Cottage Grove leader., May 25, 1907, Image 1

COTTAGE GROVE LEADER
COTTAGE GROVE. OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 23,
VOL. X IX
EAGLE WILL SCREAM
LAST
HOPE FUR FREEDOM DIES.
CLOSING EXERCISES
Dr. Van Gesner and Marion R.
Biggs will have to serve the sen­
tences imposed upon them by Judge
William H. Hunt for complicity in
the Oregon land frauds, according
to a decision banded down by the
United States circuit court o f ap­
peals at San Francisco lately. Dr.
Gesner's sentence will be live
Funds Sufficient Secured in Two Days months in the Multnomah county Will be Held in the. Christian Church
jail and a fine of $1,000, and B iggs’
Thursday and Friday Evening of
— Enthusiastic Meeting Held Last
will be 10 months and a fine ot
Next Week.
$500. Both men will commence
Night— The Committees.
serving time as soon as the man
—
date is sent from the Bay City,
Cottage Grove wilt celebrate tbe which will be in about 13 days.—
The Public Schools o f this city
Fourth o f July this year in a befit­ Portland Journal.
will close its year’s work alter one
ting matter.
of the most successful years in the
The Merchants Protective Associ­ In Rememberance of Cloyd Parson. ! history o f the school, next Thursday
ation took the matter in hands this
(and Friday. The usual commence­
Died May 12. 1907.
week, appointed a committee to
ment exercises will be held at tbe
solicit funds and in two days they Another tirlght dower was plucked Chrisliau Church. Those of the
today
secured enough to assure a celebra-
For the Master's garden far aw ay. High School on Thursday evening,
tion.
And transplanted witli rare tty an May 20 with the following program:
The committee and a number of
angel’s hand
T o a brighter home tn u far off land. Invocation
business men met last evening in
Instrumental duet—"O n the Race
tho Commercial Club room to per­ Dear little Cloyd, if you only knew
Course” ..................................... Blake
fect arrangements and appoint com­
How many tears were shed for you, Vernle Brown an I Mabel Rosenberg
........................... Selected
mittees. The meeting was an en­ But the sweetest of the angels have Vocal solo...... Mr.
lshuiu
charge of thee now,
thusiastic one, and it was the gen­
solo—“ Grand
Vulse
And are weaving bright laurels for Instrumental
eral sense ot those present that we
Brilllante" ......... F. Chopin, Op 18
thy marble white brow.
Alaliel Veutch
hold the celebration in the grove
Mas. A. H.“ W k . nsi . i : v ,
Aridrt ss.........................................................
Comstock, Oregon.
in the eastern part of the city, and
Dr. H. D. Sheldon, U . of O.
aB far as practicable have all the
Presentation of Diplomas......................
sports and contests take place on
Principal C L. Strange
New Sawmill in Lincoln County
Graduates, Rtliel Moore, A! ary
the grou ids, thus saving the peo­
August Fischer anil .1. C. Hummel Sprouse, Rtliel Storms.
ple the trouble of walking all over
the city to see the different contests. returned the last of the week from a
Friday evening the Eighth grade
This will be a great improvement business trip to Waldport, where cl ss will hold graduating exercises
over former celebrations, especially they are Interested in u recently or­ when the following program will be
ganized concern known ns the Wuld- rendered:
if tho day is winui.
The following committees were poit Lumber Company. J. C. Hum­ Invocation............... Itev.,1. L. Beatty
mel Is president aud general mana­
appointed.
Address of Welcome. .Guy Whitlock
ger:
Will F. Ready, secretary: A. B. Instrumentalsolo,..
".M editation"
General Arrangements — Thos.
A Ilia Phillips
Pearce, Jas. Benson, B. Lurch, Geo. Lundenian, treasurer and storekeep­
er and August Fischer, vice president. F.ssav.............. ..“ Louisiana Purchase"
McQueen, Harry Metcalf.
