OREGON NEWS OF INTEREST Hlü PKOHTS IN FARniNO. may be f o r e st r e se r v e . Valley Rancher* Will Do Commissioner Richards Q|ve, Reasons Well Thl* Year. for Withholding Large Tract. Register Dresser, of the Orevnn Willawctt*' valley farm er, are ¡11 over the prospect for good City land office, has received from -AU in almost every thing they >ner W A' Richards of7b“ " to sell this year. Not only are la t lv e to 7 h * * i i “ d ° m re ' 11 'c tle r re^ 1 , good, but yields are large and ™ * ,the te'esram of recent date 7 consequence there will be more pertaln Public lands In The * . m the valley this year than that district from settlement de- letter directs the withdrawal, tem °?e has been for more than a ■!«- porarl y, of all vacant unappropriated OTeatTt' Salem Is quoted at 70 ands in townships 5 to 13 south, both with the mills paying a 2-cent 7 e l Uv8 V<\ r a n g e 4 ' ‘a s t ' fro m « - 't i l e "“¡„m m ordinary years all above ment, entry, sale or other disposal “ nt. would be clear profit, but be- under the public land laws, pending ^termination as to the a 1 of the high wages paid to farm in this season it will take from 52 the CBs0 f Hlnrhl on lan,,s In- . to the acre or more. This means « oner i l Lhe specified area. Commis „tear profit of from $3 to $3.50 an Bloner Richards says: L on Wheat, after allowing for all .1 this temPora ry wlthdraw- ¿nr and expenses. Oats have turn­ •I, nor the permanent reserve of the lands which may follow, will affect out better in proportion than beat and the large yield, with . any bona fide settlement or claim Ice of about 25 cents per bushel properly Initiated upon the lands III leave a good profit on that crop tPw r th ° date hereof- Provided The season has been very favorabls that the settler or claimants continue hay and yields have been good. to comply with the law under which , prices quoted at present are from their settlement or claims were Ini­ to »8 a ton In the local market for tiated, and place their claims duly on ' e hav Farmers say that about record within the prescribed stat­ w of this price Is profit. Yields run utory period. The withdrawal oper- two to three tons per acre, mak- ates to defeat all settlement claims or g this crop a better paying one than ? l , er dslm s initiated subsequent to this data, regardless of the date upon H,’ps promise a price ranging from which you receive the telegram.” cents upward, and it is generally d a ily attendance sm a l l e r . ttrtd that all above 8 cents Is profit, ourh growers who hire all their trlt done and give their yards a good Though Oregon's School Population Has rtying say that the cost of produc- Greatly Increased. n Is 10 cents a pound. At any Superintendent of Public Instruc- le there seemB to be an excellent tlon Ackerman has Just finished -it this year. The prune crop Is large, and though compiling the annual school statis­ . domestic market has not opened, tics as gathered from the reporta re­ cently filed In his office by the sever­ . been making sales at Its owa al county stiperlntendsnts. As the re­ ee, a 2*i-cent basis, which price ports for last year covered a period m the grower a "better than fair" of 16 months, there is no basis for rgln. except In a few partic­ Ill through the year dairy products comparisons ulars. '• brought an extraordinary price, The school census for the year end­ eren country butter has found a ing in June, 1903. shows that there y market at paying figures, are In the state 143,757 persons be­ oigrowers Bold their fleeces this tween the ages of 4 and 2# years At r at a high price, and sheep have the same time last year the school i in demand all through the year. population was 138,466, so that an in crease of 5291 is shown. The average dally attendance In all CATTLEMEN r b f u sh t o s e l l . the public schools of the state during the preceding year has been 64.219. Scarcity of Pnd They Hold for while for the preceding year It was Better Figures. 