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CO TTAG E GROVE LEADER
B O H E M IA N U G G E T
C o n s o lid a te d January 9, 190M
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COTTAGE GROVE, QREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, igo8
actual cost will be will never be !
known, for tho work will be inter­
spersed with other official duties,
the clerks employed for this purpose
putting in part o f their time on j
something else, but it is estimated I
that this part o f the work will cost
$looo,
Printing the pamphlets will cost j
$7500, but a portion of this ex R a m a p La U 0
líense will be borne by the persons 1 11 C ,,la l ,' dUIC
who furnish the arguments, each
person filing an argumunt being re­
quired to pay the cost of printing
it. Probably $!oou of the expense
WILL BE $15.214 IN JUNE will be borne by private individual^ HITCHCOCK IS RELEGATED
leaving $35oo to be paid by the
state.
Then these 1!» measures must be Secretary Garfield's Broad and Lib­
Initiative Election Will Cost One
printed upon the official ballots.
eral Public Land Views and
Fourth That of a Legislative
Each measure is designated by a j
Stated Policy.
Session.
title that occupies several lines, and |
in almost every county the portion
of the ballot devoted to initiative
It will be glad tidings to the in­
The submission of 1!) measures and referendum measures will be
iimler the initiative and referendum larger than n e portion devoted to ¡ tended homesteaders and settlers of
In other tbe Pacific Northwest to know that
will cost the state of Oregon approx­ names of candidates
imately $15,000 or one-fourth ns words, half the cost ot printing the obstruction methods employed
much as a legislative session. This ballots will be due to the submis­ bv Secret 1 ry Hitchcock during his
does uot include the eosi of print­ sion of measures to a vote oí the administration o f public land af­
ing and circulator the original p< - people. A m this cost is paid by the fairs, will be relegated to the record
titiors, which expense was borne by several counties Hud at greatly vary­ vaults by the bright, energetic and
those citizens who were particularly ing rates no definite statement of up-to date successor ftf Mr Hitch­
interested in the measures. The the cost can be made The amount cock, Secretary Garfield, who states
that it will be bis purpose to so con-
total expense ■ armot be accurately will run up to $4000 or ,$5000.
stated at tins time, but the chief
In some instances tho fact thut duet the Interior Department and
items rail be roughly estimated
these measures are to be voted up­ sA interpret, the public land laws as
The net govi ruing proi cdutje un­ on will lengthen the time of count to actually ai 1 every liouu lido en-
der the initiative ami referendum ing the ballots so that election' ttyman who is endeavoring to es­
requires that the Secretary o f Slate judges will draw pay for an addi- tablish ■. home on the public do­
shall cause all the measures submit­ lumai day. This will not be true main. Secretary Garfield holds
ted to ue printed in ons pamphlet, in all instances, but will be in that the land laws were enacted for
a purpose and so long as the law is
together with the arguments fori some.
Summing it all up, the cost of I not abused, he intends that the en-
and against each measure and to
mail one copy of this pamphlet to submitting these measures under tryman shall enjoy its provisions
each legal voter whose address the the initiative and referendum will and so long as be acts in good faith
shall have Che encouragement and
secretary can obtain. The secre­ be about as follows:
tary will secure the names o f all Postage on pamphlets............. $ 5,uuo aid of representatives of the depart­
714 ment. In other words. Secretary
registered voters and mail a copy Envelopes..................................
P r i n t i n g .......................................... 3,500 Garfield is proceeding on the theory
to each. T o carry out the provis­
Writing names and addresses... 1,000
ions ol this law will require approx­ Printing ballots........................ 4 . 0 (H) that every man is honest until
imately
100,1100 copies of the Additional pay of ju d g e s ........ 1,000 proven guilty; he is human enough
to recognize that honest, men may
pamphlet. State Printer Duniway j
make errors which do not lay them,
Total......................................
$15,211
has already secured a carload of
or should not lay shem, liable,to
paper, 30,000 pounds, for use in
the law. A reading of Mr. Gar­
printing the pamphlets. It is e x ­ CELEBRATED THEIR GOLDEN
pected that the pamphlet will co n ­
WEDDIMG ANNIVERSARY field’s annual report, will convince
any man that there has been a
tain 125 pages and the postage on
each copy will ho 5 cents The
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Parker, phenomenal— an almost incompre­
postage alone will l e $5000— an . o f Dexter, Lane county, celebrated hensible— change in the matter of
amount that looks good to tho j the 50th anniversary o f their wed­ conducting the Interior Department.
