On all our $12,000 stock of Furniture,
Carpets, Matting, Linoleum, Lace Cur
tains, Blankets, Paints and Wall Paper.
Everything; Cut Down.
COTTAGE GROVE LEADER.
carved from that immense territory?
There would today he four less
prosperous counties in ( treason and
XIIK I.KADER PUBLIHH1NO CO (Ine.)
the Coyote, Jack rabbit and Sage
C o n n k r A I I u B r c i i . i . b ,
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Editor« hen would still be the sole in
Kntered at the Cottage (Irotre pontofllce M sec habitants of a vast territory, which
ond-class matter.
today blossoms as the rose, the
direct result of concentrated effort
Si!HHCKIPTION KATKM
W eekly, one year. fl.SO.
months .7.1 tent* and energy directed in a territory
KKMt W EEKLY.
which formerly could receive but
One Year
l .no little attention from the old seat of
Six Months
.7»
Three Months
government, which had such a
vast territory to receive its at
C O T T A G E G RO VE. OREGON
tention.
Take for example our
Located on the upper W illam ette River
144 miles south o f Portland on Southern Pa
large farms and donation laud
cific and Oregon A South Kastcrn Railroads.
Population 2500; two hanks; public and high
claims, which a few years ago
schools, five churches; water, light and sew
er systems, creamery; flour m ill; two brick
supported a single pioneer family,
yards; saw mills; wood work factory; match
factory; steam laundry and the L o a d e r .
but which through the agitation of
INDUSTRIES AND RES0UNCES.
the newspapers, among them the
(.real forests of timl*et tributary to Cottage
Kugene and Roseburg papers,
(irove; fifteen saw mills; three shingle mills,
within n radius of 15 miles. Headquarters
have l>een in many instances cut
for Hohemia gold mines and Black Itutte
quicksilver mines; valleys and foot hills
up into 25, 50 and lot» acre tracts,
w ell adapted to fruit grow ing, farming and
dairying. For information regarding this
many of which farms today not
great country sul»scril»e for the Leader.
only support from five to a dozen
FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 190*».
families, but through special in
tensified farming is enabling these
families to lay up bank accounts,
BOOSTER VS. KNOCKERS.
and with little or no more effort
The Kugene Register’s editorial i than was put forth by the pioneer
argument against the proposed '» '» l owner who could cultivate
..
.
. r
and develop hut little of his vast
creation of Nesmith county from |
1
I territory, but who was in most
south Lane and north Douglas ^
aH rchlctallt to part
public spirit, enterprise aud down-
to-date boosting proclivities, they
are shamefully, unblushittgly and
most selfishly knocking one of the
most progressive and enterprising
movements which has ever been
undertaken in Lane and Douglas
counties: one which means more
for Ihe development of the Bohe
mia mines aud the vast timber
interests of this territory than all
the promotion literature which
could be distributed in ten years: a
movement which would enhance
property values throughout both
counties aud provide homes for
scores of jieople as well as a rich
field for investors. In opixisiug
the creation of the new county of
Nesmith, the Commercial Clubs of
Kugene aud
Roseburg render
themselves unworthy the name
and the principles which they are
supposed to represent, and brands
their many socalled boosters, in
reality “ knockers" of the latest
aud most improved type. The
spectacle is enough to bring a
blush of shame to the cheek of
every true advocate and booster
for a greater Oregon. flow can
our state progress and develop if
every great move to create a larger
territory,
is the same old ■ wj(h a single acre of his-vast un representation iu her legislature,
stereotyped argument put up by improved and unproductive terri the development of her mines aud
the county seat papers iu the old tory as the old pioneer county other natural resources, creation of
counties of ( »regon from which so seat towns and papers are in g iv new counties, building up of new
many prosperous, thriving youug ing up any of their vast unde towns aud other great progressive
counties have lieen carved in the veloped territory. In Itoth cases, movements are to l>e opposed by a
past few years. Suppose Wasco the opposition to such advance coterie of selfish, wealth-absorbing
county seat papers and citizens
ment and development is inspired county seat political ringsters, or
should have lieen successful in the
solely by selfish, nonprogressive ganized under the fictitious and
strenuous fight put up by them
cunningly
devised n a m e of
against the creation of the four motives, aud while Kugene and “ boosters?" This is plain talk,
new comities which have been Roseburg are 1 «lasting o f their but it is the kind the Leader deals
in ami proposes to employ in show
ing up the selfish motives hack of
the unreasonable and non-pro
gressive county seat opposition to
our most fair, worthy and progres-
I sive movement for the creation of
Mach tirici».«! Mart, with weak .tornarti, and ronwquent
poor, Impovan.hed Mood. N a rro w and pale-people lech
'the county of Nesmith. Mora
good, rich, red blood. Their .toaMChe need iavigorating
! anon.
for, alter eM, e maa can ha no .tron gcr than hi. .tnmach.
