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, ü . of o. Library ®0ífet0je (Sroto \ ..Oregon Building, Exposition Grounds San Francisco, J u n e 21.— Grand p ri:e for the “ best, most complete, and most at tr activ e ’ ’ exhibit in horticulture, to g eth er with a score of gold and silver meilnls fo r individual exhibits in uorti cu ltu re; Grand P rize for th e “ best g en eral display of forage p ro d u c ts,’’ in cluding all unthreshed grain, together with three medals of honor, tw enty-four gold medals, sixty-nine silver medals and eighty-nine bronze medals for v a ri ous products o f the soil! How is that fo r one w e e k ’s aw ards for Oregon 1 From the noise being made by th e six or eight states in direct composition, th e Oregon w innings ought to be satis- fa c to y r to Oregonians. Oregon fr u it is now officially recognized as the best an d Oregon forage products jv i ll b e come as favo rab ly known us the Oregon rose. in the h orticultural awards, the Wil lam ette Valley was given a gold medal on Ita lia n prunes. However, long be fore the ju r y announced its decision the public hud decided th a t the Willamette prune was incomparably superior to any other to be tasted on the grounds. When it came to processed fruits, the splendid display from the Rogue River Valley— M em ord, Ashland and G rants P a ss— captured the gold medal and the a dm iratio n of every visitor to th e ex h ib it. Douglas an d Wasco counties an d the W illam ette Valley were each given a silver medal for th eir fine dis plays o f-bo ttled fruits. All of the aw ards in horticulture were made on the showing in the P a l ace of H orticulture alone, the m ag n ifi cent displays in the Oregon building being excluded from competition. The win ning Oregon exhibit, in charge ot C. N. Kavlin, is a beauty, p articu larly d elig h ttu l tor its simplicity and the ab sence of the fussiness so common here. Each fru it section of the s ta te con tr ib u te d a full share to the big winuing and is en titled to equal credit. O regonians on the Exposition grounds are p articu larly pleased th a t the s tate cap tured the g rand prize on forage crops. While Oregonians know th a t general fa rm in g represents the larger portion of the wealth of the state, and th a t the s ta te is unexcelled in the p ro duction ot superior torage and grains, the apple and pear booster, more ac tive tunn the rest, has made Oregon know n most largely as a prem ier h o rti cultural state. The m agnificent show ing in the Palace o f H orticulture has iliade a tremendous impression and in win ning the g rand prize has brought Oregon 's larger side to the atte n tio n of the nation, which will now know th a t Oregon can raise hogs, feed d airy a n i mals and b eat the world in o th er things tuan fru it. This is p articu larly g r a t i fy ing to O. E. P re y ta g , of Oregon City, who is d irector of ag ricu ltu ral exhibits. “ B i l l ” Hanley, O re g o n ’s biggest rancher, who operates one little concern of over 200,000 acres in H arney county, was here a day or two ago and said the Exposition has finally placed Oregon w here she ought to be, among the f a r m ing states, and he is as delighted with her success us any proud fa th e r could be of an only son. I t is w o rth y of note th a t the medals of honor, which are one degree above gold medals, went to th e E a ste rn Ore gon, W illam ette Valley and Southern Oregon E xh ibits with equal honors. On S a tu r d a y the Columbia riv er hig h way won a medul of honor us showing the best roadw ay engineering, the greatest scenic beauty, and the best method o f advertising. P ortlan d Rose Day drew thousands of visitors to the Oregon building. An all day program of music and talk s in t e r ested them and thousands of souvenirs, including real roses, caused them to carry away pleasant memories. Auto 1 ads o f roses were d is trib u ted through the city by M anager George M. Hyland and a score of flower girls and the s ta te was given wide advertising. At the present time th e P o rtlan d Rose F e s tiv al pictures are being shown at the th e a te r in th e Oregon building, b a t nothing is more interestin g to visitors than pictures o f the Pendleton Round- Up. The next Septem ber occasion at Pendleton is being widely advertised, and much inquiry is being made. The Oregon Agricultural College Band is play in g here daily now. Commissioner C. I.. H awley, of McCoy, is here d ir e c t ing th ings for a time. i P ro g ressiv e, Newsy, Independent. COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1915. VOL. 3 OREGON AT T H E EXPO SIT IO N S. Local P ap er Fit F or Any Home