous hospi
Episcopal Church
Services held
tality of the host and hostess, a the second Wednesday evening ot
number of Eugene relatives and each mouth at 7:30 in Masonic hall.
friends of the family being number There will he services every fifth
cd among the guests.
Sunday of a month.
The parlor decorations, while
T oled o W eekly B lad e....................
1-75
Catholic Church. F’utlier Carrol.
people of Oregon
fh e landlords I M¡mp]e «ere appropriate and artis
Portland W eek ly Oregonian
2 50
have done little or nothing in re tic, ivy, ferns and mistletoe predoro Services the second Sunday iu each
Portland S e m i-w eek ly Journal..
2.25
turn for the vast tracts they have ¡Dating. The hostess was assisted month.
San Francisco C all................
2.50
San Francisco E x a m in e r ...................... 2.50
held for profit. Their “ vested in recsiving by Mr. and Mrs. Chas
Christian Science services held
Sunset M agasin e, San Francisco. 2.00
• )ut W est. Los Angeles .
• 2.50
rights”
cannot
be
nullified,
as
ju
s
over
Allison’s Barber >’ .■;> every
VanDeuburg
and
the
spacious
par
Town and Country Journal
----- 1.75
tice and the superior rights of the lors of the Jones home presented a Sunday morning at ri o ’clock arid
N orthw est Poultry Jou rn al
. . . 1.75
Pacific H om estead
2.25
public call for in this case, But very animated scene as every one Wednesday evening ;n - o ’clock.
---- 1 the vested liberties of the people •¡eemed to cast aside all formality
Christian Church, Rev. D. E.
1907 should he unlettered of these bonds. ; and euter into the true social spirit Olson Pastor. Services at 11 iu
JANUARY
SVTURDAY
— The men who can devise means of j cf the occasion
the morning and 7.30 in the even
accomplishing the task will render
About nine o ’ clock the piano ing. V. P. S. C. E- on ting at
Oregon s Land Monopoly.
a most valuable public service-
I pealed forth a beautiful wedding G:3o p. m. Sunday school at lo
.Ei^ht land grants were made in march which was admirably exe- o'clock,
Intermediate
Endeavor
Oregon, these forty years, has
been ‘‘held up” by grabbers of land Oregon, between 18G4 and i 87 o, j cuted by Miss Ethel EvanB of Eu Society at 2:30 and Choir practice
grants, who possess some 5 ,000,000 , three of them to railroads, that of 1 g e n e and the ‘ ‘ Bridal party” pry every Saturday evening at 7 .30.
acres of the total unreserved 52,000- ^,e Oregon & 1 aliforn'a from Port | ceded by Rev. J. L. Beatty, pastor
000 acres in the state. Their land land to the southern state boundary j o f the M. E. Church took up their
monopoly, created by acts of Con being the equivalent o f a strip 362 places before an improvised altar
gress between 18G2 and I870, mak miles long by 20 miles wide (ten al 1 aud solemnly renewed the marriage
ing free gift ot vast acres of the ' ternate sections on each side of the vows which I hey had assented to
public domain, for so-called mili road, with a 10-mile idemnity strip fifteen years previously. The cere-
tary roads and for railroads, has I outside that limit); the Oregon cen mouy, though brief, was very
barred settlement and development tral from Portland to McMinnville, pretty and impressive, Rev Beatty
Has the largest Stock of Sell sol
from its tracts and from important | 10 miles, having the same breadth; cfficiating iu a most pleasing man- ! supplies in the city. Our line of
water courses and fertile valleys, by | and the Northern Pacific, from uer. The impressiveness and sol-
means of its possession of alternate | Portland to Goble, 40 miles long eniuiiy of the ceremony was broken Books, Artist's Material. Sundries
Not all the by Mr. Frank Wheeler, who acted
sections, checkering the state iu I and ot that width also
lands in these limits could be se as best man and who created not a are now complete.
zigzag lines.