Under Secretary Hitchcock, the
people ot Salem who w a u tth eS a -l ding last week They were married
entire
force ol the Interior Depart­
lent postoflice to make 1 » big show -1 in I.ane county in 1858, by Rev. E.
ing of business
L. Bristow. The only living wit­ ment and General Laud Office, or
special instructions (rom the secre-
Each copy of the pamphlet must j nesses to the marriage are James
taryt proceeded ou tho theory that
be placed in an envelope and the Parker and E. P. Williams, both of
the public-land laws were enacted
this
county,
although
many
rela­
envelopes cost $711. To put 100,-1
to prevent men acquiring public
000 pamphlets in envelopes and ad­ tives and friends were present Mr.
lands; every technical failure to
dress them to voters will take a lot and Mrs. Parker are both pioneers
comply, with the law was regarded
of
1853,
having
come
to
Oregon
of work. Hut-before this is done
as ground for criminal prosecution;
the comity clerks must send the with ox teams. They settled, after
every obstacle was placed iu the
lists of names to Hie secretary of marriage in the Cloverdale country,
path of the honest, as well as the
a
few
milos
from
their
preseut
home.
state, so that it is apparent that the
dishonest entry man, and Mr. Hitch­
work nf writing the lo o ,000 names After about 20 years residence
cock retired from office with the
and addresses must be doue twice there they moved to Lost Valley
astounding record ot having actu­
where
they
have
been
living
since.
at public expense, .lust what the
ally deprived hundreds o f hone it
settlers of their lands, while he per­
mitted shrewd thieves to gobble up
large tracts under his very nose.
Tho report ol (Secretary Garfield
will carry encouragement to every
entryman who is striving to acquire
public land for ai: honest, purpose.
The change is manifestly in the in­
ND we are 110 exception to the rule.
terest o f the West
(Secretary Gar­
We have our hobby the same as every
field, it will be noted, is determined
that the law shall not be violated,
one else and that is to give our cus­
yet lie recognizes that fraud can be
tomers the very best values possible for
arrested without hindering or ham­
their money or produce. T hat’s why we
pering the great majority o f entry-
are securing the exclusive sale of such
men whom he lielieves to be honest.
litres as:
JJnder Secretary Hitchcock, the
Interior Department arid Land Of
STAR BRAND SHOES. HARDEMAN HATS.
fico were largely conducted by Eaat-
EDWARD E. STRAUSS & CO S CLOTHING
1 ern men, unacquainted with West
GERMAN-AMERICAN COFFEES. H. J. HEINZ
j eru conditions; men for the most
57 VARIETIES. ETC.
I part who had never seen an acre of
public laud, and- who would not
-
t
j know a homestead Irom a milling
Country Produce a Specialty
claim. It was the Hitchcock policy
to, if possible, convict every man
who had knowingly or otherwise
| delilierately or innocently violated
W h ere Y o u
I auy of the laud laws. He never
Do
¡favored civil suits; he'w anted to
Better
i land every offender into the crimi-
I nal court and he carried out his
I OF THE
INTUITIVE
600D NEWS
TO ENTRYMEN
Law Making by the People
A d v e r t is e in
THE LE AD EK
T hat is W h a t B rin gs
B u s in e ss a n d g iv e s
a P ap er L ife.
VOL. XIX. NO. 44
good, hearty laugh, have a good j
time and you will forget your
troubles, think more of vour neigh-
hors, feel younger and live longer
There is not much doing iu a busi- :
¡ness way around Loudon just now,!
but thiugs will soon liven up. The
managers at the springs are prepar­
ing for a big run both at the hotel
and bottling works. T J. Geer,
I whd has beeu running the London
j
hisfaim which he has had rented
j for some time and the managers are
E
From Lorane Valley to
Change In Local Grange Posting up
on Campaign Issues,
hotel ¡s talking some of moving to
Cottage Grove.
Conduct of Land Office
Comes High.
j
Most People Have
a Hobby
A
Coiplon & Wallace
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lookiuK
,or take
a tirMl
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An
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would
charge
of “ the hotel
LIBERAL FUND SUBSCRIBED
and bath house. It would be a fine
1 proposition for the right man. The
Springs Hotel and Bottling Works improvements about the place will j Lorane Citizens Meet and Discuss
j be commenced as soou as) the
Question With Commercial
Preparing for a Lively
weather will permit.
Season.
Club.
There is services at the Londou
church each Sunday and they are
well attended by a live aud ener­
getic hit of Christians aud people.
The subject last Sunday was the
“ More Abundant Life” which was
well liaudled and many noble,
thoughts were advanced. I think
we «11 might have a little more
“ abundant life."
The grange at London has been
having some very lively meetings
this winter. The literary work un­
der the supervision of <>ur worthy
lecturer, I). B. Harris, has beeu
quite interesting. Such questions
as tiie parcel post, government sav­
ing banks, postal saving banks,
r 1
..
Mrs. Marlow has been quite
cause oi business depression, rail - 1
1
,
.
.
,1 poorly for a few days but is better
road questions, the question o f , “
3
exempting improvements, buildings I
stock, tools, factories, etc. from tax -1 It is rather rainy this week with
ation have been well threshed out I a little snow mixed with it.
