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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON
m U S T tlB S AM» BISOUBCKS.
Located ou the upper W illam ette River
144 miles south o f I’ortlaort on Southern l*a-
citic and Oregon & South Kaatcru Railroads,
population .’ Soi». two tanks. public and high
school«, live churches; water, light autl sew
er systems, creamery; Hour mill; tw o brick
yards; saw m ills, wood w ork factory; match
factory; steam laundry and the L e a d er.
Cireat forests o f timber tributary to CotUee
Grove; fifteen saw mills, three shingle mills,
within a radius of 15 miles. Headquarters
for Bohemia gold mines ami Black Butte
quicksilver mines, valleys anti foot hills
well adapted to fruit growing, farming and
dairying. For information regarding this
great country subscribe for the Leader.
PUBLISH ED S E M I-W E E K L Y
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ACCIDENTAL FATAL SHOOTING
AT M U G LAST SATURDAY
Lawrence Bond, Son of a Promi
nent Merchant, the Victim.
Lee Smith Grief Stricken.
Coburg, Nov. 28.— The acci
dental killing of I.awrence Melvin
Bond, the 14 year old son of a
local merchant here this evening
has shrouded this community in
profound gloom and young Lee
Smith, a lad of the same age; the
innocent cause of his death, is
overcome with grief that cannot lie
assuaged.
Together with George Smith,
father of Lee, George Drury and
Prof. Maxwell, principal of the
Coburg schools, the lads went on
a goose hunt in the McKenzie
river liottom a mile west of the
Coburg bridge at 5 o'clock in the
evening. The hoys were in ad
vance of the others ami suddenly
espied a flo-k of geese. Both
crept upon their quarry, young
Bond in the lead and Lee directly
behind. Keacing an advantageous
spot they both crouched down and
each fired a shot. Young Bond
fired a second time then suddenly
arose to his feet just iu time to re
ceive the contents of his com
panion's shotgun iu the hack of
the head. The lad fell to the
ground in an unconscious condi
tion. He was couveyed to Co
burg and a doctor summoned. It
was found upon examination
that the scalp had been badly torn
but to all appearance the skull had
not been jienetrated. Young Bond
expired at 7 o’clock in the even
ing.
Coroner Gordon was notified by
telephone and on arriving at the
scene he inquired into the circum
stances, but it being plainly an
accident an inquest was deemed
unnecessary.
Lawrence Bond was an exem
plary lad and extremely bright in
his studies. He was an eighth
grade pupil and would have grad
uated at the end of the current
school term. Much sympathy goes
out to Lee Smith who was the un
fortunate cause of the tragedy.
The funeral was held at 10 a.
in., Monday with interment in the
Coburg I. O. (). P. cemetery.
C O T T A G E G R O V E . O R EG O N . T U E S D A Y , D E C E M B E R i, 1908.
GREAT COMEDY COMING
FRIDAY, “WE ARE KING”
A. W . Cross is presenting three
or four plays this season that have
scored all sorts of success. He
has “ The Bishop"-aud “ W e are
K in g," the latter lieiug the bill at
the Star this week. The leading
part is played by Edmund Carroll
who supported Walker Whiteside
last season iu this play, and who
makes quite as much of the dual
part as did Whiteside. The Raven
a mysterious man in black, is
played by Guy B. Kibbe, a Port
land boy.
“ We are K in g” is one of the
best and cleanest comedies seen iu
Portland for a long, long time, and
while having a suspiciously close
resemblance to “ The Prisoner of
Zeiula,” is yet different enough to
save a charge of plagiarism. A
wandering newspaper correspond
ent is found in the grounds of a
tyrannical and despotic king of a
MISS MAUDE SHAW
ATTORNEY R. B. FISHER SHOT
BY ATTORNEY JAS. A. FINCH
had been designated to act as pro
secutor for the Bar Association in
the case against Finch.
Pinch was disbarred on W ed
nesday and today he went to
Fisher's office in the Mohawk
building. He went into pisheF’s
private room and fired three shots
at his prosecutor, one bullet tak
ing effect in the temple, killing
Fisher instantly.
Pinch attempted to escape, but
a group of people, attracted by
the shots, barred his way. He
was taken to a police station.
