Cottage Grove leader., January 29, 1909, Image 4

H i l l 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 (IHOVE.
which circular is being dis­
tributed before the legislature
(m
SU R PLU S
« « O W IN G
( C O N C L U D K D FROM PAGK O N E >
and the first assertion brands
PR O FIT S
( <P T V J V V W ,V V \
LARGKR
the whole Eugene bunch as G eneral an d lio n . H enry E. Mc­
You p ro te c t y o u r hom e from tire h.v In su rin g i t —T H A T 'S W iS E .
W hy d o n ’t y o u p ro te c t y o u r Ih v d s, Note«, a n d M o rtg a g e s, C on­
knockers, not only against G inn of 1’ortland were subm itted
tr a il« T ax 'R e ce ip t« , a n d O th e r V aluable P a p e rs, K e e p sa k e J e w e lry ,
E tc ., Iro m F l l tE and BURG LA RS liy re n tin g o n e of o u r
South* Lane, but the rest of and read statin g th at the legisla­
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS - T h a i’s W ise, Too.
the county as well. The first ture most certainly was invested !
with power to divide and create I
reason presented is: "Because uew counties in Oregon under the 1
J u s t In sta lle d . Come a n d See T h em .
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 tniuor opinions on the validity
T h e O l d R e lia b le .
Lane county; in fact, it would of the laws enacted through the
iawiam*eee«‘isaesssiss$!ss»<
take the kernel and leave Lane provisions of the initiative and
referendum , an d stated th at the
COTTAGE GROVE LEADER. T he Register th in k s “ Editor county the shell.” Cottage question as to their validity was
T u u i& r i a n t Friday».
j Conner is unduly excited over the Grove and Creswell should now u nder consideration by the
1 county division m atter, ’ ’ an d re- be grateful for the unintention suprem e court.
T IIK I.KADKU P U B L IS H IN G CO ( l o r .)
; sent the L eader’s contention th a t al compliment, and, intended
Mr. Medley made a most elo­
OoKNMJk II u B buu .1*.
-
l-.dltor», .| js unfair in its treatm ent of the
investors and home seekers quent, able an d convincing arg u ­
division
m atter.
The
U n te m i a t th e Cotta«« G rove |x»t<>«loe a s *«■■ s | couuty
should take notice.
How m ent aud received the co n g ratu la­
m ttl-elaas m a tte r.
_ I.eader is not alone in its con­
tions of his friends an d members
viction th a t the Register h as been much of the shell do you wish of the two houses present.
m o n t h , .71 r e n t , ! unduly
aggressive ill its fight to invest in? Come to South
The Opposition.
W e ek ly , o n e y ear,
ABM
against the wishes and dem ands of Lane and North Douglas-—
A ttorney C. S. Jackson of Rose­
O ne Y ear
1.1« the people of South Lane, if the Nesmith county. The rest of
» lx M onths
.7*
burg, w as the first speaker in op­
T h ree M onths
statem ent of a large num ber of the “becauses” are equally
position to the creation of N es­
our citizens are true, who inform
CO TTA G E G R O V E. OREGON
“funny” and the Leader will m ith. lie said all of these N es­
the Leader that they have ordered
L o c a te d o n t h e u p p e r W illa m e tte R iv e r
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 ­
answer
every one of them in m ith couuty people are not as ju st
the Register “ stopped,” as its
cific a n d O re g o n & S o u th E a s te r n R a ilro a d s .
P o p u la tio n .’500. tw o b a n k s : p u b lic a n d h ig h
its
next
issue.
These old as they are enthusiastic. They
utterances on county division
•h o o ls. five c h u rc h e s ; w a te r, l ig h t a n d sew -
w ant one au d a half m illions 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 f a c to ry ; m a tc h
property to improve only eight
f a c t o r y ; s te a m l a u n d r y a n d t h e L e a d e r .
citizeus of South Lane. Oh, no! having a hard time in their
miles of couuty road. Here he
I OU 3TIIES AND RESOURCES.
Not excited, brother G ilstrap efforts to keep the country
G r e a t f o re s ls o f lim ite r t r i b u ta r y to C o tta g e t J
was called down and m ade to ad ­
G ro v e ; fifteen s a w m ills : t h r e e s h in g le m ills ,
lust too plucky an d self-respecting
w ith in a r a d iu s o f 15 m ile s. H e a d q u a r te r s
from expanding, and to arrest mit th at there is more th an 50
fo r B o h e m ia g o ld m in e s a m i B lack B u tte
t o b e i m p o s e d U p O ll.
