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About Cottage Grove leader. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1905-1915 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1909)
A **' Iff y o u L lk o TH E LEADER B o o st fo r It- Iff r\o t, S e n d y o u r C ritic is m to th i s P a p e r . A d v e rtis e In THB L E M E N T k ls la W h a i B r i n . . B u a ln a a a a n d g iv a . Ih a P a p a r L ila. G r a fie PUBLISH ED S E M I-W E E K L Y B O H E M IA íf C G G E T ',:A D E ,* 1 C o a a o lld a la d J a n u a r r 9. 1908 VOL. XXI. NO. 33 COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1909. THE RESULT OF THE LEADER'S THE RECENT FRESHET AT A QUIET THANKSGIVING EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD; DAY IN COTTAGE GROVE NTERESTING VOTING CONTEST • _____________ . I The Latter Place Suffered Most and One Family Union Religious Services. Family Reunions, Turkey Miss Nieta Hazleton Received the Diamond Ring and Miss Marie Willard the Fine Gold Was Forced to Spend a Night in a Big { Dinners. Band Music and a Military Watch— A Large Vote Cast. Ball Given by Company E. Fir Tree and Others in Garrets T h an k sg iv in g dqy passed by very the Christian liugeue, Nov. 23.— Flood condi C hurch, where A family nam ed 1‘arker was tions prevailed in the entire W ill cau g h t last night and for fear th a t quietly in C ottage G rove the weath- appropriate music was furnished am ette valley as a result of the a l tlieir small house would be de- i er being partially fair—some sun- by the combined choirs of the var ious churches aud the service was most unprecedented rainfall during stroyed in the night they climbed shine aud some rain. . a , large c fir . tree nearby i , 1 Many were reuuions the past few days. For the 24 . into very interesting and quite largely and- . ,■ the fam ily , i.,,, , , . , . j and turkey dinners an d little busi- hours eudiiig at 8 o'clock this spent the night there in suspense. Iless was transacted. T he band attended. m orning the precipitation w as 1.34 T hey were rescued in a boat early | cam e out in the afternoon and Following is the order in w hich inches and for the day previous it T uesday m orning. T he water rose ! broke the S abbath like quietness of the service was conducted: V oluntary was 1.80 inches, m aking a total of so quickly that m any were taken the day an d the E lectric T heaters 3.14 inches for the two days. by surprise. Those who have two- in the evening with special feat Song, “ Praise God from whom ures entertained the people, who G reat hanks of snow in the m oun story houses were able to move j did not participate in the big m ili all Blessings Flow .” tains have melted and it has been themselves aud a few belongings tary ball given by Co. E. at the Invocation carried down to the vallevs in the out of the water. O thers were not Armory, where good music and a Song, choir stream s in the shape of water at a so fortunate. L. M. Damewood good tim e was reported by those Readiug of 103rd Psalm. Rev. S. | who attended. G eneral F inzer and trem endous rate. lost everything he had. T he , „ wife of Portland, were guests of C. Adatns T he recent rise in the W illam family was taken out late M onday | honor. Song, choir e t t e was higher, two or three inches n i g h t , w h e n t h e w a t e r w a s b e g i n - i : n i o n s e r v i c e s Address, Rev. Robert Sutcliffe th a n the rise of 1901 and is said to ning to float the chairs in their . . ... . . . . Song, choir ,, At 10:30 in the m orning a union equal a num ber of freshets of ten small one-story house. About 10 T h an k sg iv in g service was held at Benediction. or twelve years ago. T his fore-' o'clock Mr. p a u e w o o d looked out ------------ ------------------------------:-------- noon at II o ’clock the water was and saw the roaring w aters only a over the top of the gauge, which few inches from the door registers 21 feet. Some think it j which is four or five feet off the Salem Capital Journal. weut as high as 22 feet while others ground. Several who are on higher are of the opinion th at it was no ground were living on th e second Of course there are interests that think they are hurt higher th an 22% feet. floor of their homes. M. C. Davis every time a new county is created. was living with his fam ily entirely AM . N IG H T IN A F IR TRKE. But the hurt is imaginary, and the whole state would be Over two hundred people living isolated between the immense benefitted by ten new counties. stream s of water. in West Springfield were forced out A family by the nam e of Collins Now if