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C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N , F R I D A Y , J U N E 26, 1908.
FEET WILLAMETTE VALLEY CASE
Business Men Co-Operate with the City Council in De­ Development Work Being
Pushed Along
vising Ways and Means to Overcome the City's Loss
in Revenue Formerly Received in Saloon Licenses.
Proposed Amendment to City Charter-Financial Plan MUCH GOOD ROAD WORK
Ilem enw ay, 1). J. Scholl, W . A.
C unningham ,
H. Veuske. A.
Brund, F rank liby, J. W. Sears,
R. M. Veatch, B. R. Job, A. W.
Kime. J. K. Barrett, C. II. Burk
zens and city council committees,
holder, ( irrin Robinson, N. K.
Compton, Marion Veatch, 1. J.
which had formerly lieen appoint­
Taylor, li. Steffen, J. M. H ansen,
ed to draft a plan or deviiy ways
C. II. VanDenbqrg, T. C. W heel­
and m eans to pay off the city ’s in ­
er, C. F. King, S. Teeters, C.
terest I »earing indebtedness aud \p
F O R M E R C IT Y TA X L E V Y .
Cooley, Albert
Stocks, J. 11.
H unter, C. C. H azleton, II. II.
meet its current expenses, which Regular t a x ...................................... 5 mills
V eatch, F. C. Coffman, Kdwin
have showed an an n u al deficit Sewer fu n d ....................................... 2 mills
T ullar, A. S. Powell, A. B. At
since the saloon license was H igh school....................................... 1<> mills
kins, J. A. lilledge, George Betts,
cut off ap a result of the local op­
W. C. Conner, I). J. DuBruille, O.
T otal city lev y................. 17 mills Veatch, B. Lurch, W. C. Johnson,
tion election two years ago and
J. V. Thornton, O. S. Spear, M.
again in the election of Ju n e 1st.
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R EPO R T A D O PTED
S. Scovell, S. R. Piper, J.
B.
T he meeting was called to order
T he report of the joint commit­ Lewis, D. G. M c F a rla n d fj. W.
by Mayor Job, who briefly stated
tees was adopted w ithout a dissent­ Veatch, II. F. W ynne, F. G. Stil­
the object of the gathering and
ing vote, au d a motitm was also ler, J. C. Johuson, S am ’l Pearce,
called for the nom ination and elec­
unanim ously carried th at the citi­ J. O. Van W inkle, W. II. Abrams,
J. li. Voting, A. II. King, J. S.
tion of a chairm an aud secretary.
zens present be given an opportun­ Milne, J. D. Phillips. F. B. P hil­
Hon. R. M. V eatch was chosen
ity to sigu a petition to the council lips.
for .chairm an an d W . C. Conner
asking th a t a special election be
Proposed Amendment
for secretary. Mr. V eatch stated
called to vote ou the proposed
Of Section 20 of C hapter IV uf
th at an emergency in the city ’s af­
am endm ent to the city charter aud the city of Cottage Grove, Lane
fairs was at "hand, th a t the city
while but .to nam es were required county. State of Oregon, the said
was without an income adequate
th e petition soon contained almost charter being an act of the sjiecial
to meet its expenses aud th a t it
session of the Legislative Assemb­
a hundred.
ly of the state of Oregon of the
was up to our citizens to face this
Many prom inent citizens spoke year 1903 and filed in the office of
em ergency fairly and squarely and
in favor of the com m ittees finan­ the Secretary of State December
to meet it in a practical business­
i
cial plan, am ong whom were A t­ 2.3th 1903.
like way. IJe counseled co-opera­
Be it enacted by the legal voters
torney J. C. Johnson, Charles
tion on the p art of the taxpayers
Burkholder, II. O. Thompson, of the city of Cottage Grove, in
and called for a report of the
George H all, Col. Blair, George Lane county, S tate of Oregon:
joint committees. II. H. Veatch,
T h a t Section 20 of Chapter IV
Comer and Hon. R. M. Veatch.
chairm an of the citizens com m it­
of th e Charter of the city of Cot­
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tee subm itted the report or plan
tage Grove, Lane county, Oregon,
Citizens committee— II.
