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THE LEADER
Boost for It-
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to this Popor.
TH E LEADER
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B u s tn r s s o n d glvos
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P U B L IS H E D S E M I -W E E K L Y
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C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R EG O N , T U E S D A Y , M A R C H 30, 1909.
V O L. XX. NO. 50
MISS
EMERY
MARRIED
JAP
THE RAILROAD BRANTON AND COEEYAR MAKE
HAMPTON & CO.
IN TACOMA EAST WEEK LAND (RANT BOLD DASH FOR FREEDOM
Where Cash Beats Credit.
Lonsdales Bleached Muslin, 10 cents per yard
Dress Ginghams, 12 cents per yard
Good Calicos, 5 cents per yard
Linen Towling, 8 V 3 to 20 cents per yard
Outting Flannel, 10 cents per yards
6 and 84 Laces, 5 cents per yard
C. C. C. House Lining, 4*/a cents per yard
Heavy Shirting, 10 per yard
Unbleached Muslin, 12 yards for $1.00
Ladies’ and Children's Black Hose, 1214 cents per pair
Children’s Heavy Ribbed School Hose, 10, 15 and 25
cents per pair
Challies, 5 cents per yard
Bleached Table Linen from 25 cents per pard
GENTS’ D EPARTM ENT
Men’s Fancy Hose, 12V6 cents per pair
Men’s Work Shirts, 50 cents each
Men’s Linen Pongee Shirt, $1.25
Gordon Hat, $3.00
Goodhat, $1.50
Boys’ Knee Pant Suits from $2.00 to $6.00
H a m p to n
Co.
LUMBER COMPANIES
ROYAL INTERMEDIATE
ARE INCORPORATED!
SCHOOL NEWS NOTES
A rticles of incorporation for the I O scar W heeler spent S aturday
Fischer & Hally I.um ber com pany at the Divide.
were filed F riday w ith the county
H iram W heeler spent S un d ay
clerk, the incorporators being Carl evening at W ilson’s farm.
K. Fischer, Milton Hally and J o n a ­
A rchie Wilson called on H iram
than R. M cKibbeu. T he articles W heeler S unday afternoon.
allow them to engage in the m er­
W alter Babcock was a caller at
cantile business, cattle, tim ber, the McCoy sawmill Sunday.
lum ber and other kindred business
Mr. L. Parm ele has been doing
and the capital stock is $.25,000.
some clearing on his place.
ANOTHER ONE.
It is very pleasant to play drop
A rticles of incorporation were the handkerchief by the m oonlight.
W e are all glad to see m other
filed Friday for t h e ‘‘Fischer b ro th ­
ers Lum ber C om pany;’’ the incor­ Johnson back at the Dormatory
porators being Fred Fischer Sr., again,
Henry Fischer, Fred Fischer Jr.,
Mr. Johnson has returned from
Carl R. Fischer and W alter F isch­ Portland and reports a very pleas­
er. They will engage in a general ant trip.
merchandise, cattle, lim ber, log­ It seems as though some of the
ging, lum ber and other kindred m arried men are worse than the
businesses. T he capital is $100,- young people about staying out
000, says the Register.
late of nights.
M. D ittebrandt, M. I). Physician
Do hogs pay, asks the Drain
and Surgeon. Special attention N onpareil. W e regret to say that
given surgery and obstetrical some of them do not. They will
cases. Office in F irst N ational take a paper for several years and
Hank building. Phone 561.
tf
then try to avoid p ay in g for it by
G et prices on house lining aj having the postm aster m ark it ‘re­
fused.”
H am pton's before buying.
Cash Paid for Wool and Mohair
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.
Phene Mai* 643— Our own Delivery.
Daughter of Archdeacon John Emery of Episcopal Offers Land for the Ask- Both Men Sent Up to Penitentiary from Cottage
Diocese of California— Parents Give
Grove— Branton Suicided When Plans
ing With no One to
Consent and Attend Wedding
Were Foiled by the Guards.
Kick You Off.
Helen G ladys lim ery, d au g h ter
M ISS E M E R Y W E D S J A P .
of A rchdeacon John Kmery of the
Seattle, W ash. March 27.— Miss
Rpiscopal diocese of California, Helen G ladys Rmery, of Corte
falls iu love with G unjiro Aoki, a M adera, Cal., has at last realized
Japanese school boy an d cook, her h e a rt’s desire. At 11:45 o ’clock
said to be a relative of General this m orning she became the bride
Aoki of the Japanese arm y.
of G unjiro Aoki, who claim s to be
T rouble in the Rmery family en ­ a Jap an ese of high rank and a
sues, and Mrs. Rmery sides with former journalist, but whose recent
the daughter. M arriage is pre­ avocation is reported to have been
vented at Corta M adera, a suburb that of a dishw asher iu the liniery
of San F’rancisco, where the household.
