t CITY S FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Coiuleu*e«t «tau-ment oi Herbert Lakm Treasurer, for year em ling March I, I W : Ha la n re on hand us pvt state­ ment* rendered April 1. i‘*»7: General Ifu u d ................ * 75.46 Water K nud................ Street Fund 111.47 Sewer F u nd.............. •• JJJ.47 Fashionable Young Men WEAR Fashion Clothes $U7H4.6A with snap and style cannot exclusively for Family Groceries. New Dry Goods Fine Laces and Embroideries Ladies' and Gents Shoes Disbursements from April 1. 1*107, to March 1. 1*J0S: G.vneral Fumi «¿v»M.4, __ in I chants? An editor may boom a ed. In the first gam e the lum ber­ Tp 20 S, It 4 W of W. M. and filed SIIHSCKIPTION KATKS this office a list of school indemnity through his editorial and men defeated the merchants by selections in which It selected said On« Y e a r ........................................ t ' W; t o w n Six Monti» . . . . . 7 # Three M o u t h s ....................................... 5 0 1 n e w s c o l u m n s u n til h e is b l a c k in three pins, the merchants, however laud; and that said list, is'open to the If iiuid in advance but if not so paid a , public for Inspection. Any and all uniform rate of $2.00 per year will be charged. I the face, but critical investor w inning the second and third as persons claiming adversely the above Advertising rates made known on application | . . shown by the follow in g score: described land or any legal subdivis­ * ---- ----------------- i looks to the advertising colum ns MERCHANTS ion thereof, or claiming the same i for substantial evidence o f push FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1908 1st 2nd 3rd Tot. under the mining laws, or desiring to .¡a n d life. There are several firms A. Urmld............... ... *)2 125 *)2—30*) show land to be more valuable for W. A. Heniemvay.. ...116 120 140—376 mineral than for agricultural pur­ jin Cottage G rove w ho should be Krnest Hisby........ ...128 145 9S— 168 poses, or to object to said selection Abolish stock gam bling. 11 108 10*)—2*71 for any lawful reason, should file represented in the Leader's ad Ren Sanford.......... constitutes today the greatest meu- C. C. Ilazelton....... 116 *)4—2*>1 their claims or their affidavits of pro­ colum ns. test or contest In this ............ a o r !«•- ace to Am erican prosjieritv. The Totol............... ...4*)1 614 530 1635 fore the 1st day of May. 190s. cry lias lieen raised in W ashington I hereby designate the Cottage O regon ’ s death rate during 1007 I.PMHKRMKN Drove lender, published at Cottage and w ill lie heard from the A tlan ­ was approxim ately nine in every 1st 2n.l 3rd Tot. C.rove, Oregon, as the newspaper In ‘H, HU—307 which the above notice Is to be pub­ tic to the Pacific, from the Great 1000 inhabitants accordin g to Dr. [. I. Iones.............. lm 115—205 lished. Hert McKibben...... Lakes to the G ulf. President R. C. Y enney, secretary o f the M. II. Anderson..... ... *)6 164 74—334 4S-.->t H kn . ia m in L. E iipy , Register. Roosevelt and a band of resolute state board o f health in his annual I. II. Chandlers...... ... 