Cottage Grove leader., May 29, 1914, Image 2

COTTAGE GROVE LEADER most all of which goes East
The paper that gives you what you want to read
Published W ednesdays and Saturdays
One year,________________ $1.50
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J. I). QUILLEN, Editor and Manager
Entered as second-class matter January
25, 1913, at the post office at Cottage
Grove, Oregon, under the Act of March
3, 1879.
S aturday ,
M ay 30, 1914
Notice to the Public
All notice» of entertainments^where admission
is charged or where there is a money consider­
ation; all cards of thatnks and resolutions of
condolence will be charged for at the regular
advertising rate—5 cents per line.
P O L IT IC S IN BU SIN ESS
This is only one item in a long
list of things which keeps Ore­
gon’s pockets drained into the lap
of Eastern manufacturers, thus
building up with our purchases
immense tax-paying units in oth
er states; keeping employed the
workmen of other states; fur­
nishing a market for the raw ma­
terial of other states, while our
working men go jobless, our raw
material is a drug on the market,
and our taxes mount higher and
higher every year.
When we learn enough to es­
tablish
home
manufactories,
using our own material, and
working our own citizens, we
will build up units that will help
very materially in lightening the
present load o f taxation.
5,000 VOTES FOR NEW SUBSCRIBER flsh and set at the entrance will do
the rest If you don't like "roust pos­
The Leader will give contest­ sum
and sweet pertuters" give youi
ants in our Big Business Getting catch to tbe colored preacher of yout
Contest 5,000 votes for each new neighborhood nnd thus make him a
subscriber secured and handed in friend for life.
In many parts of England there Is
with payment for one year little snow, and the grnss Is green the
before 5:00 p. m., Saturday, May whole year round. This means greater
30. We will also give 2,500 votes fertility In winter months and a longer,
lietter season for raising chicks and a
for each renewal for one year. better chance for winter eggs. With
Two thousand votes will be given It all. England Is among the countries
for each dollar’s worth of job low on the list for poultry production
work or advertising setured, but and Imports much o f her fjoultry and
eggs.
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no votes will be allowed on any Changing the ration too quickly has
work not secured by contestant disorganized many a flock and knock­
A written order from the busin­ ed the egg record flat. It’s all right
try out feeds and formulas, but
ess house must be filed when to
this should be done with a few hens
the order is presented at the o f­ nnd thus the risk is small.
fice.
While the popularity o f the hen’s
egg, compared to tbe duck's. Is ascrlb
ed to the fact that she always adver­
Go«d Mall Order Story
tises It by loud cackling, this Is not tbe
whole truth In an eggshell. There Is a
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Rip Vnn Winkle prejudice against the
quack’s egg that declares It Is strong
could telephone to the home deal­ and unpalutuble. Those who have
on tbe modern duck egg call this
er and have their needs supplied dined
all quackery.
at no extra cost.
One thing often neglected by poultry-
Can you imagine a town so run keepers In winter Is grit. A hen’s
down by mail order business that mouth, her crop, her gizzard, her In­
testines—o f course, they have no teeth
the local stores had to close up Yet how do these fanciers who neglect
and board up their windows and to furnish grit expe t Biddy to grind
doors, while Mr. Farmer is out­ hard grain and turn It Into eggs and
blood without grit?
side with a load of peaches wait­ When a skunk steals your hens he
ing to dispose o f them, and star­ always leaves a loud trail nnd his bur­
ing up at a sign over the mer­ row Is easily found. Eight have been
In one bole. They are easily
chant’s door, which reads, “ Send caught
caught. Yon need not bait the trap’,
your peaches to the mail order yon need not even cover It. but you
house.” Do you get the point? should keep under cover o f some sort
you kill him with a club or your
Why, if it is all right for some of If
bare hands.
us to patronize the mail order
Scalded oats, the hulls soaked soft
houses, isn’t it all right for all of nnd mixed with fine chopped vegeta­
us? And if we all do it, what’s bles nnd a sprinkle o f green cut bone,
black pepper and salt, are much relish­
the answer? Did you ever hear ed by the hens nnd add to the variety
of a mail order house paying a which Is so necessary In winter to pro­
share o f taxes that goes to give mote health nnd the egg record.
