Cottage Grove Leader.
Cottage Qrove, Oregon.
SUPPLEMENT.
REVIEW OF THE FIRES
BY FORESTRY BUREAU
Saginaw Items.
Sept. I 3 , 1910
Local and General News.
I
OVER $500 PER ACRE FOR
LANE COUNTY APPLES
Threshing is about over in this
Miss Minnie Comer will teach
part of the'valley.
the fall term of school at Gravel
The Miller brothers who own a
Portland, Sept. 1.— The Western
Huston Queener returned last Ford, Coos county.
fruit farm below Eugene, on the
Forestry & Conservation Associa week for Wendling.
The Panama exposition is to be a
j river road, have a big Gravenstein
tion, acting as a central medium
Any one wanting their .cow s $50,000,000 show, perhaps
the
i apple tree on their place from
for the timber owners forest fire salted call on H. Stanley.
greatest ever attempted.
j which they gathered 45 bushels
associations, has sent the follow
Qilite a number o f Saginawites
Corvallis has just let a contract
I this year.
Thirty bushel were
ing letter to the presidents of its are away at the hop yards.
to the Warren Construction com
¡marketable
and
15 were culls. Dr.
affiliated organizations in Oregon
Chas. Witcher and sister, Miss pany for 38 more blocks of bithu-
I II. F. McCornack, whose orchard
and Washington and to loggers Cora, are visiting at Medford.
lithic pavement which will cost in
and lumber manufacturers associa
T . E. Maddocks and family all some $200,000. This is the I is southwest of the city has 30
| Gravenstein trees from which he
leave this week for Portland to re- |
tions:
second contract Corvallis has let
has gathered 700 bushels this sum
“ As calmer information comes side.
for street paving.
mer.
it is evident that, while serious in
Miss Nora Queen began her fall
The custom of showing the flag
These are only two instances of
a few localities, on the whole loss term o f school at Prune Hill Mon-
at half mast originated from the very heavy apple crops this year.
es by Northwestern timber owners day.
F. M. Jackson will soon move way at sea of showing the pre At this rate, the owners u'ill net
from the recent forest fires have
been insignificant. This is due, to R. E. W alker’s farm which lie eminence one ship had over the j over $500 per acre from the sale
has rented.
other in time of war fare. The of the fruit and were the same
very largely to the excellent pa
The saw mill at Prune Hill has! vanquished always had to lower fruit sent out from Hood river or
trols they have maintained in the
closed down on account of no i its flag, while the victor’s would be Rogue river it would bring three
timber districts. The greatest in water in their pond.
raised as high as possible in exu l times the price that it does here.
jury has been suffered by settlers
Myers Brothers seem to be do
and residents of small towns. ing quit»* a business with their | tation. T o lower a flag is an act It is the reputation that brings the
of submission or betokens respect coin. The apple crop in Lane
Many of these have lost their all wood saw and grain chopper.
of a superior o ris a signal of dis county this year is the largest for ,
and are without occupation or
L. F. Kelly and family visited j
tress. The hoisting o f a flag half
shelter.
at C. A. Smith’s last week. They !
several seasons and in many or
“ This season has taught once ¡ were on the road from Fort Klam mast high came to be used, | chards the fruit is ruining the trees
therefore, as a sign o f m ourning:
more that forest fire is the enemy , ath to Silverton.
by its weight.— Guard.
of all. No industry escapes its! A few days ago as Miss Beatty and respect.
was
riding
along
the
road
near
attack upon the public welfare.
The settler and the lumberman are E. P. Redford’s the horse she wasj
ALL W E E K AT TH E A R C A D E T H E A T E R
riding became frightened at a pass- 1
bound together 'closest in interest, ing train, she dismounted and j
however, through their more di tried to hold the horse but he |
rect contact with the problems, trampled her to the ground. T h e 1
and for this reason we should be train men carried her to Mr. Red-
prompt at this time to do our part ford’s house where she soon be
came all right, going on to Cres-
to aid those who have suffered welf.
most.”
“ The Portland Chamber o f Com
merce and the People’s Institute
have inaugurated a campaign to
raise funds and supplies to aid the
destitute in Oregon and Southern
Washington,
and also
desire
prompt information as to who is
in need. Our affiliated associations
should certainly do what they can
to further this work and I feel
sure I hardly need suggest that
you use the acquaintance and fa
cilities at your command to assist
the two authorities mentioned to
locate and aid all whom the recent
fires have placed in want.”
Architect Ford
of
drawing plans for
bouse
to
be
Eugene
erected
Booth Kelly Lumber
is
the new cook
by
town burned.
destroyed
when the
It will be two stories
high, 55x68 feet in dimensions and
will have every convenience.
There'* Something Wrong
the w ith y o u r m e t h o d o f a ttra ctin g
com pany at
Wendling, to take the place of the
one recently
I f y o u are n o t d o in g as m u c h
b u sin ess as y o u s h o u ld
tra d e .
Try a Campaign of Catchy
Advertising In This
Paper.
Then K ICK US i f y o u r b u s in e s s
d o e s n 't I m p r i v e .
Wm. H. WRIGHT as OTHELLO