8*) 11« 101—205 R II. Uosenlierg__ ...128 125 104—357 supporters in Congress are deter­ report, w hich has recently been Gasoline Engine Irrigation, Spraying Total................. ... I‘>4 500 5m 1588 mined to m ake the issue para­ com piled. The low rate is looked and Pumping Machinery , ,, , . Im m ediately after the gam e the mount in the cam paign against upon as a rem arkable show ing and , "C om b in a tion s" issued a_ ch â l­ Falrhnnks-Morse Gasoline Engines for business dishonesty. There is no it is believed that it is not e x ­ pumping, spraying, sawing, grind­ leuge to the merchants w hich was ing. Outflits complete. partisan politics in the issue. D em ­ celled by any other state in the prom ptly accepted, the gam es be­ Fairbanks .Scales for weighing. ocrats and republicans alike are union. ing played W ednesday evenin g re­ Fairbanks-Mors« Dynamos and.Motors su ltin g in a victory’ for the "C o m ­ for pow er end light. con vin ced that the time has com e G ive the boy a colt o f his own bin es,” they to keep the merchants Fairbanks.Morse Windmills it Towers when this cancer in the business Morse Grinders, Feed Cliop- in good humor, however, allowed Fairbanks- ders, Well Pumps body o f the nation must be cut out. and jierhaps you have won him for them to win the first gam e. The All first quality goods at low prices. the farm. T h e boy w h o js aie ver follow in g is the score: Always in Stock. Liberal terms. T a x es will becom e delinquent kiven an increase in anyw ay is apt • c o m b in a t io n s G R I F F I N «S. V E A T C H . A g e n t s C o l i s i « G io v e . O r e g o n the first M onday in April If the ! to grow tired o f farm life and lon g j 1st 2nd 3rd Tot. 116— M il full amount is paid on or before liefore I ! tor f°r a work wuere where he can see that " ’ • DuBnnlle..........14/ 1.18 170—W8 F airbetnks - Morse Co., Harry Short................ *8» 128 PORTLAND, OREGON March 15th, a rebate o f three jie r 1 he is earning som ething for hiin- J. M. I sham................ 105 142 1112—.149 I\ It. Phillips............. 91 III, II«—.142 cent will lie allowed. If on e-half | b *1T- Much o f the problem o f I'rank Williams......... 8.1 11« 1.16—.124 o f the above taxes is paid on or | keeping the t o y s on the farm rests Total....................5 lf» rô*) 62*) 180*1 before the first M onday in April, with the parents themselves. D R A Y IN G MERCHANTS the time for the remaining half will lie extended to the first M on­ day in < tetober: if not so paid and becom e delinquent, a penalty o f ten per cent and 1J jier cent inter­ est will be added. liv e ly « Nesbit T h aw has insti­ tuted divorce proceedings against her husband Harry K. T h aw on the grounds that he was insane when the union was contracted, j He must have lieen. Grant the d i­ A jierfect town is one in w hich vorce! you see farmers patronizing home The jieople o f France are savers. merchants, the laliorers spending the m oney they earn with their Nearly all nations are in debt to tradesmen, and all animated by a France for m oney lent them b y the spirit that will not purchase articles econom ical little F'renchman. elsewhere if they can lie bou ght at H an g to a plow handle and get home. The spirit o f reciprocity lietween man and the m echanic, a good living while your punny tradesman and laborer, farmer and city brother has to patronize the manufacturer: results every time in soup house. m aking the town a )ierfect one to The Cottage G rove Leader wears do business in. a new dress, is neat as a pin and Karo the m oney to m ake good "tw ic e as n ew sy.” — Kugene R eg­ roads. ister. FIR S T N H T O ii i n M Z F . n 10 N H L B H N K OF COTTAGE OROVE, OREGON Dix» N a t i o n A T i z z n pion Capital Stock Surplus - Undivided Profits . Total - $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 5 .0 0 0 1 0 .0 0 0 $ 4 0 .0 0 0 No notes in our case representing Capital, Surplus or Undivided Profits, T h e s k I t e m s h a v e b e e n paid in Cash or Earned HntnFtiT E akin , President T. C, WHtri.tR. Cashier DIRECTORS: N. \V. W p i ' r u . Vr.ATCTt STO R E K verything new and uo-to-datc. Best brands and grades ot Fresh G roceries. Country Produce bought and sold. Call and see what a dollar w ill buy at W. C. J O H N S O N ’S. General Fund, April I, 1007 — $f»240.