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PU B LIS H E D S E M I- W E E K L Y
CO TTAG E GROVE LEADER
B O H E M IA N U G G E T
C o a a o l l l a U d J a n u a r y 9. 1908
LOOKS BAD FOR THF
EXTENSION OF THE DRAIN
COOS BAY RAIL ROAD
The Eugene Guard nays, travel­ moval of this material but this is
ing men who reached Marshfield the first time that any definite in­
from Drain y e s t e r d a y state formation has been received.
that Warren Reed of (iardiner in­
formed them that the Southern Pa­
cific has made arrangements to re­
move the several thousand barrels
Marshfield, Or., March 10.— 15,
ot cement that were shipped to
II. Ilarriniau in a telegram to the
points along the Umpqua when
Marshfield Chainlier of Commerce,
the Drain-Coos Bay line was
says he will not build the Drain-
started a few years ago. It is
Coos Bay line unless the people
Stated that vessels will shortly I
here guarantee 4 per cent on the
come and take the material away, ]
cost of construction and the op­
presumably to Tillamook to lie
erating expenses of the line. It is
used on the new line there.
COOS BAY KNOWS
NOW IT’S ALL OFF
C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R EG O N , F R ID A Y , M ARCH 12, 1909
Spray-Wynne Co Incorporates.
The Spray-Wynne Co. filed ar­
ticles of incorporation with the
county clerk Monday. 'The incor-
liorators are J. F. Spray, H. F.
Wynne, C. C. Hazleton and J. W.
Veatch. The principal place of
business is Cottage ('.rove and the
capital stock is $25,000. 'The com
pauy is engaged iu the hardware
business here.
DECISION IN LIBEL
SUIT IS REVERSED
Salem, Ore.,
March 9.— The
( Iregon supreme court today re­
versed the U.eorge Putnam liliel
suit and ordered a new trial.
Putnam is editor of the Medford
Daily Tribune, and in December,
1907, published an article severely
condemning the grand jury and
Deputy District Attorney C. I..
Reames for not indicting W . S.
There have been rumors at | regarded as practically a refusal Barn uni, who tried to kill Mayor
J. F. Reddy with ail ax during an
various times of the proposed re to build.
altercation. At the trial of the
libel suit before Judge H. K.
I lamia, Putnam offered to prove
bis assertions were true, but this
evidence was rejected by the trial
court.
In an opinion by Justice Bean
this is reversed and it is held that
Putnam should have been per­
mitted to prove the truth of his
Supt. W. B. Dillard has arranged
Program.
charge if he could. The court
for a teachers’ institute at Cottage
also holds that proof of the truth
S A T U R D A Y M O R N IN G '),.><>
(Trove on Saturday March 1.1th, in "Manual Training and Intellectual
of the charge is a complete de­
the High school room of east side
Development,” \V. E. Moses, Creswell fense if it further appears that the
Discussion........ II. D. Sheldon, l T. o f O.
building beginning at 9 a. in.
publication was
under s u c h
"Flow
to Prepare an Arithm etic
Prominent educators of the state
circumstances as to justify the con­
class for the Pinal Exam ination,”
will be in attendance. Among
.....................I*. R. Traver, Monmouth clusion that it was made with
those on the programme we note Discussion.......Win. McOueen, Saginaw good motive and for justifiable
Prof. !.. R. Traver of Monmouth; Current E ve n ts ........ C. II. Jones, Salem ends.
C. II. Jones, editor of Oregon Discussion E. K. Barnes, Cottage Grove
S A T U R D A Y A F T E R N O O N , 1 :.*>
Teachers’ Monthly of Salem; Prof.
Class exercise from first g ra d e .........
II. D. Sheldon and I,. R. Alder
............... Miss Perkins, Cottage (»ro ve
man of the State University: Prin Class exercise from second grade........
................ Miss Wilson, Cottage (»rove
cipal W . TÎ. Moses of Creswell,
R eading..................................................
and others. Misses Perkins and
Albany, March 10.— The grand
.. .Miss Ella Dickerson, Cottage Grove
Wilson will give a class exercise, “ The Need o f a H igh School Educa­
jury found ail indictment of mur­
Miss Dickerson will favor Uie con­ tion and How to Obtain it ” ..............
der in the first degree against
.......II. I). Sheldon Charles J. Powell for the shooting
vention with a reading.
