COTTAGE GROVE LEADER.
T u m ìk v ! k n <
A GOOD ONE ON JONES.
rild » » » .
CONSOLIDATION OF
FURNITURE FIRMS
During the last few days of the
regular sessioil
when everyoue
A business change of consider
C o n n e r A ï>cB*i'ii.i.ie,
-
Editor* around the capitol was working able importance was consummated
overtime in order to clear the desk
iu this citv this week resulting in
Katcrvdst the Cotta«« U ro *« ponto»!«« an » « •
of accumulated legislation the
ond-rlutn niatlrr.
the consolidation of the two local
desk clerks especially were over
furniture firms. Iu this transac
s u b s c r ip t io n k a t iw
worked and completely tired out at
tion Mr. Frank King purchases
Weekly, one year. »ISO.
monili» .75 cent*
the end of the loug hours they
S KM I -WEEKLY.
024Ü were on duty. The reading clerk, the interests of his partner, W . A.
One Year
1 .oO
Six Moulin
Cunningham in
the Nesmith
.7.1
Three Month*
John B. Witbycombe, of Corvallis,
furniture store, and with his new
was rooming with a friend, also a
associate, C. W . Walker, an e x
C O T T A G E G R O V E . OREGON
clerk, and from Corvallis.
perienced and progressive furniture
Located on the upper Willamette River
144 miles south of Portland on Southern Pa *
It is said that one early morn
dealer of Lebanon, has purchased
rifle and oreton ft South Eastern Railroads.
ing, the reading clerk had finished
Population 25oO; two Wanks; public and Rich
the furniture and paint stock of
'bools, five churches; water, lightand sew-
a. systems;creamery; flour mill; two Wrick
his duties ahead of the others, had
rards. saw mills; wood work factory; match
Veatch & Lawson and will pro
gone to his room and fallen asleep
factory; steam laundry and the L e a d e r .
ceed to consolidate the two stores,
({iiiekly.
His overworked brain
I ftUSTRIES AMD RESOURCES.
and will occupy the more commo
Great forests of timt>er tributary to Cottage
had plunged him into a series of
Grove; fifteen saw mills; three shingle mills
dious building now occupied by
within a radius o f 15 miles. Headquarters
dreams almost at once. In one of
for Hohemia gold mines ami black butte
Veatch & Lawson. Marion Veatch
quicksilver mines; valleys and foot-hills,
these he started to call the roll of
well adapted to fruit grow ing, farming and
retains
his undertaking, piano and
dairying. For information regarding this
the house, as was his duty during
great country subscrilie for the L ea d er.
organ and sewing machine busi
the day, and as is known the roll
ness and stock. lie will purchase
call proceeds rapidly and nicely
FRIDAY, MARCII 10 , 1900 .
a lot on a side street, erect and
unless somebody votes differently
equip a modern undertaking chapel
There seems to be a general stir than iu the way the others are and will also open up a first class
voting.
ring up of feeling over taxation.
music house making a specialty of
Withycombe was
proceeding
No legislature again for nearly rapidly and destinctly and was pianos, organs, sewing machines,
two years, but a city election is
etc. Mr. Lawson is not fully de
getting pretty well down the list
approaching.
cided as to his future business pur
when his companion entered. The
suits, but may possibly accept his
Plant something with the inten roll call went on as follows:
old position as traveling salesman
tion of capturing a prize at the
“ Ilines,
Hughes,
Jackson,
for a well known Portland whole
Cottage Grove fair this fall.
Jaeger, Jones of Lincoln and Polk,
sale house.
The candidates for governor are Jones of Clackamas, Jones of
Messrs. King & Walker are
growing more numerous all the Douglas----- ”
contemplating
enlarging
their
out
time. A new one blossoms
“ N o ," shouted his roommate,
stock and will conduct a first class
every fine spring day.
who had quickly grasped the re-
and up-to-date furniture store in
A ll of the legislative members diculous in the situation.
this city, with the usual side lines
Withycombe, it is said, halted
but seven accepted mileage to and
They are both genial, courteous
from Salem where they assembled in his roll calling, and muttered in and enterprising gentlemen and
a
drawling
tone:
to correct their former errors.
will make a success of their new
“ Oh, d— u it, Jones, why can’t
Mr. Cunning
A really good, fit mayor and you vote right on something ouce business venture.
ham is undecided as to his future
council can accomplish much good in a while.” — Roseburg Review.
for a city and still not increase its
busiuess pursuits.
