Cottage Grove leader., January 05, 1909, Image 1

C O T T A G E G R O V E . OREGON
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Located o n the upper W illam ette River
144 m ile« south o f Portland on Southern Pa-
, ciftc un<l Oregon * South Eastern Railroad«.
Population ¿4uu, tw o t»p fcs; public and high
schools, live churches; water, light and sew ­
er syatems; cream ery; f o u r m ill; tw o b rick
yards; saw m ills; w ood w ork factory ;ju a tc h
fa ctory ; steam laundry and the “
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of tim ber tributary to Aottaac
V j . -e ; tit teen saw m ills, three s b ia s him ills,
within a radius of 15 miles. I l i s d A u t c r s
for ’ Bohemia g old m ines and R lacM H ulte
quicksilver m ines: valleys and fo& -hills
w ell adapted to fruit grow in g, farm ing and
dairying. For luform ation ressu lin * this
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C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R EG O N , T U E S D A Y , JA N U A R Y 5, 1909.
Ja n u a ry 9. 1909
COMMITTEE OK NEW COUNTY
READY TOJAKE ITS REPORT
Boundary Lines Outlined— Bill Drafted to Present
to Legislature— “ Nesmith” the Name
Proposed for New County.
The committee appointed by the troubles, was severely wounded by
Commercial Club to draft a bill the Indians at Oregon City, be­
came Brigadier General Oregon
providing for the formation o f a
Guard, aud served one regular
new county from north Douglas term and one uuexpired term in
and south Lane to present to the the United States senate from Ore­
legislature this winter, and to out­ gon in the early sixties. That his
line the boundary for the new name should be perpetuated in the
county, is ready to submit its re­ manner suggested is a happy
port at a meeting o f the Commer­ thought on the part of the Cottage
cial Club this evening. It is un­ Grove Commercial Club committee
derstood that the committee has and is a suggestion which will no
been very modest in its demands doubt be indorsed by the club and
fo, territory from the two old the people generally.
Committee's Visit to Roseburg
counties. That the west boundary
line will only take in Lorane val­
The committee, Hon. R. M.
ley. 'eaving at least a 30 mile strip Veatch, F. 1). Wheeler and W . C.
along the coast in both Lane and | Conner, which was sent to Rose-
Douglas for the formation o f a j burg Monday to interview pronti-
coast county at some future time ! nent citizens of that couuty seat
if ren ;red. The south line bare­ | city on county division matters,
ly tas
in Leona, leaving Drain I has returned home and reports
in l)ou„-ias county aud includes I most courteous treatment, and was
only a very little more than the j pleased with the broad, liberal,
Bohemia mines aud Steamboat ! fair-minded view of the matter
creek in northeast Douglas. The taken by the Roseburg citizens,
north line runs east and west a most of whom readily admitted the
short distance north of Creswell, ' fact that the Bohemia mines and
leaving out to Lane couuty all of Pass creek are directly tribu-
the middle fork country, the new ! tary to Cottage Grove and should
north boundary intersecting the [ be a part of Lane county or the
east boundary line at W aldo Lake. proposed new county. They were
“ Nesmilh County’’
also frank enough to admit that
The name suggested for the new Lane aud Douglas counties were
county by this committee is “ Nes­ both too large and could feasibly
mith county” in honor o f that be cut u p in toon eor morec ounties,
grand sturdy old pioneer, Col. Jas. that the Cottage Grove country
W. Nesmith, a settler of 1843, embracing a part of both counties
whose home was in Polk county. was the most feasible territory
He was a democrat and was prom­ from which to block out a new
inent in the early affairs o f Oregon, county, especially considering its
having served as circuit judge, great mineral and timber wealth.
legislator, trustee o f Oregon acad­ A full report of the Commercial
emy at Lafayette, captained a Club committee will appear in Fri­
company in the early Indian d a y ’s Leader.
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W ill AMEND OREGON’S GAME
LAWS M O NAME NEW WARDEN
F,. A. Parsons o f Portland is to men in the enactment o f new game
be state game warden in the event laws. The present laws a r e
there is a revision o f the game jumbled and inadequate aud the
laws at the coming session of the sportsmen intend to make a united
legislature, according to the pre­ and consistent effort to secure re­
diction o f his friends. Mr. Par­ medial legislation at the coming
sons is a well known and enthusi­ session.
One of the important changes
astic sportsman aud for a long
time has taken a great interest in which Mr. Parsons will contend
game preservation and propaga for will be a provision giving
ample protection to the female
tion.
