C O T T A G E G R O V E . OREGON
INDUSTRIES AND RBM UDCKS.
Ci real forests o f timl>er tributary to Cottage
drove; fifteen saw m ills, three shingle m ills,
within a radius o f IS miles. Headquarters
for Itohemiu gold miues and ltlack Butte
quicksilver m ines; valleys and foot-hills
well sulapted to fruit grow ing, farm ing and
dairying. F or inform ation regarding this
great country suhscrit>e for the L « a d « r .
0tfet0£
Located on the upper W illam ette River
144 miles south o f Port laud ou Southern Pa
cific uud O regon & South Kastern Railroads.
Population 2500} tw o hanks; pu b lic and high
sch ools, five churches; water, light and sew
er system s; cream ery. flour m ill; tw o brick
yards, saw m ills; w ood w ork factory, match
factory; steam laundry and the L e a d e r .
W EEKLY
B O H E M Í A N U G G E t ' I :A D I :"
| C o . . o l i « » l . d
AND S E M I-W E E K L Y
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON,
9. 1 908
FRIDAY,
SEPTEM B ER
or« Historio»! 8ocietT
25, igo8
VOL. XX. NO. 24
COUNTRY Fill) WILL BE HELD SOME NEW RAILROADS BEING M E BE THE OREGON AND CALIFORNIA
IN COTTAGE GROVE IN NOVEMBER CONSTRUCTED IN THIS SEALE
LAND GRANT ATTACKED BY GOVERNMENT
Grounds Secured, Buildings Planned Trains W ill Be Running into Klamath Complaint o f the Government in Suit Against the O .
Officers Elected and Committees
Falls by N e w Y ear-'-Tillam ook
Railroad Company to Recover T w o Million Acres
A p poin ted -A n n u al Attraction
Road will be Com plete by June
of Land— Complete List of Defendants.
The farmers should begin to
One of the annual attractions at
Cottage Grove hereafter is to be a groom up their live stock and pick
county or district fair. Plans out the big pumpkins and apples for
were perfected for the annual ex this fair, and a cordial invitation
hibitiou of the live stock, poultry, is exteuded to all to participate in
fruits, farm products, minerals, the exhibits and assist the enter
and manufactured articles o f South prising and public spirited busi
Lane and North Dougles counties ness men of Cottage Grove in
at a meeting of the Cottage Grove | making this annual fair a great
merchants in the Commercial Club success. It will not only prove
rooms
Wednesday
evening. interesting to all concerned, but in
Grounds were leased for a term of structive and helpful. Boost for
years, plans submitted for the nec the Cottage Grove district fair.
Officers and Committees.
essary buildings, officers elected
and various committees were ap-
The follow ing officers were
pointed to direct and carry to a ! elected by the merchants associa
successful conclusion the various tion by which the fair societ y
departments of the fair, the first was organized Wednesday evening
annual exhibit o f which will be and these officers at once appointed
held this season about the middle the necessary committees named
of the coming November, the below.
EA1R O F F IC E R S .
exact date to be fixed at a meeting
of the committees next Tuesday
President, Thomas Pearce; Vice,
Harry W ynne; Secretary, C. C.
evening.
While a little late for holding Hazleton; Treasurer, Ben Lurch.
the fair this year, there is ordinari
ly, very good weather here up to
Thanksgiving time, and owing to
the fact that commodious buildings
will be provided, a little rain will
not seriously interfere with the
success of the occasion.
Before another season
rolls
around a race course will lie
secured and the usual fair attract
ions will be provided. This first
exhibit will therefore be more o f a
produce and livestock show, or
carnival, than a fair, owing to the
lateness o f the season.
GROUNDS SECURED.
The vacaut block in front of the
High School cornering on Fifth
and Locust street has been secured
from Ben Lurch by the fair
management and 25,000 feet of
lumber will be placed on these
grounds at once for the pavillion
and necessary stalls for stock and
poultry sheds. T h e
grounds,
which are centrally located, will
be inclosed and a small admission
fee will be charged to assist in de
fraying expenses. A small en-
t r a n c e fe e w ill
a ls o
be ch arge
liv e s to c k a n d p o u ltr y ,
on
D IR E C T O R S .
A . Bruud, C. II. Burkholder, F,
D. Wheeler, Ben Lurch, II. II.
Veatch.
S O L IC IT IN G C O M M IT T E E .
Ben Lurch, Mariou Veatch, and
C. W . Wallace.
LU M B E R S O L IC IT O R S .
C. II. Burkholder, C. P. Jones
H. H. Veatch.
. B U IL D IN G C O M M IT T E E .
11. O. Thompson. C. C. Hazle
ton and Currin Cooley.
