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About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1909)
PAPERS WHAT PEOPLE MAKE THEM (General Chaa. It. T.ylSt, Rdilor Boa ton Globe, in Applelon'a.) All’s Well for 1909 QThe truth of this Statement is borne out not only by the present condition, but by indications which positively cannot be ignored. QWe have no complaint to make with the year 1908, for certainly our business has prospered. The out look for 1909 is very favorable; confidence is returning with lightning speed and we know of no reason why the coming year should not prove to be a banner year for business. (JWe wish you a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Burkholder—W o o d s C o . COTTAGE GROVE LEADER. Tvies4a.ys a n d F r id a y s . T H K I.KADKK PU B L IS H IN G CO (In c.) A D u B ri il. i . b , Editora C onnkr - Knteren a i the Cottage d r o v e postonico as sec on d-class matter. SU H SCK IPTIO N K ATES W eekly, one^year. $1.80. months .78 cents SEM I W E E K L Y. One Year . Six Mouths Three Months . . . . § mj O I .nO .75 TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 190*#. BOOST FOR THE BOOSTERS The Oregon-Idaho Development Congress which has lieeti in ses sion at Vale, Oregon, closed Sat urday after a successful meeting. local paper. Do it with pride and do it with confidence. Get the addresses o f men and families who you think could be brouhgt to Oregon, and subscrilie for the paper for six mouths, and when the first issue goes out, write and tell the recipient that you have a good town, good schools, good climate, good churches, good peo ple, and a tip-top newspaper, and that it has lieeu ordered to his ad dress six mouths without cost. Try a few doses o f that medicine. Praise your paper. Praise your editor. . "H o w do you expect the editor to do the best work that is in him if he is not encouraged, supported and upheld? How do you expect him to praise the town, praise the community aud praise you if you are not giviug him decent support? "W h at would you do with your newspaper? How long would it be, if your present paper should close down, until you would be flirting with some other newspapes mail, to come to your town, and what promises you would hold out, but, how you would fall down after he got out his first issue. I know all' about you. 1 have seen this thing worked to a frazzle iu Oregon, and know that the newspaperman is, as a rule, the poorest paid, the last paid, and the most grudgingly paid o f all. "T h e people o f Oregon need to reform along publicity lines. They need to wake up and find that the newspaper is the best friend any community has or can have, and need to learn that through the columns o f the local press lies the way to solid, sub stantial aud permanent im prove ment in every city aud town. "T r y my method. Try it at once. Try it here, iu this very town, aud you will find a different spirit will prevail, a different senti ment will take root, aud that soon your town will take on a new and better growth than it ever has in the past.” Oil the last day of the session, Addison Bennett, editor o f The Dallas Optimist, aired his views in relation to the support o f the local paper, and we take pleasure in presenting part of the Old M au’s talk to our readers. "H o w are you supporting your home paper? Are you giving it anything at all save with the thought that it is an evil to be made the liest of? Do you hustle around to the office to tell them of any little piece of news that they might use to make the next issue more interesting? Do you take great pains to divulge to the editor the scandal alxmt your neighlior and abuse him Because he does not mention it, and then cuss him again if he conies to inquire if it is true that your dog is making night hideous for the neighbors, and at ouce take out your ad and stop the paper?” "D o you use your home paper to send to inquiring friends abroad? Do you use it ns a tract with the idea of converting people to the Oregon idea? Do you know that if you are not using it that way you are missing opportunities of bringing people to the state? "A n y community that does not spend its ‘booin' money with the home paper is not wise. They are The Salem Christmas Journal overlooking the best meaus known {contained many items about profit o f building up a community. "M auy cities and towns in Ore able yields, a few fo lk county gon advertise for settlers, but none samples being as follows: Four o f the money as a rule finds its cherry trees, >1.1 each; about $140 way into the coffers of the local from a 500 foot row o f strawber paper. It goes to magazine and ries; $750 clear from 5 % acres of newspapers abroad, and the local ! fruit aud berries; $220 from one paper is entirely overlooked. But acre o f strawberries; $2f>2 from woe to the editor if he does not, one acre o f strawberries; four without costs, tell in large type, ' cherry tree yield $40 a year; $14,- with a bold head, about how much 1000 off a 40 acre tract, and so on. is to lie paid for an ad in some publication but little known, but with a smooth solicitor. And then the men who gave the money, and sometimes the men who spent it, wonder why the people do not flock iu. "P u t your money first into your Our papers are wha) the people make them. The public decides what it wishes to read; the editors and publishers, trained in their business, gather their raw material and work it into the finished pro duct, uews, to meet the demand. Controllers o f newspapers are often criticised for what they print, lounialists have a much heavier and more direct responsibility than any other businessmen, The idle, the self seekiug, the untruthful, the vicious, beguile them at every hand, to use the powerful eugine o f the press to carry themselves a little way aloug their chosen road. The editor must watch ceaselessly for these unwelcome passengers, and eject them on sight. He ap preciates the responsibility of his trust. He reaches his ideal as nearly as he can, aud does far more for the morals o f the com munity than he is usually given credit for. I believe firmly that the journalists o f the country are just as true men, just as eager to build up their communities, to up lift and broaden and (letter the people, just as anxious to carry suushiue rather than sorrow and grief into the families which their journal visits, as are the same number o f men iu any other pro fession or any other line o f busi ness in the Cnited States. The Draiu • Nonpareil accuses C o tta g e Grove of being a ctu a ted by selfish, personal motives in ad vocating the formation of a new county from north Douglas and South I.ane. How about Draiu in its advocacy ' of forming a little one-horse coutity from the north end o f Douglas* alone to be selfish ly styled "D rain county?’ . There is nothing selfish or personal aliout that, oh no! Cottage Grove people have vast mining* and timber in terests, which are cut iu twain by the Lane and Douglas boundary line, causing much iuconvenieuce, extra expense aud delay iu devel opment work and general opera tions. These people have repeat edly endeavored to have the bound ary line changed so as to include these valuable holdings all iu Lane couuty, but Draiu aud Koseburg just as stubbornly and inconsist ently opposed this relief measure as the former does the county divisiou proposition, inaugurated principal ly for the purpose o f advancing these mining atld timber interests. From what we can learn Drain has about all she can take care o f in the way o f taxes iu promoting its school interests without any addi tional taxatiou for the costly e x pense of a county division fight and still more expense in couuty seat buildings aud the inaugura tion o f a new county administra tion in case o f success. Better forget it, Bro. Sliutt. "Nesmith county” sounds good to the I.eader and uo doubt will have the proper ring to every old pioneer aud native sou aud daugh ter in the state. It is an admirable way to perpetuate the names o f the noble pioneer who founded the grand commonwealth o f Oregou. The soldier who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for eating an apple got off with light punishment. Adam got a life sentence for the same offense. The farmers turned out $5,000,- 000,000 worth o f products last year. W hy don’t they take some o f the money and go out and up lift themselves? Anyway, we shall give our Cot tage Grove friends a most respect ful hearing when they come down | Southern Italy? The places are to talk county division with us.