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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1904)
F R T ! K — W i t h T h e l e a d e r , i f p . . i . i ¡ n . . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or ‘ " a n c e : 82 t o 40 P a g e M o n t h l y Magazine, “ T h e P a e i i i c T r e e and V i n e . ” — FREE COTTAGE GROVE. OREGON ö Tli« lieaduuartera ft»r Hirt« Q great I uiii I mt I iik «'omuauies 0 only Kateway t» the rieh** O hernia «olii mia* Ö lllark Hütte clu ni q q Hooooooooooc vo r,: County °3L u n c aber. nvi <’( | lT A ( iK O R O V E , O R E G O N , S A T U R D A Y , D EC K M l'.¡’.11 :i, JAPANESE CAPTURE PRIZES FOR THE BEST 2 0 3 METER HILL. APPLES OF DEGREE .DESCRIPTIVE ARTICLES **rc in Position to Bombard the City and Other Forts to Better Advantage. Tokio, l)o,. 1 (Noon.)— General NogiV telegram announcing the storming and rupture of 203 Meter Hill wns received with cheers by the Japanese people. It revives tire hope of nn early capture of Port Aitlm r proper. Die people have never despaired of the besieger*, ! hut 1 he fortitude of the defenders $3,0 0 cash and the prolongation of the sie g e ff 2 .0 0 “ whieh exceeds by months the most! 1.00 lihf i nl prelmiiiiarv preliminary estimate of tbe the I „ I li 'eia! [for Essays on Lane County, Bohemia Min- Grand Product oí a Will» amette Valley Orchard. (and Cottage Grove— Commercial Club ¿ ¿ T a k e s Ip Advertising of this Section. econrf prize iiirtl prize These three prizes will be awarded by the Commercial [timc r.qn,re i to ucci»,nplisl, thè re- luh to students o f t ’o tta g e Grove schools lor the best de dnctinii »f lliis stronghold, havt been a r, of deep regret, com- al I hive \v rite-up o f this city and vicinity, its advant bi i d iti* thè loss of hfe and die ires, resources and industries. si q>< fin tuie lite over thè fact that thè siege li is oceupied sudi a large torce of meli, decreasing Eicld Mar- sl.al Oyama’a streugth at a tima •vheii he needed every availahle man. LANE COUNTY. Yizc for best essay on Lane county: First prize............. .Second p rize....... I'liird prize.......... Fourth prize........ .................3.(10 “ Fifth prize........... OTHER TELEGRAPHIC NEWS Eiiii uf St. Louis fair. » With ideal early winter weathe prevailing; with tlm gates thrown T o ta l ............ open to childien and to those iso who who T h e s e s ix prizes and those follow ing will be offered by were worthy lint ha I been mabl 3 >ns; c Commercial Club, th rough the enterprise o f F. J. to iWeml from pecuniary reasons ard, to Lite six persons contributing the six best articles with crowds |.oiiring tlirougl ¡turnstiles, lbs Louisiana Purchase 1 the desirability o f Lane county as a place for a 1 onte, I,, -, Mxp-it.lou held f irth its last day >soil, its climate, its productiveness, ,*uid possibilities in Thursday. President D. R. Francis c way 0« farm ing, lumbering, mining, stock raising was ttie guest of honor today and ceremonies were conducted in com trticulture and w h atever pursuits are a t hand. memorating the service he has ron B O H E M I A M IN IN G D IST R IC T , derei! in making the Exposition a izes for best essay on Bohem ia M ining District: succi ss. First prize....................$ 1 (1.011 cas1 1 I’ resident Diaz Re-IEected. T he inauguration o f General Second prize............................ 5.00 “ Porfirio Diaz, as president of the Third prize.............................. 4 .0 0 “ republic o f M exico for the seventh Fourth p r iz e ...........................3.00 “ time, and SenorI)(..i Ramo '. Corral, Fifth prize ............................. 