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$ .SO
Spun Silk Scarfs ‘)0c to
4.50
Slack hand hags 75c to
4.50
Latest styles in notions
Flannelette skirts 25c to . .50
Knit Corset Covers
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Laundry bags--------------
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Hand made doilies 12%c to .75
Ilatul embroidered center­
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VOL. XXI.
NO. 29
SISKIYOU, PROPOSED NEW STATE BUSY SESSION OF CITY COUNCIL
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To be Created From Seven Oregon and Eight Cal- Lang Creek Water Ordinance Passed— Congress-
ifornia Counties— Would Take Half of
the Bohemia Mining District
man Hawley Will Personally Investigate
the Lang Creek Timber Sale
Collar pins.
Shirt W aist sets.
The Leader is in receipt of a copy
of the Yreka, California, Journal,
which contains a large map of the
much talked of new state, “ Siski
you,’ ’ which it is proposed to create
from a part of Southern and South­
western Oregon and Northern
California. The territory embraced
within the boundaries of this pro­
posed new state includes seven
Oregon
counties
as
follows:
Douglas, Coos, Curry, Josephine,
Jackson, Klamath and Lake: eight
California counties as follows:
DelNorte, Siskiyou, Modock, Hum­
boldt, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen and
Tehama. This arrangement places
Yreka about the center of this ter
ritory and makes that place the
logical candidate for the new state
capital. The proposed sew state
includes within its northern bound­
The eitv council met in regular this sewer, as the S. 1’ . Co. and
aries that part of Douglas county monthly session Monday evening, others interested had not yet been
Tie and Scarf pins.
included within the proposed new a full board being present ex ­ heard from.
A motion prevailed that an ordi­
Solid Gold Bracelets.
county o f Nesmith and would place cept councilman \V. A. Ilogate.
nance be drafted providing for the
Necklaces and many other ar­
A petition from the property printing of 150 copies of the city
our 'Hohemiu mining district not
ticles in our Notions case to nu­
only partially in two counties, but owners on I) street remonstrated ordinances at $ 1 . 12 tier page to be
merous to mention. This Sale
also in two states. Cottage Grove or protested against the payment bound in paper covers. Council­
of the assessment levied against man Kime advocated charging a
would be the extreme southern city
Affords a splendid opportunity for
their respective properties for the small price for copies of these or­
within the remaining state of Ore­ recent improvement in grading and dinances. Councilman
Flledge
anyone warning to select articles
gon and situated only four miles graveling this street, on the opposed this proposition and Coun­
for Christmas presents.
from the Siskiyou state line. Jack- grounds that the graveling was not cilman Lawson suggested that the
son, Klamath and Lake counties done according to the terms of the books be distributed very judicious­
.50
Joeger fleeced heavy
contract, the required amount of ly and this proposition was accept­
are said to strongly favor the
.25
Hoys fleeced heavy ------
gravel not having geen placed 011 ed.
creation of this new state, which this street. After considerable dis­
Hoys natural wool 65, 75 to .90
Ordinance No. 245 providing for
however, will require national cussion in which councilman Law- the issuance and sale of bonds not
Mens heavy wool, $2 and- 1.50
legislation to establish and the son, Bartels and Atkinson partici- to exceed $ 100,000 and to bear in-
Values to $2, 15c each.
1.40
Mens light wool, #1 to
Leader is therefore uot losing any pated and also Engineer Kurtz and terest at the rate of 5 per cent, to.
sleep over the probability of the citizen (). L. Willard, a motion run 25 years, for the purpose o f
state of Siskiyou absorbing a por­ was made by Councilman Bartels constructing a pipe line from Lang
tion of our proposed Nesmith that the D street matter be referred Creek to Cottage Grove, was read
county, or anv other Oregon terri­ to Jhe street committee for investi­ the first time.
1.50
Helgian hose for men.
tory. It’s a huge joke.
gation. This motion was carried.
Councilman Lawson objected to
The Dutchess trousers
A splendid hat, and will wear
Mayor Job stated that in his blank dates in ordinance and sug­
are sold under a positive
opinion when the street committee gested that dates be set now ami
with any, $2 to $2.50. We have
and property owners confer togeth- tilled in the ordinance regarding-
a good selection in color and guarantee, $2 to_______$5.00
er oti I) street matters an amicable date when interest shall commence-
If
iti
two
months,
a
sus­
shape.
settlement of these differences will ion bonds after sold,
Gordan hat “ always” . . .Loo pender button comes off, we
be promptly brought about.
Councilman Hartels suggested
Since
October
19th
the
Leader]
Col.
