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Cottage Grove Mercantile
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Company ;
Opposite Im p érial Hotël, Main Street
W IL L O P E N F O R BUSINESS
TUESDAY, MARCH 22
A F U L L L IN E O F
Latest Styles
G rarvd M i l l i n e r v O n <>n ir \ a W e in e s d a v . March 3o
Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots
and Shoes, Gents’ Furnishings
and Hats, Ladies’ Tailor-Made
Suits and Millinery
V IN G purchased Miss Bartel8
H A stock
o f hats. With a full lme
o f millinery from New \ork and Chi
cairo. with a good line ot ladies suits,
and with the assistance of an experi
enced maker, fitter and trimmer from
Portland in charge o f this department,
we most cordially invite the ladies oi
Cottage Grove and vicinity to visit us
X >1 11 C <X 0 1» 11 t V> X C it & C T wo h“ ve vome to recant It a natural
1 and Incurable condition. Men who
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have been elected and paid to deliber
ate and de. H e in matters ot State,
Purchased applause has a hollow
PUBLISHED KVKUY FBI DAY
i have been acting as attorneys and sound.
<\ CONNKK, Editor and Proprietor agents f >r prominent constutents,
The reason some men never get
| their relatives, or themselves, in tilch-
üntered at the Cottage Grove post- ;in g money from the public Treasury. along in politics is because they take
their own advice.
office as second-class matter.
Cali it by whatever uaine you please i
In Wyoming almost the first law
it is wrong, and to pilory tbe practice j
that was passed after women were
and
the
men
forever,
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more
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enfranchised was one giving all wo
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$1.50 Importance to the UDited State- than ;
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.75 tiie political fortune o one or • f al l men in governmental iraploy, equal
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1 pay with men for the same work, ia-
If paid In advance hut t( not so feud a of them. Thh stability o f our govern
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inlform rale of SJ.no per year will be charie-d.
ment
is
far
more
dependent
upon
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Advertising rates made known on application {
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...Men’s Modern Furnishings...
Here are the Latest and Best, in wide variety, in Shirts. Collars.
Ties. Cuff Buttons. Socks. Underwear. Suspenders, and other arti
cles so indispensible to the dress of the man of today.
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Early Spring Creations ready for your Inspection
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! ity within that; b,
ships without. . General Miles’ name is being men-
¡tioned for the presidency with in
I t is now more apparent than ever creasing frequency. It has been
Tito Lane County L eadkr for one
•'»arand any one of the follow ing pa that the Panuma canal will have re claimed that he is the only candi
pers one year for the price sot opposite: markable powers of postponement, date capable of heading off Hearst
New York Tribune Farmer.......... St 75
but the offieiuls think it will pay. Th
in the Democratic convention, ami
Toledo Weekly Blade.................
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Portland Weekly Oregonian ........ 2 .50
Commissioners are to have a salary now tbe Prohibitionists are shouting
Portland Weekly .lonrual
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of *12,000 a year each, and f IS, for for him and want him for their own.
Portland Semi-Weekly Journal.... J 2-5
CLUBUIXU LIST
San Francisco rail ...................... 2 .'<o
San Francisco Kxamluer................ 2 -50
every day they are on the Isthmus.
Some 40,000 Chinese and as many Ja
maica negroes are to be Imported to
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do the work. Colon anu Panama are
to be destroyed and rebuilt, a quag
Tile Sun Francisco Star iDemocrat mire forty miles long will be filled up
ic,) of the -goth, contains a short biog water will be piped from the Andes
raphy of William Randolph Hearsf, and various other little tilings w ill be
which concludes ns follows :
done.
The prohibitionists were liberal to
wnrd Cottage Grove in their county
convention at Eugene Wednesday.
S. B. Morss was nominated for sena
tor and Geo. Lea for treasurer. The
cause is just and the ticket should
succeed, but the party and its sym
pathizers don’t all vote as they pray.
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1Eveiry D•ay ail Sairgai n l lay
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omce in Allison Building
\ Office, No. I 'd
Phone f Residence, No. Hi»
at our Store. All kinds of Country Produce Bought and Sold
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As a Congressman, he has been a
Prof. W. M. Sutton of the Spring-
total and laughable, failure. Tims
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No beuthen god or goddess has ever field Public Schools announces him
far, he lias not cast a single vote in had more zealous devotees than self a candidate for County School
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the House, nor made a speech, nor fashion, or a more absurd and humil Superintendent, subject to the act
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made a point of order, nor moved to iating ritual, or more mortifying and ion of the republican county con
All «‘alls promptfy attended.
