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THE WAVE
A L O C A L P A P E R P I T F O R AN Y H O M E . . P R O G R E S S I V E . N E W S Y . I N D E P E N D E N T
B lackb u tte Q uicksilver, Bohem ia Gold
C O TTA G E GROVE LEA D ER
B O H E M IA N V G G E T
M ining D istricts and T h irty S aw M illing Enterprises T rib u tary to C ottage (Jrove. Dairying, F ru it Grow ing, F arm ing are Profitable
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SPECIAL RECEIVED A
COOL RECEPTION AT ROSEBURG SATURDAY
Special Train Pulled into the Station Unheralded
and Unnoticed— Delegation Unattended
with Lane county in a systematic
and vigorous campaign to defeat
said bill.
Drain Wants a County.
in March up Town to Hotel
Few Roseburgers Attended Meeting known fact that lawyers are not
and Drain and Roseburg Split on
their County Division Plans.
out for their health.
ings follow:
The proceed­
Morning Session
During the forenoon the local
delegation met at the Commercial
Club rooms and discussed the
proposed "Nesmith” d i v i s i o n
scheme, lion. (). 1*. Coshow was
chosen chairman and (leu. Neuner
Jr. secretary. Among those pres­
ent were:
Roseburg—O. P. Coshow, A.
Abraham, J . A. Buchanan, Geo.
Jones, Jr., 1.. Wimlierly, Geo.
Neuner, J r .,’ ll. Wi Bates.
Oakland—J. M. Fugle, 1). K.
Vernon, Geo. J. Stearns, C. I,.
Chenoweth, R. II. Pinkston.
Draiu— W. C. Edwards, N. I).
Cool, Benton Mires, Ira Wimberly,
Cbas. Remington. Dwight Reed,
W. W. Kent. J . W. Spaulding. A.
B. Chadlxiurne, C. I.. Parker, M.
R. Ryan.
Klkton— Dr. R. (. Wainscot.
Kellogg—J . M. Kngle.
Looking Glass—J . T . Spaugh.
Nearly all tliosf? present express­
ed their views on the matter and
there was sentiment against the
“ Nesmith" scheme. Methods of
combating the measure were also
discussed to some ekteut. The
Drain delegation seemed to favor
the idea that it would he best to
map out aunther county overlapp­
ing the proposed “ Nesmith” coun­
ty borders and by submitting such
a proposition to the voters of the
state both would be carried and
thereby each defeat the other aud
no division would be the ultimate
result. Other delegates viewed
the matter otherwise and opposed
any division at all. The following
resolution presented by the Rose­
burg delegation, was adopted:
In the moruiug meeting of the
few Douglas delegates there was
anything but harmony, it beiug
definitely develo|>ed that the Drain
delegation was anxious to take
advantage of any opportunity to
dissect old Douglas aud form
a coynty of their own with Draiu
as the county seat. Therefore the
entire morning was occupied iu
discussing this complicated turu of
affairs between Draiu and Rose­
burg delegates. Mr. Benton Myers,
of Drain, objected to the above
resolution beiug passed, as did
most all of the delegates from
Drain. He wanted it so amended
that the sentence “ opposed to any
division of Douglas couutv at this
time,” be stricken out. Ile fav-,
ored leaving the matter open so
that if necessary the Nesmith di­
vision could be fought by the crea­
tion of another county, and if
there was to be a county at all let
it be on lines more favorably
drawn to the jieople of this section,
es|>ecially the north end. Mr. Fd-
wards and Mr. Cool, both of Draiu,
did not favor the resolution, but
urged the amendment.
These
gentlemen were of the opinion that
the fight would be more successful
if made on two-county basis and
favored this line of procedure.
would be brought to a harmoni­
ous ending, and that all would get
together to defeat the Nesmith di­
vision.
Representative J . A. Buchanan
and Attorney George Neuner were
of the opinrtiu that the proposed
uew county should be fought sin­
gle handed, all force being directed
at the Cottage Grove proposition.
Finally after the entire morning
session was taken up by the dis­
cussion of the proposefi amend­
ment, Chairman Coshow put the
amended resolutions to a vote and
it was lost. On being placed be­
fore the assembly in its original
form it carried by a mere majority
Afternoon Session,
The afternoon session was ad
joumed to the court house where
assembled the Fugeue delegation
and lass than fifty Roseburg and
Douglas county citizens, the court
room being about two- thirdsfilled.
After several fruitless attemps on
the part of F.ugene to arouse en­
thusiasm by giving their yell,
“ Rain or shine old Lane aud
Douglas will never change their
boundary lines.” the convention
settled down to business. Chair­
man Coshow, of the Douglas coun­
ty delegation, opened the session
by a brief talk ou the divisiou
question. Nominations for perma­
nent chairmau were asked for. J .
A. Buchanan nominated 11 o u .
J . M. Williams, of Fugeue. Mr.
