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GREAT EXCURSION
10 SALEM
The Eugene Commercial
Club is out with a circular
headed, “W hy Nesmith coun
ty should not be created,”
OK COTTA < ! K «¡R O V E .
which circular is being dis
AND
CA PITA L
tributed before the legislature
1 G R O W IN G
sr k i ’ li ' s
d v t t i . i n n r .w t
(CONCLUDKD FROM PAGE ONE )
and the first assertion brands
PRO FITS
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LARGER
the
whole
Eugene
bunch
as
G eneral and Hon. Henry E. Mc
You p r o t w t y o u r h o m e f a rm II n- li.v I n s u r in g i t —T H A T ’S W iS E .
W h y d o n ’t y o u p r o t e c t y o u r lh-. il«, N ote«, » n il M o r tg a g e s , ( Con-
knockers, not only against G inn of l’ortland were subm itted
trnetR T u x R ts v lp t* , »n«l O th e r V .lm ild e P a p e r s , K e e p s a k e J e w e l r y ,
E tc ., fro m P IK E a n d IH 'K O l.A liS hy r e n tin g o n e o t o u r
South* Lane, but the rest of and read stating th at the legisla
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS - T h a t ’s W ise, Too.
the county as well. The first ture most certainly was invested j
with i>ower to divide and create i
reason presented is: “Because new counties in Oregon under the
J uki I n s ta lle d . C om e a n d S ee T h e m .
it would take the richest and law s of th is state, lie also cited
T h e First N a t io n a l B a n k
best part of the valley out of to m inor opinions on the validity
T h e O l d R e li a b l e .
Lane county; in fact, it would of the law s enacted through the
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tira
—T r y -
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take the kernel and leave Lane provisions of the initiative and
referendum , and stated th at the
COTTAGE GROVE LEADER. T he Register th in k s “ Editor county the ihell.” Cottage question as to their validity was
Conner is unduly excited over the Grove and Creswell should now u nder consideration by th e j
T uonava *vnd Fridays.
I county division m a tte r,” and re be grateful for the unintention suprem e court.
-j
t h k L K A D K K P U B U S H I N I ) 1-0 ( I n c .)
sent the Leader’s contention th a t al compliment, and, intended
Mr. Medley m ade a most elo- j
K illt« r x
C o n n e r & D u B b u i e i .R .
j it is unfair in its treatm ent of the investors and home seekers quent, able aud convincing a rg u
division
m atter.
T he
K a t r m l « t t h e O t t a * « lir o T e |in»t<>mee a« « w - ’ county
should take notice.
How m ent au d received the co n g ra tu la
nm l-claw s m a tte r .
{ I.eader is not alone in its con
tions of his friends and members
viction th a t the Register has been much of the shell do you wish of the two houses present.
S U B S C R IP T IO N B A T H S
( unduly aggressive in its fight to invest in? Come to South
The Opposition.
W e e k ly , o n e y e a r,
! against the wishes and dem ands of Lane and North Douglas-—
A ttorney C. S. Jackson of Rose
O ne Y ear
.
.
.
.
1
j the people of South Lane, if the Nesmith county. The rest of
S ix M o n th s
burg, w as the first speaker iu op
T h r e e M o n th s
I statem ent of a large num ber of the “becauses” are equally
position to the creation of N es
I our citizens are true, who inform
C O TTA G E G RO V E. OREGON
“funny” and the Leader will m ith. H e said all of these N es
L o c a te d o n th e u p p e r W illa m e tte R iv er ! the I.eader that they have ordered
m ith county people are not as ju st
144 m ile s s o u th o f P o r tla n d o n S o u th e rn P a
the Register “ stopped,” as its answer every one of them in
cific a n d O re g o n A S o u th IC astem R a ilro a d s .
P o p u la tio n 2500; tw o h a n k s ; p u b lic a n d h ig h
These old as they are enthusiastic. T hey
utterances on county division its next issue.
