COTTAGE GROVE
C O TTA G E GROVE, OREGON. SATURDAY, M M ;
VOL. X IX
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MORE CLERKS NEEDED
Work in the Land Office
Away Behind.
INCREASE IN NUMBER OF ENTRIES
An Enthusiastic Meeting.
The Western Oregon Lumber
Manufacturers1 Association held an
enthusiastic meeting in this city
last Friday which was largely at
1907.
NO. 11
A MOST SUCCESSFUL MEETING
Qf the Willamette Valley Development
terest discussed was relative to bet-
Held Here Wednesday.
tended by outside lumbermen.
One of the chief questions of in-
comes
Next
Month
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In a letter to United Stales A t
torney William C
Hi istol today,
Francis J. Heney announced his
j intention o f coming to Oregon to
I ptosecute land fraud defendants as
soon as iho situation at San Fran
cisco permits. This is expected to
be about the middle ot July, al
though it is believed by many per
sons that Mr. Heney will be in
Portland on Monday folio., ing July
4th-
After the acquittal ot Ringer
Hermann in Washington last spring
Mr. Ileney announced lii h desire lo
come to Portland to piosecute the
League
ter transportation facilities and a
committee was appointed to meet
with the representatives of the vari j
ous commercial bodies to lake steps
in the interest of the proposed Rose-
burg-Coos Bay railroad.
It was decided to address a peti Col. E . K. Holer, of Salem Re-elected P re s id e n t and
tion to the state railroad commis
F . H. Rosenberg, of Cottage G rove, S ecre tary.
sion asking them to place in force a
M uch E n th u s ia s m S h o w n .
ruling that a book must be kept at
all the stations o f the various rail
roads showing the car calls placed
with them and the date the cars
The Annual Convention and bus Leagues of in, stab and urged the
were furnished; destination and a l l 1 mess meeting o f the Willamette people to ("iituiue to ask and de
matters relative to car calls which Valley Development League win niaml "I the National Congress
book must be open for the inspec- held in this city last Wednesday sitfli«n nt appropriations for the i in -
tiou of all shippers during business md a goodly number of developed provement of our limbers and riv-
hours. It was also decided to ask from all over the state were in at ere.
GOV. CHAMBERLAIN AMONG THE SPEAKERS.
Entrymen Indignant Over the Out
rageous Treatment-- Papers on
File Many Months.
ADER
O t*l°°
OUR TIMBER FUTURE
Exhaustion Looked For in
Thirty Years.
WIDENING DEMAND FOR LUMBER.
Mammoth Trees Will Disappear For
all Time to Come— Timber Des
tined to Raise in Valua.
former commissioner of the land of
In regard to the growing demand
Congestion of timber land and
fice, who is indicted in several land
lor
Oregon timber lauds, VV. T .
homestead entries in the United
fraud cases but who will he tried
Burney,
ex-register o f the United
States Land Office in Roseburg has
for his part in the Btun Mountain
States Land Office at Oregon Citv,
grown from bad to worse. Six
conspiracy ease in which Senator
says:
weeks ago when Special Inspector
Pierce Mays, George Sorenson and
“ The olrl settlers thought the
N. J.
O ’Brien
arrived
from
Willard N. (ones were convicted
timlier
lands of Oregon were all ta
Denver for the announced purpose
last summer.
ken
up
when I was in office, twen
of assisting to relieve this conges
Mr. Heney did not refer in his
ty years ago, hut they know noth
tion, there were on file in the land all the various commercial bodies tendance
Hon B. I'
.Jones of liulepen- j letter to what part tie would pltsy
ing ot tno exteut and future value
office H50 entries. Thursday morn to address similar petitions.
The convention was called to or donee being absent, his subject, in the ease <>! Louis B. Glass, the
of these lands. At that time mill
ing when Inspector O ’ Brien left for
A unanimous motion was adopt- der it 2:.‘10 p. in. by President - The Battle lor an Opi n River,” telephone man, whose trial for
men would consider only the tall fir
Oakland, Calif., pursuant to a ed which met with the hearty ap- Hinds of the Commercial Club, and Wvi ably p .seated by Col. Hofer
bribery comes up this week in San !
adjacent
to navigable stream». N o w
transfer order from the Interior De proval of all the mills connected was turned over to Col. H. E. Hofer (^0| Hofer i- tn enthusiastic be I Francisco, [t ispopulaily believed
every
legal
subdivision, no matter
partment at Washington, there were with the association to reduce cut President ot the League.