Yoran
is
holding
the
com-
Colors blue, green, gray,
Letters of recommendation con that an accnrate estimate of the
will pay you 10 c, if they rip
has been publishing the official no- , petitive rifle shoot among the com cerniug the competency of engineer cost of the construction of a pipe
holly, olive, tan, brown and
at the waist banu, we will
tiqe, of the biggest proposed sale of patties of the Fourth Regiment O. Roberts of Medford, who has an line from Lang Creek to this city
black.
pay you 50c, if they rip in
timber ever planned bv the forestry N. G., and these companies have application before the council for be secured before Ordinance No.
service in Oregon. This notice j already made their records. Co. Consulting Engineer for the con­ 245 be passed.
the seat or elsewhere, we will
struction of the Lang Creek pii>e
Councilman Lawson made a
may still be found in the Leader, K of Cottage Grove shot under the
pay you $1 or give you a new
line, were read and placed on file. motion, which was carried, that
ragarilitig which the Oregonian |
Letters from Forest Supervisor Section I of Ordinance No. 24Tv,
had this to say recently:
! mos adverse conditions of wind
W ill keep them dry
. $2.00 pair.
"Recording one of the biggest i ant* weather and their score while S. C. Bartrum and Congressman he amended , to read, “ Said bemds;
sales of timber ever planned by the ! good is not up to what it would Hawley concerning the sale of to bear interest from the date ot
forestry service, bids are being re have been under better conditions timber 0,1 La" K Creek tlle !*n,,ce the delivery of said money to the-
ceivedby the goverment on 175,-!The <core8 are _s follows.
of Cottage Grove’s proposed new |citv treasurer,” at the rate of S
Agents
Agents
000,000 feet of timber located on a
water supply were read and placed per cent per annum, etc., this
For
For
tract near Cottage Grove
Super
,
.
. . 011 file. Congressman
Hawley ¡clause to be adopteil .instead of any
International
A. E. Anderson
visorS. C. Bartrum of Roseburg.
u]
stated that lie would he in Cottage definite or fixed date, bonds to be
Tailoring
Tailoring
is in charge of the sale and bids
i' Cott ier i ron- ’is» m
1-7 r s * ,roY^ 1 uesday Noy 16, H i»9, and dated March 1, 1910.
will be received until November 19.1 T* !
!!'
=
s would I,ersona" v investigate this
lion. O. M. Kern addressed t.*e-
Company
Company
The immense timber holding is
*’ ,
f
important matter to
mr growing council on this subject and sutedt
located about 24 miles from Cottage I he shoot for Co. I-
of McMmii- city
it as his opinion that any hondiuR
Grove and the nearest boundary 1 ville, will take place on Tuesday.
Letter from I-.dm n ml M Blake, company which would insist on
line of the tract is only a mile from Co. 1" of Dallas on Wednesday j from Boise, Idaho,
applying foi any oilier proixisitiou or would
Finished Plowing 42 5 Acres by Steam. the end of the Oregon vN Southeast-! all,i Co G of Albany on Saturday I position of Consulting Engineer in : seriously object to the above men-
eru railway, the tracks of which 1
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the construction of the proposed tinned clause was not acting in
{ Chaney
' i , a n aiul
d wife
nf
Idaho P'I)e ' ' " e fr,,,n Lang Creek to Cot good faith and thereby manifested
Harry McCormick, president of extends from Cottage Grove to Dias-i c S. i,-
F.
wife
of
Idaho,
S. 1 . t linnov .uni wilt
Idaho. la(re ( , rove was read and hied
a dis|Kisiliou to hold-up the coun-
the McCormick Lumber Company ton. Less than six miles of
track will be required to transpoD are looking over our city and vicin- I A letter from Chas. Iv Nordfeltjcil. The city should not be t*..
of
Portland,
who
has
been
here
I'. G. Stiller who established the
looking after his big farm bought the timber from the tract to the ; W with a view of locatiug here of San Francisco proposing to sell quired to pay interest or should -uot
Cottage Grove creamery several some time ago from John Ingham, railway. The tract is comprised ' permanently.
good . be expected to pay interest on any
They contemplate to this city a rock crusher
years ago, has sold the plant and returned to the metropolis yester­ of 45Q0 acres and overlooks the ■ spending the winter here, that they as new" w*is read and ordered I moneys before said moneys were
filed.
paid over to the city treasurer.
business to Messrs Dan Hleuer and day. His farmer, J. E. English, Row river.
may obtain a knowlege of the Ore-
A
letter
from
Engineers
Tayloi
,
it was ordered that “ ihe date for
has
just
finished
plowing
425
acres
The
timber
is
almost
all
old-
,
.
.
.
