We Are Ready For You
Having Just Got Settled in Our New
Quarters Third Door East of Oregon Hotel
T H B N K S C I V 1 N C
RANGES
TURKEY
Everyone a bargain
Largest stock in the
at from
City at from
W
e
have
everything
to
prepare
the
$30. to $65.
$1. to $10. per set
Great American bird
ROASTERS
Game Carvers
Ready for the Table
Indispensible at this season of
the year.
Cost only 75c to $2.50
Large StocK and Fine Line
of SILVERWARE
SIMERAL & VANDENBURG
"T H E FU R N IT U R E D E A L E R S "
C O TT A G E GROVE L E A D E R .
T he editor of th e D rain Non-
T u a s d n y s a n d Frldev ys .
pariel would discredit the Bohemia
m ining district. W ait until next
T H E L K A D K K P U B M S H 1 N U C O . (lue.)
season’s m ining operations open in
\V . C . C o n n e r , E d ito r a n i l M a n a g e r .
full blast and he is liable to change
t ì n t e m i a t th e C o tta n e G ro v e p o s to llic o a* sec- his opinion of this promising m in
o u d - c la s s m a tte r .
ing cam p. Ther# is a good m any
things E ditor P arker does not
M U B H C K 1PT IO N K A T E S
about L aue and D ouglas
$1.50 know
O n e V ear
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S ix M o n th s
So counties:
We will relieve him of
T h re e M o n th s
the D ouglas county portion of
those mines “ not worth bragging
TU ESD A Y , N O V E M B E R 16, 1909.
ab o u t” in November 1910, when
Nesm ith county will become a
“ So tuany ways, so m any creeds,
reality. W hy not quit your k n o ck
So m any p ath s th a t w ind an d wind,
ing and boost a while, Brother
W hen ju st th e a rt of being k in d —
Parker? H ere’s for sm aller and
Is all th e world •needs.”
—Selected,
better tilled farms, sm aller and
better governed and developed
If the road is poor, good horses
counties and a consequent G reater
and good vehicles count for little,
Oregon.
You can grow pure bred chick
Congressman Hawley has served
ens just as easy as scrubs and they
his constituents faithfully and
are m uch better.
well. H e is a guest of Cottage
D oan's directory for 1910 gives Grove today and will personally
Cottage Grove a population of inquire into the desired w ater re
2000. Possibly a little shy.
serve for Cottage Grove w hich is
proposed to be established on the
President T aft has issued the
Lang creek water shed.
T hanksgiving proclam ation, nom i
nating T hursday, November 25th,
as a day of general T hanksgiving. SOCIAL CLUBS MUST
At a Chicago dressm akers’ con
PAY LIQUOR L IC E N S E
vention they are going to show all
the different styles of feminine
Seattle, Nov. 15.—T h e liquor
wearing apparel since the days of
right
has been opened in Seattle
Eve. Peek-a.boo!
by Mayor Miller requiring all clubs
T he M yrtle Point Enterprise not having saloon licenses, to quit
celebrated its fifteenth anniversary dispensing refreshm ents to their
last Friday. It is a live, progress members. Some four m onths ago,
ive, well patronized local paper the suprem e court decided th at
and was established by the Leader clubs m ust be licensed just like
editor. Long m ay the Enterprise public bars, on a case tak en up
f r o m Spokane. T h e
Seattle
prosper.
m ayor’s term now running to its
In five years very few people expiration an d he not being a
will care to take the time to look can d id ate for re-election, seems to
at an airship th a t is going by, and have seen a light break in from
one of these days the nations of somewhere. W ithout notice, his
the earth are going to quit building police swooped down on h alf a
D readnoughts and devote their dozen reputable organizations and
tim e to the construction of fighting put their bars out of business.
T his hapj>ened on Ihe same night
aeroplanes.
when it was announced th at
Dr. Oglesby says he has dis Georgetown, a suburb surrounded
covered « ,utw disease in Cottage by Seattle, had rejected the an n e x
Grove which he calls “ Boosteritis. ” ation proposition two to one.
He says it is contageous and th at Georgetown does as it pleases and
the only remedy to relieve it is the those of Seattle who chaff at the
free application of foreign capital restraints of the metropolis find
in local real estate, enterprises and unrestrained liberty and license in
industries.
the suburb.