11.
form ulated by th e joint committees
the said charter being an act of
which was substantially as fol­ Veatch, J. C. Johnson, C. II. the Legislative Assembly of the
Burkholder an d C- C. Hazleton.
lows:
state of Oregon of the year 1903,
Council com mittee—( »eo. Comer,
C O M M IT T E E S R E P O R T .
and filed in the office of the Secre­
T h at the indebtedness of the Geo. A tkinson aud A1 lilledge.
tary of State, December 23th 1 ‘303,
These com mittees worked hard
city is substantially $9,000 which
be and tile same is hereby am en d ­
is draw ing interest at the rate of 6 ou the difficult task assigned them ed to read as follows:
per cent; that the an n u a l expense and th at their work was well done
CHAPTER 20
of the city is about $5,600 and an d was appreciated and fully in­
1. The Common Council shall
the annual income about $2,700. dorsed by th e citizens of the town have power, annually, to assess,
T he tax ab le property of the city- w as evident from the uiiatpinous levy, and collect tax es for general
aggregates $500,000 on which the vote to accept their report and m unicipal purposes, not to exceed
city charter provides for only a 5 recom m endations. Following the Hi mills ou the dollar, upon prop,
mills levy for city purposes, which adoption of the report Mr. Burk­ ertv, both real aud personal, which
only provides a revenue of $2,500 holder rem arked th at he was proud is taxable by law for state or coun­
an nually. It is therefore recom­ of the citizens of Cottage Grove ty purposes, except unplatted
m ended by the joint committees and m any others voiced the same ground, used exclusively for fa n n ­
th at the charter be am ended by sentim ent.
ing purposes.
Initiative Petition.
vote at a special election so as to
2. The Common Council shall
We, the undersigned, citizens in like manner, assess, levy and
enable the council to increase this
levy to 10 mills in like emergencies aud legal voters of the city of Cot­ collect au u u ally u p o n such proper­
aud to pay off the city ’s indebted­ tage Grove, in Lane county, state ty, not to exceed 2 mills on the
ness and meet current expenses, of Oregon, respectfully dem and dollar, and such taxes so collected
the ta x to be designated as follows; th a t the following proposed am end­ shall lie placed in a fund to be
ment to the charter of thy city of known as a sewer fund aud shall
PR O PO SED C IT Y TA X L E V Y .
Cottage ( Irove, shall l»e subm itted only l»e known as a sewer fund
Regular ta x ....................................... 10 mills
to the legal voters of the city of and shall only be used in the pay ­
S inking fu n d .................................... 5 mills
Cottage G rove in Lane county, ment of outstanding sewer lxnids
Sewer fu n d ....................................... - mills
Oregon, for their approval or re­ and the interest thereon.
H igh school......................................... V mills
jection at a special election to l>e
3. T he Common Council shall,
T otal city lev y ............................ 20 mills
called an d held for that purpose, in like m anner, for the i>eriod of
T he 10 mills would be simply a atid each for himself says: I have five years, com m encing with the
.4 mills increase over the usu»l ta x ; jiersonally signed the petition aud levy of 1‘EI8, assess, levy and col­
the 5 mills sinking fund levr to be pry residence, postoffice address lect, u|x»n such proi»erty, not to
used in paving $2,500 per year on and voting ward is correctly exceed 5 mills on the dollar, and
the $9,(EH) indebtedness w lich it w ritten after my name:
said taxes shall l»e kept in a fund
George Comer, George M. Hall, to be known as the F lo atin g ' W ar­
would wipe out, interest aid prin­
cipal in less th an 5 yeai*. The Thos. I’earce, W. II. Blair, C. J. ran t Indebtedness fund an d shall
Howard, C. W . W allace, - H. O.
2 mills sewer ta x rem ains Jie same Thompson, Jam es lleinenw ay, J. only be ex ten d e d in redeem ing the
as formerly, w hile th e ' 3 mills H enderson M cFarland, A. L. outstanding w arrauts against said
high school ta x is a reduction of 7 Woodard, Jam es Porter, W . A. city and the interest thereon.