The Leader
tax and bonded indebtedness.
wishes each of the aliove mentioned
The Anti-Mail Order Journal
Henry Booth o f Roseburg was says: "Advertise in your home gentlemen success in their future
undertakings.
appointed on the state fair board
Monday. He is a good business papers if you would keep the
man, and he is interested iu the trade of your people at home. A d
CAN LOCAL CHICKEN
highest aims of the fair.
vertise all the time and let the
CRANKS BEAT TH IS
people know what you have for
Geo. T . Angell, editor of “ Our
sale.” And after all, that is about
Dumb Animals” and president of
Talk about chicken stories, here
all there is to it. People go away
the American Humane Society,
is oue from far-off Connecticut that
from home to trade because they
died at his Boston home Wednes
imagine they can get more for is ahead of anything yet told:
day. He was a great and good
their money abroad. The way to "Frank B. Sands, of Mount Kisco,
man.
convince them to the contrary is who sells his farm produce iu
Greenwich, three times a week,
The municipal election is warm to advertise prices and quality of came into town with an egg story
ing up at Eugene, with Matlock goods. When they come to under which beats anything ever heard
and Bingham pitted against each stand that they are throwing away
herealiouts, and for which he
other for mayor. The game has their money and lalxir by going vouches. Mr. Sands is the owner
already reached the street circular away from home to trade they will of Prymouth Rock liens.
A few
cease doing so. But you must
period.
days
ago
one
of
his
younger
brood
reach out after trade iu order to
These are busy times in the or get it in this day and age of the passed out of the nonproducing
stage and began her life work of
chards, grain fields, berry patches, world.
laying
eggs. The first egg proved
and everywhere throughout the
“ The law isn’t the law— the law a wonder. Not only was it larger
cities and country. It all means a
bountiful harvest— and prosperous is the last interpretation of the in size than any that Mr. Sands
law, given by the last judge who had seen before, but the ends were
times without end.
adjourned court at 5 o ’clock. aliout equally rounded, instead of
A dispatch from New York city Laws seldom change but judges’ having one more poiiited, as is
tells of a man committing suicide opinions do; and by the way a usual.
Mr. Sands decided that
there wearing a Eugene bought judge has no opinion of his own, the egg was to large for market
hat. Here is another warning to merely reflects public opinion. at the usual price, and decided to
our people who persist in wearing Let a judge disregard public opin keep it for table use. On the next
Eugene bought clothing.
ion in his decisions and he will morning the Sands family had
Not much enthusiasm over the not last as long as that famous ham and eggs, of which they are
particularly fond, and it was de
forthcoming city election, but the snowball is supposed to last in
cided to have the young Prymouth
Biloxi.”
—
Elbert
Ilubbard.
Jones and Job supporters are lined
Rock’s egg grace the table.
up solidly for their respective can
Looks
every
day
more
like
the
Breaking the shell very carefully
didates and principles— and all
know what principles they stand people of Salem who have assisted Mr. Sands discovered another
in getting the Santiam smelter have perfectly formed egg imbedded in
for.
also assisted themselves to splen the albumen and yoke of the egg.
“ The idea that you have enemies did investments, that will pay This second egg was broken in
is egotism gone to seed. It is a great dividends, and that before turn and revealed a third grown
poison in your system, and like long, says the Statesman.
egg iu good condition inside. The
any other poison you must elimi
third egg was of the usual size.”
nate it or suffer. Don’t bother to
Closes Work Here This Month.
Books Donated to City Schools.
forgive your supposed enemies—
Rev. Henry L. Nave I). D. for
just forget them.”
almost two vears minister of the
The following books were do
Our Oregon tax system is rotten Presbyterian church of this city, nated to the public school library
to the core. It is nothing more has been chosen and accepted the March 1.4, 1909:
position of Field Secretary of A l
nor less than legalized robbery.
Handy Volume Classics, Mrs.
bany College.
We have in mind a little store in
His work closes here Sabbath \V. A. Hetnenway ;fElliott’s Poems,
this city which must pay $44 March 28th and the new work be Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Elkins;
taxes this spring on a $1200 stock gins April 1st.
Franklin's Educational Idea, Miss
l>r. Nave will travel over Ore
valuation, against $17 last year
Mary Mumlay: History of Medie
gon, talking and preaching Christ
with a similar stock valuation.
ian education and securing students val Europe, J. M. Isham: Swiss
Family Robinson and Chronicles
for the college.
