COTTAGE: GROVE LEADER
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VOL. X IX
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COTTAGE GROVE. OREGON , SATURDAY, JUNK 22, 1907.
NO. 10
er kept many people from coming
3 cents a mile charged by the com
within the purview of the home
and made it necessary to assemble j
pany. If we must euduro slow and
stead law and an actual settler for
at the Grange hall over the London
irregular service we should get it at
the purpose ot purchasing lands of
store, which was tilled to overflow
2,1 _■ cents a mile. The people ought
railroads.— Medtord Mail.
ing and to say the picnic was a
to pay only for what they get, and
grand success is putting it very
if they do not get a 3-cent service
Asks $ 1 0 0 .0 0 0 Damages
mild.
they should not pay a 3-cent rate.”
J. Doyle, a young man who,
I never saw any crowd of people
While Mr. West also believes in
while actiog as time-keeper for a
the idea o f requiring a stub train to
eeem to enjoy themselves better
gang of Greeks, who were working
than during the two days that they
take the place ot delayed trains, be
on the Southern Pacific tracks at
MANY REMEDIES ARE DISCUSSED believes iu compelling the roads to FORTUNATELY NO LIVES LOST. were together.
And well they W ILL COMMENCE IN A FEW DAYS.
Divide, in the southern portion of
should,
for
the
speeches
and
p
ro
run through trains on time. He
i Lane county, last October, wes run
gram would do honor to the most
declares thnt the traiu leaving San
Commissioner West Suggests Lower Francisco in the morning should Occurred Monday Night Between Cot noble of earth both iu point of Proceedings to Compel the Southern ; over l’>’ “ locomotive aod both legs
tage Grove and Saginaw— Some
were cut off, has begun suit in the
Fare if There is no Improvement
knowledge and mirth. There were
Pacific to Put Their Lands on
get into Portland before 6 o ’ clock
circuit court against the company
One
Had
Blundered.
several noted speakers expected to
Made in Service.
the next evening, instead of after
tbe Market at $2 5 0 an Acre.
for SICK),000 damages. He alleges
be present and several programs
7 o'clock , as now scheduled. The
that while in the performance o f
from the different Granges and oth
commission has set next Monday at
his duties the locomotive approach
On
Monday
night
our
citizens
er
places
o
f
education
and
amuse
A «pedal to the Oregonian from 1:80 P. M. as the time for complet
Hon. W. C. Hawley, our repre
ed him at a great rate of speed
wore thrown into considerable e x ment that were not there.
But sentative in Congress has been ad
Salem last Tuesday says: That the ing the hearing on the question of
without warning and bore upon
citement by the report that tbe among the crowd that assembled
vised by wire that Mr. S. D, Town
people of Oregon have suffered too a local train from Pendleton to
him before he bad time to get out
Flyer. No. lq, which hud left the on the 12tli was the State Lecturer
Portland. The meeting Monday
send, of Fargo, N. D., would ar
long from an inadequate and un
of the way. In attempting to get
i depot only a few minutes before, Mrs. W aldo aud Dr. Sharpel, both
will be held in Portlan 1.
rive within a few days to commence
the Greeks off the track, they be
certain railroad service is the plain
had been wrecked a short distance of whose hearts are filled with love
the proceedings with the U. S. de
ing badly excited, he was struck
ly expressed opiniou of the mem
north of town. Quite a number of and affection for our county and
partment ot justice will undertake,
Schmitz Found Guilty.
by the engine and thrown under
bers of the Oregon Railroad Com
Cottage Grove people had boarded mankind, and especially for the
to enforce the terms ot the railroad
the wheels.
A jury of twelve of his peers ha- the Flyer, among whom were F. J.
mission. W hile they have nothing
State of Oregon and her people, land grant of the O. A- C. iu Ore
to say at present aH to the local declared Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz Hard, Mr. and Mrs J. W . Baker, | without a it o f selfish ambition,
gon.
