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I B II l a u L ik a TH E LEADER oomi ta r II* I t n a l , S a n 4 v a u r C rlllc U m to th is P a p a r . 1 ( 0 ir i r t ) £ tti« * 9 rio » 1 A d v a r tlr a In TH E LEADER T h la la W h a t B rinda B u lin a » « a n d glvaa l h a P a p a r Lila* PU BLISH ED SE M I-W E E K L Y COTTAGE GROVE LEADER B O H E M IA N U G G E T COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1909. C a a a o llla la d J a n u a r y 9, 1 9 0 8 . WILL SOON PRESENT CANTATA “ KING SAUL” MORE THAN HALF BILLION Oregon is Sixth in the List of the Productive Lum ber States of the Union and Utah is the Lowest— Some Figures. THE NESMITH T he Leader editor accepted a* kind invitation extended by Prof. I (5. E Johnson of the Royal In ter m ediate School, to wituess the first stage dress rehearsal of the cast j aud chorus, m ade up entirely o f ' the students of the school au d their friends, iu the presentation of that splendid ca n ta ta “ K ing S a u l.” I T his dress rehearsal tvas held in j the Armory T h eater W ednesday | afternoon, by forty mem bers of the j cast and chorus and less confusion I th an usually experienced on su c h ' Au init' a,ive petition containing occasions was manifested. T h e ; U *90H s,K"atures ff>r the creation ca n tata has been rehearsed b u t a ' of N esm ,,h ««“ “ ‘V was filed at short time, b u t the lines are alre ad y !Sa,em ** U M’ Veatch and c - E com m itted by the cast and chorus, S,ewarl w,th the secretary of state, the drills very well executed and i Sohc,tors fouud a Keneral favor' the work is progressing adm irably ab,e ,endency ‘«w ard Nesm ith under the very efficient direciionsf coun‘y a" over K,ate A ” ulu of Prof. Johnson, who has had a ber of places took up the work great deal of experience in such w ithout solicitation. T he petition asks for the crea- musical productions. T h e very Filing of Petitions— The Committee Thankful For Assistance W ashington, Nov. 29.—W ash work on it was conducted under in g ton, Louisiana, Mississippi, A r the supervision of a committee of kansas, and W isconsin, in the or four, consisting of W. M. Steuart, chief statistician for m anufacturers der nam ed, constitute the llig Five and J. It. W etchol, export chief of in producing the country’s lumber division, representing the bureau supply whose valuation for last of census, and R. S. Kellog, as year runs far above the half billion sistant forester an d A. II. Pierson, dollar m ark. T exas, Michigan, forest assistant, representing the Oregon, M innesota and Pennsyl United Stales forest service. vania cam e after the first five states and others followed in de best talent of the school has been ! tion of a county from portions MATLOCK FORFEITS creasing am ounts down to 1’tah, |J IO C i c n n RnN TIQ I assigned to the prom inent roles in I of I)ouKlas alld ,*ane counties. the lowest on the list, with Nevada H lb S1DUU U U N U b th e caHt and they w illb e nble‘to Nesm ith county, turned down by and North D akota having little When Judge H arris heard argu interpret these difficult roles adm ir- ,lle ,e* ,8lature, w illbe created by tim bered area, not rated at all. ment for a new trial iu the case of ably, especially with three weeks 1 ,lle ‘>° ‘,ttlar vote al,aos‘ u tlan i- W hile the total valuation of more of ot continuous continuous rehearsals, m o u s l y - Capital Jo u rn al, Dec. 2. lum ber, lath and shingle product Joe M atlock, Jr., ju st after his T he Leader predicts that “ K ing conviction, he arranged to try the ion reached $541,545,640, this THANKS EXTENDED TO am ount represents a decrease of case W ednesday, December 1, and ! S au l” will win a place in the esti FRIENDS OF NESMITH tw enty-three per cent under the excused the case until that time, j n a tio n of the people of C ottage. Meanwhile, at the solicitation of I Grove and vicinity along w ith! . ----------- previous y ear’s output. T he num defendant’s father an d brother, those splendid sim ilar successes,, lio n . R. M. V eatch aud C. E- ber of mills reporting was .41,2.11 aud these m anufactured 33,224,- his release from jail on bonds was "B elsh azzar,” “ Queen E sth e r,” I Stew art have returned home from 369.000 board feet of lumber, asked for and a bond for his a p and “ P inafore” which were pre- j Salem where they went T uesday seined here under the directions of to file the Nesm ith county iuitia- valued at $510,575,822 and 2,986,- pearance on W ednesday, Decern 684.000 lath valued at $6,791,328, ber 1 was fixed at $1590, which Prof. M. E . Robinson, a sp e cia list! tive petitions containing nearly in this line of work. T he Royal 12,000 nam es of legal voters of w hile the shingle m akers turned was given by J. I). M atlock and school will present “ K ing S a u l” Oregon representing all sections of out 12,106,483,000 shingles valued E. D. Matlock. in this city W ednesday and T h u rs -! the state, being four huudred more W hen court was convened W ed at $24,878,490. T