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B la c k b u tte Q u ick silv er, B o h em ia (Jold M inim i D is tric ts and T h ir ty Saw M illing E n te rp rise s T rib u tary to C o ttag e (irove. D airying, F r u it G row ing, Farm ing are Profitable
C O T T A G E G R O V E L E A D E R I ^ Con so li date d J a n u a r y 9, 19 0 8 .
BOHEM IA NUGGET
ELECTRIC ROAD COMING
TO COTTAGE GROVE.
LIVE BOOSTERS
COTTAGE
GROVE,
NEW COUNTY
RANK SCHEME
OREGO N, T U E S D A Y , A U G U S T 2 3 , ig io .
COMPANY E HOME
IN GOOD SHAPE.
Touring the State in
Auto and Distribute
Literature.
< Hviug to the fact that it has
beeu repeatedly said th a t the av ­
erage voter is uninform ed on in­
itiative petitions in general and in
order to get before the people the
m erits of their m easure, I I . <).
T hom pson and ().
M. Kem,
prom inent
citizens of Cot­
tage d ro v e, who have long beeu
earnest county division advocates,
are beginning an educational cam ­
paign in the interests of the pro­
posed N esm ith county and are now
covering the state in autom obiles.
T hey visited W illam ette Valley
points last week, and met the vot­
ers and distributed literature which
fully ex p lain s the topography, area
resources and statistical Carls con­
cern in g the affected territory of
L ane and D ouglas counties.
EVERY PRECINCT TO BE VISITED.
VOL. XXII. NO. 18
POULTRY EXHIBIT AT
LANE COUNTY FAIR
Com pany ,E of Cottage Drove of
It is evident th at the Oregon
| the O regon flalioiial C.uard, under
electric, now ru n n in g between
loom u a u d o f Capt. I.awsou return-
Portland and c ^
and proposed
led hom e last week from the an n u al
* HUgene soon,
to be
| e n c a m p m e n t at A m erican L ake in
y o t \* » v ..m ate at Eugene, but
excellent sh a |* \ T he boys were
,..iue south
T he surveyors
kept pretty well occupied most o fj
reached Kugene last week, survey­
the tim e a n d Co. p. seemed to be
ed through th a t city and continued
th
e prid e of the battalion.
their work on southw ard toward
Capt. Lawson is to be highly
Spencer Hutte where it is supposed
I
congratulated
on the excellent
they are seeking the lowest pass to
¡show
ing
of
bis
men both on the
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avoid a conflict with the Southern
I field a n d in quarters. Out of the
Pacific at the points or passes be
T o show how unw orthy the W ill­ I five sham battles in which Major
Mall of Appomatox Post No. .54
tween Eugene and Springfield and
iam
s
countv
creation
schem
e
is
of
H
a
m
lin
’s
battalion
participated
A- R. At a m eeting held in
south of Springfield at the junction
of the Middle and Coast P orks of! any support we desire to call a t­ they did not lose one and Major the hall A ugust 1.4, 1910, to m ake
the W illam ette. It is said an tention to the D rain N onpareil’s Ilam liu was unstinted in his praise arrangem ents to hold a m eeting of
available suitable pass for the frank acknow ledgem ent which and m anifestation of satisfaction the Lane County Veteran Associa-
tion it w as resolved to hold such
electric road exists iu the Spencer I follows:
1 he Cottage (.rove with Co. Tv's conduct.
Capt. Lawson was in com m and | m eeting on the I S, 16 and 17 of
Butte country over w hich th e new j Leader says with some truth, for a
road will probably pass, thence i wonder, th at W illiam s county was of Co, H . and the home com pany I September 1910, at C ottage ( ’.rove
across the swale to Creswell and 'o n ly started to defeat the great during most of the engagem ents, and the following com m ittees were
on to Cottage Drove, it being t and good Nesmith from coiisym- with Lieutenant Metcalf lending appointed:
geuerally p red icted th at the road ¡m ating its project. Very good. Co. E and victory perched upon
On program —Com rades C h ap ­
will eveutuallv be extended b y j Wl v D ON’T D ENY T H A T . It their b anner in every engagem ent. man, Woods, H andy, A dam s.
Some few of the com pany stop­
stages, lo Koseburg, G rants I iss, | has been our object all along to
On Finance—Comrades Dickey,
Medford and finally to Aslil ml. defeat their ¡imposed county by ped oft" at Portland oil the way Taylor.
home but the rest came back hale
!every fair and proper m eans.”
On Music— Mrs. H andy, the
T h e voters of Oregon should and hearty aud well pleased with W. R. C. President appointed Mrs,
A Bumper Crop
note the fact th at a jealous, selfish the experience.
