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About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1909)
(Static I l IMI L ik » TH E LEADER b a i l for II. I f n o t. S o n a yo u r C rltlcU m lo Itklo Papar. PU B LISH E D S E M I-W E E K L Y •O H EM IA « g » / “ * " " ¡C ..0 — .a J a n u a r y S. ISOS C O TTA G E G RO VE, OREGON, T U E S D A Y , JA N U A R Y 26, 1909. VOL. COUNTY DIVISION m NESMITH COUNTY SHOULD THE JOHNSON SONE M E N I COMMINI ON CO. E CREATION OF NESMITH COUNTY INSPECTION UE CREAIEO BY IHE LEGISLATURE GOOD ROADS F BILL IN BRIEF If Passed Would Put An End to County Div ision in Oregon (I*Ok*tlnn«I Journal) Salem, Jan. 2.T.— Very soon will he introduced the general couuty divisiou hill that has heen in preparation for several days by Senators Frank J. Miller of T.ane and Linn and C. J. Smith of Umatilla. It will have a tendency to discourage the formation of new counties, and wilt make county division a local question, without making it possible to carry such questions before a legislature or liefore the people by initiative. County divisiou fights are re puted to be among the most acrimonious subjects that take up the time of legislators. The clash iu the effort to create Nesmith county from Lane and Douglas has already generated much beat. It is being hinted that some am bitious job hunters are behind the movement. I.ane and Douglas re presentatives alike declare that it would be the height of injustice to slice up their counties for the sake of a new oue, while admitting that at some time in the future it may Ire advisable to cut up their counties. When the coast section of the two counties becomes pop ulous enough, it has been sug gested no serious objection will be made to a new government there, but the appropriation of a part of the Willamette valley section is re sented. PROVISIONS OK NEW BILE The constitution provides that new counties must have at least 1200 population and not less than 400 square miles of territory. In addition to this, the new bill pro vides that at least 75 per cent of the new county shall be outside of forest reserves, and that it shall have taxable property of $2,500,- 000. It provides that 50 per cent of the people of any proposed new couuty shall petition the county court of the existing county or counties from which the territory is to be taken. When it is deter mined that 50 per cent have signed, the county court of each couuty affected must call an election. At the election 75 per cent of the proposed county and 25 per cent of the people remaining in the old county or counties must vote in favor of division. If they do so vote, that ends the matter, except as to the adjustment of financial obligations and other questions incident to separation, the basis ( CONCLUDED ON LAST PAGE) Monday morning the Oregon out representation, not having a senators and representatives found representative or couuty officer re- the following circular on their siding in or elected from said terri- desks iu lioth the house and senate:. tory. T o the Honorable Members of the h i s t o r y a n d c r e a t i o n o f n e w COUNTIKS. General Assembly: There is always a struggle over W hy should the proposed new the creation of a new county, and county of Nesmith be created? Because it contains an area of yet county divisions have always 1956 square miles; has a popula proven lieneficial to the whole state. tion of 7964 people; an assessed Tw o times Hood River county valuation of $4,915,933; has 1091 came knocking at the doors of the school children: has an assessed Legislature, and at last was admit ted by the almost unanimous vote valuation of $1,17.26 per capita. Because a levy of 15 mills (the of the people. The creation of levy in Lane County for 1909) will that county was opposed by the raise the sum of $72,738.9*1 in politicians of the counties out of which it was created. But the taxes. Because the County Seats of fair sister sitting under the snow Lane and Douglas counties out of capped dome of Mt. Hood, with which it is proposed to create said her lap full of red apples and her county are situated 75 miles apart brow wreathed with the blooms o f and cannot and do not serve the the strawberries, owes her creation needs and demands of the people to the people, and not to the legisla residing within the territory of the ture. This Legislature has an op portunity to do an act of justice, proposed county. Because the people within said and honor the name of the man territory pay vast sums in taxes who was a friend and confidential into the treasuries of said counties adviser of the great Lincoln, whose of Lane and Douglas and get no memory we are to honor on Febru corresponding returns in public ary 12, by creating the county 'of Nesmith. improvements. Shall we be compelled to come Because the present Lane and Douglas division line divides the knocking at your doors in 1911 and Bohemia mining district and vast 