C. J - , liever i ti water . \ i as a means of |
Geiiey will turn the case-
I
how
far
from
streams or railroads,
on file 925 entries, an increase o f to 60 per cent of the pres nt out- Howard, on helinlt o f tlie Club wel transportation, and lie says lie be over to Hiram Johnson to prose
is
eagerly
filed
on, and that entry-
75. J. M. Lawrence, receiver of put so as to meet the outlook of corned the delegates, which whs
although
no such inlofiualion
re 1
believes the
only way cute,
to solve
the
nun are not particular about the
the land office says there is no im the present ear supply in eight a
eponded t.. lo < ol Hofer, who
l:; .¡, t, , ,
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shortage *,:,s ***** 8***° " nl publicly
by Mr
size of the tree» either. They will
mediate relief in sight, as the In it was the opinion that the number penally thanked the ladies for the ¡s
build water ways
and open «*e,,ey
U Fib should
d«> this i1 1
terior Department has made no pro of care that could be reasonably ex- nnnv beautiful Mowers and hand the river for transportation, that wo,,ld give him an opportunity to take upland that is covered with
second growth saplings, as these
vision for extra clerks needed to pected judging from past experi- s me decorations.
, the railroad companies are mortally :
trees have a nun ket value they did
clear away the lield-up entries.
In addition to prosecuting tin
ence would be all that would be
In Mie absence of Walter Lyon, afraid of water tirnsportution, and
not have tweuty years ago.
" T i m e and again we have urgent supplied to move thin proportion of the League -eeretary,
Mr. I E. I L , nil that is necessary lor the people I C:IH® “ 8a‘ ust Hermann, Mr. Heney
" T h e limber lands of tha North
ly requested the Interior Depart the cut. As the mills at present in Rosenberg, of this city, was chosen of Eugene and Cottage Grove to do. will also prosecute I!. A. 1 toot ti mu
west are really of limited area, con
ment to prov’ .le for extra cletks so the association represent a yearly secretary pro teni.
is to build a steamboat and anchor i E°rmer I nited States Attorney John
sidering the widening demand for
that these entries could be disposed output of one hundred and twenty-
On motion the president app lint- it somewhere in the river, and the A. Hall. None ot these cases can
lumber, and 1 look lor their entire
o f , ’ ’ said Receiver Lawrence today, five million feet it can readily be ' ed the follow mg committees;
'car shortage would
immediately be tried before July because <>1 the exhaustion within the next thirty
" b u t eacU time we have been in seeu what this GO per cent reduction
lack of government
hind«
The
On Nominations— I). M. C.Gault I cease.
years, in the light o f the present
formed that there are no funds
now
appropriation
becomes
eff.etive
o f Cot t a g i Grove, J. B. McNeil, of
will amount to.
T. K. Campbell of this city,
'
denuding
of the forests at the
available for such a purpose. While
Marshfield, \V. C Hawley, of S v ¡chairman of the railroad commis July 1 and will be apportioned by'
' | hands of the loggers.
Timber,
Mr. O ’ Brien is a competent Inspect
the middle of the month — Journal therefore, is destined to go up in
lent.
sion told wlmt the commission is
or, an incpector was not required in
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! price, as the supply lessens, and mi-
On Resolutions— D. J. DuBruille,
I doing, and Ihm Loui
Barz.ee of
this case; we needed extra clerks,
m r
r T D r i l i k k i i n c ‘ *'"iS ! ° me substitute is discovered
ol Cottage Grove, Louis Barz.ee, of Roseburg, told about Hie Eloctri
IN V fc lL lN tl
C E K E M O N l f c j l ' n the meantime, there will be little
and have needed them for months, The Senior Class This Year Numbers Roseburg; L- H. Rosenborg, of
¡spirit of Roseburg and Coos Bay
I or no available building material in
but just when we are going to get
54 — Senator John W. Gearin De i Cottage Grove.
them would be difficult to propheav.
Ifmi. Peter Logie of North Bend ! The Woodmen of the World to Honor ' ^ " A M h e
time - ,
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On Electric Railroads— R. B.
livers the Address.
was present, ttci poke briefly of
e same time concrete and
Inspector O ’ Brien merely repeated
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i Shelton, o f Portland; J, A. Jham- tin ....... . 1 tui resources Of co os |
the Memory ol Clay E
j steel, is coming into favor among
the work o f previous inspectors,
builders, and the shortage of lum
The
thirty-first autiual Com- hers, of Cottage G rove; Peter L<>-
Bay and its excellent harbor, con I
Analaul
i her limy not be felt so acutely as
approving entries that long ago mencement of the University o f Or- gie, of North B old,
tending that Coos Bay could and
| I lie trees are cut down. It will
underwent investigation and should egon was held Wednesday morning.
