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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1903)
X a n e C o u n ty Xcat>cr COTTAOK OEOVE. OHEUO* A S T E E L H K IU G E NEEDED. On May Cth bids for the building of a UBW county bridge across the Cou-t : f l HI.ISHKU EVERY F R ID A Y : ,V. CONNER, Editor ¡imi IToprietor Fork river a* the intersection of Main and W a ll s t r e e ts in th is c it y will be Entered at the Cottage Grove post- opened by the county c o u r t at Eugene and tli'- contract possibly awarded. office as second-class (flatter. The bid c a lls for an old style open » I B S C H im O N BATES wooden structure of the Howe truss One Y e a r ...................................... * '- 5 J variety, which when completed will hix Monili* Th rew Muntili . . . - lai a bridge no better and no more If paid in advance but If not so paid a modern in its construction than arc uniform rate ..f «-J.il* per year » i l l be ebar*«*- Advertising rates made known on a u lic a tion the ri Iges found spanning the vari ous smuil streams on the countrv K 11 I D V Y. M A Y 1 . 1008 roads throughout the county, t t- witbstanding the taut thut this bridge I I r T E K -N T II A N S I V E U 8 A H Y . is a most important one and is sub jected to more strain ami wear from With our lust l-isue the L eader en heavy and continuous travel than any tered upon « new volume haring one bridge in the county, owing t • ' lie liCen established in Cottage Grove fact that it not only serves as a coun just l.*> years ago on that date. \\ ty bridge at an important cross-roads ,-nter upon another year with the point in a very populous section of brighest business prospects and the the county, but also connects east and assurance of continued prosperity and west Cottage Grove, anil over which success. We expect the coming year all of the treffle of the city and the to mark many valuable improvements great country tributary must pass. in the paper and thereby to lie aide to Nothing less than a good modern greatly increase its circulation and steel bridge should lie constructed ut patronage. During the two months this crossing, nud such u bridge could which the paper has been under our be granted by the county court with- management the office lias beeu out incurring any great expense to equipped with large modern power the county ov ing to the short spat presses and other up-to-date ma S7 feet—the high protected banks ami chinery as well as a great deal of new the good solid bedrock foundation for type anil ether printing material, the piers, as well as muuy other fav which gives the L eader an office ns orable conditions for building such a complete and modern us can be found bridge. Tlie travel and traffic o ’ the in the county, not excepting the of- town and country tributary is im-rt ffees of the county seat papers. Dur ing at a very rapid rate and r. nr' ing this brief time tile L eader ' s sub with tills growth and development scription list has been increased near nml tin-importance Cottage One. t- i ly one-fourth ami the patronage of issuming commercially and oil.- 1 tile paper 1ms increased at about the wise,come- a demand for more iih same rate This evidence of the gen rn improvements, and especially eral appreciation of our efT>r - to this applicable to ear roads and please, oil tile part of tile public, pa bridges. trons nml friends of the pu|>er, is very it is observed that Mayor It. M. gratifying and an incentive to still Venteh is taking a commendable in greater endeavor on our part -in fact terest in this new bridge improvement we expect to keep tlm Lane County and like idl of our enterprising and L eader thoroughly abrea-t of the times progn ss|vn businessmen and citizens, and a little in advance of the ever on greatly deplores the fact thut the ward march in Cottage Grove’s pro county court should overlook the ur gress and advancement. The coming gent demand fop a mote modern, per year I* full of bright prospects and manent ami substantial luidg" at this golden reward for the L eader and I place. In fact, like Mayer Venteh, Cottage Grove, and to the old year we believe the citizens of the town we say hale and farewell. W illi the and the many farmers and teamsteis old volume we bury its cares and sor hereabouts, would be willing to con rows ami cherish its pleasant memo tribute to a fund to assist the county ries HH bright jewels of a buried past. court, if