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
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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.