LOCAL ANO PERSONAL
The Leader leads.
He who hesitates is bossed.
Patronize Leader advertisers.
Spray it Co. for feed and hay.
Spray it Co. for lime and cemeut.
Roy Knox of Eugene
guest of Cottage Grove
this week.
Bought Wall Residence
was a
friends
Scores of people in old Lane
swear by Dr. Lowe's glasses. Pos
sibly a few at them.
Alleu Bros, of Mikkalo, Eastern
Oregon, order the Leader sent to
their address for one year.
STEEL BRIDGE
On the Main Street River
Crossing.
Wm. L. Kimble, of the Coast
W as the weed cutting ordinance Fork valley made the Leader a
a joke?
pleasant business call while in
Don’t fail to hear Eugene Knox town Saturday.
at the armory hall.
Wm. Horn, a prosperous farmer,
A I,I. R EM E D IES
Not half the world knows how of Saginaw, was transacting busi
ness in town Saturday and had his
l»ouRlit of us are most carefully the other half fibs:
name entered on the Leader's sub Harry Hart Awarded West Side Sew
prepared and only the very purest
Well, a good many are building scription books.
er Contract tor $2.906.15— Will
Drugs are used. We have Salves, now in Cottage Grove.
Bud Porter of L ynx Hollow,
Liniments, Massage Creams and all
Improve Locust Street.
If you want a good paying little was a business visitor to the Grove
sorts of useful household remedies. business inquire at the Bazaar.
Thursday. He is devoting con
What a man likes l>est about a siderable attention to angora goat
Our Prescription Department
Considerable busiuess was trails
girl’s peek-a-boo waist is his arm. breeding.
acted by the city council, con
is conducted by expert pharma
The Messrs Stewart have pur vened in special session Wedues
Mrs. Clara
Burkholder and
cists. A full line of Rubber Goods
family are enjoying camp life at chased the Waldon place on Mos- day and Thursday evenings, the
at interesting prices: Syringes, Disston.
by creek comprising some M x l acres, most important being the award
Ilot water Hags, Air-Cushions,
one of the finest farms in South ing of the contract for the west
See those ginghams, percales
Lane county. They will put out side sewer from I I . K. Medcatf’s
Elastic Bandages, etc.
and Imrdered prints at Burkholder,
quite an acreage in fruit oil this property on west Wall street 12
Woods Co.
farm.
blocks to the river for $2,906.15,
People who criticise women’s
Subjects of discourse, 11 a. in. Venske & T aylor’s hid lieing
bathing suits evidently have little at the Christian Church— “ The $.1,490.
Cottage Grove, Oregon
to talk altout.
An ordinance was prepared and
uplifted ensign.” Bible school at
Advertisements, like bathing lo. Christian Endeavor, 7 p. m. passed providing for the construct
Great Elocutionist Coming
suits, should be abbreviated to at Preaching services at 8. Subject ion of a new steel girder bridge
“ Lessons from the life of David.” across the river on main street
tract attention.
with four concrete piers, the
Welcome.
People of Cottage Grove will be
Ben Lurch, the merchant, was
delighted to know that they are to ' transacting business at the metrop
Colonel and Mrs. Blair have e x bridge to lie 18 feet wide with a 5
have another opportunity of h e a r- j olis this week.
changed their little home east of foot sidewalk oti each side of the
ing W . Eugene Knox, dean of
the railroad depot for 60 acres of driveway. The main spau will
Mrs. Brewster and daughter of land off of the south side of the be 96 feet and the bridge will
oratory at Puget Sound university,
who is an elocutionist and imper | Eugene are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Spray farm on South
Fourth sustain ten tons at any particular
Chns. Jackson.
sonator of rare ability.
street paying $2000 in cash also in point. Bids are to Ire called for by
the council for the construction of
l-’or those who have not heard
It is too late for those who went the transaction.
the concrete piers and the steel
him, we quote the following— the on a vacation to wish they had
Albert W allace, the brick masou, bridge work separately, and the
Oregonian says:
stayed at home.
is here from Portland to act as notice to contrators appears in this
“ Mr.
K nox’s impersonations
Mrs. I.ucetta Thomas has re head mason in the construction of issue ot the Leader. This will lie
never fail to win tremendous ap
the walls of the Spray brick and
plause, and every feature of the turned home from a visit at Wood- the walls of the new brick of the a permanent and much needed im
provement for Cottage Grove.
program was cheered to the echo.” burn and Eugene.
