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»■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ — .............. C O T T A G E G R O V E , OREGON INDUSTRIES AND RESOURCES. L ocated o n th e upp er W illa m e tte R iver 144 m ile s so u th o f P ortlan d o n S outhern P a c ific a n d O regon & S outh f a s t e r u R ailroad s. P o p u la tio n JVM», tw o B an ks; p u b lic an d h ig h s c h o o ls , live c h u r c h e s, w a ter, lig h t an d s e w er sy ste m s;c r e a m e r y ; flour m ill; tw o b rick yards; saw m ills , w o o d w ork fa cto r y , m a tch fa c to r y ; steam la u n d ry a n d th e L s a fls r. t'.rcat forests o f tim ber tributary to C ottage d r o v e ; fifteen saw m ills, th ree s h in g le m ills, w ith in a radius o f 15 m ile s, llcaduuartera for B ohem ia g o ld m in e s an d Black Butte q u ick silver m in es; v a lle y s and foot h ills w ell adai>ted to fruit g r ow in g, farm ing and dairyin g, l'o r inform ation regard ing th is great country su b scrib e for th e L eading. PU BLISH ED SE M I-W E E K L Y b S hcm ? &"8< í Í tl k a d k r l « — — J a n u a r y 9 , 1908 into Cottage G rove in the past few years, dem onstrating the interest of the farm ers in this movement. He , also endorsed the holding of good roads m eetings an d the dissem inat ing of good roads literature. F. It. Phillips also brought out some good |ioints on the benefit of good roads to a com m unity and , congratulated the farm ers upon the work already accom plished in this direction in South Lane co u n Good Attendance of Far mers and Merchants COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27 , 1908. CAMPAIGN III THE INTEREST OF THE MINES OF EOE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Revised Constitution and Bylaws of the Northwest Mining Association, Spokane, Washington. ty. Jas. 1 lenten way approved of stated good road m eetings an d the organization of a local good roads league to work in conjunction with the county and state associa tion for good roads legislation, South Lane County Good Roads modern m achinery, etc. League Organized— Next Misses D ickinson ami Palmer, I teachers in the city schools each Meeting Friday Dec. 11. I favored the convention with an e x cellent reading. At this juncture the following petitiou was circu lat T he following letter an d accom A new im petus was given to the ed and signed: panying m atter will be of no little cause of good roads in this part of PET ITIO N FOR ORGANIZATION. f.ane county W ednesday as a re interest to the m iners and pros We, whose nam es are hereto sult of the good road convention pectors of this county: signed, hereby voluntarily associ Spokane, W ash., Nov. 21, 1908. which was held in the Masonic ate ourselves together under the Editors Leader:— I am enclos hall during the afternoon of that nam e of the South Lane county ing the revised constitution an d b y day. T he m eeting, w hile not as Good Roads League. T he pur large as m ight have been, was laws of the N orthwest M ining A s pose of this association is to eu sociation. It is the intention to houored with the preseuce of m any courage and assist in the construc start an active cam paign in the of the most substantial an d enter tion and m aintenance of perm a interest of the m ines of the P a prising farm ers of the Coast Fork, nent public roads in this county cific Northwest an d to have a Row river and Lorane valleys, as and throughout the state, and we rousing m eeting here n ex t M arch. well as those of this vicinity, each personally pledge ourselves M eanwhile we m ust interest every while all of the most prom inent to do everything in our ixiwer to m iner, prospector and every per business houses of the tow n closed their doors from 1 :.K) to 2:30 son w ho is a friend to the great in F H. ROSENBERG dustry and to th at end we ask o ’clock and there was a good rep resentation of business m en at the your hearty co-operation. T his convention m ay be done by pu b lish in g the constitution an d by-law s an d by T he m eeting was called to order urging the m iners an d others in by President I1'. H. Phillips of the your locality to get into line, o r Commercial Club, who presided ganize locally and report to me the and who introduced M ayor It. R. nam es and addresses of all who Job. T he m ayor delivered a brief may w ant to join: to also give a address and then introduced Judge list of the producing an d non-pro Scott of Marion county w ho'm ade ductive mines and good looking the principal address of the after prospects in the cam p. W hen all noon, illustrating m any of his d ata obtainable is in our possession points on good road m aking on a we shall be in a position to do blackboard, w hich m ade his ad- som ething more th an usual for the address very explicit and helpful to the road supervisors and farm mines. Legislative m atters m ust be ers present. His address was looked