Creswell Newslet*
COTTAGE GROVE LEADER.
The business man knows that
most of the seekers after places iu
T u m 4% v i a n d F rid a y «.
his establishment are unfit. There­
T H K L K A D K K P U B L I S H I N G O U (In c .)
fore, he prefers to do his own seek­
OONNKB A IH t B ri II i.K,
-
Ki 1 Horn ing, when he engages employes.
The business man accepts for a
Knt«*r«*<i »t the C ottage t ir o v«* p o s t o l iw a * sec
ond-claHH matter,
responsible place only a man who
has stood the test for efficiency and
HIIKS4 K IPI IO N K A T K S
responsibility, iu bis own, or some
m ou tli'
W eekly, one year. » I SO.
« IM I W IEKLV.
other
establishment. He rejects an
924 0
Ooe ïear
l.nO applicant whose first
Sta Montile
merits are
.75
Three Month*
ability to “ m ix” or round up votes
or “ run” with the boys. He re­
C O T T A G E G RO VE. OREGON
jects the seeker who says he is a
Located ou the upper W illam ette River
144 miles south o f Portland ou Southern l*a
business man, but who has noth­
citic and Orecou ¡k South Lastcru Railroad-,
■opulation 2500; two tanks; public and high
ing but words to speak for him.
drools, five churches, water, light ami sew
t systems;creamery. Hour m ill; tw o brick
( tftimes aspirants for mayor say
/ards saw mills; wood w ork factor y; ruat. b
factory; steam laundry and the L e a d e r .
they will give the city a business
I ftUSTRIIS AND RESOURCES.
administration. Some of them
r.ieat forests of timber tributary to Cottage
Grove; fifteen saw mills; three shiugle mills
have never been able to give their
within a radius o f 15 miles, llcadquaitei -
for Bohemia gold mines and Rlack butte
own affairs a business anmiiiistra-
quicksilver mines; valleys and foot hills
well adapted to fruit growing, fanning and
tion. It takes business seuse to
dairying. For information regarding this
great country suliscrihe for the Loader.
choose right servants.
MAILING D R E AM S COM E TR UE .
T h b Is the true Btory o f a dream that
cam e true.
P ra n k Klauenltxer, with his w ife and
seven children, lived In an old, tumble-
d ow n shanty which had once been a
farm house near Butler, Pa.
Entertainment at Lorane.
The following program will soon
The Circle members will give a
he given at Loraue, the funds from ]
social at their hall, April 1st.
which will lie used towatd pur­
Rev. Stratford of lialsey, was in chasing au organ:
Creswell ou business last week.
PR O G R A M .
Rev. Raker of New Mexico, is Farce.......“ Freeziug a Mother-in-taw,”
tOausnltxer was poor, aud Ms chil­
dren w e re treated with derision at holdiug evangelistic meeting at the Miss Knox, Mrs. II. M. Dot), Guy Knox,
Fred Knox ami Cypil Thompson
school because they Usd no bread to
Presbyterian church this week I le
eat, b u t only cold buckwheat cakes.
S uiik “ Why Don't They Flay With Me”
Some weeks ago F ran k dreamed that is assisted by Rev. McGee.
Carrie Mahoney
oil burst forth out o f the grou ud be­
...............................
The drama giveu Friday night Ouartct
tween the house aud the old apple tree,
for the beuefit of the baud was en­ Mrs. W. \V. Jackson, Mrs. B. Hays,
end a voice told him to dig there.
Frank Davis ami Oral Crow
H e told the dream to his w ife, and thusiastically received.
The pro­
Farce............................. “ Box ami Cox”
som ehow they believed the dream and ceeds amounted to $54.35
Miss Knox, Fred Knox, Guy Knox
determ ined to find out If the augu ry
The third story of the Central Song.......................... “ Song of Spring*’
was true. T h e w ife sold some old w e d ­
ding Jewelry, and Frank got a little hotel is rapidly ueariug completion. Maud Jackson, Gladys and Mildred Stone
money ou uu Invention.