Fisher has been prominent in
reform and civic movements, and
at the recent meeting of the State
Bar Association attempted to
secure a strong endorsement of
Francis Iletiey, based on the re
cent attempt made to kill the well-
know prosecutor.
The murdered mail was a promi
nent young attorney of Portland,
and ¡was a nephew of Mrs. J. M.
Shelley, of Eugene, and a brother-
in-law of Senator O. P. Coshow,
o f Roseburg. He leaves a wife
and one child, l'ineh, the mur
derer resided at Creswell, Lane
county, a good many years ago; he
then went to Albany and published
a populist paper for a number of
years during which time lie studied
low. A few years ago he moved
to Portland. He is playing the
insanity dodge, declaring lie does
not remember shooting F'isher.
Lane County Timber Transfers.
Apples Weighing 35 ounces.
Portland,
Nov.
28.—j .
A.
Pinch, an attorney who was dis
barred from practice for one year
by the State Bar Association, this
afternoon shot and killed Ralph
B. Pisher, a young lawyer who
North Yakima Wash. Nov. 30
Lee P. I.andretli to Booth-Kelly
Lumber Co., tract in claim 64, twp — A Spokane Beauty apple, weigh
ing 35 ounces, was brought to
17 S, r .1 W, $700.
town by W. L. Wright, of F'ruit
Oregon & California Land com vale, to be put in cold storage for
exhibition in December at the
pany to Oregon & California Lum National Apple Show at Spokane,
ber Corporation, tract in sec 20, where a $1000 prize has been
offered for the largest apple.
twp 17 S, r 9 W , $10.
There is great satisfaction in know
ing that when you buy
GROCERIES
You are getting New, Fresh Stock
of the best standard brands.
IN SHOES
W e can fit any foot and give you
Style, comfort and durability.
PEARCE BROTHERS.
Phone Main 643— Oar own Delivery.
Leading Lady in “We are King.”
small North German state, and a
scheme is hatched up to exchange
places with the king by his pre
mier and other members of the
court. The correspondent enters
into the conspiracy with great en
thusiasm, and until he gets the
hang of being a king makes some
of the most ludicrous mistakes
imaginable. Iu the meantime the
former king languishes in an
asylum and as there is a striking
resemblance between the two men
it is not difficult for the arch-con
spirators to keep him there under
the announcement that he has an
hallucination that he is the king,
which of course lie is.
The company is excellent, the
stage settings adequate and in one
scene elaborate, and altogether
“ We are K in g” is put on and
acted in a manner one expects at
the high-price theaters.
Probably, however, some of the
audience felt they were being
cheated with only a single pistol
shot during the whole perform
ance.— Oregonian.
At the armory theater Friday
evening. First three rows of seats
$1, other seats 75, 50, 35 and 25
cents.
NEW NATIONAL
FOREST PLAN
Government will
Plaue Receipts
Out W est
Washington,
Nov. 28.— The
names o f six government deposi
tories which are to handle the re
ceipts of the United States F'orest
Service, after December 1, when
organization for the administration
of the National Forests will lie re
moved from Washington to six
field districts iu the west, have
just been announced.
The designation of western
banks to haudle the moneys re
ceived from timber sales, permits
for stock grazing and for special
uses of various resources in the
National Forests is an innovation
which will mean that all the re
ceipts of the Forest Service in the
future will be deposited to the
credit of the treasurer of the
United States and made available
for circulation in the part of the
country from which it is derived,
within the limits of the amounts
allowed by law for government de
posits, instead of being forwarded
to the treasurer at Washington.
The banks which have been
named and which have all con
sented to serve the government are
located in the district headquarters
o f the F'orest Service at Denver,
Ogden, Albuquerque, Missoula,
Portland and San Francisco. They
are as follows:
Western Montana National bank,
Missoula, Montana, headquarters
of first district, including north
eastern Washington, northern Ida
ho, northern Wyoming ami north
western South Dakota.
Deuver Xatiaual bank, Deliver,
Colorado, headquarters of second
district, including Colorado, south
ern Wyoming, South Dakota,
northwestern Minnesota, Nebraska,
western
Kansas,
southeastern
Utah.
First National bank, Albuquer
que, New Mexico, headquarters of
third district, including Arizona,
Arkansas, New Mexico and Okla
homa.