after, geological surveys listened too with m arked attention Captain W. 0. W Degree Team and co-operative work between the and he w as frequently applauded, dem onstrating the fact th a t he had further the good road movement states and the federal governm ent struck a popular them e in this and secure such legislation as may urged. Continuous hard work is com m unity. be necessary to in au g u rate and before us between now an d the Levi Geer of London M ineral carry on the construction of a March m eeting. Can we couut on Spriugs was the next speaker and system of perm anent public h ig h your aid? If you m ake any m en tion of this m atter I shall be glad lie too m ade some excellent sug w ays throughout the state. gestions regarding good road m a k T he officers of the association to have a copy of the paper co n ing, referring with pride to the shall consist of a president, a vice- ta in in g it. good work accom plished on the president, a secretary and a treas Very respectfully yours, roads of his com m unity an d from urer, who shall be elected by the Secretary N orthwest M ining A ss’ll. B lackbutte to this city, in the past metnlrers, shall hold their res|iect- Constitution few years. ive office for one year an d shall H . O. Thom pson spoke on be discharge such duties as usually ART ICLE I. h alf of the local m erchants and pertain to such officers in v olun 1. T h e nam e of this o rg an iza m ade some good points, conclud tary associations, or as m ay from tion is the N orthw est M ining A s ing by saying th a t if the m erchants tim e to tim e be prescribed by the sociation. will m anifest interest enough in mem bers of the association. Signed 2. T he object is to encourage, a local good roads m ovement to C. P. Jones C. K. Stew art develop, foster and protect the close their doors and attend such a J . A. Sears J. I). Cochran m ining and allied interests of F. II. Rosenberg m eeting, it certainly looked as if J. C. Banton W ashington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon- W . C. Conner A. I). Owens the farm ers o u g h t to tu rn out in M. F". Babcock E . A. W heeler la rg e r num bers. J. F. Spray W . H . Medley Rev. VV. J . G ardiner called a t John Cooley E . A. Doolittle tention to the substantial im prove ( c o n t i n u e d o n i . a s t p a g e . ) m ents m ade in m any roads leading ROUSING CONVENTION WILL BE HELD IN MARCH MANY ABLE SPEECHES S p o k a n e S e le c te d a s th e M eetin g Place---A ll M ining Cam ps of th e N o r th w e s t Should Send D e le g a te s -Local O rganization is R ecom m en d ed and U rged tan a, A lberta, British Columbia and A laska. 3. It shall be the purpose to have local or branch organizations in each city, town, district and ings m ay lie held at such times and places within the geographical lim its of the organization as may be directed by the E xecutive com mittee; or by request of not less than five Vice Presidents, but which meeting shall not exceed two in any one fiscal year nor take place nearer than three m ouths from the date of the annual meet ing. a r t ic l e i i . 1. T h e officers shall be a Presi dent, a First Vice President, a second Vice President in each city, town, district and cam p, as soon as local organization is effected, a Treasurer, a Secretary and an As sistant Secretary. 2. All officers shall serve one year or until their successors are elected and qualified. 3. T he President, Vice Presi dents, T reasurer and Secretary Consul Commander Bohemia Camp. shall lie members of the E xecutive cam p in the territory, through committee. ARTICLE I II . w hich the m ain organization shall tie governed. 1. Following are the nam es of 4. T he an n u al meeting shall be held in the cit \ of Spokane the the standing committees: E xecu tive, Judiciary, Finance, T ra n s C. H. VANDENBURG portation, Membership, Publicity. 2. T he E xecutive committee shall lie composed of the President, Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Seere tary, and twelve members elected from the Spokane branch o rgani zation by the members of that body. T heir duties shall be such as devolve upon such officials. Except the Second Vice Presidents the officers and members of this committee shall lie members in good standing of the Siiokane subordinate organization. Five members shall be a quorum . 3. 'Pile Jud iciary committee shall have ten members, three of whom shall be elected by the Spo k an e subordinate organization and one at large for each state, pro vince and territory, who shall lie elected at the annual meeting by Clerk of Bohemia Camp No 260. the members of each respective political subdivision. Three shall first Monday in March and suc constitute a quorum and all decis ceeding days thereafter, of each ions of law or general m atters year. Such other general m eet uixm which legal opinion is neees- Degree Team, Bohemia Camp No. 260, Cottage Grove. VOL. XX. NO. 33 sary m ust also lie subm itted to the other members in w riting and their respective opinions shall be ac cepted as if they were present and shall be incorporated in the report. Only the votes of the members present will be counted, however, if the E xecutive com mittee call for division. 