COTTAGE GROVE LEADER
fOL. X!X
^O nALh
ou gh and exhaustive series ot tests
have been made by J. B. Knapp,
SUCCESSFUL
MEETING
OKOVK. QUI.CUN, S A T U R D A Y , OCTO BER 19
l'.inT
NO. 20
J
FOR A PROSPEROUS TOWN
Engineer in charge at the Univor- 1
sity of Oregon Testing Station
In i
the preparation of the report, con- 1
siderable collateral data will be Let
used, and Mr. Knapp is now in
I lug, on the petition, the title of the
bill which was sought to be re-
I ferred.
The State Supreme Court in its
decision
by which the degree o f
Lveryone Patronize
Home Institutions and
Judge Galloway was reversed, held
Merchants, and Thus Keep the Dollar at
in substance; “ The purpose o f a
W ashingtou preparing his material.
petition for the referendum is to
Home and in Circulation.
T h e demand throughout the state i
identify a particular enactment of
for the correspondence work now
the legislature which the petitioners
being offered by the University of I
Two impoitant matters are a g i-! iug made in Chicago; other goods desire to have referred to the people
O regon is greatly surpassing the ex­
pectation o f its most sanguine sup- [ tating the mind of the business man ¡are bought o f agents when no op- — a question of identity not of leg ­
islation.
porters. In a number o f towns the; today, and as is always the case ! portunity is given to see what the
some
eee
no
harm
can
come
from
!
goods
are
until
they
have
been
pnr-
The initiative and leferendum
teachers are forming clubs and car­
The Western Oregon Lum
ber Manufacturers’ Assn.
PASS SOME RESOLUTIONS
UNNATURAL
MOTHER
Tries to Ruin her 12 Year
Old Daughter
IN COUNTY JAIL AT EUGENE
rying on work under the direction them, while others think they Bee chased, and there is no redress tor amendment to the constitution,
which reserves to the people the
power to propose laws and amend­ With a Youny Man Named Clyde Hast­
ments to the constitution, is self-ox-
ings She Attempts to Cause Her
ecuting and needs no legislation to
Daughter's Downfall.
women who have found it impos­
on the question of the advisability chants themselves do not seem to define the rights ot citizenship.”
sible to attend college are taking!
of adopting a Parcels Post system appreciate it. They too, are remiss
The Supreme Court therefore up­
A luge and well attended mee‘ - the w ork. To begin with, only a f other than that which is iu force at in their duty to the town iu which
held tho contention that the State
A woman g ivin g the name of
small number of courses are being
ing of the Western O regon L u m ­
present, but in the matter ot the I they live, sometimes. They Some- Grange hail put forth all along, Mrs. Lyuch, and a man named
offered,
such
ns
English
classics
and
ber Manufacturers Association wns
Mail Older business, we have yet times Bend out of town tor their that the legislature iu undertaking Clyde Hastings, were arrested by
Shakespeare, English history, Ped-
held at the office o f the Secretin y
to see the fust one to speak in favor \ needs, which could be had just as to hedge about the operation of the Marshal Snodgrass on Sunday,
on Friday the 11 inst. A num ber sg o g y , Algebra, etc., but others of them, not but what they realize j good at home, at a Blight increase initiative and rolereuduui with as charged with attempting to commit
of matters relative to the g o o d of will be added from time to time.
they are a legitimate business pro-J ot cost perhaps, which would not many quibbhug technicalities, had one o f the most atrocious crim es to
Iiugene has just voted to issue position, but because they are toy-j in most cases cover the express
the lumbermen in
general was
overstepped its authority. M ore­ be conceived. It is charged that
brought up. Tho matter o f the $300,000 in water bonds for the pur­ al to the town iu which they a re, they pay on the package of work over the opitiiou further plainly Mrs. Lynch, and a young girl o f 12
$3.10 rate to San Francisco Bay pose of securing a supply ot abso­ primed, although iu mauy cases ; ordered elsewhere. W e have had states that, “ Tile statute has not in years of age, who the woman claims
points was the principal one and lutely pure mountain water. A they are treated by their home mer- bills presented to us made out on terms enacted that there shall be a as her daughter, und the man Hast­
in the forest reserve will be chants as a kind o f a charitable in­ stationery bearing a Portland im ­ warning clause upon tho petition, ings, cume to the city aud took a
the committee appointed to look j stream
=
after the matter reported that they tapped and the water brought thirty- stitution to be sopported.
print, but should we send to a mail hut only in giving the form of the room at the old Imperial hotel and
bad engaged the services o f Mr. J. five miles by a gravity system. This
No city or town will grow as it order house for goods quoted a few petition included a warning therein that a guest occu pying a room ad-
N. Teal of Portland w ho so su c­ w ill insure to the students of the should unless every citizen is loyal cents lower than they can be pur­ ***Thia part o f the statute, is only joining, o'erh eard the man and
cessfully served the interests o f the University o f Oregon pure water to that town.