he average day evenings, Dec. 22 au d 23. nam es than is required by law for nesday m orning all the jurors not value of lum ber at the point of m anufacture was $15.37 a thou excused had appeared aud when Cottage, G rove people should not i the filing of such a petition. T he sand feet, $2.27 a thousand for the court asked d efen d an t's coun fail to put “ K ing S au l” oil their ready response of the voters and lath aud $2.00 a thousand for sel where defendant himself was, j list of holiday entertainm ents i friends of the new Nesmith coun- which they cannot afford to miss, ty cause in securing these petitions they were uuable to tell. shingles. I T he Leader will publish the cast is m ost gratifying to Messrs V eatch T he court then and there d e -, Yellow pine of the south which of characters aud synopsis of this 1 and Stew art and the other mem- d a re d the bond of $1500 forfeited [ has been far in the lead in the I bers of the Nesmith promotion lum ber production for more than a and told the clerk to issue a bench cau tata in the near future. -------- . — . .. committee appointed by the Cot- w arrant at once, to have the d e - ! decade, more than m aintained its ! tage Grove Commercial Club, and fendant brought into court. Fourth Regiment to Remain Intact. suprem acy hist year, contributing this com mittee takes thy» m eans to M atlock is charged with attem pt slightly more than thirty-three per There has been m uch talk o f : heartily th an k those citizen voters to commit rape. cent of the total cut from all kinds. disbanding th e Fourth Regiment i who so freely signed these petitions D ouglas fir of the northwest O. N. G., artillery service. T his and to the m any friends of the The Schubert Lady Quartette. ranked second aud white pine was at a tim e when trouble w a s 1 Ngsraith county cause throughout third. Practically all kinds showed Those delightful vocalists, the brew ing with Japan and it was the state for their support and a m arked decreased cut, and for Schuliert Lady quartette of C hica thought the coast needed stronger I m any valued favors extended the the first three k inds of timber go, will appear at the arm ory hall | defences. Since then unofficial j committee. T h e cause is just aud there was a falling of fifteen to on Dec. 11. Lovers of sweet sing- 1 word has been circulated th a t it is| will win. tw enty-two and tw enty per cent, ing should, not miss this splendid j most likely th e regim ent will re-1 ---------- — ---------- respectively. O ak and hemlock entertainm ent. m ain just as it is and th at w ithin a A N orth Yakim a white man ob- m aintained their relative ran k s but T he H igh school is bringing oil reasonable, tim e four more com- taiued $10,500 dam ages against an showed decreases of twenty-five this fine musical attraction for the panies will be added to m ake the Indian for obtaining possession of per cent in am ount produced and purpose of securing money to buy ; regim ent complete. i his w ife’s affections. It seems in- spruce dropped eighteen per cent. a piano for the H igh school. H ear! ------------ credible th a t the affections of a Louisiana was the heaviest pro it. T ickets 25, 35 an d 50 cents; j) r Lowe the optician n ex t I woman who would tak e up with ducer of yellow pine lum lier, sup at the W ave. . M onday. an Indian are worth th at much. plying nearly one-fifth of the total ................ . - M' . ’ . . . II. ■ production. T exas, Mississippi, A rkansas, and A labam a followed in the order nam ed. T he state of W ashington, alone, supplied more th an three-fifths of the Douglas fir cut, while the bulk of the re m ainder came from Oregon. Min nesota produced about a third of the white pine, followed by Wis consin with about fifteen per cent aud New H am pshire with ten per cent. An interesting feature of th e report is that two New E ngland states, Maine and Massachusetts, produced more white pine than M ichigan, which for m any years led the country in producing this valuable tim ber. O ak lum ber m anufacture now centers in K entucky, W est Vir ginia aud Tennessee. W isconsin comes first iu the production of hem lock, ta k in g the position held by Pennsylvania for so many years. A ltogether the lum ber re port bulletin, w hich is free, by the way, contains fifty seven pages, and gives detailed figures upon the q uality and value oj forty-five kinds of lum ber m anufactured in the United States last year. The What Would For a Suit US A D A M S T I M E ? VOL. XXI. NO. 34 COMMERCIAL CLUB ELEC1S NEW OFFICERS At M onday ev en in g ’s meeting of the Commercial Club the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: C. C. H azleton, president; First Vice, Marion V eatch: second Vice, J. F . Spray: S ecretary, F. H. Rosenberg; T reas. Geo. H all: Trustees, F. I). W heeler, J. B. Protzm au, G. A. Tyson, A. Brund, Dr. J. O. Van W inkle and L. A. Cates. | H. O. Thom pson, the retiriug ------ president, has filled the office with credit to him self and to the entire P ort' a ,,d ’ 0 r **°*>- Nov. 30, 1909. satisfaction of the club. H e has 1 Editor Leader:— T h e Portland Live Stock E x worked most faithfully au d d ili change offers for the lies! C hrist gently for the success of the club and the progress, development and m as cattle shipped »to the Portland advancem ent of this com m unity ; U nion Stock Y ards the following during his incum bency. T h e Com prem ium s: Liberal Inducement Offer ed to Stock Men by Packing Plant 1st 2nd Car steers, not less Ilian 211 head $150 $75 s o u 's m a n a g e m e n t h a s b e en in - j Car cows, not less than 20 head 1.50 75 s tr u m e n ta i in m a n y w o rth y a c h ie v - Hest single steer. .................... 