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 f
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 r o w in g , f a r m in g a n d
d a ir y in g . F o r in fo r m a tio n r e g a r d in g t h is
No greater Oregon m aintain ill th is territory. He was
g r e a t c o u n tr y s u b s c r ib e fo r t h e L e a d e r .
T he bill providing for the crea opment.
also corrected as to the statem ent
tion of new counties if passed for them.
D o n ’t S a y B A N K , S a y
F IR S T N H T I O N H L B H N K
AA ! 1
' ' $ CiC
45 , 000.00
MUSICAL RECITAL
T O BE G IVEN B Y T H E
Chorus Club of the Royal Academy
A T TH E ARM ORY H A L L
Wednesday Evening, Feb. 3, ’09
FRID A Y ,
JANUARY
29,
1909.
T he man who w aits for some
one to tell him w hat to do will
have a long wait.
T he division of large farm s 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 mam
moth counties and would therefore
l>e
non progressive legislation
W ith the opposition th a t iu v aria
bly develops in the old, selfish
county seat tow ns ag ain st county
division and the prejudice created
in the old counties by th e county
seat papers again st such m easures
it would be practically impossible
to get a Jo 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 g reater Oregon.
F ru it 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 S tate Hoard of
H orticulture, who says the Gypsy
moth an d the brow n-tailed m oth
have beeu found in recent arriv als
of young trees at the port of New
York. “ Should these pests obtain
a foothold west of the Rocky
m ountains there would be no such
thing as erad icatin g them, an d it
would only be a question of time
when the fruit an d shade trees of
the coast would be ru in ed ,” Mr
W illiam son says.
th a t the m iners of the south Bo­
hem ia m in in g district m ust come
by way of Roseburg to get to Cot­
tage Grove. It was shown that
not even a trail exists from Bo­
hem ia down th e North Um pqua to
Roseburg, but th at hundreds of
dollars have been expended ill
com pleting a wagon road over the
m ountain by way of a gap, from
the Bohemia railroad to the small
m ining settlem ent on the Douglas
side, over w hich all of th is travel
m ust go. T h e statem ent th a t this
m ountain travel m ust go out by
way of Roseburg an d the former
statem ent, th a t all supplies an d
the ballot boxes for the Douglas
precinct in IJofi^iiia were and are
alw ays sent/I'Wgii < |out by way of
CVHe—» ‘ ' ~ t -
direct contra
dictions. X/j
son became
up over the
considerable
corrections
ill his stqte-
m eats an d a
address short,
with the apology th a t his train
was almost due and he could not
tarry longer.
PROGRAM
Chorus “ G reat and G lo rio u s".............................................................Beirly
Chorus Club
G u itar solor “ Sabastopol” i Repeated bv Request)................11. W orral
Miss G ertrude Emmerson
Mixed quartet ’'M oonlight Will Come A g ain ” ................Will Thompson
Mr. Johnson, Mary Hopper, Gertrude Emmerson, Alrnoii Owens
Solo, vocal "H eav en ly Song” ............................................................II. G ray
Mr. lohnson
Piano duet “ S hepherd’s livening Song” op 76............... Chas. D. Blake
Miss G ertrude Emmerson. Mrs. Johnson
Violin solo "Sim ple A v ie u "...................................... 7......................F. Thome
Edw ard Babcock
Duet, vocal “ Ship A hoy” ....................................................Harrison Millard
Mr. Johnson, Prescott Wheeler
Chorus “ Memory Bells” .................................................................... A. Beirly
Chorus Club
Piano solo “ Old Black Joe” (Concert v ariatio n s)........ Frederick Lewis
Miss G ertrude Emmerson
Male quartet “ lie Knows it a ll” ...............................................Finley Lyons
Mr. Johnson, Prescott Wheeler, F rank Wheeler, Alniou Owens
Piano duet “ M arche T riu m p h ale” ....................................... F. G. Rathbun
Misses G ertrude Emmerson, Mary llopjier
Ladies T rio ‘‘Sweet Rest” ............................................................C. E. Leslie
Misses Amy Owens, (»live P nruele, Gertrude Emmerson
Duet, vocal “ W hispering ilo iie " ......................................Alice H aw thorne
Mr. Johnson, G ertrude Emmerson
O rchestra, Opus 5 0 0 ........................................!... ......................W. T. Kohler
Solo, vocal "A sleep in the Deep” ............................................. IL W. Petrie
Edw ard Babcock
Chorus “ (>n the Silvery S ea” ........................................................... A. Bierly
Chorus Club
Piano, Six H and Piece “ M enuet” ......................................... W. A. Mozart
Misses G ertrude Emmerson, Mary Hopper, Faye Deardorff
M ixed quartet "Soft Floating 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 uitar solo “ S panish M a rc h " ....................................................................
