C O T T A G E G R O V E . OREGON
L o ca ted on th e upper W illa n yeltc Knver
144 m iles south o f 1'o tlla u d ou Southern I'a
eitic am ! o r e g o u & South Itafttetti R ailroad *.
P op u lation J.VR); tw o hank*; pu b lic aud high
KcUbols. live churches, w ater, lig h t un«l sew
e r system s; crea m er> , lim n m ill tw o brick,
yard s; saw m ills; w ood w o rk factor> . m atch
fa c t o r y ; steam laundry and th e L s a d s r .
IROUSTUKS AMD MKSOUMCKf.
Great forests of timber tributary to Cottage
t.rove, fifteen saw mills three shingle mills,
within a radius of 15 miles. Headquarters
for Bohemia gold mines aud Black Butte
quicksilver mines valleys and foot hills
well adapted to fruit growing, farming and
dairying. I«oi information regarding this
great country sul»*cTibe for the
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C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N , F R ID A Y , J U L Y 3, igo8.
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COTTAGE GROVE SAGINAW
VOL. XX. NO. is
MAIN STREET BRIDGE IS DECLARED UNSAFE
WORK COMMENCED ON THE
I
A NEW MODERN STEEL BRIDGE IS WANTED PHILLIPS TWO-STORY BRICK
!
lit a recent trip over the county the road where needed,
\ little examination of the open
STKKI. BKIDC.K NKKDKU.
road from Cottage ('.rove to Sagi
Noting this permanent road j bridge aero
the Coast Fork river I Considering the fact that only a
naw a leader representative noted work, the Southern Pacific railroad ion Main street in this cjtv Monday ‘to foot span is required to cross
the fact that Supervisor Sharon company, very generously consent-: revealed the fact that the structure the river, at this deep, narrow
has been doing some excellent ed to putting in a large electric was in a dangerous condition, gorge, the cost of a modem steel
work on this usually rough pub alarm or signal bell at the danger-1 many of the main stringers lieing bridge would lie within the city’s
lic highway, besides expending ous railroad crossing at the grade decayed nearly to the center. The reach financially (the county hav
a good portion of the district funds a short distance south o f the King bridge was built only 5 years ago, ing been relieved of this expense by
011 this road a subscription fund farm, which begins ringing briskly ; but was a shoddy wooden concern the formation of a road district
made up by Cottage Grove citi zeus as soon as a train approaches with from the first and an eyesore t o ! within the incorporate limits, main-
and duplicated by the county in a quarter of a mile from either the town, considering the promi tained by the municipality.) A
court has also been judiciously ex uorth or south.
nent place it occupies on our main good many prominent citizens of
The only remaining bad road business street. At the time it was the town are advocating the build-
pended ou this bit of road, with a
result that it will be, as soon as j north of this city is found within built there was a strong sentiment ing o f a steel bridge to replace this
the gravel settles, as good a strip j the city limits facing the Stauffer in favor of a permanent steel old one ou the grounds of muuici-
of road as can l>e found between; property and the citizens of Cot- structure, but the county court and pal economy and it has been sug-
this city aud Eugene. Plows and j tage Grove should see to it that the city officials at that time could gested that til's proposition be suh-
scrapers were put into use, a good | this few hundred feet of deplorable not be pursuaded to put in a (>et milted to a vote of the people at
grade established and drainage road is improved at once. It’s a maueut bridge. The old bridge the forth coming special election,
ditches provided ou either side of disgrace to the city.
was bolstered up this week by to be held for the purpose of vot-
some temporary piers being placed ing an amend in f* t to the city
under the center of the span, charter and a special tax levy to
i Will Put 100 More Men to Work.