'b o o ls , five c h u rc h e s ; w a te r, lig h t a n d sew -
w ant one and a half millions of
* s y s te m s ;c re a m e r y ; flo u r m ill; tw o b r ic k
m atters were regarded as insults to county seat rings are certainly
s a rd s ; s a w m ills : w o o d w o r k fa c to ry ; m a tc h
property
to improve only eight
fa c to ry ; s te a m la u n d r y a n d t h e L e a d e r .
j citizens of South Lane. Oh, no! having a hard time in their
miles of county road. Here he
• U S T I I E S AND R E SO U RCE S
Not excited. Brother G ilstrap. efforts to keep the country
was called down and m ade to ad
G n a t fo re s ts o f tir a lic r t r i b u ta r y t o C o tta g e
G ro v e ; fifte e n mot m ills : t h r e e s h in a l c m ill« , | | ust tOO p lu c k y a t l d S elf respecting
from expanding, and to arrest m it th a t there is more th an .SO
w ithin a raU iiis o f 15 m ile« . H e a d q u a r te r s
.
f o r B o h e m ia g o ld m in e » a n d B lack B u tte
to b e i m p o s e d tip o tl.
q u ic k s ilv e r m in e s ; v a lle y s a n d fo o t-h ills |
the state’s progress and devel miles of rough m ountain road to
w e ll a d a p te d to f ru it g ro w in g , f a rm iu g a n d I
d a ir y in g . F o r in fo r m a tio n r e g a r d in g th is
opment.
No greater Oregon m aintain iu this territory. He was
g r e a t c o u n tr y s u b s c rib e fo r t h e L e a d e r .
T he bill providing for the crea
also corrected as to the statem ent
tion of new counties if passed for them.
th a t the m iners of the south Bo
D o n ’t S a y B A N K , S a y
FIRST NHT 10 NHLBHNK
; $ 45 , 000.00
H
f l.5 0 .
m o n th s
.7 5
c e n t*
SEM I W EEK LY .
$ 2 .0 0
.o »
.7 »
FRIDAY,
JANUARY 29,
1909.
T he man who waits for some
one to tell him w hat to do will
have a long wait.
T he division of large farms and
th e division of large counties
m eans a G reater Oregon.
T he good pavem ents will do
more to advertise Cottage G rove
th an any kind of literature. L et’s
have more. We need them.
would sound the death knell to the
division of any of O regon’s m am
moth counties and would therefore
be
110:1 progressive
legislation
W ith the opposition th a t in v aria
bly develops in the old, selfish
county seat towns against county
division and the prejudice created
in the old counties by the county
seat patters against such measures,
it would be practically impossible
to get a 25 per cent favorable vote
outside of the territory proposed to
be created into a new county.
T his bill should fail as it is a direct
blow against a greater Oregon.
Fruit growers of the northw est
are cautioned ag ain st im porting
trees from F ran ce by Secretary
W illiam son of th e State Board of
H orticulture, who says the Gypsy
moth and the brow n-tailed moth
have been found in recent arriv als
of young trees at the port of New
Y ork. “ Should these pests obtain
a foothold west of the Rocky
m ountains there would be no such
th in g as erad icatin g them , au d it
would only be a question of time
when the fruit au d shade trees of
the coast would be ru in ed ,” Mr.
W illiamson says.
hem ia m ining district m ust come
by way of Roseburg to get to Cot
tage Grove. It was shown th a t
not even a trail exists from Bo
hem ia down the North I'm p q u a to
Roseburg, but th a t hundreds of
dollars have been expended in
com pleting a wagon road over th e
m ountain by way of a gap, from
the Bohemia railroad to the sm all
m ining settlem ent on the Douglas
side, over w hich all of th is trdvel
m ust go. T h e statem ent th a t th is
m ountain travel m ust go out by
way of Roseburg and the former
statem ent, th a t all supplies a n d
the ballot boxes for the Douglas
precinct in I W i^ iia were and are
alw ays sent
out *>y way of
1
i
eel contra-
soil became
dictions. A/.
considerable
up over the
in his stqte-
corrections
address short,
m euts atld
with the apology th at his train
was almost due and he could not
tarry longer.