Burkholder, Woods Co. at the cor
Baker City Herald says: “ Per
An ordinance was also passed
J. V. Thornton spent a few days ner of Main and Third streets.
haps lie does not know it: perhaps at Portland this week looking after
providing for improvement of Lo
Jerry Damon was calling on cust street, and bids for the work
none ever told him so before: but his town lot interests.
Cottage Grove friends Monday and will be called for in due time.
perhaps Eugene Knox
has no
Wm. Hawley the Lorane ranch looking after property interests
suiterior as an impersonator. The
A motion was passed fixing a
man, was transacting business in here. He informed the Leader
man is simply g reat.”
charge of $1.50 aunually for water
the Grove Thursday.
that
he
will
soon
build
a
neat
five
At the armory Wednesday even
rent on motor operated washing
Beautiful heavy fleeced cotton roomed cottage on his lot on West machines.
ing, August 26. Admission 25
blankets and the best of woolen Wall street. He is now connected
cents, children 15 cents.
Irrigation Hour Change.
at Burkholder, Woods Co.
with a grocery firm at Tangent.
A t a meeting of the city council
Birthday Dinner.
Pearl Bennett stopjied over in Thursday evening it was voted
Serves you right old man. Why
did you not irrigate with near beer. Portland last week on his return that during the remaining season
from the American Lake Military the hour for irrigation of lawns be
Last Tuesday the 65th, birthday Its not regulated nor restricted.
of Rev. J . A. Burges, was the oc
Clean, artistic job printing at encampment, to visit with his par changed from 7 to 8 p. m. to 6 to 7
casion of a most enjoyable old only living prices. Phone the ents, Mr. and Mrs. W . S. Bennett. p. m. to take effect at once.
On his return home Sunday he
fashion birthday dinner near Sag I.eader and we will do the rest.
Notice to Contractors.
was accompanied by his brother
inaw. Mr. Burges was lx.ru in
Commercial men coming to Cot Willie, who will visit with Cottage
Notice is hereby given that sealetl
Alabama, was educated in Miss
bids will l>e received by the Common
issippi and served honorably four tage Grove say the jieople made a Grove friends for several days.
Council of the city of Cottage Grove,
years in the confederate arinv | mistake by turning down the fran
Lane Shortridge has purchased I.ane county, Oregon, for the construct
under Bragg, Johnson and Hood. chise proposition.
the L. W . Baker residence property ion of a steel girder bridge with con
He came to ( )regon about 1895,
The Richmond Electric theater on Eourth street, consideration crete piers, across the Coast Fork river
and has preached at various places is enjoying a constantly increasing $1150. The deal w a s made at the west end of Main street in said
city on the 14tli day of Septemt>er, 1*408,
in Lane county, but has retired business. It is cheap, wholesome through the W . B. Cooper real at the hour of 8 o’clock p. m. of said
from active work and is residing entertainment for the jieople.
estate exchange. Three lots in «lay. Said briilge is to consist of a
single span % feet long, with a roadway
on his fine little farm near Sag
The town could save over #200 the Cooper tract was sold to Sam 10 feet wide in the clear with a 5 foot
inaw. Such a lxiuntiful dinner is
McKernon
the
same
day
and
also
sidewalk on each si«le outside the
per month by cutting out the street
rare in these days. Those present
lights
altogether. Our g r e a t two lots to Mr. l’iddler of Eugene, girders. The bridge to lie capable of
were Rev. J . A. Burges and wife,
sustaining a load of lo tons at any one
grandfathers got along without through the same agency.
point or 150 pounds per square foot over,
E.
P. Redford and wife, Wm.
| em.
Spray it Co. for poultry supplies. entire surface.
Horn and wife, Rev. W . V. Mc
Contractors will lie required to submit
Miss l.eta Sanford returned
Gee, wife and son, J . E. Neat
Colin McGilvray and wife ar plans for bridge which must comply
and wife, P. W .Cudney and wife, home to Cottage Grove today, after rived in Cottage Grove from Can- substantially with the specifications for
Mrs. Chas. Sharron, Mrs. Seifert, a visit here with her cousin, Mrs. yotiville Monday to visit relatives same now on.file in the office of the
A. II. Kingand wife, G. E . King, W . L. Dysinger.— Tuesday Rose- and friends. They are on their City Recorder an«l each bill must l>e ac-
coiupanied by a certified check for $250
burg Review.
Mrs. Taplin, and Mr. L. Jensen.
way to W alla Walla where he made payable to the mayor of sai«l city.
