Cottage Grove leader., January 06, 1914, Image 4

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Grove, Oregon, under the provisions o f the A ct o f March 3, 1879
I and unwarrantable exercise o f j
power. It is a grave thing to 1
T h e Copperfield Affair.
CONTROL OF WIRES
Representative Lewis Argues
For His New Bill.
MANY SUPPORT THE PLAN.
Terms of Contracts With Government
15,000.000 YEARS OF LIFE.
i\«tronomical
Authority
Assert»
Sun
I West Side Grocery {
will Then Cool Off.
Phlladeli ilia.—Replying to a question
nit by n clergy mu u at the weekly
j net tint; o f Presbyterian ministers,
,’ rofessor Uric Doolittle, director o f the
j Jnlversity of Pennsylvania's ustronom-
| it-ul observ atory, said he thought that
life on this earth would come to un
jud In about 15.000,000 years.
Professor Doolittle had been making
in uddress on **Astronomy.” In refer-
?nce to the end o f the earth’s life he
mid:
‘‘ Unless some supernatural power or
3eing Interferes or the eurth comes In
jontnet with another planet or heaven­
ly body tlie earth will exist for 15,-
JOO.OUO more years.
•"The earth Is dependent upon the
•un for its lieut nnd light, although the
earth now contains some heat Itself.
When the sun eventually cools off the
result will be darkness and cold, which
will bring an end to all life, animal
and vegetable.”
Under the head o f “ Above the|su*Pend, ci,vil authority. It is an
Would Make Purchase a Simple Mat­
I unheard-of proceeding anywhere
ter and Companies Could Easily Be
Civil L aw ,” the Sunday Oregon­
in any civilized government, ex­
Forced to Sell— Success of Parcel
ian contained the following edi-
cept in times o f rebellion or
Post Considered a Factor.
torial on the Copperfield saloon
great public peril. No such situ­
Washington.—Advocacy o f govern­
affair:
ation exists anywhere in Oregon. ment ownership o f all telegraph and
“ Governor West has taken
telephone lines; the introduction o f a
possession o f Copperfield by mili­
Th e A larm and Password.
hill providing for such purchases by
tary force. He has set aside the
Uncle Sam; the action o f the Hell Tel­ “25 EARLY ENOUGH TO WED.”
civil law and has established
ephone
system and Western Unlou T el­
Parties wishing to enter this
Grandmothor, Thirty-two, Says It’s a
egraph companies In voluntarily dis­
martial law. Martial law is en­
Sin to Let Children Marry.
office at this season should be
solving what the attorney general of
tire suspension o f all civil or or­
Boston.— Mrs. John T. Bussell of
governed by the following rule: the United States termed a trust, and
dinary governmental processes,
Malden. Mass., who has Just passed
Advance to the inner door and the tremendous success o f the parcel her thirty-second .birthday and is prob­
and is substitution o f the rule of
give three distinct raps or kick post system during the lirst year of ably tlie youngest grandmother in tills
a military commander who be­
the door down. The “ d evil” will Its history have directed more atten­ state, criti rises the early marriage law
comes at once in his own person
tion toward the purchase of the wires which allows |>orsoiis under twenty-
attend the alarm. You will then
than anything else in the history of live years o f age to wed.
the law or whatever law there is.
give him your name, postoffice the country.
•‘ It Is a sin." says Mrs. Bussell, “ to
Calmly viewed, the Copper
address and the number o f years
The measure has both supporters and allow children to enter into tlie tionds
field episode is an assertion o f
you are owing the paper. He opponents. President Wilson’s decla­ of marriage when they are distinctly
the supreme will o f the Governor
ration that lie has never said one way incompetent to raise children. About
will admit you. You will ad­ or the other whether lie favored the twenty-live -years Is the right age for
o f Oregon over all the constitu­
vance to the center o f the room bill or not was interesting. For years young people to think o f marriage
tional guarantees o f the average
and address the editor with the tlie question has been agitated off and Then tlie ’young man has secured the
citizen.
His warrant is solely
on. here and there, but no concrete uc- foothold la Ills profession or business
following countersign: Extend Uon has ever before been taken.
and Is able to support a w ife.”
that the end justifies the means.