66,779, or a decrease of 2560, A de­ XcTsr In the history of the country crease in the average daily attend­ nod Dale has the cattle market ance at the same time that there Is i as unsettled as It Is at the pres­ an Increase In the school population ume. Prices offered by export- Is probably due to the scarcity of yen are extremely low, and the labor and the high wages, which, to­ gether, take many of the older boys raisers are refusing to sell. Crowding on top of this, there Is a out of school during the greater part nrclty of hay as compared with last of the year. x and prices are running moun- Protest Against Withdrawals. talgh. Hay Is selling In the field 110 per ton, whieh Is $4 higher A special meeting of the Rosehnrg n It was last fall. Cattle-raisers board of trade and citizens generally ho have not a sufficient supply are has been called to protest against the tag to contract for all they can se­ withdrawal of any more public lands from entry In that portion of the re, but the farmer will not sell. Again there are more cattle on the state. Other commercial bodies In nge this year than last, without suf- the western part of Oregon will be ient feed for them. Notwithstand- Invited to co-operate In protesting to the discouraging state of affairs the officials In Washington, D. C.. and Ich confront the cattleman, he Is to our senators and representatives lling to wait for further develop- In congress against the further ex­ tension of our already Immense for­ ti. The export cattle-buyers who have est reserves. Such recently proposed .«In the country have had to go to extensions will work ssrlous hard­ er parts because they could not se- ships on many bona fide sutlers now re the cattle here. The buyers located on some of these lands, ! Portland quotations here at $2.70 To Clear Coos Bay Channel, hundred for cows and $3.35 for ’tn. The average la $3.75, and Replying to an earnest request fit better prices than that were ro­ submitted by Congressman Hermann, ved last year. If both the buyer based upon a petition of the Coos the seller continue to hold out. It Bay chamber of commerce. Secretary believed that there will be a ntim- of War Root wires that he has appor of forced sales on the part of the tloned $10,000 as an emergency aid «binen, and that they will sell at for removing the recent skoal forma­ loss to themselves. tion In the Coos ba yentrance chan­ nel, which delays deep-draft vessels. As the shoal Is constantly enlarging, No Orass to Fight Over. commerce there would have material­ There Is no range war in the Upper ly suffered had It bees necessary to 'tauten valley. On the contrary, 're Is the peace of desolation. The await congressional action. jllainette ■ge was overstocked and eaten out 4 no grass worth making war over mains. Where neat cattle and' ‘roes once throve by the thousands ere Is now none too much feed for lew hundreds. Twenty years ago ere wss no finer grazing region In * United States. Men who now ride 'la? In a cloud of dust tell of the me when the grass was up to their Wt as they bestrode their horses, cattle fairly wallowed In the feed I covered the 30 miles of present ‘•t between Bend and Prinavllle. Cowlitz Navigation Obstructed. During the recent freshets a sand r formed at the mouth of the Cow- 1 over which greatly hindered the ration of the plant belonging to Columbia A Cowlitz River Boom 0mpany. A dredge will shortly take *7 ° rk clearing the channel In after which the company will i ra two new piers and rearrange * Meer boom. When finished this Bi wit] be one of the best on the - a - 1* r,TPr an,l wl" be of great stance to the loggers T» Have Brand New School House. to *"/0’’ r'*,v have a new and \ eehool building that will be holt« *° town. The school an- l sre advertising for bids for Z «Wtrnrtlon. The building will 0 *torles high and will have four in recitation rooms. Its cost 1,1 B* about $3000. Inspecting Farms. nt Hood River, presl- tav» i u * ^,a*e Board of Hortlenl- n C™» county on a tonr of ^Tille there Mr. Smith i M mo*t of the principal farms ZTt*U t'n Smith 11®* county PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat— Walla Walla, 76®78c; bloe- etem, 78(»81c; valley. 79@80c. Flour— Valley, $3.