COTTAGE GROVE LEADER.:
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COTTAGE G R O V E . O R EG O N
L o c a te d o n t h e u p p e r W illa m e tte R iv er
144 m ile s » o u th o f P o r tla n d o n S o u th e rn Pa
c ih c a u d o r e g o u & S o u th P .a ste ru R a ilro a d « ,
‘o p u l a u o u 2500. tw o l*anks; p u b lic a n d h ig h
'h o o ts five c h u rc h e s , w a te r, l ig h t a n d sew
t- s y s te m s .c r e a m e r y ; flo u r m ill; tw o b r ic k
s a rd s ; s a w m ilts w o o d w o r k fac to r» . m a tc h
f a d o r y s te a m i.m n d ry a d d t h e L o a d e r .
I •IS T II1 0
AND » S O U R C E S .
G re a t l »res1 a o f tim b e r tr i b u ta r y to C o tta g e
G ro v e Oftueu -4 « m ills ; t h r e e s h in g le m ills
w iih in a r a d iu s o f 15 m ile s. H e a d q u a r te r s
to Boliem a g o ld m in e s a n d B lack B u tte
q u tcfc siW fr m in e s ; v a lle y s a n d fo o t-h ills,
w ell * d tjd e d to ’r u it g r o w iu g . f a r m in g a n d
d s ir y i a g
F o r in fo r m a tio n r e g a r d in g th is
iv r« i c o u n tr y s u b s c r ib e fo r t h e L e a d e r .
T lK S O A V ;
A P R IL 13, 190*»
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
A rew ard of $50 will be paid by
the Leader Publishing Co. to any
person or persons who will submit
evidence, which will bring about
th e arrest and conviction of any
violator of the local option law in
the city of Cottage Grove, either
by conducting a blind pig, boot
legging or by violating the local
option law in any other way.
T he farm ers seem to have a
cinch ou prosperity.
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C ham p C lark says the average
price of a w oinau’s h at is $5.
J. Holliman, a tailor, and Eve
C ham p, you certainly got off easy. Parsley, an about town m an, left
A nother state has gone dry and towu last uigbt for fear of arrest
Emperor W illiam announces he iu connection with a blind pig
will never drink again 4 iug the w hich Chief Farrington discovered
rem ainder of liis life- The tern' V,« terday at the head of the stairs
perauce m ovem ent is m aking some iu the business college building.
T here was uo evidence th a t any
mighty strides.
liquor was sold, and the man
Most of the people who write caught in charge was not held.
about troubles of m arried life are He said th at Hohlman an d Parsley
single. If they were m arried they owned the contents of the room.—
would be so busy w ith their Eugene G uard.
troubles they would not have time
Amusement at the Armory.
to write, says a henpecked editor.
A woman confesses everything
she does, to her husband, but she
does nothing wicked enough to
m ake the confession interesting. A
m an, who could be more interest
ing. lias nothing to say, says E d i
tor Sliutt, of the Drain Nonpareil.
A D ouglas county farmer, com
paring former times with the pres
ent, said: “ T here are no farms
now m ortgaged, then there were
plasters oil a m ajority. Then the
farmers were forever borrowing
money; now lie lias it to loan. A
good horse for all around purposes
brought from $75 to $100: now the
same kind of an anim al readily
com m ands
$150. W heat
was
worth 45 to 50 cents a bushel: now
it brings more th an $1. Wool then
brought all the way from 12 to 18
cents per pound, but is now 21 and
22 ceuts. Then apples could not
lie given aw ay, while now they are
a valuable asset to the grow er.”
W henever you hear a man k ic k
ing because some one advocates
the enforcement of law and order,
you can bet th“ fellow is a violator
of the law himself, is profiting p er
sonally in some way through others
Strange an d queer as it may
violating the law, or favors law
breaking, and as the strenuous seem, anyone advocating the en
Teddy would put it, is an “ un d e forcement of the city ordinances
and law s of the state aiul county,
sirable citizen.”
are takin g up an unpopular issue
Cottage Grove is growiug larger and will alw ays meet with bitter
and better every day.
condem nation—on the part of the
Heal estate about Cottage G rove violators of the laws—but the
hearty endorsem ent of all good
is certainly a good investm ent.
moral law abiding citizens. W hy,
London Springs mineral water one fellow in Cottage Grove got
and salts promises to m ake Cottage frisky because the Leader advo
cates the enforcem ent of the laws,
Grove and Lane county famous.
and w anted to “ stop the p ap er.”