A delegation comprising eight of
the leading and most public spirited
citizens of Lorane valley, came be­
fore the Cottage Grove Commercial
Club Tuesday eveuiug for the pur­
pose of jointly discussing the im­
provement of the county road from
this city to Lorane, a distance o f 12
miles
However, it ap|>ears that
several mileH of this road is already
in first class condition, but that
part of it ou iiolli sides of the low
range coast mountain between the
two points is 111 a deplorable and
almost impassable condition. The
Loraue valley is one of the richest
and most productive iu Lane county
and is surrounded by forests ot the
finest timber fouud iu the state,
while its streams abound with sal­
mon aud trout. Yet, with all of
these resource^ the valley is only
partially developed owiug to its ob­
scure location and poor roads lead­
ing to Cottage Grove, its nearest
railroad poiut.
as well as many other questions of j
importance. The tax ajuestiou has j ANOTHER LOCAL OPTION
ELECTION IN JUNE
been one <>f importance and there ;
is a wide range of difference. Some
There will be another local op-
seem to think it would be a nice
thing to have a law passed to tion election in June, if the peti-
exempt improvements, hiiildings, tions now being circulated are prop­
erly signed aud filled at the proper
stock, factories, etc.
Now we think that a law of this time. The liquor interests have
kind would uot be a very good one. prepared the petitions and they are
It seems to me that it is the first now in the hands of different per­
step toward placing all the tax on sons. Already a good uiauy signa­
ren. estate, which certainly would tures have been obtained and the
double the taxon such property j circulators are confident of secur-
President K. B. Phillips presided
and many of our farmers are pay ing the required number.
at the Commercial Club meeting
ing all the taxes that they can af-
and the necessity for the improve­
ford to pay and to double their TACOMANS SEE 1 H IN G S -
ment of the Lorane, Cottage Grove
taxes would soon put them out of
WHAT DO THEY DRINK’ road was ably presented by M. B.
business.
Stone »nd merchant W. W. Jack-
The argument is made 111 its
A dispatch from Tacoma says
son, both ol Lorane, it being set
favor that some persons and corpor­ For several evenings strange red forth conclusively that the perma­
ations are holding vast tracts of and green lights have been seen at nent improvement of this highway
land on which they are not paying high altitudes at Tacoma, Kent and would work to the mutual advan­
their portion of taxes, but would other places along Puget Sound and tage and development of both com­
that kind of a law better the mat­ as far south as Gray Harbor. While munities
It was stated that many
ter any. It the large holdings do a Northern Pacific train was wait­ desirable investors were visiting the
uot pay their just proportion ol ing !»r a drawbridge in the TaCoiua Lorane valley from time to time
taxes, it is tho fault o f the assessor yards, the engineer saw a strange and while they were pleased with
and that kind of a law would not object very high in the air and the great advantages and resources
make the assessor any wiser or somewhat obscured by the heavy presented, they invariably expressed
more honest
weather
He called the conductor’s themselves as disgusted with the
It is also argued that if improve­ attention and finally several passen­ country road« aud would uot invest
ments aud factories were not taxed gers saw it. Tourists who had for this reason
it would encourage more improve­ fieldglasses declared the object to
With concerted action on the
ments and induce factories to lie be ail airship aud said it carried a
part of the two localities a good
built, which is true. It is also true Japanese flag.
permanent roadway connecting the
That it is a Japanese airship, car­
tlmt giving our public domain in­
Lorane valley with Cottage Grove
duced the raihoads to lie built, rying spies'w ho are studying the
cun lie made at 110 great cost, owing
whereby a few men have become coast topography, is the firm belief
immensely rich.
(Continued on Page Five)
of many persons.
Now we cannot* afford to give all j
the earnings of our farms to induce !
improvements and factories that we
may make a few more millionaires
at the expense of the tillers of the
soil. For the last 40 years the -
grange has stood for equal taxation
on all values, which seems to me j
is the only just wav and if some are ;
escaping, it i.-, time we were looking)
Bargains in Foptwear which
alter the matter in a just and reas­
cannot -lie duplicated any­
onable w«y and not allow the wool
where. M any ol our Best
to be {lulled ovor our eyes iu such .
Brands of shoes ineluded in
a manner that it will put the farmer
our Sacrifice Sale.
in a position that he will have the
honor of paying all the taxes. We
think it would be well to consider !
the matter rather careful befons,
FRESH STO C K
BEST BRANDS
L O W E S T P R IC E S
casting your vote next June.
The Londou lib rary ¡« progress
Examine our China A' Glass­
ing nicely and many of our boys ,4
ware.
Heavy, serviceable
girls, men and women are develop­
Gloves,
Shirts,
Overalls, Sus­
ing quite a talent for public speak­
penders,
Socks
and other
ing. It is a great source of oduen
work clothes for Luinl'crmcn,
tion and to say it is a great source
Loggers and Miners.
ot amusement is putting it very
mild
It the world seems dreary,
FINE H A N D -M A D E L O G G IN G
or if you should have a spell of the I
S H O E S S 4 OO T O S 7 0 0
<*- >-
blues, or y<ui feel old, have wrinkles
in you 1 ice, or gray hairs on your
I k ad, you had better attend the
London literary meeting and take ai
SPECIAL
SALE
SH OES
F amily
: Groceries
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