absolutely necessary, to oon- —“ — struct a good steel bridge across t lie It is stated on good authority that j Coat Fork at this place. And it is Senator Fulton will campaign for possible that if a fund, say of s lit " Hiogci Hermann. conld be raised the county court would be willing to assume the addi A small advertisement used contin tional expense repaired to defray the ually is far belter tinnì a big one used cost of such a structure nt this place. only once in a while. We hope our citizen > will awaken to a realization of the great importance of President Hoosevelt left orders to push the postofflce department invest this matter and take some speedy ac igations with unabated vigor and tion toward securing a more modern ’ ! and permanent bridge improvement then went away to the wilds nt Yellowstone. Meanwhile the politi h ere.’ riiecouuty Judge anil Com missioners cannot afford to bo seltlsb. chins are frothing at the mouth. arbitrary and niggardly in this brigde Cottage Grove nml vieinlty was the matter nor do we think they will if subject for a whole page of dexcrip I onr citizens will take up tttul pmperlv tive and illustrative mutter in the ! lay the matter before them and ask «laily Oregonian of April 2-2. The j that it is- reconsidered nnd a no re modern bridge town shows a spirit of progression nnd I substantial and expansion in all directions. It is the I gsauted. OUR CORRESPONDENTS Now Read Our --------- interesting Letters From our Country . , _ . ... Correspondents Detailing tne A d v e rtism e n t Neighborhood News. T CRISP AND BREEZY LETTERS C resw ell h e n S a y H e r e is W h e r e I ’ ll nd My M o n ey Item s. Guy Busy has gone to Portland Wm Miller went to Eugene on ! business Friday. Mrs Hamilton of Goshen was in 1 town Friday visiting friends. Joe Stone lias sold his ranch on Bear Creek to Eastern parties. William Hawley of Loraue was lu town Sunday visiting friends. Miss Pearl Moore from Eastern j Oregon is visiting friends ou Camas Swale. O C Miller and Thos Brown were down from tlieir mountain ranches this week. ltoy Griggs left for a visit with friends and relatives in Polk comity Wednesday. Ladies’ Hose 10c worth 16c j A Shoe W u rth $1. t o ipr& l.oU Infants Fancy Colored Shoe for 35c A n Old L a d y ’s Comfort Shoe for 51.10 A Shoe for 95c, 12 1-2 to 2 W a r r a n t e d A ll Solid Little Baby Shoe 50c, w o rth 60c Clothing For Men and Boys $13.00 Suit for $11.00 $ 9.00 Suit for $ 6.90 Milliam Moore left on the traiu Saturday for Portland, while he will remain several days. Boys' 2-Piece Suit $15 Boys H ats an d Caps 2C See them in the windows this w e e k J M Hazellou, of Pomeroy, Mash, arrived iu town Sunday for a few days visit with relatives Gl LBERT&W ELCH Miss Ford, a traveling elocutionist, gave a recital nt. the school house on Thursday night. One Door W est ol Benson's D rug Store. Frank Bush and family have ar rived from Nebraska and,will make t eir home in Criswell. ■.-ÆKI J *» Samuel DiChards, who lias been i __ . . . confined to his room at the hotel, ^ j o{ t)eef cfttt|e which lit will is up and mound agnin. butcher and take to the miues as •i H Ewing returned from Cali-1 they are needed, forma AYednesday where he ha* Timber inspect a Jacob, and T. been for the past five months. M Hunt, returned last Friday from extended cruise in the hills east] Mr Hocke, the Bent* Creek saw- m ill man. lias sold out ins mill and of upper Sharp Creek. land on Bear Creek to Ed and Riley William Hawley, accompanied by | Petty. his sou William, spent several days i i H a v e y o u c x iU u iiH M l t h o s e lli>>Ti ( iF a d e N e e d h a m P i a n o s a t " T h e K ic lia r tls o n M u s ic H o u s e ? " If y o n h a v e n o t . it w i l l p a y y o u t o s t o p w h e n p a s s i n g a n d t a k e ;i p e e p nt t h e m , f o r t h e y a r e c e r t a in ly a m a r v e l o f b e a u t y , a m i th e t o n e e a lim it b e e x c e lle d . A l l a r e e o r d i a l l y i n v i t e d t o c a ll at o u r s to re w h e th e r th e y b u y or not .................................................... in the Groie last week improving' S t a r T w in k lin g s . tlieir property there by building a A. J. Anderson nud daughter fence around till! orchard. ere in the Grove this week. Mr. Burnett’ s family returned C A. Harlow aud the Pitcher boys Sunday from their farm near Dorenn, where they have been the last week have iicgan