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About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1909)
I f yovj L ik e TH E LEADER B o o s t fo r i t I f n o t. S e n d y o u r C riticis m to th is P a p e r. A d vsrtlM In TH E LEADER T h i. I , W h tl B r in « B u .I n . . . and itvM ■ha P apa. Lila. P U B LISH ED S E M I -W E E K L Y M S ^ “ * 1* * COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH a, 1909. ¡ C a a ~ .ld .U d J a n u a r , . . ,9 0 « . GOVERNOR GIVES REASONS FOR VETOING COUNTY BILL Under its Unfair Provisions the Creation of a New County in Western Oregon Would Have Been Practically Impossible (P O R T L A N D JOURNAL*) “ Section 1 o f the act in question Salem, Or., Feb. 26.— All the provides that when a petition is legislation of the twenty-fifth leg filed to form a new county, if it islature has now been through the apjiears that such new county has governor’s hands. In all, he has an assessed valuation o f at least vetoed S3 bills, 17 before the ses $2,500,000 and that 75 pier cent of sion adjourned and the remainder the lands proposed to be included this week. in said new county shall be out because the requirements of side o f any forest reserves, mili Senator Bingham's county division tary, Indian or other reservations, bill were too drastic and practically and if it shall appear that 75 per precluded the possibility o f creat cent of the land remaining in the ing any new counties, Governor original county or counties after Chamberlain stamped his disap the formation o f such new county proval on the bill and returned it shall be outside o f any forest re to the senate. The bill is the re serve, military, Indian or other sult of the attempt to create the reservations, it shall be the duty county of Nesmith. of the county court to submit the Nesmith county, or the question of the formation of the district from which Nesmith new county to a vote of the county was to be created, people. had .no representation in the legislature and not sat isfied with effectually killing the county creation bill, the legislature attempted by the passage of this bill to fore stall any future attempts to create Nesmith county, either by the initiative method or by future petition to the leg islature. Regarding th e measure the governor says: “ The provisions of the bill are so drastic that if it should become a law it would be impiossible to create any new county under the terms and provisions thereof, par ticularly in a state where such a large area thereof is included with in forest, Indian and other reserva tions. “ I question very much if any county in the state, par ticularly those bordering alone the east and west sides of the Coast and Cas cades mountain ranges, could ever be divided if this bill becomes a law. Many of the counties arc too large now and reasonable oppor tunity should be given the people to form new counties wherever this is necessary and it is better that the law remain as it is than that it be made impossible where necessary to form new coun ties out of one or more of those already created,” con cluded the governor. POULTRY SHOW AT RAVING MANIAC THE SEATTLE EXPOSITION RESULT OF HAZING Portland, Feb. 27.— Ralph Bris tol, a student of the University of Oregon is alleged to be violently and hopelessly insane as the result of a hazing last winter which fol lowed his tardy appiearance at breakfast at the university where certain students, it is alleged had made agreements to haze late coiners. Bristol was forced into a tub of ice water and held there until his senses left him. He never recovered from the shock and was brought to Portland for treatment. He esc a pied from his attendants during the storm of January and was found wandering about several days later a violent maniac. No hope o f recovery. It is alleged that five students or more are involved. It is about time that the Oregon poultrymen were getting together on the question o f the Alaska- Yukoti fair. Oregon has as good birds as can be found on the Pa cific coast and it would be a pity if they allowed the big Seattle fair to go without a large exhibit from the “ W ebfoot” state. II. A. Whitney, the noted jxmltry super intendent o f St. Paul, Minnesota, has been selected as the assistant superintendent for the big show and with such an able assistant as J. L. Anderson, its a “ cin ch ” that everything will be done that will go to make this exhibition the big event in pxmltry for 1909. Washington has agreed to dupli- cate all first prizes won by the Washington pxiultrymen on Wash ington raised birds and the Alaska- Yukon fair commission will pay all express charges on