W ILL P R O S EC U T E
The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., which will hold the structure up pay off the city’s interest bearing
GOV. C H A M B ER LA IN will soon start a force of men to under the heavy traffic which indebtedness. A modern steel
work on a logging railroad into passes over it until a contract can bridge is what is needed at this
I.. 11. McMahon, a Salem at the mountains above Wendling
be let and a new bridge built it its ^ place and we believe the towns
torney, says that he will bring suit several miles. A force of 75 or
place.
people would vote in favor of a
in Marion countv at the October 100 men will be employed.
term of court, against Governor
Chamberlain, to recover some S10,-
000 illegally taken by him during
his incumbency as chief executive
of the state.
It is contended by McMahon,
that he would bring suit as a pri-;
vate citizen bent on benevolent |
aims, to secure the return of the:
sums mentioned to the {>eople from j
which they were taken contrary to I
the constitution of the state.
He contends that the constitu
tion, prior to the enactment of the
flat salary law of 1905, provided
that the governor should receive
an annual salary of $1,500 with
no additional perquisites. The ac
ceptance of compensation for ser
vice on the various state boards,
therefore, is contrary to the con
stitution aud illegal according to
the contentious of Mr. McMahon,
who contends that since he has
brought suit against former secre
taries of State Dunbar and Kin
caid he can not as an impartial ob
jector refrain from prosecuting
Governor Chamberlain under the
same line of attack.
j
bond issue for this purjsise as au I Monday
morning Contractor
economic measure in comparison Clark commenced work with a
with a clumsy wooden bridge.
force of men ou the new If. B.
That #1,190 road money refunded
Phillips two-story brick on Main
to the city recently by the county !
, ,
,
, street adjoining the First National
court would go a long wav toward l , , , ....
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i
„ ■ Bank building.
1 he new brick
building a new steel bridge. Talk
will lie 40 by 9U feet, will contaiu
up the steel bridge proposition.
two store rooms with plate glass
BK11X.R TO BK R K P A IR K 1 ).
fronts on the ground floor aud a
Ou Tuesday some bridge build commodious lodge room on the
ers examined this bridge carefully second floor. The side and rear
and reported it as their opinion walls will lie built of brick, while
that a few hundred dollars in re the front will be constructed from
pairs would pul the structure in tinted concrete blocks aud plate
good serviceable shai>e and ade glass, and when completed it will
quate for safe traffic over it for be oue of the liest aud most impos
several years, or until the city has ing new business structures on
had time to recover from its pres Main street.
ent financial difficulty.
Therefore \ Atkinson
it is propable a contract will soon
and
bridge
found necessary to
and when
rebuild the
bridge there is no question
but
what a steel bridge will be put in.
Jackson Place Sold.
John A . Jackson sold the little
farm which he p u rc h a s ed ; two
miles northeast of this city latt fall
at $l,60Qr.to \V. A . Witcher, of
Medford, this week for $2,600 and
it was a bargain at this price. The
place contained 40 acres o f fine
the txjttom la n d .
Gleason,
Torpedo B o a t« E n t e r C oos B a y .
f f O R £ ‘T R O U B I£ FO R
be let for the substantial improve
ment of this
brick yard proprietors, have a kiln
of 150,000 brick buruiug for the
Phillips building which will be
ready for delivery the latter part of
next week.
This will make the fifth big
brick for Maiu street since Jan. 1,
either completed or under course
of construction.
The Pacific torpedo boat flotilla
R EV . D. E . O LS O N
coaled at Coos Bay this week and
Marshfield and North Bend were
jubilant over the government rec
Rev. L). E. < llsoii of Eugene has
ognition of the excellent quality of
lieen holding a revival meeting at
their coal product.
the Christian church in Halsey for
the past several weeks. He has
met with much criticism on the
part of other churches ou account
of his expressed opposition to the
doclriues of other churches aud
there has been some little trouble
in the town over the matter. Now
the small boys seem to “ have it in”
for him as the following cor-
espondeuce from Halsey will indi
cate:
“ Evangelist Olson, who has
been' holding revival services in
the Christian church since May 31,
has incurred the eumity of some
boys who cut a large banner down,
which bore the words, “ Hear
Olson and his singers tonight,"
and hacked it in many pieces,
after which they deposited it in
front of the Christian church.