A lta Spray, Mrs. G ard n er and
Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. Kurtz ¡Sadie McKibben.
Easley brothers finished thresh- : and mossback neighbor of Cottage
iug their crop on the Jones farm ( irove has caused to be in a u g u ra t­ met their husbands in Portland
On place and m eeting—Com­
near this city last W ednesday and ed a new county movement w ith­ and returned home with them.
rade G ardner, Mrs. G ardner au d
had a bum per yield. T heir w heat out merit or any p articu lar claim
Mrs. H arrington,
crop averaged ,15 bushel; to th e for support other tfiau tfiat Drain TO REPORT ON
T he m atter of a dinner was
acre and oats N7 bushels to (be wants to defeat the creation of !
turned
over to the W. R. C., they
BOHEMIA MINES
acre. They have already sold to ; N esm ith county and hopes by ip- j
to do the work, the D. A. R. to
C harles Matthews, the Cottage auguratiiig a fake W illiam* county j
Drove Hour mill man, loot) bushels movement with its boundary lines ! Dr. H erbert E. Smith of New raise the fuuds"
t)n M eeting—Comrade Woods,
of w heat, 200» bushels of oats and overlapping the proposed N esm ith H aven, Conn., was in Creswell the
Reeeptiou
Committee—C o m-
100 tons of hay, all of extra fine county to force this imposition up first of the week for a short visit
<|ualitv for which they received;on the legal voters and deceive with Drs. Scarbrough aud George, jrades G ardner, Harrison, Slagle.
the very highest m arket price.
them by seeking tljeir votes on a Dr. Sm ith is the representative of. These are atl w orkers and things
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proposition backed only by selfish, New York capitalists and cam e to will hum . So come ..long.
Oeo McReyno;dSi President,
County Assessor 15. P. Keeney | m ercenary aud egotistical motives, Oregon to investigate aud report
is the proud possessor of a j Such is D rain ’s W illiam s county on the Bohemia
:
D. D. Woods, Secretary.
beautiful silver cup received from scheme, which should an d will be tage Drove, lie is also dean of
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M assachusetts, being aw arded him snowed under so deep by ballots the Yale Medical College aud an
Drain Paper Admits Mer­
Lane County Association
cenary Motives Back
to Meet at Cottage
Williams County
Grove in Sept.
Logging Foreman Injured.
Congressman Will
Visit Grove.
TOURING THE STATE IN AN AUTOMOBILE
IN THE INTERESTS OF NESMITH COUNTY
JUSTICE DEMANDS THE CREATION
OF NEW COUNTY OF NESMITH
Nesmith Territory Tail End of Two Big Counties.
Dood argum ents are m ade in behalf of the proposed new county
Tfie main cause of N esm ith’s diconteut is th at it is the
tail end of both of those enormous old counties, Lane and D ouglas, js
therefore denied proper representation and ignored in all m atters of
government and public improvements. T here is little doubt but tfia 1
the people of Oregon, believers in fair play, will give them the oppor­
tunity they crave.— Medford Mail Tribune.
Elder Oliver Sent To Rayai Academy. of Nesmith-
Roseburg News: “ E lder IL W-
Oliver, for the past year at the
head of the Seventh Day A dvent­
ist church in Koseburg, accom pan­
ied by his family, left this m orning
for Cottage Drove. Elder O liver
will la k e up his residence at Koval
n ear Cottage Drove, to w hich
place he has been transferred by
th e conference, and during the en ­
suing year will be identified with
th e church school work at that
place. W ithin the past year m any
new members have been added to
the K osebuig church both by b a p ­
tism and letter, aud the o rg an iza­
tion is in excellent condition, c a r­
ry in g a larger m em bership than
ever before. Elder O liver aijd
fam ily have m ade m auv warm
friends during their stay in Kose­
burg and it is with deepest regret
th a t th e congregation here give
them up for the work in other
fields.”
Some of the m oving pictures
bring one mighty close to the great
worjd ip which wft live. T ak e the
H gvgitna scenes, for instance.
Seeing them is n ex t to tak in g a
trip to Cuba. Y °u have the re a l­
ity, the action itself.
Vote for Nesmith county.
im
“ Has It For Less”
Headquarters for Men’s Apparel,
Shoes, Hosiery, Hats and Clothing
W alker Youug, an esteem ed p i­
oneer of near Eugene, w as a guest
of his pioneer friends, C. II. W al­
lace and H . C. Y eatch of this city
last week. T h eir recounting of
pioneer days including th e early
Indian troubles during w hich tim e
Mr. Y oung h ad a brother-in-law ,
I H arris by nam e, killed by the In-
I dians, w as very interesting and a
great source of pleasure to these
sturdy pioneers.
