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 :
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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
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wooden structure of the Howe truss
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variety, which when completed will
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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
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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-
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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
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interesting Letters From our Country
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Correspondents Detailing tne
A d v e rtism e n t
Neighborhood News.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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Stanley Martin was visiting rela
gate way to and distributing point
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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
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The Wireless is u very unique little i
Tlie assessor Inis been calling in i
congress. Is not making t. vigor, us
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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
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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
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d-uil
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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
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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
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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
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* 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
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to sun eed m the Master's
the place. Theaxmen, we observe, are counted, and not fully then, as
Mr
B
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Hawley
left
tliifc
morning
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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
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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. »> ,
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, 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
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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
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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: :
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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*°
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SK ILLM A X & BENSON
Staple and F a n c y
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