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H lith « C ta < is M o t io n P i c t u r e s
Up to-Dote Va ud evi lle
Change Pujiniiii Every Niglil
Charme Program Every Night
A L O C A L P A P E R PIT FOR A N Y H O M E -P R O G R E S S I V E . N E W S Y . IN DEPEN DEN T
Bohemia Gold Mining District anti Thirty Saw Milling Enterprises Tributary to Cottage Grove. Dairying, Fruit Growing, Farming are Profitable
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C o n s o l i d a t e d J a n u a r y 9. 1 90 8 .
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The Socialists o f Lane county
will hold their annual picnic at
Walker on Saturday, June 17.
Rev. Albert Ehrgott o f Portland
will be the principal attraction,
delivering an address in the fore
noon and also in the afternoon.
Dr. Ebrgott comes welt recom
mended as a forceful and enter
taining speaker, and handles the
Socialist doctrine from the church
side. The socialist philosophy is
becoming more and more interest
ing to the great common people,
The mill of the J. H. Chambers because they begin to see a way
Lumber company at Latham, a out o f the wilderness o f political
mile south of this place, was co m corruption through this philosophy.
pletely destroyed by
fire at 5
o ’clock Saturday afternoon togeth-
with what Limber there was left
near the mill by the fire which des
troved the planer sheds two weeks
ago. The loss is $15,000 with no
insurance.
The fire is supposed to have
originated in an explosion in the
dust blower system, and the flames
spread rapidly through the mill.
I lelp was phoned for from Cottage
d rove, anil a large number res
ponded, but the fight against the
fire was of little effect,
The mill
was entirely burned, leaving«only
some lumber that was beyond the
strip burned over when the planer
was destroyed.
An unknown young man was
hit in the head bv a bucket as he
was passing water for the fire
fighters and rendered unconscious
for a time.
The socialists are the only mem
Mr. Chambers is undecided as bers o f a political party who never
to whether or not be will rebuild close their campaign, who never
and in case he can fiud a maiket stop in their endeavor to educate
at the other mills for the logs in the voters, who never ask you to
his timber camp the probabilities vote the ticket but only ask you to
are he will not rebuild. This fire investigate their
philosophy of
will put a number o f men out o f government, and understand the
employment temporarily, at least. reforms in political economy which
they propose to substitute, for the
present political anarchy
with
Love Gets Damages
which we are burdened today.
Come to the picuic and bring
The jury in the case of Ralph
your friends and baskets. A good
Love against the Chambers Lum
time is guaranteed to all. Recita
ber company went out at d o ’clock
yesterday afternoon. They delib tions, readings and good music.
erated the rest of the afternoon and A free dinuer will be served and
strawberries and cream and ice
after supper got the matter figured
cream will be on sale.
A base
out to their satisfaction that the
ball game
after the afternoon
plaintiff was entitled to a verdict
o f $5215 for the loss of his arm speaking.
Loss About $ 1 5 ,0 0 0 : No
Insurance-M ay not
Rebuild Plant
and brought in a verdict to that
effect. Mr. Love sued for the stat
utory limit, $7500.
When the testimony was all in
Attorney Seitz for the plaintiff
made the opening plea, simply re
viewing the evidence and stating
the law. When it came time for
the defendant’ s attorney, J. 8.
Medley, so to speak, he simply
submitted the case without argu
ment, which shut off the closing
argument on the part of the plaiu-
tiff, as it probably was fixed up
for an impassioned plea to work
on the sympathies o f the jury.—
Register.
GRAND LODGE K. OF P.
ASTORIA, OREGON
or the
above occasion the
them Pacific and Corvallis and
item will sell low round trip
:ets from all points including
itches at special low round trip
is.
‘ickets will he sold June ISth
l 19th, good for return 24. The
mdid excursion steamer “ T .J .
ter” has been chartered for this
asion, and will leave Ash street
k, Portland for Astoria at 11
n. June 19, returning from As-
a midnight June 21. Delegates
urgently requested to make
srvations for sleeping accommo-
ions either through local agents
C. W . Stinger, city ticket, 5rd
1 Washington streets, Portland.
?or detailed fare from any sta-
l , call on any Southern Pacific
Corvallis and Eastern agent.
here is one medicine th.it every fani-
shonht he provided with and espec-
y during the slimmer months; vie,
imherlain’s Colic. Cholera and Iiia-
Dea Remedy. It is almost sure to he
ded
It costs but a quarter. Can
afford to be without it? P ot sale by
isons Pharmacy.
Alice E. Elam and L Elam to
irion Veatch, lot 4 in block 7 of
oper and Randall’s addition to
tta»e Grove, $12*.
VOL. XXIII.
C O T T A G E GROVE, OREGON, TUESDAY, J U N E 13, 1911.
SOCIALIST PICNIC
AT WALKER SATURDAY
Last Wednesday evening a com
pany o f young people ladeued with
a supply of ice cream, cake and
other
delicacies
invaded the
Leader home and a most enjoyable
evening was spent. The weather
being delightful a bonfire was
lighted in the pretty park at the
rear o f the home and a grand time
followed.