The newspapers chased for here, we should be con­ a provision of a lortn to aid in car- 1 womau endeavoring to |>erauade the
rying out a right already e x is tin g ,; young girl to submit to indignities.
Oregon <fc W ashington
Lum ber without the necessity of boiling it. have preached early and late against demned, and justly too.
Manufacturers Association in the
T h e registration o f the Univer­ the spending of money in some oth­
There are a number o f firms do­ independent of the statute and e x ­ T h e guest got up and summoned
Portland Gateway case, to look sity o f Oregon in the departments er or rival town, aud yet, all cannot ing business in this city who do pressly states that it is not manda­ Marshal Snodgrass, who broke in
the door and the situation o f the
after the interests of the A ssocia­ at Rugene, exclusive o f the School be blamed who do so, they have j not advertise at all, and some who to r y .”
So all the measures upon which trio hearing out the statement o f
tion and that the case would he o f Music, has practically reached reasons for so doing perhaps. But only do so spasmodically. They are
friendly towards the newspapers in the referendum was invoked will be the guest, the marshal placed them
brought on tor a hearing at the the 400 mark. The total enroll­ it all helps the the other place.
same time the Eastern rate was ment in all departments at the
We have all heard of the man a way, but do not seem willing to brought to a vote of the people at under arrest.
T h ey were taken to
E ugene
tried out.
present time is between 750 and who paid a dollar to his neigh boi, help to support them, yet they e x ­ the next general election aud in or­
They stated that they had re- 800. At the beginning o f Preai and he in turn paid it to another. pect, and believe it to be the duty der that every voter may be pre­ where they were tried before Jus­
wived assurances from nearly all • dent Cam pbell’s administration iu and finally the dollar was paid back of tho papers to boost tha town ear­ pared to express ail intelligent opin­ tice Brvson M onday afternoon. In
Thus the dollar ly and often, and to use their col­ ion in regard to the various meas­ speaking o f the trial the Eugene
the large mills in the W illam ette 1903 the attendance was 294. Tli9 to the original.
paid
obligations
aggregating
many umns without fear or favor, for the ures he shall lose no opportunity Register says:
Valley that they would aid iu the j present freshman class numbers al-
“ The evidence was o f a character
ease and the Secretary was directed most as many students as the total dollars. Had the dollar been paid benefit af all. Tom Richardson to inform himself in regard to them.
(¿uite a full review of the a r g u -! so dam aging that
the justice
t° have the necessary pledges pre- enrollment at that time. If the elsewhere it would have gone no secretary of the Portland Commer­
ment
in
regard
to
Com
pulsory
Bass
i
thought
it
wise
to
bind
them over
cial
Club
pays
the
following
tribute
pared and sent out at once.
1 ptesent rate of growth continues, further in that particular town. A
and the Armory Bill will he found 1 and he fixed their bonds at $400
to
the
country
newspaper:
dollar
in
time—
kept
about
home—
The following resolution was in -: it is expected the number ot stu-
“ Every year every local paper iu the annual addtess of the Master each. Th ey were unable to secure
troduced and passed by unanimous dents next year will reach Coo in will pay debts ultimately amounting
in the printed proceedings of the the bonds last night, and were
vote and it was the sense o f the ' the departments at Eugene exclu- to a large sum; but when it is spent gives from 5,000 to 50,000 free
last State G ia n g e.— Grange Bulie- sent back to jail,
lines
for
the
benefit
o
f
the
commun­
out
of
town
it
not
only
gives
the
meeting that this resolution should I sive o f music. The University oi-
tin.
The voutig girl is in Mrs. G eo.
h* pressed to a finish at the com in g fors no high school subjects, the other town tlie benefit of a one dol­ ity in which it is located. A t fair
H.