"T h e Teacher" ................ L. R. Traver
Parents, patrons of the school,
of Homer Roper on the night of
S A T U R D A Y E V E N IN G , 7:30.
and friends of education are Lecture................................................ .
January 28th. Powell was ar­
Pres. Iloman, W illam ette University raigned and plead “ not guilty” to
earnestly requested to be present.
the charge. The trial was set for
Monday afternoon
March 15th
190b.
The case is attracting great at­
tention and the attendance will lie
very large without a doubt.
Twenty-two witnesses were sub­
poenaed liefore the grand jury in
the case.
Powell is 44 years old, a well
The Callapooia Poultry Association of Cottage (Trove met 'Tues­
day evening and in order to agaiu secure the services of II. II. Collier known and highly respected farm­
of Tacoma, as judge of their forthcoming second annual poultry show, er of I.inii county. lie killed
were compelled to change their dates from the last week ill December young Roper while lie was in the
to the second week in January. The new dates selected are for W ed­ act of eloping with Powell’s young
nesday morning to Saturday evening, Jan. 12-13-14-15, lb 10. This daughter.
I E « INSTITUTE TO BE DEED
«I COTTAGE GROVE SATURDAY.
POWELL HAS
BEEN INDICTED
DATES CHADDED FOR SECOND
COTTAGE GROVE POULTRY SHOW
will enable all of the fanciers to get their birds up to full standard
weight, perfect plumage and excellent show condition and should en­
able them to get some high scores. It will lie a big show.
A milliner in Sail Francisco was
awarded $7000 for seven hours’
imprisonment. That is as much
as she could have made on two or
three dozen hats.
It was rumored Wednesday that
King Edward had died suddenly
but the rumor proved untrue and
it is said he is not even in poor
health.
There is great satisfaction in know­
ing that when you buy
GRO CERIES
Y ou 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.
V O L. XX. NO. 48
JOHN 0. SAVES A HEAVY
FINE BV A LAIE DECISION
OF UNITED STATES COURT
was sure to change from time to
time, oftimes inefficient men beiug
placed iu charge,
when leaks
would he overlooked and details
neglected and with the great ex-
[>eiise iu operating a plant and
keeping a system up-to-date the
city was sure to lose money on
such an investment. He called
attention to Seattle and Hillsboro’s
experience to prove his theory and
stated that as a citizen aud tax­
TIIK TICKKT NOMINATED.
payer of this city he was opposed
Chicago,
March
10.— Judge
to paying taxes to support a muni­ Andersou today decided to instruct
For mayor— Dr. B. R. Job.
the jury iu the case of the govern
For Recorder— C. H. Van Den- cipal light plant.
burg.
ATTORNEY MKDLKY 1IKARD FROM. nieut against the Standard Oil
For Treasurer— Herbert Eakiu.
Weary of this prolonged discus­ Company to render a verdict of
Councilman, 1st ward— W . A. sion Attorney J. S. Medley brought not guilty. The decision came at
Hogate.
the contention to a speedy and the close of a long argument by
Councilman, 2nd ward— G. L. abrupt close, by declaring that the Assistant District Attorney Wilker-
Rees.
demand that the nominees express soii, and the jury was immediately
Councilman, 3rd ward— B. K. themselves on the franchise ques­ brought into the court room aud
Lawson.
tion liefore this meeting is “ irrele­ instructed to bring in a verdict of
vant, immaterial and has no liear- not guilty.
This means that all but two
Pursuant to a call issued by the itig on the ease at bar” in other
city council, the citizens of Cottage words was out of order; that it did iiidiciiueuts against the Standard
Grove met at the Masonic hall not make any difference how Dr. Oil Company will be abandoned
Wednesday evening for the pur Job, J. I. Jones or any other citizen by the government and eliminates
pose of nominating a city ticket stood on the franchise question. any possibility of a heavy fine be­
for the consideration of the legal They only had one solitary vote in ing imimsed against the company.
This is the retrial of the case in
voters at the city election on Mon­ the matter and as mayor or any
day April 5th. 'There was a large other officer had no voice iu the which Judge Landis imposed a
attendance of both legal voters premises as Cottage Grove long fine of over $29,000,000, which
and the other kind, and a sharp ago had passed an ordinance by was reversed and set aside by the
contest from start to finish with a an initiative vote of its citizens United States court of appeals.
little attempted political trickery
and deraogoguery thrown in.