Pearl Crow, Mildred Mahoney,
Then Klausultzer organized u com­ The recent influx of men and fam­
Beulah Koch
pany Some Pittsburg men o f wealth ilies and the lack of houses to let,
BOX A N D COX.
shared In bis f ;Mi. and the Dream OU have crowded the hotels to their
John Box. (a journeyman printer)
and Gas company was the outcome.
........................ Guy Knox
Oil was not discovered by the first utmost capacity.
well, but t.IXIO.OUO cubic feet o f gas are
The Creswell promotion club James Cox, (a journeyman hatter
rusblng dally from the hole they drlU-
.................. Fred Knox
met Tuesday evening at Woodman
ed. Another was drilled, and oil was
Mrs. Bonneer, (a lodging-house
found. Options were taken upon ad- hall. Thursday was voted a day for
keeper).................Miss Fdith Knox
cleaning up the town. A commit
FRIDAY, APRII. 2, 1809.
The city ticket headed by J. I. jaceut acres.
t'FRF.F.ZING A M O T H K R -IN -L A W ”
All this Inside o f a mouth.
tee of supervisors was appointed
Jones, with Herbert Dakin for
Frank’s income now Is very large.
Mr. Wat muff, (attached to the past)
treasurer and Chas. Van Denburg ! He Is counted one o f the rich men o f consisting of Dr. Darling, George
.... Mr. Cyril Thompson
CITY ELECTION NEXT MONDAY
L. Gilfrey, Heury Parsons, Dr. D. Fetdinand Swift, his nephew, (at­
for recorder; VV. A . lfogate, coun- the country.
Doubtless you buve heard RusseU
B. Colcord, Mr. S. A. McKay and
tached to fortune hunting) Guy Knox
Next Monday the legal voters Icilmau first ward: ( '“ L ’ Rees’ Cornwell’s lecture on “ Acres o f Dia­
1 councilman for second ward aud monds.” I f so yon will remember the Mr. F. W . Ogram. The Schmidt Walter Mtherland, (attache«! to
of Cottage ('.rove will elect a may­
Hmily Watmuff)............. Fred Knox
II. K. Lawson, councilman for inun who wandered all over the world Bros., donated a team and wagon Mr*. Watmuff, (attache« 1 to the mem­
or, treasurer, recorder and three
In search o f diamonds and finally dis­ to carry away the rubbish.
third ward, is a good one and a covered them by digging In his own
ory of her parents... .Miss E- Knox
councilmen.
There will be no
At 1 p. m. Thursday the citizens Kmily, her daughter, (attache«! to
winner. With such a capable and back yard.
contest except for the office of
Walter I.itherland) Mrs. 11. M. Doty
worthy set of men to guard its O f course the moral of the lecture Is of Creswell assembled on the main
mayor, for which the rival candi­
that we are very prone to overlook the street with rakes, forks, shovels
Admission
AS, 25 and IS cents.
destinies, Cottage ( '.rove’s interests wealth that is near to us and go search­
dates, are J. I. Jones and II. R
will be well taken care of and cer­ ing for the wealth that is unattainable. and wheelbarrows and proceeded
Job. Both men have served the
More Books for School Library.
Frank Klausnltzer, like the diamond to clean up the town. Mai ion
tainly in good, safe bauds.
city in this capacity heretofore,
seeker, found tils fortune In his own Hager donated his team aud wagon
hack yard.
and while their principles and
Ou Friday March 26, Dr. Nave
for the afternoon, and Fdgar Par­
The Leader has opinions aud
You say that was an accident,
policies are vastly at variance, liotli
donated a number of fine geologi 5 room house, hath aud pantry, j 1 acre, 7 room house, good well,
lie
Just
happened
to
dream
It
out.
sons
drove
the
team
donated
by
convictions of its own and is not
have a good many loyal support
city water, electric lights, barn, 1 fruit aud outbuildings, fine soil,
No! The dream may have been on!
Schmidt Bros. In the evening a cal specimens to the school aud al
afraid to express them, but at the an accident, or lie may have ca:
$1600.
ers. J. I. Jones during iiis former
chicken house, some fruit aud
so a number of books:
same time, it lielieves in respecting (lie thought for many days In the back huge bonfire was kindled aud the
admiustratioii demonstrated the
berries,
fine
location.