Vacation Days.
train question on the O. R. & N., of San Francisco, guilty of the Mrs. G- L. Rees and others, and of | and their minds filled with a store,
In view o f the possible action of
which question is still pending, crime of extortion as charged by course all o f their friends and | of knowledge that would do honor
“ N ext to the day when a self-
Congress with regard to these lands
they are outspoken as to conditions the Oliver grand jury.
neighbors imagined the nord, as to the most learned of any nation
supporting girl receives her first
and the question of what definition
The jury was out just one hour the report ot the passeugers killed
in general and have no hesitancy in
with tongues that did express in the court might place upou the salary envelope, or is notified of her
saying that there must be a change and thirty-five minutes.
ranged from half a dezen to twen- the most simple and favorable
first promotion or raise in salary, I
phrase “ actual settlers” , in cases
Mayor Schmitz, by the advice of ty-five. Agent Isham as soon as he j tel fns
and that without delay. At least
believe that the first vacation marks
involving lands valuable only for
one member of the Commission is his attorneys, dictated the follow received word of the wreck noth j The mental
the most important era of her wage
phySiCal, moral,
determined that the railroads must ing statemont to the AQsociated fied Dr. Job. the company’ s phy- spirituali finRnciai and mirthful timber, grazing or mineral pur- earning iiistory, ' writes
Anna
poses, the act o f Congress torfeit-1 Steesa Riclinrd8on in
in
Woman’ s
give better service or leduce the Press:
siciau to proceed to the scene a* ueeds of the people, and I think I
ing lands taken under similar eondi- Home Companion for J o ly . ..The
“ No matter what tlia decision of rapidly as possible, and to take
passenger rates.
am safe to say those who missed ( tions bv the N. P. R. R. is interest-
„
,
;
.
two weeks on salary given by most
With conditions on the Southern the jury was, gott n under most ad- with him all the physicians in town the picnio at London, missed au op- |
mg
veise
circumstances
regarding
my
! progressive firms and appreciative
•••ho would go, but as it turned out, portunity that they seldom have a
Pacific the Commission is perfectly
By an act of Congress September individual employers should be re-
familiar, for the members ride every self, I still maintain and affirm that fortunately their services were not chance to enjoy, aud among other
20, 1890, there was declared fo i- garded as the stamp o f the em-
day or two on the trains that pass I am absolutely innocent of th“ required.
things the people were impressed
crime
charged
agaiust
mo
aud
will
feited
to the United States all lands pjoyer’s approval, the reward of
through the valley on the way to
It seems that contrary to the gen with the fact that our chief aim aod
fight
my
case
to
the
1
ihi resort-
As
theretofore
granted to any state or honest efforts. When it is accepted
Portland from San Francisco. They
eral rul« t* it has prevailed lately, ambition should not be to see how
I
said
before
ray
trial,
I
did
not
ex
to
any
corporation
to aid in the as a right it is robbed of its indi-
know as well as all the traveling
the Flyer was on time and left Cot much labor we could perform or
construction
ot
a
railroad,
where vi<lual significance and much of its
public that the afternoon passenger pect, nor did I receive fair or even tage Grove on time.
The work how much wealth we could gain,
from San Francisco has hardly ever decent treatment at the hands • f train, which was at Saginaw, ac but to strive for a higher and no the terms of the grant hail not been I , ea] pi5a8Ure.
This act provided j “ Vacation should bring rest, or
been on time in the la*t six mouths, Judge Dunne, and realizing his cording to railroad regulations, bler man and woman whom a clean complied with.
that all perious who at the date ot 1 rut Her recreation, to muscles and
and very frequently it has been sev prejudice, I made every effort to should have sid -tracked, but did heart and a pure conscience.
the passage of the act, were ac m il: „erves. This does not necessarily
eral hours late, with no reliable in have the case transferred to any not do so. It consisted o f engine
The Grange ns an organization
other
Judge
in
tbe
State.
I
do
not
settlers
in good fnith on the land ( nle(11I absolute quiet, a kimona, a
formation provided showing when
anil caboose only and was backing -1 friendly, and has a good feeling
take
this
as
a
defeat,
nod
the
de
forfeited,
should have tbe right to 1 nove| and a b()X o f chocolates. It
the trains would arrive. That the
to Cottage Grove when the trains toward all reasonable and just bus
cision
makes
me
all
the
more
de
claim
them
under the homestead 1 moans change of scene, movement
train might occasionally be late
met and clashed, the engine of iness, politics and religious organ-
termined
to
seek
aud
secure
justice
law
and
they
should
be regarded as ;
thought.
without the fault o f the company,
the Flyer passing almost through zations and all social orders, but
actual
settlers,
from
the
date
o
f
j
“
J
he school teacher or worker in
they are willing to admit; but they in another cou rt.’ ’
the caboose from end to end, smash will resist all unreasonable and un
actual settlement or occupation „ S!tinll tOWI1 should i“ iich out for a
are positive in the assertion that
ing it into splinters and demolishing just laws, monopolies and unjust!