These grafts were allowed by Con cured by the railroads, because little merriment by whipping out a|
We are giving special care to
gress and the lands were accepted either occupied by settlers or be fivo dollar bill from his pocket and 1
by greedy grabbers, like franchises cause the three grants overlapped tendering it to the officiating clergy,
Our Presciption Com.ter
nowadays, under pretense that the each other, but 10 mile idemnity man almost before the final words
free gift would cause the recipients strips were granted aud between 3 ,- o f the ceremony had passed from
to render a public service. They 000 000 and 4 ,ooo,ooo acres were bis lips. Mrs. Jones was attended which at all times get the b
never have fulfiiled the trust mi- obtained.
by Mrs F.D. Wheeler and both weie
The railroads were built, but the attired in very becoming gowns, attention, using on] the purest
posed on them in a single instance;
'hey have secured the land by ren lauds were not devoted to the pur while Mr. Jone3 and his groomsman of chemicals, having the largest
dering the least possible service, for pose for which Congress intended F. D. Wheeler appeared in full stock in town it makes shopping
the most part no service at all; they them. They were to be sold otily dress suits, in fact many were heard easy iu our place.
have shut out home builders and to actual settlers, 111 tracts of not to remark that time had dealt v e r y |
Mailorders receive the he.-t of
now stand in the way of National more than 1G0 acres to one pur gently with Mr. aud Mrs. Jones and
chaser
and
lor
not
more
$2
.50
an
attention.
irrigation works; their whole record
that on this anniversary they ap
is one, if not of infamy, then of acre, but these restrictions Lave peared as youthful and happy as
been evaded and probably at last when they took upon themselves
llagrant breach of trust.
This greedy land monopoly, con- successfully nullified by the com- the solemn obligations of fifteen
stituted of half a dozen or more P«»ies. Meanwhile the great bulk years ago.
corporations, presents a serious ° f the lands is retained and the
At the conclusion of the cere
C f f h j ì prova. Oregon
pioblem to the people ot Oregon Southern l’acili bai refused in the monj hearty congratulations were
(‘here is well-founded sentiment l,lst three .vf>ars to sel1 la"ds of the showered upon the ‘‘ bridal party ”
that the holders ot this fiee-gift Oregon A California and the Ore- after which a very luteresting uiusi
Shorts ?23 per ton; 80 lb. sack $ 1 .
Rolled bar'ey 81 05 per sick; special rate on ton lots.
Compare our birley with the imported varieties and
note the difference.
Fetch Hay!
'
see it at our w.irehon»«
We pay 4 cents for second hand feed sacks.
Respectfully,
H a rtu n g & H an sen .
V -------
Come ami See for Yourself I
Benson’s Pharmacy |
Entirely Ittew £$toch of
IDv\> Goobs Comino
CUP
cal ptograin was rendered as fol
lows; Piano solo, Miss Ueorgetta
Berg; cornet solo, t'has. Cochran;
piuuo solo, Mies Ethel Evans; vocal
solo, J. M. Isham; vocal quartette,
Messrs. Ishnm and Cochran and
Mesdames Britiid and Brelraut.
The musical program ended,
sph udid refreshments wero served
iu several coursos, three young In
dies and three young uien acting
as waiters.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the re
cipieuts of many beautiful and valu
able presents.
The invited guests were Messrs,
aud Mesdames F. B. Phillips, W.
C. Conner, Frank Wheeler, Harry
Wynne, James Benson, Nate C"inp
ton, J. M. Isham, C. E. Couner,
Will Cunningham, Will Hogate,
Harry Brebaut, Ernest Sears, Chas.
VanDeuburg, Andrew Bund, J. L.
Beatty, Harry Metcalf, ¿1. O.
Thompson, Osear p'rohtuader, John
Medley, Herbert Eakin, Charles
Cochran, Harry Hart, L. F. Or-
purd, J. G. Lewis, John Cochran,
Will Lundy, Albert Woods, W H
Abrams, J. M. Fisher, L. H. Baker.
Or laud Blaekmore, R. A. Booth.