«0@3.85 per har- rei ' hard wheat straights, $3.90<*3.85; ___ 1 wheat, patents, $t,10@ 4 50; hard graham, $3.8*1*3.75; whole wheat, $3 I 65(84.00: rye wheat, $4.00. Barley— Feed, $20 per ton; brewing, $ 2 II; 1 ; rolled, $21(821.60 Oats— No. 1 while, $1.*7M ; gray, $1 05 per cental. Millstnffs— Bran. $23 per ton; mid­ dlings, $27; shorts, »23; chop, »1*; linseed dairy food, $18. Hay—Timothy, old, $20 per ton; new $ 14 ® 15;,'clover, nominal; grain, its; cheat, nominal. $12 Butter— Fancy eresmerv, 20(822Mc per pound; dairy, nominal; store, 1« ®17e. _ Cheese— Full cream, twins, 14c; Yoong America, 14c; factory prices, 1<* l ) i c less Poultry—Chickens, mixed, 11® I jtZ c per pound; spring, 19® 17Me; hen's, 12® 12X c; broilers, $2(83 per dozen; turkeys, live. I4® 9e; I am be, gross, $3 50; dressed, -r. Hogs—Gross, $5.50®5.75; dressed, U ‘ h* of P” « o . , . r . Sh. Obey. Honor's Dicta ten. , . From one's reading „f Kentucky miotal* *torle* lu new «papery and magazines he is accustomed to asso­ ciate the women aa WeH as the men, of tho«« part* with tm- i*outh dress, vulgar apeerh and habits Janything but cleanly. IjThe average female rwho dwells among the feudists is ple- Ijtured iu his mind as a tall and angular ^creature, who wears short skirts and MRS. J. B. EWE.t. chews tobacco; whose vocabulary of oaths la a varied one and who carries a gun and helps make moonshine whisky. This may be the typical mountain woman, but there la at least oue wearer of petti­ coats in the Kentucky mountains who lias education and refinement coupled with grit and determination which are truly phenomenal. Her name Is Mrs. KI b I b Kwen, and she lives at Jackson, Ivy. Most women would run away and abandon such work as she Is un­ dertaking. Losing her home, having her husband made an exile wandering through the country dodging nssusslns. Imaginary or real, she does not regret the steps he has taken. Her husband, Capt. J. B. Ewen, had several contracts with large firms, from whom he borrowed money and whom he was paying back by loading lumber on ears. Among those for whom he worked were the Hargises, one of whom Is a judge and friendly with Curtiss Jett, the man who shot Attorney Marcum. This assassination was witnessed by Capt. Ewen. Ho saw the bullet fired Into the brain of the attorney, and, although offered $.*>,- 000 to swear that he did not see It and threatened with dire punishment If he told the truth, he followed his wife’s advice and declared he would swear on the witness stand to what he had witnessed. A week later he was burn­ ed out of home and driven from town by threats of murder. Ills wife, how­ ever, stayed behind and will carry out her husband's contracts. The men whom she employs have l>een refused hoard, so she gives them shelter and meals. AH her neighbors are hostile to her, but with her six children she feels she can carry ont her plans. Two of her daughters are well educated girls and the others will he similarly trained. GOD MOTHER OF BLAST URNACES. Miss Helen E. Reed of Sharpsvllle, Pa„ Is an unrivaled godmother of blast furnaces. All western Pennsylvania operators look upon her as the person­ ification of good luck. She has start­ ed the fires In more furnace« than has I jE . J K HtWMKlI PHYSICIAN à SURGEON. I I -t a x s of Uie Eye, Ear end Noe* ere 8 poo let tie*. Olili-« In the Alltaou Ro.ai.ra la th« Horae. At least, that Is the hsppy conclu­ sion drawn by Lavlnla Hart, wilting In Collier's Weekly on “Social Prob­ lems in the Home.” Most g rls about to marry, says the writer, tell each of their girl friends, In strictest confidence, that they have made up their minds to be "boss.'' AH men about to marry swell with the consciousness that they were horn to boss—and their lives must Justify their birthright. The attitude of the man Is s relic of prehistoric times, when min con­ sidered himself the chosen sei. end woman wss of a different mental and ntrral construction fTom the woman of today. The attltud« of the girl Is more often s matter of self-defense. She makes what she considers deep deduc­ tions from the lives of married folk around her and decides that she must boss or be bossed. She chooses the former. Sometimes she Is very successful—- as a boss. The man she marries Is a peace-loving Individual who would rather give In that have scenes. The spevl.