Separate bids will lie receive«! for the
Mrs. Hattie Muusel and two will engage in farming near his
Farewell Lawn Social.
piers ami the steel work of the
children of Washington are enjoy father-in-law, II. Kornemann Mr. concrete
The Council reserves the right
McGilvray formerly resided at this britlge.'
ing
a
pleasant
visit
with
Mrs.
Mun-
to
reject
any
ami all bids.
Miss Jennie Woods, who will
place with his parents, Mr. and
sel’s
mother,
Mrs.
Kate
Srevenson,
J . K. Y o u n g ,
soon take her departure for Illi
Mrs. G. O. McGilvray, who now
City Reconler.
nois to remain indefinitely, was after a four years absence.
reside at Canyonville.
tendered a very pleasant farewell
J . 1). Cochran and sons have re
More Local Newt.
Soft shirts for summer days at
in the Curriu grove in south Cot turned home from a trip to the
the
Toggery.
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tage Grove near the home of her Deschutes river and Cresent Lake
The Albany Nurseries nas a
brother and sister Dr. and Mrs. and report a fine outing and
II. O. Thompson and family new ad in the Leader toilav.
Woods, Monday afternoon, by the plenty of game and fish.
and Marion Veatch and family Read it.
Ladies Club. About twenty ladies
Thos. Peterson who has been Sundayed at Loudon Springs.
Miss Maggie Veatch submitted
were present and excellent re
While enjoying the fine mineral
freshments were served, the oc working at Disston for some time water and cool shade of the near to an operation for Appendicitis at
casion lieing made one loug to lie past left Saturday for Washington by grove a fire alarm was sotinded the General hospital yesterday by
rememliered by Miss Woods and where he will remain indefinitely. and it was discovered that a Drs. Wall and T . W . Harris. She
The Leader will follow him.
is getting along very nicely.— To
her friends.
meadow and underbrush fire was
It is said that a large majority ragiug nearby. Everybody weut day’s Register.
of the local business men voted fire fighting and it was only with
Mrs. Gray Seriously Injured.
W . If. Lincoln will leave Satur
for the franchise. It is evident difficulty that Ellisha Geer’s farm day for an extended trip to Ver
While in the act *of covering a that the businessmen are not run home was saved.
mont. Massachusetts and other
window of her home with screen ning the town. Score another
New England state«, to visit scenes
Schiller and Ludwig pianos at of his boyhood and relatives and
from a ladder, Mrs. Gray, a widow point for the great initiative.
Veatch
&
Lawsons.
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who resides by the Adventist
old friends.
A letter to Mrs. W . C. Conner,
church, fell to the ground on some from Mrs. Corpron, wife of Dr.
John Atkinson, who arrived at
Hon. R. M. Veatch, II. II.
blocks of wood Thursday and sus- Corpron, formerly of this city now- this place last fall from Iowa and Veatch, E . II. Rosenberg, C. W .
taiued a badly bruised shoulder, a working in the missionary cause 1 khi gilt property on Eourth street, W allace and John W allace have
deep scalp wound and many in India, announces the birth of a has lately acquired the Dennis returned home from their summer
bruises alxrnt the body.
Dr. second daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Cooter home m the same part of vacation on the Middle I’ork.
town, one of the prettiest homes in Henry Veatch says he was sur
Schleef was called and dressed the Corpron recently.
South Cottage Grove. Mr. Atkin
ladies’ wounds and she is getting
Have Dr. I .owe retieve your son is an uncle of the brick yai J prised to note that the horns of the
along as well as could lie expected.
head and eye ache with a pair of man and he came here to escape deer killed on this trip were still
soft and unfit to preserve, they
his superior glasses. They cost the cold winters of the middle
Fall Millinery Opening.
usually lieing hard and dry at this
no more than others and you have west. The Leader will visit him
season of the year. Mr. Veatch
the
lienefit
of
his
skill
and
over
19
regularly hereafter.
Grand opening Wednesday, -Vug.
caught a 16 inch red side trout
26. Eiue display of plain and years experience. Consult him
which had just swallowed a
Wool
skirts
and
suits
at
cost
at
next Monday and to noon Tues
tailored hats. The ladies are all
speckled mountain trout 7 inches
l.ltf
day at Cottage Grove in parlor of W . A. Hemenway-
invited to call and see them.
long, almost half as long as the
Hotel Oregon.
In an interview at Seattle, Lee
M arv B a r t e r s .
redside itself. The boys all re
M. Travis of Eugene, who was re
port a good time but a hard trip.
turning from the Bryan notifica
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The Trader editor- and families,
tion meeting said: “ If the na
tional election were held now, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. G.
