Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915, September 21, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCOTTAGE GROVE LEAOER OL. XIX _C<M'1A( iK (ill1 )\'K. orkcon , M on hat F oukxoon . 10:1'; The no«’ movement la high hi -I ioo I teaching H. 0. Sheldon Instruction« in the Illgh ®ehool................ E, o . s I hhooh CONGRESS M onday A fternoon . 1:00 The note book problem in teaching history H. L). Sheldon Hill be Held in Eugene Three Days Next Week T uesday K obknoon . Proves a Great Boom for the West 10:15 Discipline and order In the High school.....K. o. Sissions Literature.......II. c Sampson W ednesday F orenoon . 10:15 Address..............K. O. Sissons The new course of study arranged ...................... J. II. Ackerman I W ednesday A fternoon . 1:U0 Address......... .11. C . Sampson A Large Corps ol Lecturers and In structors and the Leading Educa tor W ill be Present. IMPETUS TO IMPROVEMENTS California's Capital City Makes a Progressive Movement by Voting A Wedding Quartette. Bonds fo: Improvements A curious wedding was celebrat ed at u small village called Trail. The Lane County Teachers In- T h e bridegrooms were the four sons The National Irrigation Congress, stitute will be held in the H igh I o f one John Summers, and the which met in Sacramento last week, School building at Eugene next | brides, whose ages ranged from 18 gave a great impetus to local im week beginning Monday Sept. 23, | to 28, were the daughters of James provement and development as well it 11:00 o’clock and lasting three j Hocbstetler a prosperous farmer, ¡as to the movement for irrigation, diys. The schools of this city w ill The eight young people had lived | forestry a” d conservation of Ihe be closed during that lim e to allow all their lives within a stone’s throw j whole resources of the country Al- the teachers to attend the institute. o f each other. I most immediately after the dose of The following is ihe list o f lect ¡the Congress, a City and County urers and instructors who will take bond election was held and bonds part, and the program: to the amount of $1,500,000 were LWTCBERH a N d INSTRUCTORH Claimants Must Prove Them More voted for roads, bridges and public j . H. Ackerman,State Superintend Valuable for Agriculture Than buildings. The majority for the ent ol Public Instruction. bonds was one of the largest in the for Timber. H. C. Sampson, Washington State history of similar elections, which College, Pullman. E, 0. Sissons, University of Wash Albany, Ore., Sept. 16.— Practi goes to show that the Capital City ington, Seattle. cally all of the homesteads in the of California has had a real awaken P. L. Campbell, president of Uni upper Calapooia district will be ing. versity of Oregon, lOugene. Sacramento was, until within the g. D. Sheldon, University of Ore contested and some have been com pelled to defend their claims before past five years, regarded as one of gon, Eugene. L. It. Alderman, Superintendent or the county clerk during the past jtlie least progressive of Pacific Schools, Eugene. week. It is reported every home Coast cities. Her people were pros L. It. Traver, Superintendent steader in that district will be called perous, in fact, the foundations of Training School, Monmoutli. W. L. Kerr, President of Oregon upou to defend his entry, and show many great fortunes were laid there cause why the name should not be but owing to the fact that the lands Agricultural College, Corvallis. Dr. J. W. Harris, County Health cancelled. It is alleged by the con of the great valley in which Sacra Officer. Eugene. testants that the lands in question mento is situated were held in great Miss Anna J. Knox, Instruct in are more valuable for timber than tracts and devoted to wheat grow [Drawing, Portland. Dr. R. A. Heritage, C ollege o f Mu for agricultural purposes, and that ing, there was little opportunity for the claimants are fraudulently en growth of population in tlie country sic, Salem. deavoring to gain title to lands that and consequently little city growth. GENERAL SESSIONS. are located in the Calapooia moun Recently there lias been a marked M onday F orenoon . 9.00 Music................ R. A. Heritage tains and cannot possibly be used change. The wheat lands are be 930 The recitation...... L. R. Traver for agricultural purposes. ing irrigated and sold in small M oxdayi A f te r n o o n . The cases are being bitterly con tracts for intensive farming and 2:00 Drawing..................Miss Knox. tested and much interesting testi fruit culture. The power resources Training lor character....E. O. Sissons mony is being introduced. The of nearby mountain streams are be Address......................I*. L. Campbell original claimants to these lands ing utilized. New industries are T cesdav F orenoo n . 