Rm erys lived, and the girl deter­
T he ceremony was performed by
mines to leave California, claim ing the Rev. If. II. Gowen, rector of
the state showed her no sym pathy T rinity parish church, the only
on account of common prejudice witnesses present being the bride’s
agaiust Japanese there.
parents, A rchdeacon Rmery and
Mother leaves Sau Francisco
his wife, a countrym an of Aoki
with girl determ ined to meet Aoki
and A. Patterson, secretary of the
in T acom a, where the Japanese
rectory.
says he will return to his i>ots and
A ccom panied bv Archdeacon
kettles and m ake a living for his
wife. A oki’s countrym en offer Emery, Aoki appeared at the m ar­
him $1001» to desert his sweetheart, riage license clerk 's window about
but he refused and averred th at he
10 o ’clock this m orning and se­
would m arry her despite protests
cured a license, there being no
of all classes.
Southern Pacific train reached hesitation in issuing the docum ent.
P ortland Friday m orning and the W ith the coveted paper, Aoki and
girl an d her m other left it on the his future father-iu-law hurried to
east side. They went to the Sar-1 the Savoy hotel, where Miss Rmery
gent hotel and rem ained there halt
and her m other had been left.
an hour, then in autom obile to St. I 1
Then the party entered a carriage
Johus, leaving the city oti the
Seattle-Tacom a train No. 8 for an d were driven to the church,
T acom a. T he wedding will prob­ where arrangem ents for the cere­
ably occur at sea.
mony had previously been m ade.
EDWARD UNO SHOT END KILLED
BY BILLY WALKER HEAR EUGENE
A deplorable shooting affray
took place at the W alker residence
on the Campbell and W alker hop
ranch between Eugene and Spring-
field shortly after noon Friday.
W . A. W alker sent a charge of
shot through the left knee of lid-
ward Lang, crushing the lxrne and
tearing the flesh so badly th a t a m ­
putation was necessary and it is
not at all certain th a t he will recov­
er, though he slowly revived
from loss of blood and the shock.
ST O R Y O F T H E S H O O T I N G
W illiam
A. W alker, better
know n as “ Billy” W alker, is one
of the best know n men in the coun­
ty, having served as county clerk
for two terms, from 1890 to 1894.
H e is one of the m ost genial of
men an d has a host of friends, b ut
is u nfortunate in his appetite and
when under the influence of liquor
is not him self at all. O ne of the
strongest traits of his character is
his devotion to his aged m other,
whom he loves with a love akin
to adoration an d it was this filial
devotion th at caused him to do the
rash act Friday.
E dw ard Lang, the victim , is a
laborer whom Mr. W alker has em ­
ployed on his place at various times
and they were well acquainted.
Lang h ad been in Ivugefte in the
m orning and w ent out by the
W alker farm h av in g w ith him a
| well-filled l»ottle.
He met Billy
and they went together to the barn
and took several d rin k s together
and then went to the house. Aftei
talking for a while Latig becam e
' abusive and m ade some slighting
rem ark against his aged mother.
W alker at once went to another
room and got his shot gun and
gave L ang the contents of the left
barrel iu the left knee.
Dr. Day was telephoned for at
once and some one else phoned for
Sheriff Mown and a doctor. He
and his deputy major H am m ond,
found I)r. Scaiefe immediately and
they went at once to the scene in
an automobile, Dr. Day cam e also
with the am bulance. T he w ound­
ed man was taken to th e G eneral
hospital with the physicians, and
his leg was am putated, and the
sheriff brought W alker to the court
house. A w arrant was m ade out
ch arg in g him with assault with in ­
tent to kill
W alker, through his
attorneys, waived exam ination an d
he was placed under $2000 bonds
for his appearance liefore the grand
jury and he too was taken to the
G eneral hospital to get straightened
u p.— Register.
L A N G D I E S FROM W O U N D .
Edw ard Lang who was shot in
the left leg by W. R. W alker at
the la tte r’s home between ICugene
and Springfield Friday afternoon,
died at 7;15 Saturday evening.
