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GENERAL MERCHANDISE NEW b r ic k WHERE YOU DO BETTER. D R Y GOODS SH O ES The Niftiest Styles, For Summer Wear, For Ladies and Gentle men. COTTAGE GROVE LEADER vott have got to have money in order to get the money out of the ground. PU BLISH Kl> KYKKY KHIDAY BY A good mine, well developed, is TH K LRAOKK PU BLISH IN G CO (la r .) the safest and best paying propo Editors sition in the world and sells itself, CONNK.R A D u B r i I I I K. but a prosjiect, no matter how Entered at the Cottage (¡rove postoIBce as sec- good it looks, or how honestly it oml-class matter. may be managed, will sometime : prove a blank, so that the man j who takes the chances and fur- H U B s c K ir r io N k a t k s One Year . . . - fl.so ; wishes the funds for this kind of Six Months *3® ; work ought to have a much larger Three Months - - • M If paid In ail vane« but II not so paid a uniform rate of *¿.00 per year will be charged. share of the projierty than he gen- Advertising rates made known on application ; erally gets, otherwise he can not 1 afford to keep on taking these FR ID A Y . AUGUST 21, 1908 i chances. These suggestions are meant in the kindest spirit and are given PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. only liecause our prospects present such wonderful—such almost un REIU'BMCANS. limited possibilities that we dislike F. J. Miller....................................... Albany to see their development retarded K . K. B u tle r .................................... B a k v r C ity I by any cause. J . A. I ,e e .................................................... P o rtla n d A . 2 . M a r s te r s ................................................ R o s e b u rg Frank Benson, secretary of state is in San Francisco, critically ill Sam W h i t e ..................................................... B a k e r C ! ity l i . J . S. M c A llis te r ..............................1‘o r tla m l and must undergo an operation for B e rn a rd D a ly ........................................... I’o rtla n d j cancer of the stomach with little O . 1*. C o slio w ........................ K o se b u rg FALSEHOOD WILL NOT SELL MINES hope for his recovery. In case of Chamberlain’s election as U. S. senator it would fall to the lot of Benson to serve as acting governor until next election. Should death claim Benson before the legislature meets, Chamberlain could appoint democratic secretary of state, who would also lie acting governor if Chamberlain becomes senator.— Register. I.ater reports announce that Benson is rapidly recovering his lost health. After reproving the wild exag geration indulged ill by many min ing promoters the American Min iug Review says: The facts are good enough, but these fabulous assays, wired all over the world, though they may make the man who wants to put in ten dollars and pull out a thou sand, plunge in with his ten, these The city council should not lie things, we repeat, make the man of millions, the man with experi blamed for the enforcement of the water rules and regulations. The ence, hesitate and draw back. A prospector finds a high-grade dry season is at hand and unless mine with a large body of milling the water supply is protected a fire ore going four or five times the might break out at a time when average of the Iiomestake and a the reservoirs were empty and the couple of feet perhaps going city would be at the mercy of the around $l(Ml, and a streak of very flames. Any citizen found guilty rich rock. He gets a hunk of this of willfully wasting the city water latter and assays one of the best should be required to pay the corners of that and runs to the penalty prescribed by the or telegraph office to announce a dinance. ______________ strike of *100,000 ore. “ Maltoua'’ is what the Astoria This may make a sensation among the gamblers of little brewery calls it: Roseburg brewery means, but the man of money calls it "near beer,” and now, merely smiles. A plain, concise more truthful