Am ong those present
were Misses Roxy and Mildred
Pringle, Mary, Sarah and Lillie
Bartels.
LOCAL, COUNTY AND STALE
NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Industries.
NO. 8
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST
RESULTED IN A TIE.
MINING CAMP
Owing to other attractiows, it
was a small but appreciative audi
ence that attended the prize essay i
contest at the armory Saturday
evening. The local W. C. T . U. j
Miss Mamie Knox of Seattle, is having offered a prize of $5 for the
J. S. Beusoti, wife and daughter
are spending a few days oil Mr. a guest of her mother and brother best essay oil certain topics, five-
pupils of the 7th grade took part
Benson’s 15 acre fruit tract at in this city.
as follows: Song, “ Wind the Rib-|
W olf Creek.
Mrs- Lillie Kreuger of Butte,
bon Round the N ation,” ft little
Carrie
Nation,
the
saloon- and Mrs. Celia McCreadie of San girls; prayer bv Mr. Humbert:
smasher, died at Leavenworth, Francisco, are guests of their par duet, Mrs. Gildersleeve aud Miss
Katis., Friday. Paresis was the ents Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lurch.
Moe: essay, "Effects of T ob a cco,”
cause of death.
C. E. Throne and family have Perry Crandall; essay, “ Why Bus
Andrew Nelson, the electrician,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Houser of taken up their residence in the cot- j iness Men Demand Abstinence on
tage recently vacated by D av id ; the Part fof Employees,” George will go up to the Bohemia mines
Roseburg, are guests o f Cottage
Griggs in west Cottage Grove.
I-'oster; duett, Miss Somers and Wedtiesday to overhaul aud put in
d rove relatives, Mr. Houser’s fath
Mr. Humbert: essay, “ What is the commission the big power plant of
er being here from the east visiting.
O. P. Adams who has been a
Harm in a Glass of Beer;” Dora the West Coast mines at the Ware
Grandpa Petrie died at his l.o- guest of his daughters at Portland Hawkins;“ Effects o f Alcohol on the house and thereafter Mr. Nelson
and
The
Dallas,
returned
home
to
rane farm home this morning aged
Nervous System,” John Doney; will remain in charge of this power
90 years. He was an esteemed day accompanied by his daughter, (read by Hazel Ostrander) essay, plant. This looks like there was
Mrs.
Frank
Cathcart.
pioneer citizen.
Ail
obituary
“ Why Business Men Demand A b soon to be activity in the West
notice will be published in next
are rated
About 11 o ’clock Tuesday night stinence on the Part of Employees” Coast Mines, which
week’s Leader.
the south houud local train, No. Daniel Woods; Quartette, Mr. and among the best iu the camp, and
17, ran over aud killed five valua Mrs. Gildersleeve, Miss Moe and in which is oue of the fiuest aud
J. E. Bnuton has bought the in
Mr. Wheeler.
Report of judges
terest of his partner, J. N. Hogue, ble horses belonging to Leonard and awarding o f prize. The prize Best equipped plants on the coast.
Perkins
at
a
point
near
the
I.eoua
Mr. Nelson’s son
Ray, the
in the general merchandise store
was awarded on the literary merits I youngest electrician in Oregon,
mills.
at Loudon, and the institution is
o f the papers,50 % on subject mat- [ will accompany his father to the
now conducted under the name of
Remember recital to be given ter, 25% on style and gram m atical1 mines and remain with him until
J. E. Banton & Co.
June June 50 under the direction excellence and 25% on appearance ‘ the fall term of school opens iu this
o f Miss Esther Silsby and Mrs. W . of paper, which included penman 'Sty.
The German society of Eugene A. Hememvay.
Proceeds go to ship and spelling.
The papers
has accepted an invitation from the High school fund.
Mixed were of such uniform excellence
the local vereiu to attend a picnic program and operetta.
Camp of Instruction.
that the judges had the greatest
in this city the last Sunday in
difficulty
in
deciding,
and
the
final
L. I.. Harrell, the drayman, re
June, and from present indications
Capt. B. K.Lawsou has received
there will be about seventy five ceived a message today stating his result was a tie, the prize being i orders from military headquarters
divided
between
Perry
C
randall!
brother
was
seriously
iujured
in
a
visitors on that occasion.
Each member at Portland to the effect that a
Glendale logging camp this morn and John Doney.
of
the
class
was
presented
with a camp of instruction for officers of
The last issue of the Creswell ing by a log rolling over him and
the National Guard of Oregon will
Chronicle was a booster edition for Mr. Harrell left for the scene of copy of Black Rock by the W. C.
T . U. and a picnic is planned in be pitched at Clackamas on July
Creswell, its orchards and other the accident this afternoon.
the near future. The prize papers 9. A company of regulars from
resources. Brother (Baxter is get
The fourth auuual blue rock will be sent to the state superin Vancouver barracks will also par
ting all the credit for this splendid
ticipate in the activities.
