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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1904)
f 1 - F R E E — W ith Th e Leader, if |\lid lu Adv;) nee: 32 to 40 Page M onthly Magazine'/ _ 5 corrAGE grove . O regon . The headquarter!* for three great luinberiuK companies Only gateway to the rich Ho- Q heiula gold mine**, and the Q Black Butte chuutiar mines Q 8 VOL. XVI ■ ’»lie Tree and Vine.”—FREE %mc County Xeaòer. CONDITIONS CONFRONTING COTTAGE GROVE MERCHANTS > 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 ir-OOOQ 3 ? -I 5 '»«STOSS 1 M HOVE SG SEEK EISS KE RS ' Q will hope tlud upper____ Mirtuaittca O no»» lie re else afforded U» lift- © Kou. Ttie Leader vrtn jlio O 0 8 0 3 . 0 0 r 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 3 V 3 3 3 3 NO. 30 L e r s ^ r t lh o ii r b e ^ a b ^ ! 0 SeCUfinf a11 the b™ » « « met, a , mem- snouia be subject for matute deliberation by the club. AM PLE room for effort . a z i n e s - T y°,U WTU1 UOt ^ able to advertise in a list of /astern inn* to secure th e '’a d d r e s ^ ' T ’1'* Cbamber of L'ommerce every year, and __.. .. . . 0 lntel>dmg settlers to whom you can send Milli;ill»<l»;tM . nn.l|li ,. . ... i,i, S ^ t S S Î t a î K S Ï Â t l ï î i Statement Is Important to Cottage Grove that w ill maintain the city govern- FA R E W E LL men! in ease the prohibition i measure should pas ; at auy future j time, as is extrem ely possible. It !)r. ticorge Wi ’! is not greatly to the csedit of an y j by Mem hers oi i tcity or town that it derives its No. 4 8 << ' revenues from the licensed sale of I intoxicating liquors, and from the! On WYdueadsv i ELECTION A QUIET ONE ÜEÏ »orea iS Le >r the “ ay T T U,ed Where ° lherwise- or working alone Onlv Two Issues Involved ' K C * s i o n a l fini,,s or Lieedi.,.;, 3Í the l l j I n U I s s u e s IIIVUI>Ul, from houses of prostitution that are ; »1 lo of Cottage Crove presellt lnstalice the Commercial Club Tradesmen. Ku, ts of i ’ytbiaa, as a t i ^ tb u ?Z ,UUUV Vith ,he Bohemia Mine Owners’ Associ- a semble. I around ió Imnquet b ard community. against avainst which the t | spread in tone tention to h ■ L rl"g 116 pi,blicatio11 of literature that would bring at- community Dr. George Wall tent,on t o t a l, sect, on where neither could accomplish the tfesired end present legislation is directed, come ,vlio is s,.,.n to More than three hundred and fifty cities in the Pacific Coast States alone- ve (V ttage Grove have a ri u’.orly organized public body of some sort. They are not so much from their mere ex* I with his Ian ily to reside in Los vari- 1)0 not get the idea that the main purpose is to place advertise- istence as lrom a failure to properly ' I Angele ously eallvl Chamber of Commerce. Hoard of Trade, Commercial Club, in Eastern magazines aVaU ilifornin. The menu , . mi Í Chib in!» < ... similar -, name ’ c.. . ~ '* 4411 mestis no. That is simply one I regulate them as m ay be shown in | wa8 composed of all good things Impioveinent or »r «nmi* some ntlir*r other less r'immo,.. common l but I this and m any other cities. For|nn,i wits heartily and thoroughly The assertion m ay be ventured that no other group of states has M o r w m i t h*s “ anif° ld .'abors tllat lie b e tö r« such an organization. a |.,,)por innate number of such organizations. But such an o rgan iza ‘^ T o JÍ a t'h a n d ' w h k ^ m L r ^ U e ^ t 'X s r ^ ple,,,y of 'Sevei Counties ill State Vote Pn»hibi- " , stance, to b r in g it It o m e lo tk discus: 4 by about forty gentlemen I people of Cottage Grove, tlieie is an of the ludfi : and a few invited guests. liou is t i n m i n i i n i i y expression of the publicity idea, and it is to be lion tlecliuaeerin^ on Both | ordinance against keeping saloons AfteT toas! ; to the order h id been expected that the far wes ern country would lead the older and mure U n i t e l J n L V Se,,Se m iUViting people *° « t i l e in your com- Sides ttf Mooted Qnestion open on Suuday. W hy is it not responded to C. J . Howard in a cor,ditionsh n ISUthere ""Sbt shock them over some of the conservative sections. enforced? Is