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INVESTORS and HOMESEEKERS
will here find opportunities
uowhere else afforded in Ore­
gon. The Leader will give
you the news and farts con­
cerning this favored locality
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CO TTAG E GROVE, L A N E CO U NTY, OREGON, F R ID A Y , MARCH 25, 1904
IL. XV
00D ROADS OREGON CO-OPERATIVE
MEETING Organized at Cottage Grove this Week
bounty Organization Will be
Effected.
terest of State’s Industries.
ASSOCIATION COUNTY SEAT
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m
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¡ee to work in conjunction with the
l f | = Secretar>’ ’ consisting of nine mem-
j bers, o f which the President and
j Vice-Presidents o f the association
: shall be ex-officio members.
W’e hereby recommend the fol-1
lowing-natned gentlemen be made
NOTFÇ
IlV T 1 L J
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Prohibitionists Nominate a
County Ticket.
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NEWTELEPHONELINE
officers of the permanent organiza-
I drafted by thu :**ujcinl committee.
tion:
THE REPORT OF COMMITTEE
! President, Herbert Eakin: first;
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To the Citizens of Cottage Grove v i c e - p r e s i d e n t , R. M. Veatch; sec- Municipal Ownership of Lighting Plant
le g a t e s Will be Present From all
vice-president, T. K. Camp
with the proprietors of the various ¡in Mass Meeting Assembled:
Pursuant to instructions, the
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Agitated at Eugene.
saw milling institutions of south ¡committee on organization, ap- bell, third vice-president, H. O.
Parts of the County.
Lane county was held in the Cor-1 I pointed at the meeting of citizens Thompson: fourth vice-president,
Mrs. Flora Bowder went to Cot­
tage Grove opera house last Satur- at Martin’s hall on the evening o f F. I). W h e e l e r ; fifth vice-president, tage Grove Wednesday to visit with
^Tturdav a mass meeting will
day evening, for the purpose of March 19, met at the appointed; A B .W oo d ; secretary C. J. How- friends.
|eld at the court house at Eu- [
discussing and effecting an organ­ place of meeting in this city at 101
for the purpose of organizing 1
, ,
T
Mrs Phillip Hohl returned to
ization with the object of trying to o'clock a.in., Monday, March 2 . , iard: treasurer- J h } ° " " SU
jd roads association for Lane |
..
Cottage Grove Wednesday, after a
1902
!
Moved
and
seconded
that
the
obtain a better lumber freight rate
fcty. Meetings have been held ^
short visit to her daughter Mrs.
A very enthusiastic mass meet­ from the Southern Pacific, this
Present, Chairman A. B. Wood, committee secretary prepare a mem- Mike Wald.
far ions places in the county
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‘
hership
enrollment,
and
that
the
ing
of
the
business
and
profession­
industry
having
been
practically
png the past week, and dele-
and committeemen R. M. Watch, _
On Sunday evening, March 20th,
al
men
of
Cottage
Grove,
together
demoralized in Western Oregon Dr. Lawbaugh, T. K. Campbell, i
elected to this good roads
(Concluded on last page,)
an eleven-pound girl baby was born
|vention , and a large attend-
to the wife of Oscar L. Parsons,685
is anticipated.
F "e v c -S im ile P e titio n I s s u e d b y O r e g o n C o -O p erev ti v e A a s o c i& t lo n N o . 1 to t h e S o u t h e r n P a c ific R .e J lro a .d C onr\p«*.rvy
Pearl street.
Lorane elected the following
The farmers’ telephone line from
Jgates Wednesday:
Dexter to Goshen is ready for publio
P. Inman, J. Atkinson, M. B.
use as soon as the phones arrive and
pe and R. C. Hoff,
are p t along the route.
MR. W . E. C O M A N ,
everal will attend from Cottage
The taxpaying element of Eugene
ve and other points in South
G e n e F. & P. A g e n t , S. P. R. R. Co.
seems to be enthusiastic over the
County. It is a commendable
Portland, Oregon.
prospect of city ownership of the
timely movement and should
G r e e t in g :
electric light and waterwork system.
live hearty encouragement and
W h erea s , The territory known as Western Oregon offers unlimited possibilities for a large population and
N. K. Gaylord, a well known mer­
■ port. ___
many industries, and,
chant of this city, has purchased the
W h e r e a s , Great efforts are being made by the people o f the State, through the Lewis & Clark Centennial and
■ O glesby F a m ily Reunion.