On liquides <J. J. Howard, ol
id g
I t ike about fifty years for the young
have been expedited to patent. The graduating class, numbering Cottago Grove; J. U. Campbell, of would be made <>ne of the deep sea I Tomorrow the local F
cedars to become available for piles
I the Woodmen o f the world,
Now, I suppose, instead of allowing 54, was addressed by Senator John Oregon city ; J G. Graham, of S'i- baibors of l i e world.
and poles, the second growth may
(
’
itele
Alter the reports of the various\ Panie'i h* its " »x ih a r y , the
us clerks, the Interior Department M. Gearin, of Portland.
become available for these purposes
Of his leur
coinmill.es and the election ot of-1 wi" « " ,0 r,,," s" J k where the cer- ui the course ut time. The mam-
will detail still another inspector to address, and that of
President I President Hofer introduced Con
fie rs, the Convention adjourned. [ em o«y of unveiling nv, r the o n e moth Gees will disappear forever,
go over the work that has already Campbell’ s the Register says
gressman W. C. Hawley,
who
n E mil the land upon which they now
and
i reception and banquet was ■f • heir departed Neighbor
been done ”
" H e said he did not come to offer spoke on the subject o f " T h e Pub-
\nalauf, will be performed
The
""1
be changed intoagricttl
held
in
I
lie
Commercial
Club
rooms
T o say that entrymen, whose pa advice, because advice is not well lie Laud Policy of the Future,” in
ceremony will take place
t t 2
, " ri1 nr « “ * * ' " « lands, and iucreas-
ce
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p
in
which was greally enjoyed.
pers have been on file for many received, and those who are in a p j-
hic ti It« stated that after thor
iu value as the years go b y .”
and all brothels sisters, Iransi ut
advice are usually not
, ,
months, are indignant over such sition to . * give
r* •
Duiillg both so, ions of the Con
v
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oughly investigating til« mutter it
brelli' ien and the i ill/.' ns generally
However, lie
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SILK CREEK ITEMS.
outrageous treatment is putting it disposed to give.
pointed out some o f the things that waH hls "M'non, and also the opm vention the Cottage Grove quar- are respect full v i n / i P d i o l i e pris-
mildly. When Inspector O ’ Brien do the work of advice; the traditions ion o f
Seeietaiy
Bonaparte at tette was heal'd in a number of sc- ent-
Mrs. A. 1) Owens and children
was detailed here six weeks ago, it o f the University, conscience aud I Wailiington, tb it Uio law regard- lections. Thus closed one ol the
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relumed the first of the week from
was expected that entries would be patriotism.
jDg the
Railroad Land Grants most succes ful meetings held by
u,.
r i
n
visiting friends in Lynx Hollow.
Wins Failing Prize.
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expedited to patent. Failure to
The traditions of the University | ^
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w „ ulil be enforced, com the Willamette Valley Development
Mr. and Mrs. John Dmnewood
call
for
M
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—
men
who
will
work
T
realize this expectation and the
iiiv friends ol Mis, An who have been at Dalon for several
for the highest ideals, and for hoe pelimg Hie : idroads to sell the | League, and no doubt much good toinett« m Bui
d|i-k «if till ciiy join is week are on the creek agaiu.
gloomy
prospect o f many more est work.
will come of it.
lands to settlers it 42.50 per acre.
congrntubitiug her <ni li. r mice ss
Prof. 1 j . G. Paap left for Port
weeks and probably months of wait
Patriotism demands not only men
Representative.). U. Campbell
The now officers are:
in winning the first pi j/ kn.iwn as land Saturday evening.
ing, has aroused the harshest criti to fight for the country a honor, of Oregon City, on " T h e Equities
President— 1C. Hofer, of Salem. th« Failing prize of 515(1 in the
Elder B (5. Tabor visited friends
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cism o f the Interior Department, but men who will enter the politics
Secretary— F. H. Rosenburg, of senior oratorical cont'st at the U. lure the last of the week.
of
the
nation,
not
as
professional
,
,
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of O. last Tuen'lay evening.
Miss
liven those who have heretofore
politicians, but as citizens.
Young, of the U of O. of Eugene, Cottage Grove.
Mrs. M IV Babcock and son E d
IbiriF L’s subject was " T h e lili ;ht
justified the Department's delays on
He closed bis address by wish on "O regon University and State
Treasurer— Walter Too*;, o
of precedent" ami was «1 liver« I in ward and <1 iss Alice Wbeeler Imve
the ground of needed investigation ing the graduates the best of good Development,” were
listened to Falls C tv.
a clear, sweet, declamatory style. returned from Eugene where they
do not hesitate now to join in the tortune, success in their future lile w ,[|, interest, both gentlemen put
I’ll® second piize known as tic attended tin- commencement exer-
The following resolutions were
profession tbev might en
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denunciation of the gross injustice whatever
Hickman pii/eof Jlllll was won by eis« . of tbe I J. of ().
ter
ting forth some good points and adopted by the Convention ;
being clone to hundreds of appli
Max Ilandman of Porilaii'l.