Rittle Brumbaugh
The firm lias secured a sawmill and
Committee on Finance— B Lurch
Oration............."The Oregon Country”
about
40,(100,000
feet
of
timber
at
Elsie Brewer
F. D. Wheeler, C. H. Burkholder.
Committee ou Sports— Harry Bre- Waldport, the timlier having been Chorus......... "N ym phs of the Ocean"
.Misses Brewer, Dorward, Bran ton.
haut, George Comer, E. H. Willson. previously owned by August and Hogate. Brumbaugh, Funk, Perkins
Committee
on
Music— Oliver Fred Fischer ami Mr. Ready. J. C.
and Osnuiu
Vealch, Andy Nelson, Chas, Coch­ 11amim i ami Mr. Ready will, it is Oration................................ "Inventions”
umlerstoood.
assillile
charge
of
the
Alnrvln
Jordan
ran.
Instrumental so lo " Floating on tho
Committee on Grounds— J. W . plant. Air. Hummel has hud much
\\ ind” ....................................................
Baker, J. V. Thornton, H . O. experience along this line, which will
Dorothy Funk
enable
him
to
take
an
active
part
in
Essay............................“ Panama (.'anal"
Thompson.
William < iaroutte
Committee on Advertising.— D.J. operating the plant. The product of
Instrumental solo *:Wedding of the
DuBruille, D. M. C. Gault, and Dr. the mill will be shipped to Sail Fran­
W in d s"............... ...............................
cisco.—Corvallis Gazette.
Oglesby,
Thomas Campbell
Essay “ The Awakening In the Orient”
Commtttee on Speaker—J. W. I
Alelvin Jordan
Baker and H. O. Thompson.
( »ration............"Fifty-ninth Congress”
The committees will meet again
Luther King
next Tuesday evening, arrange the
Chorus.............
‘ ‘In tlie S tarligh t"
program and attend to other de­ Of Oregon Will Hold a Big Convention Misses Brewer, Branton. Brumbaugh,
Dorward, Funk. Hogate, Osmtin and
tails. The progrume and the list
Perkins
at Portland.
of those who subscribed toward the
Class Mementoes.......... Jean Dorward
celebration will be published in the
Valedictory................ Blanche Branton
Address to class.........................................
city papers.
(Special Correspondence)
Pros. .\. L . Briggs, of Drain Normal
Of the Cottage Grove Pub=
lie Schools
In Cottage Grove T hursday,
July Fourth.
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
1907.
DECORATION DAY EXERCISES.
As is the custom, Decoration Day
will be observed iu this city under
the auspices of the G. A . R. and
W . R. C. The memorial sermon
will be preached iu the Christian
church tomorrow at 11 o ’clock ami
on Thursday May 30th the usual
decoration services will take place.
Mayor Jones has issued a proclama
tion asking the business men to o b ­
serve the day and close their places
of business from 10 a. m. till 4 p.
in. and assist iu the exercises, and
it is to be hoped they will comply
with the request. The line of
march will form on the corner of
Fifth and Main streets at 9:30 a. m.
headed by the G. A. R. veterans
and Woman’ s Relief Corps, follow­
ed by Company E, the Mayor and
City Council, various organizations
oi the city, school children and
citi/.eus. At 10 o ’ clock the march
will ho taken up to the cemetery,
where the decorating services will
be held at the grave« of deceased
comrades. At 2 p. m. sorvice^ will
be held iu the M. E. church. An
address will be given by Rev. J. L .
Bealtv, special music by the choir
and songs and recitations by the
school children.
Young Girl Attempts Self-Destruction.
Bessie Richard, the 14-year-old
daughter of Mr. aud Mrs. A. J
Richard, of the Oregon hotel, at­
tempted to commit
suicide last
night after 10 o ’clock by taking a
dose of red precipitate. The girl
and her younger sister were in the
room aloue at the time. Whan
Bessie swallowed the poison the
littlo girl became frightened and
told her father, who at ouce sent for
a pliysiciau. IJrs. Selover, DeBar
and McDougald soon arrived and
applied the stomach pump and the
girl was soon out of danger. The
reason given by the girl for this at­
tempt at «elf-destruction is that her
mother refused to allow her to go
out with her for the evening. Rod
precipitate is used as a vermin e x ­
terminator and is composed of mer­
curic oxide and other poisonous
substances.— Guard
MEETS IN COTTAGE GROVE
no .
j
A Portland worsted yarn manu­
facturer has been visiting Silverton
with a view to establishing a plant
there provided he can get enough
of the ‘ ight kind of wool.