old Minnesota Hotel property from
A. C. Ruby, and will take p ossess.
the the Railroad Emigration Bureaus, to publish to the world the resources o f Oregon and to encourage immigration
A reunion of the Oglesby family
ion about May 1th.
and development of these resources, and,
/a| held recently at the home of
Ira. Malissa Derrick, at Eddyville,
The Lane county Prohibition con­
W h erea s , We believe that to accomplish this, settlers seeking homes here will be encouraged by signs of pros­
In County,
Or. All living
vention
was held Wednesday after­
perity, and discouraged by lack of prosperity; and capital seeking opportunities will assist in the development of our
hers of the family were present
noon and nominated their candi­
industries
only
when
conditions
are
such
that
they
can
be
established
on
a
permanently
prosperous
basis,
we
herewith
the exception of Mrs. Louisa
dates for office as follows: Senator
present the following facts:
psou, of
Fossil, Or. The
— S. B. Morss, Cottage Grove; Rep­
sbya crossed the plains from
resentatives— J. B. Lister, aud \V_
(0
The local freight rates are higher than those charged in other places for the same service under similar
yler county, Missouri, in 1853,
T. Matlock of Eugene; G. L. Price,
conditions.
j
lettled on the Coast Fork, near
Irving; County Judge— L. B. Row­
( 2) That during the past four years the lumber industry, under the rate of $3.10 per ton to bay points, was
ge Grove. President Itooae-
land, Eugene; Sheriff— Luoaa Cow-
extensively developed, and large sums of money were invested in the industry, many people becoming dependent on
ight have listened with delight
gill, Creswell; County commisaionera
the same; that the rates recently imposed upon the lumber producers o f Western Oregon are prohibitive, and that the
different brothers and sisters
— C. J. Hurd, and E. L. Gunn, of
an account of themselves and
Irving; County clerk— A. F. Linn,
imposing of said rates has caused the shutting down o f the mills and destroying the value o f all investments in this
erated their descendants, as
S Eugene: Treasurer— Geo. Lew,
industry, and is paralyzing all business in this district.
|ws: Mrs. Sarah Knox, aged 73
Cottage Grove; School superintend­
( 3) W e believe that the prevailing condition o f depression and lack o f opportunity for labor to be employed, is
sephine County, with 11 child
ent— M. F. Horn, Eugene; Assessor
due to our inability under present conditions of freight rates to compete with other sections o f the country, and for the
49 grandchildren and 32 great-
— H. C. Bushnell, Junction; Coroner
same reason we are unable to offer the same encouragement to home-seekers and capitalists that they can find elsewhere.
dchildren; Dr Oglesby, aged
— Dr. G. F. Parks, Junction,
ith one child; Mrs. Mnlis»a
( 4) We, therefore, petition the Southern Pacific Company for such modifications o f the existing freight rates
N ew School G rounds S u rveyed .
iek, aged 65, of Eddyville Ore.,
as w ill give relief.
to 15 children, 25 grandchildren
The new sitely location donated by
In presenting you with the above facts, we urge that such relief be given at once.
pne great- grandchild; A. J.
D. G. McFarland on which Cotti ge
by, aged l!3, of Angory Or.,
Grove's second school building is to
O R E G O N CO O P E R A T IV E A S S O C IA T IO N ,
th even children and two grand-
bo erected at a cost of about « 8,000,
Per C. J, H oward , Secretary.
lildren; Sylba Kohler, aged 57, of
was »urveyed and platted this week.
Dated at C otta ge G rove , O regon , this 22d day of March, 1904.
adfema, Wash., with five children
It contained one and one-half acres
nd four grandchildren; Mrs. Lu-
and is a beautiful commanding lo­
stla Grant, aged 49, of Harlan, Or.
cation near the base of McFarland
E N D O R S E M E N T OF C I TI Z EN S OF C O T T A G E G R O V E
^ 10 children and one grandchild;
Butte. The application for a loan
We,
the
undersigned,
residents
and
citizens
o
f
Oregon,
being
directly
inteiested
in
the
industrial
development
o
f
Louisa Thompson, agen 44, *f
in the amount of the bonds voted
Western Oregon, and believing that the present height rates on both imports and exports, through and local, are
il, Ore , with four children.—
bas been placed with the state
higher than they should be, and believing that they should be modified to such an extent as to give all industries an
■ its Pass Courier.
school board aud ns soon as ob­
equal opportunity in competition with other portions of the country; and believing that such course would result in
tained bids will be called for on the
material
benefit
to
the
Southern
Pacific
Company
and
meet
with
the
hearty
appreciation
of
the
people
of
the
State,
do
Or a nd millinery opeuing at the
construction of tbe new building
endorse the petition o f the O regon C o -O p e r a t iv e A sso ciatio n .