birds in Washington for the pxiultrymen to and from the big Seattle fair. The entries for Seattle will close August 27, 1909, and the birds must be in Seattle September 27, at 6 o ’clock p. m. The following are the prizes for the Alaska-Yukon fair: Single birds $4 first, $2.50 second, $1 third. Pens $10 first, $6 second, $3 Those who are fearful lest the third, very highly commended, highly commended a n d com walnut orchard business will be mended. overdone will no doubt be quite re The entry fees are as follows: assured otherwise when it is an nounced that the I'uited States im- Single bird, $1; piens, $4. When you want information, jx>rted 20,490,147 pxiunds of wal premium list and entry blanks, nuts from Europe in 1905, the write to J. L. Anderson, Superin latest figures at hand, but which tendent of Poultry, Seattle, Wn. importations are increasing every If you are a Washington breeder year according to the figures and o f poultry and want to enter for repxrrts of the chief of the bureau the Washington prizes on Wash o f statistics, Department of Com ington raised birds, write to Harry merce and Labor, Washington, D. H. Collier, Tacoma. For informa C. With this deficiency in our pro tion about other Washington ex hibits, write W. A . Ilaltemau. duction of nuts, and an ever in Executive Commissioner, Burke creasing and varied use of this Block. Seattle, Wash. nutritive and wholesome delicacy, SAFE INDUSTRY San Francisco, Feb. 26.— In or der that his wonderful discoveries may be more generally distributed and incidentally that his work of discovery may not be hampiered by business worries, the brains and genius o f Luther Burbank, the plaut wizard, has been capitalized for several million dollars. The men who have secured the sole right to distribute to the world the marvelous plaut discoveries of oamu ^ w w - mih ui cnisx <iii7 i laruand Law and Herbert E. Law, million aires of this city and Oscar E. Dinner, a wealthy eastern cajiital- ist. There is no limit to the rights which these men have secured e x cept as to one or two small con tracts which Burbank is now ful filling. W orking alone Burbank has not had the time to give the results o f all his experiments to the world but now a systematic effort will be made to distribute both the past and future products to the world. The company will be called, “ The Luther Burbank’s Products, Incorpxirated.’ ’ ABOUT AMERICA’S TELEPHONE COMPANIES To the national government, working through the dep artinent of commerce and labor, belongs the credit for having finally de termined the official facts in the long disputed question as to the relative size of the Bell and in dependent telephone interests of the United States. The government figures for 1907 show 3,132,063 Bell stations and here is great satisfaction in know ing that when you buy GROCERIES You are getting New, Fresh Stock of the best standard brands. IN SHOES W e can fit any foot and give you Style, comfort and durability. Cottage Grove Mercantile Co. Phone Main 6 4 3 — Our own Delivery. 2,986,515 independent stations or telephones. The independents have all along claimed over 4,000, 000 stations, or fully 33 per cent more than they actually have. With this very important adjust ment made, an adjustment which the government statisticians ob viously could not make, it will be found that instead of the Bell companies having but 145,000 more stations than the indepeu dents, the real figures are some thing like 4,000,000 for the Bell against 2,150,000 for the inde pendents, a ratio of nearly 2 to t . The significant feature of the rapid telephone development of the United States during the last five years has been this quiet, steady affiliation with the American Telephone system of 900,000 in dependent stations. As a result, thousands o f subscribers in the west have today what they have never before enjoyed,— the ad vantage of connection with the only national telephone sendee in the country, TAFT'S INAUGURATION. Programme ol Exercises on Thursday at Washington 10 a. m.— President and President-elect leave White House in opieti victoria drawn by four horses, escorted to Capitol by veterans. 10;30 a. m.— President goes to own room and signs bills. President-elect entertained in Vice-President’s room. 11:30 a. m.—James S. Slier _ _ _— tm > ..v Vice-President in S e n a t e chamber, oath being admin istered by Senator Frye of Maine, president pro tem- pxire of Senate. Immediately tile procession will move to east front of Capitol, where a stand will accommodate 7000. 