A D V E R T IS IN G C O M M IT T E E .
W. C. Conner, W .
way, Andrew Brund.
A. Hernen-
E N T E R T A IM E N T .
Thos. Pearce, C. J . Howard and
Harry Brehaut.
.
M U SIC.
J. M. Isliam, D. T . Awbrew,
and LeRoy Woods.
E X H IB IT S .
F A N C Y W ORK A N D C U L IN A R Y A R T S .
Mrs. F. 1). Wheeler, Mrs. B. R.
¡Job, Mrs. II. O. Thompson and
j
h . H. Veatch
p r iz f s
products, fruit and fancy work will -| Thos. Pearce, Ben Lurch, F. I).
be place
placed on exhibition free of Wheeler, C. If. Burkholder, II. II.
Veatch and C. C. Hazleton.
charge,
GREAT REDUCTION
SUMMER SHUES
=IN=
25
suit
to recover
the lands sel in the case.
Intelligent Legislation, Not
Subsidies, Needed to Im
prove Ocean Trade.
C
Japanese get them for $ 1 0 in silver.
W hat wo must have to nmko an ocean carrying trado possible is
not subsidies, but
T IO N
THAT
IN T E L L IG E N T
HELPS
IN S T E A D
L E G IS L A T IO N ,
LE G ISLA
OF
The Great
H IN D E R S .
Northern did its best to secure trado witli the orient.
It built and put
in service the largest ocean freighters ip the world and was willing to
C O U N T R Y H A V E B E EN JU M PIN G ,
JU M P IN G , J U M P I N G ON T H E R A IL R O A D 3 .
W H A T A R E T H E RE
S U L T S ? T O N A M E O N L Y O N E, T H E R A IL R O A D S A R E NO LO N G E R
ABLE T O BUY M ATER IAL, AND T H E
FACTORIES FU RNISHING
T H E S E S U P P L I E S F I N D T H E I R B U S I N E S S H A S D E C R E A S E D FROM
25 T O 30 PE R C E N T , A N D H U N D R E D S O F T H O U S A N D S OF R A I L
ROAD M E N A N D F A C T O R Y H A N D S A R E O U T OF E M P L O Y M E N T .
TH IS PARALYZES E VER Y TH IN G .
T H E R A IL R O A D S A R E N O T T O BE H A M M E R E D W IT H
A BLUDGEON
THEM
“ Lord,” prayed the little boy,
“ make me thankful fur gittin’
licked to d a y ." (Pause)
“ But
say, Ix>rd, I ’m going to scrap that
kid again tomorrow, and t)h Lord,
if you ’ll only help me this time,
w e’ll whaie tbfe stuffin’ outen
h im .”
A
granted tjie Oregon K California
Railroad company, now controlled
by the Southern Pacific company,
and valued at over $40,000,000,00,
has been instituted by the govern
ment in the I'nited States District
court of Oregon. The suit is
based on the alleged failure of the
railroad company to live up to the
terms of the grant in disposing of
the lands in question at the fixed
priee'of $2.50per acre. The com
plaint and prayer of the suit,
shows that there remained unsold
of the granted lands on January
1st, 1003, 2,373,000 acres consist
ing of 2,OHo,ooo which had been
patented under the land grants
and 203,000 acres of unpatented
lands, which are now claimed by
the O. & C. by virtue of the grant.
There are approximately 1,800,000
acres of unsold lauds situated
south of Eugene and these con
stitute nearly one-half in alternate
sections, of all lands within 40
By J A M E S
J . H I L L o f t h e G rea t N o r t h e r n R a ilr o a d .
miles of the line of railroad from
Eugene to the Southeri» boundary
of Oregon, only a small portion of
11E Pacific trade was given up becauso it did not pay.
the granted lands in that part of
America today has no flag on the high sens, or might
the east side grant having been
as well not have, for. W E C A N N O T C O M P E T E
sold. 4'he territory in which the
W I T H A N Y O T H E R C O U N T R Y A N D M U S I- unsold land is situated is wholly
H A N D T H E L O A D O V E R T O A N Y B O D Y T H A T dependent for railroad transporta
>**♦♦♦♦♦♦<
A S K S F O R IT . The only way for us to continue in tion on tile lines of the (). & C.,
tlio Pacific,trade would be for the railroads to own tlielt own steam- now operated by the Southern Pa
sliips and run them at heavy loss, wliioh they cannot be expected to do. cific. The case will be vigorously
W E A R E N O T A S E A F A R IN G N A T IO N .
W E H A V E contested bv the railroad company.
N O S A IL O R S , though under the law Americans must constitute Ex-Senator Thurston, of Nebraska
two-tliirds or three-fourths of the crews.
