COTTAGE GROVE LEADER
T h e p a p e r th a t aive» y o u w h a t y o u w a n t to read
P u b lish ed W e d n e sd a y s and S atu rd ays
A FEW LITTLE THINGS YOU
MAY HAVE OVEHLOOKED
DECORATION DAY DULY
ODSERVED IN THIS CITY
a level and sla ts should fit th e foot.
T his m akes place fo r dropping boards
w hich a re easily cleaned an d save the
valuable droppings.
T here w as a tim e w hen a fancier
seldom could g et an a d ju stm e n t from
an ex p ress com pany fo r fow ls lost,
killed o r in ju red d u rin g shipm ent. T h at
day Is over. T h e U nited S tates su
prem e co u rt recently ruled th a t such
com panies a re liable fo r birds In ship
m ent to th e amoTiut specified as th eir
value by sh ip p e r a t points of ship
m ent
T h e w hites o f eggs a re not only an
an tid o te fo r c e rta in poisons, b u t ofteu
save persons from choking to death.
T he slipi»ery alb u m en poured dow n
th e victim ’s th r o a t m akes th e obstacle
slip quickly Into the stom ach.
For
horses a n d c a ttle th e w h ites should ho
placed In a w ide m outhed bottle, the
head th ro w n back a n d co n te n ts em p
tied into th ro a t or nostril.
T he law now dem ands th a t cra te s
fo r live poultry m ust be th irte e n Inch
es high an d covered on th e top by
mesh not to exceed one inch in size.
Fow ls w ith crushed heads and legs
a re n early a lw ay s found In shipm ents
by th e old sty le sla t c ra te m ethod and
cra te s w ith larg e m esh, but th e ex
press com panies In th is vicinity now
refuse birds c ra te d In such slipshod
style.
T en y ears ago govern m en t ex p erts
declared th e A m erican hen ’s average
w as forty-one eggs p er year. T he egg
crop th e n w as 1.293.til!2.433 dozen.
T hey have now revised th e ir figures,
m aking th e a v erag e sixty-one eggs
Iter y ear, th e crop now being 1,591,311.-
371 dozen. As no census has y et been
m ade th a t included all the p o ultry in
th is co u n try a n d no special e n u m era
tion of hens has yet been m ade, how
do th ese e x p e rts get th e ir conclusion?
I t’s a s a fe b e t th a t they counted In th e
roosters.
T h e Ohio S ta te u n iv ersity Is raising
pure bred ro o sters an d selling them to
fa rm e rs a t 50 cen ts apiece. T his Is
certa in ly a p ractical w ay to build up
th e flocks, n n d m any a fa rm e r outside
Ohio w ould be glad to see his own
s ta te ex p e rim e n t farm follow th e sam e
plan.
lie n s m ust hav e a ce rta in am o u n t of
roughage to b alan c e up th e ir grain ra
tion. nnd if it is n 't supplied th ey will
fill up w ith s tra w or hay to supply th e
deficiency. C lover and a lfa lfa cut in
sh o rt lengths, cabbage, sp ro u ted oats,
mange! b eets fill th e bill.
Twent.v-flve th o u san d pounds of tu r
keys In a hunch, w o rth $7,500. w ere
condem ned by P hiladelphia m eat in
spectors and w ere se n t to a fertilizer
p lan t an d d estroyed. T h ese dressed
birds w ere spoiled in tra n s it by th e
w arm w e a th e r a t T h an k sg iv in g time.
T he w e a th e r Is certa in ly a facto r and
m ust be ta k e n into acco u n t by the
sh ip p er of p erish ab le goods.
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We Can Give You
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A BARGAIN
Two thousand acres of com has
One year,_______________ $1.50 been planted this season in the vi
is
Six months,_____________ .75 cinity of Ontario, Eastern Oregon,
At an early hour Saturday peo
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Advertising rates on Application and forty corn cultivators were ple began to assemble at the
on
Farm
Machinery,
Bug
;
J. D. QUILLEN, E d itor and M anager sold last week by Ontarion mer cemetery west of town, until,
when the procession arrived,
chants.