Bryan would undoubtedly be the L . Rees, late of Portland, spent
choice for president, but in the Sunday afternoon on the coril and
weeks intervening between now shady banks of Row river one
and November drd it is difficult to mile lielow Dorena. We observed
say just what Republican organi that the Row river valley crops
zation and Republican resources look fine, most of the grain lieing
stacked ready for threshing. Sev
may accomplish.’ ’
eral fine corn fields were in evi
Phone 1551 for ice— Bartl's ice
dence, the liest ones lieing those of
plant.
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Hamilton Veatch, Felix Currin
A member of
the Phillips- and Bob Mosby. George Lang
Abrams-Burkholder camping party also has a fine field of corn and a
A c o m p le te s to c k of F ix tu r e s a n d B r a s s
at Disston. the mountain terminus very fair grain crop prospect.
of the Bohemia railroad, writes the Eelix Currin s young English wal
G oods. P ip e . P ip e F ittin g s a n d Sew er Pipe
Leader as follows this week: nut orchard has made a good
“ W e are having an ideal outing, growth this season and looks very
Estimates furnished on all plumbing or sheet metal
but are catching few fish. Visited thrifty. In a brief stop at the
the lfetren cam p on the island to Currin home we were treated to a
work.
day and to our surprise found basket of large delicious ripe
Burkholder's head clerk, in tlje apples by Mra. Curtin, w h ic h wera
swimming pool fishing for llerren. much enjoyed. Unci* John C ur
W hat do you think of that? The tin we learned was in v e ry poor
PHONE 586.
lead er was a welcome visitor to health, in fact, is under the
doctor's care.
our camp last week.”
COUNCIL CALLS FOR BIDS
Benson’s Pharmacy
PHILLIPS BROS.
PLUMBERS AND SHEET
v METAL WORKERS v
A T .T ,
WORK GUARANTEED.
Bert Willard was the highest
bidder oil the lieautiful Wall home
on Wall street, which was sold at
Bankrupt sale this week. Mr.
Willard's bid beiug $1510 and the
place is a bargaiu at the price.
Mrs. Wall now lives in Los Ange
les.
Local News Notes.
I’ucle Johu Currin, aged 9.1, is
seriously ill at his Row river valley
farm home.
W. B. Cooper has purchased 20
acres of the Virgil White place oil
F'ourtb street.
Miss Ida E. Barrett went to
Portland today to put in a new
stock of fall and winter millinery.
Read the new ad of the steam
laundry on the last page of iLe
Leader. It will interest the house
wife.
Wheeler, Thoin|>sou Co., the
Burkholder,
Woods Co.,
and
Lurch have new ads in the Leader
today. Look them over.
A Southern ( iregon pear orchard
has been sold for $160,000. And
worth all the money, too. ( Iregon
fruit interests are surely growing.
Capt. J . C. Johnson is home
from a trip to Spokane where lie
went after the American lake en
campment. lie was accompanied
on his return by Bert Lawson.
E . W. Hall secretary of the
Willamette Valley Electric roads
couipauy, was a Cottage Grove
vistor Wednesday, a guest of
Manager Cunningham of the Cot
tage Grove Light Co.
Hamilton Veatch has recovered
from his recent severe illness to
such an extent that he was able to
leave the Eugene hospital and visit
with Cottage Grove friends and
look after home interests here this
week.
August Clean-up Sale
AT
LURCH’S
Big Reductions io all Lines
Considering quality these
prices are the most reason
able in town.
..S Q U A R E D E A L S ..
r HARDWARE
STOVES AND RANGES
About which there ia
nothing cheap but
the price.
FARM IMPLEMENTS
GUNS, AMMUNITION
Everything from a
garden hoe to a
Studebaker wagon.
Headquarters tor
hunters and miners
supplies.
TIN AND GRANITEWARE
The kind that will wear
but costs little money.
Next Monday and to noon Tues
day Aug. 24th and 25th Dr. Lowe,
the well kuowii oeulo-opticiau will
lie in Cottage Grove. Consult him
at Hotel Oregon as he does not go
from house to house. There’s a
reason. Nineteen years experi
ence.
Griffin S Veatch Com’y
It is better to do one thing and
do it well than to do many things
and none of them equal to the
l>est. Dr. Lowe confines his prac
tice to the huntau eve alone and
his work is equal to the liest al
ways.
FOLLOW THE FASHION
Eletclier »trpurd presented to the
Leader office Wednesday, Yellow
Transparent apples measuring as
much as 12 inches in circumfer
ence, which were picked from his
four year old trees, some of which
Imre as much as a bushel to the
tree.
