J0II1 INSTITUTE OF THE WOMANS’ CHRISTIAN
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TEMPERANCE UNIONS OF LADE «ND OOOGUS
D o n ’t S a y B A N K , S e .y
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FIRST NHTIONHL BHNK
OK COTTA*)K U K O YK .
CAPITA I.
S U R P L IS
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P R O FIT S
$
45 , 000.00
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AN»
GROW ING
LARGER
W liy d o n 't y o u p rotect y o u r Deeds, Nolen, ninl M o rtg ag es, Con
tra c ts . T u * Iteceipte, me I i Hirer V.dimli'e Fiiponi, K eepsake Je w e lry .
E t c ., Iroin P IK E «ml HI’ IM L A K 8 Iry renting o u e o ( our
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS— Thai’s Wise, Too.
.Imu In stalled .
Come null flee T h em .
T h e First N ational B a n k
T h e O ld R e lia b le .
t
N ^ V r«A «SA .W
COTTAGE GROVE LEADER.
Alimo, ” Mrs. Compton, Cottage
Grove.
Offering, Mrs. Anna Richards,
Drain.
Auuouuceuients,
Benediction,
Rev. Elkins.
The VV. C. T . U. joint institute
for Lane and Douglas counties will
be held at Cottage Grove Feb. 11
aud Id, 1909.
Come prepared to take part iu
the discussion of each subject.
All sessious held iu Christian
church. Everyone cordially in
vited to all sessious.
Grand gold medal contest Fri
day evening.
You protect fou r home from I)r»* l>.t lnmirliig It—THAT'S WiSE.
for the law ami cotntnou ilecettcy
T u s .f f B .v s w a ff F r i d a y s .
j should cost this fellow his seat in
TUK I.KADl K 1*11 HI.ISH I NtJ CO. (la r .) ; the house, if by no other means,
j the invoking of the recall law. In
C o . n n c s A H c J iia il.i.K ,
-
Editor»
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_____ the face of these facts a vote in
■ n terM »1 theCottage Drove postoaier as tee -1 the
house of .13 against the
nmt-ctaaa matter.__________ measure, 31 votes being required to
defeat it, or a bare margiu of two
s u u s cii I rr io n It AT KM
votes, was a remarkable good
m ouths
W eek ly, c u e year, fl.a o .
SEMI W EEKLY.
showing and very eucouragiug for
•
ma
One Year
1 .no I the ultimate success of the meas
Mix Months
.75
Three Mom is
I ure when submitted to a vole of
j the people in 1910. The Cottage
C O T T A G E G R O V E . O REGO N
already
Located on th e upper W illa m e tte River j Grove Commercial club
144 m iles south of Portlan d on S ou th ern Pa
steps in this direc-
cific and Oregou 8c South Eastern R ailroads, I have taken
•opulatiou 2500; tw o l>anks; pub lic aud high
*hools. five ch u rch es: water, ligh t anil sew I lion, it not being proposed to allow
'
sy ste m s;cre a m e ry ; flour m ill; tw o b rick
handful of corrupt, |>eaiiut
yards: saw m ills; wood w ork fa cto ry , m atch 1 a
fa cto ry : steam laundry aud th e L e a d e r .
I politicians, representing the old
I 0U STRIES AND RESOURCES.
I county seat rings to defeat such a
G reat forests of lim lie r trib u tary to C ollage
G rove; fifteen saw m ills ; th ree s h in g le m ills, I just, meritorious and progressive
w ithiu a ratlius of 15 m iles. H eadquarters
fo r Pohem ia gold m ines and b lack Hull«*
measute. Let our slogan lie, Nes-
q u icksilv er m in es: valleys aud foot-h ills
w ell adapted to fru it growiug. farm ing and I mith countv 1910.
d airying. F o r in form ation regarding this
MRS. EVA C. WHEELER.
iVagram.
T H U R S D A Y AFTKKNOON.
