(firotic If y o u L ik e T H E LEADER B o o st fo r It- If r\o tt 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 r tis e Ir» TH E LEADER T k ls i s W h a t B rin g s B u s in e s s a n d gives th e P a p e r Life- PUBLISH ED S E M I-W E E K L Y C O TTA G E GROVE LEADER B O H E M IA N U G G E T C o a s o llia ts d J a n u a r y 9. 1908- ABLY PRESENTED CANTATA The Royal Intermediate School Demonstrates Musical Talent COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEM BER 24, 1909. accom panist, Josie Shryock, for the able and efficient m anner in w hich she presided at the piano. T aken all in all the presentation was a most successful one and re­ flected m uch credit upon the s tu ­ dents of Royal school and its effi­ cient instructor, Prof. G. K. John- F CHRISTMAS ARE SAFE CANTAIA souud, his heart is big, he is gen­ erous and honorable aud a m an to be trusted w ith a woman. H e has lived the wild, elem ental life of his kind, but he know s aud loves the better way when he sees it. VOL. XXI. NO. 37 NEW BRIDGE IS In School Buildings and Will be Presented Satur­ METHODIST BROTHER­ Dorena People Will Im­ HOOD HOLDS MEETING WEST SHIVERS IN day Evening by M. E. Sanitary Conditions prove and Open New A FRIGID BLAST. A pleasaut and profitable even­ Sunday School Are Very Good County Road. Portland, Dec. 22-R eports to the ing from a social standpoint was Associated Press tonight from m any points in O regon, W ashington and The great sacred ca n ta ta, “ Saul, Idaho, indicate today to have l>een King of Israel” was presented at the worst clear cold snap w ith­ in a decade or more. A m antle of th e armory theater W ednesday and frost covers the ground from the T h u rsd ay evenings to fair sized Siskiyou m ountains in northern a n d very appreciative audiences by California as far north as G rays th e chorus club of the Royal In ­ H arbor, W ashington, and from term ediate school, there being the coast line to central and n o rth ­ ab o u l forty-five voices in the ern Idaho. chorus. T he costumes, while pre- j Only the Puget Sound country pared at home, were attractive and ! seems to have escaped the freeze very appropriate and a -notable | which in most places was accom ­ feature of this difficult cantata was | panied by high wind th at caused th e prom pt and clock like regular­ the snow to whirl and drift in real ity iu w hich the scenes were shift- j D akota fashion. T em perature in ed and the very short intervals be- j many places dropped to twenty tw een acts. A nother noticeable j above zero and in some places zero feature was the absence of a d i­ w eather was recorded. Snow fall rector with his baton in front of I occurred at only a few places and the stage as usual in such produc­ did not reach the W illam ette valley tions, Prof. G. E. Johnson, the only a trace fell and this turned to director, having so thoroughly frost. O w ing to the u nusual sever­ drilled his chorus and cast that h is ity and earliness of the cold snap presence beneath the footlights was some apprehension as to its effect upon fruit and stock was felt, but not required. T he characters, considering that the Associated Press reports indi­ th is w as their first experience in cate th a t so far there is no serious m any cases in this line of work, dam age to the stock, th a t spuds for were ably sustained, particularly the most part have been harvested creditable being A. I*.. Owens in and the early sown grain is u n h arm ­ th e role of K ing Saul. Mr. Owens ed. Should the cold wave contin­ h a s a good stroug txiss voice and ue, however, stockm en may suffer had his lines com m itted perfectly. losses. T here is indication th at the cold D avid, a difficult tenor role, as interpreted by J. P. W heeler was w eath er will soon abate. spent by the member* of the M eth­ odist brotherhood iu the church On Christm as night the scholars parlors T uesday evening. T h e a t­ To the honorable Board of Direct­ An enthusiastic road meeting ors, District No. 45, Cottage aud friends of the Methodist S ab­ tendance- was large and all en ­ w as held at Dorena last S aturday bath school will give the can tata tered into th e spirit of the occasion. Grove, < Iregon: for th e purpose of voting an ad d i­ Dear Sirs— H aving been request­ entitled “ Santa Claus, J u n io r,” iu A fter the business srssiou th e fol­ tional ta x upon the ta x ab le prop­ the arm ory. T his entertainm ent ed by Prof. Barnes to exam ine the low ing program was rendered: erty of th a t road district for the heating, ventilating and sanitary furnishes a very pleasant way of Song, selected. Brotherhood. conditions of the east and west closing the festal day. Santa How the Brotherhood m ay help purpose of im proving the roads, side school buildings also if any C laus Ju n io r learn s of the pro­ to m ake Cottage G rove a better and th e two miles of newly opened existing danger of