Mrs. Bussell became a grandmother
the right hand about two feet
The purchase of the wires by the
Copperfield was controlled by
from the body, with the thumb government would lie a simple matter, fourteen mouths ago. when her son.
the saloons, and long had been.
provided, o f course, the many millions John Clifford Bussell, seventeen years
and index finger pointed to a five necessary to buy the stock could lie old. became a father. The son was
The Mayor and several Council-
dollar bill which drops into the obtained. There is an old provision married when fifteen years old and
men were in the liquor business,
extended hand o f the editor, at in the original franchises grauted by Mrs. B u s s e ll was married at sixteen.
and were the beneficiaries o f the
the government that if the congress
the same time saying, “ Were wishes at any time to buy the compa­
license privileges granted
by
MANY HOGS TUBERCULAR.
you looking for me?” The editor nies tlie directors will be forced to sell
themselves as public officials to
will grasp your hand and the bill These are tlie terms of the contracts Twenty P,.r Cent of Those Slaughtered
themselves as citizens. This in
with the government under which the
at Madison, Wis.
and pressing it will say, “ You companies are now operating. The
itself is not an unlawful proceed­
Madison. Wis.—Tw enty per cent of
bet.” A fte r givin g the new’s o f price to lie paid shall lie determined
ing, though it is unseemly and your locality, you will be permit­ by a Imard consisting o f three men. tlie average . lot of hogs brought to
slaughter are tuberculous, according to
improper; nor is there any as­ ted to retire with a receipt for
a statement by Dr. M. P. Ruvenel. pro­
sertion from
any
reputable an obligation properly discharg­
fessor of bacteriology o f the Universi­
source that there had been any ed.
ty o f W is onsln.
Dr. Hav >nel has made u careful ex­
flagrant violations o f law at Cop­
President William Sproule o f
amination of conditions In slaughter
perfield by the saloons or on
the Southern Pacific Company,
houses o f Wisconsin and other states
their account. But unquestion­ who has returned from a trip to
and make:, known his conclusions lu a
ably the condition was bad. The N ew York, has come back as op-
detailed lvport. li e states that hogs
do not develop the disease within
county authorities would not, or tom istic us ever about prospects
themselves, but contract It by feeding
could not, correct it, and the in Oregon and the Pacific Coast
on tlie byproducts of creameries and
in 1914. He explains the present
Copperfield citizens were either
following tuberculous cattle.
unsettled financial condition as
powerless, or afraid, or indiffer­ due to caution on the part o f tin
ent. Then the Governor took a public based upon apprehension
hand and sent Miss Hobbs to W ith fine crops guaranteed and
Copperfield accompanied by a the tariff and currency questions
settled, he predicts that there
militia guard and armed with an
will be a marked improvement in
executive proclamation.
Now 1914.
the saloons are closed, and the
A curious inquirer wanted to
Governor purposes, he says, to
know
“ What are the sister
keep them closed. The issue is
States?” and the brilliant coun­
clearly made between the Gov­ try editor answered: “ We are
ernor, who supersedes the civil not quite sure, but we should
law, and the men o f Copperfield, judge that they are Miss Ouri,
Sutton. Surrey, Kngland.—An Inven­
who have captured and have Ida Ho, Mary Land, Callie Fom*
tion that might prove useful ill the
ia, Allie Bama, Louisa Anna,
makeup o f the new American issue o f
been using the machinery o f law
Della Ware, Minnie Sota and
bills and banknotes has lately been
for their own benefit, but who Mrs. Sippi.”
brought to a high state o f perfection
RBPRE8KNTATIVK D A V ID J. ^EWIS.
have nevertheless not broken the
by n Sutton engineer, A lfred E. Baw-
That old farm er who once in­ The companies are to name one, the tree.
laws.
Mr. Bnwtree’s device Is a machine
dignantly
remarked that the government one, nn<l these tw o shall
I f the Copperfield episode stood
select the third.
which will so cut the edge o f n bank­
farmers
would never counte­
Representative Lew is has introduced note ns to make it a veritable phono­
by itself, it might not I k * signifi­ nance the goshdinged automo­
In the house a Mil providing fo r the
cant or ominous. It is impossi­ bile, now owns anil rides in one, taking over o f tlie wires by Uncle Sain. graph record, capable o f talking and
stating Its denomination.
ble to defend or excuse the sa­ and all o f his boys have them. In Introducing the hill Mr. Lewis said
Put ns simply as possible, the meth­
And
they
are
all
working
for
in
part:
loons there*, and it is im|K)ssiblt>
od elnplo. i d In making the “ talking
better roads.