Now conies the seemingly well
A successor lias not yet been of the Schonberg Cotta Family,
authenticated statement that the selected for the church here. The
Rev. Dewey Nave; Five Little
Draiu-Coos Bay railroad will Ire congregation will meet after the
Peppers, Mrs. A . L. and Merle
pushed to completion this year and service next Sabbath, March 21st, Briggs; History of England, three
to
confer
on
that
subject.
A
full
that construction work will Ire re
volumes, Mrs.
A . B. Wood;
attendance is desired.
The liest
Rritannica,
ten
sumed very soon. We believe this wishes of Dr. Nave's host of frieuds Americanized
road will Ire completed by not later at this place go with him in his volumes, Mr. and Mrs. E. K.
Barnes;
than 1910.
new field of worthy endeavor.
I failed to find any card in the
following;
Life of President Garfield, Tales
of the Fish Patrol, David Copper-
field.
W er« w# perfect, which we «re not, medicine* would
Please
accept our
sincerest
not often he needed. But since our system* heve be
thanks for these donations.
come weakened. impaired and broken down through
E. K. B a r n e s , Supt.
¡•diecretione which have |one on from the early aAe«,
XMK LKADKK PU BLISHING l*> ( l w )
Rem edies are N eeded
»
'
through counties« generation*, remedies art needed to
•ad Nature in correcting our iuWritcd and otherwise
acquired weaknesses
T o reach the scat of t u i —h
weaknesa and consequent digestive troubles, there is
nothing so good as Dr. Pierce’ s (¿olden Medical Discov-
t j , n glyceric compound, extracted from native medic-
ionl roots—sold for over forty years with great satisfaction to all users. For
Weak Stomach, Biliousness, Liver (Complaint, Pain in the Stomach after eating,
Heartburn, Bad Breath, Belching of food, Chronic Diarrhea and other Intestinal
Derangements, the "D iscovery” is a time-proven and most efficient remedy.
Y tm m ' l afford to arrrfit • M crrt noatrum •• a »uhntitute for tHia irni-aleo-
holte, medicine o r « sown coaaroomoN, not even though the u rfm l d o lo r maf
thereby make ■ liftlo b iff t r pro»»
Dr. Pierec’ a P lo .a n t Polleta re ,nl.tr end invigorate atomeeh, liver end
bowel.. Sugar coated, tiny granule., ea.y to takr a. raady.
H) DATS SHOE SiLE
COMMENCING
Saturday, March 20th
EVERY SHOE M STOCK W it I E DR S ILE
Every Buy a Bargain
Men, W om en and Children’s Shoes
A LL A T C U T PRICES
Children’s Shoes
Men’s Shoes.
W om en’s Shoes
DRESS SHOES
$ 1.75 women’s shoes........................ SETO
1 i
(4
. 1.75
2.80
4 i
4 i
2.25
1.90
(4
4 4
. 2.00
2.50
4 4
4 4
0 25
2,75
4 4
4 4
. 2.50
3.00
4 4
14
. 2.95
3.50
4 4
4 4
3.75
5.00
$4.00 to $4.25 Dress Shoes .............. $2 50
4.50 to 4.75
'*
................ 2.95
4.00
“
3.25
4.50
“
3.50
5.00
“
3.95
H E A V Y SHOES
$4.00 Work Shoes............................. $2.50
“
......................... 2.95
4..50 “
4.00
4.50
“
“ high top.................. 3.00
“
“
3.25
5.00
"
“
"
3.95
6.50
“
“
“
5.25
Boy’s Shoes
$1.75 Boy’s Shoes .......................... $1.50
2.00
“
"
........................... 1.75
2.50
2.75
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“
"
......................... 2.00
......................... 2.25
~4.00
”
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......................... 2.50
4.25
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......................... 2.65
4..50
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......................... 2.95
4.50
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......................... 3.50
PAVING BONDS SELL
AT BIG PREMIUM
Ladies Oxfords
$1.50 white canvas..........................
1.50 oxfords...................................
11
2.50
4 4
3.00
u
A T
room house, bath and pantry, I
city water, electric lights, barn,
chicken house, some fruit and
berries, fine location. $950. Part
down, balance on time, if de"
sired, large lot 109x212.
lots east of railroad 5 room house,
good well, $650.
ium ot $2,891. In addition I,each
& Co. will charge no interest until 4 room cottage, 2 large lots, city
the money on the bonds is deposit
water, $650.
ed in a local bank to the credit of
the city,
notwithstanding the 7 room house, good well, lot 80x
189, $1200.
bonds will be dated some weeks
4 acres, fine location, 44 fruit trees,
earlier.