logging again. making some improvements, pre Mrs J. T. Hunt passed through paratory to moving there. Stai Monday ou her way to Eugeue. C A. Harlow spent a few- days in b.'th the Grove and Eugeue this week. W a lk e r Notes. li K W alker went to the Grove [ Friday The Dumewood brothers for the past week have been cutting culvert ! Mr ( has AA'right weut to the Grove Friday. timbers. Mrs King , f Saginaw was iq J. S. Stewart made a dying trip to tlie Grove Saturday, returning . ^ a^ v r |"Uur»dayt the rame day. | James England was visiting friends Joe Wicks aud sons purchased of Maliter Thursday. ■ I. 1. Hunt of Wildwood JO tine Mrs Geo Sears and son Kulph gouts, last week, I went to Eugene Thursday, sport of tl»e voting people ' Mr Neal, C I.ejoie aigl Frank Neal at Star now days are nicking wild returned from Anlauf Saturday. strawberries and fishing. — Stanley Martin was visiting rela gate way to and distributing point T i n : m : A M KS C A M P A I G N . Phoebe Dumewood i ns been quite tives iu Cottage Grove Sunday. for a very rich mining, timber, farm- j /feick with tlie me unit* this week, also Miss Bertha Tait returned Wed-; ing an I grazing region. Young Mr. Retimes, of Jaekson some of Mr. Vaughn's children, yt-sday much improved in health. ville, the democratic candidate fori . . . , ' .. The Wireless is u very unique little i Tlie assessor Inis been calling in i congress. Is not making t. vigor, us M 1 ol" ,mH f ™ " ' " “, ' » f * paper that has just been born in Ava . so fur. Inn shows signs ,,f contract of ties for he ( U S , I. this neighborhood tilt- past week. Ion on the Catallne Islands. It is an Mrs Situmon went to Cottage " “ 'k infant of the Los Angeles Times, hut awukoulngtothetaskof reaching the i :l" ' ,J tbf V ,r e " ow uI° “ » Grove Friday returning Saturday. voters of seventeen counties, says tlie I H l< ' or UHe* is made up and printed at Avalon, Salem .lournal. William Kiik started foi the mines Miss No-a Wright and Pearl oil of the news Is-iug receive,! by It is understood a great deni of still-i Monday with a lout I of freight, but •Smith drove t< Eugene Monday wireless telegraph. It is a breezy hunt work 1« being done ut present in , was called 1-tick on account of thi with old John—ami returnened little four-page paper and contains locating and rounding up groups of | doit ss of hi« little son. T tK-adny. «■ver foin columns of advertising. It How sm- The end of tbe U R. baa for wuic Mrs C Merningstar of Dr. in ! is the tiret issue of Its kind In the disaffected republicans. cessful this will be remains to be tmic |,..HU jp ,,.^ p oiut, bo, returned home Saturday after visit- i world. Saturday, we are glad to sav, the ing several weeks with relatives at Mr. Realties is „ native son, son. and tan<l I tr.,ii, went througlt tlie cut, and One of tin-most sightly, favorably this place. will make a great d-uil of his coni t v - ! located and liest kept cemeteries in quarter ot u mile beyond. V lo tis e R a id e d . the country is the Masonic cemetery tioti with that and other organize- j 1'HIT.P OF THE FOREST. located about a milo west of Cottage tions. Personal letters are being re On tlie evening of April 27tli the Grove. It occupies a dry eastern ceived by memls-rs or tliat organiza W i l d w o o d items. ine «»f tlie und« raiguud at the slope alld is fringed on the western tion in his liehalf. The native sons of California have border by a dense evergreen grove 1 O Lerov made trip to Star I*, manse was tnided by a coui|muv of 10 or «0 pEiK-ins between the It is easy of access und a good view of elected more than one governor of Tuembiv. hours of 7 and 8 o'e'.ock. Thev the valley and town limy be had from that state, and more titan n dozen Dotici visit««! at the II iwley j . y. t(«)k away wit It them the affections the iaclosure. The Masons would do congressmen, in tit" history of the farm one <!av b»V 1 ; i H t VVtf‘-k. ■ >f the family, hut instead they left well to purchase a fifty foot strip of state, and they are powerful in Ore-1 ti e evidence’s of true friendship Mies Iva Wicks is employed the beautiful grove hordcriug on the gon. Christian kinduess, au element Whether they can he induced io|cc)t)k at the Hotel Wildwood, west side of this eenn-teiy, which casts «»■ *» i t - i whinh is absolutely necctssarv to n cool shade o w r the ground» in the take hold of the political situation or I v«» William Haw lev Jr. is verv bunt . . • » , . . • , * exist between people and pastor iu afternoon nnd adds to the lieauty of not can olilv lie told after tlie ballots ,i this week “ hatching measles . 