than the others, the statement, that a ledge has been Salem brewery comes out with a ojiened up ten or twelve feet wide summer drink, which it labels of $20 ore, with two feet going “ Real" lieer. better than $100, would command The Leader believes that if a instant attention and that from the men who have the funds to do twenty-five years franchise was re quired to insure the building of an things. If you want to sell, know your electric road to or in this city, it would lie readily granted by the own mine—get at the facts, and same people who voted down the give them so that if a practical man examines your property he light franchise Wednesday. will find it at least as good as re Mary Callahan, a Texas widow, presented. If you want to incorporate a owns i>0,000 sheep. When we reasonable prospect and develop it consider the fact that Mary had a with other people’s money, there is little lamb, only, to begin with, it no harm in that, provided you must lie acknowledged that she give them a fair “ run for their has done remarkablv well. money.” Sell your treasury stock An Albany widow had inscribed and put the money into intelligent development work, not into autos, on the tombstone of the late la champagne and other similar chan mented— “ Rest in jieace—till we nels. Do good, intelligent work, meet ag ain ." There is probably a and if you fail there will be no wish entertained in the spirit kick coining from your backers. world that she may live long. There are plenty of people willing Threshing is practically over in to risk their money on a mining this vicinity and while the grain propect, if they can get a ‘‘square crop was not a heavy yield it is of deal,” but in too many cases, in good quality—and the price is out recent years, a piece of ground of sight. It’s the farmer’s inning has been incorporated, and named again this year. as an annex or extension, or side wheeler, or something, of some ‘‘W illie’’ is a name that is likely "realy,truly" mine, when it might to be in style for a good many be out of range of a twelve-inch years to come— for there is Taft, gun, or if within gunshot, it might Bryan and the editor of the liu- lie upon some parallel formation, gene Register to name the babies without a ghost of a show of for this vear. making a mine. Then in addition to all that, the money received The citv administration is pros from stock sale has lieeu in many ecuting citizens for the too lilieral cases spent on a trip to New York, use of city water. The former ad San Francisco or l.os Angeles, and ministration was kept busy trying having a "gay old time” general to force the citizens to form the ly. ‘‘Brethren, these things ought water habit. not so to lie,” and the sooner a new leaf is turned the sooner the Isaac Skeeters, the first white funds will come in from the Hast man to view Crater lake, died at to extract the wealth from the Medford, aged S2, years this week. ground. A mine is a good deal like a pool of water you want to It will be a relief to the news take over a raise. You have a paper readers when all this hot air syphon to draw the water over, notification business is ended. but you must get that syphon full of water before it will work. After Now that Cottage (¡rove is to that it is easv. So it is with a have a natatorium. of course Ku- mine. No matter how good it is gene wants one. ^ S E C U R IT Y This is the Fund that protects our depositors from loss, coupled with years of successful business experience. This Bank has a Capital of $ 2 5 .0 0 0 .0 0 Surplus Fund of 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0 Undivided Profit of - 1 0 ,0 0 0 .0 0 Stockholders Liability of 2 5 .0 0 0 .0 0 A Total of $ 6 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0 This means that we must los * 6 5 .0 0 0 00 bef< •re our depositors could lose one cent. This protection is for YOU When vou think BANK think of >he F IR S T N H T I0 N H L B H N K OF COTTAGE OROVE. OREGON P .