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P U B L IS H E D S E M I- WEEKLY
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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, T U E S D A Y , A U G U S T io, 1909.
LOCAL WOODMEN CAVE HEAD
OFFICERS GRAND RECEPTION
volver.
This awful deed was done at the
home of the young lady’s father,
Chas. Erickson, about 7:30o ’clock,
just after her father and her old­
est brother, Otto Erickson, had
gone out into the harvest field to
work. Her mother being dead,
she was the family housekeeper,
and with her were her younger
sister, Lena, aged about 18, and
little brother, Johnny, aged 9.
When the shooting occurred, Miss
Iba was alone in the house, her
sister was silting on the kitchen
porch and the boy was not far
from the door steps.
As anticipated, Saturday was the
What words passed between the
biggest day in tlie history of Bo­
two parties to the tragedy is un­ hemia Camp, No. 260, Woodmen
known, as they were alone in the of the World. It was on this day
house together. A few minutes that the grand Woodman Harvest
after his arrival, the sister and Picnic was held in the City Park,
little brother were startled by a upon which occasiou Head Consul
pistol shot and when the former, I. 1. Boak, Head Managers Frank
Miss Lena, rushed into the house P. Hawk of Pueblo, Colorado, Dr.
she found her sister lying on the Steinhouse, of Denver, Tom Rob­
floor with a terrible wound just inson, of Oakland, California, and
below her heart. She was unable General Organizer, F. B. Tichenor,
to tell just what had occurred and ! of Portland, were guests of honor
died in less than half an hour.
of the local cantp and city, and
Hendrickson waked out back of 1 they were given a most cordial
the house to an 0 1 * 1 1 space about ; welcome and a royal and appro­
200 yards away and ended his own priate reception.
The day was
¡life a few minutes later by shopt- 1 ideal, it being clear and bright,
; iug himself just below the heart, ! with a cool coast breeze circulat-
] this being in the same s|wit that he ; iug among the oak and evergreen
had shot the gill and with the j trees in tlie shady park, making it
I
same weapon.
most comfortable and enjoyable
1 The motive for the tragedy is j for the large crowd of Woodmen
said to be unrequilted love. He and their friends both of the town
wished to many Miss Erickson but and country. The program and
| this her fatliei bitterlv opjmsed. other exercises followed the grand
' It is presumed that she had again basket dinner, the Woodmen fur­
| tefnsed his attentions when he iired nishing the bread, meat, baked
! the fatal shot. Then, filled with beaus and hot coffee and there was
| remorse, he quickie ended his own enough and to spare. Following
life.
the dinner the guests and s|*akers
10 Cents a Button
Oakland and Drain Camps United With Cottage
Grove in Making its Big Harvest Picnic
a Most Pronounced Success
<j[ Dutchess Trouser* are
j
worn with Prince Albert
or Cutaway Frock Coat
Theyarein good taste and
good style for every oc­
casion. The best medium
priced trousers and every
pair sold under a money
warranty.
S e e U s for Bargains
Hampton
I.ATEST VERSION OF IT-
AND
MURDER AND SUICIDE
NEAR ROSEBURG
The pleasant rural community
known as Oak Creek, lJmileseast
of Roseburg, was shocked Satur­
day when a terrible double tragedy
was enacted in this quiet rural
hamlet.
Charles
Hendrickson,
aged alxmt 25 years, shot and al­
most instantly killed Miss Iba
Erickson, aged alxmt 20 years,
The murderer a few moments
later ended his own life by a simi­
lar shot from his 38-calibre re­
Just before suiciding, Hendrick­
son wrote a letter addressed to
Otto Erickson, his victims brother.
It is in Swedish, and in it Hen­
drickson says he loved Iga, could
I not live without her and decided to
! take her with him to the next
world. He says also that he threw
away $150 lx-fore shooting himself.
A search was made for the money,
but it could not be found.
Hendrickson and the girl were
engaged to be married when he
left Oak Creek last winter. Dur­
ing his absence, however, the girl
decided to break the engagement,
and when Hendrickson drove out
to her home yesterday she handed
him a ring, also a watch which he
had given her.
