C O T T A G E G R O V E . OREGON
Located ou the uppct W illamette River
141 mile« south of Port laud on Southern Pa
cific and Oregon Ht South Rustem Nuilruud*.
Population 2SOO; two ban k s publii an d h ifh
school*. five ch u rch es. water, light uud new
er a vsterna;cream ery; flour m ill, two brick
>arda saw m ill*; wood-work factory; match
factory, atcurn lauudry uud the L o a d e r .
S O O H T T E M A C 1A E N G V R O G G V E E T L E A D E R
AFTER LOCAL
INDUSTRIES AMD RESOURCES.
X»tta0)C
• Ireat forests of tim lier tributary to Cotiuce
«'.rove; fifteen saw m ills; three ahiugle m ills.
• within a radius o f 15 m iles. H eadquarters
for Bohemia gold m ines and black butte
quicksilver m ines; valle> s an d fo o th ills
well adapted to fruit urowiug, farm ing and
dairying. For in fo rm a tio n regarding this
great country subscribe lor the L e a d e r .
C O TTA G E GROVE, OREGON, FR ID AY, M AY r, 1908.
C o n so lid a te d J a n u a r y 9. 1908
One fancier turned out three
cocks and eight hens under such
circumstances this spring. < )ue of
the cocks is hack in the enclosure
or upon the wire netting of the
place every day now, and could
easily lie kept coufined if desired.
The present spring, so far, is
favorable to a big brood of Chinas
hut that means little. The danger
jieriod to the young brixxl is at the
time feathering is in process. It
consumes their vitality and cold
rains are then very fatal.—Cor
vallis Times.
E
CELEBRATES
BEES ARE KILLED
BY FRUIT SPRAY
LOCAL HEWS
OF INTEREST
VOL. XX. NO. 3
that part of the stale. He en
closes a shipping receipt showing
that he pays a rate of 24 ceuts per
100 pounds ou wheat and oats
from Eugene to Youcalla, 44 miles
which rate, he says, is excessive,
unjust and unreasonable. Prior to
January 1, l ‘X>7, the rate was 14
cents. The rate for a little longer
distance, as for instance, from Eu Roy Clark of
gene to Koseburg, is now 51 cents, |
whereas the former rate was .161
Dies From
cents. This is an increase of
nearly lixi per cent. The railroad
commission will investigate.
The vigorous spraying of or-'
chards in this vicinity lias about
put a new and important young in -
dustry out of business in this com- j
inunity, so the header is informed j
Millmen Complain to Rail
First Anniversary of Its ! by l>ec keeix*rs. A number of I Catholic Parsonage Near
j thriving young apiaries were be-
road Commission.
Organization.
ing Completion.
j iug built up in and alxmt this city,
I Dave Allison having about 14
I stands, J. II. Shortridge six or
SAY RATE IS EXORBITANT
COLONEL YORAN PRESENT eight and Geo. Lea, Mr. Eiunerty TO BEGIN BRICK MAKING
i and others being engaged more or
MANY ACRES OF
GRAFTING ROYAL ANNES
| less in bee keeping, which seemed
WALNUT ORCHARDS Officers and Members of Local Post to flourish .here until the orchard- : J. M. Shelley ol Eugene, Complaint
ON CHITTEM TREES
Latham Petitions Southern Pacific
ists began a systemmatic method of
Company for a Flag
G. A, R. Were Guests of
of Exorbitant Freight Rates.
Camp Creek Man Making Puny Fruit
Junction City is Centre for Acreage
spraying, which, we are informed
Station.
Honor.
Increased
100
per
cent
Tree* Stronger Planting Cas-
bids fair to exterminate the honey
Planted to Nut Trees— Postmaster
bee as well as the fruit ¡iest. by
cara Orchards
Martin Has 65 Acres.
