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About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1907)
COTTAGE GROVE LE A D E R tOTTAGE GROVE P U B L ISH KL) KVKKY S A T U R D A Y . B Y T H K LKADK K IH B L1S H IN U CO Entered at the t'ottaue (; rove postofflce as sec ond cTa»s matter. HUB8CKIPTION* BATES One Year • 91.00 ttlx Months .75 Three© Months . . . .50 I paid tu advance but If not so paid a lu ll ■ 'rm rate of $2.00 per year will be charged. Advertising rates made known on application ported, Mr. Harriman has crew« of Distribution of apples are to be Cottage Grove with their excellent series of literary and musical cuter | surveyors actively at work takiug made to tbe passeugers. This is a taiuments, having engaged the | possession o f all possible routes substantial character of advertising , Christian church building for the j across thn Cascades and central that connot help but bring results. coining winter. The first number being Don. Oregon, in order to forestall the construction of a railroad by any Wreck on the 0. & S. E. Jo'eph G . Camp of Georgia, one of the leading orato.s of the day who body else. will speak here Oct. 18th; season T h e O. A S. E. Railroad had a W e do not believe that be can tickets with reserved seats on sale small wreck Monday morning. A thus hold those routes, or any route at the Express office, over eighty that he does not actually use, as number of cars loaded with logs seats having been already engaged, against any other corporation that were switched on at tlio new camp don’t delay securing. will use them or any ol them. If of the Brown Lumber Co. On cross- it now be tbe law, whether statute ing the switch one car which was or court-made, that a survey, a se loaded heavier on one side than on ENTERI’KI s T/IBANDDNEI). (Continued from first page.) lection and a claim, by one corpora tbe other, lost its equilibrium and is 50 per ceut greater than the tion, will bold a pass or natural the logs were thrown off, some One thing that the people of Ore Southern yellow pine mill rate. route so that it cannot be used by against tbe car behind, so that the! gon, and o f other parts of the WHY RATES ARK HAISUD. any other corporation, then that law cars were derailed. The track w a s ; country, too, must see about doing, “ These are the actual conditions ; torn up for a short distance, other cannot be changed too quickly. A in some way, is to prevent any rail law that would authorize or allow wise no damage done. Cables were j which confront the lumbermen of road corporation from seizing and one railroad magnate thus to keep secured and the car reloaded with j Southern Oregon, ns well as Ore holding natural and strategic rail all railroads out of a great section tbe precipitated logs. A s a conse gon in general, and it is certainly road routes, not to bnild railroads o f country would be too moustrous- quence the train was several hours . not n very cheering prospect. II along them themselves, but to pre the railroads hail been bankrupt, or late in reaching Cottage Grove. ly uujust to be upheld or obeyed. vent other corporations from doing tho net earnings bail been too small If M r. Harriman attempts to | § 0 . This is one of Mr. Harrim an’s to give a fair rate of interest on Died. carry his tyranny to that extent lie favorite games, and others play it their investment, there might be will find such a revolution on bis James H . Teeters passed away at to the extent of their opportunity bauds as will make all his former 1 the residence of his son Shelby L. some excuse for the advance. Yon and ability, if it will serve their troubles insignificant. In tact, his Teeters, in the south part of the ■■ay, then, why is the rate raised? I selfish purposes. It may be a law tyrauny over Oregon has aoout city at 5:30 a. m- Oct. 8 th l ‘J07, do not know, but candidly think ful game, but it is the business of reached tbe uttermost limit o f en- j I after a very brief illness of less thnt the real reason for the advance the people’s servants, especially the is either the desire on the part of durance. H e can own and hold no than 24 hours of paralysis. courts, to put a stop to it. The the railroad to bay its structural routes that he doesn’t occupy with Mr. Teeters was born in Boon- rule ought to be that if within a material at its own price by elimina railroads — Portland Journal. ville, Mo., Sept. 29, 1834, being 73 reasonable time— and reasonable as ting competition, or it may be re years 11 days of age. He emigrated viewed by the people and cot by garded as the easiest means t" get The La Giade Commercial Club from Missouri to California at the the corporation claimant— a railroad has taken advantage of tbe fact rid if a surplus of business, which corporation does not build along a tnat the passenger trains stop there age of 19 aud from there to Idaho would ¡require considerably more ill 181,3 where he was married to selected and surveyed route, any from ten to fifteen minutes while rolling stock than they care to Miss Anna W illiam s at Idaho City, other corporation may do so. changing engines, baggage, etc. equip their lines with at its time. Dec. 8 th, I 864 aild they then came Mr. Harriinan sought by this and have erected an exhibit build As a quick and ready plan for dc- to Oregon in 1805. claim of an old survey and selection ing and before the trains reach the stioying the prosperity <>t the lum H e leaves to mourn his loss a to prevent Mr. H ill from building depot an announcement is made bermen. the intended advance rate, down the north bank of tbe Colum that all who desire to do so can get loving wife, three son», Shelby I,., however, will certainly do the busi bia, but tbe courts held that Harri- off and look through tbo exhibit James C. and George W . , all of ness. man or his grantors had slept upon hall. A locture is delivered to the which reside in Cottage Grove, and «SELLS KUIN OF INDUSTRY. two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Mitchell their rights too long, and had so passengers. Tw ice a week the “ The effect upon the country by forfeited them. O r if that was not ladieR distribute flowers to oaeli and of Pleasant H ill and Mrs. Laura