W hen the first-born leaves the
The same day we added the names
home nest to m ake a place ill the of three new subscribers to our
world for himself, it leaves a pretty tlooks who said they were taking
big gap in the family circle.
the pajier because of its stand iu
W e’ll take our chances along favor of law and order.
side th e man who would rather
Reform the m unicipal election
m ake a child smile than to m ake
laws. T h e m an who owns or rents
a dollar at the expense of his fel
a home in C ottage G rove or the
lows.
young m an who m akes this city
Lilian Allen Hitchcock. Secre his perm anent home and is interest
tary of the Interior under Presi ed in the c ity ’s progress and ad
dents McKinley and Roosevelt vancem ent, or is in any way as
died at W ashington, II. C. last sisting iu conducting the business
or industrial affairs of the town or
Friday.
com m unity should not lie denied
T he Cottage Grove city council the right to vote. Hut the fellow
cannot afford to m ake haste slowly who is w orking in the mills, cam ps
in the m atter of street im prove or mines hereabouts, with a grip
ments. T he season for the best sack locked up in the baggage
work soon passes.
room at one of the local hotels
where lie calls for a m eal once a
Joe Jacobs will hie himself to
month, is not in any sense of the
W ashington. T he noted Lugeue
word, a “ freeholder” or a “ citizen
blind pigger will shake the dust of
of Cottage G rove” and should be
th e dry Lane county seat from his
denied the right of a voice iu the
pedal extrem ities, and E ugene
affairs of this m unicipality.
weepeth not.
" I f a poor hunter kills one deer
It is whispered that the city dads out of season, he is charged from
are m editating over the advisabili $25 to $50. Hut a panther, which
ty of passing an ordinance prohibit (.estimated i kills from fifty to one
ing the sale of near lieer in this hundred an d fifty deer annually,
city. T hat would lie m uch better is not wortli $20. Why is one
than licensing the suds.
deer wortli so much iu the first in
“Just put my nam e down for $.5 stance, and one hundred and fifty
to go toward increasing that re of so little value iu the second?”
ward for the conviction of the This quotation is from one of our
blind piggers, ” is a common sal Coos county exchanges and it is to
utation at the Leader office. T he the point. T he reason the poor
fund is now above $50 and is still hunter is punished is there is
“ blood m oney” for som eone iti
growing.
his locality who often eats of the
i he Myrtle Point E nterprise venison so killed and then does the
says
l)i Stemmier is fully e n part of the inform er for the inform
titled to lielieve th a t 1.1 is his hoo e r’s lee. T he bill to have the
doo num ber hy reason of his e x state pay a bounty of $20 for
cellence in ihe recent city election, cougar scalps was killed in the
iu the ptunarv he was nom inated state legislature, the members of
bv H votes, his num ber was 1.1 on which voted lavish sums for other
the ballot, and he was defeated by measures less meritorious than the
scalp bounty bill.
11 vote* in the election.”
Stom ach B lood and
L iver Troubles
M a s k tU lo M U • ta r ts w ith w e ak s to m a c h , and c o n seq u en t
im p o v e r is h e d blo o d . N e rv o u s an d p a le -p e o p le la c k
f o o d , ric h , red b lo o d . T h e ir e to m ach a need in v igorating
i s r , a lta r a ll, a m en can he n o s tro n g e r th a n hie sto t «sch.
A re m e d y th a t m ake« th« s to m a c h stro n g an d the liv e r
re, m ak e« rte h red M ood an d o v e rc o m e s and d r iv %
d ie e ea e -p ro d u c in g h a ctaria c a d c u re s a w hole m ulti-
root ,
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O a f H é mt f a « f S fm m e k I T a a t a a a f mmé
t i r a r t a t l a a a a h y tmklng a c o a r e e • t
O p . P i e r e e ' e O a / d a a R a d i c a / O le c o v e r y
- f i a droaa# f f a a s a a t f f a a f a r a f / r a , L t w r
imwlgorstor mmé Btmmé f / a a a i a r .