Y ou see liow impossible lias been retained a s leading coun
competition is. W e must pay sailors $ 3 0 a month in gold, and the
J. F. Spray, F. II. Rosenberg, put on more.
A . L. Powell, D. J- DuBruille and
T H E LAW M AKERS OF TH IS
F. B. Phillips.
b u t a ll fa r m
The Leader acknowledges receipt
of a complimentary season ticket
to the second annual fair of the
First Southern Oregon District A g
ricultural Society, which will be
field at Medford October, 1, 2 and
,L Visitors to this fair are sure to
find many things to interest them.
work is nearing completion on the
bridge which will span the river at
that point.
The new Corvallis & Alsea line
has been completed to Corvallis
and only about a mile of grading
remains to be done before the rails
will be laid to Monroe, it having
been decided to go to that point
instead of Bellfouutain, as origin
ally planned. Negotiations are
said to be pending by which the
line may ultimately be exteuded to
Eugene. The length of the line
when completed to Monroe will be
17 miles,
The construction of the Moses
Coulee branch of the Great North
ern road will probably be com-
Announcement has been made
by the O. R. & N. Company that
trains will hereafter run on regular
schedule into Wallowa, Oregon,
over the Jilgin branch just com
pleted.
It has been announced that the
railroad between Weed, Cal., and
Klamath Falls, Ore., known as
the California & Northeastern,
will be practically completed by
the end o f the year. The con
tractors are pushing the work with
all possible dispatch.
Construction work ou the Pacific
Railway & Navigation Company's
road from Hillsboro to Tillamook
has been resumed and the work
will be continued until the line is
I F T H E B U S IN E S S W O R L D W O U L D H A V E
PRO SPER.
The lawmakers long ago were warned what the
result o f all this hostile legislation would be, and now E V E N T S A R E
P R O V IN G
W A R N IN G
F O R C IB L Y
WERE
THAT
NOT
THEY
FALSE
completed, which it is believed will
be by June, 1910. This road,
which will be one o f the feeders of
the Harriman system, has a pro
jected mileage of 86 miles.
It is anticipated that cars will be
operating over the extension of the
trolley line o f the Portland,- Eu
gene & Eastern Railway Company
which will connect Eugene and
Springfield, Oregon, by the first o f
the new year. The track from Eu
gene to the Willamette river is
now practically completed, and
WHO
SOUNDED TH E
PROPHETS
pleted at an early date, The sites
for warehouses along the road have i
been cleared and several carloads ]
of lumber are now on the ground. !
The preliminary work has begun
and the contractors state that the
whole line will be completed in
about eight months. This road
will be of great benefit to the Big
Beud country, which is bound to
become a great shipping center
for wheat that will find
its
way to Portland via the North
Bank road.
HARRINGTON FARM
SAW WILLS PUTTING
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
IN NEW MACHINERY
The government, state of
up to this time, has not filed a suit
agaivst the individual purchasers
of timlier lauds from the railroad
company, but it is understood that
a suit will be filed later against
these defendants. The govern
ment's policy at present seems to
he to develop certain evidence in
the suit filed against the railroad
company before taking any steps
to recover the lands acquired by
innocent purchasers from the rail
road company. This is one of
the most important laud cases ever
tried in the I'nited States, and the
final decision of the highest court
in the land will be required to ef
fectively settle this controversy.
THK
C.
DEFENDANTS.
In the Circuit Court of the
I'nited States for the District of
Oregon, Ninth Judicial Court.
I'nited Slates of America, Com
plainant, vs. Oregon and Califor
nia Railroad company, Southern
Pacific company, Stephen T . Gage
1 individually and as trustee,)
Union Trust company < individual
ly and as trustee) et al, named in
dividually and in full below.
T o the judges o f the Circuit
Court of the United States for the
district of C >regon;
The I'nited States of America,
by Charles J . Bonaparte, its Attor
ney General, presents this its bill
of equity against Oregon and Cal
ifornia Railroad company a citizen
of tile state of Oregon, Southern
Pacific company, a citizen of the
Kentucky, Stephen T.
Gage, a citizen of the state of
I California and Union Trust com
pany, a citizen of the state of New
York and John L. Suyder, Julius
E. Prahl, Albert K. Thompson,
James Barr, bred Witte, W. A .
Anderson, W . II. Anderson, O. M.
Anderson, E. lì. Williams, Paul
Birkenfeld, J. II. I.ewis, Francis
Wiser, W. lì. -Anderson, Albert
Arns, Joseph A. Maxwell, Isaac
McKay, J. R. Peterson, D. Mac-
Lafferty, Edgar MacLafferty, V.
V. McAboy, George C. MaeLaffer-
ty, George Edgar MacLafferty, E.