$950.
Part
Last of Mohicans, At War With
Fine river bottom land’, 5 and 10
rubbish gathered up was burned
the opinions and convictions of of hls head tiefore he dreamed It.
fact that he possesses the backbone
down, balance on time, if de’
Pontiac, Nature’s Serial Story,
acre tracts, from $80 to $125 per
But—
others and according to all the Thu
labors that made hls dream come
and grit necessary to require the
sired, large lot 10*1x212.
Story of One Hundred Years, The
acre.
free exercise of their rights and true were by no means accidental.
enforcement of the ordinances
Presidents’ of the United States,
H e did not stop with hls dream. He
Some acreage in city $250 per
aud laws of the county and state Privileges. It is areal live, pro-
\Ve heard a prominent citi­
Aesops Fables, Rhetoric, Mill ou 2 lots east of railroad 5 room house,
carried tt to consummation by delib­
acre.
pressivc local paper.
zens remark the other day
good
well,
$650.
erate effort.
within this municipality, and if
the Floss, John Halifax Gentleman,
W
e
all
dream
dreams.
An extra good business investment
that “ J. I. Jones isahvaysdo-
elected Monday will give the city a
Mother Tongue Part II, Hypatia,
KditorShutt of the Drain “ Six
But not all o f us go ont to make oar
for the right party.
ing something for Cottage
good, business-like, moral adminis­ Point” says that a contemporary dreams come true.
Robinson Crusoe, Rise and Pro­ 4 room cottage, 2 large lots, city
QThey tell us “there is only
one ¡place in the city where
the ox-blood hose can be
purchased,”
BirUiMer-Vnls Co.
Of Course.
REAL ESTATE
j
tration without going to extremes
or precipitating any moral crusade.
He has virtually grown up with
this city and all of his extensive
interests are practically located
within this municipality.
His
property inrerests represent the ac-
cummulations o f years o f hard
work and good economical business
management. His property is all
in his own n am e and if he owes
any man a single dollar it is col­
lectible.
With his well known
loyalty to home interests and the
great amount of property which he
has at stake iu this city, he can lie
has an article headed, “ Why do
women wear clothes?” Whereupon,
this rather sporty editor remarks:
“ That is easy to answer, hut at a
vaudeville in Portland lately the
thing that puzzled me was, ‘why
don’ t they?”
A
L E S S O N FOR O L D FOLKS.
Grove aud has done as much
or more toward bringing
about the development aud
upbuilding of the town as
anyone man iu Cottage Grove.
His action last fall in donat­
ing a valuable tract of laud for
the use of the Cottage Grove
Fair Association for 5 years
free, on which he is paying
the taxes himself, is au ex­
ample of his generosity and
public spirit and the citizens
of Cottage Grove should show
their gratitude for such gener­
ous and worthy acts by vot-
Morfday’.5^ r
Susan B. Anthony tiled at the age of
eighty-six.
Up to within a year of her death
Miss Anthony never walked stairs.
SHE A L W A Y S R AN UPSTAIBS.
That Is the testimony o f relatives and
friends.
This remarkable woman took excel­
A woman lecturer advises every-
lent care of her bodily health and,
lxxly to spend ten minutes at the above all things, always maintained a
close of each day reviewing all that hojiefut spirit. She K E P T H E Il M IND
we have done iu the preceeding YOUNG.
To those of mature years that Is half
twenty-four hours.
Many men the battle. It has been said a wo­
would he better pleased if they man Is as old as she looks, a man as
old as he feels. But looks are largely
could spend the time forgetting
a matter of feeling. H e or she who
lot of the things they have done.
feels young IS young.
The man or woman who keens In
m i I n s « i t t n i l n l l r f l iir
f i r^tjl
M jyAfi
rn i v n m l
m m jr w
v r t m s m p n r r v m n i l - one who always shows a keen interest
the town— on all ques
In
life, caunot—CANNOT, mind you—
bus. If the same distinction is
tions of importance effecting the
granted to other discoverers, as has grow Infirm o f mind or dull o f spirit.