9;00 Music................. R. A. Heritage made proof on the same about a springing up, railroads are building 9:.'K) Discipline.............. E. O. Sissons year ago aud have been unable to ami a new order ol things prevails. TU CONTEST HOMESTEADS T uesday A f te r n o o n . 2:00 Agriculture for boginners ................................. W. J. Kerr Impression o f the N. F. A. ..............................H. D. Sheldon Some things a teacher needs H. C. Sampson W ednesday F orenoon . 9K> i Contagious diseases............ ........................Dr. J . W . Harris V::i0 School and home.............. ..........................L. It. Alderman W ednesday A f te r n o o n . N O . 22 HIOH SCHOOL SUCTION U N E COUNTV INSTITUTE fine pro gram SATURDAY,8EPTBMBBB *1, 1(01 j per cent of the gross earniugs of these companies, under the act of the legislature of 11105, together with interest at Hi« rate of 6 per cent from December 31, lDOli. A t torney (leueral Crawford is pre paring the complaints and will file them iu the Circuit Court for M ult nomah county within a few days. The amount ol fees due Irotn the Standard Oil Company, represent ing 3 per cent of its gross earnings in this state for the year ending December 31, 1906, is $2,119.08; and from Welle, Fargo Express, $3- 778,37. These companies have filed their reports showing their earnings fo r the period covered, iu conform ity with the law, hut the Union Oil Company ha; eveu neglected to make a report to the State Treasurer and it will be sued for compliance with the law in this respect as well as for its share of lees due, with in terest. . Several mouths ago Attorney General Crawford instituted an action against the Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company aud tho Sunset Telephone Company upon similar grounds, and this suit is still pendiug. TO BE REORGANIZED. At the recent meeting of the Or egon Press Association held at Sea side it was decided to reorganize the association upon wholly differ ent lines from those governing it at the piesent time, and a meeting for this purpose will be held in Port land in January. The attendance at the meeting just held represent ed but a small part of the tnanypub- lications in the state, Quite likely some were unable to attend, owing pressure of office work and a lack of help, but many who might have been present at this, and former sessions of the association, have been quite indifferent. There should be .* “ getting together" ol the edi tors and publishers of the local newspapers ot Oregon, not only in a social way. but from a busiuess standpoint, for in •<> doing they can accomplish much for themselves. An i iteichange o f ideas and the discussion of matte’ s pertaining to the newspaper work w ill result in improving and advancing every publication represented, and we have their proofs approved suffici The National Irrigation Congress hopes that, the reorganization o f the ently to warrant the derailment in was the first National Convention Oregon Press association, should it be perfected in January, may build issuing a final receipt or patent to to meet in Sacramento ami t he on a broader, more definite, and them as entry men I people rose as one man to meet the withal, a more representative basis The testimony given before the occasion, enthused not alone by Ihe than at present exists. Such an county clerk will be extended and prospect of entertaining many dis organization should mean much to forwarded to the United States land tinguished men, hut more hy the every publisher and editor iu the state, and they should personally office at Roselmrg, for judgment opportunity to further the splendid ' give.it active support and earnest and in the event o f their verdict be objects of the Congress. Tho fund ^„„„¡deration. — H x k ! River News ing unsatisfactory tho matter may raised within the city for this pnr-1 letter, be appealed to the department of pose amounted to $45,000 or one FROM ALL OVER STATE Item s of Interest in a Condensed Form TA K E N CPDM r n U lfl CYPUAM UCC t A* A N u fc o whom she married a year ago, ar rested for beating her, but acknow ledged that she had been married twice before, had struck and slap ped her husband on the face and threatened to kill him, and bad hid den bis team so that be oould not find it; but he was ‘ ‘bound over.” Tillamook Headlight; The way to kill off the salmon industry is to stock up the rivers with trout. It is a well known fact to those who have ,aken ,he troul,le to inv‘“sl'- gate, that it is the trout that are ____ ____ i destroying the salmon