2:00 Organization, ippoiutmeut i
of committees, courtesies, press,
l>eriodicals, membership, finance.
2:.U)— Praise service, Mrs. T a
bor, Cottage Grove.
8:00— Mother’s meeting, Mrs J .
A. Richmond, Springfield.
Reception.
EVENING.
8:00— Praise service? Mrs. J . J
Richmond, Springfield.
8:30— Welcome address, Mrs. I
A. Baker, Cottage Grove.
Response, Mrs. Hadly, Rose-
burg
Special music, solo.
Address — “ Temperance a u d
Good Citizenship," Mrs. Ida F .
Marsters, president of Douglas
great country su b scrib e for the L e a d e r .
county, also State Recording See-
F R ID A Y m o r n i m g .
j 9:00— Devotiouals, Mrs. M. F.
Hon. R. M. Veatch, J . I*. Spray, retary.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY X, 1909.
Music— Selected.
'.Gates, Roseburg.
! A. B. Wood and Fred Russell
work,
Reading— “ The Defense of the! 9:4.S— Sunday School
! have returned home from Salem
! where they done valiant work for
THE WAY THEY DONE IT.
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| Nesmith county, against tremeud-
timber exhibit than Eugene, a far)
Do you know that wheu you
The citizens of south Lane and I ous od<L*’ south U ,,e * * * * * whol,y lietter poultry exhibit and can reach the conclusion that the town
north Douglas countv, while hav-i with‘,,,t representation in either
produce just as fine a display of or community in which you live is
iug lost by a small margin, their j 1,ouse' > et ,he above " amed fruit, vegetables and live stock. ! not about the best iu the world, so
measure for the creation of N es-! Rentlemen together with Attorney
Build up home interests and let far as you are concerned, it is time
mith county
county from
from a a portion
portion of
o f !->’ S.'Medley, Chas. Burkholder
Eugene
do likewise.
for you to move? Lots of people
south Lane and north Douglas, in ! and G. L. Rees convinced a num
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other states are reaching that
the Oregon legislature, can heartily ber of members of the committee
The Commercial club will meet conclusion and thousands of them
on
counties
and
twenty
members
congratulate themselves upon the
tu a few days to devise ways and are coming to. Oregon. Once lo-
splendid showing made, and the of the house, including the honor meatis to bring the proposition of | cated here most of them will soon
large following which was won I able speaker, that our bill was just creating Nesmith county to a ref-1 fie convinced that this is “ the best
over to their cause under the most and in every way meritorious and ereudum vote of the people in ] place on earth.”
that Nesmith county should be
adverse circumstances. In this
1910. The necessary committees'
campaign we have not only caused ! createt • • ,s> 1111 e t,lie of all the will be appointed and a vigorous
Cottage Grove aud south Lane
Eugene, Roseburg and the two old | op^ s,U° u °,f lhe cheap peanut’ early campaign will be planned.
j pin head politicians of Lane and
county has just about as much
counties effected, but the en tire!1
the s t u f f .
“ Nesmith
| Douglas, is a very encouraging T h at’s
representation in the county com
state, to set up and take notice.
1910,” whoop!
-» n u n ., W rS m ,
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v m
i II<r
g altfUCiUlV.
a u n w m g . jl
a l n l d ^ a l VOte
missioners a1*11111 alu* 'lh e ad-
thanks from the people o r SUtcru
gressive representatives, inclu d in g !0
Grant B. Dimick, republican ■—iw tr^tion cP county affajrg a#
Speaker McArthur, stood loyally, Lane is tlue the gentlemen named county judge of Clackamas couu she has n n t n i’Oregon legislature.