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Last week S. W . Boyd, who
ow ns a fine farm a few miles south
of this city lost two valuable Je r- i
sey cows in a peculiar m aim er, j
T he painters had been at work on |
th e large new barn which M r. j
Boyd recently completed and the
scum from the top of the paint
w as throw n down by the side of
the barn and strange to say was
eagerly eaten by the cows, resu lt­
in g in their death soon thereafter.
Mr. Boyd would have refused $75
for either of these cows.
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Latest Patterns, New Brown Suits, $18.00 to
“
All W ool Blue Serge
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K. J . H em phill, can d id ate for
the nom ination of county com m iss­
ioner on the republican ticket,
visited C ottage D rove F riday. Mr.
H em phill h as resided at Pleasant
Hill for 22 years and is an honest,
up-right an d progressive citizen
iu whom there is good m aterial for
commissioner. Read his card iu
the Leader today.
A steam plow owned and oper­
ated by A. M. Thompson of P ort­
lan d is being operated on the Mil­
ler ranch west of Creswell. The
plows, four in num ber, plow six
inches deep and are pulled by a
12-horse A u ltm airT av lo r engine.
Ten acres can lie plowed each day,
and this method of w orking laud
is com ing into use every year on
large tracts throughout the north­
west.
Wheeler Thompson
“
Mrs. W . T . K ayser h as received
sad intelligence of the death of a
brother iu M issouri. H e w as 61
years of age, only six m onths
older th a n Mr. K ayser who died
last week.
Jess N ichols, logging forem an
for th e E ugene I.um ber Co. at
Doreua, su stain ed a badly m ashed
foot S atu rd ay m orning. H e w as
brought to th is city w here his in­
juries were atteuded to and he then
returned to Dorena.
1'ncle Ja ck Kile presented the
H . O. Thompson and O. M. Kem of Cottage Drove, were here
Leader with some beautiful perfect
T hursday in the interest of Nesm ith county. They are both prom inent
specim ens of Yellow T ransparent
business men of that city and are spending all of their time between
au d Dutchess of O ldenburg apples,
now and election at their own expense in the interest of the cause.—
the latter being a beautiful red
H arrisburg Bulletin.
an d yellow stripped apple and e x ­
[II. O. Thom pson is ex-president of the commercial club aud a
cellent as a fall cooking and eat­
member of the W heeler-Thom pson Co., dealers in ladies and gents fu r­
ing apple. These apples were
nishings. O. M. Kem is one of the proprietors of the Cottage Drove
grown on Mr. K ile’s up-hill land
Electric Light & Power plant and a m an with m uch experience' in po­
:
and
dem onstrates the value of ruch
litical and public affairs.— Ivd.]
laud for apples in this vicinity.
Men’s Beautiful Soft Gray Suits, $15.00 lo
Lest Two Valuable Cows.
LOCAL NEWS
Of INTEREST
lio n . 15. F. Keeney will super­
intend the iioultry departm ent at
the Lane county fair to lie held at
liugene September 21-24, which is
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a guarantee that the birds will be
well cared for. A com petent judge
will lie employed to score the birds.
No entrance fee will lie charged
but 20 per cent of the winuiiigs
will lie deducted instead of the
usual fee. Liberal cash prizes are
offered and the Cottage Drove
poultrymen should tak e hold aud
help brother Keeuey out in this
T h e state fair this year will be
departm ent of the county fair. the best ever held in O regon.
1’remium list upon application.
San Diego has just bonded itself
for $ 1 ,000,000 to improve its 1400-
acre city park.
E. S. Prindle Shot at Hale.
About 50,000 pickers will be
E. S. I’rindle, a cheese m aker at actively at work in Oregon hop
Maple Creek, Lane county, single fields very soon.
Tw o hundred soldiers passed
aud aged 27 years was shot and
killed by John Johnson who cam e through C ottage G rove M onday to
fight forest fires near C rater Lake«
home unexpectedly Sunday n ig h t
H orace Cochran aud family have
and found l’rindle with his wife.
returned to Cottage Drove to re­
Johnson gave himself mp prom ptly side from Roseburg. They all
to Sheriff Howil- T he Jo h n so n ’s come back to Cottage Drove.
have no children.
O. E. Woodson has just added a
large two story addition to b is
Bristow Bean Wedding on August 30 steam laundry and has covered it
with a new cedar shingle roof.
