When You Think Of
HAY AND GRAIN
LIFE IS CRUSHED
OUT BY BIG TREE
CROP WILL BE SHORT
Eugene, Ju n e 10.—George Cox,
a tim lieim an, aged 24 years, was
in stan tly killed by a falling tree
yesterday on a place know n as Ex
celsior island about five miles
T H IN K O F
I northeast of Eugene. T he acci
dent hapiiened at 4 o ’clock ill the
afternoon.
T he unfortunate m an an d his
brother, Will Cox were felling
halm tim ber for Royce it Peterson
of the Excelsior works. They had
And so is our Stock of Carpets,
sawed almost through a balui tree
Rugs, Mattings, Iron Bedsteads, Fur
three feet in diam eter. W ith a
niture and Mattresses.
fourth of the tru n k yet to lie sev
ered, th e ponderous bulk swayed
in the air careened to one side and
started to fall in a direction co n
trary to the way it had been
blocked. In falling, the hnse was
rent in tw ain, m aking its descent
| doubly hazardous. George was
COTTAGE GROVE LEADER. T he A. C. BohrnstedtC o., w hich stau d in g in th e rear and to one
T v ia s g m y s a n i F r id a y * .
has a big colonization movement side, experience h aving tau g h t
th a t most trees " k ic k ”
tow ards its lands at Creswell, has him
THK I. K A D E R P U B L I S H I NO < 0 ( H i p .)
had printed a nice little pam phlet straig h t back in falling.
C onnrr A D it B ri i i . i . f ,
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K illtora
with excellent views of
I.aue
C ontrary to expectations, the
K n te r f d » I U ie C o t t l R t O r o v e pontoWc»» a s s e c county fruit land scenes about the m ain portion of the tree skidded
o n d - c la s s m a ile r ,
county, including a fine Eugene back quarteringly over th e split
street scene. T housands of these base and struck George squarely in
S I I BSC It I I 'T I O N K A T K S
W e e k ly , o n e y e a r. SI..*).
i n o u lh s , 7 & r e n t s are being distributed about the east. the face, felling him like an ox,
SRMI WRRKLV,
is already doing and driving his body iuto the
One Y e a r
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$2.n0 T his com pany
S ix M ont lit
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do a great deal earth. Ilis skull was crushed like
T h re e M o n th s
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.7fl m uch and will
an egg shell and every rib in his
more to advertise b an e county.
Iwidy was broke».
FR I PAY, JITXK I t , 1 9 0 0 .
11 is wife’s m other had been visit
So thoroughly did the huge bulk
ing at the m a n 's house steadily of the fallen tree cover the body of
AT THE CITY PARK.
for several m ouths.
On toward its victim th a t half an
hour
C hristm as time she said to him: elapsed in W ill’s search for his
F ully #1,200 is being expended
’’John, I am going to have my brother before a foot protruding
in the improvement of Cottage
photograph taken as a Christm as from beneath the tree tru n k dis
(.«rove’s beauliful n atu ra l five acre
gift for you and Minnie. W hat closed the sad and untim ely fate
city park. N ature has been lavish
dress do you prefer me in?” of George.
in her contributions tow ard beauty-
"Y o u r
traveling gown.
dear; George Cox resided tem porarily
fying this pretty convenient site on
m other,” the son-in-law replied. ou the island with his m other, they
east Main street. T he present im
provem ent work consists of rem ov
Since Cottage ( ‘.rove is being h av in g erected tents pending the
ing the underbrush and trim m ing m ade the rnecca of a good m any completion of the contract of tim
th e stately black oak and ever autom obilists some of whom lie- ber cu llin g . Will Cox and fam i
green trees and laying .145 feet of come a little reckless in driving ly had provided sim ilar quarters
concrete sidew alk six feet wide, about town at tim es, an ordinance near by. Deceased was a» ex em
fronting on M ain street, two feet regulating the ru n n in g of these plary young m an an d very in d u s
His death comes as a
from which on the outside is also m achines in Cottage G rove would trious.
shock to a large circle of friends.
beiug constructed the concrete not lie out of order.
curbing, between which and the
FUNERAL OF GEOROE COX.