Along
edition, but the Leader believes tournament of the Pacific Indians tendeut to compete with those from
with the legime of study will be
Mrs. Baxter is really responsible will be held iu Eugene this week, other grade schools on the same
tactics, drill and field service regu
for the success o f the booster num Monday-Thursday, aud in con topics.
lations and map reading.
This
junction therewith will be pulled
ber.
school of instruction will last five
off the usual pow-wow.
Chief
Location Nolice.
days and the state rifle com
W . P. Lockwood and wife of Frank C. Riehl, herald-custodian,
petition will follow right on the
Seattle, spent Saturday and Sun writes as follows of the prospective
day guests o f Mr. Lockw ood’s shoot.
" W e confidently expect
S. J. Brand has filed notice o f a heels of this camp.
The annual encampment of the
brother, Ernest Lockwood, and j the biggest attendance ever re mining location which he lias
sisters, Mrs. C. W . W allace and co rd ed for trap shooting in this made in the Bohemia district and Oregon National Guard is sched
the Misses Lockwood at this place. part of the west.”
Henry Veatch which he has named "Elephant uled for the week of Monday,
August
7.
The
camp
this
Mr. Lockwood is general ageut of I of this city will participate.
K in g.”
year will be at Warrentown, near
the Soo railroad line embracing
Astoria. The regulations will also
the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and
Penelope, or The Milkman’s
Sault Ste Marie railroads
He is Bride at the Armory, June 50.
A little girl of eleven in North lie included iu this regime of mili
another Cottage Grove boy who
Carolina whose presence of mind tary duty and something new in
has “ made g o o d .”
Miss Ella Clark of Coburg, a saved a train from a frightful dis the Oregon encampment program
tieice of Mrs. Harry Kuowlton of aster is to be rewarded by the is slated for this time, for the
Friday was flower mission day this city, was drowned in the Mc- grateful company with the desire whole course of instruction will be
and was appropriately observed by | Kenzie river near Coburg June 2. of her heart— a college education. along the lines of coast defense
the local W . C. T . U.
The She was 20 years of age and was In the midst of horrors and giant duty.
Leader was kindly remembered drowned while boating with anoth selfishness of the world it is pleas
with a beautiful boquet o f large red er young lady, their lioat striking ant to come across such instances
A M usical Treat.
roses and sprays of asparagus fern a snag and capsizing. The other of youthful heroism and ot the fact
for which we extend our thanks to young lady held to the boat until that sometimes corporations have
Cottage Grove was given an
the ladies of the W . C. T . 1T. This help arrived. The body of Miss hearts, if not souls, and are touch other rare musical treat last week
boquet was cut from the bush Clark was recovered seven miles ed by this unselfish heroism.
in the visit to our city o f the Royal
planted and so long cared for by below where she was drowned four
Hungarian Quartet, a musical or
Mrs. J. W .
Baker, a diligent days later and was buried at Co
ganization without a peer iu its
worker and ex-president of tiie burg last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.
Capt. J. C. Johnson was trans particular instrumentation.
The
local W . C. T . IT, and who is now Harry Kuowlton attended the fu n acting legal business in Row river Leader editor enjoyed the pleasure
a resident o f Albany.
valley today.
eral.
of examining their peculiar man
dolin like instillments, which were
hand made and a product of their
own skill. They were manufact
ured from native Hungarian woods
■ except the backs o f the smaller
instruments, which were o f tortoise
shell, while the strings were of
high grade piano wire. One pecu
liar feature o f their playing was
that the cello artist used no bow,
but picked the strings as a guitar
is played.
Their music ranged
from the classics to modern popu
lar airs aud they played without
music, having been touring all the
great cities of the world for the
past seven yeras. They played to
packed houses at the Arcade thea
ter here during their three nights
engagement and were encored
over and over again. Asked what
they called tha smaller maudolin-
like instruments, we were informed
I “ Hungarian Tambouritz.”
The
Royal court uniform worn by these
musicians with Stetson hats with
plumes were very attractive. They
only visit four towns in this state,
Medford, Cottage Grove, Eugene,
Salem and Portland, and rarely
visit a city the size o f Cottage
1 ( '.rove. They are refined and gen
tlemanly and the manager, Alfred
| Stern, is a decidedly good fellow,
j They will long be remembered by
j Cottage Grove music lovers. They
finish at the Aloha theater at Eu-
| gene Wednesday night.
West Coast Mines Will
Resume Operations
in Bohemia.
Don't Ratlin. Your Stom ach
In a Frantic Effort to Keep Cool by Filling up
W ith Ice Cream And Drinks
W hen
one of our Nifty Straw Hats, a pair of our
N ob by L o w Cut Shoes, one of our Beautiful
Negligee
Shirts, a pair of our Peg T o p Trousers for M E N
would
freeze the marrow in your bones the hottest summer day.
We Are Absolutely The Only Hatters
And Shoers In Town
W e
A re
Alw ays
Busy But
W e
W ill
Find T im e
to W a it on Y o u
WHEELER THOMPSON CO
J. J. Lane and wife c f Ashland,
1 were over Sunday guests o f Cottage
Grove friends. Mr. Lane resided
here nine years ago.