Office:
adjourn.
cruel pennance. Her laws, like those vention. Mr. Sutton has had 1
Main St., next to Leaner. Phone 114
are being ottered In many department* of our merchandise stock aud It will pay you la
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Ho has never made a ten-minute of the Medes and PerRiuns, must be years experience at teaching in this
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political speech in all his life. He has iinplicity obeyed, but unlike them, state. His qualifications are on
never written ten lines on u political change, as certainly hs the moon. questionable.
He is a son-in-law
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speech in all his life. He declines ail They are rarely founded in reason, of W. H. Lincoln of Cottage Grove
Fcr your General Merchandise
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call on the old reliable firm of
invitations to speak, and sends out usually violate common sense, some
Hon. Schiller B. Hermann, Coos
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letter» in reply, written by his clever times common decency, and uniform
county representative, and son of
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hired men. but signed ‘•William Ran ly common comfort.
Hon. Binger Hermann, is a eandi
Office: First door West of Allison's
dolph Hearst.”
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Barber Shop.
date for the nomination of joint
He talks of himself in his papers but! The Mormons wanted publicity, and
Senator for Coos and Curry county
cannot talk for himself anywhere.
they got It. Congressmen wanted ihe in opposition to R. D. Hume. Mr
Hearst does not exist, except on Bristow report, and they got it. A
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Groceries, Dry Goods. Clothing. Boots and Shoes
Hermaun made an enviable record
paper. He is talked of because he is 1 few days a£o Publicity was the ali
in tlie Oregon legislature and there
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ne ver seen. I>ring him to the open, Leu|ing ointment, bnt now it is only
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and force him to «crap with the world what the philosopher called -the
nominated and elected joint senator
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and he would go down and out in half • cur8e of tt KraDtej prayer.”
for Coos and Curry counties, he be
Dr. Snapp's Building. Main street
a round.
ing very popular in those counties
HI* chief distinction since boyhood
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Oar idea of solitude is either the
The Blue River republicans are
hike been his open and bruzen public store of a man who does not believe
association with degraded women, In advertls'ug or the spacious cham in li«e for tbe coming battle of bal
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whose influence upon him has been bers in the peace tribunal at The lots, having oaganized an L. T.
Harris republican club. A repre
superior to that even of Ills ambition. Hague, just now.
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Manufacturers of Flour. Feed. Graham
sentative number of local republi
And in the White House he would
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cans assembled at tbe postoflice
Whole W heat Flour and G erm Meal
Office: Voting Building. Main Street,
present such a spectacle of indecency
When you hear some people abusing
West Side.
ns would cause the nations of the a man you can write it down that he building last Saturday evening and
affected tbe organization.
Glen
earth to jeer.
is* possessed of some good qualities
Extensive improvements are being made to our milling ma
When California is to have a Presi that his traducers can never hope to Bowers was elected president, C. D.
chinery.
Vi it aim to keep our flour proof against outside
Edwards secretary, aud L . J. Beebe
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dent, let him lie a man-one whose have.
competitors. Being a Cottage Grove institution we respect
treasure.
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whole biography may be published
fully ask you to always order the home product when buying
The man who advocates higher sal
without too grossly violating the laws
A certain congressman sent seed
Flour.
Me have just installed a machine of lnrge capacity
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concerning the dissemination of ob aries to eure graft should also advo to one of his constituent, who fed it
for rolling oats and barley. Bring your oats ami have it
cate leaving the safe unlocked to pre to the pet canary with the following
scene literal lire.
Sppcial attention given to collect ions
rolled before feeding
It will go much further,
Feed aud
vent safe blowing.
dire results:
lmy promptly delivered to any part of the city.
On tlie 14th Inst, the U. 8. Supreme
“ Dear Mr. Glad-Hand: I want
The innn who skips the primaries to thank you very much for the seed
Court rendered a momentous decision
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in the great Merger caseoi the North lias no rqor d right to criticise the men you have been sending me. Please
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who
use
it
for
base
purposes.
do
not
send
auy
more,
as
our
canary
western Securities Company, Justice
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died ten days ago. The bird did
Harlan presenting it. The court-room
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was crowded with Senators, Congress
France naturally hopes that Russia uot seem to thrive on the seed you
Matches, Clocks and Jewelrv
men ami Lawyers. The decision Is will win. Russia owes Frauee ¡jd.flOO,- have beeu sending.”
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tlie merger to be in restraiuint of com
More candidate than offices. All
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good men too.