Archie Wilson
F lag drill “ O ur C ountry’s F la g ” (R epeated by R equest).........A. Beirly
Chorus Club
T he legislature should gran t the
wishes of 8000 people, give a big
W e alw ays enjoy a visit to Sa
boost for a G reater O regon, and
T h e greeting received from Col.
perpetuate the nam e of a g rand lent, O regon's b eau tifu l capital
city. We like th e appearance o E. Hofer, of th e Salem ’C apital
old_ pioneer Oregon soldier-stab
logkr aim "Sound afginnctrr nett
county.
its buzziug street cars, its modern delegation, one h u n d r e d strong,
wholly on the affirmative side. I t 1
business houses, its pretty homes m arched in a body into the state
was evident th at these county seat
Sloan P. 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 p ark s and th e glad every m an the impression that
very strong argum ent upon the uu-
pareil, has shut up like an oyster hand received from her courteous their cau se is recognized as ju st
constitutionality of county division
on couuty division. Sloan I*, genial citizeus. T here is a re an d rig h t an d is rapidly w inning
m ust have heard of th a t 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 on every h and and progress Editor H ofer exclaim ed: “ W el­
Hon. J. M. W illiams, another ation of w ritten 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 coun­ question by A ttorney-G eneral C raw ­
of the W illam ette v alley’s most an d soul an d wish you success
ty seat of Eugene, m ade the ford an d Ju d g e Henry E . McGinn
Over one hundred north Doug sitely cities, and an ideal location your c a u se .”
second opposing
speech a u d of Portland, completely 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 kind, took i
N esm 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 I
boost W ednesday afternoon when
capitol in a body. W ill editors
the South Bohemia in reaching th e opposition an d set them hope |
A delegation of about 100 men
Kates and W im berly of Roseburg, left Cottage Grove for Salem W ed­ a delegation of the leading people Cottage Grove by way of the North lessly adrift. If the com m ittee’s!
please set up and ta k e notice? nesday to appear before the house of C ottage G rove an d vicinity— U tnqua an d Roseburg, he too, over report is to lie prom pted by the
fully 100 strong— m arched into the
“ H andful of Cottage G rove office com mittee on counties an d m ake
looking the former statem ent that preponderance of argum ent, a fa- j
seekers,” eh, boys? N ay, nay, strong effort in b eh alf of creatin g state house iu a body and took ow ing to the fact th a t no road or vorable report will be m ade at!
seats in the house. It is proposed
Pauline!
trail exists from Roseburg to the once.
the new county. Men from the
to d etach portions of L ane and
Mr. Edw ards, of D rain, said I
Bohemia mines th e ballot boxes
northern jxirtion of D ouglas and
D ouglas counties an d create the
T he Oregonian, usually right in
aud all travel to th a t m ountain pre­ he adm ired the splendid organized |
also from Creswell are at the
its editorial comment, displayed its
new county of N esm ith with C ot­
cinct is forced to pass in through effort being p ut forth by South |
capitol and will go on record fav o r
tage G rove as the county se at.—
woeful ignorance of the topogra­
Cottage G rove—another flat con­ Lane an d North D ouglas citizens
iug the new division. T h e whole
Salem Statesm an.
phy of Lane couuty in a brief edi­
tradiction. lie also laid great stress for th e creation of Nesmith county,
delegation
is w eariug badges
torial W ednesday advocating the
upon the long, narrow appearance but thought we were unjust in a sk ­
printed iu large letters "N esm ith
Amend
th
a
t
new
couuty
division
division or Lane county by the
the proposed nam e for the county. bill, or strik e out the clause requir of Lane county should N esm ith lie ing for any D ouglas couuty te rri­
very im practical north and south
—Oregonian.