In setting traps for varmints that
your boy or girl an education?
catch poultry one thing often forgot­
ten Is to kill odor left on traps by the
Miss Fannie Haney has re hands. A sprinkle o f blood or burning
grass on the trap will generally fix
turned to her home near London this, or If a skunk has previously been
Springs, having spent the winter In the trap that's deodorizer enough.
Under the present manage­
ment, this paper has meddled but
The United States exported for
little with politics, and intends to
the ten months ending in April
have but little to say excepting
more than 78 million bushels of
in a general way, which it may
wheat, worth $74,117,403.
do with perfect safety, as every
man’s business is half politics,
A Washington exchange tells
and every man’s politics is half about a controversy between two
business.
individuals as to who got into
Politics may not enter as large­ market first with this season’s
ly into business matters as many strawberries, and the date of this
people believe, but many people event is May 20. Why, bless
do believe, and many people right their Eskimo climate, we were
here in Cottage Grove are saying eating home-grown strawberries
that, the present depression in in this part of Oregon in April.
many industries is a game being
There is just one Mexican
played for political capital. They
may not have any proof to show, question—how are we going to
in fact they may not want any, get out of the country without
but it shows how easily a man’s backing out or fighting our way
ideas, and ultimately his vote out? While a lot of time is being
fooled away “ meditating,” the
may be influenced.
A man recently returned from Mexicans are getting more and
California said on the streets of more in the notion of uniting and
this city Thursday that, the lum­ fighting the hated “ Yankee Grin­
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ber yards of that portion of Cali­ gos. ’ '
fornia where he had been, find it
The Seattle Times said in a re
hard to get the necessary supply
cent editorial that the destruction in Roseburg in denominational
of lumber, and that prices are
of values under the Wilson ad­ school work.
$S > 4
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very high.
ministration, as shown by the
A recent arrival from the state
quotations on the New York stock
THE WORD “YES.”
of Kansas says the lumber yards
O H , Y O U PI E l
exchange, has been going on at
of that state, and in fact o f many
Oh, goodness, wouldn't It Just be grand
W e A re Charged W ith R a re ly U eing It
the rate of two million dollars tf all the different kinds of pie
of the Middle Western states are
In T h ie C o u n try.
Would form behind a big brass band
per day. But the Times didn’t And magnoliously march by?
In the United States "yes" Is pre-emi­
depleted almost to the last board,
stop to say just how much of this The pumpkin and mince would likely lead, nently a book word, though It Is also
by reason of the fact that, owing
scattered somewbut thinly through the
And next the raisin without a seed.
value destroyed was moisture.
to failure of crops for the past
Then apple, shoofly, lemon and cherry.
conversations of everydny people and
Peach, rhubarb and huckleberry.
Is employed habitually by a negligible
year or two, lumber men have
Some complaint has come to
be great temptation to see all that number o f individuals who nre both
sold nothing and consequently this office that there are barns in 'Twould
pie.
highly cultured and careful o f their
have bought nothing.
mouths water as they rolled speech. Furthermore, os comjiounds or
town that are not kept as clean And wouldn't
by?
set phrases tend to preserve old forms
A few evenings ago, a sawmill as the law requires. The news­ And wouldn't there be an awful cry:
and old sounds, “ yes'' regularly occurs
"Pie!
Pie!
Olmme
a
pie!"
man said to the writer that, “ The paper office is hardly the proper
In all stock combinations. That Is why
I
bet
ten
dollars
If
you
were
there
farmer trade does not affect the place for filing such complaints,
persons whose habitual affirmative Is
You'd make a dive right through the air.
ordinarily "yeh-n,” or “ eh-a,” “ eh-up,”
lumber business; one railroad but this paper is willing to do You’d grab a dozen like a bear
“ yeh-up,” never say “ yeh-a, sir.” “ eh-a.
will use more lumber in one month what it can to help in the cause And disappear the Lord knows where!
to be sure,” ‘yep, madam,” “ eh-up, In­
Our
coins
must
read
"In
Ood
We
Trust;"
than all the farmers in one state o f cleanliness, and passes this Our coat of arms Is “ Pie or Bust!"
deed,” or “ eh-a, thanks,” for exnmple.
will use in a year;” and this same suggestion along to the proper So pass the pie and help yourself.