1 , r • «>r«ler to sun eed m the Master's the place. Theaxmen, we observe, are counted, and not fully then, as Mr B M. Hawley left tliifc morning \ work, aud will be ft precious re- «re already making inroads on this the Vote will be east w^tTi great! on a btiftineaa trit> to Bay City, Mich. ineinlirance and source of consola secrecy. Hue grove aud at the present rate it Whether Mr. Reumes has fully will nil fnil soon under Ills sturdy J. M. Culp and fnmily visited tion for many days to come. The evening was spent in a pleas sized up the job of carrying the dis Mrs Culp’ s jmients, William Hawley stroke. ant tnftt ner by both old and voung. trict, which h«s not today a detnocra-1 Sum lav. Hie lin.e passed so rapidly thut it Many ><f the enterprising business tie county In it, is not apparent. He 1 , . .. Geol \t * n U m returned seemed ouly a few moments until people along Main street have In the i*» a voting man >f ability nnd energy. »> , ■ e. , . . , Hohenna after severs! uavs visit they were taking their departure past few days greatly improved both •iii'l n» »\ n iwe I ! nut It ng «• imi agn hit home. and biding us farewell for the even the appearance ami condition o [ this County Judge W. A. Booth of Mrs J. T. Hunt went t » E jgen e ing. a»«uring us of tbetr enj.nmeut graded and graveled street by remov ing the larger stones from the surface Crook county nnd brotbrt of county on business Tuesday, returning o f t ¡e occasion. of the street. This improvement is .Judge Johu O. Booth of Josephine Thursday. Ou exnmimng the kitchen nlmost one so great nr.d so much needed county and Hon. K. V. Booth of Born, at Monmouth, Ore., to the e v uy tiling known t-' be palatable that the council would do the city u I^nne comity has resigned his otlice wife of C. A Coats, a nine pound war found, winch we can solemnly great favor amt a valuable service to to take effect May 1. Governor son. Mother ami child doing well. testify was not there a few hours ! before. take a hand in the matter and assist Chamber tain will api»oint his su c- Mr. A. B. Wood and Mr. Bear- the business people in their effort to cessor. He is a ftem»>erat and »fudge 1 hank», thanks, dear friends improve and beautify the city’s Main i Booth of Josephine is a democrat son wer guests at the Wildwood Me hope nnd pray by the ytaee of business thorough fare. Let there be and was the nominee on the Vmon Hotel T oe» lay on tW it way to the Gml. that we may l>e enabled to fee 1 your souls ou the words of nn organised effort put forth to re ticket in 1S98 for State Treasurer mines. move all of the coarse rock from the against Moore the prescut State J. M. Culp visited his family over ( t- rtial truth, which - ill suppilv ‘ street front the depot to Griffin A Treasurtr. j Sunday, returning to his work your spiritnal wants rs riithiulb Venteh’s hardware store. i canvasiiig for the * L» \ i » kk . Monday i anti promptly a» you have manifest jed s disposition to supply our nat Secure > our seats for *‘ Br* aking morning. I tital wants. Now a g» »od time to subscribe for I His Bonds " at the New Em Drug the. L ea i n:. I store. Op« ra noose. May 1 st. Geo. Lang has just purchase ! six R ev . L M « u à m l Fi oniuv. m Richardson Music Hou! Cottage Grove and Roseburg, ?I rk r a c k e t stori W . ’ i r S . P . l)t*| »o t. C o t t i i g t ' ( ¿ p o m * We are now occupying more pleasant ntul roomy quarters, and have greatly increased nur stock, which we are offering at lowest cash prices. Gur motto is “ live atui let live." Our line o f goods con sists ot everything carried by a general Racket Store. Our aim is always to.pieasa.our customer*. Speaking »'Fumiti We liti VC it—hwt iust n v fiv fti an iiiun.-iis * stock, ('¡ill ami ho ' vnii’.'*'l thut Unir»* is il . better place iron winch to select :: t: : .±¿'2 ¿¡OLSL We imkt* tkf :i dEKM*!:kIty,,f r-irjH'tH. MiittilUQ curry i & cu"i;»l.*tf U a « M liuit >rtik!:ig g.n . ^ »rin jT-i ami Maîtres*»**. al*° K Call and s * t primer “ Cochran ® Lauder scueir »• SK ILLM A X & BENSON Staple and F a n c y GROCERIES Family Groceries _ FRESH a n d pFRj.; k full lini* o f i- iltcy tirooeries at Lowest prices pi H ighest i ,rrU H Prl''* •‘, Pai<l for country Inc« : : H Ë L L O N I A I N . (y 5 ETC; \ R S LM