Mayor B. R. Job called the
house to order, stated the object of
the meeting and called for nomina
tions for a chairman and a secre­
tary, which resulted in the selec­
tion of Hon. R. M. Veatch for
chairman and W . C. Conner for
secretary of the meeting. Mr.
Veatch addressed the meeting
briefly stating that “ this is an im­
portant procedure in any town, but
more so iu Cottage ('.rove as it is
just passing from the country v il­
lage class to that of a real live city
and that at no far distant date it is
destined to become a flourishing
county seat, (loud cheers) there­
fore 1 counsel the selection o f the
very best aiul most competent men
of this municipality to administer
its future affairs." Mr. Veatch
stated that the municipal water
plant had proven a profitable in
vestment to the city and had be­
come a regular source of revenue
to the city. He therefore favored
the municipal ownership of the
electric light plant and expressed
himself as opposed to the free
granting of franchises and would
not personally support any man
for mayor or other city office who
favored the granting of free fran­
chises. At this juncture lie called
for nominations for mayor.
NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR
Dr. B. R. Job, the present in­
cumbent, was placed in nomina­
tion by Jos. Porter. J. F. Spray
was nominated by H. (). Thomp­
son, but Mr. Spray arose and
stated that while he hail consented
Eugene, March 11.— “ The Sun­ to his name being used in connec­
rise mine iu tile Bohemia district tion with this nomination and
has struck ail eight-foot ledge of while he had been a resident of
ore that will run eight or ten dol­ this community for several years,
lars to the ton,” said John B. he had not resided within the in­
Eggen, who is iu town for a few corporate limits the required 12
days. Mr. Ivggeti thinks that the months and would therefore be
mine will develop into a good pro­ unable to qualify even if elected,
ducer, and after he has transacted and would therefore most respect­
some business here he will return fully decline the honor his friends
would thrust u|«m hint. This
to Bohemia.
" W e will have it assayed as caused some consternation for a
soon as possible, and if the results moment, but most of Mr. Spray’s
are agreeable we will then consider supporters turned to J. I. Jones
development,’ ’ he continued. “ But and he was placed in nomination
I feel confident that it will run for mayor by I). T . Awbrey.
This closed the nominations for
near eight or ten dollars.”
| mayor, but liefore balloting com­
menced Frank King demanded
that the candidates express them
selves on the franchise question
and Dr. Job was called. He ex­
Salem, Or. March 10.— Gover­ pressed himself as opposed to grant
nor Beuson announced today that ing a light franchise unless the ap­
he will put all his force of stenog­ plicant would agree to furnish tile
raphers at work on legislative city with free lights. He also fa
work next Monday, so that the vored municipal ownership of
legislature will not find it neces­ the light plant.
THE SUNRISE MINE
STRIKES RICH LEDGE
NO CLERKSHIP GRAFT
AT SPECIAL SESSION
sary to employ clerks for the
special session.
This will apply to stenographers
in both the office of the Governor
and the office of the Secretary of
State. This will not only save e x ­
pense it is said, but insure a great­
er accuracy. The regular work of
the two offices will lie performed
, by working the force evenings.
A d v .r t lM In
THE LEADER
Tkla la W hat Biin«a
Buslnaaa a né giva.
Ih# Pagar L ila
AGAINST MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT
H. O. Thompson was the next
speaker and stated that while a
municipal gravity water system
might easily become a profitable
municipal investment, was no
reason why a light plant would,
l ie said with the frequent recurring
changes in city administrations,
the manugement of such a plant
the Chicago & Alton railroad.
Judge Kenesaw M. Landis imposes
fine of $29,240,(XX).
2— Standard carries case to
United States District Court of
Appeals. Fine declared excessive
and set aside.
3— Government appeals to the
United States Supreme Court aud
retrial is granted. Judge Landis
decliues to again try the case and
Judge A. B. Andersou, of In­
dianapolis, is selected in his stead,
4— Upon motion of the Stand­
ard’s attorneys, demanding that
the number of couuts upon which
fines could lie imposed if convic­
tion wereobtained be made specific,
Judge Anderson cuts the number
from the original of 1462 to .16.
5— Judge Anderson rules that
government must prove a standard
freight rate over the territory in­
volved
in the case.
CASK IN A NUTSHELL
providing that a franchise could be
6— Government moves for dis­
granted to no person, company or
1— Standard convicted oil 1462 missal of the case and motion is
corporation without a majority counts of accepting rebates from granted.
vole of the citizens of the lawn,
hence the mayor or council had no
voice in such matters. This end­
ed the discussion and the meeting
got down to business.