Three
requisites of wool for this purpose
are necessary— length, strength and
fineness. Prices of worsted yarns
are nearly double those o f woolens.
Iu leugth and finess tbe Australian
wools take the lead, and they cost
the American manufacturer, duty
included, as high as 48 cents per
pouud. Every fiber of combing
wool is subjected to a severe ten­
sion by tbe combing process, and if
it cannot stand the necessary strain
is cast aside and made into wool
yarn.
This manufacturer went ou to
say. ‘ ‘Since the Oregon wool
grower has the benefit ot nearly 12
cents per pound protective tariff in
his favor he ought to be making
thousands of dollars today where
he is making hundreds. In my es­
timation there is no more profitable
industry in the State of Oregon
than that of sheep husbandry to be
ruu in small bands of sav 100 to
500 head, and give them good
care.”
This man is undoubtedly right,
and his “ tip” ought to he valuahle
to many Willamette valley land
owners.
Expert testimony is on
record that no place in the world is
better adapted to the production ot
this high grade, fine, long wool
than the Willamette valley, provid-
ing «beep are properly bred up and
cured for. The wool commands a
very high price, and raising sheep
that will produce it would certainly
be “ a very profitable industry.” —
l ’oi Hand Journal.
D iscusses the T ransporta1
tion Puzzle
And Would Solve it by Building
Railroad From Portland to Rose-
burg via Coast Fork.
The Commercial Club held its
regular meeting on Monday even­
ing, and devoted its time chiefly to
tho transportation situation.
The
motion that something must be
done in regard to it was the unani­
mous opinion, but what that ‘ ‘some­
thing” was involved a matter of
serious discussion.
That our in­
dustries were being paralyzed was
fully recognized, and unless they
could procure relief, stagnation in
all kiuds of business would inevita­
bly follow.
The situation called forth rnauy
suggestions, but »lie one thought
most teasiblo was to follow the e x ­
ample of the Roseburg and Coos
Bay people aud get capital interest­
ed, aud a movement was inaugurat­
ed looking to the building of a
railroad from Portland to Rose­
burg via the (.‘oast fork to connect
with the proposed road iron» Rose-
burg to Marshfield, and for which
Douglas and Coos counties have al
ready subscribed over #200,000.
Acting on this plan, a committee
of throe was appointed to confer
with like committees from all com ­
mercial clubs along I be propose.:
route, the Western Oregon Lumber
Manufacturers’ Association, and
the Oregon and Washington Asso
ciation. A call is m«de for all of
these committees to meet at Cot­
tage Grove in the Co nmercia! Club
room > on June 25, to devise ways
and means for construction of such
a road 111 order to relieve the trans­
portation situation throughout the
vnlley.
I This project may bo dubbed as a
paper railroad, but many ol tbe
I citizens believe it as feasible as the
j Drain-Coos Buy line, and believe
! Binds can bo secured fo build it.
The Willamette Valley Development
New I. 0. 0. F. Officers.
League to Meet in This City on
The I. O. O. F. Grand Lodge in
session at LaGrande this week
June 26.
elected the following officers:
Grand patriarch, H. M. Beck­
with, Portland; high priest. E. J.
Seeley. Albany. grind sento war-
let),
R.
Robertson. Roseburg;
¡grand mu the, E E. Simeon, Port-
laud, grand treasur , W. \Y. Fran-
cis, Portland ; grand junior warden,
John M. Williams, I- ingoile ; grand
representatives, W.
I.
Vawler,
Medlord and Claud Gatch, Salem;
grand marshal, O. P. Miller, Ore­
gon City; grand sentinel, G. P
Rickely, Harrisburg; grand herald,
W . N Monroe, La Grande.