N o Man is Stronger
Than His Stomach
A t(roD | man is strong all over. N o pnan can be
strong who ia suffering from w eak stomach with ita
consequent indigestion, or fro in some other disease
of the stomech and its associated organa, which im
pairs digestion and nutrition. F o r when the stomach
ia w eak o r diseased there ia a loss of the nutrition
eontained ia food, which is the source of ell physical
strength. W hen e man “ doesn't feel just right,”
when he doesn't sleep w ell, has an uncomfortable
lenltng in the stom ach after eating, is lenguid, nervous, irritable and despond
ent, he is losing the nutrition needed to m ake strength.
S a c k a m a n s h o u l d a e e D r. P ie r c e 's G o ld e n M e d ic a l
D is c o v e r y , i t c a r e s d i s e a s e s o f t h e s t a m a c k a n d o t k e r
o rg a n s o f d lg e a tlo m a n d n w tr ttlo a . I t e n rlc k e m t k e b lo o d ,
ia r lg o r a te a t k o li v e r , s tr e n g th e n » t k e k i d n e y s , a o u rls k e m
t k e a ervem , m a d mo H IV E » H E A L T H A N D S T R E N U T H k TO
T H E W HOLE B O D Y.
*
You ca n ’ t afford to accept e secret nostrum na g substitute for this non*
alcoholic medicine 01» in o w n co n p o sitio n , not even though the urgent dealer
m ay thereby make a little bigger profit. Ingredients printed on s
E d ito r:—C ottage ( Irove Leader—
Please perm it me space in your
paper for a few lines.
1 noticed an item in th e Eugene
G uard recently w herein some one
said I was m ak in g $14.00 per head
off of my dairy cows. I w ant to
tell the public th a t this is a false
hood. 1 never told any one I was
m aking $14.00 per m outh per cow.
1 never have m ade any such sta te
m ents to any one and whomever
said 1 did is telling som ething that
is not true.
My check for O ctober the returns
from six cows was $55.20. VVe
had our b u tter an d cream for
family of four, w hich w ould be, as
near as I can tell, $7.50, which
would m ake my check $62.70.
T his is the best 1 h av e ever done
Butter fat at the present tim e is 37c
per pound. Now ta k e these same
cows for April, May, J u n e and July
an d they would m ak e with 25
cent cream, about $25.00 or $30.00.
My cows m ade me last year $100.
per head, counting skim m ilk,
butler and cream for family and
heifer calves, with w hich returns
I am well pleased. However, 1
d o u ’t w ant any one to tell I am
m ak in g $14.00 per head per mouth
from my cows.
Boom the country, b u t tell the
tru th and then ¡m igration will not
be disappointed.
Y ours truly,
T
om
C o x .
T h e above letter of Mr. Cox is
tim ely and to the point, for there is
a woefull tendency in these boost
er times to m agnify an d ex ag g er
ate the conditions, possibilities,
opportunities, productions and re
sources here in Oregon where it is
not in the least necessary, for all
of these conditions an d opportuni
ties tru th fu lly stated are favorable
enough to attract the attention and
prove a m agnet to people who live
in less favored states an d localities.
T h is exaggeration is apparent on
every h an d and should be frowned
down, as satisfied an d perm anent
investors and home builders cannot
be secured in this w ay.
T he Leader has bee« trying for
the past two years under the pres
ent m anagem ent to keep m isrepre
sentation and exaggeration reg ard
ing our clim atic conditions, soil,
farm products, m ines and tim ber
industries, and opportuities open to
home seekers and investors here,
out of its columns, an d while we
have succeeded to such a degree
th a t the paper is occasion ally term
ed a knocker, yet we are som etim e
trapped by o v e r
enthusiastic
people who are com paratively new
comers, or some one over auxious
to negotiate a sale. W e endorse
fully file position of Mr. Cox on
th is subject.
and there is good reason for
our steady and satisfactory
growth. T he fact th a t we have uot only held our business but
practically doubled it with all com petition, indicates th at the
public m ind has not lost sight of the essential requirem ents that
m ake a b ank sound and safe. T he principles of conservative
b an k in g th at have governed our development in the past will
shape our future policy.
Still We Grow
At the recent m eeting of the
First O uarterly Conference of the
Methodist church under the presi
dency of S uperintendent Wire, W.
C. Counter w as appointed on the
board of trustees an d W. F. H art
and A. J. A rm strong were appoint
ed on the Board of Stew arts.