«S V W S V S V S . V l.V -H W W W W G R O C E R IE S Everything Seasonable for that Outing or for home wear in this swell department. New fresh stock. Everything to meet the requirements of the housewife. Phone your wants. COMPTON & WALLACE LOW PRICES DEMOCRATIC. n ew goods V I -K .t M m — » tN W , v w s «««v Now produce the mau who said TEACHERS AWARDED he “ would furnish the city with COVETED CERTIFICATES street lights free if the voters would j grant him a twenty-five years franchise.” We anxiously await Out of Nearly One Hundred Applicants his coiniug. Sixty-Seven Were Successful. Professional " r J. FAIR TREATMENT C a rd s. K. YOUNG A T T O R N S Y AT L A W Office: Young Building, Main Street, Went Side. £ Eiactly fiat Toa Vast IN T H E U N E O E A ^ State Papers Sent to Salem. It is stated the people of Cottage (¡rove voted exactly to the liking Family Groceries, New Dry Goods County Superintendent Dillard of the S. P. railroad company and his assistant examiners, Prof Wednesday. “ Keep out the elec 4 ^ w * k i m k . m . i ,. ♦ Fine Laces and Embroideries essor Alderman and Attoreny W. tric roads,” is their slogan. P H Y S IC IA N m l AURGKON •> G. Martin, finished grading the Office In McKarlaud Building 4 Ladies' and Gents Shoes Kansas will have none of the papers of the semiannual teachers’ T 11 Over Cochrans Furniture More jH o m ce Phone, 341 Jtesldenco Phone, 581 gf sheath gown. The absence of examination late Saturday night, AT V . 9 socks is the only bare proposition and a list of the successful appli cants is printed below. The class it will stand for. included nearly 100 applicants, 20 J . s- mkdlky , It is said that when a fire breaks of whom were seekiug state papers # A T T O R N E Y AT LA W out in Drain, every member of the and out of which (»7 were success $ volunteer hose company is notified ful in pulling down county papers. » S p ecial A ttention Given to M inin« and Everything new and uo-to-date. Best brands and grades ot Law. Those who sought state certificates 9 O ffice . S C u orporation Fresh Groceries. Country Produce bought and sold. Call and by postal card. ite 3 . B a n k B u ild in g . and diplomas finished writing Sat see what a dollar will buy at W. C. JO H N SO N ’S. Some investors know there is a urday and their manuscripts were lot of money in mines, because forwarded at once to Salem to lie graded.* The list of successful they have put it there. J C. JOHNSON, I county applicants follows: 9 A T T O R N E Y AT LA W F I R S T OR A D R If it can’t have a normal school. K states A dm inistered, M inin« P atents W E ARE L O C A T E D FOR T H E P R E SE N T Maud Hayes, Junction; A. J . % Procured. M in in « am i C orporation Law Drain will try to have a high i specialty, office over ( ’•riffiti, Vcatch Sheridan, Fugene: E. W. Jordan, IN TH E school. H ardw are. Kltuira; Fraud Condon, Minerva: f ■ Office Phone, M ain 113. R esidence, 85. Mr. Ilearst is content to be the Fannie Colvin, Fugene; Laura father of his party. Bones, Taft; Minnie Evans, Fu gene; Fva Hunter. Fugene: Clara C o r n e r Second and Main Streets Surcamp, Walton; May Holmes, I T I« INGRAM LEAGUE MEMBERS $ Walterville: Clare Stacy, Water- f 9 D E N T IS T and would be pleased to show our customers and Richard Watson Smith, Eu 6 VISIT TO THE GROVE ville: Stew art Porter Huildiu« gene: George Thompson, Fugene: friends our Phone 1451 H ours S.30 to I J. 1 to * Mrs. Zelma Harper, Fugene; Talk Good Roads and General Devel Dorilla Somers, Eugene; Eva M. Casebeer, Waterville; Annie Hum opment of the State, at H . C. M A D S E N , phrey, Fall Creek; Roxie Pringle, Club Rooms. Cottage (¡rove: Mae Kinsey, Eu W atchmaker . Now A rriv ing Dally gene; Myrtle Purvance, Cottage Cottage (¡rove was favored with Grove; Etta Bowermau, Spring- Repairing a t reasonable cnarges. All work guaranteed first-olara. a visit from Col. Ii. Ilofer, presi field. Gingham and Percales, entirely new patterns Watches, ('locks and Jew elry a t low est Price dent Willamette Valley Develop Bordered Prints, something new at 7c per yard S E C