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C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R EG O N , F R ID A Y , M ARCH 5, 1909
C o a . o l l d . l a d J a n u a r y 9. 1908
PRESIDENT TAFTS BRIEUANT
NAUGURAL CEREMONIES
An Immense Crowd Witnessed the Inauguration.
Synopsis of the New President’s Able
Inauguration Address
Washington, March 4.—William II. Taft of Ohio,
ami Janies S. Sherman, of New York, were inaugurated
at noon todaj- as president and vice president o f the
United States. The ceremonies of inauguration were ac­
complished with all due formality and finality, but under
the most unusual of conditions, owing to the terrific
blizzard which swept over the national capital, paralyz­
ing street car traffic, destroying communication with the
outside world, and bringing dismay to the thousands of
assembled visitors, who had gathered in anticipation of
the usual spectacular demonstration.
The main change made was in modifying the original
program so that the inaugural address, usually delivered
from the east portico of the capitol, was pronounced by
President Taft in the senate chamber. Mr. Taft was
sworn in as president at 12:55.
H alf an hour before Mr. T aft
repeated the solemn oath of office,
Jam es Schoolcraft Sherm an of
New York, was sworn in as Vice-
President, succeeding Charles W ar­
ren F airbanks of Indiana, who had
presided over the senate cham ber,
in w hich the ceremony took place,
for one term of four years.
T he sw earing in of the new pres­
ident took place a half hour after
noon in the senate cham ber.
Im m ediately following the cere­
mony, President T aft proceeded to
the W hite House to review the
colossal m ilitary and civic parade,
while ex-president Roosevelt went
to the Union Station, where he
took )1io train fo rk is old home at
Oyster Hay, to prepare for his
A frican hunting trip.
ciency of the arm y and Havy.
Respect for dem ands upon
foreign countries cannot be secured
w ithout a fighting force to back
them up.
States and m unicipalities should
not be allowed to deal w ith aliens
with respect to in tern atio n al tre a ­
ties.
Promise to establish a postal
savings bank should be fulfilled at
once.
Sacred duty of elevating the
negro should be performed, but
appointm ents will not be m ade
th a t would have a tendency to in ­
cite race feeling.
Power of the courts to issue in-
juue'ioiis in labor disputes is not
to lie disturbed, b ut abuses of the
practice are to be remedied.
O A T H TA K IN G CEREMONY.
BALT. IS CULMINATING FEATURE.
In ta k in g the oath of office, Mr.
T aft repeated these words slowly
and distinctly after Chief Justice
F uller:
“ I do solemnly sw ear that 1 will
faithfully execute the office of
President of the United States,
and will, to the liest of my ability,
preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution of the United S tates.”
A second later the crowd saw
Mr. T aft press his lips to the Holy
Hook.
W hen the throng in the Senate
had finished shouting, which it
did not do until its m ultitudinous
throat was good and raw an d
weary from the exercise, President
T aft stepped to the front of the
stand and began the delivery of
his inaugural address.
President an d Mrs. T a ft were
the centers of interest at the cu l­
m inating feature of the day —the
inaugural ball iu the
Pension
Huilding. T h e scene iu the c a v ­
ernous building, w hich had been
transform ed into a canopied court
of ivory and white, was another of
the brilliant pictures q u adrennially
painted here by th e gath erin g of a
vast and brilliant assem blage from
every section of the country.
W ith all the color and movement
of a m ilitary spectacle, with the
softening influence of delicately
tinted gowns and the interest of a
personnel seldom equalled at a
social function, th e in au g u ral ball
holds a place uniq u e in th e history
m aking of the day.
Music was furnished by the
F K A T U R K S OK WM. T A F T ' S S H K E C H M arine baud an d th e M inisters’
W ill enforce the Roosevelt re­ orchestra, the former varying its
prom enade selections of “ H ail to
forms.
E x tra session of Congress to be the C hief” with the “ S tar Spangled
called to consider tariff revision.
B anner.”
Continue to increase the effi­
D ancing was indulged in as the
There 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 643— Our own Delivery.
TWO BIG FIRMS
THE CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
Wynne Hardware Co. and
Spray & Co. is Now
Spray-Wynne Co.