-s Is seen much abroad. He has the out-habtt and never goes home ontll all the other places are closed. Sometimes she mantes a man who ■Iso has the boss bee In his bonnet. This Is very hard on the native* with­ in hearing distance, and not easy for the children. With both parents bosses, one la apt to get petted or pounded to death. Tim * does not ad­ just cases of this kind, which go on until one boss or the other expires from the wear and tear of friction. Then sometimes the girl who would be boss marries a man who never thought about being one of the choaen tax, who care* neither to boaa nor ba bossed, whose sole motive and every means are to make the girl he marries the happiest woman In the world. tAnd If such a one’s skill In loving be as great as his good Intention, bis wife forget* all shout wanting to boss, she obeys his unspoken wish as he fulfills hers, they mutually serve and sacrifice and yield, their house progress«« with­ out a heed, but with plenty of heart, without a master, but wholly mas­ tered, and In co-operation they solve the problem of domestic b.aslsm. So 1-ongfellow solved It In ''H ia­ watha As unto the bow the cord le. So unto the man Is woman; Though she bends him she obeys him. Though she draws him, yet she fol­ lows; Useless each without the other. Jc Madsen Building. as promptly and as thoroughly as do the sons. These spoiled children will have to love very earnestly and ten­ J|k B. R. JOB derly If they are to be really suc­ PHYSICIAN A SURGEON cessful home-makers. The ability All oftlls promptly attended. they have; the training needed, they often have, and can always get It they Office, Maiu St. next door to !*eader office. see their need of It, even If the Illu­ Phone, Xo. 114. COTTAGE GROVE, OR. mination cornea after marriage. I t I* the disciplined nature which will be most needed; the habit of doing dis­ tasteful things, and doing them cheer­ £ T . ANDERSON, M. D fully and continually; the power to give up cherished plans; to devise ways of helpfulness about things of Surgery and Fumale diseases A Specialty. A ll ■mall tntervet In themaelvea. and the calls promptly attended to. Office in Slier wood block: Night calls a l regular practice of forgetfulness of New Era Drug Store. Phone 166 Mala. self and remembrance of other* In the recurring trifle* of daily life.—Wo­ man's Home Companion. Physician and Surgeon H in t s C o n c e r n i n g T o u r C o n a r v . Put slippery elm bark In the drink­ Q E N T I S T ing vessels. D R . H. H. P E T R I H For colds give a canary one drop of sweet oil at a dose. A ll Work Warranted. A bit of flg or apple, and for one of the larger birds a live worm, will Office First Door West ol Bherwood Hon prove a tonic. Taste the bird seed youraelf to be sure It la pure. Never uae hemp seed. Be careful to dry thoroughly the J J R E. C. MACY perches after cleaning the cage. Damp perches are the chief cause of rheuma­ tism. D EN T IST Never hang the bird out of doora. Some one Is sure to forget to bring him In when It grows too hot or too Dr. Snapp’s Building. cooL Thoroughly wash out all the vessels with hot water every day. The aphae, t Q Km r the parasite that forms In water left C J ohnson ■tending In a cage, la the deadliest EBY & enemy of a bird life. I f the bird show« signs of general ATTORN EYS A T LA W debility, as moulting out of season, Cottage Grove, Oregon. give him Iron In much greater strength than he can get from a rusty nail In th* water, end counteract the one bad effect of Iron with sulphnr. U. K IN O Keep the bird out of draughts. It la beet to hang hla cage about live feet from the floor. I f hung higher than Special attention given to Collection!. that he will be too warm, for heat OREGON. rises, end the hottest place In a room COTTA GE GROVE, la near th* celling.