E n tere d as second-oiass m a tte r Ja n u a ry
Hacks, W aggons
The Sunday Oregonian says shortly after ten o’clock, the
25, 1913, a t th e p o st office a t C ottage
G rove, O regon, u n d e r th e A ct of M arch there is evidence of a big increase grounds were crowded.
3, 1879.
in the population of Lane county.
The regular G. A. R. ritualistic
or Anything Else in the
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services were carried out, closing
Men
who
are
watchin&the
real
W ednesday , J une 3, 1914
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ty market of the state say that, with a salute by the firing squad
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investors are turning their eyes from the military company, and
N otice to the Public
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All notice« o f e n te rta in m e n t« !w h e re a d m issio n toward Oregon as a good field to taps.
REES-WALLACE
CO.
J.
F.
SPRAY.
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is c h a rg e d o r w h e re th e re is a m o ney c o n sid e r
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enter, and one of the strong fea At 2:00 p. m., the Methodist
a tio n ; a ll c a rd s o f th a tn k s a n d re s o lu tio n s of
c o n d o le n ce w ill lie c h a rg e d fo r a t th e re g u la r tures of the recent purchases is church was crowded to listen to
a d v e rtis in g rate—S c e n ts p e r lin e.
that the buyers are former resi the Decoration Day address by
Street Vacation Notice
dents of other states and are buy Rev. H. N. Aldrich, and a very
N
otice
is hereby given th a t a t a re g
SUPPOSING A CASE
ing property for homes. The beautiful musical program.
u lar m eeting of the Com m on l ouncil of
High grade Family Groceries
th e C ity of C ottage Grove, to he held
Following this service the me
Suppose, Mr. Business man, sales of the past week have been
of the Best Brands, pure, fresh
o n 'th e 1st day of Ju n e, 1914, a petition
and wholesome. Cranberries,
that a customer from out of town large, and there is a continued morial to the “ Unknown Dead”
will tie presented by th e O regon Pacific
nuts and fruits.
& E a ste rn Railway C om pany for the
should come into your store and small increase from week to week. of the navy was held just north
vacation of th a t p o rtion of W ashington
Something Different
of
the
M.
E.
church,
flowers
be
offer to buy up a lot of goods that
A venue w hich lies lietvveen th e west
The yield of wheat from Wash
line
of
T
en
th
S
treet
and
the
rig
h
t
of
ing
strewn
on
the
bosom
of
the
local people would not bny. ington, Oregon and Idaho this
way of the O regon & C alifornia Hail-
Would you stop to ask who he season promises to be not less Willamette river.
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road com pany, in said city.
Dated this 30tli day o ftA p ril, 1914.
COTTAGE GROVE
The services from first to last
was, where he came from, or than 82,500,000 bushels. Oats
OKKOON P A C IF IC & E A S T E R N S
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what he wanted to do with the and barley prospects in the three were impressive and entertaining
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goods, or would you close the states are up to the 100 per cent and rounded out a day of devo
d u ctin g an a ftern o o n ten.”
deal before he could get his mouth mark, and the yield will be some tion to the memory of our hero
Right H ere at Y ou r H om e
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A t th e n e x t m eeting of th e clnss one *
dead that should be a lesson to
shut?
You’d do the latter, thing enormous.
S
urgical
C
ases
E
sp
ecial
A
tten
tio
n
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of th e girls w as tw e n ty m in u tes late.
the rising generation, soon to
wouldn’t you, and you would
P
ro
fe
sso
r
C
opeland
w
aited
until
she
Portland mills shipped out 50
take from the aged hands of the
never think of the consequences
hnd tra v e rse d th e room an d found her * X - R A Y LABARATORYj*
million feet of lumber during the
se at.
T hen he rem ark ed bitlngly. %
to the purchaser or anybody else.
G. A. R. veterans the sacred duty
.• F o r F u rth e r P a rtic u lars A d d re ss .«
month of May.
“H ow will you hav e y o u r tea. Miss
Now here’s the other side:
of keeping these things in re
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row
n
?”
Hoosiers are not going to lose membrance.