They also tore down his black
board where he writes the title of
his sermon for each evening.
He recently met with similar
trouble at Albany.
Rev. < llson formerly preached at
Cottage Grove, where he is well
kuown.
FOURTH OF JULY C E LEBR ATIO N
THE EAGLE WILL SCREAM AT COTTAGE GROVE
E verybody in South Lan e W ill Join in Celebrating Independence Day Here
east side of Fourth street facing
Ifoot races and high jumping.
The celebration will he under
south in the following order: at
Trapshooting. Prize $25.
the management of the Woodmen
Military rifle shooting. Prize the F'irst National bank:
of the World and Modern W ood
Goddess of Liberty car.
men of America, at Cottage Grove. $5, with entrance money added.
Chariot with Columbia.
A
grand
display
of
fire
works
in
Come
and
witness
the
best
pro
H. K. Metcalf, the Faverolle
Chariot with Martha and George
the evening from the summit of
gram
and
parade
ever
pulled
off
chicken breeder of Cottage Grove,
Washington.
reservoir hill.
received two dozen Faverolle eggs in South Lane county.
The children’s car:
The day’s festivities will close
Partial
List
of
Events
from Loudon last Sunday, the
with a grand Military ball at the
Carriage
with
the
Mayor,
eggs having been 16 days on the
Tug-of-war— Modern Woodmen armory. Everybody welcome.
speaker of the day, orator aud
long journey half way around the of America vs. Woodmen of the
Formation of the Parade
chaplain.
world.
Only two eggs
were World. Prize $8.00.
One stroke of the firebeli at 9:15
The following will form on the
broken in the shipment and Mr.
Base ball— G. II. Co. vs. Cot
a. m. will lie the signal for all west side of F'ourth street facing
Metcalf has set them under two tage Grove
Record
Breakers.
taking part in the parade to pre-1 south: by the Oregon hotel in the
faithful old biddies and the result Prize $20.
pare for formation as follows:
1 following order:
of the hatch will lie watched with
Greased pig— Catch and hold.
Woodmen of the World float.
The militia headed by the band j
much interest by local poultrymen Prize $5.
Royal Neighbors float.
will
form
oil
the
west
side
of
and Mr, Metcalf, the importer.
Indian wrestling. Prize 1st, $.1;
Modern Woodmen float.
Fourth street facing south; at the
2nd, $2.
Ladies Circle float.
I-eader office.
The grading and graveling of
Basket Ball— Tw o girl teams.
Foresters of America float.
The
following
will
form
ou
the
River street is progressing.
Prize $10.
LO C A L IM P O R T ER O F
F A N C Y P O U L T R Y EG G S
IN OUR NEW BRICK
Come and See U s
We are now located in the new brick on the
corner of Main and Second streets with more
new goods and liettcr bargains than we ever
offered before.
Come in and see
Compton & Wallace
W here Yo u Do Better.
All other fraternal society floats.
All other floats will be formed in
line by the marshal of the day on
the east side of F'ourth street facing
south at Garinan & Hemeuway’s
building.
The above formation must lie
observed and the procession will
form in the order indicated aliove
a fid will lie ready to move as near
K lo ’tlock as jiossible; the marshal
will notify when to move by one
stroke on the fire bell.
Iii> Tri.LA R , Marshal.
Approved F. II. R o s k n b KRG,
Chairman of the day.
Goddesses and Maids.
floats aud chariots:
Goddess of Liberty— Miss Lulu
Willard.
Maids— Misses Mamie Kime and
Edith Hastings.
Columbia— MissIJollie Hawkins
Goddess of Justice— Miss Katie
Knowltou.
No Explosives on Main S tre e t.
Mayor Job has proclaimed that
no explosive be fired ou
street from
eight
Main
o'clock in the
morning until six o ’clock in the
evening on July 4th, and the mar
shal will enforce this order.
This
The committees have selected is a very commendable precaution
the following named handsome against accidents and injury from
young ladies to grace the various frightened teams and bums.