“ Yes, sir” —a group which In various
There's plenty on the cellar shelf.
states, but especially In New England,
man refused to concede that the authorities.
C. M. BARNITZ.
is occasionally employed ns an emphat­
farmers’ immense crops would
ic exclamation (and without any hu­
IN D IS C R IM IN A T E D R E E D IN Q .
influence or stimulate lumber
morous intent) In addressing girls or
Sometimes city governments
breeding o f poultry Is women!—"ye*. sir.” has several strik­
buying on the part of the rail­ can do and contemplate mighty a Indiscriminate
common fuult on farms. Mnny fur in ing variations; first, “ yes. sir.” an ac­
roads. But stood pat on the prop­ small t h i n g s . At Roseburg, flocks are made up o f old and young, centuation ns common nnd lllogicnl as
osition that there is no outlook where they are having a carnival, large and small, early and late hutched that In “ I hndn't any renson to go.” or
that would justify optimism on the ladies of the various churches birds, and In many culls are common, in “ He’s a married man.” Then what
and when eggs for hatching are needed Is “ yes, slr-cr?" Well, like "no, slr-ee,"
the part of lumbermen.
made arrangements to serve they are gathered from the common It Is ns characteristically Amerlcnn ns
Natural and financial conditions meals each day. Then members nesta, which are often In the haymow, "yes, sir-rnh” Is Elizabethan; but that
are so favorable to a general of the council introduced a reso­ barn entry or under the hogpen. No final “ ee” Is mysterious—possibly a de­
one knows for sure If they are fresh, cayed remnant o f “ ye" or “ thee,” pos
resumption of industry in all lines lution in the council meeting to fertile or what ben laid them.
slbly nothing but an emphasizing vo­
and a big revival in business of charge these ladies a license fee Such are nondescript eggs and their calic appendix, like the “o” which
offspring Is like them, auil flocks bred cheerful Britons often add to “ rlgbL” -
every kind, that the people easily for the privilege.
In a such a loose way don’t pay. Their
Itlchnrd T. Holbrook In North Ameri­
take up the line o f thought sug­
laying la poor, the eggs are nol uni
can Review.
gested above, and fall to thinking
The Middle West has borrowet form In color and size and dressed
that there is political bluff back heavily and will use the present fow ls are likewise.
A lecture tour o f nine Pennsylvania
of anything going in the contrary big crop to pay its debts. Rail­ counties
the past Institute season
direction.
roads and banks are prepared to showed many farmers breeding this
The man who can disabuse the move the crop to market prompt careless way and getting few winter
accordingly. To pay, farm flocks
public mind on this score, will be ly, and large payments and new eggs
must be thoroughbred, built up by se
doing a public service. If it is purchases of merchandise will lection. They must be culled down to
an unwise line of reasoning, the set the wheels o f commerce and a paying basis. They must be fed and
housed properly. This Is not a crltl
conclusions can not help being in­ manufacturing humming. Fol dsm
on the farmer, but we call atten
jurious.
lowed by a big corn crop, perma­ tlon to a mistake that has been handed
down from generation to generation
Men ought to think right politi­ nent prosperity is assured.
But a good number o f fanners have
cally as well as religiously, and
cut out loose methods. They cull hard
Wednesday’s papers report a In the fall and keep a watch for unde
believing a lie in one case is as
temperature of 100 degrees in slrables the year round, and ns spring
dangerous as the other.
the city of Washington, and a approaches they put the flock through
the X ray and select the very best
H O W TO RE D U CE T A X E S
temperature of from 92 to 98 all birds, pen them alone and hatch from
“ You can’ t eat your cake and through the East and Middle them only.
keep it too.”
