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Bohemia lnfues, thus wiping out reasonable request for the com
THIS I.EADKU PUBI.IHIIINO CO
the serpentine' boundary between paratively small territory in north
I'MItolH Douglas and l.aneiu the east end.
ClI.NNKH A D u B b I II.I.K ,
Douglas required in the creation of
Kntered at the Cottage (»rove postoBlee as s«c- The new county would be long t Nesmith county, a large area of
oml-claMs matter,
and narrow and make I.aue of ! I winen
which lies
ties in the Cascade Forest
like shape, but it has many points t reserve< Roseburg immediately an-
s i l u s e n t p t io n k a t k s
wxut.|loreco,nu,e,,d il- Douglas seems J nounced that Cottage Grove pro-
W eekly, one year. $1.50,
mont lis
SK.MI WEEKLY.
| inclined to oppose the proposed", p0-,ec] to run the south boundary
One Year
f.'.oO
1 .oO division. I he advantage of the ]j,le 0f jj,e new COUnty as far
Six Months
Three Months
.7»
new county would be to unite the south as Rice H ill, including
Bohemia mining district and the Yoiicalla, Drain and all of the
C O T T A G E GROVE. OREGON
b'gging and lumbering interests in Douglas coast county in the pro-
Located ou the upper W illam ette River
144 miles south o f 1‘ortlnud on Southern Pa
the same section.
j posetj new county. The people of
cific and Oregon & South Eastern Railroads.
rn T T A C C
la
c o m ic
T u e s la y .
l« n m
s o u t h li n e
Frld&rs.
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Population 2500; tw o hanks; public and high
schools, five churches; water, light and sew
er systems;creamery; flour m ill: two brick
yards; saw mills; wood work factory; match
factory; steam laundry and the L e a d e r .
Come and See for Yourself
L a w s o n
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been cut off from the original, tobacco and pipes- O lino, broth
Wasco county and in each and er Shutt, we are not that desperate.
every case just as dirty a fight was While we would not object to the I
put up against the movement by removal of the normal from your!
the Wasco county seat as Rose beautiful little city to Cottage'
burg is putting up against the j Grove, excuse us when it conies to
creation of Nesmith county, hut smoking “ home twist” in a stale
without effect, as the little county Missouri “ meershain." We may'
seat rings are invariably unable to have to resort to some pretty des
block the march of progress iu perate means and methods to bring i
this rapidly growing and develop Nesmith county to the front, but J
ing state, and Roseburg, like the we are not going to endanger our
others will have to lake her health, aye, lives in the manner!
medicine, and give up some of her you suggest, in the effort.
immense undeveloped
territory
A business letter to the Leader
that it may be more speedily de
veloped and improved by being from Stewart & Del.aunay, the
enterprising wholesale lumbermen |
created into new counties.
The opposition, what little has of Curtin, Douglas county, con
developed at Eugene, has been of cludes as follows: “ Do not put
a very fair and reasonable charac Douglas county on any of our print
ter, much in contrast with the ing. Wishing Nesmith success, we
campaign of misrepresentation be- are, yours for the new county.“
Roseburg will please take notice.
iug conducted at Roseburg.
This is the way the people of north
Since Cottage Grove has taken Douglas are opposed to the “ Cottaeg
up the matter of providing a pub Grove grab game,” as the Rose
lic park for this progressive, grow burg Review terms the jteoples e f
ing municipality,
Albany and forts to create Nesmith county.
those localities not being tributary
to Cottage Grove and not knowing
the real facts, became excited at
IN D U STR IES AND RESOURCES.
The last issue o f the Deader
once, called mass meetings and
( ‘•real forests o f tiinlter tributary to Cottage
gave Kditor Wimberly, o f the
('.rove; fifteen saw mills; three shingle mills,
entered protests, only to find later
within a radius o f 15 miles. Headquarters
Roseburg Review, a dark brown
for bohemia gold mines and black butte
that they had been deceived by
quicksilver mines; valleys and foot-hills
taste and put him in a very
well adapted to fruit growing, farming and
the Roseburg papers and politicians
dairying. For information regarding this
!>eevish mood, lie says, “ Iu ac
great country suhscril*e for the L e a d e r .
I and that no intention had been eu-
cordance with bis old-time habit,
j tertained on the part o f Cottage
Editor Conner fills his sheet with
TUESDAY, JAN l)A II Y 12, 1909.
(Grove people lo include their
contemptible (lings at Douglas
territory in the proposed new coun
county officials and other' citizens
ty. After Douglas county citizens
who do not see fit to favor the
were finally correctly informed re
Cottage Grove grab game.”
garding the small Douglas territory
If there can be anything more
really included in the proposed many other enterprising Oregon
The Myrtle Point, Coos county unfair and “ contemptible” than
I.ast January the Eugene Com
new county, Roseburg then pro towns, observing the necessity for
Enterprise says, iu favor of the the misrepresentations and dirty-
ceeded to cause another great hue such a movement before real es mercial Club made a hit with a
creation of Nesmith county:
fliugs which the Review and Doug
picture series showing a young
and cry, by publishing the false tate increases more in value, as it
The people of Cottage Grove las countv judge have been throw
man “ shoveling snow in Ohio” ;
report that $5,000,000 worth of is sure to do throughout the W il
are working enthusiastically for a ing at the jteople of north Doug
the next was “ boarding a train
taxable property would lie lost to lamette valley, are devising ways
new county of which that town las and south I.aue counties who
for Oregon” and the last one “ ar
Douglas if the new county of and means to purchase city l irks,
shall be the county seat and they favor the creation of the new
rival in Eugene” amid the flowers
Nesmith was created.