Williams declined, and suggested
C. S. Williams, the chairmau of
the Lane county delegation. He
in turu, declined, and suggested
that as this was a Douglas county
meeting, held in the Douglas coun­
ty court house, a Douglas man
should be the chairmau. He nom­
inated Hon. O. P. Coshow, who
was unanimously elected. Geo.
Neuner, J r ., was chosen secretary
in like manner.
At this time the Lane county
delegation brought forward a
wooden mallet, about 18 inches
long, 8 inches square having a
three foot handle aud was labeled,
“ If you can’t bqqst, then knock,”
This was given them wheu their
train passed through Cottage
Grove, wheu the “ Nesmith” pro*
moters dubbed them knockers. It
was suggested by Judge Wauacott
that all of the editors of Douglas
county be named as a committee
to aid the chairman in weildiflg
this mallet. C. S. Williams sug­
gested that all the editors of the
state be added to this committee
aud this was adopted. Chairmau
Coshow believed this mallet aud
the power back of it amply able to
knock “ Nesmith county” clear off
the earth. Mr. Williams proposed
to paint the mallet black aud «take
it "Nesmith’s fqneral plub,"
Mr. R. J . Frasier, of Rugene,
moved that a committee of five on
resolutions be appointed, which
motion was later amended bv Sen-
Industries.
V O L . XXI.
NO. 44
OF
WOULD EFFECT OLD COUNTIES
EUGENE, SPRINGFIELD
ALBANY, COTTAGE GROVE
Sid Smith returned Saturday
from Portlaud. As a result of his
coufereuce with the officials of the
Tri-City baseball league he is de­
cidedly against Fugeue entering
the organization this year aud says
the movemeut started some time
ago to form an upper valley league
with teams at Albany, Fugene,
Springfield and Cottage, will re­
ceive his encouragement more than
ever.
“ The conditions and require­
Friday’s Daily Oreguniau pub would affect Douglas county as follows:
ments to l>e met with by a team in
lished the following concerning Total area of 1 kniglas county,
the Tri-City league are too bind­
sijuare miles__________ _
5,041
the proposed Nesmith comity.
Area taken by \e9iuitli____
ing,” Smith said this uforuing.
648
A. B. Wood and j . !•'. Spray, of Leaving in Douglas___ : ____
4,393
"They want us to pay a big price
cent of area taken by
for a franchise and all that sort of Cottage Grove, members of a com­ Per .Nesmith
. 2 — __ _________
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mittee
working
for
the
proposed
stuff, aud I can’t see where we
Population total of Douglas.
22,212
would be benefited by entering the county of Nesmith, were in Port­ Taken by N esm ith --._____ _
976
land Thursday.
Leaving in D ouglas.-...*___
league.
21,236
The new county, if the people Per cent of population taken
.044
“ Yes, we are after ‘Dolly Gray’
aud other well known players, but decide it shall be created, will l»t- • T«jt--il assessed valuation of
Douglas c o u n ty ...................*27,275,740
if we secure him, Gray will not be taken from Lane and Douglas Liken by Nesmith................... 1,405,302
counties.
The
principal
town
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manager or captain of the team as
Leaving in D ou glas............... 25,970,43 k
has been reported. Karl King, the proposed county is Cottage Percent of value taken ___
.1417«
the heady little catcher who learn­ Grove. The proposal will be Present average assessed
value in Douglas, square
ed the game iu Fugeue aud played submitted to the voters of the state
m ile s ----------------------------f
5,417
in the I titer-Mountain league last at the general election November
Average assessed value taken
2,014
8
year, will be Fugene’s captain.
Average assessed value area
The
full
committee
having
the
Springfield, I understand, is going
l e f t ......................................
5,910
to put out a fine team and the man­ new county plan m charge con­ Average value per capital in
D ouglas.-_____ __________
1.228
agement there is already looking sists of R. M. Veatoh, chairman!
Average value per capita
H.
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Thompson,
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Spray,
C-
arouud for players aud I under­
taken .....................................
1,447
stand has some excellent material II. Burkholder, A. B Wood. C K. Average value per capita left
1,222
Stewart
and
Ix-W
A.
Cates.
They
iu sight.
Number of miles of county
road taken from Douglas
A meeting of the representatives have issued a statement containing
comity..............
St
of the four teams iu the proposed the following data in regard to the
t he foregoing figures are taken from
new league will lie held iu Fugeue proposed county.
the records of yach county for 1909.
iu the near future to perfect an or-
HOW IT WOt’ LD EFFECT LANK.
Tl>e estimated population is found by
gani zatisn .—Guard.
