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C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N , F R I D A Y , J U L Y 23, 1909
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Dins SET FOR STOP.
UNO DRAWING Before You Sign
O rcgonlifc
V O L . XXI.
NO. 15
I Scott is largely responsible for
¡this, lie is a good roads enthusi­
a s t , and lias bought tools.”
President Campbell continued
: llie discussion of Salem.
“Salem,” he said, “a few years
a co n tr a c t fo r life insur­
f
ago seemed lo lie the deadest com­
a n c e in a n y c o m p a n y
mercial town in Oregon, but now
lo o k into th e m erits o f
it
is
different,
largely
owing
to
Ladies’ Tailored Waists Ladies’ Shirt Waists
Lively Meeting Held at good roads. In the old days the Government Will Favor
-$1.75
farms amounted to nothing because,
$5.5(1 l’ure Linen Waists$5.no $2.00 Indi e Linen
Eugene and County 1 you couldn't haul their products.
1.50.
the Bona Fide Set­
1.75
5.00 ” “
“ 2..50 1.50
; Now they have 90,000 acres along
. __ 1.25
The Pol icy hot dorm’ Company
i th e ’Red H ills,\ cutup into little
tler if Possible
Court Scored
2.50 “ ”
“ 2.00 1.40 “
1.20
/
orchards
that
bring
money
and
2.00 ” “
“ 1.50 1.25 “
N o m atter h o w m u ch
____ 1.05
—
1 prosperity. They have other good
y o u a re u rged to p la c e
“ 1 blam e the county court for : roatls a,ul in
ju^Kmeut they Spokane, Wash., July 20.—Su­ life in su ran ce e lse w h e re
7c
Batiste, pet' yard
Ladies’ White 1 12%c
He
Sc
our bad roads more than anything are who,lv ““sponsible for Salem’s perintendent James Witten today w rite first a n d h e a r w h a t
IOC
...And...
20c
else,” said 1). K. Yoran in the first "ew Prosperity. Let’s get up high announced the following dates w e h a v e to offer.
address at the good roads meeting j Pressure and follow Salem in this.” when the drawings will occur for
Colored Wash J2Xc I .awns, per yard
. 7c
He
15c
at Eugene Wednesday afternoon.
town outgrows officers .
the three Indian reservations, the
Starts
9c
lSc
“ I have gone before the county “This town has outgrown the lucky applicants’ names to be
From $1.25 25c Highland Tissue, per yard .1.1c
court and they seem totally indif- present county official»," said Mr. drawp by lot by three little girls: A ll t h e m o n e y p aid to
10c
20c
ferent to good roads. 1 have be i <larrett. “ It is tune that they step For the Coeur d’Alene reserve, this C o m p a n y sta y s in
To $2.50
. . He
15c
gun to think that they are on their J down and opt and f am willing to August 9 and 10; for the Flathead O r e g o n a n d help s y o u r
10% Off
7c
12%c “
reservation August 12 and 15; for o w n p ro sp e rity. It a s­
jobs for what there is iu it. They ask them.”
in t h e u p - b u i l d i n g
¡are the people mpst interested in "We also want a different the Spokane reservation, August o sists
f
a
G
r e a t e r O rego n .
--SE E US FOR BARGAINS
this meeting, yet they are not here, method of building roads. If we 16 and 17.
pass
a
good
Iu
speaking
of
the
opining
of
I recommend that we
had a general supervisor, who
T h e r e is n o t h in g b e tte r
strong resolution to the county knew his business, we would have the reservation after the drawing, in life i n s u r a n c e th a n
•>. court demanding first a good road a system that would save our Fred Dennett, Commissioner of the
No Coupons With Goods Sold at Reduced Prices | to Springfield
~
'
and then all over money, which is now squandered General Land Office at Washing­
T h e re is
the county.”
among a lot of different ones.— ton, I). C., said last night:
“The policy of the government n o th in g a s g o o d for O re -
Those present at the meeting I Lutgeue Guatd.
criticized the absence of the comí- !
is to protect the bona fide settler j i i n s a s
HENEY NOT THE ONLY
SOLD ON DENTIST S
ty judge and the commissioners by j
as far as possible and to prevent
the speculator from acquiring title i : . . ! . o n ic t:.
