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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!
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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H. O. Thom pson, the retiriug
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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
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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
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$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.
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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.
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