' above for their strenuous, efficient
It is high time our people are
by the measure on the floor of the
ty, is a well known politician of
aud
untiring
labors
in
the
interests
waking
up to their interests.
house, and a number of the mem ,
the Willamette valley and comes
Gentlemen,
bers of the committee on counties
from one of the oldest family of
reçoguized the justice of our cause1| you have fought a good fight, in pioneers, the Ditnicks having
The taxpaying season opens
and the meritorious features of
no one could have accomplished
settled near Hubbard in 1847. again on Monday aud this is the
our measure aud stood loval to the more Umler ,hc tryi" K «»favorable He announces himself for gover time when the average citizen rea
end, and had it not been for therenditions. The
Leader con- nor.
lizes that he is pay iug a mighty
treachery of Chairman Greer and | « ra‘ u]»te* V°« heartily upon the
high price for all the public service
another member of the committee, i fine showing made, and here’s for
he is getting from Eugene. We
What
is
the
matter
with
Rep
success in 1910.
who after openly expressing sym-1
resentative Libbey, of Jefferson, must have the liugene ring,' but it
pathy for our cause, turned traitors 1
Marion county? He’s alright. is a pretty expensive luxury.
Editor Hofer, of the Journal, is
at the elereuth hour, our bill
Nothing too good for the honorable
would have been returned to the very much exercised over the pro gentleman in south Lane and
It has been reported rejieatedly
house with a favorable recoin position sprung to move the state north Douglas, and the liberty of that the county court is a subscrib
mendation. The action of certain fair from Salem to Portland, and the city of Cottage Grove is his er to the Eugene booster fund.
inemljers of this committee were says it is a scheme to knock Salem. any old time.
This matter should be investigated
such as to arouse suspicious of a Funny how quick some fellows are
and if untrue all well aud good,
most sensational character, es to kick wheu things of that sort
The Roseburg Review is advoca but if true, the taxpayers should
pecially, when it was so well come home to them.— Eugene ting the subdivision of more of the raise a little— Cain.
known that a certain Lane county Register. The Register has no big farms. Why not subdivide
representative had laid himself grounds for chiding the Journal, more of the big Oregon counties?
T h e Leader from this day hence
liable to forfeiting his seat in the for it will be remembered that the It’s exactly the same proposition, forth is agin’ every Eugene pro
house hv attempting to intimidate Register favored the Hood river both being a move toward the position in any way deriving sup
and coerce his colleagues who county division proposition, but as realization of a greater t iregou.
port or patronage from south Lane
were known to favor the creation to Nesmith— “ funny how quick
j county. Past this in your hat, ye
of Nesmith countv, including Rep !* ° me f,,llo'vs wil1 k ilk whcn U,i" KS
It is stated that Eugene was knockers adainst a progressive
resentative
Miller of lackson ° f tllal sort colue llll,ne 1 0 tlle m ” able to purchase the defeat of the and greater Oregon.
That falshood, misrepresentation,
Nesmith county proposition in the
intimidation, coercion, aud pos 1 Sjieaker McArthur voted in legislation, hut she will not l>e
The Leader more strongly favors
sibly, bribery, was employed by I favor of llle creation of Nesmith able to bribe the people of the the initiative and referendum than
the Lane atid Douglas delegations county in the house Wednesday whole state of Oregon iu 191(1.
ever before. It is the ouly way
in the legislature aud the county l ^ 1' Speaker every one of the
for the people to overcome the dil
South Lane will work some atory and corrupt practices of the
seat ring representatives from Hu
l>cople of south Lane aud
geue aud Koseburg to defeat the llortl* Douglas county acknowledge politics in 1910. so far as Lane legislature and get just and reme
Nesmith county measure, is an un vv' dl thanks the high compliment county is concerned, in which re dial legislation.
deniable fact. A Lane couuty and congratulate you upon your publicans, democrats, socialists
menilter of the house openly fair, littéral and progressive policy, aud prohibitionists will unite
Bingham. Beau, Calkins aud
threatened to defeat any measure principles and methods manifested solidly.