First National bank at Ogden,
Utah, headquarters of fourth dis
trict, including Utah, southern
Idaho, western Wyoming, eastern
Nevada and northwestern Arizona.
First National bank, San Fran-
OREGON HIGH SCHOOL
DEBATING LEAGUE
The trader is just in receipt of
the November number of I ’ niver-
sity of Oregon Bulletin, contain
ing the list of officers, constitution
and by-laws, propositions for de
bate libraries and announcements
of the year 1908-9 of the Oregon
High School Debating League.
The league consists of 34 school,
divided geographically into five
districts. The Eastern Oregon dis
trict comprises the high schools of
Baker City, Crook county, Elgin,
LaGrande, Ontario, Pendleton,
Sherman county, and Union;
Columbia river comprises Astoria,
The Dalles, Gresham. Hood River,
Newberg, Tillamook, Woodbum
and Yam hill; Central Oregon dis
trict, Albany, Brownsville, Cot
tage Grove, Eugene, Jefferson,
Junction City, l-ebanon, Salem
and Silverton; Southern Oregon
districts. Central Point, Grants
Pass, Klamath county, and Rose
burg: Coos Bay district, Bandon,
Coquille, Marshfield, Myrtle Point
and North Bend.
CITIZENS GIVE CUPS
FOR POULTRY SHOW
The
liugene Register says:
“ Several citizens have donated
handsome silver cups for the coin
ing ]>oultry show, which will lie
held here by the Lane Couuty
Poultiy association December 21-
24.
The Commercial club is takiug
au active interest in the success of
the undertaking aud Monday the
secretary of the Poultry associa
tion aud the management of the
club secured silver cups trom the
following: Hon. R. A . Booth,
Hon. S. H. Friendly, Griffin Hard
ware company, Frank E. Dunn,
John H. Hartog and Linn drug
company.
From E. Schwartzschild they
secured a brass flower bowl and
from Allen Eaton a brass vase;
from Chambers Hardware com
pany a silver nut bowl; from Geo.
T. Hall, Jr., a silver bread dish;
from Gilbert Art company, a farm
EDMUND CARROLL
In - We are King ’*
scene: from Preston & Hales, a
handsome buggy whip, and from
Col. J. M. Williams, three poultry
books.
As it is impossible to call ou all
the business men, anybody willing
to donate a cup or other trophy
will please communicate at once
with B. F. Keeney secretary of
the Poultry association.”
VO L. XX. NO. 33
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
IN ERE COOLEY ADDITION
N e w Natatorium and Skating P a v
ilion, N e w Homes and Another
Plat of Sitely Town Lots.
Some of the most extensive im afford a flue general view of the
provements going on in this city at the city aud which may be reached
the present time are to be found in by a new 50 foot street running
the Cooley addition or “ Nokes east and west between the proper
and Cooper tow n" ou South F'ourtli ty of John Nokes and Virgil
street. W . B. Cooper, who just White from Fourth street. It is
recently completed a $3,000 skat also the intention to open Mill
ing pavilion aud natatorium at street through the Jones addition
what is known as the Cooley to this Cooper Sc Randall tract at
Springs on South F'ourtli street, is no far distant day.
putting the finishing touches on a
A new sidewalk is being built
beautiful modem cottage and bam from F'ourtli street to this new ad
on the slightly elevated lot adjoin dition aud lumber is already being
ing, while ou the next acre lot placed on the ground for a new
south Mr. Coo|ier’s brother-in-law, residence, and considerable inter
Ira Randall, is just completing a est is being manifested iu these
nice modern cottage into which he sitely lots.
will soon move. The next tract
It was Messrs Cooper & Randall
south is the two acre lot of J. W. who recently purchased the east
Nokes on which lie too, is just half of the Knox farm one mile
completing a nice, new modern cast of this city aud they are
cottage and on which property is dividing it up into one to five acre
probably the only artesian well in tracts which will no doubt meet
Lane county, a good flow of splen with ready sale as it is first class
did water rising to considerable bottom land. The first tract from
lieigblh above the ground the year this subdivision was sold last week
round and which Mr. Nokes uses to Bert Dunham of Loraue, who is
for domestic and irrigation pur placing lumber oil the ground for
poses.
a new residence aud barn and will
Cooper Sc Randall have pur proceed to improve his property.
chased a 20 acre tract of sloping
Messrs Cooper & Randall are
land just back of Mr. Nokes’ place certainly doing their full share to
from Virgil White, which they ward the upbuilding of Cottage
have platted into town lots, which Grove and vicinity.
SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT
OF LANE COUNTY FOR 1908
Summary of assessment of Lane county for the year 1908 reaches
$19,181,31 5, a d e c id e d g a in o v e r last y e a r.
Acres of tillable land, 136,611 ................................. ...................................$2,390,715
Acres non-tillable land, 1,348,338... v ........................................................... 8,601,525
Improvem ent on patented lands..................................................................
700 900
Town and city lots
................................................................................... 1,558,870
Improvements on town and city lots........................................................... 1,455,445
Improvement on lands not deeded or patented...........................................
1.34,700
M iles of Railroad Line, 95.90...................................................................... 1,426,400
M iles of Telegraph line, 228,15....
....................................................
64,185
M iles o f Street Railway line, 2.5..................................................................
5,500
Railroad rollin g stock, 95.90.........................................................................
159,800
lhillman rolling stock, 40.99.........................................................................
12,290
Steamboats, saillxxtts, engines ami manufacturing machinery............. ...
194,000
Merchandise nnd stock in trade...................................................................
511,555
Farming Implements, wagons, carriages, etc...............................................
147,005
M on ey................... ......................... ................................
. .. ...............
156,270
Notes and accounts........................................................................................
468,990
Shares o f stock, .3,227.......................................................................................... 304,860
Household furniture, watches, jew elry ......................................................
278,400
Horses ami mules, 6,888.............;..................................................................
278,665
Cattle, 21,088 ..................................................................................................
240,975
Sheep and goats, .36, .354...................................................................
71,550
Swine, 6,4.34.................
18,465
Dogs, 27................
770
Grand total .........................................................
$19,181,315
the credit of the treasurer of the
United States. According to the
plan which has been approved by
the officials of the United States
treasury, the F'orest Service and
the officers of the various deposi
tories, when a timber sale, stock
grazing, or special use application
is made, the forest supervisor will
fill out a letter of -transmittal in
duplicate and tell the applicant to
remit the amount direcly to the
national bank which is the deposi
The Cody Lumber company,
If one third of life is spent in
tory for the district. Remittances sleep, why not buy a B. M. O. E. Bandou, whose plant had been
will be in the form of a national mattress of Veatch .Xc Lawson and idle for some time, resumed opera
tions ou the 15th.
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bank draft, express or poet office take life easy.
money order, and will lie payable
to the bank, since forest super
visors are not allowed lo receive
money. The letter of transmittal
is virtually a deposit slip to accom
pany the remittance. The dupli
cate copy goes to the district fiscal
agent. All remittances will be as
sembled and checked u,> at the
end of each day. a single certifi
cate of deposit made out by the
bank-aud mailed to the secretary
of the treasury. This simple plan
which has required mouths for the
treasury officials and officers of
the F'orest Service to perfect, is
one which will expedite business
both for the users of the National
F'orest and for the force in the of
fice of each district forester, and
at the same time will make it pos
sible for the government^to deposit
the National F'orest receipts in
western banks, and help the circu
lation in that particular section of
the country where it is originally
spent.
WheelerThompson Co.’s
BIG $10,000 STOCK
B F. C A R R O LL.
Governor plect of I«»\vn. lie to a Re-
pul ilk-mi anti n resident o f liloow tield.
la.
cisco, California, headquarters for
fifth district, including California
and southwestern Nevada.
First National bank, Portland,
( >regon, headquarters of sixth dis
trict, including Washington, Ore
gon. a small part of northern Cali
fornia and Alaska.
The estimated receipts for the
National Forests for the present
fiscal year will be approximately
$2,000,000, making the receipts
from each of the six districts
range from $275,000 to $.550,000.
The depositories will receive all re
mittances due the government for
use of the National F'orests after
December 1, and deposit them to
Men and Boys’ High Class
SUITS, OVER COATS,
CRAVENETTES
at
Slaughtered Prices
The S. F. Co. has issued au
order that all warehouses on its
grounds shall be painted a uniform
color, a light gray and there »hall
be no advertisements on them.
For Benefit of Creditors.
W . H. ABR AM S, Assignee.