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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1903)
U. -.¡M MOVI. °* !* 0*1 s.sdnuarrrM for Uiri hSbprintf .-«mpar ium .u-, rfeh ...- ■ if to i n c n u i s m i* •fia ",lm‘V * nd , the £|W elnnabw rntnes ul u. Siane County Xeaòer. IN V ESTO R S a mi N O t iE S E E K E R S will her* And opportunities d o « her« elx« afforded In Ore gon. The Leader will gW© 70« the news and facts con cerning this favored locality XV 1 rAGE GROVE, NO. 33 LAN E C O U N T Y , O REG O N , F R ID A Y . DEC. 4. 1903. called. i i ie balf Wfc| ^ in every depurtmeut o f the game minutes and every iniuute there was n o t e s or i n t e r e s t ; and every member of tbe team was something doing.'1 Although the GATHERED a star, gettiug into everv play. oeal team dearly had tbe lest of it FROM A L L SO U RCES Tbe Cottage G rove boys fought the v,s„ors were in every play 8u’d bard but E ugene was irresistable and attune, succeeded in making good *o . J. H. Weber is making an [granting of a patent on its process made yarbage at will. guius. However at no time did they tbe Eucky Boy u iiD e in that country. Tbe Canadian Tw o touchdow ns were made by have tbe boll far into Cottage Grove a ue Hirer. patent is under consideration and Luckey and one by Francis for territory. There was considerable XV. E. Buckner and W. F. Hines i w'** be a*lowed in tbe near future, Eugene, says tbe Guard. delay during the game to counsult a have tiled proof of labor on miuiug J. H. Fisk, vice-president of tbe Follow ing is a lineup of the teams: rule book aud to pick up players Grove H ig h School c aims in Bohemia District. j Oregon Miners Association, visited Cottage Grove. Electrical M ining P l a n t Eugene. who had got the wind knocked out F. J. Hard the well known min- Drove this week for the pur- Bellmau,(n) Team Bested Holm es of them, but nevertheless it was a Steel S. E. R. of Oregon Securities Co. good clean game and well worth ing man, ha« been spendiug the 9 °8e of inspecting tbe Siuinnme Restley Oran L. T. R. Business College twice the price of admission. Among week in Cottage Grove looking after paint miue 14 ,ew mile8 north of this Cbrismuu Brown L. G. R. Now Completed. I the features of the game was the business matters connected with In* L’*t^ • He was surprised at the ex- Pukersou Hunt C. C. Bobemia mining properties. tent of the paiut clay deposit and remarkable manner in which quarter- Hunt Robinsou R. G. L . very favorably impressed with its Buslon Chess niau T. L, ! bac,k , Emerson passed the ball aud To*i.aiee^ a" the mi: ing men of fine quality and the developments Emmerson aud tbe few fumbles that our team Stapleton R. E. L. Idaho was held at Boise for the pur- being made by tbe Simmons Faint I made. Harms and Knox both play- pose of forming a state association Arne Francis R. H. L. ; Co. The L kadf . k was favored with L. H. R. Fonity Smith Boys Did Some Excep ea their usuul brilliant gau» and similar to that of Oregon. The a pleasant call from Mr. Fisk. Brown Layner Drills I were most awfully hard to stop. All meeting was held Thursday, Dec. 3. Jones at W o rk . Q -n a lly F i n e W o rk . G eo Knowles of the Bohemia mer- Luckey Aawley F. the line men did tine work while the Good Prospects for B ig Brysou aud Beunett were officials. G. B. HeDgen, general superin- chautile firm o f Knowles A Gettvs, ends, Taylor and Griffin plated an An E asy V ictory in Cottage G rove ---- -«a m , brilliant ______ „ game. __ _ J m Me- tendent of tbe Oregon Securities 8Pent a iew days unusually Returns Soon Kibben played in tbe line instead of M'ning Co.,and theOregon k South- and Eugene this week looking after DIED. football game last Saturday Will Martin who was somewhat in- easteru railroad company is expect- business matters. The L kadeb was Despite tbe late storm, which 011 tbe local gridiron, bo disposed and did good work along eti t0 arr' ,,e >n Cottage G rove to | favored with a pleasant business call slightly delayed construction opera and was informed tbnt tbe snow bad C H U R C H IL L — At bis borne near with Mike Finnerty.Hershal Allison” look a,ter bis company's interests that the had th« Holme» B ubiu « » » College □early all disappeared from tbe Lebanon, Nov. 30tb. 1903, John tions, the fiue new electrical mining of Portland, and tbe Cottage Charley McKibben and tbe balance.’ wltlliD tl)e near future. lower levels iu the Bohemia mines S. Churchill, aged about 73 years. aud milling plant of the O regon Se This game gives our boys the The high school eleven, was the and that the slight damages result Deceased was au honored Oregon curities Company was practically iml most stubbornly contented 2 E h PÏ Ï 3 b üf We8tern ° reS°n [ ComVanJ"1^ sÎ^recéried “ word ing from the recent storms bad pioneer Laving crossed tbe plains ever witnessed in Cottage High ^ ^ . a n d is something to from the Mexican government of tbe completed Decem ber 1st, iu the nearly all been repaired. aud located iu this state in tbe early Tbe Portland team is by be proud of. Should they succeed Champion Basin, Bohemia, and the fifties. He was a brother of Henry ____ _ tie strongest aggregation that iii arranging a game with Baker Churchill o f this place, and also immense plant is about ready to be- SID E W A LK . City the Champions of Eastern Ore- TH E C E M E T E R Y T H E UNION M E E T IN G local team bas dealt with this leaves two brothers iu Douglas giu miuiug operations on a large , especially on a dry field, gon, and defeating them they will | p N .a r l y A v a i l a b l e but a F e w L a s t S u n d a y NldKt ot th e ■ o t h o d la t county. T be fuueral service and scale. This mining plant, by tbe their fast and furious banks have the undisputed championship un More C o n trib u tio n o ro B a d l y burial was conducted at Crabtree, way, is one of tbe very largest and C h u r c h W a s W a ll A t t o n d o d and of the High Schools of Oregon. iorae splendid work. Needed. near Lebanon, Tuesday. In tbe most modern in its equipment to be M u c h I n to r o s t M a n ifa stod Tbe visiting team was tendered a visitor« expected their hardest leatb of uncle John Churchill the found iu the stnte. of the season, as d id also the most cordial and pleasant reception { W . H. Washburn of Portland, career of another esteemed pioneer ____________________ _ ‘ On last Sunday eveniug one of of Miss Elsie Lea _ iu __ tbe conjmittee io charge of the team and neither o f them were at tbe borne wbo bad charge of tbe construction citizen is ended and there are many pointed in tbe leust particular, evening aud a delightful evening l'emetery sidewalk movement reports the most largely attended and most people in this part of the state who work ou the Cliompion Basin 30 ugh tbe visitors bad ju s t been was tbe verdict of one and all, and, ^a*r*y 8°°d progress io rnising tbe • interesting uuion good citi/.eusbip will be pained to learn of bis pass stamp mill, completed bis work ear while vanquished tbe visitors return- re<lu*red funds by subscription. Tbe meetings of tbe whole series was held ted at Eugene by a good score, ly this week aud rcturued to Port ing away. ednubted^but what tbev would ec* fi°me w>th many pleasant recol- committee was temporarily discour- at tbe M. E. Church. Kev.S. B. Morss land after spending a day in this nntclass visit W IL L IS — At Saginaw, Oregon. Nov. city. He said the last machiuerv Outclass l u tlic e Euireuo a ^ u g e u e t team eam u ou u . Action8 of their - - ----- ; to Cottage ----------o - ak'e‘l atul disheartened by the little j was the speaker of the evening and " ... . -. .- .. . interest manifested in this much I he struck straight out from the 28, 1903, G eorge Wesley Willis, to arrive iu the Champion Basin to ::og like a decent field and such ! Drove and the hospitality they had eujoyed at the hands of Miss Lea needed improvement and very com ¡shoulder and hurled some decidedly aged 59 years, 8 months and 11 complete the big plant was tbe ele «d to be the case mendnhle movement by the two hot shot into tberauks of bis Satan days. ctric motor to be used in operating “ring the first half tbe ball re- and tbe local football team. Lodges which own the cemetery— ic majesty in this city. His address, Mr. W’ illis was born at Wyoming, tbe air compressors which supply 1 near the center o f the field the Masons and Odd Fellows, from while decidedly pointed, was logical Luzurn county, Pennsylvania, March power for the big Leyuer drills. Mr. ;t on one occasiou when the B irth d a y A n n iv ersa ry C elebrated which source a good rouud sub aud convincing. Others who spoke 17, 1844. Iu September 18G1 be Washburn assisted in tbo installs ■«rs goal seemed in danger from scription was naturally expected as interestingly aud eloquently for bet enlisted in Co. F, 53 Regim ent Penn. tiou of this motor before leaving the fierce line bucks o f tbs local Tuesday evening about thirty they are the only institutions to de- ter morals and a higher ideal of citi Volunteer Infantry. In February mines, which com pleted the plant. but unfortunately they were guests assembled at the