Bertram A pplegate was approved
president of the Epworth League
and E. K. Barnes president of the
M ethodist Brotherhood. Rev. Ro
bert Sutcliffe reported the reorgan
ization of the Junior and Senior
Epw orth Leagues: the o rg an iza
tion of a cradle roll of 31 mem
bers; the form ation of a Methodist
Brotherhood and the institution of
a home departm ent in connection
w ith the S unday School; a choral
society had also been established;
th a t one hundred visits h ad been
m ade into the homes of the m em
bers of th e church an d friends by
the pastor an d wife. T hirteen new
additions to th e church were re
ported and four conversipns. A
steady increase in the congrega
tions were also reported.
S uperintendent W ire an d the
church officials present were much
pleased with the report, the former
d eclaring it was the best re i» rt he
had listened to since conference.
Start an account with us and grow with a
G R O W IN G PROGRESSIVE BANK
C ap ital &
S u rp lu s
$ 3 0 .0 0 0
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
U n d iv id ed
P rofits
$ 1 7 .0 0 0
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Good as new, only used a
few times, for sale at
. . . H A L F P R IC E . . .
All Kinds of Hauling and
Heavy Dray Work
Moving Pianos a Specialty
With Special Equipment
Arcade Theater
at J. V. T h o rn to n ’s C onfectionery.
PHONE
Office, 1426
R esidence f>93
O F F IC E
DIAMONDS
Practically at cost
Sold on
Easy paym ents
M anchurian larks, entirely new
songbirds for th is country, will be
liberated in Oregou n ex t spring,
being the first of th is species ever
brought to A m erica. Mrs. Fred I).
W heeler, wife of the A merican con
sul at N ui-C hw ang, M anchuria,
who retu rn ed to America last week
w ith her h u sb an d , brought back
15 of the birds. She will keep them
through the w inter and liberate
them in the spring. T h e im ported
songsters are rated as am ong the
best song b ird s in the world. They
are about the size of the native
la rk but th e color of the w ren.
T h e Chinese keep them in cages
in their homes.
It is a good deal easier to sit
down and figure the profits of the
poultry business th an it is to real
ize them . If you d o n ’t like work
an d cannot look after details, let it
alo tie.
Special Bargains
at
$2.50 per set
Big stock of sporting goods
and AMMUNITION
E V E R Y T H I N G IN H A R D W A R E
HOLTDA Y
GOODS
The most useful, highly
prized and appropriate hol
iday gifts. Reserve them
now
Watches, Clocks, Rings, Jewelry and Cut Qlass
H. C. MADSEN
Sec our *' WAI.TI1AM I'lAJfQ*"
| Barrels
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G a llo n *
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C a rp e ts an d R ugs
Nothing better on the market
VETCH SEED
M ade to or tier a n d S a tis
faction g u ara n te e d both
as to w o rk m an sh ip and
prices. A pply to
Car load 13 tons at $3.73
per 100 lbs in lots of 300
lbs an d over. Cash with
order.
n e a r A dventist C h u r c h
Brownsville Warehouse Co.
y
1 J . M. C om er p&»7fs5,8‘
TANGENT.
OREGON
C o m e In A n d S e e U s |
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Our
New Quarters §
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A letter from A. M cKinney and
wife of Cottage Grove, who a-.e
visiting in K ansas, says, u nder
date of November 10; “ Send our
Leader to Kinsley. Both well and
enjoying auto rides daily. Made
75 miles one d ay . T housands of
acres of w heat looking fine.
W indy and d u sty .”
should lie cared for from the
cradle to the grave. We have a
large assortm ent of good Tooth
Brushes an d several k in d s of Tooth
Powder w arranted to be pure and
beneficial.
T h e University of Oregon and
Oregon A gricultural College foot
ball team s will play their thirteen
th an n u al gam e F riday afternoon
Nov. 19, at Eugene. It will be an
unlucky gam e for one of' the
team s.
f la ir Brushes, Beth Brushes, Fine
s
Soaps, domestic and imported,
splendid Sham poo for the hair,
and all Toilet Requisites of good j
q uality at m oderate prices.
The longer the delay in building
good roads the greater the cost.
Some
Griffin-Y catch
Company
R E P O R T F IR S T Q U A R TER
W OU LD DISCOURAGE A LL
O F T H E M. E. CHURCH
M IS R E P R E S E N T A 1 I0 N
We have ihe largest and best selected stock of furniture
ever shown in Cottage Grove O ur goods are new, neat and
up-to-date. In prices we meet all competition. Call and see
us and be convinced. We can save you $ $ $ $.
CARVING SETS
N ew Woodward Brick.
N ew Stock of Gro
ceries, Some Fine Bar
gains in Shoes, Country
Produce Bought and
Sold. . . . .
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Nail Brushes I
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Benson's Pharmacy 3
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Cook & Son i
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