C ottage Grove is dryer right now
concrete sidew alk, will be planted
T he funeral of George Cox,
bulbs of choice plants. T he com th an ever before in its history, killed by a falling tree, will he
m ittee of the W om an's Club, Mrs. from a booze standpoint, but there held at 2 p. m. today at Gordon
A. B. W ood, chairm an, hopes the are a couple of bootleggers still u n d ertak in g parlors. Rev. B. C.
present fund will he am ple to lay very quietly plying their profes T abor of C ottage < .rove will con
th e sidew alk and curbing and sion here, we are told. Someone duct the services. Interm ent will
fiuish the work of trim m ing u p the will get them and th a t $50 Leader lie m ade in the Gillespie cemetery.
trees on the five acre tract, a fund rew ard. __ ____________
A Swell Fountain.
for the construction of drivew ays,
C ottage Grove h as placed lire
flower beds, drainage sewers and
T he Bisbev Brothers of the
ban on the sale of n ear beer.
other im provem ents to be provided
Good, pure w ater is all they ask “ W av e” ice cteam parlors, re
later. T h is is an acquisition to
for as a thirst alleviator in the m e ceived T hursday from the eastern
our city of w hich every citizen
tropolis of southern I.aue.— Regis m anufacturers a $2,000 soda foun
should he proud and to which every
tain cabinet know n as “ T he In
ter. N esm ith, if you please.
one can point with a just degree of
n o v ation” fountain and cabinet.
pride. Visit the park and assist
Ou Ju n e 14, 1777, Congress
It is of w hite and colored marble
m orally, if not financially, in its adopted the stars an d stripes as our
w ith onyx pedestals and fountain
beautification.
national emblem. M onday is there
post, the cabinet also containing
fore flag day and should be gener
three very large and line plate
Former President Roosevelt has
ally observed.
glass m irrors.
T he fountain is
already distinguished himself as a
liou hunter. Even the kin g of
Cities do not grow up— the peo supplied with six or eight lieauti-
beasts has fallen liefore this m ighty ple have to build them . Hear this ful ornam ental electric lights, four
hunter. Hut the real mission of thing in m ind when you are boost of w hich represent large clusters
of w hite grapes, the head of the
Mr. Roosevelt to Africa was not to ing for a G reater Cottage Grove.
cabinet which is ten feel high is in
h u n t the lion. It was to give
President T aft says: “ If the laid w ith onyx, the body of the
President T aft uninterrupted op
portunity to put into force T aft Lord is good to us, and the cabinet lieing
Rosewood.
The
policies w ithout the hindrance of w eather gets hot enough we will “ W a v e " also receiued a full set of
evil suggestions that Mr. Roose have a tariff bill by Ju n e 20.
clouded burnished wire chairs and
velt w as doing the dictating.
Tw enty five hundred dollars in tables of the best atid latest design
Those who have witnessed it are
six
days is the last report from the and one ch ild ’s set of the same for
free to say th a t the Portland Rose
ice cream depaitiueut. 'Taken a l
festival this year is the greatest W est Coast Mines in the Bohemia
together
there is not a niftier outfit
affair of its kind ever held on the district.
to lie found in the state south of
Pacific coast.
P ortland is opposed to m unicipal Portland, and the “ W ave” will
A B aker c o u n ty farm , p u rc h a se d lighting having voted the propo certainly be a credit to Cottage
n in e y e a rs a g o for $5,000, sold th e
sition down at M onday’s election. j G rove and a place of which Bisbey
o th e r d a y for $17,000.
| Bros, m ay well feel proud. They
Are you giving special attention
Edw ard Everett Hale, the great
I expect to have the new equipment
author and diviue died at his home to raising prize-taking ex h ib its for set up and readv to serve custo
il l Boston T hursday.
the big fair this fall?
mers by this S aturday m orning.
Furniture
SIMERAL a VANDENBERG
Prices Right
P ic tu r e F r a m in g a S p e c ia lty
Screen Doors and Window Screens
Not Sisters
N o w an d again you see tw o w o m e n pats*
ing d o w n th e s tre e t w ho lo o k lik e s iste rs .
