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Cottage Grove, Lane County, Population 25 oo, VOL. I. South of Portland 144 M iles, Lum bering, M ining, D airyin g , F r u it G row ing and General F a rm in g Section TOMATOES A PAYING CROP G. 0 . W alker’s Suc cess and Experi ence Related FREAK THREE LEGGED CHICKEN IS REPORTED 70005080 VISITS COTTAGE OROVE W . A . Bishel, proprietor of the Gold Beach, Curry county, hotel, was in Cottage Grove Wednesday, on his way home from Portland with a new Monominee auto truck, which he had purchased in Port land for service between Gold Beach and the terminus of the Ureka, California, railroad, near the state line. Mr. Bishel says that sparsely settled Curry county affords excellent opportunities to settlers and investors just now, since railroad facilities in that section are sure to be a reality within a few years. Acting upon the advice of Frank Hickey, of the Nesmith Auto C o., Mr. Bishel shipped his truck from this city to Grants Pass, owing to the intervening bad roads. From Grants Pass he will drive the truck down the Rogue river valley to Gold Beach. Mr. Bishel told the Leader that articles of incorporation had just been filed with Secretary of State Olcott, at Salem, for the Grants Pass-Crescent City railroad C om pany. The capitalization is $ 5 ,- (XX),000. The incorporators are prominent Josephine and Jackson county capitalists. densed for the Busy Reader. J WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF TRAINED ANIMALS [OE Creations in Spring M ILLINERY Portia Gloves D $1.25 to $2.00 Plauen Laces Hats Dress and street gloves, all colors. Awarded G r a n d Gold Medal at Alaska - Y u kon - Pacific Exposition Dress and Street Hats Large Stock to Select from. Laces and inser tions in the most beautiful patterns New stock o f em broidery, flounces linen waist goods. Lace Curtains In pairs and by the yard. You must see these beauti ful new patterns to appreciate them. From 15 cents to $1.00 per yard. Pairs up to $5.00. Large Stock of Ladies’ and Children’s HOSE NEW GOODS ARRIVING DAILY The LadiesT oggery MARY BARTELS, PROP. oaooE io l ■ - a i School Fund Apportioned. A new ocean passenger vessel, 5,000 tons bigger than the Im- perator or fated Titanic, was launched at Hamburg last week for American traffic. It is known as the Vaterland, and will carry 4050 passengers and a crew o f 1200. It carries 83 life boats, ample for all on board. A $600,000 cement plant will be built between Medford and Gold Hill if the plans o f J. H. Burch, Fletcher Linn and D. Nicholson are carried out. Ring troupe, of bears, Capt. Stonewall W ild Animal Circus will give two and his sea lions, Prof. Em ery and his herd of Siamese elephants, Miss performances in Cottage Grove, Ethel Bonde and her four educated Thursday, April 17. Th e coming Arabian stallions which perform in of this show is eliciting a great unison with a lion, bear, dog and deal of interest and enthusiasm, a monkey; Capt. Englehart and not only with the little ones but Prince Congo, an Orange Outang the grow n-ups, too. It is the who does everything but talk. largest and grandest wild animal Each and every performance will exhibition in the world, presenting be under the personal supervision more denizens of the forests and of Mr. Barnes, who is best known jungles than may lie found in the in every village and hamlet of any combined menageries of the four size in the United States and Can largest circuses. ada as, “ the animal master, or There are 350 animals with the Am erica's greatest show m an.” A l. G . Barnes Circus, each of This is the one show that's differ which is a performer. Am ong ent. W ith it there are no immoral them are forest bred lions, twenty exhibitions of any kind. No altogether, a herd of elephants, a thieves or crooks are allowed to caravan of camels, royal Bengal travel on any one of the 28 rail tigers, pumas, bears, leopards, road cars needed to transport the jaguars, hyenas, zebras, m on k ey s! show. of every known specie, dogs and A gorgeous, glittering, masto-1 ponies. donic street parade— one mile in W ithout a doubt, the most dan- 1 length— headed by two trumpeting , gerous, death-defying, thrilling military bands, will leave the show and prodigious act ever 'offered to grounds at 10:30 o ’ clock of the e x the public may tie seen with the hibition. Performances will be! A l. G . Barnes Circus. It is the given 2 and 8 p. m . The doors | act of Herr Louis Roth with his are opened one hour preceding the | twenty man eating forest bred A f - , rican lions. That this has been performance. A l. G . Barnes Big Three j j the work of years, it is hardly necessary to state. A few of the many other favor ite acts to be seen will be that of M aj. Robert Thornton and his T. A. Million), a pioneer o f I Junction City, died at that place j April 3, aged 84 years. BIG MONEY IN SMALLFRUITS One o f those freaks o f nature which occasionally come to n o -* 1 * tice was an attraction at the home o f Oscar Woodson, the | steam laundry man, last week when an old biddy brought off a brood o f chicks, among which Magnitude of Berry was a perfect looking, lively [ youngster, except that it had Industry Around one more leg than is usually pro- j vided for the fowl family. The Puyallup. third leg and foot developed by I this freak appeared where the | tail should be, otherwise the lit tie fellow was perfectly formed. To gather the crop o f berries However, after an existence o f | which will be grown this year by 