The act further provides that where broader viewpoint. It will he good
Held Her and His Wife Beat Her
thei'e can be no good excuse for
the tender of * lie engine, and prac- 'taxation, but his always worked
persons have settled said lands with loi her to visit some bustling city
having trains several hours late
The for the general beiterrnent of every
Mrs W oolsey, who lives seven tically ruining both eugines.
a bona fide intent to secure title with ga'leries, muse ms, yes, and
every day.
miles east o f Lebanon, has sv.’oru accident happened just below the class and calling.
The Grange is j
thereto, by a purchase from the roof gardens and gay restaurants,
out a warrant for the arrest of bridge about one and one-half miles not composed chiefly of the tillers j
should put on special .
state or the corporation, that they 1 as we]| as points of historical inter-
Fortu of the soil from which has sprung j
“ We are near the end of a long Grant Bellinger and his wife for as north of Cottage Grove.
All through her school term
nately
no
oue
w««
killed
and
only our most noble statesman, as well ; should he entitled to purchase the esl
saulting
her
daughters,
Lillian
liue, both north and west,” said
lauds
from
the
1
nited
States
aud
s]le
|
)as
j 1Ved in an atmosphere of
Conductor as our brightest business men, and
Mr. Aitcbison of the Commission Woolsey, aged 15, and Mrs. Per four persons injured.
that the l nited States upon being petty gossip and hi*» l> n giving
tonight. “ If trains from San Fran kins, whose home is at Portland. Fieka'd was badly scratched about we can safety say, that the Grange
paid for said lands should make a j forth, never drawing aspiration
cisco or the Missouri River suffer Mrs. Woolsey claims her daught >rs the face; T . F. Bryan, an employe has within its organizations some j
patent to the actual settlers.
1 frotn other . No v 1» per flit iway
of
the
Booth-Kelley
Co.
wrist
bad
were
going
through
Bellingar’s
pa
of
the
best,
the
most
intelligent
and
I
any delays anywhere along the line,
Subsequent
to
that
act
of
forfei-
to a city where there is no . osBip
we get the effect of it here in Ore ture, which Bellinger had forbidden ly sprained; Bert Willard, brnke- noblest men and women of our na
tore
and
on
January
23,
1890,
C
o
n
-!
nor "neighboring” where her com-
gon. There are many opportunities them to do. Bellinger seeiug them m m , body badly bruised and tion, and we would urge everyone!
gres=
passed
a
law
amendatory
of
mgs
nnd her goings are not watched
for delays and we must expect that caught Mrs. Perkins and Held her shoulder hurt; O. L- Sedrahegen, who is interested in agriculture to
the
act
forfeiting
such
railroad
lands
and
criticized nnd where persons
become a member of the Grange, |
the through trains will suffer some while Mrs. Beiliuger proceeded t lir man. injured about the neck.
by
adding
*0
the
said
act
of
furfei-
and
tilings
will yield inspiration and
Had the accident occurred a min and assist in educating one another j
mishaps somewhere on the journey- beat her with a club. Mrs. Wool
ture
the
following
proviso;
new
thoughts
fflr another year’s
Put the people o f the Willamette sey says Mrs. Perkins was beaten ute sooner, a m od disastrous wreck in the best methods of farming and j
“
Providing
that
actual
residence
work.
She
will
not find city life
Valley should not bear all the in badly and a physician ha 1 to be would have had to be recorded, but stock raising, and how to get the
upon
lands
l>y
persons
claiming
th<
in
summer
extravagant.
Hotel and
called
in
and
worked
with
her
near
best
results
of
our
lnbor.
Our
o
c
owing to a curve, No. 14 had slowed
convenience that results. The rail
right
to
purchase
the
same
is
n
o
t
!
hoarding
house
rates
are
generally
ly
all
night..
The
Bellingers’
“ide
cupation
is
the
oldest
and
noblest
down, so that it was a fortunate es
road company should get trains
required,
where,
such
lancjs
have
lower,
furnished
apartments
can be
o
f
the
case
has
not
yet
been
beard.
on
eartli
and
has
a
right
to
a
place
cape for the passengers. The ca-
through ou something near s c h e
been fenced, cultivated,, or other- rented by a couple of summer
boose
was
so
badly
used
np
that
it
j
above
every
other
Come,
let
us
dule time, and it a regular train
tourists it* town for a comparative
was merely tumbled off the track, | join together in one general organ- wise irnnroyed by such grants ’ ’
can't be kept on time, a special
Linn-Lane Boundary.