4. T he Finance com m ittee shall have five members from the Spo k an e subordinate organization to lie elected by said organization, to --------- * * w hich shall be added one from each outside subordinate o rg an iza tion, selected by the meuiliers thereof. 5. T he T ransportation com m it tee shall have seven memliers, no Business Houses Closed the two of whom shall be residents ot Greater Part of the Day. the same state, province, or terri tory. T hey shall be selected at Basketball and Dance the annual meeting by the mem - | bers of their respective p o litica l1 subdivisions, or if none are present j Once again the year has rolled by a general vote. T hree shall be around and we have passed the a quorum and general business auiiual oecasiou of expressing in may lie placed in the hands of a uuisou as a nation of grateful chairm an an d secretary respective lieople our sincere thanks for the ly of th at com mittee—empowered measure of good things heaped by the com m ittee to act. full and ru n n in g over, which has 6. T he M embership committee been meted out to us during the shall be composed of five members year 1908. Of all the nations of the E arth the lu ffe d States is the trom the Sixikane subordinate or most prosperous, its jieople enjoy ganization to be elected by the ing the highest degree of freedom memliers thereof, and one from an d independence known to civil each of the other subordinate o r ized m an. O ur harvests were abundant; ganizations. T hree shall consti our mines an d mills are agaiu pro tute a quorum. ducing; our city is growing m ag 7. T he Publicity committee nificently; business along all lines has been revived and everything F C.COFFM AN points to continued prosperity. There was no reasou why we of Oregon should not have been grateful for blessings received, and for the well founded hope of more blessings in the future. Every one who could ate his own turkey and thrice blessed was he who could share his neighbor’s bounti ful supply. T hanksgiving day is hallowed and it is well th a t it is so rightly appreciated and observed. Members of the various local re ligious denom inations mingled their paeans of praise on T hanksgiving day in a union service at the Methodist Episcopal church, Rev- II. I.. Nave of the Presbyterian church, delivering an eloquent and an impressive T hanksgiving sermon. A ppropriate music was tendered by the choir and a true Executive Committee Bohemia Camp. spirit of T han k sg iv ing praise pre vailed. T he doors of the various shall lie composed of ten memliers, local business houses were closed from 11 o ’clock a. m. to 4:30 p. m. three from the Spokane stiliordi- that all m ight tak e a brief respite nate organization, elected by the from business cares and observe members thereof and one at large the day at home or with friends from each state, province and terri and p artake at the generftus festive tory. Three shall constitute a board. To each and every oue of our q u o ru m . friends the Leader is pleased to a n Beautiful Warm, Sunny Autumn-Like Day UNION SERVICES HELD ARTICLE IV. Any person friendly to the mill ing interests m ay become a mem ber upon paym ent of the annual dues and signing application for m embership. ARTICLE v . t. T his constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by m ajority vote of memliers pres ent. By-Laws. t. T he paym ent of two dollars by ( C O N T I N U E D ON PA G E 2 . ) nounce thankfulluess for the gen erous prosperity which has fallen to our lot. W e do feel grateful for the success th at has crowned our efforts, and are more than pleased with the result of our lalxirs. W e trust th at even greater achievem ent may be ours the com ing year. T he d a y ’s observances closed with a spirited basket ball contest at the arm ory in the evening be tween the Cottage Grove and the Drain teams, resulting in a victory for the Cottage G rove team, the score standing 27 to 4. At the close of the contest m usicians appeared on the scene and dancing was indulged in far into the wee small hours. There is great satisfaction in know ing that when you buy WheelerThompson Co.’s GROCERIES BI6 $10,000 STOCK V You are getting New, Fresh Stock of the best standard brands. Men and Boys’ High Class SUITS, OVER COATS, CRAVENETTES IN SHOES at W e can fit any foot and give you Style, comfort and durability. Slaughtered Prices For Benefit of Creditors. PEARCE BROTHERS. Phont Main 643—Oar own Deliver]'. Crack Degree Team of Southern Oregon, Prominent in the Big District Log Rolling and Initiation of over 100 N ew Members at Cottage Grove, Friday Evening, Nov. 20, W. H. ABRAMS, Assignee.