O N D C .R A D E COTTAGE GROVE. O RE. ment League and Kditor Salem Complete line of Val Laces and Insertions, e x Maud Dick, of Mabel; Kathe journal; Judge J . II. Scott, presi rine Levage, Florence; Mable tra fine. New Dress Goods, latest weaves. dent Oregon (¡ood Roads Associa Johnson, Leaburg; R. S. Goff, General B lacksm ¡th in g Kitnona Cloth, all colors, and other articles of tion, Railroad Commissioner West Deerhorn: Freída Rhodes, Fugene; interest to the buyers Horseshoeing a specialty. Wagon and carriage re- and State engineer J . II. Lewis Iua Zumwalt, Elmira; Mildred ing. All work guaranteed and others Thursday, who are eu- Pringle, Cottage (¡rove: Belle riave your horses teeth ex- ammed and repaired. Shoe route to Coos Bay to attend the Warner, Hazeldell: Grace Wil at rear o f Hemeuway A Burkholder’s Store :: :: Development Congress at Marsh helm, Fugene; Etta Owen, lvisou: field Monday and Tuesday. B i k 2C E iS j . n Lila Owen, Crow: Irene Maltman, The visitors were met at the de- Irving; Nellie McCord, Creswell; I>ot bv a Commercial Club commit Lrma Smith, Springfield: Laura F R U IT T R E E S tee in the afternoon and escorted Volgamore, Marcóla; A d e 11 a to the club rooms, where after an White, Cottage (¡rove; Mida Wing, G ro w n Right H e re in Cottage informal reception, II. O. Thomp Irving: lilla Evans, Harrisburg: G rove. son presided and introduced the Ira L. Rowe, Corvallis: Ola Liles, F A R M M A C H IN E R Y S A W M IL L S U P P L I E S I will be prepared to supply speakers. Col. Ilofer was the first Crow; William Shelby, Junction; planters with nil kinds of fruit, speaker. 1 Ie reviewed the recent Martha Callison, Fall Creek. trees and other nursery stocks S T E A M AND G A S O L I N E EN G IN ES, (¡ood Roads meeting held in I’ort the coming full My prices will P AC KIN G , H O S E AND B E L T I ' . G T H IR D G R A D E lie right and my trees clean and land, when $f>,000 was subscribed Helen VanDuyn, Eugene: Al- healthy, and hy patronizing a to be used in conducting good frieda Lingreen, Florence; (¡race home Industry yon will help to roads meetings this fall in order to Goodman, Earl: Janie Fish, Ma- build up a nursery that has long create sentiment favorable to good pletou; Clara Nipholle, Eugene; tieen needed here, and keep the money a t home. roads legislation this winter. Edna Atkinson, Walton; Elsa With :vi years experience with lie said Judge Webster and Singletary, Eugene; Nina Thur fruit trees and lierries in t his ell- Judge Scott were selected as a man, Berkeley: Bertha Mitchell, mate, Ira n save the intending planter much time and trouble In committee to cal! these meetings (¡leñada: Hazel Ilazeltou, Cottage selecting the best varieties, ns and conduct the good roads cam Grove; Maliel Hayes, Junction; well as money on first eost ot paign this fall. Col. Ilofer advo Carrie Barnham, Irving; Pearl Wholesale and Retail trees. cated a state highway from Port Powrie, Drain; Alice McCornack, Deride early what you want to land to Ashland, which he stated, Marcóla: Katie llawlev. Mineral; plant, anil write or phone to me for price and other Information. would encourage the building of Raymond Mitchell, Pleasant Hill; hundreds of good lateral roads. Beatrice Aldous, Walton; Bessie S. B . M O R .SS, He also advocated free locks at Bavly, Eugene: (¡race Franham, P h o n e C o t t a g e G rove, Oregon City, deep sea harbor at Walterville; Sadie Odell, Eugene: 471 Oregon. Coos Bay and breaking up of great Hanna Oleson, Eugene; Rollin land holdings and grants. Dickerson, Drain. Judge Scott was the next sjieaker B R A S S G O O D S AND T IN W A R E PR IM A R Y ’ and announced that he with others S T O V E S AND R A N G E S Minnie Kahler, Springfield. And n il Kinds of would come to Cottage (¡rove late this fall and conduct a big good M I T C H E L L WAGONS Rev Armstrong Coming Home. WINDMILLS, P U M P S roads convention, which he hoped would lie attended lioth by farmers Lakeview, Oregon, Aug. 17, OS. and business men in order to crys- The Leader:— Please stop send talize sentiment before the legisla ing your esteemed paper to me at Leave orders at Cunningham's Con- fectionery Phone 73 or phone ture convenes, so as to unite on a this address. 