A C t n d l d & t f l fo r C o u n t y S c h o o l S u p er-
was declared to lie a trust, aud it was
D. HEXHILL
in te n d e n t .
prohibited from exercising any eon
Politics sometimes makes strange
The Eugene Register of Wednes
trol over competing rni'ways. The
ARCHITECT.
day said: “ J. I. Jones, republican
decision will have a far reaching re cell-mates.
Room t’>. Beckwith Block, F t GENE, OK.
central
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A B irth d a y P arty.
Cottage Grove precinct, is in town
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A moat enjoyable evening was and in discussing the political sim
The first complete inventory of Un spent at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. ntiou in his part of the county, sa\s
spirited citizen
He has been fore
cle Sam's money that has been taken T. J. Mnrkley, Wednesday of last
that Prof. A. L. Briggs, principal
most in tlie agitation for an addit
in 13 years Inis just been completed at week, it being tbe birthday of Mr.
of the Cottage Grove public schools,
Washington. Tlie work of counting Win Caryatid Miss Nellie Culp. The has finally yielded to the urgent re ional public school building at the
Grove, for which purpose $10.000
and weighing the money required tlie eveuing was spent with Hindi ami
quest of his many friends in south
services of 130 experts for two days, music. Mr. Cfcaa. Culp rendered Lane to enter the contest for the re bonds were recently voted."
and the balances are found to be ex some very beautiful pieces on tbe
publican nomination for county
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actly correct. This Is simply wonder guitar. At n late hour refresh school superintendent, and Mr.
Miss Ada Hanson will conduct!
ful that business aggregating into the ments were served by Mrs. E. C. Jones states that while the Cottage
her grand Easter opening next
hundreds and millions of dollars can Lockwood and Mrs. E. Underwood.
Grove delegations may be unable to
tie transacted and exact balances se After refreshmeutsthe hosts we’ wish units on a candidate for Represen Tuesday aud Wednesday at which
cured. It is quite creditable to the ed many happy returns of the dayaud tative from that part of tlie county, time the finest display of the latest
system in force that such is the case. departed for their homes. Th ose they can be depended upon to stand creations in spring millinery will be
ou exhibitVm at her store ever seen
present were, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. as a unit foa Prof. B rigge in the
in Cottage Grove. Miss Hanson ex
The most beautiful time of the year
lev Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Uuder- county couventiou. Prof. Briggs
will soon l>e here ami many a farmer wood, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Culp, j is How serving his fourth year as tends a special and cordial invita
will be to buEjr to ^look up or about, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lockwood, j principal of the Cottage Grove tion to the ladies of Cottage Grove
oblivious to daily pleasures, toiling for Nellie Culp, Miss Jenny Saloway, schools, which under his able in
rclers to u> for groceries and see what promptness
comfort and enjoyment by and by, Misses Flossie andMildred Lockwood structions. have forged ahead rapid line stock of millinery on these o|>en-
eally means. I f you can t send a hundred, just
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days—
Tuesday
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Wednesday,
only to leave it all Just when he is get Mr. W. C. Wallace, Wm Cary, Mr ly, until they have taken rank with
'¡s '' ,at y ° « want and we w ill supply you with
I March 20th and fifttli. In the build
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ting ready to enjoy life. The wise John Barker and Paul Markley.
°°ds at right prices. W e 'll save you money
the leading schools of the county.
man enjoys life as he goes along by
| A class lias graduated every year ing formerly occupied by Welch A
We’re g oing to move soon. Watch for Announcement
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M i l l i n e r y O p e nin g .
taking time to lift his eyes above his
! from the high school department,
work.
Jas. Thomas announces that the and thorough work is reported in
grand millinery opening of the tine each of the nine grades, regardless To Whom it May Concern
P a r k e r 's
Phone
The legislative branch of our gov stock of spring hats and general of their crowded condition during
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ernment has had a shocking and salu millinery which he recently placed the past year. He, has through a
W e have several inquires from
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tary lesson. It has been Investigated in the room at the rear of tbr> new prolonged series of lectures and the east regardiug the price of farm
and exposed. One-half of Congress bank will take plafe Saturday, Mrs. otherwise, succeeded in building rp lands and have decided to send ~ ~ -
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has been engaged In indefensible Frederiekson being in charge of tbe a tine library lor the schools, and is several thousand circulars for dis
practices! Don’t be startled, we have opening. Tbe ladies of Cottage said to be a thoroughly up-to-date tribution. If yon want to sell give
all known this all the time,—have Grove are given a cordial invitation educator, as well as a very enter us the price and description, we do
known It and endured it so long that to call and look over the new styles. prising, wide-awake and public-1 tbe rest.
Phillips A Wheeler.
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