K elly’ s care and she says the
requirements (or entrance being the lar trade, but it adds that dollar to advertising rates— 10 cents a line—
session of Congress:
girl is a real nice, modest appear­
completion ot the four yesr high its capital, and then continues the this means $500 to $ 1 ,000.
No
Resolved, That this Association
ing little maiden. Mr. Lynch has
sohool course.
work a dollar lias to do.
There­ other agency can or will do this.
endorse the action of the O regon &
.,
...
,,
,,
,
been cited to appear to take charge
A Washington Lum ber M anufactu­
fore keep the dollar at home.
The Seattle I lo luce Company at
11
6
The editor, in proportion to his
rers Association iu recom m ending
Eugene
shipped
out
800
pounds
of
I
of
hi" da* « hter and iu case he fails
I f you cannot get what you meatis, does more for his home
to Congress that the powers o f the
He live poultry to B orla n d and Seattle to do so’ sh° w i" be l>rob" ,d > Ment
Interstate Commerce Commission For the November Term of the Cir- ought to have at home, purchase it town than any other man.
Wednesday and they will receive ! lo l,,e B° y 8’ a,ld U ir>M' A id Society
ought
to
be
supported,
not
because
elsewhere;
but
one’
s
natural
pride
he enlarged so as to provide that
cuit Court.
all n,,d bTOUBbt back when court se*s "
no change in existing freight rates
in his or her city should prompt you happen to like him or admire large quantities on contract
or any rates that may he hereafter
■ ' •••
The following citizens of the them to get along with such as the his writing, but because 11 local pa­ week. There seems to be a great
enacted can be changed by the Rail- !
plenty
of
surplus
chickens
in
tlie
The
partnership
o f Hofer Bros,
per
is
the
best
investment
a
com
­
city
could
supply,
and
thus
encour
roads without first obtaining the county will be called upon to do
munity can make. It may not be county this year. Nine cents is the , publishers of the Daily Capital
age
the
merchant
to
carry
a
still
sanction of the Interstate Comraerco ¡ju ry duty during the coming term:
¡Journal, which has been in exist-
ntena pre- better stock. A merchant above all crowded with great thoughts, but price being paid for tlie birds.
Commission as shown b y the rcso
L. Boring, farmer, Glenteni
financially
it
is
ol
more
benefit
than
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I
ence for the past seventeen years,
i
has
no
right
to
expect
business,
lutton in troduced by A . C. D ixon I cinct.
Molmwk
The Open River meeting at The has lieen dissolved. A. F. Hofer,
at the September m onthly meeting
L. Tnliman, funner
while he himself purchases his own both teacher and preacher. T o ­
of the above named A ssociation, ‘ " t
‘ bruhh«, farmer, Pleasant Hill small wants elsewhere,
day editors do more for less pay Dalles joined the concentrated lorce who has occupied tlie office ot man-
and he ,t further,
precinct.
Patronize o f the best workers ol Oregon, ager of the paper, retires to devote
There are mail order houses and ; than any men on earth
Walton pre
Resolved, That w e endorse the .M -P . Mabe, farmer
the like constantly sapping the fiu your home paper, not as a charity W ashington and Idaho. The im- his undivided attention to his other
action of State Railroad Com m is ;
b „ o v , carpenter. South Ku
ancial life-blood from the small but as an investmen,.” and do your provemeut ot the entire Columbia business interests, while K. H ofer,
sinner Atchinson in brin gin g this
No. 2.
Richard
towns. Local people get up clubs trading with your home merchants, River should be under continuous tho e .itor, will continue in the con-
niatter to the attention o f the Na-1 Set’ll W. Harpole, fanner,
town. contract now that the United States duct of the newspaper. It is uo-
tional Association o f Railroad C o m -1 son prêtI n c t .^ te.unHter Sollth F.u- to purchase goods elsewhere; agents ami we will have - thriving
‘u
Govermnent engineers last survey, 1 derstood that R. M. (M ax) H ofer,
nnssioners as reported in tlie Ore- gene, No. 1.
P
Willamette j take orders for custom-made cloth-1
Conian of October 10th, 1907
And
Melville Taylor, farmer,
mado in June, showed 25j / feet o f eldest son of E. Hofer, w ill assume
the Secretary is hereby ordered to
| water over the bat at lowest tide, churge of the business end o f the
send a letter to Mr. A tch ioson e x ­
witb|32j< feel at high tide.
Journal.
pressing our appreciation o f his duct.
H. A. Bower.
•chons.