Dave Allison we are informed that
April 40th represented the first as soon as spraying commenced,
Elmer I,. Doolittle of the Cerro
Work ou the Catholic parsonage
Straud Long was in from Camp
'1'he English walnut growers of
Gordo Lumber Company, com Lane county concede the largest anniversary of the organization he could pick up dead liees in front or home of Father Fitzpatrick is Creek Monday and says he is mak
plains that the carload rates on acreage in English walnuts in Ore and mustering in of Company E, of his stands hv the hat full, a progressing, the roof now lieing ing a success of grafting and bud
railroad ties and lumber on the gon to he elsewhere, but for qual of this city, and accordingly the drop of the spray mixture being put ou. It is located ou the lot ad ding Koval Anne cherries on Chit-
Oregon .V Southeastern are t<x> ex ity of trees set out Lane couuty occasion was appropriately cele sufficient to soon end the career of joining the Catholic church and tiin trees. Some four years ago he
horbitant and asks the railroad claims to hold first place. One of brated by the officers and mem the lx*es. which would fly to their will lie one« of the neatest and conceived the notion and now has
commission to come to the relief of the largest, if not the largest, bers of the company on Tuesday hives and die. While spraying is most commodious home's in that about two dozen trees which are
the luinlier manufacturing interests grafted English walnut groves in evening, this being their regular absolutely necessary for the suc part of town. It has a concrete bearing Koval Aune cherries,
along the line and secure for them the United States if owned one weekly drill night and the most cess of the fruit grower, it bids foundation, is two story with ten which were grafted on to Ghittim
a reduction in the tariff schedule. mile north of Junction on the main convenient time for the assembly - fair to put the bee keepers out of rooms and is modern throughout. tree Ixidies, says the Register. The
He says the present rate for lum line of the Southern Pacific, by iug of the members of the coui- business in the orchard districts.
It will make a beautiful home.
fruit has none of the bitter taste of
ber is $1 ]>er loot 1, and that upon Postmaster A. R. Martin, of Junc
the Cascara and nope of the quali
railroad ties 75 cents, and that tion City. 'This grove consists of
ties of the berries of the parent
when there is a market for lumber (>5 acres of the grafted Mayette
stem, hut are just as sweet and
the manufacturers are hit pretty and l'ranquette varieties grafted
wholesome fruit as though they
hard. He says he has paid as on the California and American
were grafted on to cherry bodies.
high as $41 .00 on a carload ship black walnut. Mr. Martin also
He says the Chittim or Cascara
ment on a seven-mile haul from has ten acres of the second gener
trees call he grown by just stick
his mill to Cottage Grove.
ing slips or sprouts into the ground
ation trees of the same varieties.
and they make a quick, healthy
L A T H A M ¿IAS A KICK COMING.
The trees are set 50x50 feet each
growth and thereby a strong, vig
The citizens of Latham, along way, thus allowing plenty of sun
orous body can be secured easily
the line of the Southern Pacific, light.
and quickly for graftiug the cher
near Cottage Grove, ask the rail
besides this 75-acre grove I. N.
ries. Mr. Long sold many of the
road commission to interfere to se Edwards has ten acres, Edward
trees which Dr. L. W. brown used
cure the reinstatement of Latham Bailey 20 acres of the grafted
for planting his Cascara orchard
as a (lag station for passenger trees, J. M. Howard 40 acres, G.
and is doing much to propogate
train« Nos. 11 and 12, as the sta C. Milletl 25 acres, Johu Harm son
that industry in this county, lie
tion is entirely without train ser .50 acres, and A. C. Neilson seven
is experimenting with grafting
vice, except for freight. The com ! acres, all second generation trees,
other fruits ou the Chittim trees.
plaint is signed by E. M. Sharp, making a total of over 200 acres
and he states that General Mana | at lunction and the Woodcock-
Boys Kill a Fine Turkey
ger O' lirien has been i>etitioned Dunn Laud company has 75 acres
for the relief asKed, hut that that 1 seven miles south of there.
One day this week Wilbur
official has thus far ignored the
The land in this vicinity is es-
Me Earlaud lost a fine white Hol
people’s request.
