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LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Dr. J. Christie has been appoint
ed as stock inspector for Lane
county.
Brick laying has ag ain com
Like April weather.
m enced oti th e new two story
G et ready for spring work.
V eateh building.
H i H en ry ’s famous m instrels at
In the senate F riday a bill com-
the arm ory theater tonight.
lielliug hotels to furnish nine foot
Chas. Cochran was trau sactiu g
sheets was passed.
business at E ugene W ednesday.
Losses of apples and potatoes
D on’t fail to hear the Royal
on
account of the cold weather up
Chorus Club at the arm ory next
the
v alley m ay reach 25 per cent.
week.
A Sum m erville lum ber com pany
Ja n . 25, Ixjrn to Mr. au d Mrs.
Chas. Sharon of Saginaw . O r., a j during the cool spell piled up
1,750,000 feet of logs at its mill.
9 |x>und d aughter.
T he twelve year old d au g h ter of
D on’t monkey with O regon’S
sacred in itiative and referendum . Mr. W . F. Skinner, recent arri
T he rural districts will not stand vals from O klahom a, is convales
for it, gentlem en.
cing from a case of T ypho-M alaria
F. B. Alford and family having w hich she contracted before com
sold their little place just over the ing to this city.
K nox hill east of town left for S a
A hot box at the electric power
lem to reside M onday.
p lan t last evening caused a shut
H arry T haw found going insaue down during th e entire night,
quite convenient, b ut it annoys which left the town in darkness.
him greatly to think of having to A ccidents of this k ind will occas
rem ain insane for an indefinite ionally happen.
period.
S. B. Moras, the nurserym an,
Mr. an d Mrs. G. L. Rees were received a ton, 2000 D 'A njou pear
passengers on the Cottage Grove trees last week for February de-
local M onday morning,' Mr. Rees ] livery, from th e famous S tark nur-
enroute to Salem w hile Mrs. Rees I series. He also received a fine
went on to Portland to visit a few | lot of scions for grafting into his
days with her mother.
nursery stock.
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articular
eople
P o p u la r
Want p a rticu la r at-
tention paid to detail
in th e ir footwear.
You get it in the
American Lady and American Gent
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Made in all Leathers
U niversally
P op T u * over foot conforming
&
lasts that will not
hurt your feet
Rees-Wallace Co.
Roseburg Was Easy for Cottage Grove
Teachers' Examination.
T he basket ball gam e at the a r
mory F riday night resulted in an
easy victory for the Cottage Grove
boys.
A lthough the gam e was
rough, it w as one of the fastest
ever seen on the local floor. The
visitors were decidedly outplayed
from start to finish, both in team
work and individual playing.
T he score at the end of the gam e
stood 2U to 9.
A large crowd was in attendance,
thus enabling the Cottage Grove
boys to meet the heavy expenses.
T he local team is scheduled to
play E ugene sometim e in the near
future
T he line-up of the Cottage G rove
team was as follows:
Robert Sherwood, left forward.
Allen Baker, right forward.
Fay Allison, right guard.
Chester Baker, left guard.
C harles Beals, left guard.
Elm er H astings, center.
N otice is hereby given th at the
county superintendent of Lane
county will hold the regular e x
am ination of applicants for state
an d county papers at the court
house in E ugene, Oregon, as fo l
lows:
Donkey Engines on McKenzie.
FOR STATE PAPERS
Com mencing W ednesday, Feb
ruary loth, at 9 o ’clock, A. M.,
and continu in g until S aturday,
F ebruary 14th, at 4 p. m.
W ednesday— Penm anship, H is
tory, Spelling, Physical G eogra
phy, Reading, Physiology.
T hursday— W ritten A rithm etic,
Theory of T eaching, G ram m ar,
Bookkeeping, Physics, Civil G ov
ernm ent.
F riday— Physiology, G eography,
Composition, A lgebra, E nglish Lit
erature, School Law.
S aturday— Botany, Plane G eom
etry, G eneral History.
FOR COUNTY PAPERS
Com mencing W ednesday, Feb
ruary 10th, at 9 o ’clock a. m., and
continuing until Friday, F ebruary
12th, at 4 p. m.
W ednesday— Penm anship, H is
tory, O rthography, Reading, Phys
ical G eography.
T hursday— W ritten A rithm etic,
Theory of T eaching, G ram m ar,
Physiology.