T he citizens of Cottage Grove
Corner of Main and Third Streets. Old Rate Practically Restored to San
met in the Masonic hall W ednes­
Francisco
Bay
Points—
Mills
Ves Wallace Awhrded the
day evening for the purpose of
Will Resume.
Contract.
listening to the report of the citi­
T his week the
Burkholder-
Woods M ercantile Co. aw arded the
contract for their new single story
brick to be built on their old busi­
ness site on the corner of Main
au d T hird street, to Ves W allace,
the well know n local brick m aker
and brick m ason. T he contract
for the interior wood work was
aw arded to I.. F. Wooley. T his
new, modern brick will lie 50x95
feet, single story w ith plate glass
front and all modern conveniences.
Mr. W allace p u t a force of men
to work on his brick yard north of
town T uesday m orning and the
k iln of brick necessary for this im ­
provem ent will soon be m a n u fact­
ured and burned. In the m ean­
tim e the foundation work for the
new brick will be com pleted. D ur­
ing the course of construction of
their new brick the Burkholder-
W oods Co., will occupy one of the
rooms in the new Stew art & H inds
building on the corner of Main
and Second street, into w hich they
will commence m oving July 6th.
Mr. W allace expects to have
th e new building com pleted and
ready for occupancy by September
1st.
More New Residences.
W ork w as com menced this week
on at least two more commodions
homes in this city, one on T aylor
street for Sid H am blin aud one in
the D. G. M cFarland addition for
M ike Kebblebefck.
Mr. H am blin has the concrete
foundation laid for his modern
cottage it being on his lot adjoin­
ing the home property of Tom
A llen.
Mr. K ebblebeck will build a
two-story modern residence 32x32
feet with concrete basem eut on the
lot occupied by his present cottage
home w hich will lie moved to a n ­
other lot. T h is m akes more than
a dozen new homes com pleted and
under course of construction for
C ottage G rove already this season
an d there will be more home bu ild ­
ing before the season closes.
Creswell is having a building
boom. A new hotel, five houses
and seven new b am s are being
erected.
By its decision the Commission
has restored former rates on lutn
ber shipm ents practically to all
territory west of the Mississippi
river, more specifically described
as th a t territory west of a line
ru n n in g almost north an d south
from Pem bina, 011 the British Co­
lum bia line, through G rand Forks,
Sioux City, K ansas City an d St.
Joseph to Port A rthur, T exas. It
is to w hat is know n as Deliver ter­
ritory, all lying west of the Missis­
sippi river, that th e interested O re­
gon lum berm en m ake the bulk of
their eastern shipm ents. By this
same decision the lum berm en of
the state of W ashington did not
fare quite so well. W hile the com ­
mission refuses to g ran t any ad ­
vance to points in the territory
west of a line from Pembina to
Sioux City, it consents to an ad ­
vance of 5 cents on shipm ents to
St. Paul, M inneapolis aud D uluth.
T he N orthern Pacific and the
G reat N orthern had asked th at
this rate be advanced 10 cents.
W IL L A M E T T E V A I.I.K Y CASK.
By far the m o st, im portant decis
ion by the Commission, however,
so far as the lum ber industry in
this state is concerned, was th a t in
the case of the W estern Oregon
I.um ber M anufacturers’ A ssocia­
tion, know as the “ W illam ette
Valley c a se .” T his proceeding
was instituted by the mill men of
the W illam ette valley to restrain
the Southern Pacific tom pauy
from enforcing^ an increased rate
of $5 a ton on all lum ber sh ip ­
m ents to San Francisco and Bay
Points. T he old rate w as $3.10 a
ton from all Hast side points, south
of Portland, aud $3.35 from West
side points, south of this city, the
difference in these rates being
caused by the ex tra haul from the
W est side points to the m ain line,
via Corvallis aud A lbany.
T he Commission found th a t this
was an unw arranted advnuce, but
does concede to the railroad the
right to advance its rates 30 cents
a ton, m aking the new rates $3.40
from east side points and $3.65
from W est side points. These
rates are applicable to San F ran ­
cisco and Bay points.
Not only are the lum berm en
(C oncluded on page l'o u r.)