Wednesday, June 2(»tli is the
The officers of the class are: Presi­ date set by the Commercial Club
The Oregon Development League
Honoré Palmer’ s entry into the will bold its next convention Fri- dent, Guy W hitlock: V ice President, for holding the summer session of
Thomas Campbell; Treasurer, Hattie
lumber business of Oregon, as men­ day and Saturday, June 21st and Wheeler; Secretary,Elsie Brewer.
the Willamette Valley Development
League
tioned in yesterday’ s Telegram, is 22nd in the rooms of the Portland
M K M II KK M O l’' Cl. ASS
Several sessions of the league
considered an important acquisition Commercial Club,
second floor,
Blanche Branton, ElBie Brewer,
of Eastern capital, with vast pos­ Sixth and Alder streets. This date Kittle Brumbaugh, Thomas Camp­ will be held and excursions to the
sibilities for
development. Mr. meets the approval of a large num­ bell, William Garoutte, Gertrude Do­ several place:) of interest in this
Palmer’s business headquarters are ber of persons who want to be pres­ gate, Melvin Jordan, Marvin Jordan, vicinity given. The executive com ­
Allie Phillips, Guy Whitlock, John mittee is preparing tho program
to be in the Sherlock building in ent, and is made for the special con­ footer.
Jean Dorward,
Dorothy
Portland, where he will be associa­ venience of newspaper men who Funk, Hazel Gray, Luther King, Ciay and the club trustees are arranging
ted with the Storey-Bracher Lum­ are anxious to be present.
Mosby, Ruth Osinnn, Leali Perkins, for tbe other details which will be
published later. It is proposed t<‘
ber company. He is now in Seattle
Every newspaper man iu Oregon Hattie Wheeler.
make this one of the most success­
in company with J. O. Storey, look­ is a delegate at large to the Oregon
ful meetings ever held in tbe W ill­
ing over that portion of the North­ Development
League
meetings, j
J. J. Iienuy. the I.cona Mill«
amette Valley. The state officer« Lumber man, was in Roseburg 011
west with a viow to becoming bet- j The president and secretary of |
THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION.
together with the congressional del­ business Tuesday. He said that
ter acquainted with conditions.
every commercial, industrial, irriga­
egation, senators and representa­ the fall in t tie price of lumber, from
Mr. Palmer is one of two broth-1 tion and horticultural organization
ers who inherit the vast estate of in Oregou is a delegate, and the ♦ Since the days if the civil wart tives will be invited and will no #22 to $D! per thousand, was only
doubt attend. Excur: ions from the
Potter Palmer The other son is J president has a right to name such ■
♦ the American people have o b - ♦ various towns up and down the temporary; that »lie San Francisco
Potter Palmer Jr., whose business delegation as he desires.
market, where the fall originated,
headquarters are in Chicago. Mrs
Every county judge in the state ! served Memorial Day, to com-1 valley will be run to the city and a would command the larger figure
Potter Palmer, the mother resides; is a delegate and has authority to J tnemorate the deeds, and honor I rousing time will be bad.
as soon as the British Columbia
name two others and the same is {the memory of those who fought j
in New York city.
! product shipped to the city was e x ­
The new film has acquired title true with regard to the mayors of Jand died for their country. Law t
hausted. winch would be in a short
Go Land Claiming.
to over 10,000 acres o f fine timber the cities and towns.
time hence. — Review.
tand custom has set apart the 3(lth *
Corvallis, (Jr., May 23.— Corval­
land along the Mohawk and Mc­
Oregon must get full benefit of
Kenzie rivers at an expenditure of the colonist rates during September t day o f May as that day. I would* lis, like many o f the other valley
For Sale
some $200,000. A modern mill iB and October and one of the chief ♦ therefore ask the citizens of Cot- * towns, has the railroad land fever,
One
good
milk cow, $35, one
to be erected two miles north of Kti- features of the convention will be ♦tage Grove to unite with the G. j and citizens by twos, fours and doz­ span of horses, harne«« a d wagon
ens
are
flocking
coastward
every
gene, with » capacity of 100,000 a discussion upon the lines of how jA . R. in the observance of that*
day for the purpose ot locating $2U0 , one road cart, single liar- css
leet a day and the logs are to be we are going to get the best out of
G. W. McC<»v, G oc.d yville.
♦
day,
and
that
the
business
bouses♦
claims
on which they intend to file $20.
hauled to the mill over the South­ this great northwestern travel.
and
then
tender
to
the
railroad
ern Pacific railroad.