there any certainty ! Wl 11 worded speech presented i>r. Oregon has heretofore been in the clas tfication “conservative e " , T a ' e ne8leC‘erl and " hich have beet, cor- for 5 co,,cer,e<i « tio n ? First of all make your community what it T uesday's election involved but that with prohibition as a p u t or Wnli villi a jowrh of the order ou her people have not gone after new population nor have they endeav- sboul(1 be as a place to Uv e 111 a,1(l a place to do business in. two issues in Oregon—that of pro- our mosaic of laws the sale of in -1 i,t ),a; / of the many friends ho will „red to show to the world in general the vast resources that abound Xo'v just what that should he is a point 0,1 j leave hero i ben I here. jes to bis new « » . ¡« ¡f c , m » . « . « ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ s i r s ? ¿ s ; s “ kta« * * * * * * in i » - i ,“ i“ » t« r ," d ”ot and tercst over the national issue of a through siip doors and across j t,0lu nu,i the Lieh te- Now a < luituber of Commerce, Hoard of Trade or Commercial Club ver>’ Iikely are in control of your Chamber oi Commerce It is a qttes- presidency. alleys .ltd through drug stores 1 Is gara in hi ■h the g tlemau is held stands as tli- concrete representative of a community which desires to tio" to be decided entirely by lccal environment Theodore Roosevelt has been there any assurance that with by all w snow hi as well ns for do something for itself. Therefore the natural inference is that any any sf c k it i i s our bis fide elected to serve as President of the ! P,0 bihition as a statute to and interest ia tbo nimnmmh which lias not organized in some form to further its inter inter- Prenir.. s „ „ „ . „ ** " ° KK I'niled States by a m ajority of 343 homes would be any’ safer our welfare « leterarined to push itse lf forward. .......... , . ,nstltute careful comparison; between your ests is imi determined itself . s 01 1 er of Knights of I, r lown and other towns sim ilariy situated boys au y girls any less liable to the Pvlbiil». votes in the electoral college. So tar as mere figures go, the Pacific Coast is strong in the idea ot If X ■’ about the board but you find that your town is doing less lor the surrounding enuu- Prohibition has been carried in “ w ithering touch’ ’--w o u ld the la .v uddei testimony in spoken community pi "motion, but when we exam ine the work actually be enforced? seven counties of Oregon. ¡evi,lo :b n .. an i ooteriaiued plished then is i.tev itably a feeling o f disappointm ent in some instances, lose "ride.0"1H e r e T l work i o r T u Y o T ^ ’ ( [ “» “ ” ^ f wi" Lane county defeated the pro-i This journal is not talking idly for tl itoci and his fam ily, T’fio - « a u iz a tio n a were effected under the impulse necessary organize a Retail Or J e r s “ po aseii 1 measure by a not very large wben if asks these questions. It is aned to go to Lagene some passing fancy. Som e w ere organ,zed by men who had no right II you find that the nrodi.ru nf t l , f , '*s llcslre 10 speak openly! i ml thb affair wi ras it* the nature of a you should tn ajority. ft is evident that the eoiiceptmu ot the work th ey shou ld take up. draw from . P ' e territory which you , , .- n. , ‘ draw lrom are not flowing through your town, y you are not offering the subject will come up again for | what all tire conscious of and yet i' •empiete sur pii to him. Ho was Jt’sl b'lrd-vvotktng Cuamber ot Commerce is a blessing to proper marketing conditions Get to work ami make them decision in the not distant future | fear to mention, hesitate to name— ' ' I (let the evidence of a coin tut:: ■>', m a dormant or dead organization is a curse. A town right and it is reasonable to say that the j the ineffectiveness of the law (is appreciation afflicted with at, organization th a t never has produced or has ceased to ' If it comes to your ears that the traveling men are no, propetb issue is gaining instead of losing in already have. Proper enforcement urjHiAKa»!