Investigation discloses that our tele­ banknote." which, Mr. Bawtree says,
to justify the methods by which
graphic rates are the highest among twen­
the machinations o f the
ty
countries, running from 25 cents to $1 will defy
they
have been lieenst*d and
W e observe that land prices while
in other countries they overage counterfeiter. Is this: Tlie sound form
maintained.
But
underlying down the valley have decreased about 12 cents, or a cent a word. The re­ of tw o syllables, like "dollar,” "fifty .”
sult Is that we rank «ilnth a« telegraph
this unpleasant situation is the from 25 to 50 per cent during users, with one and one-tenth telegrams •‘hundred." is first photographed by an
the past year. They were so a person to our credit per annum, whilo ingenious process upon a film, making
fundamental question o f law ob­
high that homeseekers and in­ in New Zealand, with the twelve cent rate a Jagged line o f aliout the length o f a
servance and law respect by vestors absolutely refused to m- and our price and wage levels, the use of banknote
the telegraph reaches ns high as eight
By a photo-mechanical process this
Governor as well as by saloon­ vest.
telegrams a person.
The telegraph service is a relatively de­ jagged line, which Is really a little rec­
keepers.
I f the Governor o f
institution, nnd it would be un­ ord o f tlie words spoken. Is cut on a
A Roseburg boy received a clining
wise to poatallze it alone ns a single serv­
Oregon by his fiat and the exer­
pair o f skates as a Christmas ice For ten years in England the num­ /.Inc plate, and from tills mold a steel
cise o f the military power o f the g ift from Eastern relatives. A ber of telegrams has been actually sta­ uttlng knife o f the required shape and
design is obtained.
state may suppress the saloon­ Panama hat or a linen duster tionary.
Our toll nnd long distance telephone
With tills knife the edges o f bills
keepers and destroy the saloons would have been more appropri­ rates compare with those of other coun­ anil notes may be cut, and each ser­
tries
even
less
favorably
than
do
our
tele­
o f Copperfield, he may suppress ate and usefu*.
graph rates. The average Interurban re­ rated ed. c- u a reproduction o f the
ceipt in Germany is but 4 cents; her© It sound form required.
the saloon-keepers and destroy
The special edition o f the Ore­ averages 20 cents. The long distance rates
When the hills so treated are passed
the saloons o f Portland. I f he gonian issued last week eclipsed here are made on a scale of 6 mills a through tiie specially designed phono­
mile for a three minute conversation as
may act in this arbitrary and ex-¡a ll former special editions o f that against an average charge of about 7 mills graphic reproducer, which is a part o f
n Ita received by ths rallvi ijrs for trans­ the invention, they can be heard cry­
traordinary fashion against the paper and was a big boost for a port!!!*
a ton o f freight.
ing their values.
Portland
and
the
state
at
large.
____________________
We
are one o f three countries where the
saloons, he may move against
Mr. Bawtree says: “ With this ma­
' i i exceeds the lottor
chine ppo, to can safeguard themselves
any other institution displeasing
The big clearance sales are on ! The subscribers’
ra,c-
rates In American against revolving forged notes.
It
to him. He may interfere with in Portland.
Why not in Cot- cities, compared with continental cities, i
would be practically impossible for a
are
about
three
times
as
high;
for
ex-
tage
Grove?
Keep
the
people
and control the government o f
ample. New York, where 6.400 calls, about forger to imitate the serrated edge o f
Portland or any city in the state, and their money at home.
fifteen a day. under a measured service j a note which talks.”
tariff cost more than tiie four unlimited 1
o r the state itself, to bring about
yearly rates o f Ixindon, Paris. Berlin and !
Stockholm together.
WIND TO LIGHT LONG NIGHT.
any result whatever, and the on­
ly limits to his executive prerog­
W ill Harnsss Alas­
$30.000 INSURANCE ON TREE. Episcopal Mission
ative are his ability to carry out
kan Gates.
his plans.
Phtlndeiphln.—The winds that Mow
Fence Guards Alligator Psar Which
In northern Alaska are to be harnessed
Netted Ownsr $3.206.