S O U T H E R N P A C IF IC W IN S O. A C. * L AN D G RA NT CASE. The governm ent y esterday lost its suit in the supreme court to forfeit the unsold portion of the Oregon and Cali forn ia railroad land grunt, amounting to some 2,300,900 acres and valued at more th an $30,000,000. The railw ay company was enjoined, however, from fu tu re sales in violation o f the conditions of the gran t, until congress has reasonable time to act. J u s tic e McKenna, for the court, held the g o v e rn m e n t’s position in claiming th e conditions to the g ra n t about sale were conditions for which u violation worked a fo rfeitu re was untenable. The court held the conditions were in th e n atu re of enforcible “ c o v e n a n ts .’’ He said congress would have six months for action in th e case. Solicitor-General Davis asked the court to reconsider and restore the case to the docket for re-argument. The application was tak en under considers tion. The O. & C. L and Case. (E ugune Guard.) There is a feeling among th e people of L ane county th a t th e decision h an d ed down by th e supreme court of the United S tates Monday is a victory for Oregon. The c o u r t ’s decision a p p a re n t ly does what th e sta te petitioned the governm ent by legislation to do in 1907— to compel the Oregon & C alifor nia R ailroad company to comply with th e conditions of acts of congress of J u l y 25, I860, an d April 10, 1869, g r a n t ing to the predecessor in interest of th a t railroad vast tr a c ts of lands and requir ing such lands to be sold to uctuul settlers at a price not to exceed $2.50 p er acre, and to enact some sufficien t p enalty for non-compliance therew ith by fo rfeitu re of the gran t. In b rie f this decision means th a t these lands valued a t more th an $30,- 000,000 will not be w ithdraw n from t a x atio n in the s ta te of Oregon and thrown into the forest reserves, which would have been th e result had the fe d eral governm ent been successful in its suit. A pproxim ately one seventh of this land lies within Lane county. I t was appraised Ja t y e a r a t $3,356,745, a l most one-eleventh of the to tal assess ed valuation of all taxab le property in Lane county. The effect upon this county will be far-reaching. Some school distd icts in the county are almost one-half O. & O. lands. I t will mean more money for schools, b e tte r schools and more chil dren to atte n d them. J u s t how these lands will he dis posed of is not clear, bu t th a t th ey are not to pass beyond the reach of th e tax collector is welcome news to Oregonians and counties where large areas are al ready w ithin the fd ral resrve forests. SPL IT OCCURS I N PARTY. S U N D A Y ’S FO RE ST NOTES. CANAL BUSINESS. (Polk County Observer.) The amount of ocean tr a ffic w'liich is being sent through the P anam a Canal is regarded as highly s a t is f a c tory, all things considered. P relim i nary reports indicate th a t the tolls r e ceived from vessels passing through the canal for the fiscal year th a t will end on Ju n e 30 will be sufficient to meet all running expenses and lay the fo un dation for a surplus. Business through the canal has been increasing steadily in the last lew months. Under ordinary circumstances the canal would have been n profit earner from the first, but the w o r ld ’s commerce was disorganized by the European war. The success of the canal in the first year of its operation is a complete vindication of the action of congress in repealing the tolls exemp tion clause of the P anam a canal act. Had coastwise shipping been perm itted to use th e canal tonnage charge there would have been a large deficit instead of a modest surplus at the close of the first y e a r ’s operations. As it is, the cannl promises to be a successful com mercial venture and a benefit to trade. N early two million willow cuttings have been distributed by the Forest Service among s ta te experiment s t a tions, forest schools, and individual growers. Now th a t the European su p ply of willow for fu rn iture and b a s kets has been cut off, th is American m aterial is in g re a te r demand. The to ta l umouut of stand ing timber in the U nited S tates is nearly 2,900 billion board feet. Of this amount, about 76 per cent is privately owned, approximately 21 per cent is in the N a tional Forests, and about 3 per cent in some other form of public ownership— federal, s ta te or municipal. The aim of forestry is to bring the forest up to its highest s ta te of pro ductiveness a n d 'k e e p it there. By greater economy in the use of wood, the per capita consumption could easily be reduced from the present figure o f 260 cubic feet to 150 or e v r- 100 cubic feet without hardship. A. present we use only 50 per cent of the total volume of the tree and leave 60 per cent to be wasted. In this country tw enty-five states have active forest departm ents and em ploy professional foresters; tw enty states have efficient fire protective C ATTLE D IE IN STORM. systems; fourteen have established T ra ffic Blocked on Three R ailroad state forests, and thirteen m aintain forest tree nurseries. Lines Through Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., J u n e 19.