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! LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
When England ami her tyrant king
(lot too almighty skittish,
The angry patriots turned out
And blew up all the Kritish;
hut as the Fourth comes round again
W i t h n o o n e to forbid it.
We alt blow one another up
To show them how we slid it.
The Leader is sending out its
Mrs. J. II. (lood who was here
subscription state
from Seattle visiting friends, went semi-annual
on to Cottage drove Tuesday to ments. If you get one and the
account is incorrect come iu aud
visit other friends.— Register.
The parly who took
lorn we will adjust it satisfactory to
Parker's flag the night of the you. We are tryiug to get the old
Fourth is known and will lie pros leader subscription list straigh
ecuted if the flag is not returned tened out aud balanced up.
at ouce.
Forty-four different jieople com
peted for prizes offered by the
It was iudeed a glorious X -
Cherry fair at The Dalles, aud
Patronize Leader advertisers.
there were (i81 boxes of cherries
The boys say it ain’t near beer. on the tables.
Scholl’s specks gives satisfac
Company E, Fourth Infautry,
tion.
will leave Cottage drove on train
■ Refrigerator chocolates at the No. 16, August .5, at 1:48 a. m.
Kozy Koruer.
for the encampment at American
Wasn't it lucky we bad Sunday
Lake, Washington.
to rest up in?
L. X. Roney has started several
It was a sane and safe Fourth at
men
to work on the county bridge
Cottage Grove.
across Brumbaugh creek east of
They started the big thing 1.12
Cottage drove for which he took
years ggo last Saturday.
the contract some lime since.
deo. Ilohl and wife left this
The reception tendered by the
week for Montana to reside.
Cattle in the pastures and on the ladies of the Eastern Star to Miss
Celia Lurch last week was at the
range are said to lie very fat.
home
of Mrs. II. I). Thompson,
(let the Kozy Koruer prices for
ice cream by the gallon delivered instead of the home of Mrs. Cotnp-
anywhere in town.
tou as erroneously stated by the
The Kozy Koruer gives careful Leader.
Fine hayiug weather.
RE LIA B ILITY
Is our w atch-word
Wi* compound
«11 prescription« with the utmoHt
care nml accuracy. We carry a splen
did line of
TO ILET
AR TIC LES.
I'omhs, lirushe«, ltuhl«>r r.o o d « and
all Sickroom KeipilHlteH. lten«onnhle
prices.
Benson's Pharmacy
Cottage Grove. Oregon
Died.
A L L E N — Cora (trace, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Allen who reside on Mosby
Creek, Tuesday July 7, 1908,
aged 4 years, .t mouths and 27 attention to ice cream orders from
days, from stomach troubles, out of town patrons.
supposed to have been caused
Scholl wants to make this mouth
from eating cherries.
a banner watch sale month there
The funeral service was con
fore gives special
prices on
ducted at the Presbyterian church in
watches.
this city Wednesday at 11 o'clock1
A . B. Wood, manager of tbeO.
a. m. by Rev. 11. L. Nave, inter
X S. E. railroad to Bohemia, was
ment in the Shield’s cemetery.
transacting business at Eugene
BOW EN— At the Eugene hospital Wednesday.
this morning, July 10, 1908,
Frank Crabtree, Jas. Benson, J.
Chas. Bowen, aged 68 years.
M. Isham, Attorney Jerome Knox
Mr. Bowen was well and favor and Wm. Landess were county
ably known at this place having seat visitors Thursday.
served the S. P. Railroad Co., for
I., d . Iluliu, of the Eugene
years as Section foreman at this
music firm of Stevens X Ilulin,
place and Latham. lie has been
was looking after business matters
in jioor health for some time past
in this city Wednesday.
and went to the hospital for treat
On warm summer afternoons,
ment. His wife died some years
ago. He will be buried at this think of us and buy a good ham
place Sunday under the auspices mock and take life easy. Veatch
lltf
o f the Is. P. lodge of which he & Lawson. •
was a member. He leaves five
Wednesday and Thursday were
grown children to mourn their loss. among the hottest days of the
A L E X A N D E R — At his home in
Oakland, California, July, <•,
1908, Robt. Alexander, aged 4(>
years.
Mr. Alexander was well and
favorably known here, having
formerly been a member of the
well known timber and lumber
firm of Campliell & Alexander of
this city. He was a member of
tbe local camp W . O. W . in which
he carried a 52000 policy. The
firm of Campbell X- Alexander
was dissolved a few years ago,
Mr. Campbell now lieing state rail
road commissioner, Mr. Alexander
having moved to California to re
side.
POSTER— Jessie Alta, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V.
Poster of Silk Creek, was born
at Riverton, Coos county, Ore
gon, Feb. 10, 1897, and died at
her home Monday July (>, 1908
o f Spinal Meningitis, aged 11
years, 4 months and 26 days.