1913, or will you help promote the timber holdings east of Cottage logical development of Oregon by Grove, causing much inconven giving us a charter in 1909? W ith ience, trouble and extra ex|>ense in lift I »orders of the proposed county of Nesmith we have not on iu their development. Because if said new county is ly great productive resources of created, there will remain in Lane mineral, agricultural and horticul county taxable property of the as tural wealth, we have a public- sessed value of more than $15,000,- spirited and hospitable people, but 000 and a population of more than we have many of the hardy pio 20,000 and a larger portion in neers yet living in green old age, under the finest climate in the Douglas county. Because the situation and topo world, who expelled murderous graphy of the country are such tribes of Indians, and who helped that the population of the new save Oregon to the Nation. We do not come asking political county as well as the old counties is left iu a more concentrated and favors, but speedy justice at your hands, that we, as a self-sustain compact condition. Because of the fact that being ing community, may be i>erniitted more concentrated, the affairs of to work out our own salvation. the seyeral counties can be more The County Seat political rings economically administered than iu can no more put up a feasible and their present condition. Because it has been the history practical argument agaiust the di o f all the new counties in the state vision of Oregon’s mammoth coun that when they had l>een created ties than they can agaiust the di the country upon the whole has viding up of Oregon’s great dona improved more rapidly and made tion laud claims and large farm more progress than before. Because the people of said pro- holdings. The division of both posed new county are taxed with- j means a greater Oregon. Woodmen Install Officers. A t the last meeting of Bohemia Camp No. 260 Woodmen of the World, the following officers were installed for the ensuing term: Past Consul, A. Brewer; A d visor, C. C. Hambrick; Banker, C. F. Walker; Clerk, C. II. Van- Denberg, Rscort, I. L. Orr; Watchman, J. H. Bartel: Sentry, C. C. Conner. There 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 SHOES W e can fit any foot and give you Style, comfort and durability. Cottage Grove Mercáirtife Co. Phene Main 643^-0w own Delivery. i WILL SOON OPEN PAINT STORE IN THIS CITY I). II. Weyatit, president and manager of the Oregon Sienna Paint Co., with headquarters and factory at Salem and which uses the material from the Simmons paint mine, I.ane county, with which to manufacture its paint, was iu the city Saturday arranging to open a branch store in Kugene. The store will be opened just as soon as a suitable building can be secured and a complete line of goods will tie carried. Another branch will lie established at Cot tage Grove, says the Kugene Guard. Mr. Weyant has charge of the forestry exhibit at the Seattle ex position. This was his last trip to the upper valley as all of his time from now until after the exposition closes will be taken up with his duties there. He says the Booth- Kelly Lumber Company of this city has already sent a splendid exhibit to the exposition. It con sists of all kinds of finishing ma terial gotten up in excellent shape. BILLIE PERMAN LOSES PIANIST AND SINGER There’s no use in denying the W e have the Eugene and Kose- fact that Cottage Grove can put up hurg county seat ringsters greatly some pretty good arguments for a agitated for Nesmith couuty is be new county.—Junction City 'r imes ginning to loom up before them like old Mt. Hood. (Jueer how much attention the county seat papers and county seat The fame of the Hood river political rings give Nesmith county, section has liecome so well aud which they assert is a forlorn hope. favorably known throughout the If the Roseburg aud Kugene state for its hustling qualities aud political ringsters could have their fine fruit that so modest a re - way, any meaus of creating new tjlTEST as to lie formed into a new 1— Appointment, by the Gover counties would be quickly abol county of its own will readily lie acquiesced iu by the people gener nor, Secretary of State and Treas ished. ally.— E ugeni ? R egister , May urer, of a State Highway Commis The new bill providing for county 29, 1908. sion, consisting of three tiiemliers, one of whom shall be appointed division is lame iu more respects Now that the unconstitutionality from the state at large, who shall than oue. It should fail, get Ipst, l>e a civil engineer and a practical lie indefinitely postponed, yea , of the creation of Nesmith county by the legislature has been road builder and shall be chair killed. ----- -»*• knocked into cocked hat by A t man of the Commission; the other The advantage of the new coun torney-General Crawford, what two shall lie appointed one each ty of Nesmith would lie to unite will lie the next silly move on the from the two Congressional Dis the Bohemia mining district aud part of the Kugene Knockers tricts. the logging and lumber interests iu club. These old selfish couuty 2— The resident owners of real the same section.