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C O T T A G E G R O V E , OREGON, T U E S D A Y , J A N U A R Y ia, 1909.
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MORE LUMBER ORDERS
FOR PORTLAND MILLS
FOR A DEER AND KILLED
Shot by a Companion, Loren Hunt While Hunting
on Sharp s Creek Monday— Hard Trip
Home with the Remains.
A deplorable accidental shooting almost prostrated ’vith grief over
occurred on Sharp’s creek on the the terrible accident and while one
hill east of Sharp’s place Monday man guarded the body the other
afternoon at about 2 o' clock, re­ went
for assistance.
Returning,
sulting in the almost instant death the body was carried out over the
of George Kerr, Jr., at the hands rough and rugged country through
of
a companion,
I.oren
Hunt. deep snow
These two young men, with Clyde
Kerr, were hunting in the Bohe­
mia foothills and had separated,
young Hunt and Clyde Kerr tak
ing one side of the ridge, while
George Kerr chose another course,
it being the intention to meet at a
stated |x)iut. In some way the
trio met unexpectedly at a point
where game had been sighted pre­
viously and getting a partial view
o f bis companion skulking through
the bushes and snow, Mr. Hunt
mistaking him for a dear pulled
his gun to his shoulder and fired,
the ball striking Kerr near the
center of the breast and coming
out at his back. He uttered a
single cry and soon expired. The
younger brother and young Hunt
were soon upon the scene and were
to the young man’ s
home, which was not reached
however, until after midnight.
The young men then catne to this
city and telephoned to the coroner,
but owing to the nature of the
case an inquest will probably not
be deemed necessary.
The father, Geo. Kerr, and two
sons have been at home alone for
some weeks, the mother and small
son being guests of a daughter in
southern California, Gut who have
been summoned home by telegraph.
Deceased is a brother of Mrs.
Green Pitcher o f this city, and
was a most exemplary and highly
esteemed young man, aged about
24 years.
The entire community is shocked
and greatly greived as a result of
the sad affair.
OAKLAND’S HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
SEEKS NEW AND GREENER FIELDS
Koseburg, Or., Jan. 6.— Profes
sor George Sawyers, principal of
the Oakland
public
schools of
this county, has disappeared and
his friends and relatives are seek­
ing his whereabouts. Shortly¿ifter
Christmas Professor Sawyer left
Oakland for Red Bluff, Cal., to
spend a few days duck hunting in
that vicinity. He was expected
home last Sunday night so as to be
ready for the re-opening o f the
school Monday morning.
His failure to appear aroused
alarm and telegraphic inquiries
were made. It was found that he
had registered at a hotel at Red
Bluff December 2'), but no further
trace of him has been learned. It
is not known how long he was at
the hotel at Red Bluff. That he
has been the victim of foul play or
has met with some serious accident
while hunting are theories ad­
vanced here.
The Oakland lodge of Odd Fel­
lows, of which Professor Sawyer
was a member, has joined in the
quest, and unless the miesing man
is heard from by Wednesday morn­
ing the lodge will 'send two men to
Ked Bluff to investigate, one being
commissioned as a deputy sheriff.
Mrs. Sawyer is at the family
home in Oakland and is on the
verge of a nervous collapse.
l-R O F . M A Y H A V E S K IP P E D . ,
Koseburg, Or.. |an. 7.— Profes­
sor Sawyer is gone for good
I fe
drew all o f his money, $2,<X)0,
from the Oakland bank, took most
of bis clothing, paid all of his
debts aud gave his wife $125 for a
Christmas present. The theory ad­
vanced by Oakland jieople is that
he had a wife in the east who he
was not divorced from. He came
to Oregon five years ago from
Pennsylvania and transferred from
the Odd Fellows in the Hast to
Oakland; he also joined the O ak­
land Masonic lodge aud was elect­
ed Worshipful Master.
He married Miss Ktnily Devore
of Yoncalla, two years ago. He
was an honest citizen and a good
educator and a Sunday school and
church worker.
Oaklanders think he took the
steamer for foreign lands.
is great satisfaction in know­
ing that when you buy
G RO CERIES
Y o u are getting N ew , 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— Our own Delivery.
Charter rates for coast carriers to
transport lumlier cargoes from
Portland to San Francisco are
quoted at $.1.75 aud from here to
Southern California ports at $4.50
a thousand feet. The same rates
are paid for carrying cargoes from
ports on Puget Sound.
Each week of the past six
months the freights have been ad
vaneing slightly until they are now
practically double. I.ess than half
a year ago lumber tonnage could
be had for $2 a thousand feet.