Friday—G eography, School Law
Civil G overnm ent, E nglish Litera
ture.
W . B. D i l l a r d .
Some tim e since we mentioned
the fact th a t the Booth-Kelly com
pany were m oving their donkey
engines from the logging cam ps
on Fall creek across the divide to
the slope tow ard the M cKenzie
river by their own steam , so that
they could assist in logging opera
tions on the McKenzie. T he en
gines are now over the divide and
will be ready for work in their new
location in a short lime. Several
J. V. T hornton, the well know n
men were sent up by stage S atu r local confectioner and fruit dealer,
day to assist in the work there.— addressed a letter in behalf of
Register.
Nesm ith co u n ty 's cause, to his
w holesaler at Portland and re
Change in Shoe Shop.
ceived t h e following answer:
A. I,. Reed has sold his boot and Dear Sir: Your letter received and
shoe shop to \V. K. Page, a shoe contents noted. T he writer is p er
m aker of .30 y ears’ practical e x sonally acquainted with a couple
perience.
All k inds of work in of representatives an d will see
his line is solicited and satisfaction them and do all he can for your
is guaranteed. L eather and shoe cause. Yours truly, M ark Levy
findings for sale. N ext door to & Co.
Powell i t 'fu lle r's livery.
Incidentally you may have ob
Geo. Lea, the contractor, went served th a t the New Y ear resolu
to Salem today to join the Cottage tions never seem to have a bearish
G rove delegation in the third effect upon the w hiskey or tobacco
m arkets.
house.
I
D IS T . 7 6 S H O E
Has good Leather
Soles and
Counters.
No pasteboard
used in these
shoes
W e have the same brand of Shoes
for men and wom en—all warranted
W e wonder if T. T. Geer is the
au th o r of the nine foot hotel sheet
bill. N othing unusual about this
bill, however. N eb rask a’s legisla
ture is tu g g in g w ith a sim ilar
m easure. Preparing for a genera
tion of giants, we presume.
It was stated in the last issue of
th e Leader th a t the rem ains of
H enry Brown, were laid to rest in
the W hite cemetery south of this
city Friday. We should have,
said, T aylor-L ane cemetery. Rev.
E lk in s of this city conducted the
J. S. Benson was an interested funeral service.
visitor in both houses of th e legis
As retaliation for the dirty in
lature Monday and was granted sults heaped upon them by E u
the freedom of the house—quite a gene
business men an d the
distinguished honor. Mr. Benson “ knockers c lu b ” in this county
says the prospects for the creation division fight, the people of
of N esm ith county looks very fa south Lane should buy w hat goods
vorable. Mr. Benson is a relative they cannot get at hom e from
of th e Secretary of State.
Salem or P ortland m erchants.
BOOSTER HART0G S
RUDE AWAKENING
Early iu December before the
weather clerk went off- on his u n
usual, protracted spree, the Leader
felicitated over the
bloofiiing
flowers, the green sw ard, the pros
pective early lettuce au d onions,
an d last hut uot least, the sight of
school l)oys w ading and disporting
in the limpid w aters of the Coast
Folk river, aud here the quesliou
was asked, “ can Mr. Hartog* of
N obody’s M agazine, beat this?”
Mr. H artog answers for himself iu
Ja n u a ry ’s N obodv’s as follows:
c an iie ?
l e t ’ s s e e !
(A n A nsw er )
As i was w alking along the
W illamette river n ear the state
university this m orning, December
11th, i beheld a sight w hich made
me wince. Some dozen or more
charm ing' Eugene belles were in
swimm ing. Several more were
disrobing along the banks, prepar
ing to p ut on their fluffy, silkaliue
b ath in g suits. It w as quite early
in the m orning. T he dam sels did
not expect any passers-by, but n
good booster should never sleep.
Spellbound i hid behind a Royal
Ami cherry and w atched the
happy m aidens enjoy themselves
iu the pure stream and then lie
around am ong the violets on the
banks, tak in g a sunbath.
A nd behold, the th in k cam e to
me, could the Cottage Grove
Leader beat this? A nd behold
again i felt som ething like an
earthquake. It was ray genial
host calling me to get up, by j>ok-
iug the business end of a broom
up ag ain st the ceiling of the d in
ing room veranda, which happens
to be the floor of my sleeping
porch. A nother sweet dream gone
up iu smoke. W ere you ever
aw akened from sweet dream s by a
broomstick?