MUSICAL RECITAL
TO BE GIVEN BY THE
Chorus Club of the Royal Academy
A T THE A RM O RY H A L L
Wednesday Evening, Feb. 3, *C9
PROGRAM
C horus “ G reat aud G lorious” ............................................................. Y Beirlv
Chorus Club
G u itar solor “ S abastopol” ( Re|>eated by R equest)................11. W orral
Miss G ertrude Emmeraou
M ixed quartet “ Moonlight W ill Come A g a in " ................W ill Thompson
Mr. Johnson, Mary IIopt>er, G ertrude Emmersou, Almou Owens
Solo, vocal “ H eavenly Song” ............................................................ II. G ray
Mr. Johnson
Piano duet “ Shepherd’s livening Song” op 76................Chas. I). Blake
Miss G ertrude Emmersou. Mrs. Johnson
Violin solo “ Simple A vieu” ...................................... 7......................F. Thome
Edw ard Babcock
Duet, vocal “ Ship A hoy” .................................................... Harrison Millard
Mr. Johnson, Prescott Wheeler
Chorus “ Memory Bells” ..................................................................... A. lleitly
Chorus Club
Piano solo "O ld Black Jo e” (Concert v aria tio n s)........ Frederick Lewis
Miss G ertrude Emmersou
Male quartet " H e Knows it a ll” ............................................... Finley Lyons
Mr. Johnson, Prescott W heeler, F rank W heeler, Almou Owens
Piano duet “ M arche T riu m p h ale” ....................................... F. G. K athbun
Misses G ertrude Emmersou, Mary Hopper
Ladies T rio “ Sweet Rest” .............................................................C. E. Leslie
Misses Amy Owens, Olive P a n ic le , G ertrude Emmersou
Duet, vocal “ W hispering Hot«.*"...................................... Alice H aw thorne
Mr. Johnson, G ertrude Emmersou
O rchestra, O pus 500........................................ !........................... W . T. Kohler
Solo, vocal “ Asleep in the D eep” ..............................................H. W. Petrie
E dw ard Babcock
Chorus "O n the Silvery S e a " ............................................................. \ . Bierly
Chorus Club
Piano, Six H and Piece “ M euuet” ......................................... W. A. Mozart
Misses G ertrude Emuterson, Mary Hopper, Faye Deardorff
M ixed q u arte t “ Soft F loating on the A ir” ...............................F. W. Root
H iram W heeler, Olive Parmele, Mary Hopper, Roy W heeler
Double m ale quartet “ G oing Down the V alley” ................J. II. Fillmore
G u itar Solo “ Spanish M arch” .....................................................................
A rchie Wilson
F lag drill “ O ur C ountry’s F lag ” ( Repeated by R equest).........A. Beirly
Chorus Club
T he legislature should grant the
wishes of 8000 people, give a big
We alw ays enjoy a visit to S a
boost for a G reater Oregon, and
T he greeting received from Col.
perpetuate the nam e of a grand lem, O regon’s beautiful capital
Ii.
Ilofer, of the Salem IC apital
city.