— A dispatch from Superior tells of a te rrific hail Leo F r a n k ’s death sentence has been storm near there today, chunks of ice commuted to imprisonment for life by falling of such size as to kill cuttle and Gov. Slaton of Georgia. F ra n k was to other stock. have been hanged on Tuesday. The The Republican river at Superior is action of the governor was disapproved out of its banks and a considerable dis by many of the people and there was Rioting was only trict flooded. Eight hundred feet of much excitement. the S anta Fe track was washed out and prevented by a large force of police damage was done on the right of way men. F ran k was superintendent of a of the Missouri P acific and Burlington. match fa c to ry and had been convicted T raffic has been blocked on all three of murdering Mary Pagan, an employe lines. of the factory. HAMPTON’S Special Removal Sale To Reduce Stock BARGAINS FOR THE LADIES $2") Silk Taffeta dress, n o w ...$ 3 .1 0 $ 16 and $18 Linen dresses, n o w .............................................$ 3 .4 7 $0 to $ 12 embroidered dresses n o w ................ $ 1 .0 0 All ladies, w o o l dresses, a t Y 2 price. $ 1 .5 0 shirt w a is ts ......................9 9 c 12V6 c g in g h a m ’s per y a r d ...... 11c 15c percales, peJ yard................. 11c 10c handkerchiefs, n o w .................. 4c Philadelphia, Pa., J u n e 17.— Bentley D. Ackley, secretary to Billy Sunday, MEN’S HATS and p ianist at the revivals of the noted evangelist, has resigned. He Regular price $ 1 .7 5 to $ 2 .0 0 gave as his reason th a t other members n o w _____________________ $ 1 .0 0 of th e organization less deserving th an F an cy S tra w H a ts, regular he, received vast pro fits from the price $ 1 .5 0 n o w ......... ........... 71c privileges connected with the revivals. Ackley claims the sale of song books 75c S tra w H ats, n o w ________ 34c and sermons alone during a campaign $ 3 .5 0 H oys’ s u its......................$ 1 .1 3 n etted $20,000 profit to members of the party. $ 1 .2 5 M ens’ trousers n o w ...$ 1 ,0 0 Ackley says he is “ through with S u n d a y ,’ ’ but th a t his chief objection LACE CURTAINS was to Rodeheaver, the choir leader, and to S u n d a y ’s son, George, rather A large assortm ent o f lace cur- th an to Billy himself. tains at a big reduction. He charges S unday with borrowing ideas fo r his sermons from other e v a n gelists and noted preachers, including DOLLAR SPECIALS Sam Jones, Gipsy Smith and Dewitt Talmage. Ackley says be him self took $ 1 .2 5 underwear, n o w ..................... $ 1 .0 0 down one of S m i t h ’s sermons in sh o rt $ 1 .2 5 n ig h tg o w n s, n o w ........................................................ $ 1 .0 0 hand and th a t Billy used it, word for word, as his own. 1 1.25 skirts, n o w ____________ . . $ 1.00 Rev. E. N. E m m ett, S u n d a y 's co nfi $ 1.25 |>ettieoats,Nn o w __ _____ $ 1 .0 0 d en tial agent and advance man, has severed his connection with the S un $ 1 2 5 dresses skirts, n o w _________________________ $ 1 .0 0 day p arty . He is said to have been discharged by George Sunday a f t e r the TOWELS CHILDREN’S DRESSES Paterson campaign for “ being too in Tu rk i sh 45c to wel s _ . __25c [)re*ses from $ 1 .2 5 to d e p e n d e n t.’’ I t has been suggested by friends of Linen 30c to w e ls ___ 20c c>. - - * ,n Billy Sunday th a t the liquor dealers | Barbers to w els a t . . . had som ething to do with A ck ley's $ 1 .5 0 Hath rugs a t . . 9 8 c Dresses from $ 2 .7 5 to resigantion. W alter Fenley, third vice- 25c C urtain scr e en s.. . * 18c $ 4 .0 0 .................................88c president of the New Jersey l.iqnor D ealers' association, is a close friend of the form er Sunday secretary and was a visitor a t the S unday residence dur He The average sheep owner would be ing the P hiladelphia campaign. content if his flocks yielded as much also was A ck ley's personal guest dur wool as the municipal flock in New ing th e Paterson revivals. York City produces. When th e Central P a rk flock o f sixty was sheared last Swim ming parties, including some of month, the yield was tw elve pounds to the young ladies, are already observed ♦he sheep, and so good in q u ality th a t a t th e popular swim ming pools on Row river and Coast Fork on these sunny it readily brought th i r t y th ree cents a afternoons. The w ater is a few de pound.