Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1908)
01« m »'ot irti C O T T A G E G R O V E. OREGON INDUSTRIES AMD RESOURCES. (Stoii C L o c a te d o n th e u p p e r W iU a m c llc U iv er 144 m ile s s o u th of P o r tla n d o n S o u th e rn I'a- cific a n d O re g o n * S o u th E a s te r n R a ilro a d s . P o p u la tio n ¿500; tw o Ita u k s . p u b lic a u d h ig h s c h o o ls , live c h u rc h e s ; w a te r, l ig h t a n d s e w e r s y s te m s ; c r e a m e r y ; H our m ill; tw o b r ic k y a rd s ; s a w m ills ; w o o d w o r k f a c to ry ; m a tc h fa c to ry ; s te a m l a u n d r y a n d t h e L a a ^ d n c . ( '• r e s t fo re s ts o f t i t u l a r tr i b u ta r y to Cottage G ro v e ; fifteen s a w m ills t h r e e s h iu g l c mills, w i t b iu a r a d iu s o f 15 m ile s. H e a d q u a r te r « fo r B o h e m ia g o ld m in e s a n d B la c k Butte , , q u ic k s ilv e r m in e s , v a lle y s a n d foot-hills w e ll a d a p te d to f r u it g r o w in g , f a r m in g and d a ir y in g . F o r i u f o r m a tio n r e g a r d in g this g r e a t c o u n tr y s u b s c r ib e f o r th e PUBLISHED SEM I-W EEK LY b S hcm ia ifö g S fr“ *“ " ! c . « . » — j— * ». C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N . T U E S D A Y , D E C E M B E R 32 , 1908. THE SECOND r a p i AT SOME INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES SUICIDE WAS SUCCESSFUL CONCERNING OUR NATIONAL VO L. X X. NO. 36 THE QUERY, WILL APPLE GROW ING BE OVERDONE, ANSWERED Jos. Loretz, Who Was Found Hanging from a Bridge More than a Million More Votes Cast than at the Previous Presidential Many Eastern Orchards Becoming Unproductive Election— Republican, Democratic and Socialist Vote Shows Gain and Was Cut Down Before Dead, Shot Statistics Show Crop is Falling off An All Other Parties Show a Loss in their Popular Vote. nually while Demand Increases Himself Fatally Next Day Last F riday the Leader readers were inform ed of the fact that a m an had attem pted to h an g him self from one of the tim bers of the bridge on the river road near lunct- ion City and was cut down by the telephone m en. T he sheriff went to the scene and put in good time most of the afternoon and into the nig ht with a party of men trying to find him b u t without success. It turns out that it was Joseph Loretz, and th at the m orning after the han g in g he appeared at his brother H enry Loretz’s house and on being charged with trying to h ang himself he went off again. T h a t was the last seen of him hv anyone. On Saturday, however, his dead body was found by his brother in K dw ard’s stubble field, just about a mile south of the bridge where he attem pted to hang himself and 100 yards back from the road, with a bullet hole through the center of his forehead. He had evidently gone right down the road after the talk with his brother and shot himself with his own revolver as it was found near the body. Coroner W. T. Gordon w as noti fied and went to the place S atu r day afternoon aud summ oned a jury there iu the field. Several witnesses were exam ined and the jury returned the following ver dict: S tate o f Oregon, County of Lane, ss We, the ju ry im paneled and sworn by W . T. G ordan, Coroner of Lane county, to inquire into the cause of the death of Joseph Loretz, then and there lying dead, find th a t deceased is Joseph Lo retz, aged thirty-tw o years, a n a tive of Oregon and that he came to his death December 17, 1908, New York Dec. 15.—T h e total from a gunshot wound self inflict ed. popular vote of the presidential D ated December 19, 1908. C l a r e n c e K o o n , J a m e s H a y e s , candidates at the last national M J. 11 a r g e r , F. T . K i r k , If. election was made know n tod-.y in II o r sel l , R a lph K o o n . an official form by the filing of the T he E ugene Register says: Lo last of the official vote, th at of retz is well know n in Eugene and M ichigan. T he total shows the has alw ays been regarded as being following votes cast: peculiar ^n his m anners and m any T aft, re p u b lic a n ..............................7,637,676 d e m o c ra t............................ 6,393,182 tim es h as shown signs of insanity. ltryan, Debs, s o c ia lis t................................ 318,471 To the telephone men who cut him C haim , p ro h ib itio n is t................. 241,252 llisg e n , in d ep en d en ce................ H3,186 down from the bridge he stated on W atson, p opulist 13,871 being asked why he did it, that he (.ilh a tls, socialist-labor............... 15,421 was h a lf drunk though it is known T o ta l for all c a n d id a te s........ 14,852,239 that he did not drink. His broth GREAT GAINS OVER 1 9 0 8 ers H enry and George Loretz are T his grand total exceeds by 1,- respected farm ers but he and George kept Bachelors hall. T he .341,5.31 the total num ber of votes rem ains were brought to Eugene cast in the presidential election of by Mr. Gordon. 1904, when the grand total was 1.3,510,708. Compared with th at election, the candidates of the republicans and dem ocratic and socialist parties in creased their vote this year. T he reverse is true of the candidates of the prohibition, populist and social ist-labor parties. T he independ ence party did not figure in the presidential election four years ago. T a ft’s plurality over Bryan was 1,244,494 and his m ajority over all rivals was 423,11.3. The biggest difference in a party vote is shown in the increase for Bryan of 1,315,211 over the total cast in 1904 for Alton B. Barker, the dem ocratic candidate. T aft received 14,190 votes more th an JO H N D. SH A R P. F o rm e r sh e riff of D avidson co u n ty , T enn., In w h ich co u n ty N ash v ille ts s itu a te d . H e h a s been Indicted on th e c h a rg e o f com plicity In th e sh o o tin g of E d w a rd W . C a rm ack by H obln C ooper. THE NEW W E N LAND RULING ABOLISHES FORMER F U I NATE According to advices received by the land office at Rosehurg the governm ent lias aliolished the $2.- 50 flat rate per acre heretofore in force for the paym ent of timber claim s. T he ruling comes from Secre tary Garfield who claim s the words “ for the m inim um price of $2.50 per a c re ” may m ean a higher price but never a lower. U nder new regulations th e per son desiring to enter a tim ber claim m ust cruise it and subm it his own estim ate as to the value of th e tim ber on the claim . These filings give him preference iu the right of the laud, h ut tlie govern m ent has the rig h t to reestim ate the tim ber within nine m onths. Should the governm ents’ estim ate lie considered too high another es tim ate m ay lie m ade at the expense of the applicant. If the govern m ent should fail to m ake the esti m ate w ithin the time specified the estim ate of the applicant will lie accepted. *e is great satisfaction in know ing that when you buy GRO CERIES 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 Mein 84 J —Our own Delivery. | were polled for President Roose | ceived only about 50 per cent of “ W ill apple growing lie over v e l t in 1904 and Debs ran 45,368 the vote given to Corrigan, which done?” is the question we hear re I ahead of his predecessor on the was 31,249, in the previous presi peatedly since such a great acreage socialist ticket. dential race. in Oregon and W ashington is lie- MINOR PA R T IE S LOSE GROUND. iug planted to this profitable fruit. GAVE T A FT BIG VOTE. T h e heaviest loss is shown by T New York (870,707), Pennsyl hose best posted iu the apple vania (745,779), an d Illinois m arkets of the world are the ones (629,932), gave T aft the greatest who are p lan tin g out the largest num ber of votes am ong the states, apple orchards an d this alone while as to Bryan the order was should lie a conclusive reply to New York (667,468), O hio (502,- the alxive query. But when we consider the fact th a t thousands of 721) an d Illinois (450,810.) T he votes cast for T aft an d the once productive apple o rch ard s Bryan were almost identical in of the New E n g lan d states an d num ber iu two states, nam ely, the middle west are becom ing old M aryland and N evada. In the an d unprofitable and th at the real first m entioned T a ft received 111,- ideal apple area of the country is 25.3 and 111,117 and in the other com paratively small, there need lie 10,214 and 10,655 lespectively. W HERE DEBS WAS STRONGEST. Debs received his largest vote iu Pennsylvania (39,913), Illinois 39,711 ) an d New York (38,451 ). Delaware gave him only 75 votes. H isgen’s vote in New York, 35,- G E O R G E B. A G N E W . 