W
e
like
the
appearauce
of
old_ pioneer Oregon
logic a n a Sound afgum etir Tjenrg"
delegation,
one h u n d r e d strong,
its buzziug street cars, its modern
county.
m
arched
in
a
body
into
the
state
wholly
on the affirm ative side. It
business houses, its pretty homes,
was evident th at these county seat
Sloan I1. Shutt, the somewhat university, churches and schools, house at Salem W ednesday, gave
attorneys had intended to m ake a
irratic editor of the Drain N on its picturesque parks and the glad every m an the impression th at
their
cause
is
recognized
as
just
very
strong argum ent upon the uu-
pareil, has shut up like au oyster hand received from her courteous,
constitutionality of county division
on county division. Sloan P. genial citizens. There is a re an d rig h t au d is rapidly w inning
m ust have heard of that great freshing spirit of enterprise m ani outside friends an d supporters. Burden of Attorney William's Talk. by the legislature, but the present
booster excursion to Salem from fested oil every hand and progress Editor Ilo fer exclaim ed: “ W el
Hon. J. M. W illiam s, another ation of written opinions on this
north D ouglas and south Lane.
is the w atchw ord. Salem is one come boys, I am w ith you heart attorney, representim g the com i «luestiou by A ttorney-G eneral C raw
of the W illam ette v alley ’s most and soul and wish you success in ty seat of Eugene, m ade the ford and Ju d g e H enry E . McGinn
Over one hundred north Doug sitely cities, and an ideal location your ca u se .”
second opposing
speech a n d of Portland, com pletely refuting
las and south Lane boosters for for O regon’s seat of governm ent.
also
laid
great
stress upon any argum ent of this k in d , took i
Nesm ith county w as given a big
Nesmith county visited the state
the difficulty of the eight m iners in all of the wind out of the sails of
boost W ednesday afternoon when
capitol in a body. W ill editors
the South Bohemia iu reaching th e opposition a n d set them hope |
A delegation of about 100 men
a
delegation of the leading people
Hates and W im berly of Roseburg, left Cottage Grove for Salem W ed
Cottage Grove by way of the North lessly adrift. If the com m ittee's
please set up and take notice? nesday to appear before the house of Cottage G rove an d vicinity— U inqua and Roseburg, he loo, over report is to be prom pted by the
“ H andful of Cottage Grove office committee ou counties an d m ake a fully 100 strong— m arched into the looking the former statem ent th at prepondereuce of argum ent, a fa
seekers,” eh, boys? N ay, way stroug effort in behalf of creating state house in a body an d took owing to the fact th a t no road or vorable report will be m ade a t :
seats in the house. It is proposed
Pauline!
trail ex ists from Roseburg to the once.
the new county. Men from the
to detach portions of I.ane and
Mr. Edw ards, of Drain, said
Bohemia m ines the ballot boxes
northern ]x>rtion of Douglas and
Douglas counties and create the
T he Oregonian, usually right in
he
adm ired the splendid organized
an
d
all
travel
to
th
at
m
ountain
pre
also from Creswell are at the
new county of N esm ith with Cot
its editorial comment, displayed its
cinct is forced to pass in through effort being put forth by South
capitol and will go on record favor
tage G rove as the county se a t.—
woeful ignorance of the topogra
Cottage G rove—another flat con Lane and North D ouglas citizens
ing the new division. T h e whole Salem Statesm an.
phy of Lane county in a brief edi
tradiction.
H e also laid great stress for th e creation of N esm ith county,
delegation
is w earing badges
torial W ednesday advocating the
upon
the
long,
narrow appearance but thought we were u n ju st in ask-
priuted in large letters "N e sm ith ”
Amend th a t new county division
division or I.ane county by the
the proposed nam e for the county. bill, or strike out the clause requir of Lane county should N esm ith lie in ' for any Douglas county terri
very im practical north and south
—Oregonian.
ing a 25 per cent vote in the old created, b u t forgot to say an y th in g tory, regardless of the fact th a t sev
division line proposition, a hobby
eral of his D ouglas friends had
large, unw ieldy counties, an d it about the n atural topography of
of the Eugene Register. H as the
We w onder w hat the Roseburg would become a reasonable bill the county re«|uiriug such a d iv i spoke iu favor of the division and
big daily been subsidized by the
patters thinks now nbout the Nes aud the Leader m ight possible en sion and rendering such a division scores of people residing in North
county seat ringsters?
