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COTTAGE GROVE L
I EADER
B O H E M IA N U G G E T
C o n s o lid a te d J a n u a ry 9. 1 908
Held Its Annual Meeting
Tuesday Evening.
ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS
Many Speeches Bearing on Good of
the Association and Upbuild
ing of City
Tuesday evening the Merchants
Protective Association of* Cottage
Grove held its anminl meeting in
the Commercial Club rooms which,
was largely attended by the business
meiuot the city.
President Thos. Pearce presided
and speeches were made by many
members of the association. In
his opening remarks President
Pearce stated that the members of
the association present represented
a local capital of more than $ 200 ,-
000 and were men foremost in every
public improvement and enterprise,
who were contributing their full
share toward the upbuilding o f
Cottage Grove and vicinity.
H. O. Thompson spoko on the
“ objects of our association,’ ’ which
to some extent is embodied in the
association motto, •’ Extend Credit
where Credit is due.” Mr. Thomp
son devoted considerable time to
civic improvements and said this
was a local movement worthy the
consideration and support of the
association and would receive the
encouragement of its members.
C. H. Burkholder was assigned
the subject of "Parcels Post” which
he ably discussed, but said the kill
ing o f this bill by the late Con
gress rendered the issue a dead one,
at least for the time being.
Andrew Brund discussed quite
ably the subject “ The Catalogue
House.” and stated that it had been
proven time and again that local
merchants conld successfully com
pete with these houses, quality of
goods and express charges consid
ered.
Ben Lurch advocated the estab
lishment of a fruit and vegetable
cannery at this place, that the farm
ers might find a better home mar
ket for their sweet corn, peas,
beans, lierries, cherries, and numer
ous other fruits and vegetables
The other merchants concurred in
the expression of Mr. Lurch and
expressed themselves as ready to
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1908
aid in securing such enterprises.
Jus. Benson thought that more
publicity and advertising o f goods
kept in stock by local merchants
would greatly stimnlate business
and assist tbe farmer in getting
what he wants at home. He said
cases had come to his notice of
people sending away from home for
things, giving as an excuse that they
did not know or think that the ar
ticle was kept by local merchants.
Marion Ventch, speaking from
the standpoint of an undertaker,
said he had been gazing over the
crowd and from its healthy appear
ance, business prospects did not
look very flattering to him.
C. W . Wallace reviewed modern
store keeping methods that might
bo adopted to the better satisfaction
of both incrcliaut and customer aud
gave the newspapers a little pointer
regarding reciprocity-
Mr. Dunbar o f the Carman Hera-
enway Co., spoke of modern mer
chandising, which created quite an
auimated discussion. Almond Hem-
euway, Harry Wynne, Frank D.
Wheeler and C. C. Hazleton also
entered into the discussion and ad
ded to the interest of the meeting.
Music intervened during tbe even
ing’s program, at the close of which
a splendid banquet was served in
the dining hall o f the club room
and C. C. Hazleton und Marion
Veatch served the guests in a royal
manner. Bowling, billiards and
cards afforded amusement for tbe
members until the wee small hours.
O F F IC R R S Kt.K CTK D .
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: Tbos.
Pearce, president; Harry Wynne,
vice-president; C. C. Hazleton, sec
retary; Ben Lurch, treasurer; C. H.
Burkholder, A. Brund, F. D.
Wheeler, directors.
Several new members were ad
mitted into the association on this
august occasion.
LANE COUNTY ROAD
SUPERVISORS NAMED
Following is the list of road su
pervisors named by the county com
missioners for the year 1908 for
South Lane county:
11. M. C. Doyle, Crcswell.
13. Kdgar King, Saginaw.
11. W . C. Cbrisman, Dorena.
15. (1. C. Brown, Cottage Grove.
10. H. C. Combs. Londou.
17. Geo. W. Kerr, Wildwood.
21. A. W . Schwering, Creswell.
22. H. A. Millet, Creswell.
24. K. K. Chapman, Loraue.
57. P. F. Davis, Loraue.
60. F. J. Hard, Bohemia.
04. Alva Harington, Loraue.
OH. Charles Conner, Cottage
Grove.
09. C u r t i s Veatch, Cottage
Grove.
75. A. D. Hiieman, Lorane.
70. Walt Baker, Cottage Grove.
WHEELER-TBOIHPSOP i CO.
H A V E IT F O R L E S S
OUR F IR S T A D VIC E FO R T H E Y E A R 1908:
BUY YOUR SUIT OF US
and get honest value in style
and quality.
BUY YOUR SHOES OF US
for the same reason.
BUY YOUR HAT OF US
and get the same value in
quality, style and service, lor
less money than you can do
elsewhere.
If you follow this advice you will have money
to burn.
W H EELER TH O M PSO f 1 CO.
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VOL. XIX. NO. 40
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BAKER
PIGS VISITS CO. E
Raid on Places Under Sus- The Local Rifle Range the
picion in This City.
Best in the State.