; peciallv adapted to the growing of
land turkey gobler, the bird being
the English walnut and cherry
found hid under a brush pile in his
trees, there lieing no hard pan for
About China Pheasants.
pasture with its feet tied together,
the roots of the trees to come in
it having lieen killed bv the use of
Pheasants began laying a week contact with. 'There is deep soil
a
dog and club. After some iu-
for a depth of ten or twelve feet,
later than usual. The period of
quirv it was found to lie the work
when a very fine gravel and sand
nesting is 25 days. All the eggs is mixed with the soil, which per
of two lads of this city who became
alarmed and hid the turkey after
that hatch at all, do so almost mits the young, tender roots to
lieuetrate to water easily. This
killing it, and they will probably
simultaneously. As soon as one condition of soil insures a perma
be required to pay dearly for
egg pips, they all pip. If hatched nent, healthy tree, and that they
their
game.
Mr. McFarland re
by a barn yard hen the little pheas will not meet with the great disap
grets his loss very much as it was
pointment
some
of
the
California
ants for the first two or three days
walnut growers have had, where
his only male turkey and was a
do not recognize their foster mother- their' groves have prospered for
prize winner in last winter’s poul
or any other kind of mother, and several years and gave fine returns,
try show. He informs the Leader
wander off, unsheltered and moth but where the trees liegan to die in
that he will make it very tropical
large
mitnlierseach
year.
When
the
erless. The way to teach them
for the next lad or lads he finds
growers
examined
them
to
deter
whom they belong to, is to confine
trespassing on his premises.
mine the cause and were unable to
them and the old hen in a lx>x, two find any trace of disease, they con
feet square or thereabouts, so the eluded the trouble must lx- with the
J . K. Hill, formerly county com
little fellows, by close contact will roots of the trees. They then dug
missioner. sold hi« hue sixi-acre
THE BATTLESHIP CONNECTICUT AND HER TWELVE INCH GUNS, WHICH MADE A NEW
learn to know their own and only up the trees and found that the
farm lying five miles southwest of
WORLD S RECORD.
roots had gone through the soil,
mother.
Junction
City, to Koliert Boyd, re
As a fitting climax to the cruise of the fleet under Hear Admiral Evans the gunners of bis flagship, (he Connect
struck hardpau, were unable to
After being brought up in con penetrate this in their efforts to icut, made a new world’s record at target practice with the battleship's twelve Inch guns. While the navy de cently from Kansas, for $21,000,
finement, the pheasants maintain a find water, and thus died for want partment withholds the actual records made at the Magdalena hay range, It Is known tbnt the Connecticut's gunners the deeds having lieen passed Wed-
• established a new mark both for rapidity of Arc and percentage of hits with the big turret guns. Despite his Illness
half domestic attitude, if set free. of moisture.
nesdav.
Rear Admiral Evans remained aboard the battleship throughout the heavy firing at the targets and received the con
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gratulations of the officers of the fleet when the Connecticut's triumph was announced. As soon as she completed
her ptnctice the Connecticut steamed for San Diego with the admlrnl, where he Is to undergo treatment for rheuma
tism.
pauy in large uumlx-rs.
WATER RIGHT ON
Colonel Yoran of Eugene was
ROW RIVER LOCATED
in attendance to instruct the boys
and hold an examination of cor-
Dr. W. W. Oglesby of Cottage
jxirals for promotion to the office
Grove has located a water right on
of seargents, there lieing two se
How river for what is to lx- known
lections to lie made out of the six,
as the Cottage Grove Power and
to fill the vacancies caused by the
Electrical canal. He appropriates
resignations of Seargents Allx-rt
500,01X1 miners' inches of the
Zerull and T'rauk Woodruff.
water from that stream, the prop
Two long tables were laid and
erty to lie known as the Cottage
after the drill and examinations, a .
