Cottage Grove, Lane County, Population 25oo,
Good Prospects For
Road into City
from North
Owing to the fact that County
Commissioner Geo. Hawley was
compelled to return to Eugene
Sunday afternoon after a brief
official visit to this city and there
being a new county road and
bridge matter o f great impor­
tance to all o f the citizens o f
Cottage Grove under considera­
tion, a meeting was arranged in
the commercial club rooms for
Sunday morning to discuss with
Commissioner Hawley this new
road proposition and to demon­
strate to his satisfaction that the
business men and citizens o f Cot­
tage Grove are united and en­
thusiastic on this question.
The proposition is, since Ninth
Street has been ordered paved
to the city limits north, and since
T. C.. Wheeler and Mr. Woodard
have generously consented to al­
low Ninth Street opened through
their properties and to pay for
their share o f the new paving
fronting their premises, to open
a new county road from the
north line o f the Wheeler and
Woodard tract northeast along
the east bank o f the Coast Fork
river to a point at the old Coch­
ran ford, where it is proposed to
build a new steel bridge, and in
order that none o f the county
appropriation for road building
this year be used in this bridge
construction, it is proposed to
construct this bridge on a county
warrant or appropriation, pay­
able in one year at 6 per cent in­
terest, the only requirement be­
ing that the citizens o f Cottage
Grove guarantee and make up
by subscription the one year’s
interest on this warrant. It is
estimated that this bridge, owing
to the short span and the good
bed-rock foundation
for the
piers at each side, will not cost
to exceed $5,000, hence, $300
would cover the expense to Cot­
tage Grove’ s citizens for the
bridge this season, which would
be worth many times the price
to the city in that it would pro­
vide a central roadway into the
city from the north, apart from
the railroad and over a macada­
mized and paved roadbed, it be­
ing the purpose o f the co\inty
to have the road macadamized
from the rock crusher to the
city limits by way o f this new
bridge by the time it is complet-
Lumbering, Mining, Dairying, Fruit Growing and General Farming Section
OORHNSTEDT IS SUED
FOR $1 0 3,1 6 9.9 5
AL G. BARNES
WONDERFUL CIRCUS
Salem, Or., April 10.—Asking
that A. C. Bohrnstedt, A. C.
Bohrnstedt & Co., C. H. Sedg­
wick and A. H. Pohl account for
a total sum o f $103,169.95, Her­
bert Haid today began action
against those parties in the cir­
cuit court here.
The financial difficulties have
arisen over thejmrchase o f sev­
en tracts o f land in Lane county
aggregating 1438 acres.
Most
o f the land in question is situat­
ed near Creswell.
One o f the greatest animal
acts ever produced in the world
is the marvelous act given by
Louis Rothe and his troupe of
trained lions, with the Al G.
Barnes Three Ring Wild Animal
Circus. Mr. Rothe is acknowl­
edged to be one o f the greatest
animal trainers known today,and
when you witness the difficult
feats which he puts his group of
wild Africarf lions through, it
causes one to wonder if ancient
history would not have been
changed had he been alive in the
days o f Nero. Think o f what it
would have meant in Nero’ s time
to have had a man o f Mr.Rothe’s
control over the lions wheri the
martyrs were thrown into the
arena.
Instead o f the awful
spectacle offered
to ancient
Rome, and the sacrifice o f many
lives, one would have seen the
wild and savage beasts jump
through hoops o f fire, leap ever
hurdles, form pyramids, and do
almost any other athletic feat of
which man is capable o f accom­
plishing. But it has been left
to the present era o f enlighten­
ment and education to develop
a man o f Mr. Rothe’ s ability to
control the king o f all beasts,
“ The Lion,” and when you stop
to think that he controls by
kindness, one marvels at what
the abuse must have been to
cause this most noble o f beasts
to have been the means o f the
awful destruction which history
leads us to believe that he was
in the days when Nero fiddled
and watched Rome burn.
Another marvel is the wonder­
ful feats performed by some
trained seals. In fact, this great
trained animal circus is a marvel
from
start to finish, to say
nothing o f the daring feats of
the acrobats and trapese pet-
formers and riders. A t Cottage
Grove Thursday o f this week.
Stayton Gets a Cannery.
West Stayton, Marion Co.,
Oregon, has started on a can­
nery. In order to have a home
outlet for the products which the
irrigationists raise, they found
that a cannery was essential.
They have therefore incorporat­
ed the West Stayton Canning
Company, and have just elected
their directors, five in number,
and their officers, viz., D. M.
Mclnnis, I. R. Hammer and Lida
W. McGowan, as president, vice
president and secretary-treasur­
er. Plans are now being drawn
for and bids solicited on building
and plant. The Willamette Val­
ley Irrigated Land Co., who de­
veloped the irrigation project
here, donates the site.
The
buildings will have a frontage of
100 feet. Tomatoes, beans and
berries will probably be the main
things the first season.