Great interest is being
taken China pheasant.
throughout the states by the sports- has a law
British Columbia
protecting the female
re is great satisfaction in know­
ing that when you buy
G RO CERIES
Y ou are getting New, Fresh Stock
of the best standard brands.
IN SHO ES
W e can fit any foot and give you
Style, comfort and durability.
PEARCE BROTHERS.
Phsne Mai* S4$_0«r own Oolivery.
pheasant which has proven o#
great benefit. It is also desired
that a special fuud be created
from the money paid for hunters’
licenses to lie used in the propaga­
tion o f game aud fish. It ia also
desired that the hunter«' licenses
consist o f a badge to be worn on
the outside of the coat and that
the opeu season be shortened. It
is intended that the limit on ducks
be reduced to 25 birds a week, and
that only three deer be allowed
and the game restricted to the
male deer.
It is also desired that the law
provide for a sufficient number of
deputies at moderate salaries who
shall be assigned to districts other
than their own home vicinity dur­
ing the mouths of July, August,
September, October,
November
and December. A bounty on
cougar, wolves and wild cats will
also be asked for.
Moving in New Quarter*.
Henry Lincoln has moved his
meat market into the “ W ave”
building and the corner building
which he vacated will soon be
overhauled and occupied by Messrs
Dunbar & O ’ Loan, general mer­
chants until their new brick is
constructed aud made ready for
occupancy.
HOTEL OREGON
CHANGES HANDS
Col. and Mrs. W . H. Blair have
sold their furniture and fixtures to
Mr. and Mrs. B R. Westbrook late
of Roseburg, who have secured a
lease on the Oregon Hotel building
and second story o f the Stewart &
Porter brick adjoining, which con­
tains many nice new rooms and
suits o f iiouau with bath, all o f
which Mr. Westbrook will furnish
in elegant style and he will conduct
a first class hostelry.
Col. and Mrs. Blair have con­
ducted a splendid hotel, have en­
joyed a large patronage and made
an excellent reputation for this
popular hostelry.
Their many
friends will regret their decision to
retire from the business, which is
done, to enable them to develop
and improve their beautiful 60 acre
orchard tract one mile south of this
city, 15 acres of which is already
set to choice fruit.
Mr. and Mrs. Westbrook come
to our city with the best o f • recom­
mendations they having most suc­
cessfully conducted both the Me-
Clalleu and Roseburg hotels, where
Mr. Westbrook gained the reputa­
tion of being one o f the best and
most up-to-date young hotel men
of the state and without doubt
he will maintain this well merited
reputation at this place. Mr. and
Mrs. Westbrook are well known
to the editors o f the Leader who
join our citizens in welcoming this
worthy couple to our city and
wishing them abundant success
and prosperity in their manage­
ment o f the Oregon Hotel, at the
same time wishing Col. and Mrs.
Blair deserved success in their
future vocations.
T* Th« Public
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W e take this means of thank­
ing the merchants and citizens of
this community for the kindly
support and patronage given us
while managing the Hotel Oregon
in this city and we wish to thank
the following merchants and busi­
ness men especially: Mr. Ben
Lurch, Mr. Henry Veatch, Veatch
& Lawson, Rees-Wallace Co.,
Metcalf & Brund, W . A. Hemen-
way,
Garman-Hemenway Co.,
Woodson Steam Laundry.
W e wish also to bespeaks for
our successor, Mr. Bert Westbrook
the same kindly treatment as we
can recommend him to be a first
class hotel man o f long experi­
ence and in every way worthy of
your support.
With best wishes for a happy
and prosperous New Year to you
all we remain, your friends.
C o l . an d M rs . W . H. B l a ir .
02831746
DISCUSSES NEW
COUNTY SCHEME
A Sensible View of ¡It— A
Word to Creswell.
As to Taxes.
Editors Leader:— As a citizen of
Lane county and a member of the
committee to prepare a bill for the
creation of a new couuty from
north Douglas aud south Lane, I
will undertake to explain to the
people o f Lane and Douglas coun­
ty the facts as I see them. It
seems from the attitude of the
papers o f Eugene and north Doug­
las couuty That they misunderstand
our actions as to laying out the
district for a new county. Our
committee soon saw from the
amount o f population aud assess­
able property that we would not
need to put the line of the new
county north or south far enough
to severely encroach upon either of
the old counties, so we propose
making our south boundary three
miles north o f Drain. This would
bring the farthest citizen over 20
miles nearer a county seat. In
making the north line we go only
half way to Eugene.
In regard to the northeast line it
has been drawn so as to leave all
o f the middle fork settlement in
Lane county as we believe it would
be just as well, if not better for
them. A s to the west line we do
not go to the coast as originally in­
tended as we believe that it would
be too far from the county seat to
be of benefit to the coast country,
then probably there will be a coast
county asked for by west Douglas
and Lane at some future time.
