COTTAGE 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
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CYPUAM UCC
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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
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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-
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las) Kernling..............
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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
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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
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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
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! 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
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; 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 !
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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
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BFLO S.
SHOES and GROCERIES.