817, and in his own state, M ass N ew Y ork .¡tale se n a to r, jo in t a u th o r achusetts. 19,237, together formed o f th e law w h ich h a s sto p p ed race tra c k b e ttin g in th e E m p ire Siute. A c nearly tw o-thirds of all the votes co rd in g *•> re t u t re p o rt, lie will In tro received iu the whole country. In d u ce a l i i a l o ption Dili a t th e com ing six states not a single vote was session i f ' \Y w York leg islatu re. cast for H isgen. Nine states reg the populist party, w hich w ith the istered not a single vote for the sam e candidates registered 83,312 • prohibition candidate. T he soci- voles less this year th an in 1904. j alist-lahor candidate received T he prohibition candidate, Chafin, ■ votes in only 1.3 states and in only ran 17,284 vote* behind the 1904 m ark or his party and G ilhaus, ■ 19 states were votes cast for W at the socialist-labor candidate, re- son, of the populist party: POULTRY SHOW BOUGHT A LANE DRAIN’S BIG OPEN I I EUGENE COUNTY RANCH LOG ROLLING Ja c k Rodman has sold for Alf Eugene, Dec. 22.—T h e second W alker, Geo. II. Smith and C. A. annual show of the Lane County H ardy, 700 acres of stum p and Poultry association is being held . pasture laud on the McKenzie in the new Cherry block on W il river opposite W alterville to J. W. lam ette street, the exhibition h av Bailey, state food an d dairy com ing begun M onday, b u t all the missioner, for $ 7 0 0 0 . Mr. Bailey coops will not be placed till t'oday i says th is is one of the best tracts wheu the formal opening will be I of grass land he has seen in the held. T his show promises to be the liest ever held in the county. j state and he will proceed to fence A large num ber of fanciers are in ! it and stock it with some of the the city with their fowls and best stock obtainable. It was a others will come tonight. There are a large num ber of prizes, in cluding sofflife handsom e silver cups, valued at from $12.50 to $20.00. Besides these there are a num ber of premiums of a different n atu re given by several Eugene m erchants, and there are some cash prizes. H arry H . Collier, of Tacom a, will act as judge and he will begin his work of m aking th e aw ards today. H e is said to be.one of the liest poultry judges on* the coast. Ü COTTAGE GROVE EXHIBITORS Among the local poultry fanciers who have exhibits at the Lane County Poultry show at Eugene this w e e k are: Mrs. Mary W alker. Rhode Island Reds; H. K. Metcalf, Eaveroles aud Buff O rpingtons; I). T. Awbrey, W hite Minorca«; N. If. M artin, W hite I.atigshans: F. If. Rosenberg, Buff Cochins: I). J . DuBruille, B uck eyes: W . C. Conner, Golden Laced W yandottes and Black I.atigshans: |C . I). Van Valen, Dorena, Buff O rpingtons. It is a painful subject to joke | about, hut it seems to us th at at | the rate people are “ disposing” of ! their appendixes, there will be I none left even for seed after awhile. It is becoming quite a fad to “ sell’’ ' the appendix to the m edical frater- j nity, says Editor S hutt of Drain who has just m ade a sale. FRANK M O R R ISO N . T h e s e c re ta ry o f th e A m erican F e d e ra tio n o f L ab o r is a p rin te r (i.v tra d e iii'd a la w y e r by iilu e a tln n . l i e lias been him n a ry o f th e fe d e ra tio n Hi nee 1.SP7. H e ii a l o d e fe in la n t w ith I’reni- d e n t I !om priH in llie im y cn lt e a s e be fo re th e su p rem e c o u rt. -------------------- — --gU, ' lucky purchase for Mr. Bailey as it is more than probable that much of the land can be planted to o r ch ard an d will become very v alu able, indeed.— Register. Viewing Private Road. C ounty Surveyor C M . Collier an d Road Viewers Jennings and M cPherson are home from W alker station near w hich {dace they laid o u t a road of easem ent through p riv ate property for the accom m o dation of those who have no pub lic ro ad .