Phil Jones, wife and child, who
left last fall for the Dakotas, re­
turned home Saturday, convinced
that this is the best place after
all. Their many friends welcome
them home.
ed, and the city will also have
Ninth Street paved with hard
surface paving to connect with
this road and new bridge at the
same time. Commissioner Haw­
ley looks with favor upon the
proposition as it not only would
afford a good central highway
into this city from the north, but
would bring about the early de­
velopment o f a fine lot o f bottom
land just outside the city limits
on the north.
Those o f our business men who
expressed themselves in favor o f
this proposition
were J. F.
Spray, C. H. Burkholder, T. C.
Wheeler, A. Brand, Geo. O.
Knowles, and others.
A resolution was passed by
unanimous vote in favor o f the
new road and bridge, with the
provision that it not eliminate or
alter either o f the present high­
ways into this city from the
north. The move is a good one,
and it is gratifying to note that
our citizens are practically unan­
imous for the improvement
Local and County News of Interest Con
densed for the Busy Reader.
W. H. Woodruff, the nursery­
Albany’s new six-story hotel,
the “ Hummel” was opened to man, packed his remaining nur­
sery stock and returned to Eu­
the public last Wednesday.
gene Monday.
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Forest Grove, with a popula­
Mrs. Mary Elliott and daugh­
tion o f 1772, will build a $35,000
high school building this season. ter o f Pittsburg, Penn., are
guests at the home o f her father,
D. E. Yoran was elected may­ Mr. John Bader.
or, R. S. Bryson, recorder, and
Mrs. Cora J. Traax was elect­
Frank Reisner, treasurer, o f Eu­
ed to the Gold Hill city council
gene last week.
last week, one o f the first Ore­
J. F. Spray has put in a new gon women to be thus honored.
large wagon and stock scale at
Col. W. H. Blair came down
the east side o f his brick block
from Portland last week to at­
near the depot.
tend to spraying and cultivating
Clarence Mulkey and wife, o f his fine young orchard near this
Dallas, were in Cottage Grove city.
last week, looking for a location
W. S. Shearer and family were
for a bakery.
They are old
friends o f C. M. Parker and down from their Row River saw
mill Wednesday and favored the
wife.
Leader with a pleasant call. Mr.
Oregon’ s apple crop this year Shearer says business at the mill
is worth $7,000,000, according to is good with orders ahead.
the estimate o f W. K. Newell,
A ten-round boxing contest
chairman o f the State Board o f
Horticulture. He says the pro­ will take place this (Tuesday)
duction
o f apples has about evening between Foya Johnson
doubled in this state in two and Leon Arne before the Cot­
tage Grove Athletic Association.
years.
Johnson has won several recent
Joe Hess and two assistants contests, but his opponents were
from Modock county, California, lighter than Arne.
were in this city Friday and
Saturday with 12 head o f good
C. D. Brainard et al have com­
work horses and mules which menced suit against the Orchard
they were selling. They went Land & Timber company to col­
to Eugene from this city after lect money which they claim is
due them and asking the court to
having sold a few horses here.
appoint a receiver and grant an
J. P. Land was down from injunction against the officers o f
Dorena Saturday transacting the company to restrain them
business, and favored the Lead­ from disposing o f any o f the
er with a pleasant call and a property until the claims o f the
subscription.
Mr. Land culti­ the defendants are settled. Mr.
vates a large strawberry patch Brainard is treasurer and mana­
in connection with his other ger o f the company and in charge
ranch work and is a breeder and o f the mill at Divide.
originator o f the famous Silver
Leghorns on which he has re­
J. F. Spray has bought the
ceived prizes in all o f the state general merchandise stock of
poultry shows.
Mrs. Frank King, known as the
The Cottage Grove high school J. B. Lewis stock. Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. King accepted 10
will make its debut into inter­ acres o f the Cedar Park tract at
scholastic athletics this year un­ $200 per acre on this deal. Mr.
der the direction o f Professor Spray will move this merchan­
Leon Ray, who has laid out a dise stock into his brick near the
track on the high school campus depot and handle it in connection
and is putting the students with his feed, implement and
through practice work prepara­ general
commission business.
tory to entering the interscholas­ Mr. King will plant his ten-acre
tic meets at the University o f tract to Bose pears, with two
Oregon and Oregon Agricultural rows o f loganberries between the
school.
rows o f trees.
FAI R OFFICERS
BREAKING GROUND
SELECTED RECENTLY FOR CONCRETE LIVERY
Preparations for the grange
fall fair have been advanced by
the selection o f a board o f mana­
gers, consisting o f G. W. Mc­
Farland, president; T. W. De-
Long, secretary; M. M. Wheeler,
treasurer; Mrs. M. M. Wheeler
and
Mrs. Ishmael, members
board.
The fair will receive an oppro-
priation o f $250 from the county.
It is expected that arrange­
ments will be made for another
exhibit by the pupils o f the
schools o f Cottage Grove and vi­
cinity as this feature attracted
considerable attention last year.
