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P E R SO N A L K PICKUPS 85 Better Service Better service means better glasses. Oar glasses satisfy because they are made to satisfy. That is why the majority of Cottage Grove physicians recommend my service to you. D. J. Scholl OPTICIAN Scholl’s Jewelry Store S o c ie ty J V o je s The women o f the Kensington Club gave a chicken supper, served cafeteria style, Tuesday evening in I. 0 . 0 . F. hall. A f ter the supper a short program was rendered by the Darktown Burlesquers, composed o f Mes- dames Beager, VanDenburg, Knowles, Misses Alice Counts, Mabelle Wilson, Lola Wilson, Ivy Holcomb, Clarence Morss, Ren Sanford, Lawrence Phelps, Chas. Hall, Roy Wilson, Jack Grant. Local Odd Fellows and Re- bekahs observed the 94th anni versary o f the founding o f Odd- fellowship in this country Satur day night with an appropriate program and a banquet. PROGRAM. Piano Selection, - Miss Alice Counts Violi n ami Piano Duet ,Miss( arrie Woods autl Dan Woods Reading, - - Rev. R. A. Moon Reading, Miss Eunice VanDenburg Vocal Solo, - - Lloyd Stratton Reading, - Mrs. Nate Compton Violin and 1’ianoDuet, Miss Ada Matthews Prof. Geo. Woods Talk on “ Odd Fellows” Judge H.J.Shinn About 150 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs turned out and marched from the lodge room to the Christian church Sunday morning to listen to the annual fraternal sermon by Rev. R. A. Moon, who had been invited to address the Odd Fellows on this occasion. The sermon was high ly appreciated. Bakery Makes Improvements. The Pride Home Bakery is ex pecting the arrival daily o f a large modern portable oven which will be installed at once upon its arrival, when a new brand o f bread will be furnished wholesale and retail to grocers and the trade. Come and see us, and try the new product o f the Pride Home Bakery. M ilton B urton , Manager. I)r. J. E. Fisher, Chiropractor and Neuropath, o f Portland, has leased a spite o f rooms in the Phillips brick, and will return to this city to locate permanently in a short time. The doctor comes well recommended. Stone to Fit the Purse Is better than none at all. The spirit in which a monument is erected counts more than the cost. A Moderate Cost Stone will show as much respect and love for the departed one as a more expensive stone if you can afford only the smaller sum. We have various designs in low- priced memorials we shall be glad to submit to you. W. E. Marsters O . D. C L A N D O N , S .lr.m a n Roseburg, Ore. Enamel ware sale at The Fair Saturday. Local hotels report an increas ing patronage. Mrs. G. W. Orr is home from London Springs. Y ou’ ll like the Leader. Give it a trial subscription. Joe Damewood and wife were county seat visitors Friday. It’ s the bill, not the bird, on Nellie’s hat that interests father. Want ice cream for your so cial? ’ Phone No. 57 Bon Ton. Carl Washburn and friends, o f Eugene, spent Sunday in our city. Those two frosty nights last week resulted in little or no damage to fruit. A lot o f people who pray would be surprised if their prayers were answered. Dr. Oglesby and daughter, Mrs. J. P. Graham, visited Eu gene Wednesday. The three degrees in medical treatment—positive ill; compara tive, pill, superlative, bill. Henry Fisher, the well known saw mill man, was transacting business in this city last week. Dave Scholl says automobile grease is cheaper than apple cider. How about it, Dave? Miss Mary Bartels, o f the Ladies’ Toggery, is in Portland buying more spring and summer goods. Mrs. Frank Snodgrass, o f Eu gene, was a guest o f Cottage Grove friends a few days last week. When you pay for a year’s worth o f the Leader you pay for reliable local news, not a lot o f sensational bosh. A good advertisement in a newspaper is as important in getting business as a good sales man in a store. Mrs. John Bartels spent the past week at Grants Pass, visit ing her daughter, Mrs. Lillie Douglass, who has been quite sick. Hon. W. F. Gray, a former prominent citizen o f Cottage Grove, now o f Orting, Wash., was a guest o f friends here last week. Mrs. J. 0 . Van Winkle, wife o f Dr. Van Winkle, o f Salem,has been spending several days here visiting V ith friends. They for merly resided here. F. E. Waple, o f Eugene, made a flying trip to our city Sunday night on a motor cycle, but on account o f rain was compelled to ship back on the train. “ R eggie,” said mother,“ won’t you give