— Myrtle Point seat ringsters aud bosses do die estate within two miles ou each Enterprise. hard. side of a road and within one mile Synopsis of a Very Im portant and Merit orious Measure from the end of it may petition the couuty court for its improve ment. That court shall then look into the matter and if in its opin ion such road is one of general travel, oue of the main highways of the county, it shall recommend the matter to the State Highway Commission. If this Commission agrees that this road should be built it so directs and then the ex pense of said improvement is as certained, and if satisfactory to the property owners in said district and the county court the road is then constructed, either by con tract, or if satisfactory contracts cannot lie made, then b> direct em Vote for the creation of Nesmith county, ye Oregon solons, and thereby perpetuate the almost for gotten name of one of pioneer Oregon's grand old soldier-states men, few of whom were more de serving of such substantial re cognition. The bill porviding for the crea tion of new counties falls short of its object and should lie promptly defeated. There would not lie a new couuty created iu Oregon in a hundred years by its requirements. Better let well enough alone, gentlemen. The Leader has just been in formed by a prominent Douglas county citizen that Roseburg as a whole as well as Douglas county, is cariug little about the outcome of the Nesmith county movement. He says the loss of the wild unde veloped territory required of Doug las in the creation of Nesmith county, is looked upon as good and timely riddence of territory that may liecome exjiensive to the couuty iu the future, by the rank and file of Douglas couuty people. He says, “ I care little how soon Nesmith county becomes a reality.” The work of coustruct- to the Highway Commission and | the various counties the improvement may be made the CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT same as if it had been petitioned Each county in this state is / " ' O U N T Y Seat towns • are always against for as mentioned in subdivision hereby authorized and empowered county division.— Port two above, and iu that case the to issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding one per cent of the land Daily Journal. county shall pay five-eights and W W W VI assessed valuation of its property, the state three-eights of the ex but iu no case to exceed the sum ion is done under direction of the pense. of three hundred thousand dollars, county court with supervisory con to raise money to l>e used for the 7— When it is shown that the trol by the State Road Eugineer and according to plans and speci benefit or said improvement to the construction of permanent county adjacent property does not warraut roads within such county and for fications prepared by him. no other purpose. the payment of one-fourth of the 3— Three-eights of the expeuse costs of same, but it does appear is to be paid by the state, three- eights by the county, and two- that said improvement is of great eights by the owners of property benefit to the county at large, the within the district petitioning for county court may, in its discretion, the road. In the first instance the proceed with said improvement, In an opinion handed down by county pays l>oth the three-eights paying iu addition to its three- eights of costs the whole or any to be paid by it and also the two- Attorney-General Crawfoid W ed eights to be paid by the property part of the one-fourth of said costs nesday relative to the couuty divis owners and then the property own required to l>e paid by property iou at the hands of the legislature, ers pay their part to the county in owners of road district. he holds that a county is not six equal annual payments, with 8— The amount to be expended j strictly a municipality, and there interest thereon at six per cent per by the slate iu any oue year is annum, but all or any of these limited to one-half of one mill fore is subject to change by vote payments may be made at any upon the assessed value of the of the legislature. This opi nion time before they become due. has been forwarded to the Cottage property of the state. 4— After it has been determined 9— Applications for improve Grove Commercial Club who are by the county court and the State ment of roads under this law shall backing the movement to create Highway Commission that the be taken up by the Highway Com road is a main highway and the mission in the order in which they “ Nesmith” county.