BALLOT ON MAYOR.
Regardless of Mr. Jones lieiug
an eleventh hour candidate for the
nomination for mayor lie run Dr.
Job such a close race that his
name will also lie placed at the
head of the ticket for the April
election that he may lie given a
fair show in the contest. The vote
resulted Job 100, Jones 96, scatter­
ing 2. Job was .declared the
regular nominee.
EAKIN FOR TREASURER.
Tw o names were presented for
treasurer, the present incumbent
Herbert Eakiu aud A. If. King,
the vote resulting, Eakiu 124,
King 42, scattering 3.
VAN DENBURG FOR RECORDER
For recorder loe Young was
nominated by Jas. Forter and
Chas. Van Den burg was nominated
by C. F. Walker. The vote re­
sulted Young 66, Van Denburg,
133.
WARDS NOMINATED
COUNCILMEN
At this juncture
the three
separate wards were requested to
assemble in different parts of the
hall and proceed to vote for
couucilmeu. In ward one there
was quite a spirited contest result­
ing in the selection of W . A.
Hogate for the nominee.
In ward two it was a walk-over
for Gi. L. Rees, his being the only
name presented, he was therefore
made the unanimous choice of
that ward.
ATTEM PT T<1 STUFF BALLOT
Iu ward three was a sharp con­
test between Van Allison and B.
K. Lawson, Mr. Spray withdraw­
ing his name early in the proceed­
ings. The balloting
finally re­
sulted in the selection of Capt,
Lawson for councilman, hut not
until after a most brazen and
bold attempt had lieen made by
some miscreant or heeler to stuff
the ballot box. Attorney Medley
one ot the teller», discovered in
canvassing the ballot, that a pack
of small cards had been thrown
into the box which had lieen cut
on a printing office paper cutter
and were still stuck together on
the edges. These cards all Imre
the same name and were written
in a ladies hand write. This
ballot was declared a fraud and
another ballot was taken. Re­
garding tliishiazeii act the Leader
will say that those fraudulent
votes or cards were not cut iu the
leader office, nor did they come
Irom the Western Oregon office.
So the reader is left to draw his
own conclusions. There arc peo­
ple who will find out to their
sorrow one o f these days that such
corrupt methods and vile politics
will not lie tolerated in Cottage
Grove,
CONCENSUS OF OPINION ON THE
SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
A canvass of prominent mem­
bers of the legislature, outside of
Multnomah county, regarding the
special session called for Monday
morning discloses;
The session should be confined
to one day.
The errors iu bills should lie
corrected.
No new legislation should be in­
augurated.
( )n these three points the lnem-
liers are of almost one mind. Blit
there are two other matters which
some members favor. These are:
Action on the vetoes of Gover­
nor Chamberlain.
Provision for the normal schools
until the end of the school term.
That the normal school question
will come up is a certainty. Rep­
resentatives B. F. Jones of Polk
and Lincoln favors an appropria­
tion to carry on the work at the
schools to the end o f the school
year, and Representative Hal I).
Patton of Marion is of the same
mind. Senator J. E. Hedges of
Clackamas, fears that there is a
probability of a full special session
of three weeks, although opposed
to such.
The matter of vetoes will also
cause dissension. Chamlierluin,
liefore resigning as Governor,
vetoed more than a half-hundred
Hats
bills which had passed House
and Senate. Governor Beuson be­
lieves that these vetoes should be
submitted at the next regular ses­
sion of the legislature aud not at
the special session. There are
members o f the legislature, how­
ever, who had pet bills vetoed by
Chamberlain, and they want these
taken up by the legislature, believ­
ing that they can have them passed
over the veto. Senator Bingham
had a bill which was given the
veto, and lie wants to save it. His
case is similar to that of other
members.
On the other hand, there is a
disposition to confine the work of
the s|iecial session to remedying
errors made in enrolling bills and
then return home. It is believed
that there are enough members
who will stand pat to confine the
labors of the special session to the
specific purixisc for which Gover­
nor Beuson issued the call, correct­
ing a few errors. Speaker Mc­
Arthur has prepared copies of the
bills which need correction and
everything is in readiness for
formal action in order that there
will be no delay.
Lace curtaiu sale Eriday and
Saturday. Special $1.50 values
for only 98 cents, at Lurch’ s.
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