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of O. Librar/ I A Local Paper Fit For Any Home COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9, 1915 ___________________________________ _____________________ c---------------------------------------- VOL. 3 POWDER HOUSE BUROEARIZEO Two Heavy Brass Progressive, Newsy, Independent. Padlocks Were Broken and Several Boxes of Dynamite Stolen Some unknown party or par ties broke the two strong pad locks from the door of the pow der magazine or house, located one-half mile northwest of Cot tage Grove behind reservoir hill, an effected an entrance some time between Thursday evening and Monday morning. A large quantity of dynamite and giant powder is kept stored in this powder house by Watt-Shipp & Co., of Salem, from which it is distributed to points as far south as Roseburg and north to Eu gene. It is known that several boxes of dynamite were stolen by the parties who effected en trance to the magazine, but the exact number will not be known until an invoice of the contents o f the magazine is received from the Salem powder firm. It is evident that the padlocks were broken by use of octagon crow bars, as the marks of the octagon bars are plainly visible on the bent, twisted and broken brass locks. There is considerable specula tion* as to what use is to be made of the dynamite stolen, some of fering the suggestion that it is the work of emissaries of some of the warring European na tions, or, the Fourth of July be ing near at hand it may be some one is preparing for an old-fash ioned celebration in vogue before the “ safe and sane” agitation became prevalent. It might be possible that some of the coast “ safe crackers” were seeking to replenish their stock of explo sives; at any rate, it’s to be hoped that the big fireworks will not be touched off hereabouts. I. O. O. F. Memorial Service. The annual Memorial services of the Odd Fellows and Re- bekahs were conducted by the local orders at the I. 0. O. F. cemetery at this place Sunday af ternoon. In the evening the members o f these orders assemb led in a body at the M. E. church and listened to an appropriate and able memorial sermon which was delivered by Rev. H. N. Al drich, special music being fur nished, including a vocal solo by Mrs. Leon Des Larzes, male quartet by Bert Richmond, Rev. H. N. Aldrich, S. L. Mackin and C. E. Umphrey, and an anthem by the choir. There was a large attendance. W ork on Coast Road Commenced. The Lane county court let the contract for the construction of Lane county’s share of the Cape Perpetua wagon road to Ole So- liem for $1500. The work is re quired by contract to begin within fifteen days, but Mr. Soliem al ready has his material on the ground and is beginning work Dr. Kime Moves Office. Dr. A. W. Kime has moved his office from the Wynne building, which he has occupied for several years, into the Phillips building over Benson’s drug store, where he will occupy a fine suite of rooms. Tyiag Our Possessions Together Will Advertise Local Chautauqua. Members of the Cottage Grove Commercial Club and citizens of this city have organized an auto mobile excursion to Eugene for Thursday, June 10, the purpose being to advertise Cottage Grove’s forthcoming Chautauqua for June 13-19. The Ellison-White Chautauqua Bureau has assigned an unusually strong list of attrac tions for Cottage Grove and local citizens are endeavoring to make the patronage and attendance merit this recognition of the city on the part of the Chautauqua people. It is expected that fully 20 automobiles will join in this big parade, each of which will bear Chautauqua pennants and appropriate advertising banners and all of the principal streets at Eugene will be paraded. A brief stop will also be made at Cres- well. Senator Burkett o f Nebraska Leona Saw Mills to Resume Work. Roseburg, Ore., June 4.—The management of the Leona Mills Company, which has its head quarters in Northern Douglas county, today announced that the company’s plant would re sume operations with'in the next 60 days. New boilers and other machinery are being installed and the capacity of the mill will be increased to 100,000 feet of finished lumber daily. The company also intends to extend its logging railroad into the timber as well as make other expensive improvements about its property. It is understood that 150 men will be given em ployment as soon as the mill and logging camps resume opera tions. Pass Creek Canyon Road Repaired. In order that the road through Pass Creek Canyon in northern Douglas and a short distance south of Cottage Grove may be made passable at the earliest pos sible moment, Judge Marsters went to Comstock Friday from Roseburg and employed 100 men and put them to work on the road. The Pass Creek road is to be made passable for automobile tourists within the next three or four days. Wildwood and Star News. Mrs. Simmons has been quite sick but is somewhat better now. Dr. Frost, of Cottagi Grove, at tended her. Fred and Leonard Sturdevant ¡eft last Friday for the Long Placer mines over on Steamboat river to work for the summer. Mrs. Philo Hawley just return ed home from Molalla where she had been visiting home folks for the past month. Wm. Sturdevant’s house caught fire twice last Saturday, but was discovered and put out before it had made much headway. It caught from sparks from the chimney. Miss Pearl Whiteley returned home Saturday after a week’s visit at Cottage Grove and Sagi naw. Ralph Hawley and Ellsworth Damewood left last Friday with a load of freight for the Long Placer mines. They will return Wednesday or Thursday. • Earl McGiness, of Portland, surprised his uncle, Wm. Sturde vant, and family Saturday by dropping in on them for a few days’ visit. There was a party at A1 Whit man’s last Tuesday evening. The evening was pleasantly spent in music and games. The hostess served candy. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Baily, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Whit man, the Misses Crystal Reed, Esther Coon, Eva Sturdevant and Amanda Whitman and Messrs. Ellsworth Damewood, Fred Leon ard, Theodore Sturdevant and Leonard Whitman. Wade Leroy is visiting at the Chris Reed home. Wm. Sturdevant moved Mr. Quail and mother to Cottage Grove Monday. They, are on their way to Roseburg. While fishing in the-Coast Fork river a few miles south of Cot tage Grove Thursday Raymond Veatch came upon a fine 5-point buck deer. He was within 50 feet of the deer when he called to it,, and it faced about quickly, looked at him and then leisurely waded across the river and dis appeared in the woods on the op P. A. MaGeehas the lumber on posite bank. It would have been an easy mark for a hunter, had the ground for a new modem the season been open for deer bungalo on his little farm two miles west of this city. hunting. P h oto <S by H arri« & Uwing. S ENATOR BURKETT is oue o f the great "young” men of the na tiou. He has been a member of the state legislature, was elected to the bouse of representatives at Washington four times and has served six years as United States senator. He has ailed many notable Chautauqua engagements and Is now regarded as the foremost lecturer among American orators. 111s coming lecture at the local Chautauqua will be one o f the great treats of the week. A big step has been taken in linking together all the posses sions of the United States. At Darien, in the middle of the Pan ama canal zone, the most power ful wireless station in the world has just been completed by the government. Under ordinary weather conditions it has a ra dius of 5000 miles. Under any conditions it may be counted on to provide constant comunication between Panama and Washington through the wireless plant at Arlington, just outside the cap- tal, and likewise between Pan ama and our western coast through a similar plant to be con structed at San Diego, Cali fornia. The plan contemplates the building of other stations of great power and range at Hawaii and Manila. When all these are com pleted, the government will be in immediate touch by radio with every bit of American territory, and will be able to communicate, through some wireless station or other, with American ships at sea over more than half the world, anywhere between Europe and Africa on the east and India and Australia on the west. The big wireless station just completed stands upon such a “ peak in Darien” as that from which Balboa is said to have had his first glimpse of the Pacific. How would that stout old ex plorer feel today, if he could stand there beside the wireless operator and send his words across the great ocean he had discovered, and back to the Spain he had sailed from?.—Portland Telegram. Will Name New School Board. Charles Littlefield Dies Suddenly. $6S,000,000 Check Makes Bank Record Lane county’s first educational board completed its four-year term Saturday; this week County Superintendent E. J. Moore wiil name a new board, according to his announcement The county educational board has charge o f the appointment of school supervisors and acts as an advisory board to the school sup erintendent. It was created by statute four years ago, and Wal ter B. Dillard then county super intendent, had the first power of appointment. His board consisted of Oliver Veatch, of Cottage Grove; W. L, Wheeler, of Pleasant Hill; W. A. Washburn, of Junction City, and I. B. Cushman, of Florence. The next board will serve for four years, New York, June 2. —A check for $65,000,000, regarded by New York bankers as the largest ever drawn in this country, was on de posit to (he Pennsylvania Rail road company in a local bank to day. It was drawn by Kuhn. Loeb I & Co. yesterday in payment for general mortgage 4 1-2 per cent bonds, issued by the railroad 1 compauy, and sold on public sub- j scription, after being underwit- i ten by a syndicate formed by the bankers. It was deposited by officials of the Pennsylvania in the bank on which it was An order for 20,000 pounds of drawn. dried loganberries, from Boston, is annaunced by J. O. Holt, man Doren« Doing* ager of the Eugene Fruit Gro The annual school meeting for wers’ association. The one or- the election of a school director Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Robinson, der is large as the total loganber- and clerk will be held in the high Louie Brown and Oma Land ry output of the Eugene dryer school building Monday June 21, were Eugene visitors Sunday. last season.—Guard. at 2 p. m. J. R. Bennett and Roy Bennett of Row River were Dorena call ers Friday. Among Cottage Grove visitors from here Friday were: James Redford and wife and son Edwin, John Mosby and son Phijlip, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chrisman and daughter Jennie. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kirk were Regular $3 “ Gordon” Hats now $ 2 . 1 0 Saturday visitors in Eugene. Miss Maude Shields has been Regular $ 2 .5 0 “ Hampton’s” Hats, $ 1 . 0 5 quite ill the past few days. A. Land returned home from Regular $ 1 .5 0 Mens’ Straw Hats, 9 8 c t s Eugene Saturday morning after having served on the grand jury. Stella Redford of Eugene has Dress Goods Boys’ Suits been visiting the past week at the Jas. Redford home. A great reduct 50 inch white Viola Roberts o f Cottage Grove serge 75c yard. ion in this nifty came up Saturday for a few days 3 6 inch serge stylish line. visit at the W. R. Huston home. all shades 49c Mrs. James Gouley went to Good grade of Eugene to visit her daughter 50ct. Brocaded hoys overalls 50c Minnie, a nurse in the Mercy wash silks 19cts. Hospital. She returned home A No. 1. house Wednesday. Regular $ 1 .5 0 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jennings lining 5 cts. yard Shirt Waists 99c. were Cottage Grove visitors Hope muslin 9 Saturday. Etnbro i d e r y Rev. Lacy of Creswell preach cents for June Dresses regular $9 ed at the church both morning to $ 12 closing out Lawnsdale on and evening, Sunday. Leo Wilson of Wendling spent ly 11 cents. at $ 2 . 2 8 Sunday visiting home folks at this place. Tom Purcell and family, Mr. Lodge and Cass Purcell and family took their departure for California, Thursday. F. R. Wilson of Creswell came up Saturday evening for a short visit with home folks. Quite a crowd attended the ice cream social at the church A . W . W A M P O L E , Manager Saturday evening. Charles Littlefield, a brother-in law o f Attorney J. S. Medley, o f Cottage Grove, who recently acquired a farm near McCoy, Oregon, died very sudden ly from heart failure at the close o f his day’s work last Thursday evening. He was united in marriage to Miss Martha Medley in Eugene some years ago and they have resided in that city principal ly since that time. The body was brought to Eugene where it was in terred Sunday under the auspices of the Elks, o f which order deceased was an honored member. Hampton's Jooe Specials Gents’ Furnishings a Specialty HAMPTON’S NO. 33 CAR OF SPUDS CONDEMNED County Fruit Inspector Stewart Takes Precautions Against California’s Potato Pest Eugene. June 4.—C. E. Ste wart, of Cottage Grove, fruit in spector, today condemed and re fused to sanction the unloading of a carload of California pota toes which he found to be affec ted with the tuber moth. The shipment arrived Tuesday, and because of past experience with California potatoes he had the unloading of the spuds held up until he could examine them. He found the worm in the sam ple that he took, and has speci mens of these in bottles. The worm enters the potato, just as does the coddling moth in an ap ple. Up to the present time the tu ber moth has not yet entered the state of Oregon but California faces a serious problem because of the extended area affected. Mr. Stewart is working to pre vent the entrance of the pest into Lane county. Last year he condemned a car load o f California potatoes that he found to be similarly affected, and these were taken to the Eu gene cannery and cooked in vats to destroy the worms at the ex pense of the shipping company He has wired the Longton Pro duce company of Sacramento asking what disposal the shipper cares to make of them. Upon being informed of ths ac tion o f the Fruit Inspector the California slippers ordered this car of potatoes shipped from Eu gene up into Washington where the laws are less rigid. Walt Maaon’s Clean-Up Screed. Now let us give the war a rest, the rout, the siege, the sally, and gaily shed our coat and vest, and go and clean the alley! Let’s gather up the dogs and cats which have this life departed, and let tin cans and bricks and hats, off to the dump be carted. In winter you may voice your views, which you believe impor tant, and base long sermons on the news, but in the spring you ortn’ t. Then every able-bodied man should whoop the “ Clean Up” slogan, and chase the old tomato can, the castoff hat and brogan. So let us clear our bulg ing brows of trifling thoughts and narrow, and gather up the old dead cows, and work the rake and harrow. The rubbish left by careless men and lazy human cheeses, will bring a host of germs again, and they’ ll bring punk diseases. And forty billion flies will come as many microbes bearing, and round our heads they’ll buzz, and keep us busy swearing. Clean up! Clean up! On every block let all the work ers rally! No man should stand around and talk until he’s clean ed his alley! A Nightaura to Baalnes* Men. The United States Congress men and Senators are at home making hot-air speeches at pic nics and celebrations. They have appropriated all the money in sight, enacted war taxes and more laws to cripple industries and shipping. They have created a new in dustrial commission in charge of national labor agitators to probe business and capital. They have multiplied offices and passed a law to drive the last American steamship lines out of business. With three-fourths of the ter ritory of Oregon and Washington in forest reserves, the water- powers are to be taken over. These Congressmen and Sena tors get from $10,000 to $5,000 a year and are constantly reaching out for more. Is it any wonder that govern ment is a nightmare to business men?- Manufacturer.