Alta was a sweet, loving and
thoughtful little girl and during
her short life did all she could for
the happiness of her playmates
and all those aliout her. She was
loved by the entire community and
was a favorite among her friends,
who will miss her greatly. She
had already attained to a 7th
grade education and was an ex
ceptionally bright child. She was
a member of the Silk Creek Meth
odist Sunday school and took
an active part in it.
The little body was laid in its
last resting place in the Silk Creek
cemetery, July 7, 1908, the fun
eral services t>eing conducted by
Rev. Fred M. Waehlte, pastor of
the Silk Creek Methodist church.
She will sleep there until the Angel
of the Resurrection bids her a
glad goodmorning.
year, the thermometer registering
from 85 to 88 degrees in the shade.
The next poultry show will be
more successful if you will sprinkle
you lieu roost with Aveuarius Car-
bolineum, for sale at Veatch &
Lawsons.
ltf
There is one man in this com
munity who averages 5.10 amouth
the year around from an 8 acre
tract just outside the ciry limits
and his fine young orchard has
not yet come into bearing. We
have figures to back up this state
ment.
Hiram driggs and wife of Eu
gene were guests of relatives in
this city Wednesday. They will
move to Corvallis from Eugene
this week where Mr. driggs will
lie connected with the Willamette
Valley light plant.
Only militia boys entered the
rifle shoot at this place July 4, and
the winners came in the following
order: Petrie, Snodgrass, Capt.
Johnson, Potts, Mooney, Bartels
and Woodruff, all lieing members
of Company K.
PLUMBERS AND SHEET
V METAL WORKERS v
J
A complete stock of Fixtures and B rass
Goods.
Pipe. Pipe Fittings and Sewer Pipe
Estimates furnished on all plumbing or sheet metal
work.
A L L W O R K GUARANTEED.
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PHONE 586
L u rc h ’s
Pretty Floral Parade— Fine
EVERYTHING IN
SUMMER GOODSl
Display of Flowers— A
Great Success.
C. L. U oxie has filed locatiou
notice on two miuiug claims iu tbe
Bohemia district which he calls the
A veritable floral Ixiwcr, resplen
"Last Chance" and the "Gold
dent with every color of the rain
Dollar.”
bow and with a fragrance sweeter
I. W . Gill has succeeded Mr.
thau a zephyr from the spicy
Milue iu tbe bill posting business,
sceuted tropics, with fenis and
so if you have auy bill posting
evergreens to add variety to the
or similar abvertising to do, call
color scheme, is only a faint dis-
on him.
criptiou of what meets one’s gaze
Portlaud people genet ally cele as he enters the armory building,
brated the Fourth at other points. where the Ladies Civic Improve
The holiday was universally ob ment society of Cottage Grove is
served aud the city was practi hoUliug its first annual “ sweet pea
cally deserted.
show." Of course, sweet peas of
Miss Clara Van Riper, who for every size aud description predom
some time past has held a position inate, but to relieve the monotony
in a Portland millinery establish hundreds of lieautiful varieties of
ment, is spending her vacation flowers, ferns, roses aud evergreens
deutlemen— d o to the Toggery. with her mother, Mrs. J. \V. are worked iu to add to the artistic
Gowdy and other relatives aud effect.
Miss Sue Burt, returned to her
Sweet pea seed was purchased
home at Yoncalla Tuesday, after friends here.
On Tuesday about So old Illi aud furnished to the amateur local
presiding as pianist at the grand
Military ball at the armory the nois neighlxirs or members of their florists iu February preparatory to
evening of the Fourth aud cele families, now principally citizens this great event, which it will lie
brating here with friends on that of Cottage Grove, speut a most en seen has lieen Jong aud carefully
day.
. joyable afternoon at the home of plauued aud that it is a success is
Fives tested free aud fitted with Mr. aud Mrs. J. W .’ Gowdy on putting it mildly, iudeed the dis
River street recounting old times. play is grand, even lievoud the ex
an absolute guarantee. Scholl.
Don't envy the vacationers too pectations of the most enthusiastic,
Someone carelessly left a water
faucet turned on in the lodge room much. They have plenty of troub aud demonstrates what a little
over Benson's drug store Thursday les pitchiug tents, cutting fire lalxir and expense will do in the
night and when Mr. Benson came wood, carrying water, fighting ants way of beautifyiug the home and
down Friday morning he found and resting from irksome tramps its surroundings, and this event
will have the effect to greatly stim
his place partially flooded aud two over river lioulders aud logs iu
large slabs of plaster on his count quest of the speckled trout: They ulate a pride iu the ornamental
ers which had fallen from the ceil will soon return home to rest up aud lieautiful about the home.
after the fatigue of their "summer
Sjiecial reduced prices on watches rest."
this mouth.