24 hours, it died. the members o f the Puyallup & , Sumner Fruitgrowers Associa tion in the Puyallup river valley, Will Grow Lavender. will require 15,000 people. The association is composed o f Th e first lavender club ever 1300 members. The wages paid pickers ranges formed has been organized at W est Stayton, starting with fifteen from $1 to $2.50 per day, accord members with the following offi ing to the ability o f the individu cers: Mrs. H . S. M cG ow an, Presi al, as it is all. piece work. Forty dent, Mrs. D. B. Conness, V i c e - , cents a crate is paid for raspber President, and Mrs. S . D . Turner, ries, and 30 cents for strawber Secretary and Treasurer. ries, loganberries and blackber Th e object of these fifteen ries. Starting in June when the women is to raise lavender for commercial purposes. H aving ir strawberries are ready to be rigation available during the dry picked, the work is steady until summer months, they believe that the end o f October. Raspberries the results will be highly satisfac and loganberries are picked in tory. July, bush blackberries in Au Dr. W ithycom be, of the O. A . gust, and evergreen blackberries C ., at a recent meeting held at in September and October. In addition to pickers, the can W est Stayton, spoke very encour agingly in regard to the possibili nery at Puyallup employs 200 ties of the undertaking of this new men and women during the sum club. mer, sorting and packing fruit. The number o f pickers will be greatly increased this year, as Burglars Get Busy. 500 acres o f berry canes will come into bearing, which hitherto On last FYiday night the win have not been cultivated. dow on the west side o f the mu sic and second hand store o f Cannery Committee Meeting. Geo. Wood was entered by the use o f a crowbar or chisel, and a ~ large 38 caliber Colt’s revolver, The Cannery committees met at a 38 caliber Iver Johnson revol -1 tl' e office of J° hnffS^ y Thursday ver and a Stevens 22 caliber tar- aftern.00,‘ . a'“ * 5ffected temporary get pistol were stolen, and possi- ^ m z a t i o n . It was deeded to - bly a few smaller articles. Ow- send for a coPy of the Puyallup, W ashington, cannery constitution ing to the fact that the opening and by-laws, as a guide for this in the window was small, it is organization here, and permanent suspicioned that the burglary was the work o f adventuresome organization will probably be ef bad boys, who, if such be the fected at the next meeting of the committees. case, are traveling the road which leads to the state peniten tiary or the gallows. Local and County News of Interest Con Rails have been laid as far as Attorney Alta King was trans acting probate business at the the Sixth Street crossing on the extension o f the O. & S. E. rail county seat Thursday. Yf>u may say o f my 1912 toma road from this city to Latham. to crop that I planted three John Hunter, aged 75, died Miss Vernie Phillips has joined quarters o f an acre o f Sparks April 1, at Redondo, Calif. He Earllana plants from Metcalf’ s was late o f Creswell, father of her father at this place. Her green house. May 15th to 20th, Mrs. John Buoy, Mrs. C. F. mother and other members of the family will arrive from Tilla and harvested 400 boxes o f fancy Moore and L. S. Hunter. mook later. tomatoes from July 8th to frost The Dallas Itemizer came to in the fall, averaging slightly A. Sanders, who arrived here hand FYiday with an ad for one better than 50c per box. They o f its local business firms, 24 in a few days ago from Coos Bay, were handled by Cottage Grove ches wide and 40 inches long, says there are scores o f idle men merchants almost exclusively. two pages o f an 8-column news over there without money and no I have happily discovered that prospects for work. It is a 75- paper. That’s advertising. it is not the length o f the season mile walk out over a muddy Bartels & Earnest received a stage road. but the ravages o f the flea beetle carload o f Eastern Oregon alfal that prevents the maturity o f Mrs. Jerry Cochlin was called the crop and that the plants are fa hay from Portland Friday, i to Cottage Grove last Saturday often retarded three to five some o f which they sold at $17 weeks by the use o f sprays and per ton. This is a product which ! owing to the serious illness of | her father, A. McKinney. Mr. should be grown at home. various preparations o f ashes j Cochlin went up Tuesday and New Delivery Auto. and powders. Therefore,through The Newt Jones property on reports that Mr. McKinney’ s necessity, I have invented a sim Pacific avenue was transferred condition is critical.—Creswell ple and efficient device, adver Oscar Woodson, proprietor of to Stanley Martin last week. It tised elsewhere in this issue o f the Cottage Grove Steam Laun consists o f two or three small Chronicle. W. W. Reburn and family ar the Leader, which is a complete dry, received a fine Ford deliv buildings and a 53-foot lot. Mr. insect eradicator, and, hence, my ery automobile Sunday through Martin turned his auto in on the rived in this city from Kalama zoo, Michigan, last week. They early tomatoes. the Nesmith Auto Co., J. F. deal. looked over the Lorane orchard Plants should be set about 31-2 Hickey, manager. County Commissioner Hawley tracts, but prefer to invest near x5 feet in the ground, and thor The new delivery is o f the lat oughly cultivated as long as can est style, and bears the laundry is home from a trip to the lower er to Cottage Grove, and will be without injuring the vines. sign on each side in beautiful Siuslaw country, where he has probably buy a 10 or 20 acre inspecting roads and tract near this city. The vines should be topped back gold letters. Mr. Woodson dem been after they begin to root and onstrates commendable enter bridges. He says lots o f work Geo. 0 . Walker, who made grow rapidly so only four later prise in the valuable additions he will have to be done in that part quite a success at tomato grow als remain, and each lateral is making to his fine plant from o f the county this year.