A ripe old age that has behind it few
city’s common welfare, lie will
lieen suggested by their admirers, regrets, which Is the ripened fruit of
have no pets to favor nor enemies
Saginaw Items.
there will he no day left iu which temperate and sane living, ought to be
to punish, but will treat all inter
the happiest age o f all.
to honor the man who discovered
Ivan McQueen is iu Moutana.
Do not let yourself grow slouchy
ests and citizens fairly aud square­
work.— New York Herald.
with the years — slouch v In your
ly, requiring, however, oliedience
R. I). Tucker is on the sick list.
T H IN K IN G , H A B IT S or DRESS.
to the ordinances and laws of the
A New York woman announces Dress nlono has much to do with
W ill Abbott is laid up with the
Grip.
county and state.
Improvements her intention to marry a Japanese cleanly tiring and right thinking.
Get out o f doors. Do not subside
will be advocated consistent with student in one of the Kastern col
/eke Lawson is getting ready to
Into the chimney corner. Your work
the city’s requirements, revenues leges. The Emery disease seems Is not done until your last breath Is migrate to Canada.
and finances and the same careful to lie contagious in other families. drawn.
Happy Ance was a Grove visitor
I f you have a hobby, follow 1L I f one day this week.
attention will lie given to the city’s It is to he hoped this will not be­
you champion a reform, work at tt.
interest by Mr. tones, which lie come an epidemical one.
Cultivate
enthusiasm.
Encourage
Mrs. Henry Olson went to Cot­
hope. Say to yourself, ” 1 must see the tage Grove Wednesday.
would give to his own personal a f­
One year is long enough. A outcome o f my striving.”
fairs and the Leader lielieves he will
These cold rains are hard on
Head the new hooks. Accustom your­
gcxxl,
worthy city officer can lie re­
be elected mayor Monday by a
self to the spirit o f progress. Keep In goats that have been sheared.
large majority and that his election elected easier than an unworthy vital touch with YOUNG PERSONS.
J. T. Olson is papering some
Above all else, C O NTIN UE TO houses for the It. K. Co. this week.
will lie for the liest interests of Cot­ oue could lie recalled liefore his
T
H
IN
K
.
lie
who
ceases
to
think
be­
tage Grove at this particular time. two year term expired. Yote gins to die. An active mind will keep
Harley Queener, who has been
against the two yeai amendment an old body active a long time.
to Portland returned home last
next Monday.
Men. like trees, often begin dying at week.
RUNNING A NEW SPAPER.
the top.
Fred Whitcomb had the misfor­
Do not Indulge too much In that
There’s High Protection Repub­
weakness o f advancing years—looking tune to lose otie of his horses last
Running a newspaper is just like lican Payne arguing for free hides,
backward.
LOOK A T T H E R O A D week.
running a hotel only different. and a Texas Democrat bellowing AHEAD. New Ideals are In front of
Henry Fisher says of all the
When a man goes into a hotel and for a high duty mi them. What’s you. I.ook forward.
mouths iu the year he thinks that
Determine
to
stay
young
tn
soul.
I.et
finds something on the table which a republican, or a democrat?
go o f the material world ns much as May is the prettiest.
does not suit him, he does not raise
possible. Cultivate the spiritual. The
James Powell, who has been
It gives the Portland editors a spiritual Is nine-tenths o f you. It
hades with the landlord and tell
livm g in Portland for several
parched throat just to think alxiut dominates matter.
him to stop his old hotel. Well,
Aud thus may you grow old beauti­ mouths has moved hack to Sagi
state wide prohibition. They fa
hardly. He sets that aside ami
vor prohibition in Oregon—except fully and naturally. Passion is past. naw.
Enjoyment Is pure and sane. Keep
wades into the dishes that suit him.
in Multnomah couuty.