Mass Meeting Called For Wednesday Evening, March
10th For the Purpose of Nominating a
hours progressed, hut this was im ­
im portance and benefit to Cottage
possible earlier in the evening be
Drove an d south L ane couutv and
cause of the dense crowd, conser­
the Leader bespeaks for its enter
vatively estim ated at 10,000.
prising members a full share of
At 10 o ’clock the Presidential
public patronage, an d wishes the
and V ice-Presidential parties went
new firm prosperity and success.
to supper.
It is stated th at th e new firm m ay
W hile the ball was in progress
find it necessary to add another
indoors, a display of fireworks on
story to its big brick liefore the
the m onum ent lot in the rear of
close of the present season iu order
the W hite House m arked the end
to accom m odate its immense
of the outdoor celebration. For
and constantly increasing stock.
hours the thinly clouded heavens
were alight with rockets, with sun
RUMOR OF ANOTHER
clusters th a t challenged the b ril­
liancy of day, with fiery “ cobras”
S. P. THROUGH TRAIN
A big m ercantile deal was co n ­
and all th e fan tastic creations of
modern pyrotechnic skill.
Reports are widely current th at
sum m ated in this city this week re
suiting iu th e organization and the m uch talked of new train ser­
incorporation of probably the la rg ­ vice will be in au g u rated about the
‘BLIND PIG” COSTLY
est and strongest business firm 15th of this m onth: th a t the ad d i­
IN DRY ASTORIA iu south L ane county: a deal tional train will be know n as the
which united the large business "P acific Coast F ly er,” with first-
A storia, O r., M arch .5.— W illiam interests of the W ynne H ardw are class equipm ent lim ited to P u ll­
N yberg, who in addition to paying Co. and J . F. Spray & Co. com man, dining and observation
a fine of $150 has been serving a mission and farm im plem ent m er­ coaches, including a mail service:
term of ten days iu the county chants. T he new firm will lie th a t it will m ake the run between
S pray-W ynne C o .” Seattle and San Francisco, instead
jail on conviction of ru n n in g a styled the
“ blind p ig ” in the east end of this incorporated capital stock $25,- . of the Bay City to P ortland; and
h aving as y e t! furtherm ore th at the tim e between
city, ¡w as arraigned in Circuit 000, officers not having
these two great term inals will lie
Court last nig h t on eight m ore in ­ lieen elected.
T he active mem bers of th e reduced fully four hours.
dictm ents ch arg in g him with a
W ynne H ard w are Co. are H arry .
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sim ilar offense.
Senator 1. H . Bingham is a
H e pleaded g u ilty and was fined W ynne, C. C. H azleto n and John
$500 on each indictm ent or a total V eatch, w hile th e members of can d id ate for the nom ination for
of $4000.
Spray & Co. consists of J. F . 1 m ayor of Eugene.
IHE IM E COUNTY COUSI INVESTS SI 0.000 OF
COUNTY TONDS IN STREET PAVING IN EUGENE
Among th e bills allowed and o r­ City of Eugene, street ,-issess-
| a sim ilar improvement on streets
.510 05
m e u t ................
j bordering on the state capitol
dered paid out of th e county funds
at the recent term of county court
T o tal ......................................... SO,510 05 grounds, the state absolutely re-
appeared the tollowing:
N o great difficulty should be ex I fused to bear this expense on the
City of Eugene, street assess-
perienced by any m unicipality, grounds th at it was m ade in the
m ent ............
whether enterprising or not, in interests and for tire lienefit of the
City of Eugene, street assess-
m unicipality and business interests
m en t..............
500 00 g rading an d paving its streets, if
it has a county fund tki draw on, of Salem and not the state at
City of Eugene, street assess-
u ien t..............
with w hich to fooE theViill, as Eu laige. If true, the Eugene street
Cjty of Eugene, street assess-
gene has, w hich will be observed paving m atter is id en tical in its
SU) HO
m en t...............
by
referring to the foregoing re relations to the county at large
City of Eugene, street assess-
an d the tax p ay ers thereof, and
500 oo port.
m e n t..............
City of Eugene, street assess-
Now, those streets represented in w hether or not the Salem case
500 (Mi the above assessment report, while serves as a precedent, th e act of
m e n t..............