. ,
«
OVERPAID PROSECUTOR
PRESCRIPTION: FINED the unanimous motion to bring
Pres.
L. SAMUEL. Gsn. Mgr»
to government lands without proper \ t : I.A Mil.US.
them to the meeting by personal
HENCE S SAM UEL Asst Mgr.
compliance with the law. The in­
Washington, July 20.^Accord- Albany, Or., July 19.—That escort, after several written invita­
terests of any community are in­
iug to figures furnished Chairman liquor cannot Ire sold upon a den­ tions It a d been disregarded.
jured by the acquisition of land JUNCTION FARMERS TRY
Tawney of the appropriations com­ tist’s prescription under the terms About sixty representative citizens
by persons who do not intend to
mittee by Attorney General Wick- of the ijregon local option liquor from Springfield, F.ugeue and
~ i—
COMBINED HARVESTER
live thereon. The settler loses a
“ersharn, Francis J. lleney is not law was the decision of Judge nearby places concurred in the
Tuesday, Wednesday and neighbor, who would otherwise aid
the ctply specjal attorney of the George IJ. Burnett in the State motion passed by the meeting.
him iu building roads and in the Junction City, Or., July 20.—
Jlepartmeut of Justice who is Circuit court here this afternoon. The importance of the super­
Thursday
Sept.
21,
establishment of school districts, The Holt-Holly side-hill combined
drawing a very neat salary from He made this ruling iu the case of visor in building roads was dis­
and the merchant loses a customer, harvester will be tried probably for
the treasury. A tabulated state­ the State vs. Kdward Ferry and cussed by F. J. Hard, who has
2 2 and 2 3 .
who, under all rights, should be the fust time iu the Willamette
ment of payments made to special fined the defendant $5u.
constructed good roads in. Bo­
on the land, putting it to its best valley tlxis season. J. S. Watkins.
employes of the Department of Ferry, who is a Scio druggist, hemia He took a more favorable
Xewman Bros, and A. A. Meek
Justice between July 1, l‘X)H, and was indicted by the I.iuu county view of the county court, and | According to the reports of field purposes,"
have
just purchased and taken
March 50, 1909, shows that during grand jury last mouth for viola­ said: I liey will be ready tn , superintendent* there are bright
home
a
new machine. The com­
FINCH’S
ATTORNEY
SAYS
that period Tracey C. llecker has tion of the local option liquor law. meet us half way, 1 am sure.
,prospects for a graud exhibit at
bine
will
cut a 14-foot swath and
received $5740 and B. D. Town­ lie admitted selling liquor upon a
court jtousr; tocRKp.
¡Cottage Grove’s second annual dis
CAN’T HANG IN OREGON j clean the grain and instead of
send $4587.
prescription of Dr. T. K. Sander­ The personal escort reported j fic t fair in September. The fair
bundles, as the binder
|u addition to liis moutllly sal­ son, a Scio dentist, thinking the that the courtroom was locked and committees and officers, G. L. Salem July 20.—Arguments in i dropping
ary, which 'verftgps alx>ut $575, prqcedqre was legal- The facts the judge’s office vacant. Chair- Fees being the new president, are the appeal of James Finch who does, will drop the grain in sacks
one side, and the straw in small
Mr. Becker was paid a lump sum itl the case were stipulated and man Svarverud said; “ We have holding weekly meetings in order killed Attorney Fisher of Portland, on
cocks
the other, so that the
at $2001) August 51 last; $1000 submitted to Judge Burnett today, done our best, but cannot get to complete the program and de and was sentenced to hang, are farmer on
can
either haul it to stock,
December 20 and another $10**1 and the court held that a dentist them here.”
i tails for holding the three days fair, being heard iu the supreme court. scatter it over the ground or burn
March 25. Mr. Townsend’s pay­ was not a physician under the
; as soon as possible.
