For the next ten days we will
close out our line of Ladies’
Street Hats at and below cost.
We need the room.
Cottage Grove Mercantile Co.
Unfortunate y tin- I- cadku doe- uut
contain a «porting department, or else
POLITICAL.
It would hare giv--n tlie combat of
election night by rounds. Will the
Democratic primaries Saturday.
PUBLISHED KVEUV FKIDAY
combatant- be required to appear lie-
A big u u»e is a sudi ieut argu
W. r. CON NEK. KJlior aiul Proprietor fore themselves and answer to a
ment for s me men.
charge of attempted face-punching?
Entered at the Cottage Grove post-
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California Democrats are oppoe- S
I t is ju s t s o much money tt,r--wii ' ,ng Hearst-’ candidacy t„r t l e i H
office os second-class matter.
away to *< t an apple tree where the demo : atic n miimuiou for president. I jj
ground is continually wet. Apple
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
Every ti u . loyal republican « ill
trees can not go with wet feet and not
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condem r:n^ rule and mat-biie
Six Mont lis
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Three« Months
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methods.
X * in c C o u n t ç X c a D c r
COTTAGE GIOVE, OftEOOX
If
tn advance hut if not so paiil a
■ni form rate of S'.uo |»er year will he eliarjjed.
Advertisinu rates made known on applieation
The word “ graft” like appendicitis
is only a new name for an old <li-,- .-e.
It U only a f >rin of stealing without
i.iemN-» list
the attachment -if crime or the
-ssi-
The Lune County L kadki : for one bility of punishment.
v * ir and any oue of the following pa-
pern one year for the price net opposite :
There was something d- l.ig all
New York Tribune Farmer
St T5
Toledo Weekly Blade
I 75
alung tit« line in the city election
Portland NVeenly Oreunnlan
2 50
Portland Weekly Journal
.2 00 ! Monday. It was one of the liveliest
Portland Semi-Weekly Journal
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city elec-ions ever held in Outage
San Franelseo i ’a ll........................... 2 50
San Francisco Examiner................... 2 50
drove.
THE BOGIE OF THE PRESS,
Is Cottage Drove to have a •• 1 am
many Ring?” The proceedings tu
| the late republican primary would
indicate as much,
Y o u Ought to Know
All about the advantage
clothes
That fit and don’t cost much— the clothes that
stand a careful ins| ection and satisfy a careful
dresser. W e know what to guarantee, and stand
liehind every suit that goes over our counter
Our suits are right— made to wear and to please
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The L ead « « is an advocate of fair
play and will be found just as ready
to rebuke the faults of the republi
can as any other party.
of
A T L U R C H 'S S T O R E
There are about one thousand
I M I O F ESSI O N A I , ( ' A l i l i '
good talkers to one good thinker, i
What a delightful old world thin j ~
Invest your earnings in teal estate. !
would be if the order was reversed. -
Have something to show for your '
T. ANDEUSOX. M. D.
X. \V. White, who resides a few 7
work when you are through. This is
miles south of Cottage Drove is tiie ,
P H Y S IC IA N ttHtl SURGEON
not a real estate advertisement.
--------------------- latest candidate for the nomination .•
onice In Allison BuiUlUig
No. I V.
Three important cities of the l nited i of representative on t lie republican 7
Pitone ! ' Office,
Kesitlencp No. 115
Stateg can now boast of Democratic ticket.
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.Mayors New York, Chicago and Cot
Senator A. U. Marst-r and Claud
tage Grove.
B. Cannot) of Roseburg, are making
E.
The Fresno liepuhlirnn and the Sac
ramento Bee are making a strong
light against the disgraceful dhv and
hell-holes that abound in California.
at our Store. All kinds of Country Produce Bought and Sold
In these days when the cowardice of
the press an-1 its servility traffic are
so prevalent, these two papers present
a tour of the northern counties iu
a refreshing exception to the rule. As
The temperance question appears to
a rule the newspapers consider it safer be «n issue to be reck*»ne« 1 with in the | the first congressional district in the
PHYSICIAN a ml M ID.EON
t ) betray rite interest of the decent Cottage Grove municipal campaigns. interest of Binger Hermann’s candi
All «Mils promptly attentif d. Office:
dacy.
element than to offend his majesty,
are being offered In many department! of our merotiamiue »took and It will nav von m
M lin St., next to Leaner. 1 hone 114
give us a call
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the saloon-kee|>er. Just why they
Good streets and sidewalks arc the
Walter Griffin an I Ls.vis Bean of
should be so afraid of the whiskey ele best advertisement a town can have. i Eugene, have come out as eau iidates
ment is hard to discover. So far as
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I for the nomination of represents
Now for a sewerage system.
F ir your General Merchandise
we are aware they have never crushed
jtiveou the republican ticket. Rep
j J ENTI ST
call on the old reliable firm of
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many newspapers by a withdrawal of
resentative .Shelly is a cundl lufe for
DR. I I . H. P E T R IE
their subscriptions nr patronage, nor D ID N ’T ATTEND TO BUSINESS. I reuoininaliou.