borne o f , rive auy direct or monetary benefit zenship for Cottage G rove were Itev. 1804 he re-enlisted in Battery C, 4 He says what little damage resulted for downs and lost tbe ball aud Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Jones, to join in from the sidewalk when completed F. E. Billingtou, Bev. Geo. H. Feese, Reg. U. S. Artillery, and received to the couipituy’ s electric line and puDted out of danger at tbe celebrating tbe 37th birthday aunt- and they could well afford to sub- Rev. C. H. Wallace, and Rev. I. M. an honorable disclinrge Feb 111, Hume during the recent storm has 0 / the first balf w hich lasted versary of Mr. JoneH. The célébra- scribe more than $10 eoch and there Boyles. An elderly gentleman. Mr. IS07. On D ecem ber 31, 1809 he nil been repaired and that tbe drills five minutes, neither s i d e 1 tion was qnfet/y planned by Mrs. I by manifest more fiberalty iu tbe McKenzie, presented some interest was united in marriage to Miss will be put to work at once. He red, and no spectacular plays Jones and intended as a surprise to ! matter, especially when it is under- ing figures showing the great aniouut Sarah Jane le r g u s o o , and twelve speaks in glow ing terms of the coiu- teen made although our team the head of tbe family, but there are 1 stood that not one board will be of money absorbed by tbe saloons children were born to them. Tbe pleteuess of this big mining plant, to have rather the best of it. serious suspicions that be was n o t 1 purchased or laid until tbe funds during _ the course o f a year. He al- family moved to the state of Ne and tbe extent and richness of tbe the second half C ottage Grove so much surprised ou the asserab- are in sight for the purchase of the so stated that in liis taavels up aud braska in 1880 and came to Oregon vast mining properties of this b ig off to Portland and downed ling of tbe guests as it was antici- lumber necessary to complete the down tbe country be found that in 1888 where they have since resid mining company. He spoke in par ill ou their twenty yard line pitted that he would be. Tbe even- walk, the entire bill amounting to Cottage Grove lmd tbe unenviable ed. Deceased united with the ticular of tbe competency and able they succeeded iu taking it ing proved none the less joyful and 25,000 feet, which will cost about repututiuu of being one of the most Christian Church iu Cottage Grove management o f Superintendent u»ns aud by fierce line bucks happy, many interesting games be- j $250, on the ground. About $200 wide-open and immoral towns in iu 1892 and has since lived a con Mathews wbo has personally super Harms aud K uox, our speedy ing introduced by Mrs. Frnnk bas been subscribed, besides consid-1 Southern Oregon. While this is sistent Christian. He leaves a wife vised tbe seiaous’ extensive opera -ks who succeeded in carrying Wheeler who assisted the hostess in erable lubor, and it looks a* though not in reality, a fact, it is true however and eight children, fou r boys and tions, add has put tbe big plant in the five yard line. K nox was entertaining. Miss Elsie Lea and our citizens aud secret societies that tbe statu aud municipal laws four girls and numerous friends to to operation almost with in the stip fives the ball and went through her sister, Mrs. E. C. Conner, fu r -‘ should manifest euough public are not as rigorously inforced here mourn their great loss. Six of tbe ulated time iu spite of numerous de line for tbe full five yards, scor- nisbed some excellent piano music j spirit to rally to the support of the as they should be for tbe moral ad- children were preseut at tbe time of lays and other obstacles. the first and only touchdow n of for the occasion, and at a late hour Cimmittee, which lias labored hard | vancement of the community. bis death. Tbe funeral service was We are also informed that the Rev. Billingtou announced tbat a held at tbe Christian church in this game. Captain Earl H ill then light refreshments were served, after ou this proposition for a month, and new parts for the loggin g engine guished himself by kicking a which the guests returned to their assist it io raising tbe balance of tbe movement was progressing looking city Monday Rev. F. E. Billingtou which was demolished by a falling ful goal and makiug the score respective homes, wishing Mr. Jones amount required. Tbe subscription toward tbe establishment of a read officiating, and tbe remnius were laid tree lately cituie by express this > 0. The ball was again put many happy returns of the occasion. paper's are on