this cold-blooded and coolly calcu altogether the ground of the decis every passenger and place beautiful Dootlittle of Cottage G rove and 10 lated plan of the railroads to cur grand children, as well as many tail the output of the greatest in ion, it should have been a sufficient boquets on each table in the dining dustry of the Pacific Coast will one. W hen plans had been ma car, accompanied by a card “ Com friends. The funeral took place Wedues- bring not only »lire ruin to the lum tured by the Christian Cooperative pliments of La Grande. ” On some bermen, but will throw thousands I day afternoon and was conducted company to obtain tbe property occasions they have distributed | by the Maccabees o f which Mr. of men out of employment, and its by and rights o f a line across central ruinous effects cannot but affect prunes to every passenger and Teeters wns a social member, every business man, large or small, Oregon, Mr. Harriinan stepped in placed prune jelly on each table in in the state. Eighty per cent of and bought in ahead o f them, not the dining car, accompanied by Coming Winter Attractions. the cost of lumber represents labor. to build himself, but to prevent the cards heariug “ Compliments of L a These are the conditions which con other people from invading “ bis Grande. Made from Grande Ronde ■ T h e Midland Lyceum Bureau, of front the people of Oregon today. territory” . A n d so now, it is re prunes, with Grande Rondo sugar.” j Des Moines Iowa, will again favor It almost looks liko a farce to spend SA T U R D A Y OCTOBER. 1L\ 1007. EUGENE MKIHGAL AND 8l)H(i ICAL8TAH W . Kuykendall; m u W. O. Prosser, M D. P. J. Partie, M. D. B. K. Scaieitv M |> Ì HOSPITAL 1». A . Paine, M. I). Geo. O.B. Déliai, if, E. MeDoiigal, M. j> f ur the care and treatment of Medical and Surgical Cases perafing room)and equipment- Appliances for X ray work. blood examinations fill 1 corps ui trained nurses IR\iM \<i s c h o o l Modem 14 sPut«m 4 Rales on applica,^ r o i» n u r s e s . liogiilnr course of h taros by the faeulty and practical Mfe in>. 111 the lu. pit.il. T h e ....diesi and surgical stall' <>f the |,w‘ For rates or Information » pita! const it 1 *tes t In 1 lenity. training, address Kl U Y K E N D A L L, x lS - W. K hospital or *■ ■■* Superintends«^ Or M ISS M. H. illHMSTItrjj Superintendent of Nurses.' 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References: any merchant, any bank, auy newspaper in PortUa % u % wnM of Cottage < 5 vovc » & m C ap ital Stocks $2 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0 thousand»' of dollars advertising vestments are lying absolutely idle Oregon in the East as a country of waiting for the time to come »ha great resources when tho first thing the railroads will again see fit toil- that greets the new arrival is to I low the state of Oregon to resui find that millions of dollars in in- , its natural business conditions." Auction Sale of Real Estate 10 acre Tracts «^nd T o w n Lots go at Y ovir O w n P ric e . 2 o’clock p.m. T h u rsd a y , O ctober 17, City H aJl, E u g e n e . 1 believe in the auction muthori o f handling run I estate. Tho host land investm ent I ever marie was at auction. I have been doiii*; land business in Kugono since 1882 and have bought and sold some <»1 the best property in the county by auction, Y ou cannot ‘‘K eep you r pie and eat it t o o ,' and since owners o f Florence real estate have* been ac cused o f holding j »rices too high. I have decided, for at least one day, to throw open the front door o f Lane County to all investors at Y O U R O W N PRICE. I know from experience that by doing this values o f what 1 have loft will ho largely increased. Do not think for a m om ent 1 am losing faith in Florence Heal Estate and want to ¿ret rid o f m y in vestments. Th e m oney I met from this sale will he used to take up op tions I already hold and in making im provem ents in Florence. NO JEALOUSIES. As Florence is the seaport for the whole o f Lane County, there are no petty jealousies existing between this port and inland towns. Every man, woman and child through the interior wants to see F loren ce grow into .a great seaport. Hence ALL PULL TOGETHER as one man fo r its de- ' ( l o p nnnt in otdei tin! the whole county may have the benefit of sea* port privileges in RettiiiR to market by the shortest and cheapest route its enormous products. I h< .Jiml.iu lh\,q Iniproxement Club is now organized with head- ;l" ;lrl,1" '’ •" * l" r<' " c<'- .............'«hi,. only OLOO, help develop the resources o f Lane county. FLOREN CE Miles of uew streets are being ! ify, cold E ugene to acres, which will he sold in 10 acre tracts by legal subdivisions, 9 hours. each tract being 660 feet square. ings and business houses erected, roads improved, new telephone By July I, bring new life into lines, new automobile plant doubled Florence, 8 Florence, by Nelson Creek cut-off street lights installed, new dwell storage and best of all 1908, rassengerR for lines to j Florence will Yaquina Bay and Coos Bay, lead lie carried in fol lowing time: Cooe Bay to Flor- ing sawmill increasing its capae- i ence, 4 hours; Yaqnina Day to hours; G R O W IN G Florence Owns and Controls its transportation lines, and is independent of all the world. openeil, new sidewalks laid, new T h e Carver railroad now building from Corvallis Sinslaw county. will It lies within the corporate limits whole of the town, between the Frazier The Properly to an»l Borry addition and the water the be Sold embraces the E)4 of E ) ■ Sec. 29, Tp. IS, S. R. 12 \V. 160 front, and only ten blocks from the latter. These tracts make splendid Hummer home-sites now and in a short time will grow in to great values. W e shall offer some blocks in Chicago addition to Florence, some lots on the Wa- ter front and some well located lots in Eugene car line. near the Send or call for street tographs ot Florence. Room 20 McClung Block, Eugene Oregon. Licensed Auctioneer. Terms Jft cash balance on or before 5 years at 6 per cent interest. Save this paper for further reference so yon may not forget the date and the opportunity. pho Geo. M e lvin M iller, Ow ner and Mgr. GEO. W . KINSEY, Join this d u b and