Y ou
AFTER PARSLEY
AND BOHLMAN
a ’t
o a c c e p t a a y m e d ic in e of mnknnw*
ea a s u b stitu te fo r " ( J o ld e n M ed ical D isco v
e r y / * w h ic h ia • m e d icin e o r » m o w n r o M r o s r r r o N , Waving
• c o m p le te list o f in g re d ie n ts in p la in E nglish on its b o t
tle -w ra p p e r, sam e being a tte s te d ee c o rre c t u n d e r o a th .
Despite the fact that Miss Jose
phine Deffry with her able com
pany are com paratively strangers
to the theater goiug public in this
territory, this being her first ap
pearance in this part of the state,
nevertheless she is already widely
discussed and before the engage
ment draw s to a close it is m anifest
th at the house will be none to
large to accommodate the crowds
w hich will be attracted by the per
sonality of one of the best emo
tional actresses in the country.
Miss Deffrv’s w ork in her open
ing, “ A W icked W om an,” may
be rightly proclaim ed as an artistic
treat, sparkling with repartee and
thrusts, but free from coarseness.
T he supporting members of the
cast could hardly be improved
upon and give that aid without
which ail organization would tie
lacking, regardless of the strength
of the star.
Miss Deffry will open a three
nights engagem ent at the armory
ou T hursday evening April 15th.
Sale of seats will open Monday
m orning at the W ave. Money re
funded if you are dissatisfied with
the perform ances.
Ada Jackson a Ward.
A d a Jackson of Cottage Grove,
was m ade a ward of the juvenile
court by Ju d g e Chrism an and
turned over to Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
F. Crouer until the Ju n e term of
the circuit court when she will ap
pear as a witness ill a crim inal
case. A fter th at she will be given
over to the custody of her g ran d
father, W. I). Illingwood, of Med
ford.— Register.
Notice to Sight Seer«4
D. G. M cFarland gives notice
th at he has no objections to people
visiting “ Mt. D avid” in order to
view Cottage Grove and the valley
below, so long as they leave their
dogs at home, close the gates and
do not molest liis goats and their
offspring.
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Stereopticon Lecture Postponed
The stereopticon lecture on the
Fiji Islands hv Rev. ) • M. Cole
w as postponed from M onday even
ing to W ednesday evening at the
C hristian church
It's free but
ta k e along some change for the
Contribution lxix.
BR O W N SVILLE T IM ES CATCH ES ON
T he Oregonian announces that
it will support, as far as it can, the
creation ot Nesmith county out of
jwirtioiis of Lane and Douglas
counties, and suggests th at the
next new county established in the
state lie nam ed W illiams in honor
of O regon's glan d old mail. How
would Hrownsville, W illiam s coun
ty, sound?— Brownsville Times.
SESSION OF NEW
CITYCOUNCIL
L e t ’s A l l J o i n
A C LE A N TO W N
H ealth, its value au d ini|>ortnuce ■
j depend largely on cleanliness, pure
food, pure air aud pure water.
M arshal Elected, Com Few people appreciate the value
i of health until they have lost it.
mittees Appointed
! Few realize the im portance of
I building and m aintaining a strong
For the Year.
physique until the h and of disease
has shattered their hopes,- in cap ac
T he uew city council met in ad ita te d them for life’s duties and
journed session S aturday evening, they find their am bitions ch ain ed
Mayor Job an d Couucilmeu A tk in to earth by the weaknesses of the
son, Bartels, Elledge, Fisher, Ho- flesh. T h e capacity to work, do
gate an d Lawsou being present, business, study, learn,
enjoy,
and also Recorder V auD enburg l>e happy or m ake others happy de
and M arshal Snodgrass. T he uew pend largely upon the existing
councihnen took the oath of offices state of health.
and the lxmds of the treasurer and
PU R R W ATKR
recorder were approved.
T
he
im
portance
of pure w ater is
T he petition of C. C. Woodward
asking permission to remove the a subject th at cannot be overesti
old buildings ou the corner of main m ated. Space forbids us giving
and T hird streets to m ake room even the briefest incidents of the
for a new modern brick was g ran t m any ways iu which the w ater be
comes im pregnated with disease,
ed.
A petition praying for the g rad germ s and poisonous w aters from
ing and graveling of K ansas street sewers, cesspools, barnyards, c h ic k
from the C hristian church to the en yards, filthy streets, alleys,
V. C. Loudon residence property w ater closets, etc. Suffice it to say
thence north an d east to the rail th a t because of the rapidity with
w hich water absorbs i>oisoti ami
road was grauted.
because
of the rapid m u ltip lica
n k w c o m m it ik f :
W ater—J. A. Elledge, Geo. Atr tion of disease germs iu w ater and
the constant inflow of im purities
kin son and J. H. Bartel*.