(S IG N E D B Y L E A D IN G C IT IZ E N S .)
■ age Grove Merchantile Co’s.
which will be completed in time for
I r Wednesday. Ladies al1 ;uvit-1
opening of the next school year iu
September.
EUGENESATURDAV BETTER LUMBER FREIGHT RATES WANTED
Monster Petition to S. P. Co.
“ Entire State Is to
Be Organized.
PETITION
Until Further
N O T I C E
we will continue our
closing out sale until
the entire stock is dis-
iK»sed of. The extreme­
ly low prices that we
nave been and are yet
quoting on the goods
positively cannot be du­
plicated by any concern
in this part of the coun­
try, quality of goods
considered. It was a
large stock to begin
witn and you will yet
find many bargains in
many lines of season­
able goods .* .* .* .*
Eakin & Bristow
since tbe present prohibitive freight Jas. Hemenway and C. J. Howard, j
tarriff went into effect January ltb., Chairman Wood presided and it |
just at a time when tbe industry was was resolved upon motion by Mr. 1
just being revived from the demora­ Campbell, that the following re -!
lizing effects of the car shortage of port be submitted at the adjourned ,
last fall. The meeting was called ¡citizens mass meeting:
to order by Mayor R. M. Veatch
'It is the sense o f this committee [
I and a temporary organization was that a permanent organization be ;
affected by the election of A. B. effected in this city, with a view to :
Wood as chairman and Frank H. takeing up such questions as may j
Rosenberg as secretary.
come before the organization from j
c o m m it t e e a p p o in t e d .
time to time, of vital importance to
After much practical discussion a the great state o f Oregon and the |
committee consisting of the follow­ citizens thereof, and particularly, \
ing prominent and influential citi­ at this time, to take up the matter |
zens of Cottage Grove was appoint­ of traffic rates with the Southern
ed to draft some line of procedure Pacific Co., it being conceded that
and plan of organization: A. B. | certain freight rates now imposed
Wood, manager O A S. E. railroad, ( upon the lumber producers of the
chairman;C. J. Howard, postmaster, Willamette valley, are prohibitive,
secretary; Hon. R M. Veatch, may­ and that said action of said compa­
or; Hon. Jas. Hemenway, merchant; ny and said rates imposed, has in-
T. K. Campell, of tbe Pacific Timber forced the closing down o f many
Co. Dr. Lawbaugh, of Long A mills, the reduction o f the formerly
Bingham Lumber Co.
large forces of mill men, and other­
This committee was instructed to wise demoralizing and depreciating
meet and prepare its report on the lumber business, which is one
Tueeday March 22, and present its of the most important industries in
report at tbe adjourned meeting to Western Oregon at the present time,
be held at tba opera bouse Tuesday as well as crippling the many oth­
evening.
er industries upon which the peo­
ADJOCSNED MEETING, COMMITTEE BEPORT ple throughout this section depend.
A larger and even more enthusi­
It was voted that the name of
astic crowd assembled at the opera the permanent organization be the
house on Tuesday than on the pre­ “ Oregon Co-Operative
Associa­
vious Saturday evening for the tion, No. 1.” The committee rec-
purpose of receiving the report of momends that the association be
the special committee and perfect­ provided with the following officers:
ing organization. The meeting was President, 5 vice-president», secre
called to order by temporary chair­ tary. (with power to appoint assist­
man A. B. Wood, who instructed ant.) and treasurer.
temporary secretary Frank Rosen­
W e recommend that the Presi­
berg to read the report and petition dent appoint an Advisory Commit-1,
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Good Things to Eat
Phone
Main
No. 43
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This is our motto and
we i-arry the best line of
groceries to be found in
tbe markets. Our stock
is fresh aDd closely se­
lected.
Our c a n n e d
goods are of tbe most re­
cent puck.
O u r Sidt
Meats sre received fresh
every month and o u r
ranch supplies are ever
fresh.
W e have tbe
choicest s e l e c t i o n of
luncheon delicacies to be
found in the county. We
live up to our motto and
sell nothing inferior.....
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Corner
Main and
River Sts.
West End
of Bridge.
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PEARCE & JOHNSON