Y ou a re a sto n ish e d to le a rn th a t th e y a re
m o th e r an d d a u g h te r, an d you re a liz e th a t
a w o m an a t fo rty o r fo rty -fiv e o u g h t to be
a t h e r finest an d fa ire s t. W hy i s n 't it s o ?
T h e g e n eral h e alth of w om an is so in*
tim n te ly a sso c ia te d w ith th e lo cal h ealth
o f th e e sse n tia lly fem io in e o rg a n s th a t
th e re c an be no re d c h e e k s an d ro u n d
fo rm w h e re th e re io fem ale w e ak n e ss.
W o m e n w h o k n ee su ffe re d fro m
th i s t r o u b l e k n e e f o u n d p r o m p t
r e l ie f e n d c u r e in th e u s e o f D r .
P i e r c e * ! F e e o r i f e P r e s c r ip tio n .
I t g le e « v ig o r n n d v ita lity t o th o
o rg a n s o f w o m an h o o d .
I t c le a r s th e c o m p l e t i o n , b r ig h t e n s th e
• y e a mmd r e d d e n s th e c h e e k s .
N o a lc o h o l, o r h a b it-fo rm in g d ru g s is c o n ta in e d in " F a v o r it e P rescrip tio n .* *
A n y s ic k w o m a n m ay c o n su lt D r. P ie rc e b y le tte r , fre e . F.very le tte r is
held a s s a c re d ly c o n fid e n tia l, an d a n sw e re d in a p lain e n v elo p e.
A d d re s s :
W o rld ’s D is p e n s a ry M ed ic a l A ss o c ia tio n , DW. R .V . P ie rc e , P r e s ., Buffalo, N .Y ,
S. B. Morss lonned his coat to
some one at relief train last Sat ir-
day to place about one of the in
jured, and can not find it. betters
in the pockets will »identify it.
Please return to him.
Kugene M atlock has sold his
interest ill the grocery business, to
his father-in-law , W. C. Johnson,
and returned to Eugene to reside
this m orning.
Joe hXnuick and wife of Slayton,
are spending their honeymoon
visiting with relatives and friends
* in th is city where Joe formerly re
| sided.
Genuine
T he hay crop in Lane county,
and as for *hat m atter all western
Oregon, is very jxior.
Rejxnts
from every portion of the country
bring the story th at grass is short,
and that feed n ex t w inter will be
scarce in quantity and high in
price.
A Saginaw farm er inform s the
header th at his vetch aud oats are
ouly aliout half as high as at this
tim e last year.
A Coast Eork farm er says the
oat and wheat crop will also fall
far short of last year and th in k s it
more due to A pril's cold weather
than to a lack of rainfall.
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T here will not he a crop failure
by any means, lint a crop shortage. :
Som e
G ood
Favorite
The new Glass Oven
Door Range with Heat
Thermometer, all Mal
leable. The newest and
Best. Largest stock of
Ranges ever brought to
this city. Refrigerators
all sizes styles and prices.
Griffin ■ Veatch Co.
B a r g a in s
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Everyth in g in H ardw are
(in n s and A m m unition
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One saw mill, two million feet :
saw timber, one logging donkey, j ¿
one mile from track. Price $.5,.500. \
200 acres of land, aliout 25
acres in cultivation, good orchard,
large house and barn, line hay
crop, all for $2,.K h ).
1.15 acres half mile from town,
fiO acres in cultivation, 1‘) acres
in orchard, $4,IXHI worth of new
improvements, good water system.
Price $12,000.
‘)4 acres of good bottom land, all
in cultivation, good house and
barn, 2 miles from Creswell. Price
$55.00 per acre, good bargain.
A large two-story ten-room
house, one acre lot, good im prove
ments. Price $.4,100.
( )ne b room house aud lot, sever
al fruit trees, price $600.
One house and barn and two
lots. Price $750. Cheap.
One large two story ten room
house on Fourth street with one
acre lot. Price $2,100.