<,2 March I, 1908--- 4.434.K1 Keduced during the year.............. $1905.79 Street Fund. April 1, 1*107.........$0*15.00 March I, 1908 ...... 4105.54 \ -------- Reduce«! during the year............. ViVhW n o t W\wo> finest. Eiactlj Wliat Ton Want March l. I*#**: General Fuud S2f,‘«.42 Water F u n d ....................... >9M.57 Street Fund .......................v, 20.20 Sewer F u n d ...................... 1471 .U* Made by David M. Pfaelrer A Co. 1 City .1. H . H a w i . f t W E W A N T Y O U R B U S IN E S S ! NVlNNViW'Ve W IM XV.W V llX\VW lNW .Ng|\NR5,N$V IIM IW W W ' 1st 2nd A. Bromi......................HU 124 \V. A. Heniemvay....... ’>7 HU R 1). Wheeler*.......... Hr» 116 C. C. Hazel ton............. 121 124 Ren .Sonfoni.................11*) 10‘) 3rd Tot. 107—ATI 110—.421 ino—301 128—376 106—334 Total....................528 578 500 1666 A great deal o f interest has been taken in b ow lin g at the clu b this winter and som e good scores have lieen m ade. The game o f the season will be played next week lietween the married and single men o f the club. It is a mistake to purchase an autom obile when you only have a wheelbarrow incom e. < GENERAL FEED STORE D. C. Baughman. Prop r. HAY. GRAIN. FLOUR. MILL FEED POULTRY SUPPLIES Cottage Grove, Oregon. Phone Office Iti. Rendente 215 C. H . Burkholder Tw enty years supplying the wants o f my customers here enables me to know and furnish just what you need, and buying for cash enables me to make the price right. FA R M M A C H IN E R Y S A W M ILL S U P P L IE S S T E A M AND G A S O L I N E ENGINES PAC KIN G. H O S E AND B E L TIN G Wynne Hardware Company Wholesale and Retail H a rd w a re a n d M a c h in e ry B R A S S G O O D S AND TIN W A R E S T O V E S AND R A N G E S M ITC H E LL W AGONS W IN DM ILLS, PU M PS :3\ COTTAGE GROVE A n d a.11 K in d s o H A U L IN G Leave orders at Cunningham's Con­ fectionery Phone 73 or phone residence 406 Hauling Done Promptly at Reasonable Charge FLOUR MILLS All K in d s of M ill F e e d G r a c ili and H ay C H A S. M A T T H E W S. Proprietor. Box Social. T h e Ladies o f the Maccaliees will g ive a Imx social at Jon e’s halt, Saturday evening, March 14, begin ning at 7 :.10., each lady to bring a Ixix with lunch for two, also wear an apron and m ake a necktie o f the same, the ties to be placed in an envelojie and sold to gents at SO cents w hich entitles him to a partner and supper. A g ood program , a good time. Kvery- bodv w elcom e. Mrs. A . \Y. Kirne, Com m ander. May Hart, Mary G ray and Elizabeth Fullmer. Com. I F Y ou wnnt the A . A. Cutter Loggers, the Packard Dress Shoes, the Thompson Glove fitting Corsets, the M cK ibben Hats, the Bauungan R ubber Goods, and other just as high class merchandise, go to their agent in Cottage G rove W . A . H O GATE PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE The Standard High Grade Fence of the World. There is over 4-00 miles of this famous wire fence in Douglas county, Oregon. This is High Carbon Spring Wire which will keep its shape when properly stretched. Will ca/rv a fall stock of wire at all times. I D AVID GRIGGS, or S. B. CROUCH, Agent TOILET ARTICLES are a necessity in every well ordered hom e. We have on sale an espe eially fine assortment of H ot Water Bags. Hath Broshes, Toilet Soaps Bath Sponges, Syringe*, etc. Prescriptions1 entrusted to ns will be carefully and faithfully tilled by a competent pharmacist. Benson’s Pharmacy Cottage Grow. Oregon In q u ire of j Cottage Grove, Ore. Oakland, Ore. j I j | Edison, Columbia Victor GRAPH0PH0NES Records Notions, Novelties _______