— Y o u t h ’s Companion. grees above th e freezing point. HAMPTON’S A. W. WAMPOLE, Manager NO. 35 T H E L IB E R T Y BELL. We glean the following from the E u gene Guard in regard to this famous old relic of Revolutionary days, which is coming west to be on exhibition at the California expositions. Ju ly 15th it will arrive at Cottage Grove on the 8. P. a t 6:55 p. ni. and the special train will stop at the depot for fifteon minutes, during whieh time it will be viewed by the people of the town: The Liberty Bell will come across the country loaded on a special car th a t has been fashioned so as to reduce to a minimum the strain s and jars incident to a long railway journey. A gondola car was built especially for the pur pose, fitted with extra springs, and the bell has been braced so th a t it is be lieved it will su ffer no hurts from its trip. The bell will be accompanied on its journey by exposition and Philadelphia officials, who will guard it on its way. The special train will consist of six other cars besides th a t upon which the bell will be mounted. More intim ately connected with the greatest events in the history of this country, those of the Rovolutiouary period, th an any other relic which r e mains to the nation, the L ib erty Bell today occupies a unique and impreg nable position in the minds of the peo ple of the United States. Cherished as the most sacred relic in the country, and guarded with the greatest care so th a t it may remain for the coming generations, this old bell, first hung in Independence hull 163 years ago, is growing each y ear more dear to the citizens of America. Silent since July, 1835, when it crock ed while being tolled tor the funeral obsequies of John Marshall, chief jus ticc of the United States, the Liberty Bell nevertheless reflects more vividly than anything else the days of the struggle of the 13 colonies against Great B ritain, and of the s tirrin g day in Ju ly , 1776, when it sent great waves of sound booming across the length and breadth of Philadelphia, and incidental ly the entire country as it announced the adoption ot the D eclaration of Imlc pendence. u n many occasions, before and after th a t date, its tones sounded over the city, each time m arking some im portant event in the life or history of new states. Washington, Jefferson , F r a n k lin, L a fay ette und other famous figures in the c o u n tr y ’s history were laid to rest While the great bell tolled a final prayer. No other bell in the entire world is so closely associated with events of such momentous import to the human race. From the trials of the Revolution the colonies came forth as u united und a free country, with u constitution which amplified and emphasized the inserip tion upon the bell, which had sounded us the Proclamation of Imlc pendence wus adopted— “ Proclaim Lib erty Throughout All the Land I nto All the In h a b ita n ts Thereof, Lev. xxv., v., x . ” W A LLA CE CASE F IR S T O F K IN D I N U N IT E D STATES. Eugene Guard.—The conviction of C. E. Wallace on a s ta tu to ry charge in the Lane county circuit court this week is without a parallel in the his tory of American jurisprudence, so far as the atto rney s in the case have been able to discover. N ever before in the U nited S tates has a man been found guilty of seducing a divorced woman under promise of murriuge. The su preme court of the s ta te of V irginia once decided a similar question, holding that the law of seduction did not lip ply under such circumstances. Counsel for Wallace, who has been sentenced to serve one to five eyurs in the s tate penitentiary, will base th eir appeal on the contentions th a t it was not the intention of the legislature to give such protection to divorcees. The Oregon s ta tu te reads: “ I f any person, under promise of marria ge, shall seduce and have illicit connection with any unmarried fem ale.’ ’ Ju d g e Hamilton held th a t this law extended to the protection of a divorced woman the same as one who had never ben married. Decisions by the supreme court of this state have also held th a t • n unmarried person under the laws of the state is a person capable of e n te r ing the married state. A ttorneys W. B. Diilnrd nnd L. Bit ycu are preparing the nppenl to the sit preme court. County A ttorney J . M. Devers suceessfnlly conducted the s t a t e 's case in the lower court. L ost.