fire from fur­ posed visit of Santa Claus, and in place to live, A. J . A rm strougi road from the C urrin bridge down naces, pipes or flues, 1 wish to re­ a spirit of mischief delays his com ­ G eneral discussion. the river through the C urrin farm, port th at I have exam iued sam e ing an hour in order that he might Vocal duet, selected, Messrs V an thence west through the Stocks au d find no d anger of fire from cause some excitem ent. He suc­ W iukle aud H arris. furnaces, pipes or flues, th a t at ceeds. How Brotherhood m ay assist in and Nelsou or Spray farms to the river to connect with the old Row CAST OF CHARACTERS. present the sanitary conditions are building up aud u iaiutaing m en 's good, the heating an d ventilation T he cast of characters follows: classes iu the S unday schools, J. river w agon road at a point at the com ers of th e Love Allen and of east side building is slightly de­ Anne, Mrs. W . C. Conner; Mary, B. Sim eral. H arm s places about two miles east fective on account of lum ber iu l.illian Eewis; Thom as, Clare Con­ G eneral discussion. building haviug shrunk, th u s a d ­ ner; Sue, E dna Johnson; Elizabeth, Violin solo, selected, G ilbert T y ­ of th is city, ft is proposed to e x ­ m itting cold air which retards the Marion Hooper; Ethel, H ildred son. Clarence Morss accom panist. pend $<>5(li>f the am ount raised by proper w orkings of the furnace. H all: Robert, Victor Kem; Jo h n , W ays in which Brotherhood m ay this special ta x on the two miles W ould recommend th at a cold air Clarence W ilson: N orth W ind, benefit aud be helpful In a literary of uew road m entioned above, aud providing the county court will duct be placed on west side fu r­ Mrs. H . H arry H art; Spirit of m anner, W. C. Counter. give assurance of th e building of nace facing the south which would Christm as, Lottie W hit sett; Ragged G eneral discussion. m aterially assist to circulate warm Dick, Santa C laus Junior, Ren Q uartet, selected, Messrs V an a bridge over Row river on the air in rooms, also recommend th at Sanford: Santa Claus, Mr. J. H. W inkle, H arris, Counter and Con­ line of th is uew road during the year 1910, it is proposed to use a vent pipe be put on sewer in east H arris, Chorus by S unday school. ner. $950 more iu spreading crushed side building. G eneral discussion. Those wishiug to place preseuts rock on this road and thereby es­ A. N elson , System by which Brotherhood on the tree please have them at the tablishing a good perm anent road H eating aud V entilating Eng. hall by three o ’clock. T he program m ay aid hum anity in sickness and lied. Jo h n Spray was appointed distress, L. A. Ralstou. commences at eight o ’clock. a com m ittee of one to interview Junction Team Wins. G eneral discussion. Ten cents adm issiou will be th e county court iu regard to se­ ejiaiged to assist^ in p ay in g th e ' Blest be the J ie , Brotherhood, cu rin g a roc 4 r crusher to be used in ■Juilction City, Dec. 18.—Tji an rental for the arm ory. Children of At the conclusion of the pro­ the im provem ent of this uew co u n ­ interesting gam e of basket ball the Sunday School, free. gram the members all repaired to ty road. H e visited E ugene T h u rs­ played here, Friday evening, be­ the gym nasium or banquet hall in day and interview ed the county tween the Cottage Grove Nesm ith the basem ent and were served with very pleasing an d effective. At The Eugene Theater. ju d g e and com m issioners and in- county team and th e Ju n ctio n City Marriage Licenses Issued. a splendid luncheon, George H all Jo n a th an , S a u l’s son, was one of ; . forms th e I.eader th a t he was as- Pirates, Junction won out by the serving in the capacity of chef th e very best and strongest char- j M arriage licenses were issued score of 28 to 10. At the end of “ in W yom ing,” one of the i sured th a t a rock crusher would be acters, in which H iram W heeler yesterday to Charles M. Emery and the first h atf the score stood 8 to 6 finest productions of the preseut adm irably. At the close of the ( furnished by the county as soon luncheon a literary nr debating seemed equal to the task. He has Miss N ellie Q uinby, two well in favor of the Pirates. T h e last day will be seen at the E ugene society was organized and the first ! as w auted on this road work, w hich a good clear voice and his solos know n Eugene young people; J. h alf was m uch faster th an the I would be operated free, providing theater X tnas m atinee and even­ debate set for early in Ja n u ary , were very tuneful. 1 the farm ers or th e supervisor of Floyd Dibble and Miss Pearl Da­ first, and Junction succeeded m ost Sam uel, as sustained by F . P. vis, two well known school teach ­ of the time. Both teams did e x ­ ing. P erhaps not since “ T he V ir­ dates to be announced later. 