G. L. Rees has had the house
rnovci', Thos. Allen, out to his
newly acquired home on Wall
street this week moving part of his
residence to the rear of his lot to
lie used for a barn. The front
part of the residence was raised
two feet and a new foundation put
thereunder, preparatory to its gen
eral overhauling and remodeling.
The premises is also lieing gener
ally improved. Mr. Rees will
succeed Mr. Compton in the mer
cantile firm of Compton it Wallace
Septemlier the 1st when the firm
name will lie changed to Rees it
Wallace.
If you adhere to
the fashion in suits,
waists and cloaks,
yon must follow it
closely in Corsets.
Unless your Corset
is stylish your other
stylish cut garments
will not fit.
Now what is requir
ed? First of all.tight-
fitting waists and
Princess gowns necessitate a perfected Corseted figure
1 he H e n d e r s o n H abit B a c k C o r s e t is the one
(or the present styles. For sale at the Ideal Millinery
Store, Conte ladies and inspect them.
ID A F R A N C E S B A R R E T T .
Lynx Hollow Itemi.
Miss Mamie McCubiu of liugene
is visiting her parents this week.
Mr. Lee Cormnuy of Portland
has lieen visiting friends in this
place.
Mr. Lew Lajoie and family
visited with Renzie Hough's people
Sunday.
Mr. I). W . Colwell has been
working for the Tunell electric
light Co.
Mrs. James of Pleasant Hill has
lieen visiting her numerous rela
tives in this vacinitie.
Mrs. S. B. Jackson returned
Sunday from a several days visit
with friends in Eugene.
Mrs. I-.loise Wheeler and daugter
of Silk Creek have lieen visiting at
the home of Mr. 1. N. Dresser.
— ! EUGENE
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W. K u y k e n d a ll ; M. I>.
W, O . l*roiwer, M 1).
P. J HartU*. M l»
B. K. Scaieic, M D.
D. A. Paine. M D.
t)«o. O H lie Bar, M. D.
L. K. M. iwuignl. M. D.
For the care and treatnttnt of Medical and Snrfical Cases. Modern op-
perating room and equipment. Appliances for X ray work. Sputum and
blood examinations- Pull corps of trained nurses* Rates on application
T R A IN INQ SCHOOL FOR NU R S E S .
Regular Connie of lectures by the fnriilty mid practical train
ing in the hospital. The medical and surgical staff of the hos
pital cniifitlliileH the faculty.
For rntca or inform ation, as
hospital or training, address
W. K I'Y R E N IIA L L , M. f>,
Superintendent.
Or M ISS M. II. H O l.M STItl’ M,
Superintendent o f .Nurses.
Mr. Erank Lajoie and lady
friend, of Eugene, were visitors
with Mr. Henry Lajoie Sunday.
Mrs. Girtie Smith, of Ivugene, is
visiting with her sisters Mrs. C. V,
Sheridan and Mrs. I. N. Dresser
this week.
The Briggs saw-mill caught fire
Monday but the flames were ex j
tiiiguished liefore any serious dam -
age was done.
We learn that 1'ncle Charles
Sweet, who has lieen ill for several
weeks, passed away Tuesday
evening. Euneral at the Walker
church Wednesday at three p. m.
Interment in the Walker cemetery.
l S P R A Y <S CO. I
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Feed, Flour and
Poultry Supplies
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£
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BARLEY rolled bv the famous Olympic process.
All seeds SF
and foreign matter taken out, leaving the barley free from (W
dirt of any kind, livery sack guaranteed.
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The young people of ourneigh-
Best Cement and Lime Always Carried it Stock.
tmrhond have discovered a n ew 1 ^ Agents Fairbanks, Morse Roofing.
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pass time. A partv of boys and
girls went on a Jack rabbit hunt i
Monday evening. All report a |
good time but we fail to nee any '
marked decrease in the iiumlier of
Gasolene Engine For Sale
Fine Gasolene Engine for Sale.
Jack rabbit».
A fine.
almost new .Thorse
« A twelve horse power
Fair
power Fairbanks & Morse gasolene
banks
and
Morse
gasolene
engine,
Burn.
engine, tanks and equipment for
clutch, tank, auto-sparker. batterv
sale. Inquire at the Leader office.
Jones— To the wife of C. I*. Jones, and .IS foot lielt for $♦<*»• Outfit
Saturdav surprise sales at W . A .
August 21, 1908, x bouncing practically new. Apply at lead er
Hemenway’«.
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office.
boy.