—L a d y ’s Elgin gold watch, closed case, size 12, black ribbon fob, pesr shaped straw a g ate charm. Return to this office. Suitable reward. 35 1 Mr. P arker, priprietor of the garage, III ■ • new 1915 Studebuker. W H AT A GOOD BAND M E A N S TO A TOWN. The following was ta ken from the Tyrone Times; “ Once in a while we hear* a fellow carelessly say: ‘ W hat good is a bund to a town, u n y w a y f ’ Well, first ta k e an inventory ot the fellow who made the rem ark. You may have reason to allow tho silly question to go unans wered. But, regardin g the rem ark more seriously, let us say th a t a good, up-to-date bund is one of the most use ful th iugs a town or community can possess. I t is one of the best a d v er tisements a town can have. A good band has marked the location on the map for muuy u town. Emerson says something about the world making a beaten path. Well, a good bund will make all the roads lcudiug to the town b eate n paths, even though the t o w n ’s other a ttra c tio n s be not num erous. E v ery m erchant is benefited by a good band, especially a concert band. H undreds of people come to town to a t tend the delighttul entertainm ents and they combine shopping with this pleas ure. The promoters of business und municipal enterprises alw ays have the satisfaction of know ing th a t their civic demonstrations from tim e to time will be successful, because they huve a first cluss band to lead the way nnd a tt r a c t the people. The churches are provided with orchestras and special musical members on ann iversary and other occasions. Thu social functions of u community are more satisfactory and decidedly more pleasant because musicians equal to any occasion ire ju s t close by. A bund composed of able players— like many bands in the state— is a tower of strength to any town or section of the country. It cul tivates the public ear to a high class of music, and dues it right at your own door, too. Every enterprising citizen will boost the band of his town wherever he goes,’ ’ U N C L E S A M ’S CREED. I believe in the United States, one and indivisible; in her mission as the champion of hum anity— us the friend of the weak und distressed; in thd sin gleness, dig nity nnd inviolability of American citizenship; in the vnlidity of our national trad itio n s; in pence with honor; in friendship with all n a tions th a t respect our rights; in en tangling alliances with none; in reas onable prep aratio n s for national d e fense by sea and land; in shirking no sacrifice needed to hand down to the fu ture the priceless tr easures bequeuth- ed to us by the p ast; in tho necessity of keeping the western hemisphoro free from the intrusion of European institutions and am bitions; in the c a pacity of free men for self-govern ment; in the love of home nnd coun try; and in the unflinching resolution that government of the people, for the people by the people shall not perish from the earth. 750 COWS TO BE TESTED. Soon more th an half the cows sup plying milk to the im portant cities of the Willamette valley nnd Southw est ern Oregon will huve been tuberculin tested, according to information given out by S tate Dairy and Food Commis sioner Mickle. Mr. Mickle said th a t a to tal of 750 cows had been signed up nnd would be tested by a man to be put into the field im mediately by Stute V eterinarian Lytle. The cities where cows are to be tested are: Ashland, Medford, G rants Pass, C ottage Oro^e, Roseburg, Eugene, Salem, Oregon City, Corvallis, Indepen dence, Dallas, McM innville, Forest Grove and Hillsboro. It is probable th a t some testin g work will be done also at The Dalles and Hood River. Mr. Lytle plans to visit the d ifferent cities with an exhibit showing the benefits of the tuberculin test and also the results of tuberculosis on rows. Enforcem ent of Motor Vehicle Laws N ot D uty of S ecretary of State Office o f the S ecretary of State. Salem, Ju n e 22.— From ninny sections of the sta te the atte n tio n of this o f fice is repeatedly directed to alleged violations of the “ motor vehicle law s,’ ’ the impression prevailing th a t the Sec retary of S ta te is vested with the en forcement of the same. Such is not the case. This office is not vested with police powers. Its duties ire only to register motor ve hicles nnd ch auffeurs as proper sppli I cations nre filed. Under th is law (Sections 26 and 27) it is made the specific d u ty of all po lice officers, sheriffs and constables, within the limits of th eir respective jurisdictions, to enforce its provisions. Violations of such law should, there fore, be directed to the attention of the local police officers.