COTTAGE GROVE LEADER
VOL. XIX
(>| I'.UiK P ROVE, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907
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Against Referendum.
MAY EXTEND
ALSEA ROAD!
A t a dinner given by tho Com-
jm ercial Club of Portland in that
| city, Oct 15, speeches were made
| denouncing the unrepuhlican, un
representative, socialistic fad called
the referendum and supporting the
| annual appropriation of $125,000
1 for the support o f the University of
IN FAVOR OF
LUMBERMEN
Railroads Lose in Effort to
Advance Kates
HOPE FOR TRANSPORTATION
BUT SPRINGS A SURPRISE
H on. Wm. D. Fenton said:
"N o w an assault is tried ¡.gainst
lired ol Looking for Help— An Effort our ,eadinK «durational institution. By Refusing all Further Lumber Ship
| In the desire to support the gover-
. nor, the Senator from the county or
I som e other person whom they might
admire, knowing nothing of the
I merits o f the proposition, our new
Will be Made by the Citizens ol
That
Section.
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A prominent citizen o f the low er legislature of 100,000 people is apt
Siuslaw country, w ho has been a! to fall into abuses and pervert what
resident there for the past twenty might otherwise he a meritorous
years, recently inform ed the E u - ! «ystem . I think the system is fa
¿ene Guard that there is talk o f ‘ ally faulty. At the last election
starting an organized m ovem ent to we came dangerously near to buy
swore the extension o f the Carver j '" B a toll road that nobody wanted,
railroad, now building from Corval- because the voters were not in
li, to the Alsea country, to the formed on the subject,
mouth of the Siuslaw and tlieuce
**I "ui satisfied that the grange
oo down the coast to the Umpqua ’8 » o f responsible for this movement
and Coos Bay. This, the citizens
regard to the university appro-
of that country think, is about the priation. I believe the fanners of
only hope they see at present o f se- J Oregon are in favor of the State
curing transportation o f their pro- University, as they are in fayor of
ducts to market. They com plain ‘ he Oregon Agricultural College,
that the county court is very negli- Inspited largely by the example of
gent of the made that lead from Professor Withycoinbe and men of
that country to Eugene, the natural his class divers:fied farming has
trading point and if som ething is l ^ e n the place o f wheat oats and
not done to keep the thorongbtares barley grow ing ol the old days,
in good condition
alt the year
" I intend to do what I ca n to
around, or if there is no immediate right the wrong done by our friends
prospect o f a railroad being built | ° f Linn county, nnd I think that
trom Eugene to the m outh o f the this voice o f yours will have its ef-
Siuslaw, the people w ill look to
and wilt be far-reaching.”
some other locality for relief, and
Hon. H. W. Scott, among other
j
they think the Carver railroad can , things said:
be secured as a meatis o f transpor-
"W h en acts ot the Legislature
tation of their products to C orval- carry appropriations for important
lis, where they can either be shipped measures which undoubtedly a m i-
by water to Portland or by the | j « i t y of the people want nnd will
Southern Pacific lines to any other . support it is unfortunate that this
point on the Pacific coast.
! state of things arises. For then
The Siuslaw country raises some Ithe «Ppropriation is held up until
of the finest apples and vegetables I arter the Pp°tlle vote u>’o n ,
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! n ext regular election. While I do
in the world, but on account o f the
not wish to declare against the in-
lack of transportation
facilities
itiative and referendum in foto, yet
there is no encouragem ent for the
I feel it necessary to say that I de
farmers to raise more than they
plore such use of them. So, I
need for their ow n use. A pples
think, do most citizens; yet there
that equal those grow n in ' the fa
has not yet been sufficient trial of
mous Hood river and R og u e river
the initiative and referendum in
valleys are shaken off the trees
this state to justify us as I think
and ted to the hogs, and the same
I in pronouncing against them- What
is done with the surplus potatoes,
corn and other vegetables which I >t is necessary to do is to teach our
grow ,0 enormous sire in that fer - 1 Pe o Ple not ‘ ° invoke them lightly
tile valley
j o r foolishly, but to entreat thorn at
I
t
, ,
,
least to consider that the institu-
Jt apptars to be up to the county
.