( >tto Erickson would not tell the
full contents of the letter, written
by the murderer, so Sheriff Kenton
took possession of the communica­
tion tor a complete translation.
WE ARE LEADERS
W e Make T hem All Go
When it Comes to Comfort
Quality and Style^ in
Suits, Hats and Shoes
WHEELERTHOMPSON CO.
WE
HAVE
IT FOR LESS
! were seated on the profusely dec­
orated platform and the speakers
were introduced by F. II. Rosen
berg, c (plain of the Bohemia
Camp degree team, and master of
ceremonies, in his usual pleasing
manner. The first speaker pre­
sented was F. B. Tichenor, gener­
al organizer, who by the way is a
great booster for not only the W.
O. W ., hut for Oregon. He had
a little fun at the expense of the
visiting officers from Colorado and
California, a«d observing a good
many G. A. R. members present
he paid them a fitting compliment,
saying they belong to a great
and honored organization, which,
however, was not taking in any
new members.
fluent and eloquent sneaker and an
ardent booster for the northwest as
well as for the order of which he
stands at the head, to which he re­
ferred as the "giant fraternal order
of the west ” He said this western
trip had been very strenuousT—in
the full sense of this very conve­
nient and appropriate word coined
by our Teddy— but that he was en­
joying it very much. He said he
found a great dishpau full of beau­
tiful and fragrant Oregon flowers,
peculiar to this < tregon of ours, in
his room in the Hotel ( iregon upon
his arrival, for which he said he
was most grateful, far more than
he could be if they had been re­
served
for
bis funeral bier.
"F o r,” said lie, "flowers and a
little taffy now are far better than
flowers and epitaphy later.” lie
said Bohemia camp had selected
a very appropriate place for their
VOL. XXI. NO. 17
'GREAT LAND
DRAWING ON
that like attracts like— fraternal I
men are attracted to. a truly fra-1
ternal order, hence the fraternal
and social strength of the Wood­
men of the World.
BUSINESS.
The first duty of a fraternal
benefit society or order is to insure
its own life. It is then in a posi­
tion to insure or protect the lives !
of individuals. This can only lie !
done by adopting sound business
methods and charging a rate ade­
quate, or in proportion to promised
benefits. A reserve fund for the
inevitable rainy day is an absolute
necessity. ( trders without it can­
Coeur D’Alene, Aug. 9— Isadore
not survive lieyoml a reasonable Selig, a young business man of
period of years.
Myrtle Creek, Douglas county, Or-
If you think you can get some­ gon, drew the first number ¡11 the
thing for nothing, and keep it Coeur D’Alene land drawing Mon­
up you are sure to he fooled.
day. Following are the names of
If you do not pay for it, the other successful Oregonians in the
other fellow must.
big land drawing:
You cannot pay a dollar debt
No. lb— Israel J. Thompson, A d ­
with "six bits,” neither can a en a.
man do an automobile job with a
No. 45—O. A. Simpkins, Wood-
wheelbarrow.
ville.
Fife insurance is a mathematical
No. 59— E. I.. Kooutz, North
problem— the science of dollars Powder.
and cents applied to life expect-1 No. 95— August Schuuk, Fossil.
ancy.
No. 13.1— It. Bridges, Portland.
No. 140—Carrie N. Belkuapp,
Many plans have been tried, audl
many failures recorded, time and1 Monroe.
experience proving that, to sue-1 No. 175— Wilbur Coultou, Hood
River.
ceed, a society must have:
Isadore Selig is only 27 years of
F i r s t— Adequate asssessmenl
rates.
age and has first choice of the 1500
Second— A reserve or equaliza-1 homesteads in the Coeur D’ Alene
district which will give him a very
tiou fund.
T li i r d— Holiest, conservative \ valuable property. Three thous­
and names are being drawn, twice
management.
Fourth— A loyal and responsive the number of homesteads. The
second 15(H) names are drawn to
membership.
The W. (). W. |x>ssesses all o f , guard against failure of any j>er-
these qualities, hence its pheno­ sons first drawn to make selection.
menal growth and deserved popu­
larity.”
Rain Killed Pheasants.