5 room house,'closet and pantry,
FOR S T R E E T PAVING
good water, outbuildings. Terms
J. R. Kendall & Bros., owners
X cash, balance on time if de
of the light and water plant, have
sired, $1500.
applied for a franchise for a street
railway, the tracks to lie laid on or I«ot 55x100 feet, 5 room house,
close in, city water, $700.
before the streets are paved and
the application will probably lie 50xt00 feet on Fourth street. 6
granted.
room house, bath and pantry,
$
CLIFFORD BENSON GIVES
GOVERNOR BAD SCARE
1200 .
1 acre, 7 room house, good well,
fruit and outbuildings, fine soil,
$1600.
Salem, Or., March 15.— A mes
Fine river bottom laud, 5 and 10
sage from his son, Clifford Benson,
acre tracts, from $80 to $125 per
that he was safe and sound, re
acre.
moved a heavy burden of worry
city $250 lier
from the state's chief executive Some acreage
acre.
shortly after noon today. A ll fore
noon the governor, his family and An extra good business investment
for the right party.
frieuds and relatives of Miss
Bertha Allen, daughter of R. D. One of the finest residence proper
Allen o f Salem, were distraught
ties in the city, close in, modem
lest the young couple had been j throughout, 5 rooms, 2 pantries,
drowned in the Willamette. Two
2 closets, bath room, hot and
launches were sent out by the
cold water, electric lights. Base
Chas. K. Spaulding Logging Co.
ment and concrete foundation.
and one by Governor Benson him
$2000. Part cash balance on
self to look for the missing couple.
time if desired.
Young Benson reports that the
gasoline motor of his canoe broke
down on the trip up river and that
he and Miss Allen were obliged to
stop all night at a farm house.
President T a ft’s message to
Congress is the shortest message of
that character on record and de
cidedly to the point. The presi
dent says the business interests are
suffering and a revision of the
tariff is a national necessity. He
urges upon Congress to do nothing
else until the tariff is taken up and
changed to meet existing demands
and an end is put to national busi-
If there are still mistakes let
l ness stagnation.
them go.
SEE
King & King
At the Bridge
90
baby
4 1
1.00
1.25
1.50
“ .........
14
.4
.4
4 4
11
14
4 4
do
................
75
.................
85
................
1 .(X)
................
1.25
1.25 children “ ......... ................
4 4
4 4
1.50
................
4 4
14
1.75
................
4 4
4 1
2.(XI
................
4 4
14
2.25
................
1.00
1.25
1.50
1.75
2.00
$1.10 white canvas........................... $ 90
Fifth and Main Sts.
Cottage
75
25
35
C H IL D R E N ’S O XFO RD and S A N D A LS
W here something is doing
every minute.
Real Estate
At the regular meeting of the !
city council Monday night, Rose-
burg’s $45,000 bond issue for de
5
fraying 50 per cent of the cost of
paving 18 blocks of streets and
the entire cost ot building a new
bridge over Deer creek was award
ed on competitive bidding to A. B.
Leach & Co., of Chicago, on the
basis of $1.0826, or a total prem 2
.$1.25
. 1.25
. 2.00
. 2.50
45 infants shoes........ ...............
44
(4
................
45
4 4
4 4
................
50
Grove.
1.25
“
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1.00
1.40
“
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1.15
1.50 Oxfords.................................... 1.25
1.75
“
1.50
60 Sandals.....................................
50
75
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65
85
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70
COTTAGE GROVE
FLOUR
MILLS
All Kinds of
Mill Feed
G r a tin
and Hay
C H A S. M A T T H E W S . Proprietor.
Spring Season
(I Our Spring Season Lias opened moil satisfactorily.
New orders are coming in and we are filling tFiem in a
manner satisfactory to our trade.
Q W e intend keeping our stock complete throughout
the Season, and will endeavor to carry lines adapted
to the the trade.
SEND US YOUR. ORDERS FOR GOODS
IN OUR LINE AND W E DO TH E REST
JOHNSON & MATLOCK
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Paiture for Rent.
Two hundred acres of pasture
laud to rent on the Stock’s place
about 2/. miles east of Cottage
Grove, or will take stock to
pasture. Apply to
F
rank
C rabtree ,
Cottage Grove, Oregon
_ Lime and sulphur spray at the
Griffin, Veatch Co’s.
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