industry, for I they follow the salmon into the Resume of the Week's Local Hap- I spawning grounds and devour the eggs directly they are laid. But penntngs of the State and County this is not all. T h e treut devour Briefly Told. the young salmon fry by the mil lions. A ll the Oraud Konde valley hay Milton Eagle: There is a possi has been bought up at $12 a ton. bility that a Milton man may soon A fire that burned a Crook coun apply for a patent on a huckleberry ty straw pile also destroyed 18 pigs. picking machine. The efficiency of A Gilliam county little girl was the apparatus has been demonstrat shot and badly wounded b y her ed, and the only thing lacking to brother while he was out shooting make it a bowling success from at squirrels with a rifle. The old start to finish is a huckleberry story of children with guns, though patch large euough to accommo date the shebang when it is thor many of them are worse. oughly warmed up to its work. A n Irrigon man killed a pelican near his store that measured eight When not swiping berries by the feet from tip to tip. He was tryins quart or gallou, as the case may be, to get into the merchant’ s chicken it can be used as a hat rack, a ear- pet stretcher or a churn. coop, probably to lay an egg, but pelican eggs are not in demand, Dallas is growing more rapidly says the Irrigator. than at any time in her past history, With all this The shortage of cars is the one say the Observer. bane ot the lumber and shingle men growth and development it seems a in and around Raiuicr, «ays th e ! P 'iy ‘ hat her principal industries— Review. While the ocean going [ sawmills—should be compelled lioals carry away vast qnautities of to close down on account of a lack material, the shortage of cars intei- of cars to move their products. fereB very materially with eastern F. H . Hopkins, proprietor of the shipments. Showy Butte orchard near Central Staytou Mail: John Lake states Point, has closed a deal for his that he was present when the crop crop of Winter Nellis pears at a of oats on an acre o f land on the price which probably breaks the farm o f Ed. Wolf, K in g ’ s prairie, record for that variety o f pears. was threshed, ard that the product Mr. Hopkiue has 16 acres of N ellis of the acre was 103 buohels. One and the recent crop brought him head contained 206 grains by count. $19[000 or about $1200 an acre. Dayton Optimist: An eastern capitalist said t’> tho writer recent ly, ‘ ‘Yamhill county offers the best field for investment that I have found in the west, and if it is pos sible to clo^e out my interests I will certainly return lu re to spend the rest o f my life.’ ’ Sixty Dunkard families have farmed land this season in Butte creek valley clustering about their new town, Macdocl, which i“ three miles from Mount Hebron. One hundred and ten more families are coining from the e i«t this tall, for they have already purchased their land. Salem Journal: T h e hop-pick ing season is practically ended, as the rain put a period on the busi ness, aud that meant a full stop. I t is quite certain now that the crop will not exceed 60 per cent o f the first estimates, and may run con siderably below that. The quality, however, is said to be good, and the picking to be much cleaner than usual. Hops, however, are firm, firmer if auytbing, at 8 cents. A Salem man who drove to M c Minnville yesterday says not half the hops along the road are picked. Many fine yards are still unpicked, and are being picked upou orders and sales at 7 and 8 cents. The warehouses at Weston are now filled to the bnrttiuglin.it with baled bav, with hundreds of tons yet to be hauled iu. The crop ol all kinds o f hay iu that productive district was very heavy this year and the farmers are receiving good prices. There is a scarcity o f cars for immediate shipments. Albany Herald; Because he stole the interior for review. J. A . Bu | dollar for every man, woman and a pair ol shoes from lyverett Cham chanan of Roseburg, appears for ¡child in the city, probably the berlain, ot Lebanon, Harry Jones, the contestant aud the contcstees ! largest tier capita subscription ever I tn reply to numerous . inquiries a youth of 18 years, is now serving are being represented by Attorney made by any city for any similar i received from many sections of the a thirty day sentence iu the county Scobey «U Moulton, of Portland. A [event. This was supplemented by state, Attorney-General Crawford jail. Jones was arrested in Lebanon lias given nu opinion in which he large number of witnesses appeared !