Deputy Assessor C. A . Smith is
young tn heart and you will put a
It is different with some newspaper
halo around those gray hairs o f yours. going around over the country ask
readers. They find an article oc­
That Is one o f the lessons o f M iss
And now Jim Hill lias giveu Kd
ing the people all sorts of ques
Anthony’s life.
casionally that does not suit them
I:
llarriinan a quit claim deed to
exactly and, without stopping to Oregon. It is some satisfaction to
think it may please hundreds of
the people to know definitely who
other readers, make a grand stand owns them.— Kx.
play aud tell the editor how a pa­
per should be run aud what should
The usual penalty will lie added
be put into it, hut such people are to unpaid taxes after Monday; so
hecomiug fewer every year.— Mon­ if you have not paid your taxes,
trose Journal.
you should do so at once.
The Fountain Head o f Life
Is The Stomach
A man who hot a weak and impaired «tomech and who doe« not
properly digest hi« food will soon find that his hlood ha« become
weak and impoverished, and that his whole h o d y is improperly and
*>e.
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pure, glyceric extract of American medical roots,
absolutely free from alcohol sad all injurious, habit-forming d rs fi.
A ll its
• re printed on its wrapper*. It ha* no relationship with secret
Its every ingredient is endorsed by the leaders in all the schools of
D on’t accept a secret nostrum a* a substitute for this time-provao
09 k n o w n c o m p o s it io n . A *s y o u « NttoHBOus. They must know o f
by it during past 40 years. n|ht in your ow n neighborhood.
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tions.
A n ti-n o ls* Suggestion.
A resourceful K a n s a s schoolteacher,
w ith a vision o f a noiseless, antl-frlc-
tton, b all bearing schoolroom ultim ate­
ly tn Ttew, pasted strips o f court plas­
ter o v e r the rosebud lips o f som e­
body’s darling, and now the Irats f a ­
ther o f the boy has haled her into
court to see tf by some oversight the
constitution m ade that form o f punish­
ment legal and good form.
I f the learned court pats the teacher
on the head and says she did nobly and
gives the merry ha ha to the demand
o f the father fo r dam ages, w h at a
large field it opene up!
F or Instance, the w orried candidate
w ould paste up the mouths o f hts fool
friends and feel com paratively safe
w ith only hls enemies running at la:
and m any happy homes w o u ia T w
happier tf ths scolding m em ber ■ . M b .
firm could be held d o w n b y a couple o f
strong men and given the court plaster
treatment fo r w h at ailed him o f her.
«
No Good Exempts.
'•Notice the d ay s getting lunger-»“
“ A re they?”
"Sun Is rising earlier In the
In g ”
" I don’t admire Its txata -
Who pays the freight? Why,
Jones
Therefore, vote for Jones.
A fire alarm at the noon hour
oue day last week caused some of
the B. K. employes to hurry back
to the planer mill- The fire was
soon extinguished and all the dam­
age was a hole bunit in the roof of
the lumber sheds.
gress o f Standard Oil Co., A Made
Man, The Making of A Man,
Ray’s Arithametic, Uncle Tom ’s
Cabin, The House of the Seven
Gables, The Reveries of a Bache­
lor, Tom Brown’s School Days,
Bitter Sweet, Jean lugelows Poems,
The Light of Asia, Katrina, Plant
Studies, Meg's Friend, Adventures
of Rob Roy, Chilhomee Boys at
College, Works of George Herbert,
Physiology, Complete Arithametic,
Classics for
Vocal Expression,
Works of Dante, Ivanhoe, Ameri­
can Lauds and Letters, The Living
World. —
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at u illC l Cllt
times: Toilers o f the Sea, was given
by Mr. and Mrs. Young.
Rev. A . J. Armstrong donated
Queen of the Air, Ethics of the
Dust, Crown of Wild Olives. Se­
same and Lillies, Uuiversalism
Against Itself, The Greater Life
and Wotk of Christ, The Bible and
the Word of God, Vanity Fair,
Emerson's Essays Vols 1-2, De
scent o f Man, Natural Law in the
Spiritual World, Pilgrim’s Pro­
gress, Tales from Shakespeare,
Addresses by Drummond, St.