T \ i6 s ia y a a n t F r id a y s .
Stomach Blood and
Lhier Troubles
A remedy thet mekee the .tomaoh .trong and the liver
active, mekee rich red blood and overcome, and driven
out d i.e .,e -produci eg bacteria aad carea a whole multi
tude of dieeaie*.
Cad PM e l r a e r A fam ar* IVea*aeae aad
U r o r Latfneaa *y l . t f . f a cawpaa a l
D r. P lo ra r’ » G a lè ra Medica/ OiacarePr
- I d a (r e e » »t o r n a r * deeferar/re, U r o r
la r t ta r a ta r a ad
You can’ t afford to accept any medicine ot a./a.a-a
n a / . ii t w a. a anhatitate lor "tloldan Madieal Diaeov-
ary,” which ia a medicine nr i n o w n c o m p o s i t i o n , having
n complete liat ot ingredient, in plain P.nglish on it. hot-
tie-wrapper, aamc being atteated a, correct under oath.
DRAIN’S ATTEMPTED LAND GRAB.
The Drain people, in running
j out the boundary lines for their
proposed new county add that
“ they are established on more con
sistent lines than the new Nesmith
county boundary." Consistent,
indeed. Shades of Ananias! The
Drain scheme is to take in the
Come aod See for Yourself
Divide country, I.atham, Coast
Fork valley, I'pper Mosby creek
and Sharp’s creek in south I.ane
county, in fact their north bound
ary line comes within one mile of
Cottage drove and the Calapooia
chain of mountains runs between
this territory and Drain, the pro
posed county seat, aud every man,
woman and child in this territory
would he compelled to come to
Cottage drove to take passage on
a train to Drain 20 miles south.
Of all the inconsistent, impracti
cal, idiotic attempted land grabs,
this Drain scheme takes the per
simmon. In fact the whole plan
is so glaringly inconsistent as to
brand the action of the Drain
people as insincere, hopeless and
ouly concocted for the sole purpose
and hope of defeating the only
original and practical county divis
ion plan which was originated by
south I.atte aud north Douglas
people twenty years ago and is
just now becoming developed, in
the movement for the creation of
Nesmith county.
ADDING INSULT TO INJURY.
The Kugene Register lias ¡list I
discovered that Cottage Grove is
in real earnest regarding the crea
tion of the new county of Nes
mith, and in discussing the propo
sition Wednesday concluded as
follows: “ It should be borne in
mind, however, that Cottage Grove
is iu earnest in its effort to secure
a new county and that, in all prob
ability, if turned down by the leg
islature will try the initiative and
if they invoke the initiative are
very likely to succeed for the
jieople are so wedded to this new
vehicle of legislative jxiwer that
they uses it indiscriminately with
out regard to merit of the measure
up for consideration."
That was a very curt, ¡«anted
retort the Kugene Commercial
Club received from H. (). Thomp
son,
president of the Cottage
Grove club, while he was iu the
act of removing the large relief
map of Nesmith county from the
Eugene club room walls, after
the conference Monday evening.
“ Leave that maji on the wall here
for our inspection," exclaimed a
county seat man. “ Gentlemen,”
replied Mr. Thompson, “ the next
time you see the tnaji of Nesmith
county it will 1«" in the new Rand,
McNally Oregon edition or in
your children's school books."
This time Drain has been seized
with an epidemic of county divis
ion— we wish to say for the benefit
of the citizens of that th iving
little village that we would : .ither
see them accomplish their purpose
than to witness the materialization
of the present “ Cottage Grove”
When Hon. R. M. Veatch arose
scheme.— Roseburg News.
to address the Eugene Commercial
The above is conclusive proof Club on county division, he was
that the Roseburg opposition to urged to “ come to the platform. "
the formation of Nesmith county “ Oh. I can come as near getting
from a small strip of Douglas and some facts in the backs of your
the southern portion o f Latte, is heads as l can in the forepart of
actuated solely by inconsistent them, anyway,” he rej>lied. He
selfish motives and not from the says at first he was sorry he was
probable loss of small undeveloped so pertinent, but after the club
territory nor a small amount of went on record, he was glad of it.
assessable property,
or those
papers would even more strenuous
In his message to the legislature
ly oppose the Drain scheme, the Governor Chamberlain recommend
purpose of which is to grab fully ed that the jteople’s choice fori
one-fourt of Douglas county terri United States senator be ratified.
tory and over $8,000,000 in as
sessable property. Boiled down,
The caucuses held Monday at
the writer of the above excerpt is the capital were the first ever held
actuated by mercenary, selfish, in this state to which the news (
prejudiced and unfair motives in paper men were admitted.
his stand against the Nesmith
county movement. The above
It was Dr. Paine who gave the j
declaration adds insult to injury Cottage Grove people a pain at the
and is the outcropping of pure Eugene county division confer-
cu^sedness.
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