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COTTAGE GROVE LEADER adopt the cast-iron rule of voting against every man they do not P u b lis h e d W e d n e s d a y s a n d S a tu r d a y s know to be perfectly honest, and every measure they do not One year, _.......................... .$1.50 thoroughly understand. Six months,................. ............. 75 “ I wish,” said Dad Gummit, Advertising rates on Application “ that President Wilson were a J . U. Q U IL L E N , E d ito r a n d M a n a g e r hypnotist, with ability to impress E n tered as second-class m a tte r Jan u ary his optimism on all the people. 25, 1913, a t th e p ost office a t C ottage I believe the president meant O rove, O regon, u n d e r th e A ct of M arch what he said to that bunch of 3, 187». Virginia newspaper men at the W ednesday , J uly 1, 1914 White House last Thursday, and I believe he convinced them that; N otice to th e P u b lic ‘There will be a boom of business A ll n o tic e s o f e n te rta in m e n ts lw h e re a d m issio n in this country such as we have is c h a rg e d o r u h e re th e re is a m o n ey c o n sid e r a tio n ; a ll c a rd s o f tlia tn k s a n d re so lu tio n s of never witnessed in the United c o n d o le n c e w ill 1 e ch arg ed for a t th e re g u la r States,’ but will all the people, a d v e rtis in g ra te —S c e n ts p e r lin e. who have not come in contact with the President, be convinced —do many of them want to be convinced?” T h e p a p e r th a t give» y o u w h a t y o u w a n t to read COUNCIL PASSES LAW FOR GAS VEHICLES N u l Keep te R ig h t of S tre e t, M ust T u rn a t S tre e t In te rse c tio n s , a n d M achines N ot Be L eft S tan d in g on M ain S tre e t The city council met in ad journed session Monday night, and after routine business, pro ceeded to pass Ordinance No. 407, vacating that portion of Washington Avenue between 10th street and the S. P. It. R. The bid of Ambrose-Birdsall for the improvement of East 10th street, from Main to Monroe, was accepted. The recorder was instructed to draw a warrant on the library fund in favor of the library board, for $232.99. Ordinance No. 405, regulating motor vehicles on the streets of Cottage Grove, was placed on its second and third reading and passed. This ordinance provides that all motor vehicles must use muf flers; must keep to the right side of the street; that in turning to the right vehicles must keep close to the right curb, but in turning to the left the vehicle must run beyond the center of the street before turning; no vehicle shall run at a greater speed than 15 miles per hour; no motor vehicle shall be operated by a person un der sixteen years of age; no ma chine shall be left standing with any part of its machinery run ning; all machines must be pro vided with brakes, lights, horn or bell; no motor vehicle shall turn on Main street between the S. P. railroad track and Fifth street, except at street intersec tions; no vehicle shall be allowed to stand for more than thirty minutes on Main street, between the S. P. railroad and the Coast Fork bridge; one vehicle passing another going in the same direc tion must keep to the left, giving one blast of horn or stroke of bell as a signal. The city engineer was instruct ed to make a survey and plat of street to connect Columbia Court and East Main street. The recorder was instructed to draw a warrant in favor of Dr. Scaif, medical expert in the Stev ens case. The marshal was instructed to call on property owners delin quent on street assessments for payment, and report at next meeting. Council then adjourned. Tuesday’s Portland Telegram contained a cartoon showing the attitude of some politicians of the state toward the primary elec tion law. The picture showed the bone of contention, “Conven tion Rule,” buried beneath about eight feet of good, black Oregon soil, and a stump-tailed dog, la beled “ Mossback,” scratching PROGRESS away for dear life, trying to dig If we are to progress, it is not it up—a feat he didn’t seem like enough that we do not forget any ly to accomplish. old thing today, but that we learn something new. A F E W L IT T L E T H IN G S YOU If man is to advance in charac MAY H A V E O V ERLO O K ED ter and uprightness of life, it is imperative, not only that he does T. B. Breck of Vineland, N. J. not do any evil today, but that he will establish a grape juice fac shall do some good. tory in Oregon. If, as a nation or a people, we are to reach a higher plane, we The Oregon Industry League must not only not take a back has been formed to boost Oregon ward step, but we must forever factories and institutions. The Workingmens Compensa go forward. tion Commission has appointed a Are we doing this, and if we chief medical expert and bought are not, is our failure due to error a skeleton for its main medical of judgment or lack of purpose? office. We, as a people, are continu Portland