—Philadelphia In­ quirer. Attorney-at-Law O ld M a i d s a a d B a c h e l o r G l r l a . The Old Meld was a woman who couldn’t marry. The Bachelor Girl la one who won't. The Old Maid was a creature of tea and toast and tabby cats, and a fringe on the edge of somebody e le e ’s family. The Bachelor Girl la up on fashions and sport, football and polo, and the backbone of the community In which she Uvea. The Old Maid was an object of pity. The Independent, Joyous lot of the Bachelor Girl makes her an object of envy. All of which goes to show the change In the attitude of the public towarn the atatue of woman.—Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. V e a e s n e le n J E. YOUNO ITTOlltIT-lT-LAV Bee on Main Street, West Side, C o tt a g e tir o ? # , O r. M ISC B U eA lN B O U S JJO B T . G R IF F IN , + W H G O N -T O W K G R + C o r Repairing and Refilling Is Our Trade. All work warranted. M a i n A i s t h t ».. Cottage Grove, Oregon W om en. Veneenelan women are Indeed heau tlful. Descended from Hpanleh and Indian ancestors, they combine In their H. C. M AD SEN , persons the beauty of the two races and with their lovely face* and grace­ ful figure* make a type of feminine loveliness that Is unsurpassed. The Watches Clocks and Jewelry Venezuelan woman's complexion la At Lowest P rices.......... clear olive, bnt her rounded cheeks are painted by nature with the loveliest crimson and her beautiful dark eye* teem to express all the emotions of her heart. When ahe smiles her cheery Q H. WILLARD lips reveal tha most perfect of teeth CONTRACTOR 4 BUILDER and ahe look* so absolutely bewitching Estim ates made and all kind-* of carpenter work executed ami satisfaction guaranteed that you long to aee her smile again. Watchmaker This smart little hat le Intended for wear with shirt waist and tailor-made any other young woman In the coun­ gowns. Of hand-plaited rice straw, black velvet ribbon le the sole trim­ try, and the success that has attended ming. The Tam O'Shantar crown ex­ the enterprises so Inaugurated has tends almoet to the brim and a bow been phenomenal. ef the velvet reets on the hair. Miss Reed's fame baa extended be­ yond the borders of this State, and fiaesa Helena a Cook. Queen Helena of Italy la a royal lady the last fiery christening over which she presided was In Toledo, Ohio. who has a very practical knowledge of At her father’s curiously Nowadays Miss Reed's services are In cooking. great demand. Her home Is In Sharps­ homely and unpretentious court Queen vllle, where her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Helena learned many useful thing*, and among them the art of cooking. Philo Reed, reside. The Prince of Montenegro Insisted T h e T rees W e R ead . that all bla children should learn a Nine successful novels recently pub­ trade—a rale which, by the way, ob­ lished lu the United States had a total tains In the German Imperial family— sale of over 1.600.000 copies, says the and the future Queen of Italy became Chicago Dally News. Since the aver­ not merely a good plain cook but aleo age weight of each book sold was prob­ skilled In the preparation of the curl- ably twenty ounces, a little calculation •us sweetmeats end patisserie of which will prove that these 1,600,000 books orientals are so fond. The late King contained approximately 2,000,000 Humbert Insisted on tasting his daugh­ pounds of paper. A manufacturer of ter-in-law's cookery, and so pleased papers asserts that the average spruce was he with the dainty fare she set tree yields a little less than half a before him that he conferred on her, cord of wood, which is equivalent to with mock ceremony, the title of “lady about BOO ponnds of paper. In other high cook to the King of Italy.” words, these nine novels swept away O i r Spotted C h ild r e n . 4 000 trees, and they form bnt a small The girls of today have been petted part of the fiction so eagerly read by and made much of from tbelr cradles. Everything has been done to make the , the American public. M SS It ELEN E. REED. Albania. Albania lies 180 miles on the Adriatic sea and is 50 to 100 miles wide. It was formed originally, says \\ illinm Jackson Armstrong in his “Heroes of Defeat" from part of Illyria, all of Epirus and part of Macedonia In the Eleventh eentnry. From this terri­ tory sprang Pyrrhus, who defeated tha Roman invader Philip and Alexander of Macedón, the conqnerer. and Per­ seus whose fsme as a soldier covered the world sixty years after Christ , and Seam ier berg. who. for forty years, de feated armies sent against him by the Turk Ancient Albania lay In Asia, just east of the Caucasus. Plswlag will B u rn ed s t H a in e s . !