While the tariff is not expected to
reach the figure of two years ago,
when anything in the shape of a
lumber drougher was beiug paid
from $8 to $9 a thousand feet
those following this line of busi­
ness are confident that the rates
will continue to increase for the
next few months. The orders for
lumber are coming in from Cali­
fornia about as rapidly as they can
be filled.— Telegram.
MARSHFIELD GETS
A COAST ARTILLERY
Portland, Or., Jan. 7.— In ac­
cordance with recommendations
submitted recently to the W ar de­
partment by Adjutant-General W.
E. Finzer o f the Oregon National
Guard, instructions were received
at Guard headquarters yesterday
for the organization o f a full com ­
pany o f Coast Artillery at Marsh­
field at ns early a date as possible.
I'pon receiving authorization
from the war department, General
Finzer at once took up the plans
for the Coos Bay company. He
will communicate with Marshfield,
requesting that a roster be pre­
pared of the citizens o f that place
who are willing to enter the ser­
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also ordered drawn up, to be for­
warded to Marshfield, for it is im­
posed upon that community to es­
tablish a building suitable for ar
inory purposes, there being no such
structure there at this time.
Marshfield is the second coast
town to get a coast artillery organ
izaticn, the first having gone to
Astoria. The
Marshfield roster
must bear not less than 58 names.
These men will be furnished every­
thing in the way of equipment by
the United States government.
The equipment includes the new
service rifles, it being necessary
for heavy artillery to be drilled for
operations as infantry. An outlay
o f approximately $50<X) will be re­
quired to launch the uew organi­
zation and the whole bill is footed
by Uncle Sam.
strong argument presented.
Attorney J. C. Johnson was the
; next speaker and he fully con­
curred in the arguments presented
I by the former sjieakers aud assert-
1 ed the loss o f the territory required
by the new county would have no
effect upon the remaining Lane
county, its tax levy nor the adrnin-
T i m e istration of its affairs, as the loss to
Lane was about equivalent to the
I gain in the way of county expens­
e s incurred in this territory. He
further stated that the people of
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this new county territory were
practically a unit in favor of the
More than a score o f prominent creation of a new county.
IN HIS EAIR
Same Old Story,
Not Propitious For
County Division''
Cottage Grove business men visit
N. II. Martin presented a Targe
ed Eugene Monday for the pur- map outlining the new county and
pose o f meetjng with the Eugene "'bowing the territory left in the
Commercial Club Monday even­ j two old counties. He traced the
ing to discuss the creation of the lines showing a territory of 1950
proposed uew county of Nesmith square miles with 8000 population.
from South Lane and North Doug 0500 of which is taken from Lane.
las counties.
There was a large The line runs three miles north of
attendance of Eugene business Creswell and goes within eight
men and county officials at this m' ' e s ° f Eugenfe.
meeting and the visitors were
C. II. Burkholder explained that
given a cordial reception and an 1 be reason the lines were run north
an attentive, courteous hearing.
Lreswell instead exactly half
II. O. Thompson, president of the wa>; was because large land-hold-
Cottage Grove Commercial Club er® i'l Creawell territory had asked
was the first speaker introduced. I to be included. He said he would
He began by thanking the Eugene like to see the matter adjusted
Commercial body for the kind in amicablt for the longer the fight is
vitatiou extended to the Cottage bept up the more feeling there will
Grove club to visit and aniicablv j be engendered. If the legislature
discuss county division matters does not grant the new county the
with them. One o f the best points people of the state will be asked to
made by Mr. 'Thompson was the do it.
E. S. Rolfe of the Eugene club
fact that centralization of popula
V O L . XX.
LEGISLATURE CONVENES AND
EFFECTS PROMPT ORGANIZATION
Session Opened in a Business Like Manner— Bow-
erman Ejected President of the Senate,
McArthur Elected Speaker
Salem, Jan.
11.— Senator Guy clerk of the senate, while W .
Bowennan, of Gilliam, and C. N
McArthur, o f Multnomah-Clacka-
mas,
were this morning un­
animously nominated president of
the senate aud speaker o f the
house at caucuses held this morn­
ing.
These presiding officers o f the
two houses, together with the sub­
ordinate officers, were elected at 2
o ’clock this afternoon. In the
senate caucus, which was attended
by 22 of the 23 republican
senators. Selling, o f Multnomah,
who had not arrived, being the
only absentee, Bowerman
was
nominated by acclamation.