ing a 25 per cent vote iu the old created, b ut forgot to say a n y th in g tory, regardlessof the fact th a tse v -j
division line proposition, a hobby
large, unw ieldy counties, an d it about the n atu ral topography of eral of his D ouglas friends had
of the Eugene Register. H as the
We wonder w hat the Roseburg would becom e a reasonable bill the county requiring such a divi­ spoke in favor of the division aud
big daily beeu subsidized by the
papers thinks now about the N es­ aud the le a d e r m ight possible ett sion and rendering such a divisiou scores of people residing in N orth
county seat ringsters?
m ith couuty “ schem e” being dorse it. Otherwise, never, as old absolutely the only p ractical one D ouglas h ad petitioned to be a d ­
counties fight these progressive
m itted into th is new eoipity te rri­
T he opposition to the creation of backed only by a han d fu ll of C ot­ county creation m easures to al lie also forgot to call attention to
tory.
H e said they had no more
the
fact
th
at
Marion
county,
in
tage
Grove
office
seekers,
since
most a m an, through selfish and
N esm ith county before the house
assurance th a t C ottage G rove would
which
is
located
th
e
state
capitol,
over
100
prom
inent
citizens
of
jealous
m
otives
wholly.
com mittee on counties W ednesday
in w hich this debate occurred, is as be more fair, just and liberal in the
eveuiug at Salem, was both weak uorth Douglas and south Lane ap ­
long
au d twice as narrow an d more distribution of county funds th an
Medford
has
introduced
a
reso
peared
iu
a
body
before
the
com
­
an d lame, not from the fact that
1 lit ion at Salem, entering the race unshapely th an Lane would b? a f­ Roseburg and Eugene have been.
m
ittee
on
counties
at
Salem
W
ed­
the Eugene and Roseburg e x ­
with Portland for the removal of
He m aintained th at a county
ponents were incom petent or u n ­ nesday eveuiug an d 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
favorable
report
from
th
at
com
­
qualified for the task, but simply
am using to read their respective
south of Drain, m aking, of course,
practical
ow
ing
to
th
e
topography
m
ittee
on
the
Nesm
ith
county
bill.
claim
s
for
"
th
e
most
central
loca­
from the fact th a t 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 at one of the country em bodied in Marion
occupies a position in the extrem e county.
the selfili m otive of his arg u m en t
H
e
also
tried
to
m
ake
with
the
Nesmith
hosts.
on w hich to base au argum ent.
south the other the extrem e n o rth ­ capital ag ain st N esm ith by citing was q u ite apparent.
They simply got skinned and had
ern p art of th e state.
It was all in all a decisive vic­
G
eneral
Gomez
was
in
a
u
g
u
ra
t­
to the fact th at County Ju d g e Cris-
their hides tanned by the north
ed president of C uba T h u rsd ay
tory for Nesmith before both the
m
an,
Dr.
Scarbrough
and
Mr.
It will not lie m an slau g h ter to
D ouglas and south L ane cham p­ and the American troops were
shoot a hum an being for a deer in Hetiderer, th e two latter gentlem en H ouse com mittee W ednesday even
ions for Nesm ith county.
w ithdraw n front the island.
the woods of Oregon. T his was being residents of the proposed ing an d the S enate com m ittee
decided by the senate when it in ­ N esm ith county, are nam ed in our ' T hursday evening, which coin-
definitely p o std a te d the A braham bill as a com mittee to m ak e final mittees will meet in joint con
bill by a vote of 15 to 14.
adjustm ent of conntv affairs in case fereuce today, but their report on
of
division, this being unjust, he the bill m ay not be m ade for a few
? " * of
» » P « o m c n l n l farrners. w h o p „ , < r r r n
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
i days, tim e I icing required to ex-
» ( w o t . c l o . o n h i , c o w an,I t e l her i h . v , n « .
H i , th eo ry
says, from the fact th a t Nesm ith I amine, maps, petition rem onstrance
! h* ' '* d ,d n '
" l ’ »t the COW ate , o Io n « a , , h r
•»■•led.