THREE ARRESTS WERE MADE STATE SHOULD BUY GROUND
Tw o Prisoners Taken to Eugene-
Heavy Fines and Jail Sen
tences Imposed.
meu of the city could assemble
nightly surrounded by moral and
elevating influences which would
take them away from tbe places of
cheap amusements and vice.
We can see no reaonabie opposi
tion to this important meusure ef
fecting tbe state militia, which will
come up for the endorsement
or rejection of the voters in June.
INTERESTING NEWS FROM
THE BOHEMIA MINES.
M. F. Wyatt, bus filed with the
county clerk notice of location of
“Jumbo” und “ Mystery’ ’ mining
claims in the Bohemia district.
NEW ELECTRIC
May Mean a New Road
for Cottage Grove.
PAPERS FILED AT SALEM
High Compliment to Co. E. Important
New Company Styled. -Cottage Grove
Lewis Hartley and Al Johnson
Measure to Come Belore Voters
Electric Co.” McNary, Hall and
went up to thè mines Monday to
in June.
Welch, Incorporator«.
prosecute work on Mr. Hartley’s
property on Sharp’s creek at tbe
mouth of Sailor's Gulch.
For some time past Mayor Jones
and his police force have been quiet
ly and secretly working on a plan
o f campaign against the violators
of the local option law iu Cottage
Grove and on last Monday after
much substantial evidence bad been
accumulated, a raid was made on
tbe various places under suspicion
by Marshal Frank Snodgrass and
Deputy Fred Bartels, resulting in
the arrest ot Frank Mclntire Harry
Martiu and C. C. Case on charges
of violating tbe local option law.
Mr. McIntyre went forthwith before
the local authorities, pleaded guilty
to the charge against him aud paid
a fine of $50.
Charges were also filed against
Harry Parker, but he loft town be
fore the officers had an opportunity
to serve papers on him.
Justice o f tbe Peace Joe Young,
being out of town the other two
cases were taken to Eugene at the
request of Prosecuting Attorney
Skipwortb, and Constable Plank
was seut up from Eugene to get the
accused. On his return he was ac
companied by C. C. Case, agaiust
whom there are four distinct
charges, also Harry Martin against
whom there are filso four distinct
charges, and they were taken before
Jnstice Bryson. Mr. Martiu plead
guilty to one o f the charge* that
was read to him and was fined $100
and costs. For the second charge
he was fined $100 aud given 20 days
in jail. The two other chaiges are
still undisposed of.
PLEAD
o r ir .T V TO A IX
FOUR
CHARGES.
C. C. Case, who was arrested on
four distinct charges for selling
liquor in violation of tbe local op
tion law, plead guilty to all of
them, and will receive his sentence
this stlernoon, which will probably
be a heavy Gne and term in tbe
county jail. Tbe Mayor and his
police force seemed to be observing
the old adage " b e sure you are
right then go ahead,” and wheu
they did strike they bit good aud
hard— in fact dealt a knock-out
blow to the blind pig business in
this city.
M RS.CRUZAN PLEADS
G U ILTY TO OLD CHARGE
Mrs. Alice Cruzan, the woman
who was mixed up in the Nunn-
Crowley murder case last summer,
and who was under arrest at tbe
time for selling liqnor in violation
o f the local option law, bnt who
has been out o f the city practically
all of tbe time since, appeared in
the Eugene justice court and en
tered a plea of guilty to tbe charge.
She was fined $100 and the amount
was paid, says the Register.
Judge Harris, o f the circuit court
dismissed the case of the state vs.
Mrs. Alice Cruzan, which had been
appealed by her from the justice
court. She was fined $200 by Jus
tice of the Peace Bryson at the
trial in which two detectives em
ployed by the prosecution were the
principal witnesses. The dismis
sal was on the motion o f the prose
cution and lor tbe following reason»:
That the defendant had pleaded
guilty to a similar charge in tbe
justice court, and was fined there
for. and that the evidence in behalf
o f tbe state is not strong and it is
doubtful if a conviction could be
secured.
Major Frank Baker, Third Regi
ment, Inft. O. N. G. made Separate
Co. E an official visit Monday and
visited the rifle range near this city
in company with Capt, Johnson and
other members ol the local com
pany. aud upon his return informed
a Leader representative that this is,
without question, the best rifle
range in the state and that the
drainage, formntion of the soil and
surroundings were ideal for maneu
ver purposes or a military rendes-
vous, holding encampments, etc.,
and that the state should own these
grounds, for military purposes. A
movement has been inaugurated
looking to the purchase of these
grounds by tba state, to be used as
a state rifle rauge and tor other mil
itary purposes and Major Baker’s
impressions of the site will no
doubt be taken into consideration.
FINE TRIBUTE TO COMPANY E,
During th* course of his inter
view, Major Baker took occasion to
pay tbe Cottage Grove militia com
pany and its officers a very high
compliment. In fact, he said, Co.
E outranks iu marksmanship and
discipline many of the older jom -
panies of the state, and that the
showing already made by this com
pany in its marksmanship was re-
markablo. an evidence of which
was the winning of the trophy the
past season over such old, well dis
ciplined companies as Co. D. of
Roseburg.