Finch’s attorneys advanced the it. 'file price paid for the ma­
T H E SP R IN G E IK E I) ROAD
I The dales for the fair this year contention that hanging is uncon­ chine
ments are all regular, being al the terms of the local option liquor
was $1800. The operation
approximate rate of $575 per | law, and adjudged Ferry guilty. The plan of improving the are Tuesday, Wednesday and stitutional iu ( Iregon because the | of it will
l>e watched carefully and
Springfield
road
was
taken
up
by
month.
\s the sale was made without C. S. Freeland. “ We should pre- “Thursday, September 21, 22 and constitution recites that all punish­ if il proves satisfactory in the
It was decided to hold the ment must lie made with a view to small fields of the valley many
j criminal intent the minimum fine
'^^Sfcut plans complete in themselves 25.
fair
in
mid-week on account of the reforming the criminal.
Ward I.. Fisher of Pleasant Ilill i was imposed.
more will be purchased next sea­
to the county pourt, and not leave fairs that
is driving 40Q cords of maple ai|d |
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would conflict on earlier
it
to
their
judgment.
Yottl
commit­
body fir wood down the \Villnpu ^„yenir post ards with frost
A prominent Chicago archi­ son.
or later dates.
ptte river ami into t|ie Eugene fuill
.
tee
has
plans
for
pelrolithic
pave­
race and it will be taken out at i 0,1 them are not permitted in the ment, a new kind costing about Two large additions will be tect died iu a barber chair the Albany expects to pave two
Seventh street, ’The wood will be! 'nails Uncle Sam sends them to $1 to the square yard, which we made to the main exhibit building other day. The blast of hot air miles of streets this season and
his dead letter office unless sealed. will probably present as soon as and a twenty-five foot addition was too stroug for him.
Rsseburg one mile.
sold in liugene.— Register.
1
will
l>e
added
to
the
poultry
build­
possible.”
Much more stall room and
Mr. Freeland presented a resolu 1 ing.
peus for stock will also be added.
mineral exhibit, credita­
improvement be begun not later | A ble. grand
to
this
mining
than the early spring of 1910. j center, will be well-known
a
prominent
feature
After the approval of Paul Bettel- I cf the pavilion display this season.
heirn, A. C. Dixon and M. M.j
I’eery the resolutions were adopted. |
Futile Attempt at Suicide.
1 GOOD ROADS
gALE
s I
Summer Goods at Half Price
V
HAMPTON
!
RATES ARE NO HIGHER
C OMPANV
O rcgonlifc
Orcgonlifc
cotiage I rove
FAIR DATES SET
po h tla nd
OUR SAAE IS OFF
ROAD TO MAPLKTON.
But we still sell better
goods for less money
than our competitors.
That’s why we are
always busy. . . .
WHEELER-THOMPSON CO.
WE HAVE IT FOR LESS
Chairman Svarverud introduced Here is good story of the man
the subject of the road to Maple- who was determined to commit
ton. Secretary IIartog said: “The suicide: He went to a store and
road to Mapleton is the most bought a rope, a can of oil, a box
shameful piece of road I have ever of matches, a dose of arsenic and
seen. It is unique. Some times a revolver. He went down to the
the teams are on the road and river and pushed the boat from the
sometimes off. The trouble here­ shore and waded to where a limb
tofore has been that the county hung over; saturated liis clothing
court has tried to satisfy each 'with the coal oil, lighteda match
little community by filling a mud : and set fire to his clothing, took the
hole here and there with gravel." dose of arsenic, put the muzzle of
D. E. Tollman told of the his- 1 die revolver to his temple, pushed
tory of the Siuslaw road. He the boat from under him and
said that much money had been j puued the trigger. The bullet
wasted on the roads and that the i glanced and cut the rope above
county had been held back by the him and he fell kerflop into the
waste.
river; the water put the fire out,
* T H K MCKENZIE ROAD.
and he got strangled and coughed
Iti discussing this road the chair­ up the arsenic. He arose and
man compared this road to Marion. waded out and declared himself a
“ Around Salem they have fine candidate for the Legislature on
macadamized highways. Judge the reform ticket.—Ex.
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