Tliv pruixisgil county of \esin 11 1 1 con­ multiplying the number of school ihild-
The Willame’.te valley baseball tains 1940 square miles ami contains a ren of school age by four.
league was organized at Fugene population of 8656, with an assesscl val­
t’ NDEVELOPED AREAS ASKED.
uation ot J5 ,.109,575. The new comity
Monday comprising the towns of
woulil have 2160 children of ‘slits ,1 age I "W e are engaged in building up
Cottage Grove, Springfield and attending in 14 school districts ant! ,
i a t '.renter Oregon, ’’ said Mr. Wood,
Fugene.
would have 494 miles of county roads.
“ and we want to have some of the
The proposed new county of Nesmith
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lieuefits
of our own labor. We
woul.l affect Lane county as follows.
Glendale Kills Liquor.
; have attempted to settle this mat-
Total area of Lute county.
Figures Gleaned from the Lane and Douglas County
Records up to and Including the Year
1909--Counties Still too Large.
The much advertised Anti-Nes­
mith county demonstration on the
part of the Lane and Douglas
county seats was pulled off at Rose­
burg Saturday. Fugene sent a
special train carrying something
like ISO citizens, some of whom
were out in earnest to knock the
proposed Nesmith countv, while
many others simply took advantage
of an opportunity to enjoy a day’s
recreation and see the county seat
town of a sister county, with its
new paved streets and other im­
provements. The Fugeue delega­
tion was practically the whole
show, furnishing the principal
speakers and being foremost in the
deliberations at
the afternoon
meeting. This delegation put forth
a vigorous effort to infuse enthusi­
asm into the movement ill opposit­
ion to the creation of Nesmith
county in the Douglas county cap­
Cosliow Sat Down On Drain.
ital, and are welcome to all the en­
couragement, satisfaction and con­
The Roseburg delegates were
solation they got out of it, for it
with the possible exception of ope
was a frosf, a bliting, withering
squat? mile*»
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of its members, iu favor .of the res­
Area taken by Nesmith.
arctic blast. • Their much adver­
Glendale,
Ore.,
Feb.
11,—.At
a
olutions as originally drawn, “ that
square miles-
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1,472
tised "special” rolled into Kose-
prove only of the entire surrender
meeting of (fie city council here
we are opposed to auy division of
heaving in Lane, square
burg unheralded, and unnoticed.
We have a
tonight an ordinance was passed
Douglas county at this time.”
2,90* of the undertaking.
Not a brass band, nor an enthus­
prohibiting
the
sale
of
near-beer
constitutional
right
to
take this
Per
cent
of
area
taken
by
Chairman O. I’. Coshow expressed
iastic or curious crowd, nor even a
Nesmith
______
. 1.56 step so we will appeal to the fair­
and all other so-called lioniiitoxi-
the sentiments of the committee
11,9% ness of the people of the state to
reception committee to greet the
cating substitutes of beer. A com­ The population, total of Lane
wheu he stated if more than the
Taken by
smith
7.1.80
conquering heroes. In confusion
I settle this matter.
mittee was also appointed to inves­
one county division scheme he
Leaying in Lane
D,27h
the host swarmed the d e p o t
“ By the proposed division we
tigate the cost of a sewerage sys­ I*er cent of population taken
brought into the fight it was his
.184
grounds, but finally headed up
will take the undeveloped areas of
tem aud if their report is fayotable, Total assess» 1 valuation ot
opinion that the best proposition
town, Indian style, (single file.)
Lane
i 22,000,920 both Lane attd Douglas counties,
I Hands will be vote«) and a first
for Roseburg aud southern Doug­
No one seeming to know they were
clqss sewer system installed at Taken by N e sm ith ................ 4,004,274 aud develop them.
las was the one proposed by the
1M, 002,047
I,eaving in l.ane
____
in the city, they finally struck up
ones,
bill creating
Nesmith county.
.22 pins
l*er cent of value taken.
their knocker chorus and then at­
With electric lights, waterworks, Present average assessed
This would take from them less than
Against Any Division.
tracted more attention as they pro
$30,000 VOTED FOR
telephones and sewerage systems,
value in Lane county.
any other county division that
ceeded to Hotel McClellan, where
f
.1,024
Glendale will be strictly up to date square mile
Be it resolved by the delegates could he proposed, He favored
FOREIGN MISSIONS.
not more than one half of them from the various organizations and
and will take a leading place The average asset&ud value
the resolution as it was originally
area t:\ktU
2,720
were able to secure dinner and precincts of Douglas county, Ore­
among the progressive cities of the
framed and stood for fighting
'\'h* average assessed value
l’ortland, Ore., Feb. 16.—The
they were forced to seek the restau­ gon, to the convention for consid­
state.
against the Nesmith county propo­
0,190
of area left in Lane
North Pacific Union Conference,
rants and short order houses about ering the bill to create Nesmith sition.
The average value per captta
town. It was Roseburg’s bnsv county, held at Roseburg, Oregou,
524 Seventh Day Adventists, in session
Anotficr large consignment of in Lane county 1 » ........