$10,000 contributed by counties gives an interpretation of the act last Saturday and pleaded guilty in M onday F orenoon . in behalf of both coutestee and con and individuals elsewhere iti the providing for the animai school dis- Justice Burtensliaw’ s court to the 10;! ’ Wlmt the teacher should testant. The original entrymen al 1 State. The work ol promotion o c-1 trlct tax levy, holding that a dis- know about the child........... A Klamath comity woman 3O theft o f the shoes. H e began serv lege that the contest is a conspiracy cuoied eight months and cost very , trict may hold an election at any years old had her husband, aged 2I ing his sentence Saturday night. O. 1 ' ‘ llarR a n d : time during the year and vote the Heading................. ...L. R. backed by prominent Portland cap nearly twenty thousand dollars and | Ume dnrmg th. year taken at the first i • .-r tax or the action take M ommy A f tk r n o o n . italists and timlier speculators to the results far more t lan juh.i it ■ , ejectfon may be rescinded at a sub- - 'i'- - ¿I'-1 if /¡» las) Kernling.............. r . ! election and a now rate of thus gain the title to some of the I the expenditure. i 1 EM MAY K orevoov . The voting of the bond". $1.500,- jovv made, providing the notice of most valuable of iandu situatod in i . 11_L.>w1n nl tlin I 'nun • 10:15 Phonetic drill... ...L. r . Traver (X)0, means that every main road in change is in the hands ol the Coun that section. k. F Mimic................ ty Clerk prior to January 1 in order A list of those contested and the Sacramento County will be macada- I i esfmy A fternoon . that the correction may be made Numbers.-............. ...L. R. Traver cases set for hearing before the niized from county line to oouut) and the levy extended upon the W ednesday F orenoon . county clerk is as follows: John J. ¡line. It means that every bridge tax roll. ■’N o time is arbitrarily fixed for a Compulsory education.......... Klepser vs. Bernard Kelly, Thomas ¡and culvert on these roads will be ........................... J. H. Ackerman A . Powell vs. Andrew King, Ezra of cement steel or stone. It means I school district to hold an election Attor- ■ ©I a new Courthouse for v o tin g taxes" says the Attor- Some things a teacher should A. Sutton vs. NelsS. Fenne, Oscar the erection ” G I oev-General in the opinion, wbich '*'•.....................L. 1). Alderman vs. , Jerome Devine, John and jail, which with the magnifici . R(Jdrf.sse<l to District Attorney G „ Edwards _______... W ednesday A fternoon 8cliool Hygiene L R Alderman * Cunningham vs Henry Ktuhlman. .state Capitol and the new City Had w _ |»ile|pWi „ ( Pendleton. “ It can (JO T O Oscar Edwards yb . Peter McNar>, 1 now b eing built at a cost of $300, be he]d at any time providing it ADVANCED SECTION Reuben W . Marsters vs. Michael H. 000 comprise one ol the finest sets ¡does so in time to notify the County M onday F orenoon . prior to January 1. Under Marsters vs. of public buildings to be found in | Clerk the general rule that the power | W ith y o u r P ro d u c e 1°J*> Composition.... H . C. Sampson Tracy, Horace U- William Teabo, Frank G. Micelli any city of the west. a n d K x c h îk n K e fo r which creates can destroy or undo, Children's Interest in geog ___________________ ! the school district has the right un raphy teaching...H. D. Sheldon [ vs. James Fitzpatrick, Madge B. • a r*___ . „ 1 ; . . . I <ler the law to rescind the vote if, I M onday A f t e r n o o n . | Buchanan vs. Frances J. Tracey, the opinion of the majority of 1:00 Composition.. . H. D. .Sampson i Melanctbon McCoy vs Antwine ----- — — ; the voters, it is considered for the j T i ' f . sdat F orenoon Separate suits are to lie brought | best interests o f the district. After 1 ,(|J5 History.............H. C. Sampson DuPre.v neparaie , *h« OMetiOff a certified copy o f the • in the name of the state against be ha| w,th lhe nolire of the ! . •. — * - * |.......* " * * ■ " ' 'riie ■ *•*» » •“ “ * fall altogether stand »rd Oil Com pany,'he Wells, new ,eTy WOuld he sufficient for the Uthlral Ideas in school................ 00 tl,C fie,a Fargo Express Company and th e; CoUDty clerk »0 disregard the first | ..................................... o . Sissons' when it gets on Hie neid. 1 Union Oil Company for the collect- notice and a c t upon the second, pro »fy »J e »♦/ The advance.) section will meet , t..wards bea ¡0„ 0r foe« due the state as three tiding it is done before January . | " n w l l ^ a y ^ #nU ,,r" ‘mry "e' tl° n"| vcn?fUyou'turn your back on truth HOLD ELECTION ANYTIME. 29K) Some unsolved educational problems........... J. H. Ackerman Wlmt's worth while............. ........................... H. U. Sampson COUNTRY AND PRIM ARY SES- IONS i FARMERS PE A R C E Suits Against Corporations, jn J BFLO S. SHOES and GROCERIES.