that poor little father less boy your bunny?” “ Mother, couldn’ t we give him father in stead,” replied the boy. Watt Shipp, a member o f the newly organized firm at Salem in which H. H.Veatch is interested, was a Cottage Grove visitor Monday, in company with Mr. Veatch. E. A. Schreppel, o f Clarkston, Wash., is visiting with friends and looking after business mat ters here. Mrs. Schreppel stopped at Corvallis to visit with friends there before coming to this city. Mrs. John Coleman has a well preserved souvenir o f the great Civil War. It is a confederate certificate o f the 20-dollar de nomination, few o f which are seen now-a-days in this western country. The second carload o f eight Ford five-passenger touring cars for the season arrived at this place a few days ago from the factory for F. J. Hickey o f the Nesmith Auto Co. The Ford is growing in popularity here every day. It’s the car for the money. 0 . C. Carr and B. A. Carr o f San Diego, Cal., passed through our city Sunday on their way to Seattle. Wash., in a Ford car. Mr, Carr is the first tourist through Pass Creek canyon this spring, and drives a 1908 model T Ford car, which has run sixty thousand miles. Copies o f famous paintings on sale Saturday 15c each. The Fair. J. W. Willcoxen, a late arrival from Kansas to Cottage Grove, spent Sunday night in town on his return from Portland, having been down to the metropolis to urchase a team. Mr. Willcoxen as made several trips from the middle west to determine where he prefers to reside, and has de termined to try the Willamette. —Halsey Enterprise. C. B. Gibson, o f Pine City, Minnesota, is looking over this part o f western Oregon with a view to locating here. The ladies o f Creswell have organized a Ladies Civic Im provement Club. They will hold a Chrysanthemum Fair this fall. City Engineer Nichols is set ting grade stakes, preparatory to the paving o f several more o f Cottage Grove’s prominent streets. Frank Damewood was up from Elmira several days last week to visit his mother in Silk Creek Valley, who has been quite ill with pneumonia. J. P. Graham has voluntarily closed his new and second hand store, next door west o f the Thompson Hotel, and will engage in other business. A divorce was granted in dis trict court Tuesday to Ida J. Veatch from her husband, Robert Veatch. Property rights were settled out o f court. John Bader and w ife accom panied Mr. Bader’s daughter as for as Portland last week on her return to her Pittsburg home, after a pleasant visit here. Misses Lulu Currin and Neva Perkins, teachers in the. city schools, went to Corvallis Friday evening to spend Saturday and Sunday with relatives and friends. Roy R. Knox, for years a resi dent o f Cottage Grove, now in the flour mill business at Albany, has been elected second lieuten ant o f the fifth company o f coast artillery, 0 . N. G., o f that city. Several farmers who did not dig their potatoes last fall owing to the low price, are now giving them away to any one who will call and plow and pick them up, so the ground can be utilized for other purposes. The High School Dramatic Club repeated the * three act drama, “ Our Boys,” at the A r cade last Wednesday evening to a good sized and appreciative audience. The characters were all well sustained. Lieutenant-Colonel Burton K. Lawson o f this city has been honored by appointment to the general staff o f the Oregon Na tional Guard, the appointment having been made public by Governor West recently. Strange, we did not hear any thing about that mysterious theft of pastries from the M. E. church banquet room last week, especially since we were in at tendance at the banquet and en tertainment. Beals, the Arcade man, is con tracting for a new flickerless and noiseless moving picture ma chine, the latest and best thing on the market. He is now re ceiving a film service which is guaranteed to be not more than 60 days old. Linn Emerson and little daugh ters will return to their home at Lakeview this week after an en joyable visit with Mr. Emerson’s aged mother here. Mr. Emerson says that Mann Whorton, for merly o f this city, is now city marshal at Lakeview. David Alexander, L. R. Long and J. F. Hickey made a busi ness trip to Eugene last week in one o f Mr. Hickey’s Ford cars. They report the roads in good shape and made the run in one hour and ten minutes with L. R. Long at the wheel. Fate says the S. P. has nothing over the Ford. Mrs. H. S. Welder, o