Senator Albert Abraham thought
yesterday in the Fast Portland
day— Railroad pay-day and a bust­ February 19, 1910,
Average value tier caplin
fruit trees arrived at Cottage Grove
it would he well to meet the dele­
121 church, voted to appropriate $40,-
ling lmsy Saturday. Therefore,
First, That we are unalterably gation from the northern part of
Wednesday for the Churchill- Average value per caplin left
121 oou for the foreigu mission field*,
the local business men were not so opposed to auy division of Doug­
Mathews Company and were haul­ Number of miles of county
the county half wqy on the tyaiter
formed a new conference to be call-
much interested in the -defeat of las county at this time, and par­
ed out to Loratte Thursday where roads taken from Lane
and was of the opinion that in the
the Nesmith county measure as ticularly to the bill to create Nes­
w .
county
.
they
will
lie
set
out
at
once,
and
end the various difficulties arising
and heard an extended report on
they were the serving of llieir many mith county.
more will be planted until a 1000
from the double county, as pro­
DOUGLAS PKOPKKTY SOUGHT.
education
by M. F . Cady, educa­
customers and the issuance of re­
Second, That we heartily unite posed by the Drain delegation,
' acre orchard is growing.
( C O N TIN U ED ON I.A ST PAOK. )
( The proposed Hew county of Nesmith
tional secretary.
ceipts for the payment of 40-day
The $40,000 appropriated is iu
accounts. The “ big” meeting was
response to a call issued by the
announced for 2 o’clock p. m. in
General Conference for $.400,01)0
the court house. Here again was
for foreign mission fields, and the.
the same old chilly s h o o k .
former amount was assessed to the
Hardly a Roseburg or Douglas
North Pacific Coufereuce District.
county business man, or anyone
To raise the large sum the com­
else, except the Drain, Oakland
mittee ou fiuance recommeuded
and Roseburg committeemen and
that all Seventh Day Adventists
the visitors were in evidence. There
wage earners iu the district devote
were the ISO Fugene excursionists
two weeks’ earnings to this fund;
and less than fifty, by actual count
3 ! that the farmers' set aside the pro-
of Roseburg and Douglas county
eeds of two acres of their land
citizens. My, but it was chilly!
&
W * a aud also that one tenth of the
Here again the feeble effort to en­
q i tithes be applied to the mission
thuse fell flat aud organization
(J fund, all of which were adopted by
was attempted. This nearly failed
the conference.
from the fact that no one seemed
On recommendation of the com­
to care to serve and go down in
if you want a $ 5 .0 0 Dress Shoe buy a Packard.
mittee on plans a new conference
history as permanent chairman of
was formed in Southern Oregon to
this great "knocker convention.”
If you want a $ 4 .0 0 Patent Leather Button buy a Holland
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known as the Southern < iregcm
At length organization was effect­
It you want a $ 4 .0 0 Velour Dress Shoe buy a Holland,
«a Conference. It includes seven
ed and then came the arguments
If you want a $2.50, $3.00, $3.50 or $ 4 .0 0 Shoe for Women, buy a Utz
Dunn.
J
I counties south of the north bouud-
on the part of council for the de­
If
you
want
a
$2-50
W
ork
Shoe
buy
our
Patapsco.
^ ary line of Lane county and is tak-
fense. a small but brilliant array
If you want a $3.00 Work Shoe buy our Patapsco.
of Roseburg legal talent, with I
L i I* en ,rotn ‘he Western Oregou Con-
If you want a first-class High Cut Shoe from $ 5 .0 0 to $ 9 .50 see our Pacific Loggerst
c ferenee. The new coufereuce con-
another Roseburg attorney, pre-1
tains about <>00 members who con-
siding. Not a plea was offered on |
Strong fo, Garfield and Holland make.
' ~ ; tribute $60m annually through
the part of any other than Rose |
It will pay you to investigate our lines quality is the true test of values. Reputation
6» | tithes. There are 14 churches iu
burg attorneys on behalf of Rose­
is the result of character. Be sure you are right then go to.
: ' the uew district.
burg and Douglas county. There
was attorney <>. P. Coshow, at­
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The Swift plant at Portland, will
torney C. S. Jackson and attorney
igi j be ready to begin operations on
Albert Abraham, aud the fee re­
» ¡M a rch 14, after four vearsof build-
quired by this trio of Roseburg
JCfr-fj •. i«g. II means a great deal for
attorneys, for pleading this unpop­
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^ the livestock interests of this sec
ular and unworthy cause, could
not be ascertained, but it is a well
L .v V \ T / / -» .v X / -w V \ T / / ik
PLEASE READ THIS AD!
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WHY?
Because we Want You to.
Because it will Appeal to You.
Because it will Pay You to.
Because we Give you Values.
Because W e Have It For Less.
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