J’lie
Mrs Mary Bunch and Elder Bab
Where.'is, the requirements r the
Prof. P. L. Campbell, in present
suggestions for tbe development of
cants with honorable intentions.
jiidi'cn were Rev. .Mae II Wallace er > k mid w if« were guests of Mrs.
Wllhimctte
Vallpy
(¡emaml
additional
Unfortunately, however, the entry- ing the diplomas to the graduate:. Oregon.
railway facilities to tidewater as well ol Detroit, Me In. an, Rev Her* W . N. Wheeler Wednesday,
Alter a brief talk by lion. Thos. as to tii«* terminals of the trans«*onti- belt Johnson of Mu -s■«Jiusetts a id
men have but one alternative, and offered some excellent words of ad
Public school closes Friday, the
that is to await the gracious pleas vice. He was not speaking as a Kay, of Salem, President Kerr, of nentiil niilnuulH nt Portland. Oregon, Judge Slater of tin - 11 >r-•iii' court exercises will be held the evening
valedictorian
he
said,
for
there
is
ure ot the maladministration at
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of the 2y»h.
the Oregon Agricultural College I " " y , lln .i.-otri.- ..... hash.«,, of Oregon.
at Washington.— Roseburg Review. no need of a valedictory, the grad
was
called,
and
spoke
intereHtinglv
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in
ItnsidnirK
toCno
liny
uates are not saying “ good bye”
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U. OF 0. COMMENCEMENT.
and going far away, but they are » 1 1 ^ work o l th. O . A . C . , and j w.'.’IVr hlrli'.'.'! ®n.i’
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simply passing into the further its relations to the development ol
W licreas, th« construction of said
The Leader acknowledges an in- [ work of tbe uuiversity; that of grad the commonwealth.
I Uni* ii <" i«ude»l throughout the Wll-
' IftmeM« Valley would give nil out lot
vitation to attend the Fourteenth i uate work in the commonwealth of
EVENING
SESSION
and facilitate III« HlilpinclitH <if tile
Oregon.”
Annual Chatauqua assembly to be I
products « I <.nc of the riclicsl valleys
Tim Chi istian Church was nlie>l j in tii world which lias hei.tofore
Miss Louisa Antoinette Burdick
held at Gladstone Park, Oregon
been hampered by the lack of ade-
City, July 9 to the 21st inclusive, j and John Currin Yeateh of this sity l . overflowing at the evening se , quale transportation facllitieH, and
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A number of piuminent ladies and ! were among the graduates receiving sion, a number of ladies being pres-
\fter music by tho orchestra, >• le .-11 ilioud from «
»> Hay «"
gentlemen are on the program in tbe degree o f Bachelor of Arts, and ent.
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and from Koseburg '<>
,m )in,
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cluding Congressman Hawley, Hon. I many of their friends and relativca Governor Geo. G .Chamberlain wa ( ,.t, , .
and
spoke on
th *« ■"
Frank S. Regan of Illinois, Rev. here attended the commencement introduce«!
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the entire Western 11
‘ Cause of Progress,
stating tlia>
Dr. Landrith of Bellmont College, : exercises.
win i
He- I .«I of «
Nashville, Tenn., Misa Jennie F. ' At the Alumni banquet Wedncs one of the main causes for tbe grea'
lainette Valley now coni,:’ ii a siirplu
day
evening,
Mr,
Veatcb
responded
progress
being
made
in
Oregon,
is
W . Johnson, the contralto soloist |
000 U hi«*ll MlI«I lw* iwl-
of .
|»l;in*i| to tin* l»fitt«*rilH*nt
o f Chicago, Miss Lillian Tingle to the toast, "Student Life at the due largely to the Lewis and Clark Viint.
ii»l t hr people, tlirnrforr
He has won laurels Exposition, that being
the first ’ 1''
and Mrs. Lucia Faxton Additon, University.”
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Valle.
president of the State \V. C. T. U. as a debater during his college great effort of the people of Oregon
days, having won in tbe State do- in advertising their great state to' D« v i 1 •' ■ 1 I • n- ■ •" • •
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hereby dedal
There were 2,000 cases of mea-1 . bating
league, MM also at Sait tbe world, the retail ol wbicb is
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nles in Pendleton during tbe spring, Lake at the Inter State league. n«>w sla ving itself. He also spok' i-!* L1- t
but nearly all were light and the making Oregon champion ot the encouragingly of the great good
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fatalities were few.
Northwest.
, being done by the Development
(Coutlnii 1 to second pnguj
i
Chatauqua.
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