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TH E LEADER
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TH E LEADER
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PU BLISH ED SE M I-W E E K L Y
CO TTA G E GROVE LEADER
B O H E M IA N U G G E T
C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N , T U E S D A Y , A U G U S T 31, 1909
C o n s o lid a te d J a n u a r y 9. 19 0 8 .
New StocK from the
LANG CREEK
PIPE LINE
East
Children’s Bear Skin Coats
........ $2.50
............1.75
........ 4.75
........ 5.00
........ 4.50
Beautiful Assortment of Colors
Shipm ent of Misses’ Coats
Ju st Arrived, Not Chocked in Tim e to (let Prices lor this Issue.
Cottage G rove’s water supply, it
being claim ed th at this source of
water supply is ample for a city of
50,000 inhabitants. A conserva­
tive estim ate places the probable
cost of com pleting the necessary
dam , purchasing and laying the
proposed pipe at $85,000, for the
18 miles from the m outh of L ang
Creek to Cottage Grove.
The
proposition will be thoroughly
discussed at this meeting aud it is
hoped that the citizens of the town
will realize the full im portance of
the m atter under consideration
arid attend this meeting.
Ladies’ Suits a n d Coats
Ladies Tailor-M ade S uits in new shades for fall and winter
from $20.00 to $45.00.
M en’s Clothes
O vercoats in newest designs from $12 .00 to $20.00.
Dress Goods
12XC Gingham ...............................................................................l,,c
SOM E BIG ORCHARDS
25c L aw n ................................................................................................ id
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HAMPTON S CO.
A question which has puzzled a
Prof,
E . Johnson of the
good
m any persons has at last
Royal Interm ediate School, h as re­
turned from points north where he beeu settled. A prom inent wo-
has beeu engaged in summ er | m an ’s rights advocate says th a t a
school and choir work d uring the suffragist is one who tries to convert
sum m er vacation season. lie will women, and a suffragette one who
take up his work at the Royal In­ tries to convert men. Evidently it
term ediate School the m iddle of is not, as some had thought, a n a­
tional or racial m atter.
September.
L a t e s t e ff e c ts a re
b r o u g h t o u t in
DAVID M, PFAELZER
& GO'S
CHILDREN'S CLOTHING
w h ile best w earing
Fabrics and High
C la ssT a ilo rin g arc
a lw a y s in ev id en ce
A C ottage Grove corresm ’ . -nt
sent the following t° tfie Portland
Telegram recently:
(‘W hile the m ountains and small
valleys surrounding Cottage ('.rove
are clothed with the finest tim ber
in the know n world, yet almost u n ­
touched by the lum berm an’s ax,
fruit th at cannot be excelled is be­
ing raised an d m any tracts are be­
ing set out in different varieties in
th is vicinity. Recently John Spray
sold 154 acres of his farm, 1%
miles from this city, to E. C. Lath’
rup, of A uburn, N. V’. Tw enty
acres are already set to w inter ap ­
ples and Bing cherries, aud Mr.
L atlirup expects to set the entire
farm to w inter apples an d pears.
Mr. Greene, of A uburn, New York,
purchased eight acres, the entire
tract to be set in fruit trees and
berries. T he Jam es I.ebow farm
of 150 acres 4% miles east of Cot­
tage Grove, w as purchased last
week by the Porter Brothers and
almost the entire place will be set
in different varieties of fruit trees
next year.
T he Waldcm farm,
owned by Porter Brothers aud
Stew art, joining the place, will
have 40 acres set with w inter ap­
ples and pears this fall.
These
two farms are to be irrigated from
Mosby creek, a stream running
through them . B. Denham p u r­
chased 83 acres of W . B. Cooper,
one mile from the city aud will put
12 acres in orchard. Numerous
farms and tracts of tim ber as well
as city property are changing
hands in C ottage Grove and the
country surrounding i t . ”
Notice to H o p Pic k e rs
Call and in sp ect our C om plete A ssortm ent
o f “W earb etter” C hildren’s and Young
M en’s S u it s and O vercoats
Wheeler-Thompson Co.