I. MacLafferty, B. N. McLafferty,
linos M. Fluhrer, F. W. Floeter,
Shryoek Sidney, Ben Smith, Orrin
J. Lawrence, Robert G. Balderree,
Oscar E. Smith, Egbert C. Lake,
C. W . Sloat, Jesse F. Holbrook,
A. lì. 11 audenscliield, S. II. Mont
gomery, W . A. Noland, John If.
Ilaggett, Charles W . Mead, W il
liam Otterstrom, Angus
Mac
Donald, John T . Moan, Joseph D.
Hadley, Henry C. Ott, Fred L.
Freebing, William Cain, R. T .
Aldrich, James C. O ’ Neill, A lex
ander I’auske, Francis Wiest, Cor
delia Michael, John B. Wiest, C y
rus Wiest, John Wiest, Thomas
Mauley Hill, Otto Nelson, Jasper
L. Hewitt, IL L. Porter, Frank
Wells, C. P. Wells, l. 11. Ingram,
L. G. Reeves, W . W . Wells, F. M.
Rhoades, Marvin Martin, all citi
zens of the state o f ( Iregon, and
Roy W. Minkler, a citizen of the
state of Washington.
SOME NEWSY TIMBER AND SAWMILL PARAGRAPHS
Chambers Lumber company of
Dorena will resume operations O c
tober 1st.
John Pfeifler to the Booth-Kelly
Co. 161.21 acres in sec. 7, tp 16, s,
r 1 e, $5000.
Disston Lumber company
at
Disston lias commenced cutliug
lumber again.
Brown Lumber company, Cot
tage Grove, exjiect to resume op
erations November 1st.
The Wildwood Lumlier Com
pany has resumed operations and
has some good orders ahead.
A. L. Woodard, Cottage Grove,
has received a drive o f 700,(XX)
feet of logs down the Coast Eork.
The plant is running steadily.
The Cerro Gorda Lumber Com
pany, Dorena, lias installed a
Seattle donkey in its camps. This
plant is ojieratiiig on a tie order.
The Parson Lumber company of Kenny's latest success is the eom-
Eugene, Ore., have sold 60,000 1 pletion of a new residence, located
acres of timber land to Porter ' on the hillside east of the railroad
track, at Leona. This is a seven-
Bros.,
of
Vancouver,
Wash. room cottage of the most modern
Porter Bros, were heavy contract design and elaborate finish, in
ors on the Nortli Bank railroad.
which Brother Kenny and family
T'n- timber holdings in Lane are happiest when they are enter
taining a weary wayfarer who
county, Oregon, belonging to the
chances that way. Nor is this all.
C. A. Smith Lumber & Manufact This new home is located in a plot
uring Company of Marshfield, of land of about two acres, which
have been transferred to the Linn is beautifully parked, containing
& Lane Timber company, of Min baseball ground and tennis court,
nesota.
as a means of outdoor amusement.
J. J. Kenny, of the Leona Mills Within the house is a billiard
Lumber Company Leona, Ore., is room. All these means of amuse
giving further evidence that he is ment, together with the most gen
a Good Samaritan as well as a erous hospitality in other respects,
good lumberman. Brother Ken are bestowed upon
Mr. Kenny’s
ny’s town and home have always
friends,
it
may
be
assured,
when
been held in the kindliest favor by
all who chanced to stop at Leona, they are journeying in that vicin-
says Ute Oregon Titubertnan. Mr. ity.
ru
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Also fine stock of Children’s Shoes
going at the same reduction.
Best $4.00 Shoes now 3.00.
Best $3.00 Shoes now 2.25.
Best $2.00 Shoes now 1.50.
PEARCE BROTHERS.
Phone Main 643— Our own Delivery.
John Sernro, daughter and son-
in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Swartz formerly o f Minnesota,
who arrived here late last week,
closed a deal Tuesday through
Howard’s Agency, for the Har
rington farm, located on the Mc-
Kernon road 9 miles west of this
city. Thursdav their household
goods arrived and the family took
possession of their new home this
week. This new McKemoti road
to Lorane on which this farm is
located is said to be in fine condi
tion this fall, the result o f the good
work doue on it this season and i^
said to afford a most enjoyabfe and
picturesque drive.
McKibben Bros, are operating
their new sawmill oil the (). A- S.
Ii. The power equipment con
sists of an 80-H. P. KewaMee
boiler and 70-H. P. H. S. & G.
engine. Plenty of orders for min
ing timbers arc I ooked.
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company,
Eugene, will install an 8 inch Ber
lin resaw at their Wendling plant.
New sorting table and transfers to
and from the resaw will lie in
stalled. Trout set wotks is also
being added to the equipment.
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