REGARDING MILITARY LEGISLATION.
Sneaking of the measure which
was enacted at tbe last session of
the legislature providing for an
appropriation of $ 100,000 to be ex
pended in new armories at at tbe
rate o f $ 25,000 a year, Major Baker
said the people had not been given
sufficient information on the subject
to enable them to intelligently con
sider the proposition at the time, but
since the object o f the measure and
practicability had become more
commonly understood and appreci
ated, many who had voted against
the measure before had expressed
themselves as being favorable to it
now.
In a nutshell, the proposition is
this: With the passage of this
measure, which will come before
the people at the forth-coming
election, suppose Cottage Grove
should petition for an appropriation
of say $ 10,000 for the erection of
an armory at this place
An al
lowance of $500 a year is at present
made to Co. E by tbe state for the
maintenance of an armory at this
place, this amount being consumed
in rent and lights and is a constant
drain up©« the state, with practi
cally no returns, while on the other
hand with an appropriation of $ 10 ,-
000 for a local armory, the amonnt
saved in rent would pay for tbs
building in twenty years and tbe
state would be ahead the large in
crease in the valuation of the prop
erty in that period o f time and it
would prove a permanent local im
provement toward which every citi
zen of the city conld point with
pride. It wotild also be equipped
with reading rooms and comfort
able quarters in which the young
A hundred feet o f development
work is being done 011 the fourth
level iu the Musick mine by Lilly
and Lumburg at the expense of
the West Coast Mining Co., succes
sors to the Oregon Securiti“ s Co.
R. H. Clark and Hen.-y Johnson
are down from the Combination
mines on Sharp’s creek. Mr. Johu-
sou says they have a very good
showing of ore at this mine which
is rich in silver and lead.
Jack Morgan, an old time Bo
hemia miner is spending a few days
in town and will soon return to the
mines to do some construction work
on tbe wagon road between red
bridge and Mineral.
James Sears has just finished as
sessment work on tbe LeRoy mines
in Bohemia and returned to this
city. He says there has been no
heavy snow fall in the camp yet"
this winter. He says that along
toward the last of their assessment
work they run into a schute of free
milling ore which shows up better
than anything yet uncovered in the
LeRov mine.
It would appear from papers filed
in the engineer’s office and in the
bureau of corporations connected
with the secretary o f state’ s office
that Attorney John H. McNary and
A. Welch, a former Salem man, are
planning to invade the electric rail
way field.
Articles of incorporation were
filed with tbe state ibis week for
the Cottage Grove Electric com
pany. tbe articles being filed by
John H. McNary, E. W. Hall
and A. Welch. The capital Btock
ot the concern is given as $50,000,
divided into 500 shares o f $100
each, says tbe Salem Statesman.
In the office of the state engineer
was filed a water reservation from
2000 feet of water per second for
the McKenzie river in Lane county,
sec. 30, township 16 south, range 2
east. The document is filed by the
Portland, Eugeue and Eastern rail
way company, and is signed by the
company’s secretary, E W. Hall.
The names of Mr. McNary anil Mr.
Welch also are signed to the paper.
D E E D S H O L D IN G S TO A . W E L C H .
The Willamette Valley company
has made deeds to their bolding at
Cottage Grove to A . Welch and the
deed was filed for record Wednes
day in the county clerks office at
Eugene. The deal includes the
electric light and power plant, fran
chises, contracts, etc., to A. Welch.
Tbe consideration is given at $25.-
000. A t the same t'me the mort
It will be news to a good many
gage which the Germantown Trust
mining men and tbe people of this
Company had against the property
community to know that two good
mentioned was released.
gold placer claims are being operat
ed with profit on Steamboat creek
Geo. S. Shepard who was de
in tbe Bohemia mining district.
feated
for congress in the 1906 pri
One of these placers with a three
maries
by W. R. Ellis is rgain in
inch nozzle giant is being operated
at the mouth of City creek on Steam the race. Mr. Shepard is a Port
boat by Mr. Dennis an t partner, land lawyer. This, so far, makes
and the other with a giant of equal the fight a three-cornered one, the
size by Mr. Long about four miles contestants being ex-Govetnor Geer,
below the former cApim. Both
parties are said to lie pleased with W . R. Ellis, present incumbent
and Geo. S. Shepard.
their operations.
Nels Nielson spent a few hours in
town Tuesday having come down
trom tbe West Coast mine in Bo
hemia to look after business mat
ters. Manager Rvanand Mr. Niel
son will push work on a cross cut
in the new tumici themselves until
spring wheu a full force will prob
ably be put to work again.
Begin the New Year Right
*
You can do it by buying your
Staple and Fancy Groceries
and Farm Produce
where the prices are always
right.
Stock fresh and as
good as money can buy.
Lumbermen and Miners
Will find just the kind of Heavy
Serviceable Gloves, Shirts, and
Overalls, Suspenders, Socks
ami other Work Clothes at
our place that thej* have long
been looking for.
FINE HAND-MADE LOGGING
SHOES
/
F r o m $4 to $7.
PEARCE BROS.