Invitations are out for the m ar­
T he A lbany Apple F air will be
riage of Darwin Darrel Bristow
held on November 16 and 17.
and Miss Hazel H . Beau at the
T his section should begin prep ara­
home of the bride's parents, Judge
tions now to m ake a creditable e x ­
and Mrs Jam es Riley Beau, at
hibit.
665 Elliott avenue, Portland, on
C ongressm an W . C. H aw ley
the evening of A ugust .40. T he
has
written friends th a t he will
groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Darwin Bristow of Eugene, h u t visit C ottage D rove w hile m aking
a trip th ro u g h th e district in th e
formerly of Cottage Drove.
near future.
It is the purpose of the N esm ith
county citizens com mittee to visit
personally every voting precinct
in the state, ¡trior lo election.
D uring the past m onth, llje com ­
m ittees in charg e have received
encouragem ent from Com mercial
About 25 G erm ans of this city
clubs and leading business o rg an ­
attended the dedication of the new
izations in every part of Oregon,
German club home at Eugene
m an y of them voluntarily offering
Sunday.
th e hearty support of the m easure,
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after having m ade an investigation
for his exhibit of poultry at the November Mtlj th a t it will tak e a associate with Marvin Scarbrough,
of th e proposition.
sou of Hr- S carbrough and well
w
Seattle exposition last year.
thousand years to exh u m e it.
U N A N I M I T Y OK P E O P L E F E A T U R E .
known here.-^-Creswell Chronicle. |
< live of the principal features of
Gets Assistant In Freight Depot
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th is cam paign is the unanim ity of
Messrs. Q. M. Kem and H- O. Ihouipsou, prom inent business
the people interested witbiii the
At last S. V . Station Agent, men of ^ °tta g e Drove, arrived here last evening by nuto. T he gentle-
boundaries of the proposed county,
F
rank
King, lias been granted :pi u,en Wl1' tour
state ill (he interest of the Nesmith county proposit-
it being shown conclusively that
assistaut
freight
man
in
the
local
'°
1
1
Will
he
voted
on at the fall election. N inety-two p e rc e n t of
D
avid
Finn,
Supervisor
of
Assessments,
Merrill,
W
isconsin,
wfio
92 per ce n t of the qualified voters
frpight deppt toreleive the ipereas- 'ho population affected lias ¡lelitioued for the division which is solidly
formerly
resided
iu
Cottage
Drove,
and
is
fam
iliar
with
the
needs
and
signed the petition for its creation,
an d are exerting themselves iu its requirem ents jf this part of Oregon, iu a recent business letter to tfie j u g heavy work w hich for a year j hacked bv the leading business interests of the district. Its promoters
past has beeu almost overwhelm- are m aking a splendid showing aud the ¡lersoual work th at is being
Leader appends the following postscript:
behalf.
ing the old force. T h e new man cT°"e hy Messrs. Kem and l hompson is sure to be Iruitful. They will
T he proposed N esm ith county
“I sincerely Liope and pray that the people of Cottage selected for this position is W arren ¡S0 lo kofvalljs from hcie,
w ould have 1940 square m iles ta k ­ Orove^will get the new county they are asking fqr. Jpsfice
Tom Parker, the “ Do-Nut K ing” of Cottage Drove, a former Al-
Asher and ih efe ' s no doubt hid
en from Lane and D ouglas’ joint
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demands
that
Nesmith
county
should
be
created.
A
few
hauiau,
earae up with the party an d will visit his. m other and other
w hat he wiM m ake good- T his is
area of 9241 sq uare miles. Its as­
relatives for a few days. Edwin Spray ja the chauffeur. -A lb a n y
¡more
new
counties
is
the
greatest
need
of
old
Oregon
and
evidence
th
at
Cottage
D
rove’s
sessed valuation (from the records)
Citizen.
w ould be $5,,500,000, from a joint I hope the people will see it in this light for their own good freight and shipping traffic is ra p ­
AT HARRISBURG.
idly on the increase.
v aluation of $49,200,000. Its p o p ­ and the good of the stale. Success to your efforts.”
ulation w ould be #656 from a joint
population of 64,000.
Industries
$20.00 to
Men’s Pacific Logger and Chippeway Logger, $7.00 to
E. A. W heeler presented the
I Leader w ith some beautiful Red
l aud w hite A s t r i c h a n apples
W ednesday. They were perfect
and the red ones were as solid red
as you ever see an apple. T he
w hite ones were very light in col­
or w ith a pink cheek, otherwise
like the other varieties of Astri-
eb au s. Mr. W heeler also has the
stripped astrichan all grown to
perfection on foot hill land.
WHEELER - THOMPSON COMPANY
“ E v e rw e n r” Hosiery F o r Men A n d W om en
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