25 15 rn e n ts fo r th e b e tte rm e n t o f th is ! Besl 9' nKle ----- 25 15 m ercial Club under Mr. Thomp- com m unity during the past year, C attle to be judged m orning of achievem ents which will long con- : December 14th au d sold at auction tinue to bear good fruit for the ; th at afternoon. Judges, John F. town and com m unity. T h e in a u g 'O ’Shea, Portland, F ran k Brown, uration of the N esm ith county C arlton, Oregon, G. W . Gammie, proposition aud the carry in g to a P ortland. T his sort of encourage successful outcom e the circulation ment should he au iucentiv^ for aud filing, according to law, the re the breeder and feeder of cattle. quired iuitative petitions iu this It is iu line with the educational worthy m ovem ent. A nother com work undertaken by this com pany m endable achievem ent d u rin g the and to which the press of the past year was the organization of a uorthivest is lending valuable aid. promotion departm ent in th e Com Receipts at the Portland Union m ercial Club aud the em ploym ent Stock Yards for tlie mouth ending of an experienced m an to com pile today have been: Cattle 6518, and circulate literature descriptive calves 583, sheep 7549, hogs 12744, of this city aud South Lane county horses 274. These receipts are an aud the m any opportunities afford evidence of the utility of a live ed home seekers and investors, and stock m arket. T he approxim ate this is a movement w hich has value of the 457 cars th a t m ade already been productive of good u p the receipts was $567,500 a returns although only recently in tidy sum that went into the pocket* augurated and put into effect. Let of the farm ers and stockmen of the good work continue. T he W ashington, Idaho and Oregon. Leader believes the new club offi T he cattle m arket has been con cers com petent to continue most sistent throughout the m onth. successfully the work now so well Good cattle have brought good hand. prices, especially in the instance of cows. T op price for steers was Cottage Grove Rooklets Destroyed. $4.75 per hundred, top price for cows $3.75 an d Spayed heifers About 1100 of the fine new Cot sold at $4. Light calves have tage Grove Com mercial Club book been in strong dem and with tops lets were ruined by w ater during at $5.25. Sheep have come forward in the late freshet. They were stored in the brick vault in W oodard 8c j light q uantities and medium to Beaulieu’s real estate office which 1 P °°r qu ality . Good wethers, w hat was flooded to the depth of severalj ‘ew there were, sold at $4.75 for inches. T h e books were stored in yearlings and $4.50 for two year this place to save the expense of j olds. Lam bs sold at $5.75 for th e insurance and the possibility of l*«st th at were offered, destruction by fire, b ut dam age H ogs have come forward rath er from water was never dream ed of. freelv, au d while duriug the first •i week in the m onth, prices sagged a little, the m arket promptly re- C leveland’s Baking I’owder. covered aud has l>eeu strong and high. Tops were $8.10 with bulk of sales at $8. All of the prices therein quoted have !>een on good qualities for th is m arket. I’oor q u ality stuff has sold low am) th e divergence between good and poor grades is constantly growing wider. Yours very truly, I). O. L iv e l y , G eneral Agent, YO Have POOR ADAM I Contented with a fig leaf and only one model. YOU have the finest of fabrics, the best of tailoring, New York, London and Paris models to choose from at Wheeler-Thompson Co.’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. WHEELER-THOMPSON CO. ■ AVI IT VOI LISI" STOCK YARD PREMIUMS Done Thinki the Local it Killing Time. A prom inent m erchant returning from Portland on train No. 17, formerly know n as the Cottage G rove local, th in k s th at train is a “ tim e-killer.” lie savs it leaves Portland at the same tim e it formerly did, 4:15 and ru n s to Oregon City on the same old schedule; then it takes its time com ing up the valley, arriv in g here at 10:0.’., instead of 9:20, i s formerly, tak in g almost six hours to come from the metro|)olis, a dis tance of 12.1 mile*. He says he was almost worn cu t with the trip after spending a wearisome day in the city .— Register. _r " Subscribe for the le a d e r. ■ 3* »