City ot Eugene, street assess-
ab u ttin g county property, have j ap p ro p ri» « "* nearly $10,000 from
500 (Ml
m e n t................
long been dedicated to the city of : ” le Lane county fund with which
City of Eugene, street assess-
.500 00 E ugene as streets and are used by 1 to «PP1* 0,1 « m u,,iciPal improve-
the said city as public city j me,,t
ll,e cou,“ y seat town of
City of Eugene, street assess-
.500 00 thoroughfares over w hich E ugene's Eugene is an injustice to the over­
sireei
traffic passes daily. T h e improv- burdened taxpayers of Lane coun­
51 Ml (in
m ent and m ain tain in g of these ty and we doubt if there is any
City of Eugene, street assess-
500 (H) streets is solely for th e accom m o­ provisions of the laws govering
m e n t...............
dation of E ugene’s m unicipal and
City o f Eugene, street assess-
such m atters which will sustain
5oo oo business interests and in nowise to
City of Eugene. street assess-
the benefit or in the interests of the county court in such use of
.5(H) (H)
City o f Eugene, street assess-
500 no
City of Eugene,
street assess-
.5(H) 00
City of Eugene, street assess-
.5(H) (HI
m en t..............
City of Eugene, street assess
m e n t................
City o f Eugene, street assess-
m en t..............
.5(H) 00
SAYS HUSBAND MADE
HER CUT THE WOOD
Mrs. L au ra Byrne of Cottage
G rove h as liegau suit against
her h usband, I). J. Byrne, for d i­
vorce an d for the custody of their
m inor son, H arlie, aged five years.
in her com plaint tiled at Eugene
by her attorney, J. C. Johnson,
Mrs. Byrne states th a t they were
m arried at Cottage G rove about
Decemlier 1, 1002. She alleges
th at her husband has been addicted
to the liquor h ab it since their m ar­
riage an d has on frequent occas-
sions been grossly d ru n k , staying
aw ay from home over night many
times, leav in g her alone. She
states th a t he has m ade her cut the
wood w ith w hich to cook their
m eals and th a t he has heaped
m any indignities upon her, calling
her vile and indecent nam es
and w rongfully accusing her of u n ­
ch astity .— Eugene G uard
Hartwig Fined $500
H erm an H artw ig against whom
three indictm ents were filed for
selling in to x ica tin g liquors at a
point on the M cKenzie river plead
j to the first of the indictm ents and
I was fined $500 by th e court w hich
i he paid. T h e other cases were
i continued for the term .—G uard.
V O L. XX. NO. 47
the farm ers an d other ta x p ay ers of
South Lane, or any other p art of
I.aue county. 1 here fore, we are
unable to understand why the ta x
. .
. . . .
payers of Lane county should Tie
forced to foot the Hill for paving
E u g en e's streets in the sum of
$‘4,510.05.
It is said th a t when Salem m ade
county funds. At any rate there
¡s no justice to the county taxpay-
erS| or moral right, in assessing the
, ,
tax p ay ers of the ru ral districts
w i,hin ,he ,,ordcrs of U ,,e co u ,,ty
1° l,!,y for a m unicipal improve
m ent within the incorporate lim its
of Eugene.
Spray an d son. T he former firm BIG IMPROVEMENTS
has for m any years been conduct
AT LONDON SPRINGS
iu g .a general hardw are an d farm
im plem ent business in this city
Levi Geer was down from L ou­
and h as built up a large business don M ineral Springs today and in
and stock, from a very sm all b egin­ forms the Leader th at $10,IKK) will
ning. Spray A: Co. built a new lie expended in extensive improve­
m ents about the spring grounds
brick building last sum m er ou
an d hotel this season, work on
Main street 100 x 120 feet and iu
which will commence at once.
corporated a com pany to buy and D uring part of this tim e the hotel
sell feed, fruit, farm produce, will lie closed to the public, com ­
wholesale m erchandise, wire fenc­ m encing at the present tim e and
ing. farm implements, in fact it will rem ain closed up to about
w as organized for th e purpose of May 1. However, the bottling
cond u ctin g a general wholesale w orks will lose little time. These
an d retail commission business contem plated im provem ents will
T his firm has enjoyed a large and put th e springs, hotel and grounds
prosperous business from the very in first class condition aud m ake
day it opened its doors to the p u b ­ this already popular health resort
lic, w hich business is constantly more popular than ever.
increasing. It will therefore be
seen th a t the consolidation of these
Fleet Goes to Seattle.
two firms unites strong business
and com m ercial interests and is
W ashington, March 4.—T he
sure to develope into a large and first squadron of the Pacific fleet
verv im portant business enterprise has lieen ordered to proceed to
in th is city and com m unity.