— i vacant by reason o f the late Register. quake This, now demands states Some o f the Koseburg, Drain men o f good courage and clean and Kugene boosters have devel hearts. "W h ere are they at?" oped into knockers— at least from a south Lane county view point. W ho wants to be a consul to Cottage Grove's movement to ward securing a city park has in spired other Oregon towns to in augurate a similar movement. W o d d ’. D i.p * n ..rv Medicei AwoetatHM, R. V . Pwroo, M . D ., President, Bufalo, N . Y . Dr. P im a f a . hrrn c k w con.u ltm f p h r ..e i* . «4 tfa law d ifa’ H o*»* «od S u r g id In.titm », o4 Bufala, N . Y ., lar r -r «_ a a d f a . fad . .ridar p ra tica i .«pariaaaa ta t f a I r n t a n t o f w om an', di.aa.aa Ifa a aay arfar p faa ia ia. ia d w H t. madic.ua. ara w orid-hm ou. lor tfair ..ta a i.k iu g - i “ “ ** ? w om an la D r. Plaraa'a F avorita F r a a a ., 2 B y E D W IN Coarrlght. IN T H E LINE O F A . NYE. K l W OM EN W E L L. . Twpt e m. o f w om an’, pa.nliur «lim anti i n fo lw mg P M « ).T m w fo Family Groceries, New Dry Goods Fine Laces and Embroideries Ladies' and Gents Shoes UO.. by E d w in A. N y e BROKE F A IT R ; KILLED HERSELF. In a lit o f remorse because she had worked on a Jewish h oliday. Fannie Chanon, a young girl o f (Sitcngu. com mltted suicide. f * J < The spirit o f V oid klppur was lu the atr as bright faced c|lUlr«i Jour neyed with their elders to the syna gogue* and temples alul them prayed for forgiven«** for their trespasses. But the day o f atonement held noth lug for the girt who sat lu the park and said to Be'rself: “'Their right la no longer mine. I have held aloof and will not be forgiven.” "D o yon not go to shale, 1-iiitnle?” asked one o f ber friends o f the girl lu the park. The latter turned away without answer. So, most o f the day, while Ibe iteople were In tho synagogues, neither eat lug nor drinking, but praying until the dusk closed ou tbe day o f atonement, the girl brooded in the park. Aud then she remembered how, when Hush Hashono ushered lu the Jew ish new year. Instead o f going to syn agogue she hAd worked all day at the factory, where she sewed buttons on cloth. She had broken faith! In despair the poor girl left tbe park til the latd afternoon. She sought ber opportunity apd threw herself from the platform In front o f a n ’ elevated train and was picked up, crushed, bleeding, mutinied, dead. A single Bcrap o f paper was found In one o f ber pockets. It said: “ A j . It should be. It was,” Aud thto story o f her—cruelly pathet ic is here recorded because It gives oiie a glimpse Into the depths o f n hu man soul. You say there was not sufficient cause for suicide, It was all a super stitious fancy, this anguish that tore the Jewish girl’s heart. B u t - Put yourself lu her place. Perhaps you cannot. The faith o r your futhers has tost Its hold on you. Or, tf not sov( you cannot realize whut tbe departure o f n great faith may mean. Nevertheless this U. true; Life without faith Is Impossible. Existence without faltli Is possible, but life normal, nbundant, high pur posed aud joyous Wfe— without faith Is Impossible. , “ As It should be, so It was." . That Is a fatalistic sentiment, but— Hopeless Is that soul ihat sees no. morning break with promise, that feels no pulsing thrill o f Joyous -faith? The poignancy o f shell hopelessness may not end In suicide—but It Is the logical end. Heart to Heart ‘T alks. ..;*A .. • ' By EDW IN A . NYE. i ■ >, C o p y r ig h t, INS. b y E h w in A . N y « . '1 HER R E D HEADED LOVER. “ Yes; I know Albert Isn't handsome —perhaps lie Is homely—but I love him Just the same.” • That was what Martha Pay Greluer o f Denver said about Albert Charles Dickenson o f the same place. Albert’» face Is as homely as that of Abraham Lincoln. Nevertheless Martha Is lu love with him. Dan Cupid, who shoots at hearts regardless of exteriors, fatally wound ed both Martha and Albert. ; So that when Papa