f Delhi, Minn., a sister o f Mrs. Ida Thompson, o f Hotel Thompson, is here on a visit, after having spent a few weeks with her aged mother at Yoncalla. In a pleasant call on the Leader Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Welder, were much interested in Felix Currin’s fine grain exhibit in this office. A nearby rancher, who is clearing up a little six-acre tract, keeps two goats to assist him. From these two goats his clip pooled here Saturday netted him $2.50. He will increase his stock to four goats for the next sea son. Some goat raisers here re port many $2.00 fleeces, while the high record is held by W. J. Messenger and John Palmer, both o f whom had mohair fleeces net ting them $3.74 each. The ladies o f the Christian chqrch will conduct an all day sale o f home cooking at the Met- san shop next Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Len Douglas, o f Grants Pass, arrived in this city today to reside. Mrs. Douglas is suffering from a severe injury sustained recently. Shu is a daughter o f Mr. and Mrs. John Bartels. G. W. Walker, our former townsman, now placing some gilt edged Portland real estate with those looking for a good, safe investment, is a Cottage Grove visitor, renewing old ac quaintances. Mrs. Fingal Hinds went to Portland Saturday to visit her husband who had a small cancer removed from his tongue at St. Vincent’s hospital last week. He is reported as getting along as well as could be ex pected. F. B. Davis bought and shipped today to his home at Mt. Vernon, Washington, 16 head o f fine dairy cows from this vicinity and two horses. He was assisted by John Veatch, the local buyer, in finding and ship ping this stock. Survey crews are said to be working between Cottage Grove and Creswell on the north, and this city and London Springs on the south. It is thought they may be connected with the elec tric railroad extension south from Springfield. A representative o f the pro posed woolen mill for this city was here Saturday, but the re quired bonus o f $40,000 renders the proposition impracticable. Unless the amount required is greatly reduced, the proposition will no longer be considered. A. L. Wynne has just received 200 White Leghorn baby chicks from a well known Portland breeder. He also recently re ceived from Washington 94 Black Orpington baby chicks. He will soon receive 100 more White Leghorn chicks from Portland. He is going into the business on an extensive scale. The Leader is in receipt o f a fine picture o f the new two-storv high school building recently erected at Canyonville, a little town o f only 500 inhabitants. The picture was sent by our for mer townsman, G. O. McGUvray, and he writes: “ ‘Rattlesnake’ Bob Veatch is in town. ( He killed 12 big rattlers yesterday, some o f which were four feet in length. He is gathering up some fine specimens and relics around here.” M. E. Church. J. T. Moore, Pastor. N ext Sunday, 9:45 a. m., Sun day school. 11:00 a. m., sermon, subject: “ God’s Garden. ” 7:00 p. m., Epworth League. 8:00 p. m., Song and sermon, subject: “ God’ s Notice o f Little Things.” Monday evening, May 5th, at 7:30, Dr. Abbott, Dist. Supt., will hold the 3rd Quarterly Con ference in the church. All offi cial members are urged to be present Things Doing at Disston. The first train load o f logs to come out o f the Reserve was dumped into the J. I. Lumber C o.’s pond last Thursday, and as everything is now in readiness, the mill will soon be running steadily. Eibert Bede and A. J. Arm strong, two prominent business men o f the Grove, were Sunday visitors here; it is understood that they may decide to locate here. Frank Wilcoxen went to Cot tage Grove Friday, returning Saturday evening. Mrs. J. H. Spaler was an over Sunday visitor with her mother, Mrs. M. Pitcher, at Star. Geo. Frazer, the Eugene ma chinist, spent Friday and Satur day here doing some work on the J. I. Lumber Co.’s mill engines. Mrs. Maude LeRoy and Miss Naomi Wood, o f Wildwood, were Sunday visitors at the Reserve station. Frank George, who has been employed for some time at the Chambers company, left Satur- for his home at Roseburg. J. B. Protzman, the newly ap pointed conductor on the O. & S. E. line, [was in charge o f Satur day’ s local. Choice Confections A fine new Stetsan Ross 12x20 planer has been received from Ice Creams Seattle, and has been installed at And Sodas the J. I. Lumber C o.’ s plant Courteous Treatment, Prompt Senrice Mrs. Earle from Row River G. H. SÖ D ER STRÖ M , Prop. iis a guest o f Mrs. J. D. Mc- L«\a%*\**.»