As to what we have to offer the
taxpayers of the new county we
will say it has been thoroughly
demonstrated that the small coun­
ties are run with a smaller tax
levy than the larger ones
Mr.
taxpayer do you stop to figure that
there is more population and more
assessable property in Cottage
Grove alone than in Wheeler couu­
ty and that there is more popula­
tion and property valuation in the
proposed county than in Sherman,
Gillam and Wheeler counties com ­
bined?
Now does any taxpayer in Lane
couuty think it fair to have the
people o f the Coast Fork, Row
river and the Bohemia mines come
to Cottage Grove and go 22 miles
farther to the county seat? Now a
few words to our Creswell neigh­
bors. What can we offer you?
W ould it put you any farther from
the county seat? I look at any
county seat as being like a wagon
wheel. Take the hub for the
county seat, the roads lead out in
all directions, carrying prosperity
as far as they reach. Some o f the
Creswell people tell me that Eu­
gene hasn’ t given them their share
o f improvements, but they haven’t
had time to work out to the rim of
the wheel yet. Now if we make
our rim meet theirs we will both
get their quicker. Don’t you be­
lieve that it would be better to
have two good towns in 10 or 12
miles of you than to have one?
Lots o f the Creswell produce finds
m ready market in Cottage Grove.
I for one, buy lots o f Creswell
grain and other produce. Now
y friend if Cottage Grove grows
your Lands will advance in propor­
tion. Every live town brings in
more people,
builds up better
schools and I will venture to say
if Creswell had a town on all
four sides as big as Eugene aud as
liberal in advertising as Eugene is,
Creswell lands would be worth
double what they are. As to trade
in Creswell, one merchant tells me
he is afraid to have Cottage Grove
build up as it would have a tend­
ency to take the trade away from
Creswell, but wheu I was there the
other day to see the farmers come
in with their produce to sell and
ehip away, one farmer told me he
sold his wheat and hay in Cottage
Grove and bought his goods in
Creswell, because he could get
them cheaper. Now as to your
taxes— did you ever go to Eugene
and see the force of deputies that
is necessary for the sheriff and
clerks to have and they say the
court house is not big enough and
will have to be enlarged so as to
handle the increasing business.
No, we will not have to raise the
tax levy, the difference in trans­
portation in transacting couuty
business at Cottage Grove and the
enhanced valuation will pay for all
county buildings. Take Lake and
Wheeler counties for example.
What were the conditions they
both assumed? A large indebted­
ness from the older counties and
they have lessened their le w , -paid
off their indebtedness, made their
county improvements, ¡built lots of
roads aud bridges away out where
the rim o f the wheel would have
been had the counties not been
divided
In conclusion I will say
I heve no kick at Roseburg, lin ­
gerie or any other place, but there
is going to be a county division
and if we get what we ask for now
all right. If we have to wait and
vote on it, I can’t say where the
next division lines will be mapped
out in that eveut.
J. F. S p r a y .
jo e
courut
FORGES CHECKS
Joe Collyar, who for nearly
three years has been an employe
o f the Disston Lumber Co., worked
a. very smooth buncoe game on a
number of Cottage Grove mer­
chants Saturday evening. Having
transacted considerable business
with local merchants for some time
past, being well known and a
steady worker, the passing of a
few worthless checks late Saturday
evening after the banks had closed,
was an easy matter and aroused
little or no suspicion until present­
ed for payment Monday, When
Collyar was far on his way to the
sunny southland or British Colum­
bia, no one knows which, as he
took an unceremonious departure
Saturday night. His scheiije was
to buy a small bill of goods or
offer to settle a little account, pre­
senting a check on the First Na­
tional bank, drawn to himself by
the “ Disston Lumber Co.^ by
Critz,” one of the proprietors of
the company. Those already re­
ported who are holding these souv­
enirs are Metcalf & Brund, $77;
Johnson & Matlock, $26; Wheeler,
Thompson Co. $75; Burkholder,
W oods Co., $75; Cigar store, small
check. Officers are at work on
the case.
SAWMILL BOILER
EXPLODES IN COOS
The boiler of the Massey saw
mill on the South Fork near Myrtle
Point blew up last week with seri­
ous consequences to the machinery
and building, but fortunately with
no fatal consequences to the men
who were there.
At the time of the explosion
Emery and Elton Robbins were
standing about three feet back of
the boiler and the force of the e x ­
plosion threw them about thirty
feet. Fflton was quite severely
scalded on the back and legs and
received other bruises and injuries,
but reports state that he is getting
along nicely and will soon recover.