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tions o f the state which the people
court to improve the roads from
must he decently
hue to Mapleton and up to the cil- d®enl ” ecessnr.'
sustained. I do not doubt thst the
izers to see that a railroad is built
appeal to the referendum against
to that country before Mr. Carver
the appropriation for our state edu
reaches thore with his road, iD o l
cational institutions will be dis
der that Eugene may retaiu the
missed by an emphatic popular
trade of that rich and prosperous
vote. But meantime much etn-
section of Lane county.
barrasment is the result of the delay
"L et us urge our people to he
more sparing in tho u a eoftlie in
itiative, and in their invocation of
the referendum, and to put their ap
The best news heard in Corvallis peals to them always on wide and
this week is that we are to have a well considered grounds.
real electric railway, a branch of
the great new system from Portland
Bring Fancy Prices.
Branch to Corvallis.
to EuBene, says the Republican. A
Republican reporter had the oppor-
tunity Monday of an interview w ith
t..e gang of surveyors at w ork near
)*k\illei in Linn county, and from
them he learned some news that
will be of interest to C orvallis peo-
f
‘
ments to the East Until Further
Notice.
Lumbermen won a victory iu the
Federal Court Thursday when Judge
C. E. Wolverton granted the injunc
tion asked by the Oregon & Wash
ington Lumbers Manufactura Asso
ciation against the proeosed new
advance iu lumber rates which the
railroads had announced would take
effect yesterday, Nov. 1. The as
sociation was ordered to deposit a
boud of $ 250,000 with which to pay
any differences belweeu the exist
ing rate and the proposed rate
should the railroads eventually win.
Bellingham, Wash., Oct. 31.—
No moie lumber shipments will be
received by the Northern Pacific
railroad in the northwest until
farther notice, according to an or
der sent out to all agents of the
company tonight. This move, it is
expected, will be followed by all
roads operating in the northwest
affected by the federal injunction
issued Wednesday night at Seattle.
The railroads have evidently found
a new method of combatting the
lumbermen
The roads figure they
would be taking a great risk to al
low excess freight to accumulate un
til the final decision on the rate
question is made, as they say the
litigation that will ensue will last
after many of the lumber firms may
have gone out of business.
School Board Convention.
Eugene, Oregon, Oct. 22, 1907-
The chairmen of the school
boards of Lane county:—
Under authority granted me by
the school laws of the Slate of Ore
gon, I have decided to hold an an
nual School Board Convention for
Lane County, in the high school in
Eugene, Oregon, November 9 , I 907 ,
beginning at 1 « o ’clock a. m.
The chairman of the board is
delegate to the convention but if
lie is unable to attend be shall ap
point some member of his board or
the clern to represent the district.
Each delegate receives two dollars
from the general fund of the county
provided he attends the entire ses
sion. "Consolidation of Schools”
"Union High Schools’ ’ and other
subjects will be discussed by the
convention.
State Superintendent Ackerman,
President Campbell and Superin
tendent Aldermen ot Eugene will
be present and assist in the dis
cussion o f the different subjects.
Lane county hes more school dis
tricts than any ether county in the
state au.l I would like to see every
Jacksonville. Ore., Oct. 25. Jack
district represented so that we may
sonville apples sold this week for
have the largest School Board Con
$ 7.50 a b ox . Ten boxes ot New
vention in the state.
ton Pippins and Spitzenberg apples
Voura truly,
were sent from here to Sfichigan. |
W . B DILLARD, Co. Supt.
N ew Y ork, and Pennsylvania, each
These surveyors are now go- box
bringing
$7-5°-
rhe aPPle,;
,n8 forward as rapidly as possible were picked from the Fletcher Linn
°n the line from A lban y to Eugene, and W. L- McIntyre orchards both
which will go through Oakville and farms being almost in the city limits.
®n on to Peoria, passing thence T h e order was for the finest apples
rough Harrisburg and Junction in the Rogue river valley, and the
’ ty on the way to Eugene. As order was filled at this point Pout
“oon as the survey to E ugene is boxes were shipped to Maaistique,
\ew
'°® I|let«-d 1 branch lioe to Corval-1 $fjcb , four to Porterville
STAGE W RECKED
Roseburg-Coo* Bay Stage Goes Over
Embankment-One Man Killed.