12 noon— Oath of office will be administered to new President by Chief Justice of Supreme Court. President Taft will deliver inaugural address. Mr. Roosevelt will retire and leave for Oyster Bay. President Taft and Vice-President Sherman will ride to White House together. Luncheon at White House, followed by review of mili tary and civic parade. This moves at 2:45 o'clock . 6 p. m .— Conclusion of parade. 7:30 p. m.— Fireworks in o f White grounds south House. 10:30 p m.— President and Mrs. Taft lead grand march at inaugural ball in Pension building. from 9 to 14 cents per jxmnd.i’ (This Vrooman orchard near Santa Rosa, Cal., is the one whose output in nuts, scions, etc., was jiurchased by an Oregon concern for a term of 3 years.) SELECT T H E IN COnAGE GROVE PARK R I G H T SO IL . While walnuts do well on all soils, even rocky soil, they are grateful to kind treatment by planting in fairly rich soils, but there must be no hardpau. The subsoil must be loose and open, so the taproot can grow down as far as it desires, for as soon as it strikes hardpau, the tree stops An unkuowu man lying on the growing and of course lessens the nut crop. In fact it is suicidal to ground face downward, with his plant nut trees on soil underlaid throat cut from ear to ear and a with hardpan. large open pocket knife, the blade Willamette Valley is Ideal For Franquette Wal nut Orchards PLANT WIZARD IS INCORPORATED VOL. XX. NO. 46 Used Every Precaution to Prevent Identification. Was Well Dressed and Had Over $100 In His Pockets— Throat Cut H ARVESTING stained with blood, clutched tight A ND M A R K E T IN G OF WALNUTS. ly in his right hand, was the gast- The nuts should be allowed to remain on the tree until they are fully ripened. When gathering, it is considered a good method to go through the orchard, shaking every tree lightly in order to get only the ripe nuts; when through, repeat the operation from the pla'-e of beginning until the crop is gathered. This usually takes from three to four weeks, says No body’s. Care should be taken that nuts are taken out of the hull or outer shell, each day as gathered, washed and rinsed out throughly, then cure by spreading on trays in the sun or by artificial heat at from 100 to 115 degrees Fahren heit. When properly cured they will not turn rancid. Then store away in a cool dry, clean place until ready to sack up for market. If treated as above, the nuts will retain their clean, natural color, and the flavor be exquisite. T o prepare for market, use nut sacks; tC L UU passing them over a sized screen. ly discovery of two school children Ms Uf PLANT LATE HI.OOMING W A L N U T S . The uncertainty of a crop is often owing to the early blooming varieties planted, which start into growth at the first warm sjiell in the latter part of the winter and almost iuvariably this tender early growth is killed by frost. Hence the trees bear no fruit. Planting in the northwest, until recently, has been limited to a small area. There is needed a tree of strong distinct characteris tics, hardy, late to start into growth, and bearing a nut of good size and quality. These character istics the Franquette possesses to the highest degree. NORTH BEND GAMBLERS LOSE CASE ON APPEAL Salem, Or., Feb. 23.— In his first opinions rendered since he be came a full-fledged Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice W. R. King was the author today of six decisions, in which the decrees of Judge Hamilton, of the Circuit court for Coos county, are upheld and with our climatic conditions in the conviction of W. II. Short, Charles Bay, W . T . Cook, Davie almost perfect, our prospects as Clink, Frank Gardner, John Nas walnut growers are unexcelled. rg and William Ferry for gambl The Willamette valley is es ing, under section 1944 of the pecially and most fortunately adapted to this culture. On its code. The sole question of law involved was whether the act slopes and well drained fields the the legislature of 1903, grant nut trees will find ready suste the city of North Bend, Coos co nance, and in a decade will con ty, the regulation and control o! stitute the revenue of many a far gambling within its corpor seeing farmer: a good income for limits, repeals by implication old age. otherwise the statutory provision Unlike other fruit trees, whose size and quality of fruit invari and the effect of the decree o Appellate court, is that it doef ably degenerates as the tree passes since the offense was recog] a certain age, the nut tree bears heavier crops as it attains greater at common law and a city ch age. In Spain and the south of does not affect the general France there are trees believed to upon the subject. be over .100 years old which bear from fifteen to eighteen bushels of nuts