Icinct.
Blanton pre-
A resolution was also passed ask­ l H. H. Wood, farmer,
We
The Matter ot the Restoration of the o f the University instructors. The bankruptcy for them as a result, the disappointed purchaser.
These
bugabooB
are
the
Parcels
do
not
know
that
it
does
any
good
interest is not confined to teachers,
$3 10 Rate to California Bay
Post and the Mail Order houses.
j for a paper to keep pounding away
however, for many young men and
Points Discussed.
The newspapers are also divided on this subject, because the mer­
Shipping Poultry.
JURORS CHOSEN
j
'JJI
:: supreme COURT DECISION
ing the Assessor o f Lane C ou n ty
to raine the assessed value o f the
road bed of the Southern Pacific
*° $30,000 per mile in this
county. Since this was done the
C'j^ t-F, Kelley, lumberman, North
Eugene. No. 2.
T. A. Fountain. farmer. Elmira
precinct
farmer, Glentena pre­
cinct.
.
A . M. Bristow, farmer. Herman
Reverses That of Judge (ialloway on the Referen­
dum Petitions—Were in Legal Form.
H
In
Assessor has replied to the same P” * in$ ; Mcy lleen. merchant. East
The friends o f simple, straight-(both of which the State Grange had
stating that this had been done in Cottage Grove.
forward justice in administration l*en instrumental in invoking the m
September.
C. K. Russell, clerk, South Eugene,
of tbs system of direct legislation1 referendum and the $125,000 an- p
All mill men adjacent to C ottage 1 N j o' . 1 a . - Bowel “ farmer. Wallace pre- in vogue in Oregon have reason to nual appropriation fo .-t h e J State
1 §
»
Grove, Eugene and Drain are re i cinct.
j . J. Henderson, stockman. Wil- reioice at the outcome o f the refer- \ University upon which the Linn
'luested to join the Association as ! |aln'ette precinct
s*;
3Sylvester, farmer, Jasper endnm ca«ss. recently tried before j County Council had called the ref- W2
they are doing good for the lu m ber-
B< F-
the State Supreme Court
T h ese: erendum. The case involving the
®eo and ap ||,e m ii|s should be ' l p . Tallmnn, farmer, Zum" .!11 rases were brought up on appeal care o f the Moltnomah County
represented in the Association.
same
''w i n ! Wilt, fnrmcr, Bnlley Pr« ^ - from the decree of Judge William prisoners was on exactly
Marlon Wallace, (armer, Jasper Galloway of the circuit court f o r ! footing as the two cases in which
I PIL ;in E.' Thompson. blacksmith, Marion county who bad held all the State Grange was interested;
____
Springfield precinct. farmer, Thurston ,he referendum petition, recently they were turned down by Judge
r .
.
I Allen Stansble, f
filed to be inadequate and in su ffic Galloway on account of the warn-
University of Oregon, E u gene, 1 precinct
farmer. Irving
aecount of small technical!-! ing clause’ from the petition«.
October 1 5 , - W h a t promises to be
^
m
ent on
case w
was
held up
ties
in
the
form of the petitions
The University race
a, field
t° the l -niversity
niversitv interests
intarwata of
of the
the 1 .fuliuaErdmon. farmer, Elmira ,>i
rbich members 1 lor the same canae, but in addition gS
Pacific Northwest ono of the m o e t ! * ^ ^ Platt, farmer. Thnrston pre­
The measures in
of
the
Orange
were
particularly in- ¡to th i. the .Secretary of State had,
'aluable bulletins ever published is ¡ einet,
farmer, North
____ ! ..n
-in ¡ aHvirp
fr o m
The n
Freeman
Cum-
upan advice
from the Attorney-
the bulletin to be issued next spring ,
p ^ in T
farmer, tere.ted were
refnsed
to file the petition I
oy the Department of Forestry on | Eugene R. MeConwc ,
Dulsory Pass Bill and the $100,000 General
: ‘
J
0:11
upon on
on nrrni
account of a slight error in g i r - , I
Bill
«he strength of Oregon fir
»■ »- e g S S j S K Ä - « . » « »
A p p r o p r i.,» .
,ng the past tw o years a most thor- 1 »ion precinct
University Notes.
L u m berm en
TAKE
NOTICE
W
W e have a large
stock of ha nd-made
Logging Shoes to
select from.
Prices: $4. to $7.00.
PEAR.CE BROS.