2.00 “ as first vice-president, took place in Sixth p . r iz e ...............................1.00 “ the hall o f the Chamber o f Deputies F r iz e s for this series o f articles will be awarded upon under most auspicious circum stances Thursday. nts of clearness and comprehensive description. / C O T T A G E G ROVE, zes for best essay on C o tta g e Grove: First prize.................... $10.0(1 cash ' * ' Jewel Presented. Fifth prize............................. 2.00 “ Dr. Geo. Wall was the recipient of a Past Master’s jewel from C ot tage Grove Lodge, Nn 5 1 , A. F. A A- M. on Nov. 2 6 th. The doctor has served five years the as Worshipful Master of 1 lodge, a very remarkable lor ------ I-, .................................................... ¡Sixth prize........................... 1 00 “ honor. Second prize..................... 5.00 “ Third p r iz e ........................ 4.00 “ Fourth p r iz e ..................... 3.00 “ The first three prizes w ill be awarded to students only. T he jew el is beautiful tesign, silver, with blue and remaining eighteen prizes will be awarded to any per-1 ^ ^ fam;ly exp€Ct to W all and fam ily expect to , von 11 oa* old, w hose contribution is adjudged best | leave ^ for their new home in Los :lte committee or the ju d ges they m ay select. All ar- j Angeles within a few days. :s contributed w ill he published in the newspapers of city and will be used b y the Commercial Club in its Died. ‘k of spreading inform ation concerning Cottage (»rove, Mr*. John Brant on, an aged and lemia Mining D istrict and Lane county t h r o u g h o u t 'm o s t re se cte d pioneer of this sec East. All citizens are urged to compete and to assist.*10" 11,1 ^ " > at 7 o’clock, o f heart Hiding out the inform ation when it appears in printed disease. „ nisea.se. T h he e funeral funeral services w ill ill be be held held Other details will be given later. ■ T services w ---- - 'hurch, — today, at the M. ^ E. _ / v x r o V f . L . W I f O U IC. ! conducted by R J p ev. F L.M oore ... . NO DOUBT Y o u are a n ticip a tin g tbe approach of the h o lid a y season w ith gladness, and visions of lim itless tu rk ey and cran berry sau ce rise before your m ind’s eye; and Y O U ’L L H AVE T h e u su al a cco m p a n y in g delicacies, surli as m ince pies, pum pkin pies, e tc.; b u t one th in g you must not forget. W h a t H O L I D A Y dinners is com plete w ith ou t that time-honored in stitu tio n o f our grandfathers A PUDDING W ith p lum s, raisins, currants, lemon peel, citron and the sauce that makes it com plete? “ N o m atter how much yo u eat, y o u ’ ve a lw a y s room lor the p u d d in g .’ ’ Th<* freshest o f everything for the din ner anil for tlie pudding. A more exten ided notice wt given later. nfant child of Lon ‘EARCE & JOHNSON Our Own Free Delivery Wagon. Corner Mam and River SU.. Wed End o. Bridj. >< Short- ,,8„ ...... - ............... 10 files south of Cottage G rose, near R o u s e ’ s mill. The interrment took nlare :n the Taylor cemetery yes- • ' week *er,lav. The mother died large quantity o f apples that were found accept rhlo under his regu la tions shows w hat the W illam ette V alley can do in raising apples o f good q u a lity .” Because these 10,000 bo xes o f apples that were shipped E ast, there was also raised on the W allace orchard 163 tons of Bartlett* pears, 1800 boxes o f F all pears and 75! tons o f other apples. Dumb (?) Bootblack Skipped. to PROPOSED ROAD WORK IN BOHEMIA John W ic k s w ent to the G ro v e S a tu rd a y . County Commissioners Consider Sub ject at Eugene. T h a n k sg iv in g was spent very q uietly at S tar. Miss M yrtle W ic k s spent S u n On W ed n esd ay the C oun ty Com day w ith Lulu H arlow . m issioners at E u g en e were ad T h e saw m ill at V a u g h n ’s place dressed by F . J. H ard and G eorge O . K n o w le s o f the Bohem ia Min started tc w ork