One ten room house with large
lot, fruit trees, berries, etc. Price
$1,500.
One good house an d large lot.
Price $1,250.
One acre tract in town. Price
$6.50.
One large 7 room house, with
hallw ay up and down stairs, hot
aud cold water in kitchen, bath
room, and ou porch, cue and one
half acres in all, berries and fruit
trees and fine garden spot. P rice'
$.1,100.
T im ber lands, large and small
tracts.
One seven room, two story house
with cement basem ent, large new
barn, two acres, with fine spring
water. Price $.l,70o.
One lot and a six room InTuse
on W all street. Price $650.
Lot 60 by 120 in fruit cheap for
cash.
O ne six room house on F ourth
street, large lot. P ric e$ l,2 0 0 .
T im ber lauds, an d farm lands,
large and sm all tracts.
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BURKH 0 LDER=W 00 DS CO.
I—I Ay li
received two factory shipm ents of
A Shoes th is w eek; ox blood, (an a» d blaej>,
for men, women and children and are LONG
on shoes. We bought ’em regular to seM re g u
lar, direct from the factory and took our dis
count, so we own ’em cheaper th an the fellow
who Imys from a Jobber, nnd th e re’s nothing
taken out of the shoes for jobbers profit. T h ere’s
no sale price on these shoes, th e y 're not that
kind, but the price is fair. We g u a r a n te e ’em
full vam p an d all leather insoles, counters and
all. You know I ’S. We are th e people who
"snow yor,"
BURKHOLDER WOODS CO.
COTTAGE GROVE
A ll K in d s o f
FLOUR
MILLS
Cooper $ Taylor
Mill Feed
G r a in
and Hay
C H A S . M A T T H E W S , P ro p rieto r.
A g a n cv fo r R a a l E s t a t e a n d I n s u r a n c e
P lx o n e M ain 7 6
Fine Little Home For Sale
THE PACE WOVEN W IRE FENCE.
Two acres, good five-room house,
large b arn , drilled well, m ost of
place in fruit an d berries, p ut u n
der irrigation, fine garden soil.
Price $'XX). A. W o o d , S aginaw ,
Or. Tw o miles north of C ottage
Grove.
The Standard High Grade Fence of the
World.
There is over 400 miles of this
famous wire fence in Douglas county, Oregon.
This is High Carbon Spring Wire which will
keep its shape when properly stretched. Will
carry a full stock of wire at all times.
SP R A Y -W Y N N E C O M P A N Y
AGENTS
Cottage Grove Dray Co.
60 YEA R 8’
E X P E R IE N C E
W . T. KAYSER
P atents
A ccu ra cy
In compounding prescrip
tions combined with the!
puritv of all our
DRUGS
Has given us an enviable
reputation with a long list
of patrons. If you want
satisfaction in the line pf
| Drugs or Patent Medicines,
give us a trial.
Benson's Pharmacy
Cottage Grove, Oregon
PR O P R IE T O R
All Kinds of Hauling and
Heavy Dray W ork
TRADE M ARKS
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Moving Pianos a Specialty
With Special Equipment
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A n y o n e se nding a sk e tc h e nd d e scrip tio n m e?
q u ickly a s re rtn in n u r opinion f re e « n e th e r en
inven tio n is p ro b ab ly p a te n ta b le , rom m unlco*
tio n e s tric tly m iin d e iitte l. HAN0B00K o n P a te n ts
s e n t free, o ld e s t a g e n c y fo r e ecu rin g patento*
P a te n ts ta k e n th ro u g h M unn A Co. rec slY i
tp t' ial notice, w ith o u t c h a rg e . In t b a
Scientific American.
O F F IC E
A ha n d so m e ly Illu s tra te d w e e k lr. 1 s rg e s t c ir
c u lation o f a ny s< te n tia c journo). T erm s. $3 a
y e a r; fo u r m o n th s , $L Fold by ail new sdealers.
MUNN i
New York
B ranch Office.
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A full line of Colum bia stock
food an d gall cure, livery box
gu aran teed at harness shop. C.
B ea ls & S o n .
Call in an d see o u r new line of
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