There will be a number of good ♦ be closed from 10 o’clock a. m .j
The new enterprise, it is declared sjieakers present and questions vitol ♦ until 4 o ’clock p m., and all join ! company the purchase price, hop
will be second only to the Booth- to tbe development of this state ♦ the decorating and other public ing thus to establish a prior claim
Kelly Lumber Company in import­ will be discussed but the central ¡ceremonies of the day, and in ! to the tracts. Sunday a large crowd
left this city by private conveyance
ance, and will give steady employ­ idea o f the gathering will be how
ment to several hundred men. A to make practical and effective the ♦ giving thanks to the Supreme J for Alsca valley und points bevond
Bellefountain, in southern Benton
pond in what was once the site of work of modem advertising; in ♦ Commander for the many bless
county, headed bv a locator who
Meriau Lake, near Eugene, will be other words, the best possible plan {ings which this great nation en
knows all about the railroad laud«
the temporary receptacle for several upon which we can work in har­ Ijoys by the deeds of those noble*
iu these sections.
million feet of logs, from which sup­ mony to add to the population and ’ heroes.
*
wealth
of
Oregon.
plies for the sawmill are to be
J. I. JONES,
As soon as delegates are appoint­
taken. Operations for loggiug and
Posed as Governor's Brother.
Mayor. ♦
tbe manufacture of lumber on a ed a list should be sent to the local
Salem, Or., May 23.— By an-'
large scale will begin immediately. papers and then forwarded to Secre­
nouncing himself as a brother f
to
tary Tom Richardson, at Portland.
— Telegram.
Governor Chamberlain and order­
The
business
men
of
Portland
This is tbe enterprise at Bangs
He Deserves It.
ing a pair o f shoes and a gold ring
prrk that has lieen on foot for some who participated in the excursion
F IN E S T
A young lady soprano of a sent to the Governor’ s office, a
and five
time in this county. Palmer is the to thirty-three Oregon
c lurch choir in Glendale has sued smooth-talking young man was aid«
£
man who rented the E. C. Smith Idaho cities and towns, report such the editor of tho News for libel, '
to get $23 on two $15 checks from
an excellent time that they are
residence at $130 a month.
because he said she had a voice Salem storekeepers today, lie g a v
Senator Bingham who has been j planning similar trips in other di j that sounded like a live tomcat g o ­
the name G. A Chamberlain, and
directing the deal is in Cottage rections.
ing through the hopper of a sausage notwithstanding he made a mistnk<
The high price ot wheat will put
Grove and ceuld not be eeen last
£
machine — .train Nonpareil.
and signeii ‘ ‘G. JR. Chamberlain”
evening hut who assures the Regie many hundreds of thousands of
to
one
check,
he
was
not
suspected.
ter that when the details are com i dollars into the hands o f the wheat
Latest style in visiting cards at
r
plete the story will be ready for growers of the Inland Empire, and
75 cts. per too at The Leader office, j
Tbe Leader leads— never follows
the crop outlook is fine.
jmblication. —Register.
Another Lumbering Firm.
W ILLAM ETTE V A LLEY FINE WOOL.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
CARRY FIGHT INTO COURTS
Cottage Grove People are Determined
to Test Land Rights.
A special to the Oregonian of
yesterday from this city says;—
‘ •There is considerable activity in
this locality relative to filing on the
lands hold by the Oregon and Cali­
fornia Railroad Company. The
number of persons that are in quest
of this valuable property is only
guess work. There seems to be
some kind of an agreement that all
who are in quest of the lands pay
a stipulated sum for the purpose of
defraying the legal expenses. Un­
less the railroad company recedes
from its present attitude the cases
will he carried to the courts and
(ought uniil a decision is rendered
by the United .States Supreme
Court.”
Finger Mashed.
Fred Whitcomb, an employee at
the Chambers mill at Dorena had
the misfortune to have the index
finger of the left hand fully mashed
yesterday, which will probably have
to be amputated.
Spinal Meningitis.
A doctor at Drain whose rame
was not learned is stricken down
with the dre»d disease, cerebro
suinal meningitis. A nurse was
•sent from Eugene yesterday to at­
tend him.— Register.
Car Shortage Closes Mills
Bellingham, May 21.— Two hun-
dre I shingle nulls iu Snohomish,
Skagit and Whatcom counties will
close tomorrow until July 10. In­
ability to secure curs for shipment
to the Eastern marke ts is given aw
the reason for the shut-down.
1 PEARCE BROS. !!
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TKADE.
P E A R C E BR.OS.