T he charge against W alker will
probably be changed to a more ser­
ious one.
D eputy District Attorney G. F.
Skipw orlh went to the hospital sev­
eral tim es to try to secure an ante
mortem statem ent from the de
ceased, but l>oth times l.ang was in
no condition to do so, as he lay
m uttering incoherently most of the
tim e, not having recovered suffice
eiitly to m ake a connected state
m ent.
Ornamental Shrubbery.
Dretsmaking
Lilies, lil.tcs ( budded, new
sh a d es) clim atis, ( th e fin est) roses,
evergreens and a long list of o rn a ­
m entals on h and as well as a fine
lot of fruit trees an d sm all fruits.
Get our prices, ask us for any th in g
I in our line from a “ puckery pir-
simmon to a perfect p each .”
ICedar Springs Nursery, Rhone 471.
Mrs. Sanford desires to announce
that she is again prepared to do all
k in d s of dressm aking and solicits
the patronage of both old and new
custom ers. Call at her residence
on Locust street or Rhone 277
Ladies tailored suits a specialty.
Order your new suit for Raster
at W. A. f lernen w ay's.
Salem, March 29— By saw ing officials and the progress upon it
An interesting state of affairs
has developed as a result of the re­ their way through the bars of a noted, until last night it was found
cent Oregon & C alifornia land
the bar was completely severed,
g ran t forfeiture suit th a t was su b ­ window on the basem ent floor of
everything
was put in readiness for
m itted to Ju d g e Wolvertou in the the building, four convicts m ade a
lacal Federal court last week, says bold attem pt to escape from the the reception of the would-be es­
the Portland Telegram .
penitentiary shortly after 5 o ’clock capes when they emerged this
A nalysis of th e situation in c i­ this m orning. T h e prison officials m orning.
Branton was accom panied in his
dent to argum ents on the dem urrer knew of the scheme, however, and
of the Ilarrim au system to the with five armed g u ard s aw aitiug daring expedition by J. P. Collyar,
governm ent’s bill of com plaint in ­ their ex it the convicts were held employed iu the bakery, who was
dicates th a t 2,300,000 acres of the up at the point of as m any guns as sent up from Lane county for two
dom ain of Oregon, valuable chief­ they m ade the bolt, and with years February 21, 1909 for rob­
ly for agricultural and tim ber p u r­ hands high iu th e air all four of bery. C. II. Spaulding, a cook,
poses and worth iu the aggregate them were ordered back into the who is doing two and a h alf years
approxim ately
$40,000,000,
is prison through the same whole for larceny in a dwelling from C lat­
sop county, September 24, 1908,
practically “ no m an ’s la u d ” at from which they had emerged.
the present tim e and subject to in ­
John Branton, the alleged leader au d J. B. Lethridge, hospital clerk
discrim inate settlement and occu­ and principal organizer of the o u t­ who is serving three years for for­
pancy for ail indefinite i>eriod w ith ­ break, lies dead iu the prison gery com mitted in I'm a tilla county,
out danger of protest from any morgue, having com m itted suicide Septemlier 26, 1908. These three
source. By tendering $2.50 an by cu ttin g his throat with a men are let out of their cells at 4:30
acre as the purchase price which buicher knife taken from the prison each m orning to attend to their re­
the railroad com pany, for obvious butcher shop. His three colleagues spective duties, while Brantonfcwho
reasons, is bound to refuse, a are locked iu their cells, and will was the prison butcher, was turned
quasi right to enter into possession l>e punished according to the rules into his apartm ent at 5’clock, as
usual.
is established and any jierson is of the institution in su ch cases.
thereby privileged to go on a
W
A R D E N C U R T I S ’ T I C K L I S H JO B .
Branton, the dead convict was
quarter section, cut sufficient tim ­ serving a 10-year sentence for as­
W arden Curtis proceeded very
ber to b u ild a house and m ake sault with intent to kill, having cautiously through the corridor of
other necessary improvements, and been com mitted from Lane county, th e basement, w hich is filled with
live in com parative ease an d com ­ Ju n e 26, 190.5. I le w as considered d ark recesses on every side, with a
fort the rem ainder of his earthly a desperate man, an d has lieen flash lantern iu one hand and an
days without having his ]>eace of kept under close surveillance by autom atic revolver in th e other.
mind disturbed by such phantom s the prison guards and officials for Kuowiug th at all convicts im plica­
as anticipated visits from the ta x some m onths.