We Have It For Less
BUYS MOSBY TI MB ER
It is stated that the S tar Lumber
Co., has purchased the Mosby
! tim ber tract near the m outh of
Lang Creek an d will move their
| saw mill to this body of fine tim ber
Estimate to be Submitted | soon as they have cut out all of the
I good tim ber on the tract u|xm
at a Mass Meeting
w hich their mill is now located
j w hich will be before the close of
of Citizens.
I the season. T heir contem plated
move will take them several miles
farther up Row river and near
A m eeting of the citizens of Disston, but they will still have ad ­
Cottage G rove will be held at the vantage of (). i t S. E. railroad
Masonic H all T hursday evening to facilities. T he Mosby trac t con
listen to the report of the com m it­ tain s a large body of fine tim ber
tees and hear the reading of the nil easy of access for logging and
estimates m ade for piping Lang is a lucky buy for the S tar Lumber
creek into this city to increase com pany.
Ju st Arrived
C hildren’s Hear Skin Coats.
STAR L U M B E R CO.
NEBRASKAN BUYS FINE
L I T T L E HOM E H E R E
Last F riday J. E. Wheeler, one
of our enterprising real estate d eal­
ers, sold the beautiful productive
and well improved 10 acre fruit
and garden tract of Sam McKer-
uon in the Gowdyville suburb to
C. B. Waples, of F airbury, N e­
b r a s k a , consideration, $4,000.
T his is a very desirable little home
for small fruit aud vegetable grow ­
ing as it has a moist subsoil and is
very rich black land. A good
portion of the tract is set to winter
apples and pears and Mr. McKer-
uou has a fine garden growing on
the place. Mr. W aples is said to
be a practical farm er an d fruit
grower and will m ake this newly
acquired little home blossom as the
rose, lie returned to his N ebraska
home last Friday night where he
has sold his farm and as soon as
he can m arket his crop will return
to Cottage G rove aud locate on his
newly acquired home. Mr. Mc-
Kernon will locate ou his (»0 acre
farm near Jefferson, Oregon.
H E R M A N N MAY
N E V E R BE T R IE D
Portland, Aug. 25.—T he dis­
m issal of m any of the rem aining
indictm ents in the < Iregon land
fraud cases, which were brought
by F. J . lleney, is probable this
fall, aud it is even likely, it is
stated, that the indictm ent against
Bitiger H erm ann may be am ong
these.
lleney, who arrived in
Portland last night, has announced
definitely that he will not prosecute
H erm ann, and he does not know
w hether H erm ann will ever be
tried. He added that this m atter
now rests in the hands of Attorney-
G eneral W ickersham.
U nited States District Attorney
McCourt has beeu exam ining the
pajiers in the various cases an d de
d a r e s he intends to clear the
docket this fall Some of the cases
McCourt says, are triable. Re­
garding some he has not arrived at
a decision. McCourt classes the
H erm ann case among the triable,
b ut lie states the matter is now in
th e hands of the attorney-general
A Good Position
C an lie had by am bitious young
men and ladies in the field of
“ W ireless” or Railway telegraphy.
Picking will c o m m e n c e at Since the 8-hour law liecaine ef­
B rady’s yard, Creswell, A ugust 81, fective, and since the Wireless
and pickers will receive $13)0 per com panies are establishing stations
hundred pounds. Pickers should j throughout the country there is a
bring their own baskets or b o x e s ! g reat shortage of telegraphers.
Positions pay beginners from $70
to pick in. T here will Ire a board-1 to $90 per month, with good chance
ing house in yard hut no sleeping I for advancem ent.
T he National
apartm ents provided, so pickers Telegraph Institute of Portland,
should bring their own bed and Oregon, operates six official insti
tent. Those w ishing to pick hops tutes in America, under supervision
of R. R. and Wireless Officials
will please write me so I may list an d places all graduates into good
their names.