Emery was bruised about the face,
head and back, but his injuries
were o f minor consequence.
The building aud machinery
were broken up and scattered.
The 1,500 pound fly wheel was
broken into bits, one piece o f it
being fonnd at least thirty yards
from the engine house. One o f
the Massey boys who was attend­
ing the machinery had just gone to
the creek from which the water for
steam purposes was taken to at­
tend to the water supply, when the
explosion occursd, and he escaped
injury.
VO L. X X . NO. 38
FINCH SENTENCED TO IMNG
ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY FIFTH.
Prisoner Visibly Effected by Judge’s Sentence— He
May Get Stay of Execution Pending Ap­
pear— He Read Objections.
James A . Finch, standing be­ action by the legislature.
fo re ju d g e Bronaugh in the circuit
court at Portland, Saturday morn­
ing, heard the doom o f death pro-
nodheed as the penalty he must
pay for the murder o f Ralph B.
Fisher. Standing erect in his
place, with but little color left in
his face, he made a strained effort
to appear at ease. Friday, Febru­
ary 5, was fixed as the date for
him to be hanged.
Just after the court spoke the
final words, “ that you be hanged
by the neck until you are dead—
may G od have mercy upon y o u .”
Finch sank into his chair beside
three of his attorneys and betrayed
his nervousness by sweeping his
hand back over his.forehead, pul­
ling his long black hair in con­
fusion.
A s Judge Bronaugh pronounced
the sentence a hush fell over the
courtroom. He spoke slowly and
clearly, while hundreds of eyes
from the big crowd were fixed on
Finch.
Among other grounds cited as
reasons why he did not have a fair
trial, Finch noted the calling of
one of the jurors to witness stand.
Although this was done by his at­
torneys, he now argues that this
left only 11 jurors in the box and
prevented his having the legal
number o f jurors to hear the testi­
mony.
Another objection was that no
judge was left to preside at the
trial when Judge Bronaugh was
called to the witness chair. This
was also done by the defendant’ s
lawyers.
LORD INTERRUPTS
Confusion among the attorneys
for the defense as to their course o f
action was again shown this morn­
ing. W hile sentence was being
pronounced Attorney Charles F .
Lord interrupted and said that h«
and another of his attorneys did
not agree as to wheu a motion in
arrest of judgment should be filed.
Finch handed a copy o f the code
r e a d s o b j e c t io n s
to Deputy Sheriff Bulger, who
Then for over 10 minutes, Fiuch was guarding him, and the officer
held the floor, reading the objec­ passed it to Judge Bronaugh, who
tions that had been prepared. He quickly settled the question by
spoke with great rapidity aud saying that it might be filed at any
nervousness. The paper quivered time before a motion for new trial.
in his haud as he proceeded, but
Five days were granted by the
his voice was clear and strong.
court in which to file a motion for
In objections made by Finch he new trial. This acts as a stay of
covered much of the technical execution, and will prevent Finch
grounds previously argued by his being removed from the county jail
attorneys during the course o f the for that period o f time. The de­
trial. He asserted that he had not fense will then ask for a writ of
been granted fair and impartial probable cause to prevent his be­
trial as guaranteed by the con­ ing taken to the penitentiary while
stitution of the United States and the appeal is pending.
o f Oregon, making an attack on
A long fight, o f the Ruef variety,
the legality o f the grand jury is forecasted by the objections and
that indicted him. An intention I motions made by the defense.
to attack the initiative and referen­ They are attacking the grand jury
dum was also shown by alleging system and attempting to raise
that the people o f Oregon had no constitutional
questions
to
power to enact the law establish­ eventually carry the case to the
ing the grand jury system without federal courts.
PRIZE BOX OF APPLES,
AN01HER SAWMILL
WINESAPS, SELL FOR $67
FOR COTTAGE GROVE
Chicago, Jan. 1.— The highest
Stocks and Harlow having pur­
priced box o f apples on record is chased the Alca sawmill plant
from J. H- Chambers, propose to
being exhibited here. The fruit is
move it to Cottage Grove and op­
of the Winesap variety, and was erate it at this place providing a
awarded the grand sweepstakes suitable location can be supplied
prize of $500 at the National by the town. The Commercial
apple show held
at Spokane, Club has the matter under advise­
ment and is endeavoring to find
Wash. The present owner paid 60
a location for the new mill which
cents each for the 112 apples in would provide another good sized
the box.
payroll for this city.
Clothing Sale
Men's Fine Suits and O ver­
coats
Ladies’ Furs and Shoes
A T C O ST
W . H. ABRAMS, Assignee.