Silk hosiery with most people is a
coveted luxury—much desired but
regarded as extravagant. It was
— once. But it isn’t any more—
Phoenix Silk Hose has changed
all that. Phoenix is a pure thread
silk hose at about the cost of good
cotton. Economical because of its
exceptional durability and its
definite guarantee for wear.
I f everything you wear
is as well chosen as your
Made from finest pure-dye thread silk
—no “loading” or injurious "weight­
ing." No better quality silk in any
hose at any price. Seamless; reinforced
toes; high spliced heels; lisle garter
tops.
COAT
75c pair—4 pair box $3
C e e r s n te e a th re * w . . l h .
NO. 13
COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 15, ID 10
VOL. I.
NEW ROAD
AND BRIDGE
South of Portland 144 Miles,
(
SHIRT
you are well dressed.
$1.50 and more.
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HAMPTON & COMPANY
Teachers Re-Elected.
The school board Saturday night
re-elected the follow ing teachers
for next year: Ernest Purvance,
principal
of west side school,
Maude Hooper, Lena Holcomb,
Lola Wilson, Minnie Comer, lima
Beager, Lovella Buell, Ivy H ol­
comb, Helene Banta, Neva Per­
kins and Anna Wohrer. Janet
Davison was elected in the grade
department and Laura Smith in
the high school.
L. A. Sears, o f The Dalles, a
brother o f Jas., John and Charles
Sears o f this place, visited with
Cottage Grove
relatives and
friends the past several days.
He has a large farm near The
Dalles and a livery barn in that
city. He told the Leader that
from a little more than 3 acres
o f rich irrigated bottom land on
his farm he harvested 16 tons
and 1500 pounds o f oat hay last
season. |
GOVERNOR IS
A ROOSTER
A ble and Conserva­
tive Article on
Oregon
[Governor West in Leslie’ s W eekly]
Oregon is a wonderful land o f
opportunity. It is, to a great
extent, a virgin garden in which
the good things o f life may be
made to grow. To every one it
holds out its hands in welcome,
as a beacon to a haven o f refuge
where peace and plenty dwell.
I am asked to tell o f the out­
look for prosperity in this State.
I can say no more than that this
is a land where the people are al­
ways happy and
contented,
where the crops are never known
to fail, where the sun o f pro­
gress and o f prosperity is on the
ascendant and where the new
day o f the future is just break­
ing into the golden light o f
dawn.
But here I want to pause a
moment with those o f our East­
ern brethren who have their
eyes upon the bag o f gold at the
western foot o f the rainbow o f
promise. To them I want to say
that this is not a State primeval
where vast farms and vast for­
tunes await the coming o f the
ox-cart and the pioneer. ^Those
days have gone. Oregon today
is a State o f magnificent and
growing cities, o f wealth-pro­
ducing forests and mines, o f fer­
tile farms and fields and or­
chards. It is a garden o f oppor­
tunity awaiting development, but
it is not a place o f unlimited
work for the man with willing
hands alone. The man who
works with his bare hands will
find his opportunity in ever-
increasing measure as capital
fills the vacant places, but I do
not want any words o f mine to
lure a deserving and industrious
fellow man to disappointment
away from home. Therefore,
what I write about Oregon’ s
prosperity must be read with
this caution in mind.
I have said that Oregon is the
land o f opportunity, and it is, in
the fullest sense o f the word. It
is the western gate to the Orient
for the commerce o f the vast In­
land Empire o f the Northwest.
Through the harbor o f its me­
tropolis will flow that ocean com­
merce that will follow the com­
pletion o f the Panama Canal.
For many years Oregon has
been stagnated by the lack o f
railroad competition. The South­
ern Pacific and the Oregon Rail-
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William
Baimbridge
began
breaking ground Friday for the
foundation o f his new brick and
concrete livery barn on Seventh
street, where his feed barn
burned last year.
The new |
building will be 52x98 with a
sheet iron building back o f it
about 68x98 feet, the sheet iron
building already being completed
and occupied.
H. H. Veatch returned to Sa-
lem Saturday after a brief visit I
at his home here. He may be­
come interested in a big sporting
goods establishment in the capi­
tol city.
NEWSPAPER COMPETITION GOOD THING FOR A TOWN
The American Press of April 5, says: “ Nearly every
town o f any size has tw o papers. This is a good thing
for the town and for the papers themselves. The rivalry
existing lietween the tw o will cause them to l>c on their
mettle, and they will furnish a l>etter service. There is no
town, however small, that at some time or other does
not have tw o or more opposing municipal political fac­
tions. Each needs an organ, and the newspapers usually
serve this purpose. The same condition is found in every
local movement, both sides being entitled to a champion
and a fair hearing.
LADIES* D R E S S E S
A large and stylish line just received in etnbroideried, net, voile
and messaline dreaaes. Linen and many other light weight spring
goods, all made up in the very latest styles. Medium grades at from
♦ 1.50 to $.1.00. Best grades $8.00 and up. See those new lingerie
waists, price $1.25 to $2.25. Large stock o f millinery novelties just
just received.
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