is in the cards to create a new county to be of their homes and m any had narrow escapes in leaving their; stayed in a small loft over night, called Nesmith around Cottage Grove. houses when the water su d d e n ly 1 when the water drove them off the There are the usual howls from Douglas and wails from rose over this whole district. S om e! floor of their house. THE FATES SAY NESMITH COUNTY. LARGE AREA OF WAT ER . spent a fearful night in the garrets of their frail houses, which thej It was a rem arkable sight to see torrent threatened to destroy at any the w ater stretching from the moment. A woman and two Southern Pacific railroad tracks children spent an aw ful night in a along the hills all the way across fir tree, being rescued T uesday | the bottoms over to the bottom s on m orning. T he big railroad em the further side of the river. At bankm ent, although it banks the points from Henderson station the w ater up, m aking it deeper on the river was over a mile wide and south side, breaks the force of the running in immense waves up to current, and it is for this alone fifteen miles ail hour. T he Street car trestle was under that m any houses have not been destroyed. T here was a difference w ater until noon, and by only a of several feet in the height of dark streak could be traced its the water on either side of the em course in m any places. T he cars bankm ent, and at each end through ran as far as Ju d k in s’ Point. T he the trestle work the current poured grandstand at the ball p ark w ith stood the flood, b ut most of the at a terrific rate. fence was carried aw ay.—G uard. DANGER TO TRESTLES. At the two sm all trestles near liu g e n e’s assessment role shows Springfield I unction on the “ Y ” an increase of about one million there was a large river pouring and a quarter dollars over last through the small openings as year. through a chute and above each was a jam of driftwood. T he water was pouring around the end of the em bankm ent by the county road and the bank was somewhat eaten aw ay. Several piles were| underm ined and if the flood la s ts ' it is only a question of tim e when j the bridge approach will go out. A large jam has collected at the middle of the high trestle but the current is not so swift here. T he Leader’s . voting contest closed W ednesday evening as ad vertised an d m uch interest was m anifested by th e rival candidates for the two nice prizes as the tim e drew n ear for the final couut of the votes. . E ach of the contestants an d th eir friends worked in d u stri ously for th e coveted prizes, and th e contest w hile close, especially betwfeen th e two leaders, was good u atu re d aud fair throughout. T h e first prize, a beautiful w hite dia m ond ring, was one of the prettiest and most v alu ab le prizes ever giv- eu in this p art of the state by a lo cal new spaper of the L eader’s class, T he high water this year has w rought great havoc in the l>ot- toms around here— more so than ever before. A secondary river has found its centre in the county road near Springfield and with a great force has washed aw ay every fence and outbuilding. W hen the | w aters go down it is probable there I will be no signs of a county road. I m a r t h e r o ic RESCUES. All T uesday m orning men w ith ; boats and skiffs have been w o rk -; ing in th e roaring flood re sc u in g j those caught in their houses at j Springfield. T he extrem e swift ; ness of the current m ade the work very dangerous. T o ta l...................................36,240 Miss H azleton's m ajority 1055. Awarded $75 Diamond Ring. Miss W illard second, aw ard, $25 Gold W atch or $25 G old Ring. ABOUT 120 SAWMILLS CHARLES BRUNEAU SEVERELY INJURED. WERE REPRESENTED Inform ation w as received from F. J. H a rd ’s m ines in Bohemia m ining district W ednesday by tele phone that C has. Bruneau, Mr. H a rd ’s m ine forem an, w as quite seriously injured by a m ining accident on th a t day aud a m es sage w as sent to Mr. H ard at F.u- gene inform ing him of the accident. H e cam e to C ottage G rove W ednes day evening secured a physician Lane over the proposition. and proceeded w ith all haste to his W e have heard these wails and howls every time the m ines to care for his injured fore past twenty years when a new county was borned. m an, the seriousness of -whose in W e have seen Lincoln, Wheeler, and Hood River juries cannot be ascertained until brought into existence with all attending pangs of parturition. Mr. H a rd and the physician return, Waj have advocated the creation of every new countv as th e telephone line is w orking very poorly. and shall do all in our power to have Nesmith county organ Mr. Bruneau is a single m an, ized. Lane and Douglas can spare tEie territory and they are has resided in Cottage Grove many years, where he is well know n aud ^ b , c n o u g h to m a k c several more good counties, held in the highest esteem by the iv, • . . 