The Leader has at least 100 in
"W ith o u t th e lemon, please.” Miss
any
of their literary reputation
Dr. H. C. Schleef £
B row n a n sw e re d g en tly .—L ipplncott’s.
ches of advertising space in each
at
the
Panama-Pacific
Interna
issue that it ought to sell to local
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A D ear Dog.
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merchants (there is not another tional Exposition. In the pavil
F re d K elly w as n e g o tia tin g w ith a
town in the state of Oregon or ion for which ground was broken
s tre e t d enier fo r an A iredale pup.
“ H ow m uch?” ask ed K elly.
Washington, the size of this one, by Lieutenant Governor William
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"T h re e d o llars."
P.
O’Neill
on
April
29
will
be
a
where it would not sell) and now
“
W
ell.
I'll
lie
along
th
is
aftern
o
o
n
The Pollow Amusement Com
SLJ I T C A S K S
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comes an outside purchaser, who library of 15,000 volumes and
agnln. an d 1 m ay buy him .”
“ B etto r ta k e him now . H e 'll proba
wants a lot of space at regular every volume is to be the work pany opened their attractions in
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TRUNKS
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bly be $5 by th e n .”
rates. Would you sell this space, of an Indiana author. Mrs. T. C. the south part of town Tuesday
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"W h y th e raise?”
Mr. Merchant? Would you in McReynolds of Kokomo, Indiana, evening under the auspices of the
“O h,” said th e dealer, “pro b ab ly I ’ll 3j The House Furnishers j*
becom e a tta c h e d to him by th a t tim e.”
quire whether or not it would be had the distinction of raising the Cottage Grove Volunteer Fire De
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best for the community to sell it Indiana flag on the grounds, partment, and a casual inspection
work
on
the
building
has
begun.
indicates that the features of
to the people who want to buy it?
Each
of
the
eight
Willamette
their
combination are of the bet
Now a newspaper is no more
Valley
counties
included
in
the
ter
class.
the guardian of the town’s good
name and of the morals of the Willamette Valley Exposition As The big merry-go-round is cov
town’s boys and girls than you sociation, will specialize in some ered with a tent 6Cx90 feet, al
are, but just the same the aver particular phase of the exhibit. lowing ample protection for the
We have a complete line of Groceries and Vegetables
age newspaper man much prefers Clackamas and Washington coun crowd from wind or sun. The
not to lay a snare for their feet, ties will feature processing fruits big Ferris wheel, 65 feet in diam
F E E D
even if he has to refuse business, and vegetables; Polk County, eter, is one of the main features
Process Rolled Barley, per sack
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$1.20
that he is justified by the lack of wool and mohair; Benton County, and the other attractions seem to •Sls> . ^A d T\^3* d ^ t v v a .
Shorts
per
sack
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minerals;
Lane
County,
timber
be on an equally meritorious scale
patronage on the part of local
Bran
per
sack
.
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.<SOc
products;
Linn
County,
fresh
business men, in taking.
You A re C ausa and Effect.
MARY’S SECRET.
Wheat per bushel
.
.
.
$1.1 a
fruits and vegetables; Marion
You n re th e efTeet o f a cause.
" M a r y , M a r y , lo v e ly M a r y ,
W OOD--Be sure and see me before buying your
h a t m a k e s y o u r p o u ltry g ro w ?
You n re y o u rself th a t cause.
It is estimated that more than County, hops and canned and Y W
o
u
h
a
v
e
a
d
a
n
d
y
s
e
c
r
e
t
dried
fruits
and
vegetables.
It
You
a
re
an
acm
e
of
tilings
nccom
your winter’s supply.
20,(KM) people migrated from the
T h u t I s h o u ld lik e to k n o w .
plished an d a n encloser of th in g s to be
T h e y g r o w J u s t tw ic e a s f a s t a s m in e,
is
planned
that
while
each
county
EGGS--I
can pay cash for eggs within 1 cent per
state of New York to Canada last
W h at you w ere y esterd ay , plus your
A n d , m y , t h e y d o lo o k s lic k !
will
specialize
along
these
lines,
dozen
of trade price.