Cottage and like Cottage Grove, final / re
are receiving the support of the county of Nesmith, we would like
and berries, all scenes taken in
people of other towns in the pro to have some one point it out. Grove therefore sent a competent solve that the most just and January. The Register came out
committee to Roseburg who spent equable way is to levy a small
posed new county. The plans con Roseburg lias shown no disposition
a whole day examining the records special city tax to provide a fund with this famous cut Saturday
template the taking of a portion to be reasonable and fair in this
with the humorous heading, “ This
and by the assistance o f the as for this purpose. Cottage Grove
of Douglas and of I.aue, the north matter, but to resort to nothing
picture
for sale— 10 inches of snow
sessor and other officials found citizens will be called upon to vote
boundary of the new county to be but misrepresentation since the
on the level."
only $1,485,569 worth of taxable on such a question at a special
the fourth standard parallel from plan of creating the new county
property included
within the election Wednesday Jan. 20th and
a point 30 miles from the ocean to was first announced. With a view
IT we failed to have one of
Douglas county territory located ( it is to be hoped that civic pride,
I these freak winters every ten years
within the boundary lines of the j loyalty to home interest, public
or so, we Oregonians might be
new proposed county, so that ¡spirit and interest in the town's
elcome
ords to
omen
come altogether too chesty over
Roseburg has been magnifying | future "wellfare and progress will
Women who .life r with di. order. peculiar to their
our climate.
•ex vhnuld write lo Dr. Pierce end receive Iree the
and exaggerating
this matter prompt every legal voter in this
edv.ee o l e phy.icien of over 40 yearn" experience
nearly $3,000,000.
enterprising municipality to vote
—• (killed end Micces.ful epeciali.t in the d i s c » «
Now you know how your East-
ol women. Every letter of thie .ort he. the most
O f course. Cottage Grove and in favor o f the measure. Oppor
ern
cousins feel as they sit shiver
careful cons,deration .„ d i. re«erded « .acrrdly
the people within the borders of tunities to secure such a beautiful,
confident ku . Many sensitively modest women write
ing around the fire. But it won t
i the new proposed county, did not natural park as is now afforded,
™ r *° D ' .P,* rc* "h a t they would shrink from
last long in the Willamette valley.
tellinfi to their local physician. The local physician
anticipate anything but selfish and like dame fortune, knocks but
" , p m iy *ure to My that he cannot do anythin«
without an examination.’ * D r. Pierce holds that
| vigorous opposition from Rose- once’ at our door. Let us not be
Portland says it was the coldest
these distasteful exammetiona are generally need
, burg, but such unscrupulous and unmindful.
less, and that no woman, except in rare
weather for j l years, but the oldest
ahonld .ubmit lo t
unfair methods were not entertained,
D r . P ie r c e * . tre a tm en t w ill o r . t o . riflht in i h . p r i v . c y o f
inhabitant can remember a few
your ow n k » . . .
H i. •• F . y o r i . e P , . « r i p . i o „ " hn, c j r e j
j It was general expressed that pro
Editor Shutt of the Drain “ Six worse ones.
k o n d red . . ( lh o u ..«d .,
w„ „ ,
bably some opposition would de- Point,”
says the Leader has
It i it i the
n ly
Hie o
onlymedieine
of ita kind that i. the product ol a nflularly flraduated
|
velop
at
the
county
seats
of
the
phytician.
turned
its
solid battery against
ivaieian. The only one flood enough that it. maker, dare to print it. every
The biennial raid on Oregon's
flred.ent on it. —
oufx.de
There’, ■ " no
n e rre y . it
I, will
w.ll hear eyamma-
e x .m in 7
ingredient
-*— 7 wrapper.
7 7 7 *
« »eerrey.
, two old counties, but the Roseburg
poor
little
Drain.” that we treasury was precipitated Monday'
tlon. N o alcohol and no hahit-forminfl drufl. a n found in i«. Soma unaernn-
brand of opposition
was not threaten to confiscate their normal !
——
■lout medicine dealer, may offer you a •uh.titute. Don't l ike it. Don't trifle
with your health.
anticipated.
” 2 * * »',° W
- D>«P*n.ary M e d ic i \ -Ontario., Dr. R.
school
and
would
even
throw
their
|
Did
that
little
snow
storm strike
V . Pierce, Preeident. Buffalo N . Y . , — take the advice received end he well.
Four prosperous counties have citizens down and take their, Mr. Hartog dumb?
UNFAIR TREATMENT
WOULD UNITE MINING
AND LUMBER INTERESTS
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