business men will sub ally trying experiments in affairs of government—which proves we mit a bill to amend the constitu do not lack injpurpose—but are tion to make Single Tax impossi ble in Oregon. we making progress? “The proof of the pudding is in Construction of bridges by the the eating,’’ and the proof of the Southern Pacific over Coos Bay, wisdom of our reform efforts is and across Umpqua and Siuslaw to be found in the results that rivers will begin July 1st. follow. Salmon Mountain Mining Co., Many states have adopted the Curry County, has uncovered a primary election law for choosing ledge that assays as high as public servants, and now, after $30,000 per ton. the system has been thoroughly Another tax commission is to tried, the question that must be be created to revise the Oregon answered is: Are we any better taxation system after studying served, do we put better men in the tax laws of all countries. to office; are our affairs more ef The State Mining Bureau is to ficiently or more honestly looked after; and have we saved any investigate the Lake county salt money by the change? Every beds. voter should take these problems Oregon Manufacturers Associa home with him and ponder them, tion will ask for a law to give and base his future actions on home industries a five percent preferential in public bids. the conclusions he forms. H is R ole. Several states are trying the Within the last week 7 carloads M a g istra te —I u n d e rsta n d th n t yon initiative, and now, after an hon of Oregon wool were shipper o v erh en rd th e qim rrel b etw een th e d e est test, what is the feeling of from Ladras to Boston. The ship fo n d an t e n d his w ife? W itn e ss—Yes. M ag istra te — T ell me. If yon ean. the people regarding the laws ment aggregated 290,000 pounds sir. w hat he eeetned to he doing. W itness made in this manner? Are they and was sold at prices somewhat - H e seem ed to be doing th e listening: any better than the old laws in advance of those of last year. -E x c h a n g e . passed in the old way; have any The Crescent Manufacturing burdens been lifted from the Co. of Seattle is contesting the shoulders of the people; have the validity of the Oregon Pure Foot people as a whole demonstrated law against which many hotels an ability to do this work more and business men are protesting. satisfactorily than it was former The law is taken into the Federa ly done by men chosen and paid courts. for performing this service? As The East Oregon Lumber Co. a corrective measure, has the will build a 120,000 mill at Enter referendum been the success that prise. it was expected to be? A colony of Italians who will Are we really making progress? establish a Roman cheese indus If not, we are surely going back try, is slated for Coos county. ward, for there is no such thing Eugene is figuring on a box in nature or national life, as abso factory and an egg crate factory lute rest. as possibilities of the near future. It is not enough that we try new methods. We must watch The town of Brooks shipped a the workings of every new ma car load of logan berries a day chine, and when we prove, by last week. actual test, that it is not suited to our needs, it should be thrown Mount E tn a Gives lea aa W all aa Fir*. into the scrap heap. Only by so Mount E tn a m u In» kin d an well a s c ru el. F or h a lf th e y e a r th e g re a t m o u n tain doing can we make advancement la covered w ith anow. and supplies of The law books of Oregon and coolneas a re d ra w n from th is so u rce In sum m er by th e h alf baked In h a b ita n ts almost every other state are clut of th e plalna below. A cu rio u s d is tered from front gate to back covery a risin g o u t o f th e e x tre m a b e a t liars with dead and decaying o f 1828 w as m ade In th a t year. A legislative enactments that ought search being m ade on th e slopes o f th o m ountain fo r an ad d itio n al aupply o f to be raked together and burned anow. It w as found th a t a h u g e Held in one big “ repeal" bonfire. of Ice had been b lan k eted by la v s In And then, if this state is to som e rem o te ag e an d th u s p rev en ted from m elting. I t w as su g g ested by an climb out of the quagmire of em inent geologist o f th e tim e th a t th e “ misfit laws” , and make real ad Ice had been form ed from s maaa o f We are patristic honnies. vancement, the people must d rift arrow, a fte rw a rd covered by an Of ear cMitry grand we brag. ous th ick n ess o f la v a , th e b a st undertake to do a whole lot of in o enorm f which w as kept from th e arrow try TbMgh we carnal fight her battles. dividual, bay-horse thinking, and an In terv en in g lay e r o f volcaafc We m atffl tornii her flag! THE PATRIOTIC BUNNIES I FORTY-TWO PIECE DINNER SETS GIVEN A W A Y A handsome Sterling China Dinner Set, Worth $12.00, Given Free Every Week for 26 Weeks and a Complete ioo=Piece Sterling China Dinner