display at the L eader ing-room, town library, bath, lunch to rest in the I. O. O. F. and week and loggin g operations and office and Metcalf k Morse’s grocery counter and restaurant, to be estab Masonic cemetery, under tbe aus -J aud Cottage G rove took the saw milling lias been commenced and carried it straight across The average pastor would give a store where those desiring to aid in lished in this city to afford a moral pices of the G. A. R . with renewed vigor at tbe mines, to resort for young men and the travel a worthy cause should call and con- for what looked like an- great deal to knew how to build a supply material to complete the ing public both day and night. „ tribute their mite, a complete state- acure but lost on a fumble and Some ebureb members keep their suow sheds aud other similar im church tbat would have all the rear | meut 0f which will appear in the Such an institution would fill a long punted to tile center of the provements. hearts in cold storage. local papers as soon as the funds felt waut in this city as under tbe where it was in play when time ! seats in front. | present order of things tbe saloon are all subscribed and expended. has a complete m onopoly of the L a u r a T h o m a s R e c it a l. i evening. It is hoped to make this — Christian resort practically seif sus- No better reader and imperson 1 taiued and it can be done. ator has ever been heard in Cottage Grove than Miss Laura Gertrude A N ew C o u n t y R u a d , require no breaking-in. The cushion is ¡1 non Thomas. Last Thursday evening Miss Thomas gave a recital at the opera conductor of either liont or cold and will keep Alex and John Cooley are inaug house, and considering the extreme the feet at a natural temperature : : : urating a movement with the object ly bad weather, a good audience of opening a new countv road greeted her. She was assisted by through their farms south of this local talent. Miss Lillian Hart city, the new road to connect with reudered a piano solo. tbe Coast Fork road at the Mary ed for a response. Mr. Isbam sang , ^ •' White farm and enter this city on and responded to a hearty encore. tbe division liue between the Jones Miss Thomas, progi am consisted additiou and Alex Spares’ property of vairous selections from well The largest and best on the east side of the river. This known authors among them being route if established would briDg tbe Bear Story,” -las Witcomb Riley; new road into this city on Fourth and Scene I of Clyde Fitch's "Bar street a n d would considerably bara Fritchie.” “ Mrs. W iggs of the tiara r ntcnie .. V, ù’ shorten the distance to Cottage Cabbage Patch;” by Alice Hegan f ....... . . . . _____ from tbe Blackbutte Mines Rice, «» 4 1 * '®r^ . ' lhil 1 ’ _ j and tbe Coast Fork valley and give j Wiggs and her ° ____ „,..,.¡ 1 ,. the county a much better roadway ' Can small friends, were never more vividly than is afforded by tbe old river | d than by Miss Thomas. portrayed toad. W e are informed that Messrs J at Miss Thomas is possessed of a Cooley will ask for no damages for ( harming personality— modest, un- to orders 101,1 tbe opening of this fine new road- 1 't impressing one with assuming wav. reserve that be- dignity, grace anu speaks tfie genuine quality of the A n o th e r V ic t o r y fo r E u g e n e . Our own woman. - . .. ---- Saturday the Junior Athletic Club j L e a p Y ear H ere S o o n . * h e n w alk ing or standing the wearer of the • 'A cm e" ('m illion Hhoe ix c o m e tout of a d elig h t ful xenxatlon o f buoyancy, and doe* not lire as an ordinary shoe. We are *o|e agents. of Eugene defeated the Cottage Grove High School second team in Leap year begins Jan nary 1st. an exciting game o f football on Kin- 1 This will make eight years since the caid field, by a score o f 15 to 0. ladies were in possession of tbe priv (Juite a large crowd was out to j ilege of proposing, and by this time see the game and cheered tbe young an elegant crop of bashful beaux bas m atured-ready for marketmg. atblets who put up one ofpthe b e e t; TVcst end of Bridge games played in Eugene this season. Corner Main and River Ste- Girls be brave, a faint heart never The Eugene boys were superior won » chappie. MINING lit WAS 6 TO 0 A FINE EPIPMENT J J CUSHION-SOLE SHOES Pearce The Acme Turn J o h n s o n Up - T o - Date Grocery Store in C o 11 a g e Grove fill large or orders promptly : Country produce ind sold : Special bought ai tention given the Bohemia mines * fre«» Delivery wagon For For Women Women $3.50 $3.50 P H O N E M A I N 45 Under Oddi F e l l o w s Hall