1 this road district would supply g in ia n ” has the stage been offered W heeler, was another difficult ers of W alton: Jam es M. Johnson, cellent work. 1 team s, w agons aud drivers to haul a hero at once so hum an, so m anly T he E ugene G. A. R. elected the rock and place it on th e road ch aracter very acceptibly im per­ aud Bertha E. Buell of Eugene; sonated. John J . M urray of Melbourne, Arrested on Charge of Bootlegging. an d so irresistable as Mr. M ack's new officers S aturday night as fol­ w ithout cost to th e county. Mr. “ Bob R ich ard s.” T he glorified lows: L. P. T allm an, com m ander; Spray looks upon this as a lilreral M ichael, S a u l’s daughter and W ashington, and Miss Bessie Cox G. B. H ansard and his son G ; cowboy has appeared in fiction an d I W illiam Sherm an, senior vice corn- proposition and says he will fu r­ D av id ’s wife, w as a character of Ju n c tio n .— Register. w hich Mrs. G.ertrude Hmmerson E. H an sard of Springfield, were stage again aud ag ain with his m ander; G. E. Kress, ju n io r vice nish team s to deliver the crushed W heeler, im personated very clever- 1 Go to P arkers Bakery and see arrested W ednesday on com plaint som brero an d his wild antics with 1 com m ander; 11. V. D arling, officer rock on th a t part of the new road ly. Mrs. W heeler is possessed of | the candy heart they will give I of selling liquor contrary to the a six-shooter. T h e th in g about of the d ay ; Frank Bowers, q u arte r­ laid out th ro u g h his farm free of a sweet soprano voice and her j away Christm as. j local option law . They appeared Mr. M ack ’s cowboy, that has ap- m aster; O. Stoel. ch ap lain ; Carlile, charge. H e says a good ledge of solos were very pleasing, especial- j ¡before lustice R. S. Bryson and t>ealed so forcefully is that he is officer of the guard. solid, brittle rock is located by the ly the lullaby song in act four j T he Booth-Kelly com pany is each gave $.1earance on th e 27th and 28th things th a t society does not sa n e - 1 tion as proper, b ut his instincts are S ilby’s. ter tripped lightly acrsss the stage 15 to 20 cars of lum ber every day. respectively for their hearings. center of th is new road section aud an d nestled in her arm s during the 1 th a t team s could haul both ways song. from th e crusher, thereby assur A bigale, was a character well | rin g speedy progress in the work. suited to Mrs. Alice W heeler Gil- Petitions are lieing circulated dersleve and her solo work was and are being num erously signed also very pleasing. by th e Row river valley people and A rchie Wilson was assigned the citizens of C ottage Grove request­ role of Messenger of Comfort, a in g th e county courl to build a tenor w hich he handled very cred­ new bridge across Row river on itably. A pleasing feature was the th is new road th e com ing season. chorus of ladies—G race Innis, T h is road shortens the distance E thel Cox, Mrs. A. A. W heeler, lietween Cottage G rove and the A lth a Gildersleve, Faye Deardorff, Row river valley au d the Bohemia Mrs. I). A. Pistes. m ines at least 1% miles au d would W orthy of special m ention was be more passable at tim es of th e tuneful choruses and graceful freshets. T h e road and bridge drills of the chorus of dam sels led wilt both fill a long felt w ant and by Miss Ethel Francis Rogers and th e county court should prom ptly also the chorus of witches, Miss g ran t the request of our citizens There you can choose from the finest fabrics, in the uew delicate two tone stripes, herring bones wide bar Rogers, W itch of F.ndor, assisted and farmers. effects, Scotch cheviots, in new soft grays, bottle green and fancy worsteds. Or measure you for one of Ed by Olive Parm ele, Blanch Johnson, V. Price’s Famous Tailor-Made Suits. There you will find f»00 new ami nobby hats just arrived in all the j F . E. Sm ith w ho recently p u r­ Ivlyda M ot. E tta Wilson, N ina delicate shades of grays, London blues, golden browns, champaigns find many others. There is headquarters chased the Roseburg job printing Randolph. Miss Rogers has a for shoes, hosiery and underwear. The private soldiers will come out looking like a general. Try it yourself, ¡office of Mrs. J . VV. Strange, has very strong and sweet soprano you will have Xmas bells in every pocket. i launched a new weekly paper, voice and her singing was very “ T he D ouglas L ead er." It is a favorably commented upon. neat five colum n eight paged pajier T he H erald, I.loyd Owens: D a­ and well patronized by the local v id 's attendants, Roy W heeler and m erchants. We m ust com plim ent P aul Barnette carried out their Editor S m ith upon his choice of a parts well, as did also the members nam e for his paper. May the o f the soldiers cNRfrus. Leader lead. Much credit is also due the piano IF NAPOLEON LIVED TODAY He Would Say to His Grand Army, The Holidays are Here, Go To Wheeler - Thompson Company’s AND DRESS FOR THE OCCASION Wheeler - Thompson Company “Hgs It For Less”