Set Worth $30, Given Free the twenty=seventh week. With each purchase of twenty-five cents at our store we will issue a numbered coupon. Save them all. They are valuable. Drawings to Be Thursday at 3:00 p. m. To the person holding the coupon bearing the number corresponding or nearest to, the number which is under the Seal on laarge Display Card in our store, we_will present abso lutely free, each Thursday at the hour specified, one of these beautiful sets. We will continue giving one of these sets each week for twenty-six weeks, and on Thurs day of the twenty-seventh week, we will present absolutely free to the person holding the corresponding or nearest number to the one under the gold seal on display card in our store, a Beautiful Complete Dinner Set, consisting of one hundred pieces. It will be necessary for you to be in our store each Thursday at the hour mentioned, with your coupons, in order to secure these beautiful dinner sets. If you are not fortunate enough to secure one of these sets the first week, hold your coupons and bring them each Thursday at the time stated, as they are good during the entire twenty-seven weeks. REMEMBER-One coupon with every 25 cent purchase The giving of these sets will not affect the prices in any of our departments, but are given absolutely free, to increase our business and encourage cash sales. Make your money count. Coupons will be given on credit purchases when bills are paid. Call and See These Beautiful Sets Now on Display at Our Store ® l BRUND COMPANY GROCERS Cottage Grove, Oregon •v m LEADER TO BE GIVEN OVER TO CHURCH have bought the Peoples ES AND SO Meat We Market business formerly con CIETIES ducted by David Gover, located The Leader of Saturday, near the Main Street bridge, and August 1, will he edited and respefully ask for your patronage. conducted Ly the ladies of We will carry a full line of the the Christian church, and at Best Fresh and Cured Meats that least once a month there can be found in the markets, and after the paper will be con we promise you prompt and satis ducted by some church, Respectfully, lodge, society or club, the factory service. ANNOUNCEMENT proceeds to go to the organ ization controlling t h a t number. CULVER BROTHERS 3 Something New j The Day of Moss Covered Ads. Is Done. By MOSS. il. M E It - C II A N T , you nre NOT an ad v e rtisin g ex- |>ert. YO UU busi ness is to sell coal, or dry goods, or h ard w are, or real esta te , or drugs, or w h at n o t You know u c v to do T H A T rig h t dow n to the ground. T h e re 's not th e SH A D O W O F A D OU HT th n t th e nds. In som e new sim pers lose 10 to 50 per cen t of th e ir R E A L P U L L IN G V A LU E th ro u g h th e deplorable lack of P R O P E R D ISPLA Y e ith e r In type o r Illu stratio n or p ersu asiv e w onllng. T h e re 's not th e shadow O F A DOUUT ei th e r th n t th is is largely d ue to th e fa c t th a t the ndverU ser Is TOO BUSY to ntnp out his nds. P R O P E R L Y o r else Is IN K S - P K R IE N « K D > T h is pn|>er Is ready a t A LL T IM E S to a ss ist o u r a d v ertise rs to Im prove th e nppenrance of th e ir ads. We hav e lieen o f g re s t help In th n t resp ect to m any, n u t thin Is ad d ressed principally to th e m erch an t w ho know s he O U G H T TO A D V E R T IS E , hot feels he c a n 't do It R IG H T . To such we w ill gladly fu rn ish sug g estions ns to sty le a n d texL or, b e tte r still, w e w ill provide sn a p py. ex clu siv e Illustrate«! a d v e r tisin g c u ts, cleverly w orded, a t sm all cost. Saves you tim e, w or ry an d bother. ACT ON T H IS R IG H T O F F I M M After a few clays shutdown, we are better prepared than ever before to serve our customers. A new oven built to perfection means to us what a new range means to the housewife-good bread, baked to perfection. We have it. Every time you ask your grocer for a loaf of bread wrapped in Pennant wrappers, you help build up a home institution, that we will guaran- tee you to be right all the time. J S 5 ■ • ! it J £S £5 S £ 5» £ J £ i ----- 1 We --------------------------- ---- i jj like tho like the people, want to stay. stay. TH E Show us your heart’s right and we w ill- -. ' s a CITY % « V .» m v.«w.tw.F*.w.Fr.Fr.Fr.wr. BAKERY All L ight. "W h a t Is light ?" q u eried th e te a c h e r of th e Juvenile class. “ Nearly e v ery th in g w e buy from o u r I grocer. |mpa say s." replied th e sm all Imy a t th e foot.—C hicago News. All D epends. "Should a m a a really go dow n on hl« knees liefere a w om an th ese days?" " I t nil depends. Seem s to be const«! r a i l th e « sirred th in g In shoe sto re clr d e s ." —K a n sa s C ity Jo u rn al. O ns « ' the H ero Class. “T h e re goes n m an w ho has done m uch for th e A m erles a a .a m a " "H»wr " H e nev«*r w rote a p in y ."—P en n sy l vania P unch Bowl. Reason sh< ws us o«ir d o ty . 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