Bargain Week
= This week will be BARGAIN Week at our Store a
A Big Reduction on Ladies’
Gents and Children’s R eady
to-W ear G o o d s ....................
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FOR ONE WEEK ONLY
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Bargains at Bargain Prices
1
AT LURCH’S
Grifim-Veatch Co. u
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Everything in
HARDWARE
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Cottage Grove,
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Oregon
An Effecting Meeting.
D o n 't S a y B A N K , S a y
S aturday John Ilazeltou, whose
sight has been failing for five years
aud he is now totally blind, came
OK COTTAOK OltOVK
down from Cottage G rove and in
the course of his visit inquired for
C A P IT A L
AND
G R O W IN G
SU R PLU S
Blind John Keeney, with whom he
P R O FIT S
LARGER
had played when a boy. It so
If you adhere to
You p r o te c t j o u r hom e from lire b.v in su rin g It—T H A T ’S W iS E .
happened th at they were able to
W hy d o n ’t y o u p ro te c t y o u r Deeds, N otes, a n d Mortgages, C on
the
fashion in suits,
meet (a s Mr Keeney is iu the.
tra c ts , T a x R eceipt«, a n d O th e r V alu ab le P niiers, Keepsake Je w e lry ,
Waists
and cloaks’,
E tc ., from P IK E a n d BU ItO LA K S b y re n tin g o n e o f our
city ) and it took place in the law
you must follow it
office of Paul G . Merril iu the Me
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS— That’s Wise, Too.
C lung block. W hen they did
closely in Corsets.
J u s t In sta lle d . Come a n d See T h em .
meet and their h an d s were placed
Unless your Corset
one iu the other, Mr. H azleton
is stylish your other
burst into a flood of tears. They
T h e O l d R e li a b le .
stylish cut garments
had not met for 40 years and now
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will not fit.
both are totally w ithout sight and
Now what is requir
their friends had to aid them in
Mr. aud Mrs. H. F. W ynne re
Spray & Co, buys veal, ch ick , m eeting.— Register.
ed?
First of all, tight-
turned today to their home in Cot ens, eggs, etc.
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fitting
waists and
tage Grove, after visiting with
Stephen Smeede has decided to
Notice of Final Settlement.
IVincess
gowns
necessitate
a
perfected
Corseted
figure
Mrs. W ynne’s parents. Mr. and add a fourth story to his hotel
N otice is hereby g iv e n th a t th e iinder-
1 he H en d erso n Habit B ack C orset is the one
Mrs. J. P. V eateh.— S atu rd ay ’s property, which bears his nam e
sig n ed ex ecu to r of th e estate of W. N
Salem Journal.
an d hopes to have it done by July W heeler, deceased, h as filed in th e
for the present styles. For sale at the Ideal Millinery
T h e W ave has just put iu a fine, 1. It will necessitate a rearrange co u n ty co n rt of I,ane co u n ty , O regon,
Store. Come ladies and inspect them.
modern round cornered plate glass ment of the front part of the hotel h e r final account as su ch ex ecu to r of
ID A F R A N C E S B A R R E T T .
counter show case. It is a v alu aud the installation of an e le said esta te and th a t T u esd ay th e 16th
day
of
F
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of
able acquisition to this cheerful, vator.—G uard.
one o ’clock p. in. of said day 1ms been
popular resort. T he W ave is now
If you w ant a good paying little fixed by said co u rt as th e tim e for h e a r
conducted by the Itisby Bros. business iuquire at the Bazaar.
in g any objection to said rep o rt an d the
Lloyd Bisbey having lrecome asso
T he news cam e from McLeaus- se ttle m e n t thereof.
Iitoisi«; M. WiiKKtKR, E xecutor.
ciated in the business with E rnest 1)0ro, 111., this week th a t Robert
A. II. K i n g , A tto rn ey .
40-4tf
C- Bisbey.