C o m e n o w a n d te ll a fe llo w
efforts, is th e c a u se of w h at you u re to
year. Even the state of Wash
Y o u r d a n d y f e e d in g tr ic k .
no
county
will
be
barred
from
day.
A
nd
it
d
epends
upon
yourself
ROY
E.
SHORT,
Cor. S even th & W ash in gton
ington lost some 12,000 people
w h eth er you w ill tr e a t y o u r present
" M a ry , M ary , d a rlin g M ary ,
contributing
g
o
o
d
samples
in
who had decided there were bet
W h a t m a k e s y o u r h e n s la y s o ?
se lf as a m ere effect, re stin g in th a t
Y ou h a v e a c a r d u p y o u r s h o r t s le e v e .
consciousness, o r ns a cau se to be QB
ter things for them across the other lines if they wish.
A 1
C o m e , l e t a fe llo w k n o w .
w orked fo r n n d w ith, to th e end th a t A
boundary line. There must be Seventy-one accidents in the Y o u 'r e m a k i n g m o n e y b y t h e to n ;
y o u r fu tu re se lf be g re a te r a n d more
M y c h ic k e n s d o n o t p a y .
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something radically wrong with industrial establishments of the C o m e , le t m e h a v e t h e s e c r e t.
pow erful fo r good th a n it Is now or has
state
were
reported
to
the
labor
D
o
te
ll
m
e
r
i
g
h
t
a
w
a
y
.
e v e r been In th e pust.
our system somewhere, when so
It Is up to th e m an. And no am ount
many thousand people each year commissioner last week, none of " Y o u 'll te ll m e o n o u r w e d d in g d a y
A nd n o t a d a y b e fo re ?
o f so p h istry can absolve him from th e
them
being
fatal.
are renouncing their citizenship
Y o u 'll te ll m e w h e n th e k n o t is tie d
obligation to choose th e h ig h est each
Lumber shipments to San Fran A T ll h r a i g t h b t , in o d ld s u g s ir l, e v g e r e m t o r e r e a ? d y , th e n .
nnd every day , choose to do Ills best
and locating on the bleak prairies
u n d er all co n d itio n s.—E lizab eth T ow ne
W e ’ll g e t s p lic e d d o u b le q u ic k .
of Alberta, Saskatchewan and cisco from west coast harbors ag
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I 'm a n x i o u s t o m a k e y o u m y b r id e
in N autilus.
A
gregated
23,850,000
for
the
first
Manitoba. The story might be
A n d l e a r n y o u r p o u ltr y t r i c k . ''
it
T H E W H I P OF Q U A L I T Y ”
two
weeks
of
May.
Coos
Bay
told in the matter of taxes, but
No Sourness.
1 m a rrie d M ary rig h t a w ay .
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I t h e n a s k e d h e r to te ll
A
ssista
n
t
P
ro
fesso
r
C
h
arles
T.
Cope
sent
5,170,000
feet.
is
there must be other reasons. At
H o w s h e g r e w c h ic k e n s d o u b le q u ic k
land h ad rep ro v ed his s tu d e n ts fo r
A n d m a d e lie n s la y no w ell.
FOR SALE UY
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any rate, millions of fertile and
The State Grange condemned
com ing lute to class. “T h is Is a class
S h e w ig g le d a n d s h e g ig g le d
undeveloped acres of Western the proposed eight hour law as
in E n g lish com position,” he rem arked, A
A s I k is s e d h e r r o s y c h e e k
s re a d
nnd ad d ed w ith sarcasm , “ I’m n o t con- A ’ .á ,.4 5 a ,. « ’ . * ’ .a ,. » V * ,.4 ’ .4 ’ .á V 4 5 » W ^ V á ’ .á V < ’ . « ’ .á ’ .« V a ’ .a ’ . * ’ .4 ’ .4
and Southern soil are “ passed up” dangerous for the farmers and A n T d h e s a 'P id o , u " l M t r y y d N e o a te r , s ' I e a a l w c h a y week."
C.
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by home seekers who cease to be fruit growers of Oregon.