6 ' h e n a m c 1N esrn,,h 13 providential, and the new county citizens of the town. He also cannot be stopped and everybody might as well get in line, ow ns considerable valuable prop erty in this city and his m any friends hope to hear of his speedy Extremely Heavy Rainfall Orchard $ 2 0 0 0 Per Acre | recovery from his injuries and that From W eather O bserver Briggs, A four-acre peach o rch ard at they are not of a serious nature. Eugene, we learn th a t th e rainfall A shland sold S aturday for $8000 so far the present m onth is 8.05 spot cash. T h e purchaser was a T he sale is reported from West- inches, as com pared with 3.52 m an from Dallas, T ex as, and his pnrt of 800 acres of logged-off inches for the whole m onth of purchase is know n as the Albert la n d to a Portland Powder com November last year. Johnson orchard one of th e finest p a n y th a t contem plates m an u fact and best-kept sm all orchards in u rin g powder on tlje premises to C leveland’s Baking Powder. th a t section of the state. clea r th e land. What Would GREAT HAVOC TO FENCES. while the secoud prize a $25 gold w atch or gold set ring, as piefer- red by the winner, was a prize to be appreciated by any voung g en t lem an or young lady. Following is the final count and standing of the energetic contestants. N ieta H azleton......................... 13,445 Marie W illard ........................... 12,390 Mamie K im e............................. 7,015 Ethel Chrism nn....................... 2,840 In a Jo h n so n .............................. 550 A prom inent sawm ill m an in forms the Leader th at at the regu lar m eeting of the ( Iregon & W ashington IAimber M anufactur ers Association held at this place S aturday there were about 60 m em bers present, representing about 120 sawm ills iu Oregou. Many im portant questions were acted upou, am ong them a decision to join the N ational Lumber M anu facturing Association. Progress was reported as to m arketing odd leugtbs and a cam paign w as approved as to the con servation measures in m arketing clear lum ber. Traffic an d legal bureaus were organized to work on transportation problems to accom plish good results on freight claim s for overcharges on shipm ents. Ail advertising plan was decided upon to display selected fir, con sisting of board-ceiliug, interior finish, m ouldings aud cornice, ready for installation iu the Bureau of A merican Republics, at W a s h ington D. C. of which John Bar ret is director. T he code of ethics prom ulgated by the com panies’ congress was adopted, with the u nderstanding that th is association is opposed to transit shipm ents. T h e outlook for trade conditions w as pronounced as encouraging for ties and structural tim bers. An increased dem and is looked for in the spring from the E ast au d C ali fornia, T he Oregon aud W ashington Lum ber Association will entertain the W estern Retail Lum ber associ ation of Spokane, w hich is to be held in Portland, February 14, to February 16. YO Have For a Suit IN A D A M ’S TIME ? Oregon POOR ADAM ! Contented with a fig leaf and only one model. YOU have the finest of fabrics, the best of tailoring, N ew York, London and Paris models to choose from at W h e e le r -T lio m p s o n C o .’s IN PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION ---------------------------------------------------- F R O M ------------------------------------------------------ $ 12.50 to 25.00 That is what such firms as ours have done to advance the clothing Business. You should encourage such thrift and enterprise EVERWEAR HOSIERY. m m WHEELER-THO MPSON CO. IT FOR L IS I” Done Defeated by Washington. T h e big football gam e at Seattle T h an k sg iv in g day between the University of Oregon and the Uni versity of W ashington was won by the latter by a score of 20 to 6. T he O regonians fought with bulldog determ ination and pluck and iu m any respects m ade an eq ual showing with the victors, but an ability to execute th e forward pass, coupled with a strong defense against sim ilar plays by Oregou tells the story. T he gam e was re plete with sensational features ami the 8000 spectators were liberal iu their applause. I w ant to buy from 5 to 160 acres of land. S tate term and ; im provem ents. Box 249. , M 'S t V.