Casey, a pioneer blacksm ith of
Cottage
Grove,
is
seriously
ill,
and
A p aragraph is going the rounds
County Division Bill Pending
about a girl dying from tight th a t his life is despaired of. Yes
Salem, O r., Ja n . 22.—T h e im
lacing. Editor Rice of the Myrtle terday the news cam e lh a t his con
pending county division fight, in
dition
is
slightly
improved,
there
Creek Mail, com m enting on the
which it is sought to carve the
fact says:
"Those corsets should fore no members of his fam ily here new county of N esm ith from Lane
be done aw ay with, aud if the have taken their departure for his aud Douglas, has set legislators to
th inking aud within a few days
girls c a n ’t live w ithout being bedside as yet.
Your m oney’s worth in candy there will be introduced a general
squeezed, we suppose we could
BARLEY rolled by the fam ous O lym pic process. All seeds
bill to govern the division of coun
aud
then some at the Bee Hive.
spare the tim e to accom m odate the
and foreign m atter tak en out, leaving the barley free from
ties.
dirt of any kind. Every sack g u aranteed.
dear creatures. As old as we are,
Marriage Licenses Issued.
Married.
we’d rath er devote three hours a
day w ithout a farth in g of pay, in
Best Cement and Lime Always Carried it Stock
A m arriage license was issued K INCA ID -H IL L S — At the home
the good cause rath e r th an see
Agents
Fairbanks, Morse Roofing.
p h o n e ijs
of the groom, 85 East Ninth
girls dying in that m anner. Office Saturday to Leslie L. Woods, aged
21, of Springfield and Miss Pearl
street in Eugene Ja n . 22, 1909, B
hours alm ost any tim e.”
•*&?«.<£<$ B
M. Maxwell aged IS, of Elm ira.
W ebster l.ockwood Kincaid and
T h e fam ous DeMoss fam ily of
Miss Dorothy K atherine Hills,
m usicians delighted quite a good
Rev. P. K. Ham m ond, rector of
sized audience at th e C hristian
St. M ary's Episcopal church,
church l a s t F riday evening.
officiating.
T h eir orchestra of six pieces ren
T he groom is one of Lane coun
ders some excellent m usical n um
ty ’s rising young businessm en, be
bers, including some old favor
The Standard High Grade Fence of the
ing a sou of Hon. au d Mrs. H. R.
ites w hile their m usical specialties,
World. There is over TOO miles of this
Kincaid. lie was graduated last
includes selections on al>out every
famous wire fence in Douglas county, Oregon.
year from the U niversity of OreC
th in g in the m usical line. By re
This is High Carbon Spring Wire which will
gon. H is bride is a member of
quest George DeMoss an d wife,
keep its shai»e when properly stretched. Will
one of the best know n families of
gave “ Oregon, Sweet O regon” as a
carry
a full stock of wire a t all times.
L ane county but she has lieen a
vocal duet, and they were heartily
resident of Portland for some time.
encored, th eir old original song
Inquire of
F IS H -S M IT H — At the Hoffman
being as sweetly and impressively
or STF.ARNS & CHENOWITH, Agents
House at 10:.30 a. ra., Ja n . 22, DAVID GRIGGS,
rendered as of yore. A new and it it very important that the M d ic ia c i
Cottage Grove, Ore.
Oakland, Ore.
1909, Miss Dessie M. Fish aud
pleasing feature is the "O regon yon use should be free from all adultera
tions,
absolutely
pure
and
carefully
coni-
G
eorge
R.
Sm
ith,
l>oth
of
Crcs-
Chim es” or golden bells, an in
pounded.
well, Rev. D. II. Trim ble offici
strum ent producing an unusual
OUR DRU6S
ating.
pleasing and harm onious tone,
Edison, Columbia
are all pure. Kach and every prescript
w hich w as the hit of the evening. ion brought to n t it compounded with
Victor
Little Nephew— "A untie, did
T he m usical work by the two little the utmost care and skill. All tick- you m arry an Indian?"
GRAPH0PH0NES
DeMoss tots, was fine, especially room requisites.
A unt— "W h y do you ask such a
Records
the singing, both h av in g already
silly question Freddie?”
Little
Nephew—
"W
ell,
1
saw
Nations,
Novelties
developed rem arkably t r a i n e d
some scalps on your dressing-
voices.
Cottage Grove, Oregon
ta b le .”
F IR S T N H T IO N H L B H N K I
; $ 45 , 000.00
FOLLOW THE FASHION
T h e F irst N atio n al B a n k
SP R A Y & CO.
Feed, Flour and
Poultry Supplies
THE PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE.
IN SICKNESS
Benson’s Pharmacy