%*%**.*%*w.*%*n* Connell. Bon T od Confectionery m ^ Recipe for a Good Figure Keep your hips in place, your cheat high, your back straight by wearing a Parisiana Corset. W ith ou t your making the alighteat effort, w ithout discomfort, this corset w ill give you a correct figure and a grace ful carriage. P arisiana Q jr sets ) are deaigned for every type of figure. Com e in and aak to see the model made for you. Every Parisiana is guaranteed to give you good wear, or you w ill receive a new corset w ithout charge. T h e price you have been paying w ill buy a guar anteed Parisiana. Special Agency for the Famous Star Brand Shoes The Largest Selling Brand of Shoes in the World Burkholder-Woods Co “ Star Brand Shoes Are Better” CANNERY ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED MONDAY At a joint meeting of the Grange and Commercial Club cannery committees Monday temporary or ganization of the Cottage Grove Fruit Cannery Association was effected by the election of the fol lowing named temporary officers: G. W . McFarland, President; Geo. H. Tyson, Secretary and Treasur er; Executive Board, M M. Wheeler, J. F. Spray and T . W . Del.ong. This board was author ized to issue and place the re quired amount of stock and attend to such other preliminary matters which may arise prior to the next regular meeting. This is a move in the right direction. Row River Ripples. Insect Exterminator ( patent applied fo r ) An inexpensive and simple little device designed, tested and found most effective in the destruction of the flea beetle and general plant insects. Patented and thoroughly tested by George O. Walker and found most practical in his large tomato field last season. A TESTIMONIAL Among many other testimonials Mr. Walker submits the following from Harry K. Metcalf, proprietor of the Sunnyside Greenhouses, Cottage Grove: “ I have seen your insect catcher and I believe it to be a very com plete and effective trap for tomato fleas, beetles, etc., and it certainly cannot injure the most tender plant as the spray cure often does. H. K. M etcalf . ” If your dealer does not handle them order one by mail, only 50c and lasts a lifetime. Messrs. Wm. Sanders, Wm. Vaughn, Andy Dowens and Ed Sloan, o f Disston, spent Sunday George O . W a l k e r W A L K E R , O R EG O N at the Vaughn home. Rev. Barnhart preached at the Star school house Sunday night Married. Quite a number o f the Row B U R K E T -P E R IN I-A t the Elite River people attended the dance hotel in Springfield, April 21, at Dorena Saturday night. 1913, Carl E. Burket and Miss Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hankins Della Perini, Judge J. C. Mul went to Cottage Grove on the len officiating. gasolene car Saturday evening, returning Monday morning on Sodas Confectioneries the train. Charlie Plank is visiting his parents at Lynx Hollow this week. Mrs. C. A. Harlow returned home from Disston Monday, where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. R. Wicks. Miss Ruth Shearer, o f Dorena, visited in this burg Monday. J. D. Dunn went to Cottage Grove Monday, returning Thurs day. Henry Parazoo is moving his family to Saginaw this week. Mrs. Chalifoue and daughter, Hester, visited friends at Row Ri ver Tuesday. To supply your DRUG WANTS NEW We ERA DRUG STORE Have It—Try Ua Parlor organ for sale or trade, good as new. Will sell cheap for cash or trade for cow or horse. See Stanley Martin. Gamble with your wife if you must gamble, it keeps the money Frank Potts went to Cottage in the family. Grove Monday, returning Wednes day. Mrs. Wr T. Hankins visited her sister, Mrs. Rollin Wicks, a few days this week. Mrs. Mollie Jones spent a few days at the Grove this week. Wm. Shane was in this burg Friday, Mrs. John D. McConnell, o f Disston, is visiting relatives at Row River a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shearer spent the evening at Sid Vaughn’ s Thursday. Zeno Earl has been on the sick list but is improving now. Mrs. G. L. Gillispie was in the Grove last Saturday. G. C. McCombs was in this burg Friday. Mrs. Thos. Awbrey was called to Corvallis Saturday on account o f serious illness in the family o f her brother. Blacksmithing Correct Method of Horseshoeing W a g on Making And General Repair W ork South of First National Bank Sixth Street Spriggs Bros*