Seattle for the opening of the
T h e stock of the W ynne H ard ­ A laska-Y ukon Pacific exposition
w are Co. will lie moved into the Ju n e 1. S en ato r Piles was notified
Spray building near the depot just |o , hl<t efTect tod!iy (,y the secretary
as soon as the building can lie of the llav y . The
partitioned off and fitted up to re- w hich is composed of eight armed
ceive it, w hich will lie ou or before crttism > wi|] remain in th is port
May 1st.
eight days and will, the secretary
T his b ig m ercantile and com- ^ s, a jeSi probably lie ordered to re ­
m ission business will be of vast 'tu r n later iu the summ er,
Municipal Ticket for April Election
T he city council met iu regular
T he street com m ittee w as in ­
m onthly session T uesday evening. structed to order property owners
A petition for the im provem ent of on Honey street to build sidew alk
I) street, west Cottage d ro v e was at once, which sidew alk was form­
read and granted.
erly ordered.
A petition for a street light on
Upon motion M ayor Job was
First street w as referred to the given custody of the shovel used
light com m ittee. A petition from in b reaking the first sod in th e
property ow ners on R ailroad street construction of th e O. & S. E.
pertainiug to lights an d new side­ railroad from Cottage d ro v e to
w alks was referred to street com ­ th e Bohemia m ines at w hich cere­
missioner.
mony G overnor Geer officiated a
A motion prevailed th a t the few years ago.
special w ater com mittee lie em­
Upon motiou a mass m eeting
powered to secure additional water was called to meet at the Masonic
supply an d w ater rights.
hall on W ednesday evening M arch
O rdinance 215 providing for the 10th for the purpose of nom inating
purchase of additional fire ap p ara­ candidates for the various m unici­
tus was passed.
pal offices to be voted on at the
O rdinance 21 ♦ providing for the an n u a l election M onday April 5th.
m anagem ent of the city p ark was I Upon motiou th e same election
read and passed.
i judges an d clerks were selected to
T he motion th a t the proposition serve at the forthcoming election
of Jo h n Stoneburg to rent h is j th a t served at the last annual city
b u ild in g just north of his c a u d y election,
store at $10 per year to th e west I
b il l s a l l o w e d .
side hose c o m p an y , w as u n a n i - i 1'' **' *'lltller, salary.................... i oo 25
inouslv c a rried , th is lo catio n b ein g ! *.
' 0" ng, salar> ......................
> 13
more central an d convenient.
Herbert Eakin, freight
.........
Upon th e ap p lic a tio n o f F. I), j Griffin, Veatch Co., supplies.......
13 50
130
W heeler an d o th ers to ta k e d i r t ! Cottage Grove Light Co. 2 mo
44135
...
, ! R II. Snodgrass, salary............... G 0 00
from a certain street in
y n u t s , p rown Lumber C o ..........................
5 50
ad d itio n to use in filliug u p a low '■ w -p. Kayser...............................
t 75
lot, w as referred to street c o m m it-: Wynne Hardware Co...................
5 45
tee w ith jiow er to a ct.
! A djourned to M arch 17.
MUST MAINTAIN AT LEAST A
SII MONTHS SCHOOL TERM
T hough the S tate S uperintendent I levy shall not exceed five mills,
of public instruction did not ask | If the district’s share of the coun­
m uch from the last legislature, a ty school funds aud the am ount
num ber of m easures of consider­ raised by the special levy do not
able educational im portance were together aniouut to $500, theu the
enacted. W hat is considered the county court m ust transfer from
most ini|Kirtaiit is the H aw ley act, the general county fund to such
which requires th a t every district district an am ount th at will equal
in the state m ust m aintain at least the difference.
<> m onths’ school in every 12.
As the law now stands, the
T he county court in each county county superintendent apportions
must levy a ta x for school pur- county and state funds by first
pones th at will produce an am ount giving to each district $50 and
equal to at least $7 for each child then distributing th e b alance ac­
iu the county of school age— 4 to cording to the num ber of pupils in
20 years. If a d istrict’s share of each district. T he I’hilpott act
this am ount does not am ount to provides th at in the future the
$500—0 m o u th ’s at $50 a mouth county superintendent shall first
for teachers' salaries— then the give to each district $100 and then
county court m ust levy in th a t dis­ distribute the balance.
trict a sufficient ta x to produce the
l)r. T hom pson who recently
difference lielween such d istrict's
ap|Mirtioiiineiit of the county fund cam e to Creswell from Ohio has
and the $400. But such special purchased the F uller residence.
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