It
will
be
noticed
that
under
this
song,
and a few simple shirt-waist
the engines were brought back to j ization. and assist each other, a n d ’
train should he put on to be run
Assessment of property adjacent
act
all
that
is
necessary
is
for
the
suits,
with appropriate list, sfioeB
on tbe time o f the regular. That to the boundary linp between Linn the Grove and drew almost the our labors will be lighter aud we
settler
to
have
fenced
the
lands,
and
gloves,
will furnish all the
seems to us lo be the solution of and Lane counties, will not be whole population to the depot on can live on the fat of the land.
cultivated
them,
or
otherwise
inj-
wardrobe
needed.”
There will be a celebration at
the situation. The Commission is made until the survey of the new Tuesday to look at the remains As
— » »
in possession of all the information line has been completed and tbe soon as the passengers became London Springs on the 3d of July, proved them. W hile this is a luw,
and
not
a
court
decision,
it
goes
a
The
Helix
Herald
has succumb-
and
fireworks
at
night.
The
pro-
that is needed regarding train ser line definitely located IHputy Linn calmed, many came back to the
long
wny
in
suggesting
the
radical
ed,
and
the
plant
will
be moved to
Grove
and
spent
the
night,
taking
gram
is
not
finished
yef,
but
don’
t
vice in the Willamette Valley. I County Assessor Karl Fisher, con
difference
between
nn
actual
settler
La
Crosse,
Wash
the
local
it;
the
morning
by
which
forget
it
will
bo
a
big
time,
as
Lon-
think we shall proceed upon our ferred with Assessor Keeney of
own initiative as well as upon the Lane county this week in Eugene, time the track ha 1 been cleared. A ^on never fa'ls. The time is set
complaints that have been made and the matter of the boundary large number ot our citizens went for the 3d on account af the cele-
and order that when a regular train and the assessment o f property was to the wreck, in buggies, on horse- ■ bration at 1 ottage Grove on the
is an hour behind schedule time, a discussed. The line was changed back and on foot, and preparations fourth. 1 he committees are all at
Look out
stub train shall be put on at Rose- I by act of the last legislature, where- were made to receive and take care w°rk in good earnest.
program a little plater, and
burg or Ashland to be run on the ; by Linn county obtains land form o f the wounded when they were *or
time ot the regular train. This erly in Lane county, but which by brought in, but fortunately there don t forget the Third at London
will give the people the service to situation naturally belongs to this was nothing to do but to congratn- ‘' ,PrlnSs-
late the passengers on their esc ipe.
1 he new bath house at London j
which they are entitled.-’
I county.
The engineer nnd fireman filed their '’ l,r' nifR ,v*b soon be complete, then
Commissioner Campbell took a
resignations next day. It is a plain J0" con 8et *'ie raost thorough
similar view. Commissioner West
Civil Service Examination.
fact that some one was to blame for course
bathing of any plsce on
is a little more aggressive in his
There will be a Civil Service Ivx-
the
accident
and
they
may
be
thank-
coas*-
X.
views as to remedies, and while the amination held at Roseburg, Ore
ful
that
no
lives
were
lost.
"
subject was under discussion to gon, July 23 and 2t. 1907, for the
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The Pacific squadron, led by the ,
night he made it plain that he be purpose o f securing efigibles for
flagship
“ Charleston,”
Admiral
lieves in taking measures that will the position of Forest Ranger. All
FROM LONDON SPRINGS.
Swinburne commanding, will be in
bring the railroads to time.
those desiring to take the Ranger
Portland Harbor during the present
SUGGESTS LOWER FARE.
examination at this place will noti
The County Grange picnic
week, in attendance upon the festiv-1
“ Passengers should pay what the fy the U. S. Civil Service C om m is London Springs is now a thing of jtjes.
r o - ----------- - » •
service is reasonably worth,” said sion at Washington, D C., or com tbe past, but the speakers and p
The new cannery at rtru*
Mr. West. “ The kind ot service municate with S. C. Bsrtrum at gram w ;!l be remembered by all
present. The extremely wet weath- is nog ready for business
we are getting now is not worth Roseburg, o regon.
MUST BE IMPROVED
PASSENGER COLLIDES
BATTLE -WILL BEGIN
Commissioners Say S. P.
Service is Bad
Flyer No. 14. and Work
Train Come Together.
Preparations Being Made
for a Stubborn Fight.
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