— Guard. contract has been let for building are made, but no county shall lie, the same, appraisers appointed by entitled to receive more than | the county court shall proceed to twenty thousand dollars from the| determine how one-fourth of the state in any one year until every i cost of said improvement shall be other county shall have had a fa ir1 apportioned among the property opportunity to make application ■ owners of the district, taking into for and receive its portion of said | consideration the lienefits accruing state aid. to each tract, and if no remon This is, of course, but a brief j strance is made to said apportion summary of the main features of I ment by the interested property this bill, but it contains all the es- [ owners the county court shall ap seutial elements and shows the ] prove the report and findings of scope and purpose of the measure, j the appraisers and the costs shall It is to lie noted that the county l>e apportioned in accordance court shall determine what road therewith. shall be improved. The Highway 5— The county court upon Commission a cannot designate the proper showing that, by reason of road, though it may, for good and rivers, streams, canyons, proximity sufficient reasons, refuse to sanction to other improved roads or any the improvement asked for. The other good and reasonable cause bill provides that it is the intention it would he unjust and inequitable that roads leading to the principal to maintain the two mile limit for market places in the county shall a road district may dimish the size first be improved and leaves the of same: also upon a showing that selection of the particular roads to it would l>e best to increase the the county court. size of district it may add to the | An act to provide for working two mile limit. purposes serving sentences in 6— The county court may, if it county, city and town jails, is also so desires, without any petition, included as well as an act to pro select a definite part of any princi vide for working inmates o f the ployment. 1 Myron C. Wickham or “ W ick” as he was familiarly known, whose fine baritone voice has entertained the patrons of the Cresent theatre, in Roseburg, since its opening last July, and Miss Hazel Patterson, daughter of Contractor F. F. Pat terson. his accompanist on the piano for the past two months, left together last Saturday morning for Reidding, Calif. Wm. Perman discovered that Wickman had appropriated the box office receipts of the last four days that he was in charge of the theater. While Mr, Perman can not state the exact amount of the money taken, he estimates it at be pal road or main highway for im penitentiary in the preparation o f tween $70 and $80. provement and present the matter material for road construction In ATTORNEY-GENERAL ON COUNTY DIVISION A Large Attendance and a Splendid Showing Was Made. The annual iuspectiou of Co. E Fourth Regimeut, O. N. G., took place last night before one of the largest crowds ever seen in the armory. The galleries and stage was packed aud every bit of the available seating space was occu pied. A great many stood up to see the ceremonies of inspection. Major McGlachlin of the regu lar army, acted as inspecting offi cer iu place of Inspector General Jackson, of the O. N. G., who has conducted the annual inspect ions heretofore. He was assisted by Col. G. O. Yoran aud Capt. B. K. Lawson. The company was put through several evolutious and every movement seemed to be carried out almost perfectly. The arms aud accountermeiits of the members of the company were found to be iu excellaut shape. There was an attendance of 69 out of 73 men, two of whom were absent on furlough, there being 69 enlisted men aud officers who answered to their names at roll call. This record has been main tained by Co. K aud each member makes it a point to be in the city no matter how far away he is, at the time of annual iuspectiou. Credit for the splendid showing made by the company last night is due to Captain J. C. Johnson aud his two lieutenants, H. K. Metcalf and H. H. I’etrie as well as to the individual effort of the enlisted men themselves. It was shown that Company E has qualified 14 expert riflemen, 6 sharpshooters, 40 marksmen, all of whom were presented with the regulation medals by Col. Yoran of Eugene, who iu a neat speech complimented the company and its officers. SPLENDID MUSICAL RECITAL NEXT WEEK Those of our people who enjoy good musit will Ire pleased to learn that the Chorus Club of Royal Acedemy of Silk creek, will give another of their spleudid musical recitals in the armory hall at this place Wednesday evening, Feb. 3rd. Those who heard this club in its first recital here last fall will want to hear them again, aud those who did not hear them should avail themselves of this op portunity. It is a home talent en tertainment worthy of the pat- rouage aud assistance o f all. Silk creek valley is generous iu its attendance at Cottage Grove events of im|iortaiice. I.et us return the compiimela at this time. 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. A B R A M S , Assignee.