— Guard. ing on his farm afewTniles north should be tipped one-half past time to time, regardless o f the F. J. Coad and H. L. Fenton, o f Cottage Grove last summer, the third fruit spray, and no fact that some o f the comment o f Dallas, Ore., were here last made the Leader a pleasant call branches allowed to grow from he hears is not very encouraging. week looking at our pavement. while placing some o f his insect them, thus having twelve sprays For instance, a fellow remarked That city will order a number o f exterminators on sale with local which will usually make about Sunday: “ Gee, you are putting streets paved this year, and merchants last Thursday. This 50 tomatoes to the vine. The on style.” This may t>e true,but these gentlemen were sent to little device, invented and patent prunirfg prevents late setting o f Mr. Woodson begs to advise that look at the different brands here. ed by him, does away with plant vine and fruit, thus putting full it is merely a case o f economy, Walter Scott and wife returned sprays which are nearly always vitality o f the roots into the early as he now accomplishes the work to Portland Thursday, after a injurious. It is a little wire de fruit. For good prices, they in two hours with his new auto vice attached to the end o f a must be picked when the red or delivery which formerly required brief visit with relatives here. stick about like a walking cane, Walter has received the patents pink cheek is first in evidence, five hours with his horse and the wire holding perfectly a carefully culled o f all rough or wagon, consequently a saving o f | on his new rotary steam engine, sheet o f sticky fly paper. This which will tie manufactured in defective tomatoes, thoroughly six hours a day, and by putting device is carried in one hand wiped with cloth and packed in this extra time in the laundry, he Portland and promises to make with the paper held along under him a mint o f money. layers and then allowed to finish saves the salary o f one man. the tomato or other plants which ripening in transit or before re W. H. Bartleson, wife and are lightly tapped with the other tailing. Yours truly, three children, o f Topeka, Kan hand, when the flea, beetle, Married at 6 in Morning. G. O. W alker . sas, but late o f Seattle, arrived aphis and other pests jump or in this city by team Monday af drop on the sticky paper and are Rev. Jeptha L. Stratford and ter, a hard trip over muddy trapped. As soon as one paper Committed to Asylum. Mrs. Flora Evans, well-known roads. They have a full camp is covered with insects, another people o f Creswell, were married ing outfit and a number o f fancy is inserted, and soon the garden J. T. Martin, an old man from in that city at six o ’clock chickens. It is their intention is free from pests. See Mr. Cottage Grove, was committed Wednesday morning, and took to locate at this place. Walker’ s ad in another column. to the state insane asylum at Sa- the early train for the south on a lum Thursday afternoon, after short honeymoon. an examination before J u d ge; Rev. Mr. Stratford is the fa-1 Thompson. Guard. ther o f Mrs. Henry W. Stewart, I o f Eugene, and is one o f the pi Itev. W. V. McGee has been oneer ministers o f the county. assigned to the Fairmount Pres- j His bride is a highly esteemed matron o f the fruit center. byterian church at Eugene. Walker, Ore., April 10, 1913. E d it o r L e a d e r : P. Latest NO. 12 COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, TUESDAY. APRIL 8, D il:’, [OE 0 * County Superintendent H. C. Baughman recently completed the work o f apportioning the April division o f the Lane county school fund among the 183 school districts in the county. The total fund amounts to $48,075. The amounts apportioned to the school districts in the organized cities, towns and villages o f the county are as follows: Eugene, $12,313; Springfield, $3042; Cres well $874; Coburg, $1136; Cot tage Grove, $3020; Junction City, $1455; Marcola, $978; Florence, $582; Wendling, $371. aoE 22c See if Y ou Can Find Something Listed in Items Following that You Need Ratine, 27 inches wide, the yard ............................. 22c Zypher Gingham, 32-in. wide " ...................... 22c Poplin, 27-inch__________" “ ..................................... 22c Soisette, 32-inch________“ “ _________ _________ 22c Jap Silk, 20-inch .... “ “ ______________ _____ 22c Wide Dresden Ribbon. _____ “ _____________________22c 8-4 and 9-4 Bleached sheeting_______________________22c Men’s Neckties, each_______________________________ 22c Men’s Suspenders, each____________________________ 22c Men’s Garters, pair_________________________________22c Ladies’ Embroidery Collars, each........... ..................2 2 c Ladies’ Hose, the pair _____________________________ 22c Curtain Material, stenciled and plain____________ . . .22c All goods are of best quality, and purchasers will find this a saving week. 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