— Register. The greatest fraternal event seen in the town was the big Woodmen rally M onday night, when 44 new members were taken in to the local cam p. Besides these 44, six other c a n didates have been balloted upon who could not be present at this meeting, hut will he initiated at the next meeting on Dec. 28. All of this arm y of new “ chop- Iiers” are healthy, vigorous young men who will prove a valuable ac quisition to the cam p. T he Cottage ('»rove uniform d e gree team —the crack team of Southern Oregon— was present and conducted the initiation work and the m agnificent m anner in which they performed was a great treat to all present. Visiting mem bers from :ill of the neighboring cam ps were present. State O rganizer Frank B. Tiche- nor of Portland was present, hut unfortunately he was not feeling well and therefore was unable to give the hoys the talk on W ood craft that he had intended to m ake. He highly com plimented the Drain cam p for its active interest in the order and said th at considering the size of the town and small pojmla- tion surrounding it, this is the strongest cam p iu the state, with its 160 members. After the “ goat-riding” e x e r cises were over, the large crowd of 200 or more enjoyed one of the finest banquets ever spread iu the town. T he visiting inemliers from other cam ps said they never saw an y thing to equal it, and were loud iu their praise ot the ex cel lent treatm ent accorded them .— Drain Nonpareil. T he frosty weather of the past week gave way to the Oregon mist Monday and all O regonians rejoiced. Give us the warm rain s in preference to snow or frost, every tim e. P R O F E 3 S O R P A U L E H P .L IC H . T ile Nobel p rize fo r m edicine w ill be d iv id ed , It w a s an n o u n c e d unofficially, b etw e e n P ro fe s so r P au l E h rlic h o t B e rlin a n d P ro fe s so r F ile M etch n lk o ff o f P a rts. P ro fe s so r E h rlich h a s w on w o rld w id e fa m e by bln re s e a rc h e s in b acterio lo g y uo apprehension regarding the overproduction of apples, and the sam e is true of choice w inter pears and Italian prunes. Regarding the production of apples the following will be read with much interest by L ane coun ty orchardists: T o show the decreases in the production of apples in the union in the last twelve years, these sta tistics, compiled by the federal de partm ent of agriculture, are quot ed: Growers produced 1)0,540,000 barrels in 1895 an d 69,070,000 barrels in 1896, the banner year in the history of the country. T here was a decrease of nearly 28,000,- 000 barrels, or more than the en tire crop of 1897, when th e yield am ounted to 41,536,000. A nother decrease followed iu 1898, the yield being placed at 28,570,000 barrels, but in 1899 and 1900 there were su b stan tial increases, placed at 37,560,000 and 47,960,000 b a r rels respectively. T here w as a drop of 20,890,000 barrels in 1901, while in 1902 there was an in crease of 20,653,000 barrels, the crop lieing estim ated at 47,625,000 barrels. Forty-two m illion barrels of fruit produced iu 190.3 and iu 1904 the yield was .300,000 barrels greater. T hen iu 1905 it dropped to 23,51)0,000 barrels, and in 1906 it increased to .36,130,000 barrels. The crop of 1907 fell off to 25,- 000,000 barrels, which is the esti m ated yield for 1908. T he total yield for the thirteen years am ounts to 559,761,000 barrels or 1,679,283,000 bushels. RAILROAD WORK SEVERELY COLO BEGINS AT DRAIN IN THE ROCKIES Prof. G uy R ichards, principal of the S cottsburg school, sends us the following im portant item: A crew of men is now engaged iii clearing the S. P. rig h t of way n ear Scottsburg. W ork began on Dec. lOlh an d is being rapidly pushed tow ard Drain. T here is great excitem ent iu Scottsburg over the resum ption of railroad wor'-c, and the indications are th at g rad in g will begin as soon as sufficient d istance is cleared for such Work.” — Drain N onpareil. A news item in the Denver Post is to the effect th a t antelope in droves as large as 2000 are driven down, one hunch of th a t num ber apjiearing near Brush, Colorado, ill a starving condition. T he state gam e warden has sent deputies out to buy h ay for them and to feed them. Stock iu th at country is iu the same condition. T he stores will rem ain open till nine o ’clock each evening from now until after Christm as. Xmas Greeting Men’s Fine Suits and Over coats Ladies’ Furs and Shoes v ’ ' „ V I ) A T C O ST W. H. ABRAM S, Assignee.