,
Egger Brothers, well known dairy­
which will also and Kurt/ regarding the removal j receiving bids for bonds be closed
men of Portland, but formerly of with a large Oliver gang plow growth Douglas fir, with a small j Kow w , , , t e r s ? ',d
drawn by a big traction engine I per cent of cedar, pine and hem enable Mr. Chaney to investigate of a portion of sewer at the Ben j Jan. 4, 1910 at 1 he hour of N
Wisconsin. These gentlemen own and the machinery has all been 1 lock, and it is believed, will bring farm lands hereabouts in which he net place, wherein these gentlemen o ’clock |> m.” bids to be adver
assumed expense and criticism o f ! tised in one Cottage Grove and one
a fine herd of 150 head of Jerseys carefully housed for the winter. ; at least $2 a thousand feet. Only may invest.
sam e, was accepted and filed
Portland newspaper. '1'his ordi-
which they will bring to Cottage Mr. McCormick has recently pnr-|the timber and not the laud will
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The committee on proposed east j nance then passed to the second
Grove providing they can find and chased 50 head of good cattle and 1 be sold by the government. The ; A llew Btock of Columbia graph
Cottage Grove sewer was allowed and third reading and come up for
,
,
.
purchase a suitable dairy farm near is stocking the place up in fine forestry service figures that suffic-’ ,
shape and will mpke a model place ient unmerchantable timber will be j ”11,10111 s al,< rcco>'1 s
R ' i " u more time torejKirtoii subscriptions adoption or rejection.
this city on which to place them. I of it.— Register.
received tor the construction of
Upon roll call ordinance No.
j left on the tract to reseed the area.” | studio.
They are looking over the Jones j
) 245 was adopted without opposi-
I lion
farm north of this city today and
A petition to the county court
will also look over a few other;
I asking for permission to lay a
places. These gentlemen have
] water pi|Ye along the county road!
been conducting a dairy at Port- j
j at various points between Lang
land where they owned a tract o f !
Creek and Cottage Grove was read..
I endorsed and ordered presented to
.420 acres. They recently sold
I the county court.
forty acres of this tract for $80,000
j Ordinance No. 246, providing
and will plat and sell the rest of it j
for letting a new contract for light­
in small tracts. They will put 011
ing the city of Cottage < '.rove for a
a milk wagon and sell milk and
1 iieriod of five years passed the first
\Ve are always busy. livery day gets busier.
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; and second reading and was held
cream as well as manufacture and
¡over for the third reading antS
sell butter at this place.
We are always right and are getting Tighter.
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adoption or rejection at the next
Mr. Stiller, we are pleased to an­
| regular meeting, when the new
Get in liue and get yourself right- How will yon do it? Get one of those Nifty P A R IS IA N SUITS.
nounce, will remain in Cottage
[style arc light will he exhibited
Get one of those Nobby Hats.
Grove and look after his own prop­
| and demonstrated to the city coun-
j cil lx>th in the council chamber
erty interests and possibly engage
Get a pair of those Snappy Shoes.
and on the street-
in some other business when the
Get Staley Underwear.
Councilman Lawson reported it
opportunity is afforded.
I proposed contract for lighting the
Cet
Everwear
Hosiery,
The Leader welcomes Messrs
city proposed by the Cottage Grove
Bleuer and Eggers to this city and
I Electric Co. which company agrees
Get them all at Wheeler-Thompson Co’s, and then vou will be getting right. You know that when you want something good
! to light Cottage Grove five years as
wishes them success.
and right you have to come to us.
W e always have been leaders in these lines and always will, or bust a hame-string.
| follows: Incandescent arc lights
%
| $ 8 t) jx-r year each, the old contract
The
Grove studio is now
j providing for $ 1 1 0 jier arc light
equipped with an Aristo lamp, j
i per year up to ten lights. For in
Satisfactory pictures made at any j
, candescent street lights 42 caudle-
time except the noon hour and i
jlMiwer $40 |ier year, 16 candle-
power $|N per year, alxiut the same-
Sundays. If you can’t come in
price as at present, lights to bwi>
the daytime, let us know and we
all night, and new contract to go-
will he ready at your time.
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into effect Jan. I, 1910. This con­
tract was placed on file.
Registered Angoria Billie Goat
(C O N T IN I’ KD ON PAGP TH R K K j
for sale. Inquire of Curtis Veatch.
Hell Buckles
Underwear
Ladies Belts
Gordan Hats
Dutchess Trousers
SELL 175,000.000 FEET
COTTAGE GROVE
LANG CREEK TIMBER
COMPANY LEADS
Boy's Slickers
HAMPTON
COM PANY
COTTAGE GROVE
CREAMERY SOLD
NOTICE, NESMITH COUNTY CITIZENS
W h e e le r-T h o m p so n C o m p a n y
“ Have If For Less