Greiner objected thnt Albert was entirely too ugly to be bis sou-U-law Martha replied by eloping with Albert to Chicago. Greiner followed, and there was a scene. The couple were arrested. Mar tha pleaded for Alliert, and Greiner Anally consented If they would all re turn homo tbe wedding might proceed. Interviewed by a reporter, Martha said: ■'I know be Isn’t handsome. Fa ther’s objection is that Albert bas red hair, but that la not his fault. He may not be good looking, but he has winning ways.” Good for you. Martha! For such a woman one might well elope much farther than from Denver to Chicago. Martha sees qualities In Albert tbe world docs not see. Rtie knows that, while lienuty Is only skin deep, good ness Is soul deep. She knows that A l bert's wiualng ways come from a warm heart. And when you arc r 'l o o s ing one whom you are to live w lih all your life soul qualities count. Abraham Lincolu’a homely fare was glorified by «he great soul that shone through the honest, rugged features. And so Martha can see a halo about the red head o f Albert which her fa ther cannot ace. And as for the red hair— Why. forsooth, let the father look up the historic records o f the red headed T o aay nothing o f Rufus the Red, there’ s Shakesjwnre, and Napoleon, amt Oliver Cromwell, and Thomas Jef ferson. They hsd red hair. And If you go Into the feminine class most distinguished women o f history have bad Anmhig red tope— Titian red at least Cleopatra, and Charlotte Ccrdny. and Catherine o f ItniuJn. nml Elizabeth o f England, and Bernhardt. Martin Is right. ing holiday aeuson accumulate such a fresh supply that an ordinary bouse wilt not bold you unless you have a rieartog out o f tbe old stock before the holiday rash o f goods comes In. wrwr d r rf c . d « IT M ARKS W EAK W O H I N STR O N G . _ Talks. The outlook for building during the spring and summer o f 1909, is Take all your old grouches out and even brighter than it was last year. bury them. Ton will during the d o s Even the usual "after holiday lull in business" has not been per ceptible in Cottage Grove. Eiactly Vbat Too Want earf Begin to fret about tbe way tbe coel Albany may improve a fine op to tbe bin la disappearing. A warm portunity it has to get a city park season may occur during the winter, tract o f 20 acres. and thus the rout may bold out, so If your fretting were not already done Many commercial cluha are pre the fa mily would hare bad to get along BMMMFNke annual coal worry. paring to get busier than ever. JOHNSON’S STORE IC o p y r lg h t. 1908 b y C. M B a rn itz. T h o se a r t ic le s anil lllu a lra tlu n s m u st n o t b e re p rin ted w ith o u t . p e d a l p e r m is s io n -] HOW TO SELECT THE Everything new :»n<l in * to date Best Brands and grades ot Fresh Groceries. Country Produce bought and sold. Call and see what a dollar will buy at W. C. JO H N SO N ’S. LAYER 8. A genius for research declares be | discovered OHO embryo eggs In a ben. A ben’s capacity Is boru with ber j and Is her limit. Now. If her capacity Is Otui niid her laying life Is two and a half years. To get them all we must hustle her for 240 eggs a year But It Is said tbe Asiatics only av erage 180 to 200 each aud tbe Amer ican 173 to 200 mid tbe Mediterranean 180 to 200 eggs per year, and a gov ernment report declares tbe farm hen lays but sixty eggs per annum. An Informant states that breeding from trap nested females has produced a Brahma that laid 232 eggs, a White Wyandotte, pullet that laid 2-12 and a S. C. White Leghorn hen tbnt laid 251 eggs per year. But trap nests are expensive for a big dock, and It la time and trouble to an warn Edison Graphophones Carving Sots, Silver and Records, Knives, Forks and Spoons, Ornamental Candle Sticks and many other useful and appropriate Holiday Gifts Headnsarters far Hardware if --------------- COTTAGE GROVE OCR WHITB WYANDOTTE WINNER IN NEST AND' SHOW. Watch them and untrap the birds. Now, we believe there Is a laying type o f hen Just ns there Is a milk type o f cow or a ham type o f hog. W e have studied some o? our best layers In Leghorns and Wyandottes and hereby give you the principles wo use In selecting layers and