F ra n k J. Hard, L. N. Roney, Fred
Limb, J W. Roberts, C. E- Rob
erts, Will Lundy, S. E, Meminger,
Charles Jones, Arthur Star, Harry
Star, Charles Roberts, George Rich
uror-d, Clarence Roberts. Mrs. Jen
nie Richard, Mary Gray, Addis
Star, Edith Evans. Misses Francis
and Marion Beatty. Jessie aud
Georgetta Berg Eunice VanDeuburg
Reua Blair, Gertrude Palmer, Ger
trude and Netiie Burdick, Lth-1
Evans, Vinnic Knapp, Florence and
Cora Huff. Messrs. Herman Pal*
mer, Fred Waehlte, Ren Sanford,
G. H Roberts, C. H. Jones, I, uard
Star, Will Sherwood
J
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k in
g
P o w d e r
A b s o lu t e ly
Eugene Streets to be Paved
D IS TIN C TIV E LY A CREAM OF
T A R T A R B A K IN G P O W D E R
Royal does not contain an atom of
phosphatic acid (which is the
product of bones digested in sul
phuric acid) or of alum (which is
one-third sulphuric acid) substan
ces adopted for other baking pow
ders because o f their cheapness.
ftOtAL DATING ROWOER CO., NEW YORK.
At a meeting ot the citv council
of Flugene on the 2d. called by
Mayor Wilkins to discuss the
street paving question. A resolu
tion was adopted favoring the move
ment and committees were instruct
ed to ascertain necessary ateps to be
taken, also look into expense and
material used in other cities. This
movement seem* to he satisfactory
to the residence of the city and will
add much to its title, a city of high
standard.
R. <.7 Scotch Collie puppies for ;
sale. Pedigreed and eligible to I
registration.
>
H.
K . M
ktcai
i-'.
E. ('. EcWitt A (’11., t)f etili ;ig(i ,
wliose Uliorutor.v Koil.-f is 1 1 1. .: 1
assurdi ua tlmt this rcnmrknhle dl-
gesuint and cor recti ve forili, stoni
neh conforma full v rutili provi ions
• >l the N'attonnI Pura Food and Di
Law. The Kodol laborntory i h a
very ltirge one, but tifali the ufferer-
from lndigestimi and
stillimeli
troubles conili know thè virtù' -oi
Kodol It wonld bc impossilile for thè
manufacturers to keep np wltli (In
delirami. Kodol is suiti lieiv Ity Ben-
sou’s Plmrmncy.
Currin év Veatch.
General Merchandise—Purveyors to the People
.
Phono
Wynne
W e heve received a fine ne
peci.il hit, ofhandtiome, hand-footed, hollow ground
Radiutuite P : 'ore thaï ueu.iliy se,...
II ,it t.’.U'J each at retail, which we will eive away ab:,o*
Iiitely free to advertise the wonderful
el
THE
RADIUMITE DOLLAR RAZOR STROP
¡STROP
A RAZOR GIVEN FREE To The PURCHASER of EACH STROP
HONES
THAT
is 1/ght, pliable, durable, convenient, and safe» and w hich la revolutionizing
♦ heart of shaving:*
this remarkable free
CA
LL TO
DAY AS t THE ...r
Y A i R
E COING FAST. offer
¡ We make
of a (nost excellent razor,
1
-ii>,
» i:h Uir marnlout u t ii»n
1 u *• F . w
.. *«
. ••
In.ake shaving a convenien- e .ml
‘ ’•
,nj * '■* *.
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......................—
uuu Instantaneous honing ami finishing
U w ll not harm the finest an<l most .lrlickfc raao*. They
ilelirrht. even to men having the har-lest beards.
? ' V
n,u' h 1X1 • Rood TA*nr »» 1 0 *
not Uo
atroy. With
tbc. «AiJiOflUTE BTBOF
r rarors ate brought up to a fine edge, and the effect of the
■ i in tire finest raz r>. . to k • < p them atall time-. In the best possible condition, ready to shave
• -
f V S m
‘“ il "
■'
Radicaltr Strop la sold und-r the codtlTegwar.l«»
h t . li it w3 not eatlslactcry money will be refunded. They are for either Ordinary or Hikfety Razori.