West, while farmers report a light I f farmers would Join cow testing
You can’t spend your money in frost in the neighborhood o f Cot­ clubs and have each cow 's milk tested
for butter fat It would work a revolu
the East and have it at home to tage Grove Wednesday night, tlon In the herds o f the country and
carry on the business of the com­ and most of our people were glad send lots o f supposed paying milkers
to the butcher.
munity in which you live.
to have a fire in their heating If a few trap nests were set up on
Oregon can’ t support manufac­ stoves Thursday morning. Nei farms where this Indiscriminate pout
turing plants outside the state ther extreme is good, but the try breeding Is In vogue they, too,
would work wonders and there would
with her patronage and expect average man would rather make not bo much left on some farms but
low taxes and business activity fires in the summer months than ths rooster.
at home.
swelter through three months of
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
In this state of 800,000 popula­ 100-degree weather.
▲ New Jersey farmer lost sixty chick
tion, over five million dollars is
aa before be found raccoons were
Make
Cottage
Grove
Bigger,
turning the trick. lie watched thirty
invested in automobiles and one
days and nlgbta for another species of
and one-fourth millions in motor­ Busier and Better.
coon, and then to his surprise found a
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Babcock family of raccoons, tw o old and four
cycles, every one o f which was
made in the East, o f Eastern ma­ and son Edward were in from young. In a hollow tree, and the nest
full of feathers and bones from his
terial, by Eastern workmen. To Silk Creek yesterday.
fancy roosters.
keep these machines in repair
The splendid rains of this week
The easiest way to catch an opossum
and operation costs the owners have done a world of good to that pesters your dock Is to track him
bis den, and s trap baited with a
jponthly more than $90,000, al- growing crops and fruit.
We Can Give You
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A BARGAIN
on Farm Machinery, Buggies,
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Hacks, Waggons
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or Anything Else in the
Merchandise Line
REES-W ALLACE CO. J. F. S PR A Y . 1
Street Vacation Notice
Notice is hereby given that at a reg­
ular meeting of the Common Council of
High grade Family Groceries
the City of Cottage Grove, to be held
of the Best Brands, pure, fresh
on'the 1st day of June, 1914, a petition
and wholesome. Cranberries,
will be presented by the Oregon Pacific
& Eastern Railway Company for the
nuts and fruits.
vacation of that portion of Washington
Something Different
Avenue which iies between the west
line of Tenth Street and the right of RSRSSRSRSSRSatSItSatSteSRSSatSRSSR«
way o f the Oregon & California Rail­
road company, in said city.
Dated this 30th day of April, 1914.
COTTAGE GROVE
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OREGON PACIFIC & EASTERN
RAILW AY CO.
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The Metsan Shop
Hospital ® Sanatarium
Useful Proverb.
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Right Here el Year Heme
“ Do you,” he asked, "believe In early
marriage?”
“ Well,” she replied, "I used to, but I
am willing to sny that at present I be­
lieve ‘better late than never' may be
applied to marriage as well as to some
other things.” —Exchange.
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Surgical Cases Especial Attention
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A n ce sto rs Burned.
Bacon—He says bis ancestors were
all cremated. Egbert—Why, I thought 3
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cremation was a method of recent
years?
"It is. His picture gallery, though,
was burned up only a month ago.” —
Yonkers Statesman.
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W elcom e Color.
"A streak o f yellow is all right some­
times."
"H ow 's that?”
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“ In a gold mine, for Instance.” —
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Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Furnishers 2
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GROCERIES
W e have a complete line of Groceries and Vegetables
FEED
Process Rolled Barley, per sack
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$1.20
Shorts per sack
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1.35
Bran per sack
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.80c
Wheat per bushel
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$1.15
W O O D --Be sure and see me before buying your
your winter’s supply.
EGGS— I can pay cash for eggs within 1 cent per
dozen o f trade price.
ROY E. SHORT, Cor. Seventh & Washington
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