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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
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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
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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
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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
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and Initiation of over 100 N ew Members at Cottage Grove, Friday Evening, Nov. 20,
W. H. ABRAMS, Assignee.