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ALL : ’«YORK : WARRANTED
by an adverse use of their influence j It had rained daily for almost two
Office: First tloor West of Allison’s
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Catbeart
of
Drain
lias
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In many eases also the business men i weeks, when one morning small Bob-
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Barber Shop.
of the community seem to l-e laboring | by asked : "Pa, don’t plumbers go to I ionnce-l himself as a candidate lor
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under the hallucination that if they j heaven!” “ I suppose they do,” ati- the nomination of joint senator of
Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes
raise their voice or a linger ncinst j swered his father. "But wby do you Josephine, Douglas and Lane in op
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the vilest den of infamy they will Lak?”
"Because,” replied Bobby, position to the re-nomination of j
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be driven out of business and possibly j -|f there is any there now, I ’d think Senator R. A. Booth.
cru-hed socially. Nothing could be j (lod would make ’em fix the sky suit
Marion county, with 21 delegates,
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DENT I ST
farther from the truth. The respec- j wouldn’t leak till the time.”
will g o t o the Congressional con-1
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Snapp’s
Building,
Main
Street
table clement in nearly every com-
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vetition on April 13, ready to vote .
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munity is in the majority numerically-
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for Hon. L. T. Harris as republican ( ^ r «
E a s te r V acation Party.
as well as in point of influence if they
Miss Lulu Currin royally enter ! candidate for ¡Congress, so says a —
choose to use it. The wide-open joint
tained
a large number of Cottage special dispatch from Salem.
must go, and soot: at that, even if it
r E.
J. C. Renne of Walker’ s, was iu
Drove
friends
and university stud
becomes necessary for decent people |
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. ia r m ia c t iir e r s o f F lo u r . F e e d . G -r a h a m
e
n
ts
at
the
home
of
her
parents
Mr.
town
Tuesday,
looking
after
his
♦o take measures to make the press
\ TTO K N E V VT L A W
W h o le W h e a t F lo u r a n d G e r m
M eal
and business men us afraid -if them and Mrs. J. .1* Currin in this city interests in regard to the republican
Office; Y »11114 Hiiildiii!;. Main Street,
evening. The
parlors nomination for assessor. He is a
West Side.
as they now seem to be of the liquor Saturday
were beautifully am) appropiately competent and geuial geutiemaii
men.
Extensive improvements are being made to our milling mn-
decorated for the occasion and the and made a very favorable impress-
c.unerv.
H e aim to keep our Hour proof agaiust outside
Our (migration treaty with ChinaI evening was passed joyously with | ion ou the Cottage Drove delegates
( nmpetitors. Being a Cottage Grove institution, we respect-
expires December 7, ami r-*opens the numerous
games
and
vocal to the republican county cunvent-
P, -v " ' k
*'*1,1 "'»y* order the home product when having
wllole exclusion question. China ha- and instrumental music. At a bite I ¡ou.
A .'
" " lv e j', s t ' Dsbl lle,lam ach iu eoflargecn im citv
.already denounced the treaty and dc hour dainty refreshments were set v-j
Xhe flfc.ure, iu Moudav’s Oiegou-
I T T O K N I A A T E \ \V
t,j
hug oats «'"1 bariev. Bring your onts and have it
mandsequcal rights ami fair pfay., ed, after which the company die j an relatlve to the „ „ „ „ ¿ t b of Har-
rolled before fee,Img. It will go much further.
Feed and
Spoetai attenti«»» given t » colle«'
Congress might re-enact h.we, ¡but It bsinled, w it u many compliment to ri„ and Hermann iD the l.irst Con-
hu> promptly delivered to any part of the city. ::
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seems likely that we shall « ,nt to Im- »“ **« h o * t* * * who had proven her- g rP8*jolial HUtriot need a little re
port thirty or forty tho u;*.in«l o-Hilies > 8e“ such a charming entertainer vision according to the opinion of
to build the Panama uaual. and rarry j I hose present were: Misses Victoria prominent politicians. It is claim
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on some other of our large Industrie». MitcbtT. V!‘ x Merrvman. Louise ed that Mr. Harris and not Mr.
. MADSEN
Thus the problem assumes large pro-1 Jones, Xc-v t Perkins, Eva Chambcr- Hermann will have the greater sup
W A T « II \| I K EH
portiona.
,iain; M osrs Chaw. Roy Reed. It. R. port from Clackamas, while* it is
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Poppi eton, Carl nn«l Marion McClain further stated that Harris will bave
Watches. ri«»«‘ks and Jewelry
faowwt Prices.
V hundred years hem e you will read and Herbert Moulton, all of W ill,
1Î1 instead of I .*>, from Marion conn
a wireless despa'oh from New Chwang j amette lu iv e rs iL ; Leston Lewis, of
“ The Russians are lifting oo speed ¡Saginaw. Misses Elsie Lea, Maude tv, The Harris niço are said to,
and yesterday marched to Ting Yang, Bingham. Louise and Lucie Xew- have won in Beutou county by a
I also l**g leave to repeat; Without land, liessie Boyles, Nina Ostium!« i m a jot ity of two t^ oue.
y
D. MENSILI.
the least signal of warning the whole Dessie Hurmes, Lillie Lurch, I«iu
A R C H I TECT.