FIRST ANNUAL SWEET PEA SHOW
AND FLORAL PARADE NEXT FRIDAY
A ll classes ojieii to coni]ietitiou Thursday or notify Mrs. I f . 0.1
The Sweet l’ea show formerly
aunouuced for July 15 will l>e held to anyone living within a radius of Thompson who will send team to!
collect them.
at the armory the afternoon and ten miles of Cottage Grove.
The committee requests everyoue j
The following prizes will lie
evening of July 10th.
The opening feature o f the festi I given to children for flowers other growing sweet peas to send all they
jKissibly can to the armory auy |
val will be the floral parade at 2:3(> | than sweet peas:
F'irst and second prize for the time Thursday.
o ’clock, after which the doors of
Those taking part iu the parade!
the first sweet j>ea show of Cottage largest collection.
F'irst and second prize for best are requested to use flowers other I
Grove will lie ojieii to the public.
than sweet peas, iu order that the;
Admission 10 cents. The band i lioquet of any one variety.
Vases will lie furnished for ex sweet pea exhibit at the armory j
will furnish music during the
will not be curtailed.
i liibits in classes I and 2.
evening.
Sweet Pea Show Parade
In class 3, the unique display.
Following is a list of the classi
Thane wishing to enter the sweet pea |
I Competitors having a large display
ficatiou open for competition.
show street parmle Hie afternooji ot July |
Class 1— For the largest number I should secure space from the deco 10, will please notify Mrs. A. B. Wood, j
of varieties grown by an exhibitor rating committee.
chairman of the street parade commit
Mrs. tleo. Hall, chairman iu tee.
I not less than 10 named varieties,
A pri/c will lie given fur the l>e*t deco- \
| nor less than 12 sprays in a vase. class 4. If the display is large it rated
vehicle; for the lient decorated
| would lie advisable to secure space horse ridden l»y «a hoy; for the bc>t deco- !
F’irst and second prizes
Class 2— Best named varieties 12 also.
rated horse ridden by i girl, for the l>est
Vases will Ire furnished for the decorated bicycle ridden by • boj t<>r
j sprays each of yellow, pink, white,
the l»est decorated 1>icycle ridden by a |
dark red, red or lavender. Prize childrens exhibits.
girl; for the liest decorated Imhy car
All flowers for competition must nage and for the liest decorated do?1 I
for each color.
Class .3—Prize for the most Ire entered by 9 o ’clock Friday carriage
;
Beside the above there will lie a num-
i unique display. Prize for the July 10th.
Anyone who will loan {Kitted lier of other attractions in the parade.
! most artistically arranged boquet.
All citizens of Cottage Grove And j
Class 4— I.argest display, regard- plants for decorative jmrposes will | vicinity are earnestly invited b) take i
i less of color or variety.. First and greatly assist the committee. Vou 'part in this parade and make it a grand
may britig them to the armory [ success.
'second prize.
E U G E N E R E G IS T E R
B U ILD IN G N EW BRICK
Editor W ill Gilstrap of the Eu
gene Daily and W eekly Register,
spent a few hours in this city Sat
urday while on his return home
from London Spriugs. He says
work has commenced on a new
brick for the Register on the op
posite side of the street from the
present office, ill which a fine new
news press will lie installed for the
Register and other modem equip
ments. When established iu the
new quarters the publishers con
template making some valuable
improvements iu their already ex^""
cellent daily newspaper.
G ROCERIEC
The Kind that a lw a y s P le a » e the H o u s e w ife
SHOES AN D
CLOTHING:
E v e r y t h i n g f o r th e
in g m a n .
Som e
fin e
W o rk
D ress
S h o e s fo r o ld a n d y o u n g .
RIPE BERRIES
and early
VEGETABLES
S p e c i a l B a r g a in s an d
L arg e
S to ck
to
a
s e le c t [
fro m . P r i c e s that p le a s e
GLASS W A R E
C H IN A W A R E
PE A R C E BRO TH ERS.
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