I he question« ol di«estm n and nourishm ent had
has two representatives to L an e 's a«d other docum ents
D e p a rtm e n t of th e In te rio r,
Boi en*er*<l «"to h it calculation«.
U. 8. I-line Office nt Itian'liiirK. O re one on this com m ittee. In view
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V BP f
I t ’» owly ■ " te n d e rfo o t" farm er that w ou ld fry auch
Nov. 21, lints.
" U redardleaa of
* T ,” ' B u * ’"■"T *
feed, kim-
N otice 1« h ereb y given
t h a t of the strict honesty an d integrity
rL
01 d i< « * " ° " and n u tritio n . H e m ,«h t almost . . w ell cat .h u v -
JO H N C H .\III,K B KICK 1.1
of the three gentlem en nam ed, his
of S a g in a w , O regon, who on N ov.
w J a k " t ■ h > T ■ i ««*—
. . h* of .2
!* o - r « . h“
^
**"*"
"
,h « tmpa.red
M M M th
the
n . of difeation
and nutrition
are
point
or argum ent along this line j
21, i n s , m a d e llinlier o r s to n e e n try .
“ d the m *n
,h *
Of dyspepsia and the a«ome> of nervouaM aa.
No. 624-11, fo r th e N W o f NK>. fell decidedly flat. In fact, our j
Section 18, T o w n sh ip 20 S, R an g e 2
Z?
1 * " .!* * • » • • • « * . ta r ta r * r* e a c tiv ity a t th e ar-
W, W illa m e tte M eridian, has tiled friends, the enemy, done as well i
¡f.
i ! * ! ! “ * * - * ^ a a tr ttla a mma » ra c e am ta r marram.
notice o t in te n tio n t o m ak e ttnnl as could be expected of men who j
tlr n m S S lfZ ’ *
" • * • * • ! Dlaamrary. I t la mm am-
If yon tun e .-lest or persons! prperty
ra m r a y . mmd a am tarn camtHamca a t p h n lc la m a ma
p ro o f to e e tn b li« h claim t o th e lan d
for sale, leave >onr descrip­
*■ '* • aralaa ml taam mama* a* a ir a h r It* am*.
a b o v e d e scrib ed , before R e g iste r a n d had no grounds for au argum ent to
tion and price witli
Receiver a t K neehurg, O regon, on commence with and were on the I
**»
T
* • * « • ' 18*00r a r y ’ i , . tem perance m edi-
the 10th d a y of A pril. 1000
•*“ £ __ » eontama neither intoxicant» no r nareotiea, and is as free from alcohol
ALTA
KING, at the bridge
wrong
side
of
a
fair
and
just
cause.
C la im a n t nam e« a s w itnesses .
aa from op iu m , eocaine and other d a n fe rm ,. d n ifa . A ll m fredienta printed on
COTTAGE GROVE, ORIi.
H enry M yers. C h a rle s P h lllip v , Eugene and R oseburg's paid attor
oR MUfitwi np|0M7•
P erry C ssteel J . O J n r r e tt, all of
Ha era wafea r a s r a t i t r i t h , rmmmimr
D o n ’t let a dealer delude yon lo r hit o w n profit. T h e re ia no —
i„ -
nevs certainly got up ag ain st the lha
S a g in a w , O regon.
Ucla la r a a r a r a a a n y 111 «• re a r
liv e r and blood " ju a t . . < o o d " . . T m l d « , M edical I h a c ^ T ”
42-52 B hw m m ix L . K i * d V, R egister.
.
.
.
.
real Uliug. T he preponderance of I c a s v s r a s c is «
The Tenderfoot Farmer
R e c i t a l Beg in s a t 8 P. M.
A d m is s io n , P o p u la r
COME A ND BRING Y O U R F R I E N D S
P ric e s
Exactly What Too Wait
IN T H E L IN E O F
Family Groceries, New Dry Goods
Fine Laces and Embroideries
Ladies' and Gents Shoes
AT
JOHNSON’S STORE
r T iM
L A n m a H H H H n B n n H i
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.
W atch for our announce­
ment later. In the m ean­
time remember w e are
H eaipartm for Hardware
COTTAGE GROVE
FLOUR
MILLS
A ll K i n d s of
M ill F eed
Granin
a n d Hay
C H A S . M A T T H E W S , P ro p rie to r.