The statement people at the
house caucus nominated Patton,
of Marion, for the speakership,
but the Mariou county man de­
clined and made McArthur’s nom ­
ination unanimous. There were
50 republican representatives in
attendance at the house caucus.
Libby, statement member from
Marion, refused to participate,
while Farrell, o f Multnomah,
the other republican member of
the house, was excused by reason
of the sudden death o f bis father,
Hon. Sylvester Farrell, of Port­
land.
Ita the organization of the two
houses Lane county captured two
ot the «ulw-dinate 0fflceg. Elbert
\V a r f - ir H
e l c c t Kd a s
tion and property always renders asked if the Nesmith county people
government
more
economical, i woubl be willing to let the two old
more practical and more prompt in coulll'es
*be new county
execution, otherwise, the affairs of Proposition by vote. Mr. Burk­
the nation would be directed sole holder replied that the right way
ly from Washington, I). C. or to do it would be by vote of the
from the several state capitols. but l>eople in the proposed new county.
f. F4 Spray followed and used
to expedite governmental affairs
esjiecially pertaining to local af­ eastern Oregon counties to demon­
fairs, county aud municipal gov strate the idea that smaller coun­
be maintained at less ex-
ermneuts have been established j ties can irran
imge uucs.
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MV.
Sprav
presented a very
develops new county and municip­
strong and forcible
al governing bodies are created, which no county seat man cared
t
therefore the need for the creation to 11 nest ion or combat. He showed
of the new county of Nesmith. that four counties had been carved
Mr. Thompson was very courteous lrotu the original Wasco county in
the face of the strong opposition
in his address, but his argument
from the old county seat which
was strong and convincing, and had spent much money in vain to
while apparently well received by stay this march of progress in
the county seat people, was not a eastern Oregon and invariably
these new counties had forged
popular theme with them.
ahead rapidly and at the same
‘The people o f Gardiner, Doug­
Hon. R. M. Veatch was the
time taxes had been reduced in
las county,” remarked a traveling
next speaker introduced and he every case.
man here last night, "w ant a
made an eloquent and effective
F. W. Osburn of Eugene spoke
plea for the proposed uew county, briefly in opposition to division county of their own, as well as
causing many of the F.ugsne citi­ concluding with the old chestnut, Drain and Cottage Grove. They
zens to squirm and wince under "the time is not ripe for such a thiuk that Western Lane and
Western Douglas might combine
the burden of facts heajied upon I step.”
S. II. Friendly of Iiugene com ­
them. He likened a county gov­ plimented Col. Veatch upon his to the betterment o f the two sec­
ernment to a great family growing j courteous and able address and de­ tions, which are now entirely un­
up. with the county seat the pater-1 clared that division or no division der different organizations.”
“ Gardiner” he continued, “ is
nal roof. He said as the sons and they would remain friends. He
there
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sa’
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promotion
department
of
the
seaport o f Douglas county aud
daughters reach maturity
I the club is using money to adver-
comes a time when they must , tise all Lane county and now is Florence o f Lane county. The
sever home ties and depend upon the time for all to stick together character of both towns is about
themselves, enter upon life’s in-1 instead of separating. He said the same aud the sections surround­
dustrial affairs, build up a home S5O0 had been set aside to adver- ing each other are also very simi­
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, »■„ tise south Latte. Think of this lar. Neither section has any vital
independent of all paternal ttesi
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generosity, in comparison with the
and influences.
1 hat time is at thousands of dollars paid into Eu- interest in common with any of
Roseburg, Or., Jan. 11.— At a hand in the "fam ily affairs” of gene’s coffers every year by our the interior points of either Doug­
las or Lane county, and another
meeting of the Commercial Club Lane county. While Eugene has people.
coast
county similar to Coos would
to
Cottage
E.
O.
Potter
endeavored
to
show
at Drain Saturday night additional long been a father
■
from the map that Lane county
surely be more satisfactory to the
resolutions were adopted opposing Grove, the time has
,IU " ‘len would be left in bad condition by
the plan o f Cottage Grove to form the stalwart son is able to take tj)e division, having territory east
a uew county out of Southern care of himself and direct his|alId west for 80 miles sparsely
Lane and Northern Douglas, with own affairs. lie then proceeded settled, while Nesmith would take
Cottage Grove as the county seat, to present facts concerning the ’ !’ e cream of the south.