breeders. They- will Improve your flock and save you ktlllug your layers for dinner, but In this, ns In everything else, you will And exceptions. A prime layer must have a well de veloped, roomy body, so that tho or- gna4 . o f respiration, digestion, repro duction, circulation, urination, etc., may properly perform their functions. , gh* pitist breathe well, cat well, digest, well, qsslmtlate well, scratch welt, tie well and have a big bunch o f embryo eggs to lay well. A hen with rattling, rustling breath la useless. A'.typical layer Is plump; she is mus cular; all her cavities are covered with meat. 1 She Ims simply fat for fuel and weighs heavier for her size than the drone whose feed produces n gob o f fat at the end o f her breastbone. That drone lays the eggs In spring that batch the drone pullets. Follow this table o f points for selec- tlon: ’ Head, medium size; eye, bright, full, open; comb and .wattles, medium size, clear color; neck, medium length, stocky, well nrehed; back medium length, broad at shoulders; nice cush ion; tall, medium size, angular; fluff, good size; body, medium length and depth, with medium underline and good keel; breast, broad, round, full; legs, stout. Bbort between feet nnd shanks; feet, set square and wide apart Hens o f this style fed a proper variety o f food will keep you busy hauling eggs to market Mated to a male o f egg laying strain such bens will furnish fertile eggs to hatch pullets thnt will smash your egg records. DONT8. Don’ t put clean fow ls Into lousy win ter quarters, nnd vice versa. It's poor housekeeping. Don't keep old hens and then knock nt an empty egg creek. Oalerlzc the centenarians. Don’ t house cult pullets nt heavy ex pense to lay for you when egga ore cheap. Invite the preacher for potple. Don’ t forget to cleanse, disinfect and paint the water vessels and solder the leaks tn tbe roof. Don't use stationary feed bins for grain, but light sugar barrels. They tan be e! -'■■I ! '1. aired, and mice. the tom- Doii’ l » <1 f-hlrkpns to* (tether ill ret the filth r•: and ole. Don’t r ; . >1 ff«*t the prive c l f V ” \ Lie v. :t? v : a ftifcrr be- cans»- yed (iklll’ l RctCn re o f sour grape« Dou’ t keep n big dock and stint them on feed. One horse well fed does bet ter thaa tw o bone racks. Don’t fall to feed cat lo n e regularly, but do fall to keep your machine knives dirty. Superfluous. ” 1 am sure o f one thing,” said tbe homely woman. “ What ts thatT” Inquired tbe brutal “ That I can make myself plain.” “ Oh, Impossible,” murmured tbe brutal man to W ork. “ I am troubled so with Insomnia.” T have a aura cure.” "W bat to It. p r a y r "T aking care o f a baby that to teeth ing.” FLOUR MILLS A ll K in d s of Mill Feed Grain and Hay C H A S . M A T T H E W S . Proprietor. Fashion Stables First Class Livery, Sale and Feed Barn in Connection P o w e ll & T u lla r , P ro p . THE PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE. The Standard High Grade Fence o f the World. There is over 400 miles of this famous wire fence in Douglas county, Oregon. This is High Carbon Spring Wire which will keep its shape when properly stretched. Will carry a full stock o f wire at all times. I n q u ir e o f DAVID GRIGGS, or STEARNS & CHEN0WITH, Agents Cottage Grove. Ore. Oakland, Ore. DRAYINQ NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. And n il Kinds o f Department o f the Interior, T j ^S. L an d Office nt R oaeburg, 0 J u ly 27. 19 N otice ts hereby given CHARLES E. C LA R K of C om stock, D ougins cou nty. Ore w h o. on Mny 12th. UKYI made h< «tend entry No. 1274.1. S R, OnlO to North W est quarter of the N Weat quarter Section 28. T ow n 21 South. Range 4. W eat o f the lam ette Merldan, lm* filed noth intention t o make flnnl five v proof t o establish claim t o lead Above described before i l ter Bud Receiver nt L^sebnrg, Ron on the Wed day o f Ja n u a ry < laim ant nam es as w itnesses C. C. W a lk ns, O . T . Ok-son J W aiktns, M A. Clark a ll o f l stock, Oregon. fit-38 B enjamin L. E d d y , Reglst HAULING Leave orders at Cunningham s Con fectionery Phone 73 or phone residence 406 Hauling Done Promptly at Reasonable Charge W . A. H 0G A TE 1