T u e sd a y . Mrs. H aw ley ol W ildw ood visited in g D istrict, w ith reference to the roads in the d i-tiic t. R ecent road w ith Mrs. P itch er T u e sd a y . Mrs. Jim S p a ’. r lias tieen quite im provem ent on the Sharps creek sick w ith a severe case o f n euralgia. road has elim inated tw o fords, the w idest and the deepest, and it is A . C. G age passed through Slat desired to still further im prove the on the speeder M on day afternoon. h ig h w ay in order to facilitate traf Messrs. Rice and Frost, o f Spring- fic. C u ttin g out fords is sim pler field visited at Joe W ic k s this w eek. and less e xp en sive than buildin g M ir- Iv a and M yrtle W ick s visi b u d g es w hich are con stantly in ted w ith Mt: Jas. S p alir W ednes need o f repair. T h e com m issioners : day. exp ressed them selves as satisfied There w as chu rch at Star S u n and plea ed w ith the w o rk already ! day afternoon by Rev. K n otts, o f done and the n e x t few m onths w ill A lb an y. p tobahly w itn ess further substantial I,- - lie W ick s is w o rk in g for Kd im provem ent o f Bohem ia road. yielded the purchaser a handsome p " - i.i" a •” “ U3 j n a n i ■ thousand* who have lon^ desired Manager C. A . Park, o f the W al- . . , „ , . , .. . * :« to visit the Coast w ill come to the l lace orchard, estimates that it cost # . a position and travel w ill be Siooo to prune, spray and cultivate < 1 . , , . • , i greaty stim ulated. O f course, it! the orchard and $3500 to pick and ' - « .i r ' im • 1 may be urged that in tak in g this pack the fruit. T his leaves a net 1 4l „ < action the general passenger agen ts . return of $7500 on the 35 acres, or 4 . . . .r , . have been actuated b y a selfish $214 per acre. T h is is over 20 per w ^ 1 ,p . I m n t i r p h u t tvo fin motive, but we do not choose to cent on the investment if the o r see it in that ligh t. T h e truth o f chard be estimated to be worth the matter is tir .t the greater factor $1000 an acre. in the upbuilding o f the W est, In view o f this good show ing apart from the resources them selves made b y the W allace orchard, the has been the persist-tit advertising ! question. “ H ow did you do it’ ? done bv the passenger departm ents ■ seems peculiarly pertiment, and it and the broad minded attitii !e that was put to Mr. Park. they hav assumed. T h e Pacific “ In the first place, we kept the M onthly has urged in the past that i trees as clean as we reasonably there is a debt o f gratitude due the 1 could hv , by spraying, sp rayin g,” ne he repueu. replied ; > tbe trees well pruned and r ?nlr" n',s from Pvery m 1,1 1,0 1,as ; 4 ! even tbe sm allest financial interest then took off about two-thirds of the /-vocf o and i 4 /l it pa m irf* | on «Vite this f C oast, it i is *5 a .a n pleasure . fruit while the apples were young, to call attention to this fact when j ie|t the apples no .. . the railroads have shown such a closer together on the limb than interest in , he stlCccss o f the six or eight inches. T h e result w as ,, rtbm ] Hx p o s itio n .- W illia m th3t ol,r a P f leS, We; t J Kittle W ells in T h e Pacific M onthly and well colored. T in s last chara - f()f , )e(.em ber. teristic is important, for one o f the --------------------------- requirements of a first-class apple Children for Adoption. is that its surface must be at least ^ an , , omMimPS tw o-third, red Out of the whole * for , . , , ,jn w ... at wages; ( (2) 2 ) u p -n indenture, [t. wor|l attpllq 1 . | i ought work, alb*'* [and— i il|> RomP'vtiAt. ,ijl(, ien mftv for a l1 t(Jo A , j , W. T G iki . sk «. ^ Oregon B..vT and G irl*’ Aid ^ P ortU ll,,, O regon. yesterday afternoon to play | amette V alley o rch ard ,s„ reap fair share o f the benefits o f that MO HI KIM BF. PARKFCL a g a m e with the g ir l’s team there reputation. I f growers would only . o iim ,|1(1 . last night. • t* u ’ p nrprlict a victory repm *iuw . ............ ' - i ^m i -. i lth " ■ 1 , vonr ' eh dren. . f.ook 2»-^ W e predict a victory last night. v\ I Ir iM ti nn their orchards, s p riy them out for <*«»•• -rii »• i • • ( ronj» unfl fnr our team as they play a fine clean up , ’ j wi.oopi..^ thwn m time» v,lv * their ------ orenar . , W lio o p ln « »t the proper times and _ _i)n<. 0f)(. \f Minllt,. , li tin* h ^or ot | thoroughly at iiiutM ( , , .1 i-» • U» li<* U*Ht lient MS B t z ame- ,,^0, ______ O r e . g am o n — — 1906 1906 : nf-lr pi-k off off enough enough fruit fruit w w hile hile y young o m * , remedy. t , Ib.r.nl rhnrnm ey. li S Smith and wife have m oo d s0 that what remains w ill be large _______ to Cottage Grove and are occupying and well formed, we shall have , D rain . h e l m - co a te d by the J. N. much less of the poor fru.t that ,s Bovd photo studio. Mr. Simth in- unprofitable to raise and "o t suit- al^ ” Meteors from Star. M ack Stew art w ent to the G rove S atu td ay. Eugene G uard; W alter Evans, ' the dumb newsboy and bootblack, | who Inis conducted n shine shop in llin Mi Ching I lock on Seventh ; street for several weeks past, has proven himself to be »11 that the Oregonian and Guard said lie was . w lieti he tir » reme bere. He is a Uri" ar« '» «■ « *»’ Ifc “ Bl* Red tta.npan pand a I ilk of tlio first, water. Yehterdaj' he left for p ails unknown, Apple" Brings Over $2W I'er Acre leaving many debts behind him and on J IM Land. going away without redeem ing a large number of shine tickets which lie ha l sold at 50 cents and a dol- ar apiece. S a l e m , O r., Nov. 29 (Special At the approach of the first of the to the O regonian.)— That the W ill month, when ho know that his rent \ Cole, w ho has a la rg e contract of, • S u n d a y W in. Perm an w as called wood to cut. amette V alley is still nn apple I and numerous bills would become i to Jun ction C ity to set- his y o u n g Joseph W icks and R ollin W ick s grow ing region is sho vn by the due, tho boy began quietly to make son w ho w as quite ill. H e le- fact that on a single orchard near i preparations to ! m ‘ vd and during are w o rk in g at the saw mill on Mr, turned S u n d a y n igh t on a freigh t Salem there were grown and ! ilie Afternoon yesterday ho locked V a u g h n ’ s place. w hich arrived a little after one packed this year more boxes of i \ tile door of his shop and quietly 1 A . I). L eR o y passed through o 'clo ck . A s the train drew into first-class Spitzetiburg anples than | slipped out »•!' town. It. is sup^ j Star W edn esday m orning on his the depot and before it stopped, were shipped from the entire Hood I posed ho went smith, at he «Mine j w ay to Bohem ia. Perm an ju m p ed from the train. H e River Valley. That the apptes wore from till» north. C a ll P itch er and G eorge Kerr alig h ted on his feet all rig h t, but . 11 UP to s*andard t" quality i 1 evident Ivan*, elaitne.1 that, be could not have a contract to cut a hundred was throw n forward/ on his face and when it is stated that a Hood talk, h u v iig been injured when lie cords o f wood for John W ick s. rolled o v e r several tim es. T w o men r . R iverexp ert was employed to p ick wai a child, the injury preventing T h e re w as a dance at Mr. S te w who w ere in tend ing to steal a tida tbe fruit in accordance with the the use of his vocal er;vans. A a r t’s F rid a y n ig h t, it w as g rea tly found him soon after h i- fall and regulations in force at packing es number of bovs who were, empl >ved j enjoyed by all. A t m idnight a carried him into the depot. H is " 1 " tabi ish me nts in the ft mous Hood