F IR E AT R 0 S E B U R G
Burglars Blow Open Safe and
Set
Fire to Store.
Roseburg, O re., Oct. 31.— Pro
fessional
safecrackers blew open a
dents to be recorded in the history I e . , „ 1
ki T
I aL I
strongbox and
of the Koseburg-Cooe Bay staga j^2VS J* N. 1 Cil I the Llllfl safe, robbed its
started a fire that totally destroyed
lines occured at about seven o ’ clock
tbe store and stock of I, Abraham’ s
last Saturday evening near Sheep
dry goods bouse in this city last
Ranch, a stage station about seven
night. Prompt action by the fire
miles east of Camas Valley on the
Marshfield road, when the four CONSPIRES TO RAISE RATES department eaved the city from a
serious conflagration and hard work
horses hitched to the heavy Fenton j
was required to stop tbe flames
stage conveyance became fright -1
Motion of the Railroads to Dis from spreading. The loss by fire is
ened and ran away, carrying its
over $25,000.
miss the Proceedings Over
load of human freight at a rapid I
At about 11 o ’ clock last evening,
rate for some distance when the rig,
ruled.
B. Brockw ay, a lodger in tbe build
horses and occupants were daabed
ing adjoining Abraham’ s store,
over a steep embankmeot, landing
heard a heavy explosion and a few
m the river below, resulting in the
Seattle, W ash ., Oct. 30.— The minutes later be made an investiga
killing ot one man almost instantly
argument for the lumbermen against tion, as he had noticed fire break
while the remainder of those aboard
the proposed increase o f rntes on
ing through tbe roof of the dry
suffered minor bruises and cuts.
lnmber shipments by the railroads goods store. A 11 alarm was turned
Three of the horses were killed
, ,
,
; was presented in the federal court in, which was responded to by the
outright and the fourth was so bad- ! before Judges Hanford and W ol-
police and the fire department. It
ly manned that it had to be «hot j w t o o , hj. mornjng
The chief ar-
was found that tbe burglars had
soon alter
gument was made by Attorney J. N. bored a hole through the top o f the
Teal of Portland in which he safe and piled clothiug and dry
charged that the proposed iucrease goode about the door so that the
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is the result o f a know ing conspi- sound of an explosion could be
University of Oregon, Eugene. I racy between the railroads in defi- deadened. A stick o f dyuamite
October 30, 1907.— The Oregon t ance of the courts.
was dropped into tbe hole and tbe
State High School Debating League
It was stated by counsel that the safe door blown outward. T w o
organized during the summer, is question o f jurisdiction which has hundred aud fiftv dollars in gold
meeting with hearty cooperation been brought up by the railroads is and several checks were theu stolen.
trom all parts o f the state. Up to in reality a question of whether or
the present time fifteen o f the not tbe shipper is at the mercy of
larger schools have signified their the railroads while awaiting the de
intention of joining the league, cision of the courts. It was iuti-
C. V- Benson,
head manager
including Pendletoo, Baker City, mated that the purpose o f the rail
o f the W oodm en o f the W orld,
L» Grande, Ontario, The Dalles, roads in questioning tbe jurisdic whose home is in Fort Collins, C ol
Astoria, Salem, Eugene, Roseburg, tion o f the court in the present orado, was appointed head clerk
Klamath Falls, Medford, Grants case is an attempt to carrv tbe rate Saturday to fill the vacancy made
Pass, Bandon, Marshfield, North controversy to different courts situ by the death last week of John O.
Bend, and a number of smaller ated in distant parts o f the country . Latsbaw. Joseph M. W oodw orth
ones. On account o f the reorgani snd tine way to win the figb, b y . o f p ort,and was alrong„ recom .
mended fo f , he positjon by M uhno.
zation of its high schools Portland tiring out tbe protesting shippers.
was not able to enter, but will do so
Counsel stated that if a railroad j raah camp, the strongest camp in
next year. Tbe state has been di can enjoin a rate made by state of- the Pacific northwest. It is believed
vided into four districts and a cham fleers, it is difficult to see why a , tliHt the recommendations did not
pionship team will be cboeeD from shipper cannot secure au injunc reach H ead Consul I. I. Boak, who
each district. Tbe final debate will tion against a rate made by a rxil Gnd tbe appointing of a new clerk,
be held at tbe University o f Oregon. road, and that if it is held that tbe ¡n time to receive consideration,
A handsome silver cup will be law does not provide f ir such an
C. V. Benson baa been bend m.in-
given to ibe winning team.
injnnctioD,
a sentiment will be ag er for three consecutive terms
First Annual Portland Horse
Show.
bermen’s Attorney
University Notes.