T H IE V E S C A P T U R E D .
of the Japanese fleet bombarded Port Thomas; Messrs David Oriui^s, Then.
Arthur this morning/’
Jennings, Horace Harm««,
Alta
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Bcck,wit!i
Block, F i gknk . O k .
King, Thus. Medley
ami A. L A l b t x n y O f f i c e r C t v p t v j r e d T w o Men
A SPECIALTY
W a n t e d for L a rc e n y .
President Roosevelt lectured a drh- Wyune, all of Cottage Grove.
gat ion of Indians and gave them some
l". O. Walker, of Cottage Drove,
goo-l advice, telling them they 1 » 1 1 - .
M instrel Show at C resw ell,
a special officer, < urne to Vlbiny j was right, for the men found their
not drink nor gamble. The resident | The following unique poster is Thittsdav for the purpose of taking - car also the officer waitiug for them.
might extend his influence for goo.I j hem circulated bv the Creswell back to that city two hobos arrested — Albany Herald.
by lecturing to the “ pale faees” on Woodmen, which explains
itself here Wednesday night. The men
The two men were given a hear
these curses.
and is as follows:
Say! Am von are wanted for the stealing of a ing before Squire Vaughn Saturday
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e t o t h
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Minstril Show? Neb- quantity of furniture from a dwell and were bound over to await trial
In Cottage Grove’s sharp municipal 1 all he ad oh it, whom it nC Sho' ing house in Cottage Drove. They at the June term of circuit court.
election Monday the two contestants | now! W bv it am at. Creswell. Ore. lived in a house there for about six They were unable to give bonds
for Mayor were intliieutial Democrats l)at so? When? Dc Itith ob April - weeks and when ready to leave took and were taken t'> Eugene by U. D.
and the two candidates for Recorder | 1!M>4. It nm gitien bv the »V O the personal property in the house Walker and lodged in jail to await
were prominent Republicans.
Not | W .’s. D?re will l,e 'de greatest to a store and sold it. and it is on trial. Their names were given as
much partisanship in such a contest, siogin’, speakin', die-a-loggin* an’ this charge they are to lie taken Deo. Williams and Clins Lee.
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datisi u' dat you elwr seeii. Don't back to be tried.
Who says Cottage Drove is not pro fail to come. If you am got de
The two fellows came down the
D e e r S k in n e rs F in e d
gressive. Recently Its citizens voted blues nn’ laff uni away. I f you ain't line in a freight car Wednesday
State Dame Warden, John W. |
to bond the school district for #10,000 got urn cum any way. De genrui j eveniug. A request had been re
for an additional public school build admission am 15 and 25 cents, and ceived to look out for a couple of Baker, a few weeks a go received a I
ing and ou last Monday the $l.>,oon de reserved seats am 35 cents. men answering their description be clue to a violation of the gams law 1
sewer bonds were voted bva handsome Cumin? If you don* enjoy yosef’ fore they arrived. When their traiu on the part of a couple of deer skin- ;
majority. Now watch Ccttage Grove you is sho’ ailin’.
reached this city they left their side- ners in the vicinity of Dlendale. The '
forge ahead.
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| door sleeper apd went down town. game warden quietly dispatched a
Better Look out Bovs
a fter passing through the city they eouple of his deputies, Messrs Lewis
We re going ,0 move soon. Watch for Annoanre„
The Japanese women areas active ^ State Dame Warden, John W. Again boarded their car when they
and Williams, to the scene and the 1
and strong ns the men. This may ac Baker, informs us that ho proposes were arrested. Officer Catlin, who
guilty parties. M iller and Wheeler,
count for the Jap's courage In war. to rigidly enforce the law providing had been looking for the men,found
were promptly apprehended and ar
After he has settled his domestic prob for the protection o f song birds their car and discovered that the
rested. They were taken before the
lem with n wile as muscular and agilo ; which
incluJes
.
‘ he meadow lark, seal of the door was broken. In- Dleitdale Justice, pleaded guiltv
as himself, war has no terrors for him. robin, oriole, blue bird ami many | veetigating, he discovered evidence and were fined $25 each, which was
other native birds. Any one violât- of recent occupation and be follow- promptly paid. The
game laws
No more muddy streets, or es fools j ing the law mav be convicted of a ¡ed the train through the city, ex- are being more rigorously enforced
and contagion for Cottage (Iiovc with misdemeanor and is subject to a fine pecting that the former occupants than ever before at the present
a practical sewer system
of from $10 to $35.
| of the tiain would again b
board it. He time.
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PLUMBING
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FIRE
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fools I mware
PIPER S VANDENBURG
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GOOD PRINTING DONE HERE
Prices Reasonable