1 will soon lie home residence 40 6 practical good roads bill providing and will tell you what to do then. for state aid. He said the county My wife has liecn sick since March courts have had too great a burden 1. I have lieeu past preaching to liear in this particular and since July 1. The doctor says 1 should have state aid. lie advo can not preach for a year. I am cates the state appropriating an coming home to rest and recover equal amount with each county for my voice if I can. At least I will All Kinds of road work annually and said that lie with you all winter if not hind the first undertaking should lie a ered beyond my control. We in state road from Portland to Ash tend to drive through and have an taawsg— am niaow w iw w i'^asrtt land. outing indeed. Will tell you all C O TTA G E G R O V E State Kngineer Lewis discussed aliout it when I see you. / ■ a s . a as-u a. ■ % water rights, irrigation and the A. J . A r m s t r o n g . need of a new code regulating these matters. He said that even Dancing and Music School. All the latest treatment*. Willamette valley land was en hanced fioiu 50 to BV) per cent in "PI The opening of Prof. Jas. Ii. value by irrigation a few months Hamlin’s dancing and music PLAIN u ii MEDIO ATM) BATHS annually. school at the armory Thursday C H A S . M A T T H E W S . Proprietor. Railroad Commissioner West evening was well attended, there discussed railroad grants saying living I S memliers of his Drain X-KA Y LABORATORY — 4 that the grants of Oregon railroads class present at the opening here. in area, were equal to several New Prof. Hamlin represents the Na Ç For further particulars address Fnglaud states combined, the tional Association and Normal I»r. H. C. 8C H LKK F. largest of which lielongs to llarri- schools of music and dancing and man. He said the sooner these was successful in organizing a JMSMMaMSnMMMiWMlaM ___________________________ big grants can be broken up and I class of S5 here to receive the made subject to settlement the j course of .to lessons. His opening sooner Oregon’s development and was preceded with an interesting The Standard High Grade Fence of the expansion will lie brought about. lecture on music and dancing. World. There is over 4 0 0 miles of this Cot. Ilofer thanked the Commer-1 famous wire fence in Douglasconntv, Oregon. cial club and citizens for their This is High Carbon Spring Wire whichwifi presence and cordial reception e x keep its shajie when properly stretched. Will tended to the League delegates, and in return H. O. Thompson e x carry a full stock of wire a t all times. All kimls of machine ami repair tended the thanks of the Commer work ilone promptly anil at reason cial club to the visitors for the in Inquire of able prices. terest manifested in Cottage (¡rove DAVID ORKifiS, or STRARNS & CHENOWITH. A.ents by their visit here. Cottage Grove, Ore. Oakland, Ore. Fpon motion of F . B. Phillips J hint Street, the Commercial club passed a reso lution of thanks to the visitors for COTTAGE G RO VR, OREGON their visit to this city and their in structive discussions. Edison, Columbia A committee was ap|>ointed to Victor The next poultry show will be arrange for a big (¡ood Roads con more successful if you will spnnklc vention to be held here this fall. GRAPH0PH0NES you hen roost with Avenarius Car Records bolineum, for sale at Veatch & , New post cards and local views at the Bazaar. I.awsous, itf Notions, Novelties -e J O H N S O N ’S t STORE New Stewart Building N ew Fall S tock Wynne Hardware Company Hardware and Machinery D R A Y IN Q H A U L IN G Hauling Done Promptly at Reasonable Charge w. a . R ogate COTTAGE GROVE FLOUR MILLS Mill Feed G ra in an d Hay THE PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE. M I L L E R ’S Machine Shop OLD LEADER BUILDING