Pearce Brothers, the grocers, are
Chas. Sears aud Frank Crab conducting somewhat of a sweet
tree were in town Tuesday with a pea show themselves, however, it
subscription paper endeavoring to is all iu honor of the big occasion
raise the 5100 damages assessed which tbe ladies are making a
against the proposed Nelsou-Cur- success today. Pearce Brothers
rin wagon road on the east side of window decoration cousists of
Row river to this city*, it being pro three large floral bells constructed
posed to bridge the river from the from sweet peas, one red, one
west side of the Nelson farm. white and one pink. The window
They succeeded in raising the re is banked up with sweet peas and
ferns.
quired amount.
ing.
Second hand piano to rent.
quire at Veatch & Lawson’s.
In
The Leader was favored with a
box of fine cherries Friday even
ing. They were the "Governor
W ood" cherry and were brought
to the office by Miss Lydia Dunn
being grown at her home on River
street. One tree of this variety
produced 60 gallons of cherries
this year. Some of them were
used on the cannery float the
Fourth and were said to be the
nicest they could find.
Try those delicious home made
candies at the Kozy Koruer.
Displayed in the Leader window
may lie seen a cutting 18 inches
long from a two year old goose-
lierry bush grown in the garden of
Mrs. C. Gray on Wall street which
is set so thick with extra large
berries that there is hardly room
for any leaves to grow and every
bush of this mammoth variety iu
her garden were liorne to the
ground under the great weight of
these berries.
The Salem Journat says, William
Campliell, the 8-year old son of
T. K. Campliell, the railroad com
missioner, was badly bruised, and
for a time rendered unconscious,
as a result of his attempt to jump
Schiller and Ludwig pianos at
from a moving street car yesterday
Veatch & Lawsons.
llt f
afternoon. He is lietter today.
Sam Veatch, chairman of the
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Cook, step
Southern Pacific Railway Griev
father and mother of Mesdames
ance committee, with headquarters
F. I). Wheeler and N. E. Compton
in Portland, was in Cottage Grove
went to Newberg Wednesday from
Monday visiting briefly with his
which place they will go to Port
aged parents, Mr. and Mrs. II. C.
land to spend a month, thence to
Veatch. His territory embraces
Washington state, to visit friends,
nearly all of that country west of
from which place they will return
the Mississippi and he is therefore
to their home, at Earlham, Iowa.
a very busy man. Last week he
They enjoyed their visit in Cottage
spent one day and night at Vuma
('»rove very much.
City, New Mexico, where the ther
mometer was registering 112 de
grees at midnight.
PHILLIPS BROS.
Now is the time to do that con
templated building. Lumber is
cheaper now thau it will probably
lie agaiu iu a hundred years.
GRAND SWEET
PEA D M
Look in Madsen’s store window
and see the fine clocks.
11 *5t
John Martin of Creswell de
livered a fine lot of cherries to
Cottage Grove purchasers Tues
day. In a pleasant call at the
Leader office he reported the
cherry crop good in his locality.
He also stated that haying is iu
foil blast around Creswell and the
crop is a heavy one. Creswell
was also reported to have many
new buildings under course of con
struction, including a three-story
hotel building. A
great many
Creswell people followed their
brass band to Eugene to celebrate.
Agents Ladies’ Home Journal
Patterns.
Seasonable Goods at
Reasonable Prices
HARDWARE
STOVES AND RANGES
About which there in
nothing cheap hut
the price.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
GUNS, AMMUNITION
Everything from a
garden hoe to a
Studehaker wagon.
Headquarters lor
hunters and miners
supplies.
TIN AND GRANITEWARE
The kind that will wear
but coats little money.
Griffin S Veatch Com’y
T H K FLO R AL PARADR.
Just as the Leader went to press
a grand flornl parade was iu
triumphant progress, with beau
tiful floats aud decorated vehicles,
from the largest carriage to the
doll buggy.
At the conclusion of the parade
the armory was opened to the pub
lic, only a ten cent admission lie
If you adhere to
ing charged to this lieautiful, fra
the
fashion in suits,
grant wonderlaud, worth many
waists
and cloaks,
times this meager admission fee aud
the show will remain open uutil
yon must follow it
Attorney C. E. Crowell of Oak well in the night and is lieing liber
closely in Corsets.
land, California, is having a good ally patronized.
Unless your Corset
time in this city, keeping old
M O R E T H A N 1 « MM» n o y r K T S .
is stylish your other
friends guessing on his identity,
There is on display more than
twenty years having passed by
stylish cut garments
since he resided at this place. 1000 separate aud distinct Isxpiets,
will not tit.