Head Clerk Appointed.
aroused through the whole country ^ anj js regarded as au efficient man
which will necessitate tbe immedi- j for t|je place.
ate amendment of the railroa I rate
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law to provide (or such emergeu- j A Southern Pacific railroad o f
cies.
ficial, recently in the city, said to a
T h e motion of the railroads ves- representative of The Times that if
terday to dismiss the proceedings Brownsville was located on
the
on the ground that the court has main line it would boom in great
. no jurisdiction and that service was shape. T h is rtatemen* simply bears
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defective, was overruled by Judge out tbe contention o f thia paper for
j j anford
T |le
question o f juris years past, that it is tbe niggerly
diction may com e up for further policy of the railroad com pany in
consideration later.
not giving us adequate transporta
An affidavit was filed yesterday tion facilities that is holding this
by J. H . Bloedel, manager of the section back from its rightful heri
Larsen Lum ber company of Bel tage.— Times.
lingham in which it is charged that
the Great Northern is today haul
coast American points are raised
ing lumber from British Columbia from uothing to 50 per cent, the
points east cheaper than from Se- Canadian rate remains unchanged
attle to North Dakota. It is even though transported via the
I charged in the affidavit that, while American line in l>ou<l and back in
DOBfC! under the new schedule rates from to Canada.
The Dext qualitying examinations
tor tbe Rhodes scholarships for this
state will be held st the University
of Oregon, Tuesday and Wednes
day, January 21st and 22nd, 1908.
The arrangements for conducting
tbe examinations will folluw closely
those o f last year, with the excep-
tion that an examination fee of $•>
*
will be charged all candidates The
examinations will be under tbe di
rection of the O regon Committee
of Selection, composed of President
P. L. Campbell, o f the University of
Oregon, chairman, President Ferrin
of Pacific University,
President
Coleman of Willamette University,
President Crooks o f Albany College
and President Riley of M cM inn
ville College.
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Meeting of
of Equalization.
NotiCB Of
Notice is hereby given that tbe
board o f equalization of Lane
county, Oregon, will attend at the I 8 »
court bouse in said county, on Mon- K$j*
day. the 18th day o f November,
1907, and publicly examine the as-
sessment rolls and correct all errors
in valuation, description or quali-
ities of lands, lots or other proper
ty assessed; and it shall be the duty
of persons interested to appear af
the time and place appointed.
Dated this 28th day o f October,
1907.
B. F. K E E N E Y ,
Assessor ot Lane County, Or.
28-3t
Lumbermen
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Portland, Oregon, November 7-8
and 9 th 1907. For the above occas
I.ocal representative for
trove and vicin
Cottage Ol
ion the Southern Pacific Co. will |
ity to" look after renew
(.ell round trip tickets to Portland |
als and increase subscription list of a
and return for one and one third prominent monthly magazine, on a
fare for the round trip. Children salary and commission basis. Exper
’« »ill be surveyed from a poiot j York, and tw o to Endeavor, Forest half fare. Sale date November, 6 th ience desirable but not necessary.
1907. Final return limit Novetn- Good opportunity for right person.
S m ile s sonth o f Albany on the county, Pa.
Address Publisher. Box 3s, Station O,
thi,
vicinity
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10 th 1907^ ^ ^
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» w York.
M kU t
®«'n line survey straight to Corval- ■ The apple crop in
| better than ever before.
ROADS IN
A COMBINE
One o f the most appalling acci
From That Place to the
¡Oregon.
Coos Bay Country
President Campbell
j made a fine speech in fayor of
the University appropriation with-
| o u t criticising the law.
NO. 28
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Wanted
TA K E
NOTICE
W e have a large
stock of hand-made
Logging
Shoes to
select from.
Prices: $4. to $7.00.
P E A R X E BROS.