A Myrtle Creek. Oregon,
Man Gets Choice
of Homesteads
OTHER ADDRESSES.
Thousands o f Chinese pheasants
were drowned and died from cold
and exi>osure during the Fourth
of July rainstorm,' said Henry
Mathews,
of
Goshen,
today.
‘ The farmers did not discover the
mortality among the splendid game
birds until they began to cut their
grain fields. I found in one heap
seventeen half grown dead Chinns.
In another there was eight.
I
think that they were drowned not
only in the lowlands but on the
higher fields, for the heavy rain of
the Fourth made the stalks literally
run with water.”
Hunting pheasants is prohibited
by law now. If it wasn’ t for the
continuous closed season the pretty
_______________________________________ ; t game birds might be exterminated
soon.— Guard.
( c o n t in u e d o n p a g e t w o )
Head
Head Consul I. I. Boak.
meeting— among the stalely firs
and oaks, typical of the order, he
then paving the Willamette a fine
tribute.
He then launched out
upon a very interesting review of
the growth and development of the
W O W ., its sound basis and good
business management. He said:
“ The Woodmen of the World
is 19 years old and lias paid to its
beneficiaries $30,00(>, 1 XX>.
‘ ‘Sick and disabled members are
kept in good standing and not al­
lowed to become delinquent.
The Woodmen of the World was
the first Order to render assistance
to the sufferers at Galveston, Ilep-
ner, and San Francisco.
“ The W . O. W . is a reserve
fund Order, not investment— not
b a n k i 11 g— not speculation—just
pure, simple, plain, economical,
safe and sound protection to those
who must need it. No graft, fren­
zied fiuance, or contributions to
political parties, but honest, capa­
ble careful management, assuring
permanency with rapid and con­
tinued growth.
Speaking of Western Oregon’s
development,
along
with
the
growth of Woodcraft in this terri­
tory, he predicted electric cars
would l>e running from Oakland,
Oregon, to Coos Bay inside of
seven months, the survey for this
road having been quietly made and
recently completed. Mr. Tichenor
is pleasing in his address, is a na­
tive born Oregotiiau and is very
popular with the Woodmen of his
jurisdiction as well as with a host
of friends outside of this order.
Manager Frank P. Hawk was
the next speaker introduced. He
somewhat evened matters with Mr.
Tichenor, saying that “ this man in
claiming Cottage Grove as his
home had made the same claim at
every point they had visited in
western Oregon.” He then paid
Oregon a fine tribute, saying that
FRATERNITY.
he had seen many
wonderful
“ The W . O. W . through its
things in the way of resources and
products in this wonderful state. channels of organized benevolence,
He said he would leave the fra­ is building homes for the poor and
ternal side of the question to be unfortunate—is paying off mort­
discussed by his associates and gages— feeding, clothing and edu­
then related the incidents of their cating tens of thousands of chil­
and
western lour, which were most in­ dren— helping the widow
teresting. Head Consul I. I. making lighter the burdens of old
Boak was next introduced and was age.
extended a cordial welcome on be- j
“ Man, through the instincts im­
half of Bohemia camp by F. H. planted in his breast, fraternalizes
Rosenburg. Mr. Boak proved a' naturally. It is a law of nature
Manager Dr. Steinhouse
confined his address to the round
financial featuies of the order ami
his remarks were interesting and
entertaining.
Head Manager Tom Robinson,
of Oakland, California, was intro­
duced as "one of the biggest men
in Woodcraft,” an Oregonian by
bittli, but a Californian by adop­
tion. His address was filled with
pleasing stoiies and was well re-j
ceived. He concluded by saying
that W . O. W. losses are paid
within sixteen days if the local;
clerks are prompt in making their
reports.
Next came the sports, which
were entered into with a vim by
H. C. COOK
Successor to Pierce
AZOF
*
Shepardson
will find
very
attractive
prices at my store.
Mason Fruit Jars as follows:
I offer
Pints,
50c, quarts,70c and half gallon ')0c
per dozen.
shoes.
Also great bargains in
F'or the
present
eighteen
pounds best sugar for $1 .(H) with an
order for five dollars worth of goods
from this store.
Farm Produce Wanted