mith county “ schem e” being dorse it. < ttherwise, never, as old absolutely the only p ractical one. Douglas had petitioned to be a d
counties fight these progressive
He also forgot to call attention to m itted into th is new county terri
T he opposition to the creation of backed only by a hatidfull of Cot county creation m easures to al
the
fact th at Marion county, in tory. He said they had no more
Nesm ith county before the house tage Grove office seekers, since most a man, through selfish and
which is located the state capitol, assurance th a t C ottage G rove would
jealous
m
otives
wholly.
over
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prom
inent
citizens
of
com mittee on counties Wednesday
in w hich this debate occurred, is as be m ore fair, just and liberal in the
eveuiug at Salem, was both weak north Douglas and south I.ane ap
long
and tw ice as narrow and more distribution of county funds th an
Medford
has
introduced
a
reso
and lame, not from the fact that peared in a body before the com
lution at Salem, entering the race unshapely th an Lane would b? a f Roseburg aud Eugene have been.
m
ittee
on
counties
at
Salem
W
ed
the Eugene and Roseburg e x
with Portland for th e removal of
He m aintained th a t a county
ponents were incompetent or u n nesday evening and urged a the capitol from Salem. It is ter the creation of N esm ith county,
sh o u ld lie created from territory
th
is
being
found
necessary
and
qualified for the task, but simply favorable report from th a t com am using to read their respective
south of Drain, m ak in g , of course,
practical
ow
ing
to
th
e
topography
m
ittee
on
the
Nesm
ith
county
bill.
claim
s
for
“
the
most
cetitral
loca
from the fact that they had no
th at tow n the county set. T h u s
reasonable or practical foundation Gentlemen, you have not reckoned tio n ” in view of the fact th a t one of the country em bodied in Marion
occupies
a
position
in
the
extrem
e
th
e selfili motive of his arg u m en t
county.
H
e
also
tried
to
m
ake
on w hich to base au argum ent. with the Nesm ith hosts.
south the other the extrem e north capital ag ain st Nesm ith by citing was q u ite apparent.
They simply got skinned and had
em p art of the state.
It was all in all a decisive v ic
G eneral Gomez was in au g u rat
to the fact th a t County Ju d g e Cris-
their hides tatiued by the north
ed president of Cuba T hursday
tory for Nesmith Itefore both the
m
an.
Dr.
S
carbrough
an
d
Mr.
It will not lte m an slau g h ter to
D ouglas and south I.ane cham p anti the American troops were
shoot a hum an being for a deer iu H enderer, the two la tte r gentlem en H ouse com mittee W ednesday even
ions for Nesm ith county.
withdraw n from the island.
the woods of Oregon. T his was being residents of th e proposed ing an d the S enate com m ittee
decided by the senate when it in Nesm ith county, are nam ed in our T h u rsd ay evening, w hich com
definitely postponed th e A braham bill as a com mittee to m ak e final m ittees will meet in joint con
bill by a vote of 15 to 14.
adjustm ent of county affairs in case ference today, but their re|>ort on
of
division, this being unjust, he the bill m ay not be m ade for a few
W111 III, M
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** wt” '’ne °f ,lir,c f xpinm cntiil farmer«, who nut ireen
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
days, tim e being re<|uired to ex
,p ,c '? cl<-* ° " h” t o ~
lr-,1 her ,h i v ,n |i
l | „ ther.rv
says,
front the fact th at Nesm ith am ine, m aps, petition rem onstrance
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w** !h* ' '• J 'J n 't m atter what the cow ate «o l.m* a« «he
has two representatives to L ane's and other docum ents
jH H H P H S g
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.
"»«•••towa of digestion and nouriahm ent had
D e p a r tm e n t «>1 t h e I n t e r i o r ,
j
not entered into hi* calculation*.
I ’. 8 . la m e O ffice a t K o se h tirir, Ore. one on th is com m ittee.