each, annually. Central and northern California are just waking up to the fact that no better walnuts have ever lieen- produced than those grown right here, and from one large orchard of the Franquette ( Vrooman grove) the nuts have so far, brought 18 to 20 cents per pound or even more, by the ton, when walnuts from anywhere else were selling at in the Cottage Grove city park a few blocks east of the depot late Friday evening. The city officers were notified and immediately took charge of the body which had evi dently l>eeii cold in death for from 12 to 24 hours. Coroner Gordou was notified by telephone of the finding of the Ixxly and he came up to Cottage Grove on the 9:35 train that night to make an investigation. He found that the man was between forty and forty-five years of age, was of sandy complexion, weight about 180 pounds and five feet, seven inches tall. He had abso lutely nothing on his person that would lead to his identification, and took every effort to prevent his name from being known. The place on his hat band where his name was supposed to be stamped was cut out and there was not a scrap of paper on his jierson ex cept a business card o f a painting check given him by the conductor on the train. In his pocket was a pnrse con taining $101.75 in money. He carried an open-faced silver watch, a cork screw, a small pocket comb and a few other little things. He wore a pair of ivory cuff buttons with the monogram “ A. T . C ." engraved on each. These letters, perhaps, were his initials. The man was well dressed, wearing a good suit of clothes of brown, and an expensive Stetson hat. The man when found lay face downward on the ground, witli a large pocket knife tightly clasped in his right hand and with a ghast ly wound in his neck. He had plunged the knife perhaps two inches into one side of his throat, and drew it with great force to the other side, both jugular veins be ing severed. He evidently did the deed with awful desperation, as the wound showed that he made several slashes with the dull knife against the “ Adam's apple” be fore passing to the other side of the throat. The card found in the man's pocket was from the Metropolitan Painting Co., of Oakland, Cal., Coroner Gordon will communicate with this firm in an endeavor to establish the man’s identity. He will also try to get some informa tion about him from the railroad men. It was decided not necessary to hold an inquest over the body. From the fact that the man had the hat check, it is presumed that he was not destined to Cottage Grove, but decided to get off here on his way north from California and commit the deed away from anyoue who knew him. D E A D MAN I D E N T I F I E D The liody o f the suicide has been embalmed and is held for identification at the undertaker’s parlors, hut mystery still surrounds the case. Tw o strangers appeared in this city Monday and asked per mission to view the corpse and one of the parties claimed to identify deceased as Jack Moorley of Guth rie, Okla. The parties say he left a wife aud five children and hav ing had trouble with his wife, he deeded her his farm and consider able money and came West. In doing some trading at the stores here, Moorley displayed a pocketbook having a number of pieces of paper money, so it is said by j* ffiw only silver and gold remaining. He was thought to have been seen on the streets here Wednesday prior to his discovery in the park Friday evening. The parties identifying him claim he was a prominent man in Guthrie, serving as Chief Clerk o f the Senate of that state and hold ing other prominent positions. Not a great deal of credence is placed in this identification, but the officers are probing the case and will get into communication with Guthrie parties. SETTING OUT ORCHARD NEAR COTTAGE GROVE J. I. Jones has the holes dug and the ground well prepared to receive 600 fine Lambert cherry trees, 400 winter pear trees and several hundred peach trees, on the west slope of his farm just out side o f the city limits on the south. He set 25 acres to choice winter apples on an adjoining tract last spring. The soil and his location is ideal for fruit and he will have some fine orchards one of these days. H ats m H a lats M e n s H a t S B o ys H a t s Sweet Peas \Ve have just received a larj; assortment of the lies! known var eties of very fancy sweet pea sec from Portland Seed Co. We would advise all who ai going to plant sweet peas for tli e annual fair to lie given some tim this spring to call early as jxissihl and take advantage of the lar* assortment before the best varietii are gone. 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