R. O. B rady ,
positions. It will pay you to write
Sept. 1*
Creswell, Ore.
them for full details.
VOL. XXI. NO. 20
NEWS SOUGHT AND SORTED
FOR LEADER’S BUSY READERS
Interesting News in Brief of the City, County and
State—One Machine Bales 70 0 Tons
of Hay— "Circus a Frost.”
An O lds Auto, No. 472 was
W illie Patten, a son of Jasper
stolen at Medford S atu rd ay . Look P atten w in resides on Mosby Creek
out for it.
a few miles east of this city, has oil
W. P. Huff has baled about 600 display at the Leader office some
Eons of hay in this vicinity this fine specim ens af flint Indian a r­
season and lias contracts for baling row heads w hich he picked up
about ICO tons more before the about his farm home.
season closes.
T he Los A ngeles parties who
The funeral of the little six cam e as the Jeffries' hunting party,
weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. contributed $85 to the h u n ters’ and
II Grimes, w hich died last Friday anglers’ license funds. They took
was conducted S aturday, inter­ out four com bination hunting and
ment in the I. (). (). F . cemetery. fishing licenses at $15 each, two
Chas. V anD enburg is treating h u utiug licenses at $10 each and
his residence on Fourth
and one an g ler’s license at $5. These
K ansas street to a new roof and prices, of course, are for non-resi­
new back porch. I). B. Cliamber- d ents.— Register.
len and Mr. Wilson are doing the
Price Rogers, a cousin of F. B.
w ork.
Phillips, who sustained a double
Charles Van H orn,a young man fracture of his left leg aud a double
residing some distance west of fracture of his lower jaw in the
E ugene w as fined $50 by Judge O. & S. F,. railroad wreck near
Bryson, of the justice court for th is city some weeks ago, returned
killing a turtle dove in violation of to this city from the Portland hos­
pital Friday with his injuries n ear­
the state gam e law.
T he Roseburg News says the ly healed, but he still uses his
R ingling circus was a frost. Itc u t crutches. He was probably the
out its parade and evening ;>er- most seriously injured of any of
formance at Roseburg, but it is the wreck victims, aud his re­
estim ated 12,000 people were in covery, though slow, is very g rati­
fying to his m any friends here.
th at city on circus day, Friday.
A few weeks more and he will be
S. J . Bruud, a Bohemia mine
almost as good as new.
owner, was in Eugene Saturday to
purchase a gasoline engine for use
M y rtle C re e k N e w s .
on his properties and will probably
install a two-stamp mill on the
Isadore Selip and family left
Sweepstake group of claim s in the
W
ednesday for Coeur d ’Alene to
near future.—G uard.
m ake his selection in the land
Ira H uffm an and family, of I
draw ing, in w hich he got first
Point Terrace, on the lower Sins-1
place. Ilis brother, Isaac Selig,
law, spent last week in this vi-1
has purchased his business inter­
ciuity visiting with Mrs. Huff­
ests here.
m a n ’s father and mother, Mr. and I
They have been repairing the
Mrs. Jack Kile aud other relatives !
road to the N ickle mine, near Rid­
an d friends.
dle this week, preparatory to h au l­
Chas. Conner and wife atten d ed ' ing some five cars of ore bound for
the circus at Roseburg last Friday the smelter. T here is great hopes
and witnessed tile big fire Friday being entertained that it is but a
night which destroyed nearly two prelude to the regular opening of
blocks near the depot at th at place the mine, which would mean m uch
including a livery or stage stable to us all.— Mail, Myrtle Creek,
and 20 head of fine horses.
Oregon.
H. C. COOK
Successor to Pierce
Shepardson
y o t ’ will find very attractive
prices at my store.
I offer
Mason F ruit Ja rs as follows:
Pints,
50c, q u arts 70c aud half gallon 90c
per dozen.
shoes.
Also great bargains in
F'or the
present
eighteen
pounds liest sugar for $1.00 with an
order for five dollars worth of goods
from this store.