It does not meet the question
to light up the long polar night In the
.<>5 A n isic«, C a l—The most Talua-
to say that the end is justifiable. I
enuse o f religion. Bishop P. T. Rowe
le fruit tree in the world, an avocado,
of the Dt wese o f Alaska has author­
That may be conceded, ami is |
or alligator pour, the property o f II. A.
ized Dr. W. K. 8. Temple, head o f the
conceded; but the means are
N. L. Kitzhenry, o f Eugene, Woodworth, n W hittier rancher, ha* electrical engineering department o f
In-on
insured
for
$.30.000
by
Lloyd
'«
of
nevertheless reprehensible. T h e ; will be a candidate for county
the U alvi rutty o f Pennsylvania, to de­
Loinlou against fire or frost
sign and build an electric light plant,
Governor who uses his extraor- commissioner,
This tree last season netted Mr operated by a windmill, for use o f the
dinary power for you, in any
Col. W. G. D. Mercer, candi- Wood worth $3.200 In fruit and bml Episcopal mission at Point Hope.
emergency, may by yourapprov- date for the primary nomination wood, the latter being used in an effort Ainska.
Point Hope Is ’more than 100 miles
al be encouraged to use the same ° f county judge on the republi- j to propagate other alligator peer trees
>
For Your Fresh
Family Groceries
<
Vinson & Way land
E. B. G R A B L E
ill:
D
OWer
against'vou
in an>
anv other
other jtor
can ,ickt>t
is a Cottage
T”
ta * * * tTV* ha» frora
pow
tr against
you, in
today and
favomJ Grove via- I rauder,
Mr h
Woodworth
built mn .
emergency, or in no emergency. er
a p|oagan| ca||
^as ,Mh
It ia therefore a most dangerous many friends in South lane.
1
i
--
-
-
*rumd
it thirty
feet high.
north o f the arctic circle, where the
polar night continues several months
each year.
Monroe’s Photos
Carries the best line of Dress and
Work Shoes in town, all Guaran­
teed Goods. Prices lowest.
Can save you money on Harness,
Gloves, Suit Cases and winter Lap
Robes.
B L A C K S M IT H
The place to get your
horses shot! and good
Repair Work.
Joe Baker
Cottage Grove
Transfer Company
L. L. HARREL,
Are the talk of the town
They have the tone and
quality which pleases.
At the Bridge
Swengel Hardware Co.
Heating Stoves—over GO
to make a selection from.
Patent Roofing
Roof paint
The Metsan Shop
High grade Family Groceries
of the Best Brands, pure, fresh
and wholesome. Cranberries,
nuts anil fruits.
Prop.
Fire Proof Feed
and Storage Barn.
Something Different
A L L K IN D S OK H A U L IN G
A N D H E A V Y D R A Y W O RK
Nursery Stock for Sale.
Piano Moving a Specialty
Bargain in Orenco nursery
stock. Some good varieties o f
Auto D ray Quit K Delivery
fruit trees, apples, walnuts and
peaches,
One and tw o years
growth. Stock can be seen at
$
i
I m
' •
George M ole’ s residence, East
V
* si r I T ( ’ASKS
K Railroad street.
Phone, Office 72
TALK! .0 BANKNOTE
A NEW IN
VENTION
Edges ef Paper So Cut as to
Make Piionographic Record.
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KINTER BROS,
O i l U I N K S o >
AN D BAGS
5
»The House Furnishers £
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PHONE 6
40 acres o f land close in to sell
or trade.
Address Mrs. S. E.
Blair, 215 W est Park st., Port­
land, Ore.
A Home Bank, A Substantial Bank
and a Big Bank is
TH E
F IR ST N A T IO N A L B A N K
Of Cottage Grove
It has never levied an assessment and has always paid
an Annual Dividend. It merits your confidence and
invites your business.*'
PO U LTRYM EN
The R e .s t^ _ ^ —^ a
PO U LTR Y FEEDS
CHARCOAL
SH E LL, G RIT
O IL M E A L
CHICK FOOD
GROUND HONE
M E AT M E A L
International Poultry and Stock Food
Everything for the Farmer. Wagons,
Buggies, Plows, Seeders, Cultivators
anti all Kinds o f Small Implements.
J. T . S P R A Y