Ilis stepfather, M. A. Avery, will there lieing aliout fifty exhibitors
lie reinemliered as the River street of sweet jieas alone liesides the ex
Now what is requir
hardware dealer in the palmy days,
ed? First of all.tight-
hibitors
of
scores
of
other
flowers
when that street, now practically a
litting waists and
residence street,
was Cottage and plants and the school child
Grove’s main business thorough ren’s Imotli.
Princess gowns necessitate a perfected Corseted figure
fare and the postoffice was located
The Portland Seed Co. occupy
The H en derson Habit B eck C orset is the one
iu the Curriu drug store building one table with its grand sweet pea
for the present styles. For sale at the Ideal Millinery
just north of the flour mill, while
just south of the flour mill was exhibit of 12 distinct varieties.
Store. Come ladies and inspect them.
( )ne of the most attractive dis-
liakiu & Bristow’s brick store,
only a few broken scraps of brick | plays is the large American flag
ID A F R A N C E S B A R R E T T .
remaining to mark the site of design, made up entirely of sweet
“ Slabtown’s”
then big
store. peas it lieing the handiwork of
Needless to say Attorney Crowell Mrs. C. Gray.
is amazed at the growth aud de
At one end of the hall is located
velopment of this town and coun a lieautiful Japanese liooth at
è
try iu the past twenty years and he which is sold ice tea aud Japanese
has lieen kept busy trying to locale cake. At the other end of the
the old land marks, few of which hall is located a lieautiful ice
M KIH CAL A N D HlTROICAI. MTAHK.
are to be found. Mr. Crowell is cream liooth.
W. Kuykendall: M. I).
now one of the leading attorneys
W.O. I*rnewer, M 1)
Throughout the exhibit excel
o f Oakland, California, while his lent music was furnished by the
P. . 1 . Hartl»*,'M. 1 >
B. K. Bornie«#. M. I>.
ouce little brother, Herliert, is a Cottage Grove baud.
D.
A. Paine, M D.
practicing physician of the same
<Jeo. O B DeHar, M. D.
T H K JIT DOR.
city. 11 is sister Maliel, married a
L K. Me Donga I, M. D.
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Mr. Scott of the Portland Seed Co.
business man of Nappa, Cal.,
For
the
care
and
treatment
ol
Medical
and
Surgical
Cases
Modern op-
is
judging
the
various
varieties
of
where she now resides and Mr.
peratinf room and equipment. Appliancea lor X ray work. Sputum and
and Mrs. Avery still reside at Oak sweet |ieas and placing the awards,
land. Attorney Crowell was a his own display not lieing entered
blood examinations
Full corp* of trained nurse*. Ratea on application
classmate of W . C. Conner of the in competition.
It is proving one of the big,
leader in Cottage Grove’ s public
T R A IN INQ S C H O O L FOR N URSES^
schools of 25 years ago aud this successful events of the season
Regular course of lecture* by the faculty and practical train
aud
is
a
decided
hit.
meeting proved a most enjovable
ing in the hospital. The medical ami surgical stntf of the ho«-
one. Attorney Crowell was ac
nitnl cnimtltiitcH the faculty.
For ratea or Inform ation, a«
companied by his estimable wife,
hospital or training, addrea*
W. K t 'Y K E N D A l.L , M. D.
Superintendent.
on this, his long delayed visit to
Or MISS M. H . H O LM S T Itl M.
scenes of his boyhood days.
Superintendent o f Nurses.
*
tion of learn
Wool skirts and suits at cost at
ing. Such a one is the D E P A R T
W . A. Ilemeiiway-
LMf
M E N T OF L A W of the t'N IV E R -
S IT V O F OREGON. Its gradu
Comstock Mining Stock.
ates succeed and many of them are C L A S S IF IE D A D V ER T ISEM EN T S.
now prominent memliers of the
On account of other obligations Bench aud Bar. Faculty of seven
TO R X C lI.W O lv— A goo.I hack for
must sell 1200 shares of my Com teen instructors. Students have ac
boggy
Apply to J. If, H a w l e y , Di
vide. Oregon.
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stock Golden Gate at a sacrifice if cess to a library of 10,000 volumes.
Next term opens aliout Septemlier FKRSIl M ILCH COWS FOR SALK—A
sold within a few days.
few fine, fresh milch cow» for »ale. #’ .5
C C r o p deatroying
21st. 1908. 1-Tee catalogue on ap
J. K. A r n e t t ,
to Itn per head. Inquire of J. If.
furred a n d feathered
plication. Address,
1*
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It* 421 7th Street, Portland. Or.
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The dry weather is coming on
look out for fires, have that house
or bam insured. Tom Aubrey ca
save you money in the most popu
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A twelve horse power
Fair-
hatika and Morse gasolene engine,
clutch, tank, auto-sparker, battery
and .15 foot belt for 5400. outfit
practically new. Apply at Trader
office.
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A
fine, almost new .1 horse
power Fairbanks & Morse gasolene
engine, tanks and equipment for
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