© manner, Many proa tin "I18 *S ‘,elpleM Untl1 freCd fr° m the ,ucubus- entertained or that casual visitors or tourists go aw ay dissattsfieS! it is a popularity as evidenced by the vote j tlle la " " " S 1'! rltf Cottage Grove toasts vrero amusing and AFFI.ICTKO W ITH DRY ROT. big mistake to let it continue. A few people ot this kind trav elin g ' cast of the horde of mongrel curs that is in us ¡o and cordial good invest the streets to the annoyance Tltet ire lots of com m unities, even in the stirring, bustling West a 1)0111 the country will soon do you irreparable damage. Appoint a Jn Cottage Grove there ! faatioc tlirougHOut the uveuiu, . All which an ilTiicted with a sort of d ry rot; and half a dozen Chambers ol vvorking find out what is the trouble ami correct it. undercurrent of suppressed ex cite- 1 of pede/ ,rians and merchants, and ! tbo doctor ii'Hiltb, bap fines» If the local papers are not giving all the attention thev should to , ment throughout the dav. Those j tb9 dog ,nx fln,d would much in . amt sue. Commerce will not help such a town. In other words a Chamber of tu bis ne ■/ bom©. The Commerce a ill be eftective in its work lo r a town in exact proportion to l '"" important enterprises and advantages of your town, see what is the opposed to prohibition u re tqioii j crease the c ity ’s revenues if every i - . - u i u n odo of rare enjoy menti . the capacity and interest of the men who direct it aud 111 proportion to trouble. Chances are the publisher is not getting the information or the streets working for votes owner paid tor the privilege ol hav- ; bore was turkey, cranberry sauce ;]ie number of men out ot the en tire business population who are mem- j suI)Port lllat be requires and deserves There is no matt more devoted quietly and d iligen tly, while the ",g a dog Proper regulation of t aud many ììooi things, most jootl I tln nc i 10 the interests of his community titan the newspaper man in the West, advocates of “ no liquor” were the liquor traffic would better it , admirably bersof the organization. »od by tiia [lineo An organization of some kind is necessary in order for a group oi ,JUt there must be support and backing as well ,^s „ncouragnient. He everywhere with equal diligence until such time as the p ro h ib itio n !^ >o t c it fers, Tom irker, ■men lo w ik harmoniously to geth er, but it is also the uandiest way in takes bold of every plan for the betterment of local conditions and ma and confidence in theit caime. A law became generally prevalent in j whoso goni ai gtWjU b u mur tilled this state or the possible policy of company of school children tin world fur a group of men to shift responsibility aud get rid of work. tel'all>' asslsts in every movement for town improvement. j nndirmued b tbo «b.: feafi that 1 lie list of local work to be clone mivln I »e extends I ahnost in marched under a banner along the high license brought proper re I other Earkwr foi* t ■- 1 -iI n\ C/T uU, a-s-ta tlit'-t tb.» rt»*»* ilir^pf rhrvru-r* of tl: •mttnts win maxe 11 cicai •mTt-ixi.stitj^ V T 11 ix. n ,t ’ ” 11 'iwUWkbb 1 Ui/ WAVr same -------- vital, , r personal attention Knnucly . ization are men who w ill give it the — ------ ----------------------, . . . , , ., r , . . t 4t If .......... • 1 community gets is not bought ami paid foi at so much per inch When voters to close the saloons “ for us" not changed the status of tbo sa TT^rtïTtftl’■ TJf m r i r n t r mH nlTITliv' all vEi ’i tlu v expe t to give to tlieir own buMtiess. If the commercial r 11 . , , . . . , 1 ,r . iu tiioir m W bum a iu take y°w lave careful*y Kone over every point which might affect the welfare and was carried to the M. K. church loon business in Cottage ti>ove, nor good tt,it Imiiv is not doing all it should to further the interests of the town, take| tbo fìouli land. F. II. UiF«ètibiirg of the community alon such lines »s arc here suggested it may then be "’here sandwiches and coffee were rtepsto infuse new life and draw in new blood. Rejuvenate the work. i WftB t.Concluded on 2 d pago.) /oui UK- time to take up the question of spreading information about Cottage served and more than eight hun- To make a Commercial Club effective in its work the entire lntsi- ribbons were distribu- dred white Grove broadcast over the United States. As these points are disco d r««element should be included in its membership. There are towns , , . . , tes>1) . . . . ,, , the different phases of the work to be done will outline line themselves the! aud ted. „...it; ; vltere a few men w orking disinterestedly and energetically lor . * „ . . . - 0,111 ’ ® ____, . ............................... . _ | the club will find itself doing effective work in spit.