Finance— J. H . Bartels, J . A. from the surface of the ground,
im pure water is unquestionably the
Elledge and B. K. Lawson.
Street—Geo. A tkinson, llettry cause of more epidemics an d the
chariot on which more diseased
F'isher, W . A. Ilo g ate.
Light— B. K. Lawson, II. Fisher germs m ake their way into the
system than any other. T oe m uch
and W . A. Ilogate.
care cauuot be exercised iu procur
P ark — Mrs. 4 - H. Wpcd, Geo.
in g pure water.
Atkinson, R, Nf. Veafcfi, D. G.
Cleanliness is the next th in g to
M cFarland an d fj. Ey. Lgwsou.
Godliness. T hree-fourths of all
G. B. Pitcher was re-elected street vice, misery gud crime are caused
and w ater commissioner, his only
by disease. Few people w ho ¡ire
opponent for the place being Dave
perfectly cleanly, healthy and n o r
Allison.
m al become vicious or bad.
F , IF. Snodgrass an d J, S. Coff
W hereas, the Civic Improvement
man were the candidates for city
com mittee of (fie W om an's Club,
m arshal, the former being re have designated F riday April 16th
elected by a unanim ous vote. Dr. as general cleaning up day in Cot
W. W . Oglesby w as duly re-elect
tage Grove, I now, therefore soli
ed h ealth officer for the eusuiug
cit and dem and the co-operation
year. Coitpcilmen Lawson, Bar of the citizens of th e town and
tels and A tkinson were appointed property holders are requested to
as a com mittee to locate and secqre remove all rubbish, old sidew alks
a garbage pit itt which to d»m p the where new ones have been laid and
city ’s refuse.
all filth front about your hom es so
T he m arshal was requested to
th at not only you will be healthy
ask the various attorneys of the au d happy but strangers will say
city to subm it bids for the c ity ’s surely this is not a Sodqm or G o
legal business for consider at ion of m orrah, but a beautiful village
the couucil at its n ex t meeting
well worthy the nam e of Cottage
A ttorney J. S. Medley an d O. H. Grove, the comity seat of N esm ith
W illard were granted permission county.
to place gravel on the street front
W. W. O g l e s b y ,
City H ealth < ifficer.
ing their residence properties.
A petition for the improvement
Look at This Proposition!
of A street was referred to the street
committee.
A 40 acre farm only % mile
T he recorder was instructed to north of depot on good road aud
have a certain deed from J. I. on b ank of river. Fine laud aud
Jones to the city of .Cottage Grove good new buildings, house and one
barn painted. Four acres of fine
recorded.
young orchard in bearing and
C ontractor Venske was granted plenty of berries, nearly all of the
an extension of tinje to Ju n e 1st. ja n d is tillable an d in crop. If
for the improvement of South First you w ant a d andy home almost iu
town look this up at once. F'or
Street.
th e next 10 days this goes for
T he following bills were allowed
$7500. It ha» been held at $8000'
and ordered paid:
Call on J. I). C ochran. C ottage
28 Grove, ( iregou.
H erbert Ivakin..........................
The Civic Improvement Committee,
assisted by the Mayor and Street Com
missioner, desires to make
Friday, April 16 th
such a general cleaning up day that
Cottage Grove will be known as the
cleanest town in the Willamette Valley.
If persons having trash will kindly
collect the same teams will be furnished
free of charge to haul it off.
Kindly look over your premises and
see what you can do in cleaning up
to improve the general appearance.
Pick up old boards; tear down useless
fences; cut briars and old grass, pick up
all trash; clean the street in front and
the alley behind your house.
Anyone desiring a team to haul off
trash please notify the Street Commis
sioner, Phope 5 3 ? or any member of
the Civic Improvement Committee.
PH O NES, 1571, 693 or 493.
Phillips and Jordan..................
Griffin, Veatch Co..................... ___ 4
C. G. L ight Co..........................
G. B. P itch e r............................
Clias. Robinson........ ................. ....... 13
___ 14
J. A. B lle d g e ............................ ...... 25
11
H enry F ish e r....................... . . .
