Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905, December 04, 1903, Image 1

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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
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M
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T
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T
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UNION
M
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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
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.
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.
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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