In view
W *
v
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• “ t*»d«rinot” farm er that would try iueh
N oy. H , urns.
of
the
strict
honesty
an
d
integrity
r e a .r d le .. „1 .• J '," .
»'••> • com. Rut many a farm er feeda kirn-
N o tic e
In h e r e b y
g iv e n
th a t
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■'■»<>»« a . well cat abar-
J O H N C H .M tl.K 8 K IC K 1.1
of the three gentlem en nam ed, his
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“ ,h«»
«tnmach
of S a g i n a w , O r e g o n , w ho on N o v .
point or argum ent along this line
k ..
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of dlieat.on and nutrition are impaired
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I • offer, the miaertea of dyapepaia and the afom ea of nervouaaeaa.
N o. («24SI, f o r th e N W U o f NKW fell decidedly flat.
In fact, our
S e c tio n IS, T o w n s h ip 20 S , R a n g e 5
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<*» m cH rlty o t tdm or*
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mmd m m trttlom m nd b r a c e mp t h e m erre»,
W , W illa m e tte M e rh lia n , h a s tlleit friends, the enemy, done as well
n o tic e o f i n t e n t i o n t o m a k e filial as could he expected of men who
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td m d tca l D l o r o r t r r . I I to mm mm-
Jf yon luive «ie.il o r personal p rp e rty
1 ..
r o m o d y , mmd Oam f t , comttdmmco o t rO rm tdm m o mo
p r o o f t o e s ta b lis h cla im t o th e la n d
for sale, leave y o u r «lencrip-
w o t! mm f t o rrmlmo o t lOommomdm ko m lo d Dp ttm moo.
a b o v e itew rituMl, b e fo re I tc g ia tc r nn<l had no grounds for an argum ent to
tion anti p rice w ith
R eceiver a t K o n e la irg , O re g o n , o n commence with an«l were on the
l a tfcn u « ri« to .f M W " O a M e . M cdic.1 D i^ m r u r y " « . te m p e r .» « , m edi-
th e 10th «lay o f A p ril, ltlOO
ALTA
KING, at the bridge
n e ith e r i n t o « , c m . » o r n a rco tic« , and i . •> free from alcohol
wrong
side
of
a
fair
an
d
just
cause.
C la i m a n t n a m e » n s w itn ess« '« .
a n d o th e r d « » < erm ,. dn«<«. A ll in g re d ie n t, p rin te d on
C O T T A G g r.R O V B , O R E .
H e n ry M y e rs. C h a r l e s P h illip « . Eugene and K osehurg’s paid atto r
iff
P e r r y C aateel J , O. J a r r c t t , a ll of
r.nr «kiiram.
D a n ’l to« a « to iler d e lu d e you fo r hie o w n profit
T h e re i . no ■ ____
neys certainly got up ag ain st the tb. m
S a g i n a w , O re g o n .
t
ill« » r.nr inwni mad d o toot
tiene i
•a ” Gt m iden M ed icei D ioeoeery.
42-5* B hmamix L. K nov, Register.
. . . .
real Uuug. T he preponderance of IMfiFUliU
The Tenderfoot Farmer
Recital B eg in s a t 8 P. M.
Admission, Popular P rices
COME AN D BRING YOUR FRIENDS
Exactly fla t You faut
IN T H E L I N E O F
Family Groceries, New Dry Goods
Fine Laces and Embroideries
Ladies' and Gents Shoes
AT
JOHNSON’S STORE
E verything new and uo-to-date. Best brands and grades ot
Fresh Groceries. C ountry Produce bought and sold. Call and
see w hat a dollar will buy at W. C. J O H N S O N ’S.
Watch for our announce
ment later. In the mean
time remember we are
Headquarters for Hardware
COTTAGE GROVE
FLOUR
MILLS
A ll K in d s of
M ill F eed
Granin
a n d H ay
C H A S . M A T T H E W S , P ro p rie to r.
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