Grove Power and Electric Water
military banquet was served, the right.
table luxuries consisting of hard
tack, baked lieans and brown BOUGHT A HOME
coffee. The following members of
IN “ QUEEN CITY/’
the local post G. A. R. were guests
| of honor and highly enjoyed the
R. W. Veatch has Ismght S. S.
j evening: Comrades Dr. Wood, Silencer’s residence projiertv on
McKevnolds. Dickey, Harrison, j
West Tenth street, between Lin
Griffin, June. Lincoln, Dr, Ogles
coln and Lawrence, for $2(>oo, and
t try, Putnam i of Seattle' and Judge
will move his family into the house
j Medley.
within a few days. Mr. and Mrs,
It was a most enjoyable occas-
Silencer will reside with J . S. Luc-
I ion ^nd marks the first mile stone
kev at his residence at the corner
i in the history of Company E,
fwh'ch has made remarkable strides os East Tenth and Pearl street.
| in military discipline and effici Mr Veatch is now in Cottage
ency, during the first year of Its Grove preparing to remove to
organization. Long may the flag Eugene to reside permanently.—
Eugene Guard.
wave o’er Company E.
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With favorable weather condi
tions the brick yard of Gleason &
Atkinson in west Cottage Grove
will liegin the season’s run Mon
day with a full force of men and
it is expected to have the first kiln
of joo.oiki brick up by the middle
of June. The capacity of the
plant has lieen greatly increased
this season by the building of a d
ditional dirt bins and the big brick
pressing machine has lieen placed
on wheels and will lie moved on a
track from one bin to another.
The present capacity of the plant
is 2*xi,ixxt brick every .hi days.
The clay used at this yard is the
very liest, a fine quality of brick
having lieen turned out last season.
( »rders have lieen booked ahead
for considerable brick.
Polk county draft horses sell for
#5tx) a span.
J. XI. Shelley of Eugene, m ana
ger of the Eugene Mill & Elevator
company, has protested to the state
railroad commission against a re
cent raise of nearly 100 per cent
in certain local freight rates in
I
Comstock,
Wound.
COTTAGE GROVE ACCIDENT
Ren
Sanford Shoots Himself
Foot With a Stevens
Target Pistol.
Roy Clark of Comstock, aged 14
years, sou of Charles Clark, went
bunting with a companion about
the same age named Kov Watkins,
last Saturday afternoon and after
wandering about for a while laid
down on the grass to rest. In
some way young Clark pulled his
gun tqward him, muzzle first and
it was discharged, the bullet enter
ing the lower part of the abdomen
and passing out at the back.
He was taken to the Eugene
hospital Sunday morning, hut it
was a fatal wound and he died
about 7 o’clock. The body was
taken in hand by l ’ndertaker Gor-
den and the friends who went to
Eugene with him took the remains
hack on the afternoon traiu Sun
day, for burial at Comstock.
REN SANFORD SHOT IN .FOOT.
Sunday afternoi u Ken Sanford,
George Gourley and Harry Short,
went for a stroll out in the vicinity
of the old Jones sawmill west of
town, young Sanford taking his
little 22-calilier Stevens target
pistol with him. A squirrel was
located in a tree and Sanford
cocked his pistol to take a shot at
it, when the little firearm was pre
maturely discharged, the hall strik
ing Sauford in the top of his right
foot and lodging in the bones. He
was taken to a nearby stream by
one of his companions, his shoe
removed and wound bathed, while
the other secured a horse and
buggy from a nearby farm house
with which to bring him to town.
Oil his arrival it was thought
best to take him to the Eugene
hospital ou the evening train and
locate the bullet' in the foot by
means of the X-Rav. The bullet
was readily located, but the Eu
gene doctors thinking it would
give him no great trouble after
the wound healed, did not remove
it, so the young man returned
home Monday and seems to lie
recovering rapidly from his injury.
He has held the position of sales
man in Metcalf X brand's grocery
store for some time past, but will
now take a forced vacation indef
initely.
The Kozy Korner for sweets.
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