Mark’s Rest
Bacon’s Essays,
Great Authors, Intellectual Life,
Thoughts of Antoiiiune, The Sim­
ple Life, Suicide, Chesterfield’ s
Letters. Dreams, Our Country,
V’ear Book Cyclopedia and Atlas,
Leila Bookh, Shakespear’s Com­
plete Works.
Myrtle DeSpain gave, A Childs
History of Greece, Reed's Lan­
guage Work, Fifth Reader Eclectic,
'ourtil Reader Appleton, Fourth
Reader Monroe, Baked Meats of
the Funeral, Waverly Novel, Moth­
er Truth’s Melodies, What Can
She Do?
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Kinney gave
“ War with Spain.”
James Hememvay gave “ Build­
ing Business."
F. C. Macey gave ‘ Stories of the
Russian Japanese W ar.”
President Campbell gave an ex ­
cellent address at the Christian
church on Saturday evening. At
this time we are not certain that
Pres. Crooks of Albany College
can be with us.
W e wish to express our sincere
thanks for the specimens and books
Riven.
F. K. B a r n k s .
At Bargain Rates.
W o n t comes that a jury at Isp o rte
w a s "fixed ’ mid made to bring In the
Lime and sulphur spray at the
right kind of n verdict from the w rong
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kind o f fai ts for tlx* modest sum of Griffin, Veatch Co’s.
$12. That Is so reasonable that It Is
like bringing Jury fixing within the
reach o f all.
T h e crook w h o has heretofore led
au uncertain and precarious Ufa ran
n o w burgle and nllp forged checks to
the un w ary to hls heart’s routent,
merely taking the precaution to lay
aside «12 for a ratay d ay and a bnsl-
F R A N K B E N N E T T . E im «n e . O r .
nesa Jury.
12 a n d P e a r l « f t . P h o n e R e d <#351
lo o k in g at tt from the other side,
however, w e might w ell ask. "W h e re
la our vaunted prosperity?"
N o Juror could g ro w rV h and
rate hts fam ily fo r any surh sum as
that unless he bad something Ilka
D E N T IS T
?
steady work at the Job.
M ill, that
First C l « « W erk, i » w Rank o f C o ttn if |
might have been bargain day h r Jo
Greve. Consce Greve, orexqn.
#
ríes, and the iu g u la r rata may fc*|
to m aifb st higher.
AUTOMOBILES
Reo. Mitchell and Stod-
«vrd-Daytorv cars
$550 to $4.000
Ohe of the finest residence proper­
water, $650.
7 room house, good well, lot HOx
ties in the city, close in, modern
189, $1200.
throughout, 5 rooms, 2 pantries,
2 closets, hath room, hot aud *
4 acres, fine location, 34 fruit trees,
cold water, electric lights. Base­
5 room house, closet aud pantry,
ment and concrete foundation.
good water, outbuildings. Terms
$2000. Part cash balance on
X cash, balance on time if de­
time if desired.
sired, $1500.
SEE
Lot 55x100 feet, 5 room bouse,
close in, city water, $700.
50x100 feet on Fourth street, 6
room house, hath and pantry,
$1200.
King & King
At the Bridge
COTTAGE GROVE
FLOUR
MILLS
A ll Kind» of
Mill Feed
GreJn
and Hay
C H A S . M A T T H E W S . Proprietor.
Spring Season
Q Our Spring Season has opened mo£f satisfactorily.
N ew orders are coming in and w e are filling them 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 Y O U R . O R D E R S F O R G O O D S
IN O U R L IN E AND W E D O T H E R E S T
JOHNSON & M A TLO CK
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Notice of Final Account.
In the matter of the Assignment of
the Wheeler-Thompson Co., of Cottage
Grove, Oregon.
Notice is hereby given that VV. It.
Abrams, Assignee has fileil his account
(or final settlement of said estate with
the clerk ot the court and that Monday,
April 12, IW i, at I o'clock p. in., of said
day has been set for hearing the same.
\V. It. A brams . Assignee.
O korc . k R. D orris , Attorney.
Edison, Colnmbia
Victor
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