J. A. HI lege................................ ...... 12
J. A. Martels............................
J . K. Young . ............................
Geo. Comer. ............................ ....... 5
Mark G.irroutte .......................
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Metcalf
Brunei...................... ___ 1
Western ( >regon
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Brown Lumt>er Co,.................. . . . 10
F. II. Snodgrass ...................... ___ 60
....... 13
W. II Miller ......................... ...... to
Paul M arkley ........................... ....... 12
H. R J o b .....................................
After a spirited session of tile
State Editorial Association at
Portland, the editors are at home
again. Decision as to an adver
tising policy that should be u n i
form am ong tlie press of the entire
state was one of the most im por
ta n t features of the covention.
Special luncheons were tendered
IV. I. Iln b b ell............................ ....... 12
the delegates both F riday and S at W. W. Oglesby.......................... ....... 15
urday at the Commercial Club.
Gould Co............................ . . . . ... 15
O regon's progress, the develop
ment of the Bohemia gold mines
and th e immense tim ber and lum
bering interests of South Lane and
N orth Douglas counties renders
the creation of the new county of
Nesm ith from this territory im par
ative.
IM P O R T A N C E O F
Henry F'isher.............................. ......
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Kd. Willson ..............................
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L ADI E S
w e still have quite a nice as
sortment ot the Marshall, Field
Co. sample line of Under
muslins and Lingerie.
Quite a number have rain
advantage of this rare chance
to supply themselves with el
egant undergarments, night
robes, etc,, at really less than
wholesale cost if bought regu
lar.
Come quickly. It’s going last
Hrtlolier-Ioots Co.
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Married.
A L L E N - W I C K S —O n Friday,
April 9, 1909, at the home of
the officiating clergym an, Rev.
C. A. Wooley, Bud Allen to
CH A S.
Miss F airy Dell W icks, both of
L ane county.
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These excellent young jieople
will begin their hom e-building
w ith the best wishes from a host of
friends. T hey will reside in the
vicinity of Cottage Grove.
G R O V E
A ll K in d » of
Mill Feed
G redn
and Hay
M A T T H E W S , P ro p rietor.
Cotta«' Grove Dray Co.
W . T. K.AYSER
PR O PR IETO R
All Kinds of Hauling and
Heavy Dray W ork
Moving Pianos a Specialty
W i t h Special Equipment
A djourned to S aturday evening
April 17, 1000.
O F F IC E
»I J. V. T hornton’s Confectionery.
John Burnett and H ale Gossep
PHONE
of Creswell, were arrested in C ot Office, 1426
Resilience, 593
tage Grove last Friday evening on
a charge of being dru n k aud disor
Cottage Grove has set her booster derly, an d were fined $7.50 each
fund at $5,000 for IW ), and al which they pcH
R eo . M itc h e ll a n d Stod>
ready has the am ount nearly sub
a r d -D a y to n c a r s
scribed. ______________
A very interesting district S u n
day school convention w as held in
$ 5 5 0 to $ 4 ,0 0 0
Myrtle Point, Coos county, lias
the Presbyterian an d Methodist F R A N K B E N N E T T . E u g e n e . O r.
organized a Commercial Club and
church iu th is city M onday. Rev. 12 a n d P e a r l at*. P h o n e R ed -#111
will boost with the other boosters.
Phipps a prominent S unday school
v ^ -v e w v
V * V »
London Springs may furnish the ! worker was the principal speaker. r *
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beverage that will m ake Lane
T he lad ies’ of the Presbyterian
com ity famous.—G uard.
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church will hold an all day m arket 9
C la ss W o rk . O ver B a n k o f C o tta g e |
Senator Fulton will decline the j at Pierce & S hephardson's store è F i r s t G ro
v e . C o tta g e G ro v e . O re g o n .
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China toga.
Saturday April 17 inst.
(52-1)
AUTOMOBILES
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Notice of Final Account.
In the m atter of the Assignm ent of
the W heeler-Thompson C o, of Cottage
Grave, Onegon.
Notice is hereby given th at W. If.
Abrams, Assignee has filed h is account
for final settlem ent of said estate with
th e clerk of the court and th at Monday,
April 12, 1900, at I o'clock p. m., of said
day has been set for hearing the same.
IV. If. A b s a m s . Assignee.
G korge B. D o r r is , Attorney.