Eaton are the gentlemen who mis
introduced
b y
Representative thr°ugliout this entire session of
represented south Lane couuty in
Well, Eugene will get another
Miller of Jackson, no matter how the legislature. You have proven
the legislature, It's a long lane
year’s taxes from south Lane and
meritorious, if he did not chauge the right matt in the right place.
that has no turn.
is correspondingly happy. That
his favorable attitude toward the
Boost for the Cottage Grove dis is all she cares Tor.
Bean of l.ane, was assigned as
Ngsmith county measure, aud trict fair to be held this fall. We
a
committeeman to visit the peni
surh brazen effrontery, disregard can put up a lietter mineral and
Two weeks- more of the legisla
tive session. 1’rom now on it will tentiary. His release from that
lie one grand rush for the "pork institution should be “ indefinitely
postponed. ' ’
barrel," Watch it.
Patriotism
TTw •totnach ¡a a larger (actor in " life, liberty and the par
ent« of happineae" than moat people are aware. Patriotism
ean withstand hunger but not dyapepaia. The confirmed dye-
peptic ‘ ia fit lor treeaon. atratagems slid apoila.’’ The men
.A°*a to the front lor hia country with e weak itomach
wilj be l week soldier and i fault tinder
, A aotand atomach makea lor good citizenship aa welt aa for
health and happineae.
Dieeaeei of the atomach and other organa of digeation and
nutrition are promptly and permanently cured hy lhe nee of
o p
. w n w r a
II M / d a up
••If«# m uscle.
u o ld em
r»e * o d r
m e Dim m l o im m o v e m r.
w /r*
eoara d
turn* am*
The denier who offers a auhatilute tor the " D iroorery " ia
anly reeking to make the Htlle more profit rraliaog oa the
eole of leaa meritorioua preparation»
I»r. P ierce’» Common Seaae Mediant Adviuar ia rant jrM
on receipt of atampa to pay eapenee ol mailing an A. Send
21 one-cent atampa for the paper covered hook, or .11 atampa
lor I ha cloth hound. Addrccu World*» Diapeoaury Medical
Aaaociution, R . V . Pierce. M. D , President. Buffalo, N . Y .
Several of them won’t go back ; We have lieen boosting for Hu-
next time, but that won’t pay the ; STue long enough. I-et’s boost al-
bills they are piling up on the tax- [together a while for south Lane
payers now.
j and Cottage Grove.
State Superintendent, Mrs. llos-
mer, Irving.
10:00— “ Y ” work Miss Maud
Ashworth, Roseburg.
10:1 A—Social aud Red Letter days,
Mrs. Humphreys, Goshen.
10:30— How may we increase
our membership, Mrs. Edwards,
Drain.
11.00— L. T. h„ Mrs. Richards,
Drain.
Announcements, noontide prayer
adjournment.
M IN C H A T C 1 II R C 1I.
l:3i>— Devotiouals, Mrs. Baber,
June)ion City.
1:45— ( )ur Periodicals, Mrs. A.
J / Buchanan, Roseburg.
2:00— Training of our children
from a physicians standpoint, Dr.
Lucetta Smith, Roseburg. Dis
cussion Dr. Kathriue Schleef, Cot
tage Grove.
2:45— Our Slogan, Mrs. C. A.
Day, Pmgene.
3:30— How can we best get in
touch with our teachers?, Mrs.
Bishopl Youcalla. Response, Supt.
Barnes, Cottage Grove.
A $4,000,000 legislature is “ go
ing some" for Oregon.
Now, altogether
county in 1910.
for
Most of the good
young.
bills
If you have real or personal property
for sale, le.iv • yottr descrip
tion and price with
ALTA KING, at the bridge
co ttage g ro v e , o re .
02833616
He can m ake y e a r a b s tra cts , e a a m la s
the title ts y e a r property muff ffu y e a r
conveyancing
.
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MIKES I! HIT
Second Recital Was Well
Attended-Boosters
For Nesmith
IN S I C K N E S S
“ Summer hats will be again of
overwhelming size” is the message
that comes from the great millinery
centers of New Yorkxity aud gay
1’aris. “ Early spring hats will be
small compared with recent shapes,
but the summer models will be e x
pansive,” is another statement,
out of which some consolation
may be obtained by the sterner
sex who have to foot the bills.
it is very important that the medii ines
3011 use should be free from all adultera
tions, absolutely pure and carefully com
pounded.