REMOVAL ANNOUNCEMENT
We have just finished our first year’s business
in Cottage Grove and we desire to extend to
our many friends and customers our hearty
thanks for their liberal patronage, which has
enabled us in the short period of one year to
build up a prosperous and substantial business.
We also wish to announce that next week we
will move our store into the new brick on the
corner of Main and Second streets where we
will be pleased to meet all our old as well as
new customers, and we will in the future as in
the past put forth our best endeavors to
please.
Yours for Business,
Compton & Wallace
W here You Do Better.
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VO L. XX.
NO. II
INTERESTING NEWS FROM THE
W ill REVIVE TO PAY OFF THE CITY'S INDEBTEDNESS
AND PROVIDE FOR CURRENT EXPENSES BOHEMIA MINING DISTRICT
By the Burkholder-Woods Lumber Rate Decision of
Benefit to Oregon.
Mercantile Co.
BUILDING
i i r e a t fo re s ts o f l im b e r t r i b u ta r y to C o ttu g c
‘ ¡ro v e tilt e c u sa w m ills , th r e e s h in g le m ills ,
w ith in a r a d iu s o f is m ile s. I le a ilq u a r te r s
fo r H o h e m ia g o ld m in e s a n d » l a c k Itu tte
q u ic k s ilv e r m in e s v a lle y s a n d fo o l l u lls
w e ll adap g p d to f ru it g ro w in g , f u n n in g a n d
d a ir y in g . F o r i n fo r m a tio n le g a r d in g t h is
g r e a t c o u n tr y s u b s c n lie for th e L « * 4 a r .
mills over th is ta x heretofore levied
owing to th e recent county high
school legislation. Therefore, this
plan w hich is am ple to meet all of
the city ’s requirem ents shows an
increased city ta x of only 3 mills
over the former m unicipal tax levy
which is as follows:
Mayflower Will Install a
New Stamp Mill
MORE MEN WORKING NOW
Some of the Properties w ill Soon Be­ The President Group i> Showing Up
gin Shipping Concentrates
WeN— New Mining Locations
to the Tacoma Smelter.
are Being Recorded
On the Royal Flush group,
W . 1?. W arren has filed a loca­
owned by Portland capitalists aud tion notice ou a m ining claim in
others, Mr. Tom and some help­ the Bohemia m ining district which
ers are doing development work he calls the “ Dolly W a rre n .”
an d show some good ores. John
A. P. Churchill has lieen p a c k ­
Crowley of Portland is principal ing in supplies aud has com ­
owner.
menced development work on his
Development work is progress­ President group of seven claim s.
ing on the Tw in Rocks properties, Some very good ore has been
opened and all work shows u p well.
owned by Illinois and Oregon cap­ H e has a very prom ising copper
italists. A cross-cut tunnel is in au d gold property in his President
20<i feet aud will soon cut a ledge group. H e owns several other
of proved richness. T he m an a­ groups and has interested Rose­
parties iu some of his hold­
gers expect to cut this ledge w ith­ burg
ings.
in 20 feet more, then they will
C. Destel, a well know n Bo-
drift on the ledge and block out
! hernia m itiiqg mail was down from
ore.
W. II. Shane is doing develop­ th at cam p this week. H e has
ment work ou the Pittsburg group, spent eleven years in the cam p
owned by himself aud others. He au d says there is nothing w hich
is building a trail to couuect with would l»e of more lieuefit to the ,
the Gleuwood trail aud county district th an the building of a
road. All this trail is ou an even smelter near Portland or at th e
grade, none of it over .3 j»er cent. head of tidew ater on Cops Bay,
It is a pleasure to go over this then with a reasonable freight rate ,
trail, after traveling some th at are on ore, the Bohemia m ines would
20 t»er cent grade and some even flourish aud the m iners w ould get
their rew ard.
worse. People in this cam p are
liegiuuiug to see the advantage, of
S. J. Brund is gettiug along
good trails anij wagon roads.