American citizens for a slice of The Eugene creamery has been
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wheat land on the other side of sold to the farmers’ creamery as W h W en HAT’S
ev er we se e n bunch o f chlckz
the line.
sociation, and they propose to th a t q u estio n a rise s. W h a t’s back of i
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double the capacity of the plant th em ? F o r a n c e stry w ith th em is a
“ I’ve always been suspicious,”
m a tte r o f s tre n g th o r w eakness, profit !
The Workingmen’s Compensa o r loss, life o r dentil, an d it settles
said Dad Gummitt the other day,
e th e r th ey fulfill th e p u rpose for
“of anything that is offered too tion a c t which strips employers w w h hich
th e y w e re b ro u g h t luto the
cheap. In all my eighty odd who refuse to come under its op world.
Y
years of life I have known but erations of all defences, goes in If p a re n t stock h as vigor, "L ik e be
g ets like.” If p u re bred, progeny com es
very few things given away that to effect July 1st.
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e sam e. If a n c e stry Is fine for m a r
Lumber and creosote firms are th
didn’t have strings tied to them,
Cottage Grove, Oregon
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k et m e a t o r prolific In eggs, we expect
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and so I have got into the habit planning to put down wood block th e se q u a litie s In th e young. If chick
UNDER AUSPICES OF
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of looking even a ‘gift horse in on the Linnton road out of Port ens a re hutch ed fo r broilers, ro asters
o r lay e rs an d h e a lth y b reed s proven
the mouth’. Philanthropists are land.
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bonton fo r su ch n re used, w e expect
Labor unions are picketing the th e ch ick s to tie In line w ith th e ir nu
few and far between and when
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you find a man offering something Home Telephone Company be ceatry.
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for nothing, you set it down as a cause a man and a woman have "W h a tso e v e r a m an so w eth . th a t
shall he also re a p ."
fact that can’t be successfully been employed who are not mem "D o m en g a th e r g ra p e s of th o rn s or
contradicted, that there is a graft bers of the union, and the com figs o f th istle s? ”
Five Big Days and Nights
pany replies that ninety per cent T h is Is old d o ctrin e, b u t It applies to
somewhere in his game.”
BEGINNING
odern p o u ltry c u ltu re ns It did to the
of its business comes from citi m
hen an d h e r p ro d u c t o v er 3.000 y ears
A big home-grown, corn fed zens who do not belong to unions. ago.
girl may not be able to tango as
T h is ra tse s th e q u estio n . W h at kind
Some of the people of Oregon o f b reed ers will hack o u r ch icks this
gracefully as her slender, hot
n ? On th e ir q u a lity d ep en d s our
house sister, but she is there with are beginning to wake up to the seaso
success o r failu re.
importance
of
the
problem
in
the
the bells on when it comes to do
W e haTe fre q u e n tly been called on
ing the “ kitchen scrub” and the matter of foreign immigration aa s ta te e x p e rt to give a reason for
fa ilu re s In th e p o u ltry b u sin ess here
“ dust rag dip” and the "broom that the opening of the Panama an
d th e re In P en n sy lv a n ia . An Investl
canal
will
present
to
this
people.
stick balance” and the “ cook
g atlon h as In alm o st ev ery case show n
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H.
H.
Wheaton,
U.
S.
Immigra
stove canter.” And to tell the
poor fo u n d atio n stock.
truth fellow, we like the last tion Colaborator, of Washington, Yea. a poor fo u n d a tio n spoils ru in In
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every d e p a rtm e n t o f life.
named capers a lot better than D. C., is doing what he can to
the first any way.—Pickens Coun hasten the awakening. Every FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
working man and every business
ty Progress.
that roost high not only are
man should be studying this mat a p Fowla
t to get bumble foot from Jumping
Make Cottage Grove Bigger, ter, as it means much to every down, but th e b u t bad air that rises to
flusier and Better,
U m roof. Roosts should be low, oil on
one of them.
CARNIVAL UNUSUALLY
CLEAN AGGREGATION
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KINTER BROS, t;
GROCERIES
t; The Great Carabao Whip
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2 3c, 50c, 75c; $1.00
$1.25, $1.50, $2.00
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City Fire Department
JUNE 2, 3 , 4, 5 and 6
Som ething Doing All the Time
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