ted would doubtless be arm ed with
collector, rent agents or anything
Branton was serviug tim e in the butcherknives and cleavers from
else of annoying character. In penitentiary for attem pting to kill the butchershop, and ready to fight
short, he can m aintain an e x ist­ a man in Lane county early iu for their lives when cornered, it
ence there in a way that m akes an 1905 iu order to secure his life in­ was a ticklish task, aud the first
Iilysium dream look like a hideous surance, which had been taken out oue of the q uartet discovered was
nightm are, for as m atters now in favor of Branton. Branton left Branton, lying in the corner of a
stand nobody know s who ow ns the his victim for dead, but the latter d ark recess adjoining the butcher
laud, and the chances are the recovered and Branton’s arrest and shop, and he was groaning heavily.
chaotic mists th a t have arisen iu conviction followed.
W ithout investigating his condition
consequence of pending litigation
Branton was a brother of C laude or tak in g any chances of falling
between the governm ent an d the Branton, who was h anged iu E u ­ victim to any ruse which he might
railroad com pany will not be dis­ gene iu 1899 for the m urder of be playing to catch them unaw ares,
pelled for such a length of tim e John Linn iu the Cascade m oun­ a guard was left at the place and
that generations may come an d go tain s east of Iiugene
the search for the others was con­
before the war of titles is ended.
All three were found hid­
BAR I N S P E C T E D
EVERY
N I G H T . tinued.
T h e prospective settler need not
T he escape was very cleverly ing iu a recess on the other side of
necessarily have any money to a t­
planned and doubtless would have the corridor, and all came out with
tain this unprecedented goal. All
been successfully carried out had hands in the air when challenged
the requisite qualifications to be­
it not been th at one of the prison by warden Curtis.
come eligible to m em bership in
guards, in m aking his regular
this Lazy M ail's Paradise Associa­
rounds of the ciiildiug last Wednes­
Big Log Drive In.
tion is to write out any old check
day night, discovered th a t some
for $400 and tender it with a pleas­
one had been at work try in g to saw
T he Booth-Kelly log drive of
an t smile as paym ent to the ra il­
one of the bars lo the window on 6,000,000 feet from Little Fall
way corporation for 160 acres. It
the basem ent floor, opposite the creek arrived in the pond at
is not at all essential th a t he
butcher shop. T he m atter was re­ Springfield Friday aud the 16 or
should have a deposit in the b ank
ported to the head official who, in ­ 18 men who brought it in received
to m ake the check good either, b e­
stead of locking Branton up immo- their pay yesterday. They are al­
cause they are obliged to turn up
diately under suspicion, worked most all local men who have fam i­
their noses at it anyw ay, and m et­
out a scheme which resulted in the lies in this neighborhood. They
aphorically give it a swift k ick out
aptuie of all four convicts im pli­ brought the drive in iu 17 days,
of their land departm ent. T o ac­
cated in the plot.
livery day the w hich is considered excellent tim e,
cept the am ount would m ean ruin
bar was inspected by the prison w ithout incident.—G uard.
to them, since it would be in the
uatu re of a recognition of the
governm ent’s contention th a t the
two million or so ot the vast area
m ust be sold to actual settlers only
in quantities not more than a q u a r­
ter section to each purchaser, and
AND
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at a price not exceeding $2.50 .in
acre. T he ch ance would be too
great on a speculation of th a t
kind.
N either would LTicle Sam object
to auy settlem ent on the land. In
fact, he would hail such a proceed­
ing with joy, inasm uch as it would
conform to lines th a t he has m ain ­
tained vigorously for a fortnight
or more through able council, and
from his point of view would
carry out the term s of the gran t
m ade by Congress to the railw ay
corporation more than 40 years
ago.
Men’s All Wool Fine Suits, $10.00 to $25.00
In case the Ilarrim au people u n ­
dertook to treat a settler on these
Boy’s New Buster Brown Suits, 4.00 to 5.00
lands as an interloper and attem p t­
Boy’s New Combination Suits, 4.00 to 5.00
ed to eject him for illegal trespass,
Boy’s Extra Quality 2-piece Suits, 5.00 to 7.50
the t ’nited States would lie in
honor bound to arise in its m ight,
as it has done of yore, call out the
arm y and navy, likewise the
home guards and alt its available
force, including the m o ral iSquad,
W e Have it for Less
W ill Sell it for Less
It will pay you to investigate our
line of
Men and Boy’s Fine Clothing
WHEELERTHOMPSON CO.
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