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.
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WONDERFUL COLLECTION
OF TRAINED ANIMALS
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Creations in Spring
M ILLINERY
Portia Gloves
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$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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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P. Latest
NO. 12
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, TUESDAY. APRIL 8, D il:’,
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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.
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