OUR DRUGS
are all pure. IvacU anil every prescript
ion brought to us ia compounded with
the utmost care and skill. All sick
room requisites.
Benson’s Pharmacy
Cottage Grove. Oregon
(C O N C L U D E D FR O M P A G E O N E !
Roy Wheeler, was also a most ex-
cl1vut iiuuilz*.
The double male quartet “Going
Down the Valley” was the signal
for another encore.
In conclusion Th(P chorus “ Our
Country’s Flag” with flag drill
and unfurling of a great flag from
the ceiling in the back ground,
was a decided hit and fairly
brought down the house when a
great banner inscribed “ Nesmith
county” was unfurled during the
final chorus. Altogether the re
cital was a great success aud was a
fitting demonstration of the splen
did ability of Prof. Johnson and
his assistant as well as every stu
dent of this excellent educational,
institution.
Eiacilj What loo Want
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
Everything new and uo-to-date. Best brands and grades ot
Fresh Groceries. Country Produce bought and sold. Call and
see what a dollar will buy at W. C. JOHNSON ’S.
Our P et Affliction.
T h e y ’re off.
T h e leg isla tu res,
A ll over
T h is broad land.
W ise dubs
A re busy
M a k in g law s
T o beat
T h e G erm an band.
T h e statesm en .
P u re and sim ple.
A re going
N ig h t and day.
A nd when
T h e books
A re closed
W e ll h ave
N ew s ta tu te s to obey.
T h e ir m otives
A re th e purest.
F o r th a t
W e h av e th eir word.
O f g ra ft
And bribes
And boodle
T h e y ’ve n ot
S o m uch a s heard,
And only
O n Its m erits
A bill
W ill th ey d iscu ss—
•No th ou ght
O f th e ir ad v a n ta g e,
O r th a t's
T h e ir ta le to us.
T h e y th in k
T h a t sim ple sto ry
W ith ue
W ill m a k e a hit.
W e read It
Tn
W atch for our announce
ment later. In the mean
time remember we are
H p a rte n for Hardware
T h e papers.
And we
B e liev e I t —
~ = h
Nit
Safer.
N aturally.
“ I hear you are going to hare an air
The joke is the people put in the ship.”
Tam.”
very class of men who are dis
«0
«< they com er
%
Nesmith gracing the state.
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There will be things doing hi
die Cottage Grove this season from a
building standpoint.
The Poe cottage on Fordhain height», New York city, will he the scene of
Impressive ceremonies on Jan. 19 , the one hundredth anniversary of the hlrih
of the poet. The little cottage was occupied by Poe at the time of his w ife's
death and was associated with some of the most trying days of his stormy
and eventful life.
E V E N IN G .
Music, audience.
Devotiouals Mrs. L. Morris, Jiu-
gene.
Special music— Selected.
Grand gold medal contest.
Ladies quartette, Mesdames Van
Winkle, Thompson, Bruud, Con
ner.
“She talk, too much."
“Oh. no."
“ Don’t you think so?”
“No. If she didn't talk so much she j
might get busy and torn tip something
Our slogan should hereafter be: to talk about that would pull the house
’No party, no creed—south Ijm e, ffown"
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i
The people of south Lane and
north Douglas are going to rule,
even if they do have to referend. first, last and all the time.
EDGAR ALLAN POE AND COTTAGE WHERE CENTENARY WILL
BE CELEBRATED.
COTTAGE GROVE
FLOUR
MILLS
A ll K in d s of
M ill Feed
G rO k in
and H ay
Different.
“She la winsome*
"Different from him."
“ How different?’'
’’He didn’t winsome.”
C H A S . M A T T H E W S . P ro p rieto r.