* of itself, and wjtj, | In effect the election is indication H f i T W H 7 i i m i i T li r f , „ . a m . . . . the good of the town have secured results and built up substantial in- i of a growing sentiment in Oregon | an interested and broadly general membership. Castries where previously the com m unity was non-progressive. livery merchant in Cottage Grove should have inembarship in the 1 lor prohibition. 1 his sentiment Boys for your Clothing, B Many ot the present organizations are models and thcgoodtliey have Commercial Club of Cottage Grove. Whack the first proposal that cannot be denied nor misinterpreted June cannot be estimated. It is a m atter of record that the Los An sm ackiof politics—keep the work ol the club impersonal and for the ft must lie an issue in the future Boys for your ¡Sweaters, geles Chamber u! Commerce is one of the best organized and most ef good of ¡ill and membership will come fast enough. elections of Oregon and w ill. - Men for your ( 'lothm/. fective in tb W( t. Secretary W igg in s, who is California commissioner Whatever may be the outcome of at the St Louis Exposition, has assisle 1 hundreds of other organizations the cases now pending involving A subscription to this magazine Men for your Shoes Aged Couple Go Traveling. toestnblisii lie was able to furnish upon request copies of the by will keep you thoroughly in touch the constitutionality of the law K„v. and Mrs. C. A. Wooley ar- Mon and Boys for your ( ndenvoar laws linden which Hie work is carried on aud data concerning certain with advertising developments and drafted by young Bronatigh o l I o rt- features ot the work. These were of vital importance to new Chambers rived home Monday from a visit at will give you many practical bints '■ fund, and w h a te v e r m a y I k - th e re of Commerce in beginning their w ork. T he success of the Southern St. Louis. They left home about tinal you ran turn into dollars. I t suit of the tases y e t to be b ro u g h t If FI California exhibit has thrown its work into strong relief, both at St tin.......Idle ol August and went v.a treats advertising from a Pacific in contesting the point in cou n ties vartous Louis and on the Pacific slope. ( ’ahfonua, «.toppmg at - Coast standpoint. No free copies where prohibition has carried at visited Now the Chamber of Commerce in a sm all community cannot hope points 'here Then they single copy 20 cents, coin or stamps, this election, the showing made in tlieir old home in Mis- favor of a state prohibitory law is a to accomplish things of the sam e m agnitude as have been taken up by relatives at. Subscription $2.00. visited the old house startling portent of what m ay be the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce or the Oregon Development noun. 1 >'<•)■ Elmer Doolittle in California. I expected in future elections The Leagaenst. state body. Nor can it hope to equal the accomplishment where Grandma Wool*., ™ oitheCaliformuI’ro,notion Com m ittee, b ut you must not lose sight ot ,md,hank from the well mi th Elmer A. Dolittle, whose absence j Primal 0,,i e c l i o n o f l h e b u s i , ‘ * s s men of this and other cities has the fact tlut they arc i d a tiv e ly ju s t as important and that they are rel .... ... It was thongditon sc- caused considerable uneasiness the nge of the venerable the part of relatives and friends re-1 been that the immediate adoption W atively just as ensy of accom plishm ent and no more expensixe. n,t (>^ ..... j.l,. that, they would not be able a li-' U1 of sucl1 unsettle finan- Q y g j cently is now at Placerville, C ali-1 >l,v“ “ a law '-''“"Id "" matter of a membership fee is one for local decision by the organ i/ i t to eland the trials and hardships of fornia, where lie is employed in a cesboth m unicipally and commerce K* the trip, but th<-v came back strong box factorv. He shipped on n 1 ally that it would leave Cottage S I and vigorous. Neither was in ill lumber schooner from Florence,! Grove, for instance, bereft <d a n n u a l, U health during their three months Oregon. The vessel was twenty income 't o the e x ten fo t $ 3 2 « o .'M stay, sti the entire trip was greatly one days in fog ami becalmed off Thi is true, and in ca-e pr.dnbitton | ^ enjoyed the Golden Gate, and it wa on had carried in Lane county, Cottage this account that he was not heard ¡Grove would have liten forced Has Fine Line of Trees. His parents, Mr. and M rs.! through her municipal body to levy ♦ ¡H 4 + .+ 4 + ¿ M H M e t o l k ë ê é * * # * Trvhn M Nelson, representing from. near London ! a larger tax and to likewise levy nurseries at Louisiana, Mo., will I A. Doolittle, who additional tax upon merchants »nd ' X t e e s of »11 kinds. Mr. Nelson | M.neral Sprtngs. have had letters 'others for the porp ,v<-' of supplying , . few weeks ago from from him and are greatly relieved came •ame here a few wee • « klloW that he is safe and well, revenues for m unicipal expenses, j This is our motto and ; >« ..... ... He that as it may, there was shown Californi w r carry the best line of a strong tendency to lopt prohibi experience in tree-planting satetv. groceries to be found in growing. Most of his attention learn of hn- bitiou a- an expedient to the ex -, the m arkets. Our stock will be given to npples, especia y . termination of the liquor traffic, is fresh and closely se trademarked trees Iron, the Loutst ! regard! s of any financial tin- Samples of lected. Our c a n n e d barassm* nt that might ensue to the ana, Mo., nurseries goods are of the most re are ex the fruit will be s h o w n - w wjthiii | city or the people of the city. cent. pack. O u r Salt FOR SALE—lOtto bushels selee- nected to arrive by express w.tn n- With this p issib ility in view, it Meats are received fresh teil lied tT all seed wheat, ilirect will l>e well for the city authorities I-..,. VII farmers w ho dt* every month and o u r to provide again-d the possible eorviusst 1*4« BY ranch supplies are ever r«IKMD BROTHERS COTTAGF 1 r.* I» Mi LI,' West End CL0THIN6CO.ItteMk«* adoption o( prohibition as a policy fresh. W e have the do well p|,mini, asica ca « ill Sn * . choicest h e 1 e ct i o n of by devising a source of revenue Mr Nelson at Cottage«,rove He luncheon delicacies to be of Bridge. wilfcall and give detailed informa-, found in the county. Me iaadioff for your ¡Shoes 0„ as to the trees and proper m- live up to our motto and Mon for youi Hats sell nothing inferior...... lÜrnntinn n. » "•• • ' » » « « •"* Telephone Lists Free. of care. — — ^— » The complete revised list liittliost for your Furs of the World. J2.00 telephone subscribers issued by the A niottntiiin ranch, some Men anil Boys’ Ovort-oal- Advertising News wbat keeps the Lane County Leader has !*cn *~.f f .f :t - t f -t-’-f-'-f-’-t t- jj: A d v e r t in g m w - pleted and only com completed and is i' now read y fo r use rolling, mostly level or nearly cash register clieumg. .............. who of subscribers to the - telephone sys- SO, hall cleared and ini- the short sighted >»”Hinf' ' Tbev can tie had at the office . .. , Our O w n F r e e D e liv e ry Wagon. n„Rl„cts to keep . ....... ... with » ^ ^ or frora , , a vid G riggs | » io v c tl,b a la n c e t im lie r . M i. s t ] But Interest Ran Hiffh. aIlowcd to exist. The evils m LANE COUNTY “ W E F V U % «1 §1 mu Good T h in g s to Eat Phone Corner Main River Sts. Main and No. 43 F o r S a le W ELC H & W OO peakce & vertising. The l' ^ ’ ," ,fpJ ififc o a st at tU Modern Pharmacy. They h a v e p u r c h a s e r . Western America •» J ^ Ten away free Call and get office o f LEADER. Adverti.ingApubtished monthly at are 1 of johnson m MercuuW ^ Angt’^ ' °ne' I n q u ir e a t New Bank Bnildinq, fì (, C ■ 'h. ■/ fire