by him .state that on one o r. two oe ; tu rk ey supper w as served for six ty . friends were notified and he w as River Valley. T h e Salem apples casions he gave vent to bis feelings j Miss Rees and Mabel H arlow taken hom e and I)r. H o ck elt called were sold in N ew York C ity on in well chosen words. U is re m a le a fly in g trip to W ildwood, to attend him: I lis in ju ries a l their merits. markable, though, 1 d >\ v 1»“ could i F riday, to see the co u n try, as th is though severe arc not considered T h e orchard referred to is the keep s’ lent, as I k * was constantly in was M iss R ees’ first visit to that dangerous. w ell known W allace orchard, near the company of boy- who frequented t-laee. this city, where 10,000 .bo xes o f . |,iH Kliop iin«l %viio wei< talking and M. W. A. Attention. * T h e S ta r L itera ry S o ciety was shipping apples were produced. ..j(W| „ „ „ - |,;m fl|| p .„ tj rn„. organ ized S a tu rd a y n igh t and the All members should be present T he orchard comprises 35 a c r e s , ______ , , ,______ billow in g officers were elected: C a :l at the n e x t m eeting, T it -day, Dec, but many o f the trees iiave been re Special Rate-, lo lite Fair. Pitcher, president; Jew el W ick s, 6. E lection o f officer: and o th er moved or set to other * ari,sf.'>s_ so „ ; , , A r . _* 1 s.~ u n i L . 1 - •niqnjrtam m r mess. . OTTTV „‘„I , T !’ " ’ .... ’ Ill'll iVirr*» i n a r j ! •« 1 . ,, C . W . W a l l a c e , C lerk . 1 h u o •* 1 , ♦ m the railroads fn *i M i' l-sippi R iver p onding secretary; I.oreti H u nt, enough Spitzenburg trees to fill . . , , . _ „ ___ ’ points to the I V Coast go into L u lu H a rlo w , M yrtle W ick s, pro completely about 30 acre"’. Hecnuse i gram com m ittee; Koileti W ick s, U lto Pro 'll, ut- I'.ngcne, visited . ..I c __ _effect next year on account •* 1 the the outlook for a crop was poor lid Cole, chairm an; bis parents here from T u e sd ay to ! L ew is and Clark E xposition ,n m anager; early in the F all, the apples were G e o rg ia K e rr, jan ito r. T h u rsd ay. sold at a reduced price and brought 1,v ,h is vcrv ron,mend only $ ,2,000. T h e crop matured |ah,e actio" a b r " e a l t ; n,,"i,,re a t ! much better than expected and « » « « red , and flu* e x - , ______________ after the birth of tin: child. ------- -- 1°.00° boxes °* aPP,eS WP Mrs D T Awbrey was called to only 6* boxes that dtd not g o into Airs. i/. x. « j . . class o f ‘two-thirds red. Portland last night on 1 , “ . It I, was was the the W W illam illam ette ette V va alley n ey sickness of her sister s h isbaml. . that gave Oregon ,ts reputation for 8. Sigel. ■ big red apple«,’ ” continued Mr. 1905—OREGON— 1905 The girls’ basket hall team went Park, “ and l 1 hope to see W ill- tenda o ? » ,n g • lain No. 43 . NO. PERFECT SPECIMENS } 'rizc-for 1 *cst Qjsav on C o tta g e Grove, Sixth prize............. .................1.00 I ’. ioi must have p ack ers, O A m o u n tn in C ra n ch , l i C M S S - fc; s s f r Ä S - = .. . . . . . Sweaters, Í J Shoes, Umbrellas, m M is , Hats, 1 j Hosiery, Ties. I N Y Mufflers, O Felt Simes U R SEARCH FOR CHRISTMÄ M u st I n q u ir e fit C1 PRESENTS DO NOT OVERLOOK WELCH & WOODS som e Wlil PUt "U -^ o b bo o h - ho * who will not accept poor fruit. r o ||jl1 ( fttn r,s t l y l c v e l o r n c a r l y Tom atoes pumpkins and beans i.vhen we »old the W allace apples ^ h a ,f ( 1 ..a r ( .(1 a n ,j j m . blossoming ¡n *he balmy a,r ° " ,h i» Vear we ,0 d ,h e Purchaser . . "T the latest evidence we , lhat we wtnt<rf him to g-* a man p r o T c d . h n l a i Dec. 2. Is 'fle / 4 a»r« ’ WC . n Vetarn readers! I ,1 _kucinoa »n 1 present to our Eastern . „„((-„to rK l the business to j) a v c p u r c h a - T . Suits, FOR USEFUL A R T I C L E S