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D- A. Paine said Nesmith coun-
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and demanding instead the forma­ developmeut of South Lane coutt- . . ,
p
j ty took the meat in the cocoanut
tion of a new county out o f North­ ty, its peculiar geographical lo c a -: atjd left us the »hell. Paine then
ern Douglas, with Drain as the tion, its topography being of such moved that it is the sense of the
county seat. A bill providing for a character as to constitute a little Eugene Commercial club that it
a new county after the Drain idea empire separate and distinct from go on record as opposed to county
division. Some little time elapsed
will be introduced in the present the outlaying districts of Lane before a weak second was heard,
legislature by representative E. aud Douglas counties, and this when the motion w'as put and car-
district comprising 1956 square i ried only part of the club voting
R. Applegate of that city.
Embraced within the boundaries miles with Cottage Grove as its j Dr. Paine’s frank admission that
of Drain’s proposed new county is center is the territory desired Cottage Grove and vicinity con­
stituted the meat of the cocoanut,
$8,000,000 worth or one-third of created into the new county of made it quite apparent why Eu­
the taxable property in Douglas. Nesmith. He made an appeal to gene is so reluctant about giving
It comprises all o f the territory Eugene to enter into an amicable us up. It is this meat they are
lying north o f a trans-county line, agreement with Cottage Grove after in the way of a big annual
crossing the Southern Pacific right in the location of the boundary tax.
It is evident to every citizen of
o f way on the township line be­ lines of the new county, but south Lane where Eugene now
tween Rice Hill and Isadora. stated plainly that if amicable re­ stands on this question and it is
There are included also parts of lations could not be maintained up to us to not only organize, plan
two townships in Lane county in and a fight was precipitated Cot; | and work diligently for carrying
order to give a straight boundary tage Grove would be found in -1 out county division, despite their
opposition, but also in the mean
line. The new county wduld have tienched to the last ditch. Col. | time, see to it that all party lines
Veatch made a most favorable tut ; are obliterated locally and that we
a population o f about 5000.
pression upon his hearers, and I work in one common cause— a
Creswell people seem to realize while they would not admit that j full share of representation in the
who their best friends are. They the argument had carried convict- county government and a just and
liberal share of county funds for
have been paying tribute to Eu­ ion as to the justice of the de­ public improvements. Other new
gene for many years and have mands embodied therein, it was counties have won out over the
little or nothing to show for it. noticeable that there was aoue who opposition of the old county *eat
Cottage Grove is in the same class. c « R d to (ten attempt to meet the rings. W e can do likewise.
DRAIN WOULD CREATE
A NEW DRAIN COUNTY
NO. 39
H.
Luckey was made doorkeeper of
the house by a vote o f 33 against
13 for his nearest opponent, J. S.
Singer, o f Multnomah.
In the appointment of pre­
liminary committees in the house,
Eaton, of Lane, was made chair­
man of the committee on order of
business.
The caucus nomination of the
two houses were ratified by
election at two o ’ clock this after­
noon.
The senate officers are as fol­
lows; President, Jay Bowerman,
o f Gilliam; chief clerk, W . H.
Barry, of Multnomah; assistant
chief clerk, lohn P. Hunt, of
Marion; reading clerk,
Frank
Motter, o f Multnomah; calendar
clerk, Roy V. Ritner, of Umatil-
la; mailing clerk Elbert Warford,
o f Lane; doorkeeper, George E.
Waggoner, o f Benton: sergean-at-
arms, W illiam H. Harrison, of
Wasco.
The officers of the house are:
Speaker, C. N. McArthur, of
Multnomah; chief clerk, George
Neuner, of Douglas, elected with­
out opposition: reading clerk, John
Withycom be, o f Benton; calendar
clerk, John Latourette. o f Mult­
nomah; sergeant-at-arms, 1). E.
Ely, of Morrow; doorkeeper, W .
H. Luckey, o f Lane; mailing
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GARDINER PEOPLE WANT A
NEW COAST COUNTY CREATED
people of both districts. ’ ’
A bystander wondered what the
population o f such a county would
be, and the visitor admitted that it
would be small. However, he
thought by taking in Drain and
that section on one side, and draw­
ing the line in Latte county cast of
M a plat oil some distauce, the prop­
erty valuation would be equal to
over one-half o f that the whole of
Douglas county at present.
Gardiner would be the logical
county seat. That port would be
near Florence and Siuslaw districts
and not far from upriver section in
Douglas county. A name for the
new county might be Umpqua,
Siuslaw, £oast, or the name of
some famous man, as Applegate
or McLaughlin, who are so closely
connected with Oregon history.—
Guard.
C l o t h i n g S a le
Men’s Fine Suits and O ver­
coats
Ladies’ Furs and Shoes
A T C O ST
W. H. ABRAMS, Assignee.