«ni*, mlu ” Fnmber Company's CHope— 1902 crop, 15#19c I t s o m e t i m e s H a p p e n * H is t Way. Tallow— Prime, per pound, 4®6c; s T IL T 11J ■* Heines. was burned Teas—why did he msrrv h«r? Pact „ * T,,,“ 1o** 1* $500«. The No. 2 and grease, 2H # *«- „ . tack—He didn't. She m .rrled him ’ , _7®ne'1 by .Tames Mitchell. Wool - Valley, » 7 * ! * ; * • * • « —Somerville Journal. - *r City, who carried n o In sn r- Oregon, 1 2 « 1 5 c ; mohair. 36«3< >8«. W h y Sh« L e ft. Mistress— What! going to leave al­ ready? Why, you have not been here a week! Maid—I know It, mum; but I can't stand It here. Things ran too smooth­ like, mum. Mistress— Why, what can you mean? Maid—You see, mum. I has always been In places where they keep three servants Misti* * * —Oh. you are lonesome, then? Maid—No, mnm, not lonesome; but, yon see, I misses the confusion. E ffe ct of C ontract work a sjiecialty. COTTAGE GROVE, ORFOON. J. W BERQ W. H. BERO BERG BROS. A s s n y O ffic e Cottage Q rove, Oregon. Assaying and analyzing of ores, working teste. Cyanidlng, etc., etc., by the latest methods of Prof. Falkenau’s School of Assaying, of 8an Francisco, Cal. Mall Orders Solicited. Satisfaction A ssured. Three doors east of the postoffice. H i e * H e e l« . The picture shows the bones of the foot according to nature and as they hard places easy and the rough road* are deformed by wearing hlgh-beeled smooth. There Is a grading and level­ shoes. ing In the schools nowadays In order No Klepolnic T e a rs . that children may learn without their Clande—Mias Thlrtyodd seems to knowing It. A sort of "Ignorance ex- hold her age well. tracted-wlthont-paln sjatem ” It I*, Maude—Hold her age! Why she from kindergarten to c liege At home. hasn't let go of a single year since If not at school, American children are she's been twenty-lira!— Baltimore regularly and unhlushlngly spoiled; Herald. and while the effects of such whole­ T h e H c l s h t of Shrewdnoeo. sale Injury to the chlldleh life often Mrs. Muggins— Mrs. BJones Is a wear off with boys as soon as they go out Into the world to compete with pretty shrewd shopper, Isn't she? Mr* Rtigglna— Yas. Indeed. Why. their equal« on every aide. In the case of girls the tonle of mingling In th* I hare actually known that woman to affaire of life and work, without flat­ get a bargain at a church fair.—I tery or favor* of any kind. 1* usually attle Times. I f T l i e r 1,1 v*. denied. With girls the petting and Mr. Cawker (quoting!— Boy* will be coddling continue long after woman­ hood la reached, and so (he daughter* boys. Mr*. Cawker (correcting)— Na; boys do not get over the effects of the American manner of spoiling children will be men. EA ST AND —VIA— SO U TH T h e S ha9ta Route — O F TH E— SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Trains leave C o t t a o k G r o v r for Portland and way stations at 2:14 a in 12:56 pm t v Portland “ n «• a m Lv Cottage Grove 2:67 p m Ar Ashland 12:66 a rn Ar Sacram ento 6:oo p m Ar San Francisco 7:55 p m 8:30 p m 2:06 p m 12.36 p ns 4:35 a m 8:55am IM illm an a n d T oiarln t C a r s on both trHins. C h a ir w it*, 8 *ora- mnnto to Ogden and and £1 Paso and T o u ris t C ars to Chlodffo, Hi Lou in. and Washington. New Orleans Connecting a t Han Francisco, with several steam ship lines for Honolulu, Ja p a n , China. Philippines, Central and South America. A t Albany and Corvallis < with C e l ' l Ky trains. Independence Passenger dally, except Sunday. 7 M A . tL I tv 10 : reJPertfaMi-___Ar |*M *. d a. M. ! Ar M cM innville.....Lv j 3 06 r ■ II: A . M . I Ar.Independendence.Lv | 2 06 P. 11:46a. m . i Ar..........CorvattaI.........Lv I 1*0 F. Roe Agent Mr D T Aw brey at Cottage Grove address W I COMAN, U F A Pass, Ag% F O R I LA N D , • OREGON.