________
ffatllurnlto S tr o p s , BOc t o $ 2 .6 0 ; R arars, $3 t o $ 3
H EN L U R K S I N
i"m
It s
TH E USE
OF
ANY
STROP
BUT A
.N A O I U M I T F I
BA.KiER8MITCH"CZEMA¿«BLOOD POUOll^
.I'^tly stmn -.1 razors tliat cut.irritateand open the skin, tlrus admitting the tctrrile La fill that lurk In the ani nal
of shaving soaps, hair shaving brushes, and In the air Itself.
, T H E O N L Y P E R F E C T S T R O P 18 T H E R A D IU M IT t '
t use .f e vorthless. heavy, double, common c«.* strops so generally s< Id. au.l with whit h nine dealmouf of ten will
v *>- They ,rjsu mu hold junk, pure an.1 simple. The word Ra.iiumlte stands for perfection In razor strop
Buy a R t liumite strop and take no iubstitute—no matter how handsome 1 may ai car Danger lnrkaln thU
.eolaay atropbuta a&diunute.
Ciri!fin iV Veatch Company.
I
Professional Cards.
Herbert Kakln
Fresi dent
T . C. W heeler
C a s h i e r
CAPITAL
25,000
J ) K K-
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o m ce :
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C. T. H O C K E T T
Office In Stewart It Porter bulldm g.M aln
street. Cottage (¡rove.
Office phone
" a i n 30:1. Residence
m i n i o phone
pitone Main
m am 96
♦ w.
Blacksmithing
.
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PHÏSICUN AND SURGEON
Horseshoeing a specialty.
Wagon and carriage re-
tng. A ll work guaranteed
«lave your horsesteeth cx-
a rm tied and repaired. Shoe
• t rear o f H emeu way «
Burkholder's Store ::
J
Building, Main Street
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Genera!
MACY
A w brsy
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A general banking
business transact
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C O I T A 'IE GROVE
O R E G O N
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Bargain
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S u b s c r ib e r s
The New Idea
W oman’s
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National
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ßfhiie They Last
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Music, swefct
music.
graphs given away by
Hdwe Co. Investigate.
STO C K
O f S h o e s c a n ’t b e Beaten
Benson’s Pharmacy
laud should be compelled to cut up Kon Central,
their holdings, sell in small tracts
More flagrant still lias been the
ctand out of the way ot homc.build- record of the live wagon road grants
ers, admit lumbermen for logging, which extend east and west over the
iluming and booming and let in state. The roads were not built as
miners a n d irrigators
Wide rib agreed; in fact for the most part
bons of lands, granted in alternate they were not built at all. These
sections from six to forty miles iu grants were: one from Albany to
breadth, run across the Htate from she Eastern boundary o f the state;
one side to auother. They have al another from Eugene, and a third
ways been a blight on tlie state and from the Dalles to that line; one
from Hosobnrg to Coos Bay und an
are worse now than ever.
These lauds should be reached by other from Corvallis to Vaguin t
the tax power of the state, to com Bay. The theoretical area within
pel their possessors to pay a return all the wagon road tracts was about
to the public for the immensely val 1 ,800,000 acres made up of alter
uable privileges they possess and nate sections within three and six
iudirevtly to cause the lands to be mile limits.
The damage of Oregon has beeu
sold. This seems the only author
ity that can reach them, since it is done and cannot be repaired. The
uot possible to compel their sale by problem now is to manage the mon
direct legislation nor to control the opolized areas, through future leg
disposition that, the monopoly may islation for the interest of the state.
make ot them, nor to invalidate the This is a live question.—OtHgin.iau
title in which they aro held.
The two constitutional amend
uients offered by the State Tax
Commission, as a basis for its pro
D It FR A N C ' L U C IL E H A R D
posed new tax code, might permit
OPTICIAN and REFRACTIONIST
the levying of a specifio graduated
♦
Room
l I New < hrism aiiR k. Kit g e no
lax, ou the monopolized lands, iti I ft
addition to general state, county
i v a 1 d of clean Vetch hay, splend:d for cows;
M agazine
and
The Leader fo r$ 1.00
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Cabinet. The
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rest. il
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br State A »t:n.ntr Inf
with conviction*
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is ideallv
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as are available
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