nicely with his w agon road con­
Mr. McCabe is doing some loca­ tract and hopes to have the road
tion worl^ on a new find and says completed soon, so th a t ore can be
he has som ething good. H e will hauled over it. T his is the road
soon pack in supplies aud com­ j I*. J. H ard id building from the
mence development on his Rock j \ esuvius to his U topian property,
Creek property. He will build a where he has blocked out consider-
trail aw a good grade from his | able high grade ore. T h is ore is
projierty down Rock Creek to free m illiug an d Mr. H ard will
Steam boat Creek, to connect there h au l it to the Vesuvius mill for
with the wagon road th a t comes treatm ent. He wilj also com
up the Steaml»oat 4o Roseburg. meuce h au liu g base ore from h is
He hopes to see Roseburg improve Oregou-Colorado property soon.
this road, as a good m any people T his ore will be concentrated and
in cam p would buy supplies there the concentrates shipped to T aco ­
m a for sm elting.
if there were an outlet-
T he T a k ilm a ' smelter at Waldo
blew in last M onday aud al>out 25
large w agons are now hauliug
coke out from here, with all the
way from two to eight horses to a
wagon, and it is expected they
will be bringing in the copper
m atte very soon. T he distance
from the Pass to W aldo is 45 miles
an d it requires five days to m ake a
round trip from here, tak in g out a
lode of coke an d com ing in with a
load of m atte. T his slow tim e is
largely due to the heavy roads
over a portion of the route.—
(•ran ts Pass Courier.
T h e m anagers of the M ayflower
group of m ines iu Bohemia have
had more th an a car load of h a rd ­
ware and grocery supplies shipped
into their m ine recently from C ot­
tage G rove an d have q uite a force
of men at work preparatory to in ­
stalling a new mill of th e C hilian
type. Five more men left this
city to work iu this m ine th is week
in which extensive developm ent
work and im provem ents is beiug
m ade. Perry F .li of Kelso, W a sh .,
is a prom inent stockholder in th is
property aud went into the cam p
T hursday.
G R o c e h i e «
The Kind that always Pleaae the Housewife
SHOES AND
Everything for the W ork-
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ x ingman. Some fine Dress
v J j U T . U I N Q \ I Shoes for old and young.
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SHERIFF FRED FISK’S REPLY TO LEADER
liugene, Oregon, Ju*; 24, PEIS. 1 I could fully trust I have used him
j as such tru sty and as such I bad
C ottage Grove Leader
G entlem en:— It has/never been him take the grub basket to the
my custom to heed criticism, es­ Hotel Hoffman at 3 o ’clock in the
pecially when such ,$ticism does m orning an d again at 5 o’clock in
not conform with we facts and ! the evening for the jail m eals at
truth, however, l Iflieve th at in | which tim e he was aw ay not to ex-
justice to myself I Aould answer j ceed 25 m inutes and then only
your comment in yAir last issue, wli^fe the hotel people were prepar-
regarding Charlie Case and the j iug the m eals and upon his return
liberty allowed him .
Neither 1 he was ag ain locked up in jail.
Charlie Case or aiV other orisoner < )n one or two wash days a t the
during my term o ’office has “ en ­ jail aud in the early spring while
joyed the liberty of the city and the court house janitor was sick
only sleep at tin county jail at for three of four days I had Mr.
Case over to the court house ru n ­
n ig h t.” W hen possible and as
ning the furnace. < >ther than be­
has always beef the custom we ing out for the m eals and above
have a trusty a / th e county jail. work Mr. Case has enjoyed no
Knowiug Case tib e a m an whom more liberty than other prisoners
and has l»eeii locked within the
county jail day and night. You
also say that ’Mr. Case is g ettin g
three (square m eals a d a y ” — Mr.
Case has had the same m eals as
other prisoners— I prefer to h ea r
th at 1 feed my prisoners well th an
th at I am a ty ran t and half starve
them simply because 1 was vested
with a little authority au d badge
of office.
Very Respectfully Submitted.
F r e d F i s k . Sheriff.
The citizens of Cottage (irove
who have visited the county seat
from time to tim e during the past
few months are fam iliar with Mr.
C ase's case and are fully able to
judge the merits an d dem erits of
the Leader's criticism an d Sheriff
F isk ’s explanation, an d further
com ment we deem unnecessary.
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