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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1904)
'FREE— W ith The Leader, if Paid in ^ooooooooooooooooo X coruoc cornai grove GROVE. . OREGON O r e g o n The brail quarter» f»r three «tat ltiiiitH*rli»K nunpanli H Only Kateway to the rich Bo- i ijdiiia uohl »lines, and the Blat’k Butte cinnthar mines Xane County Xcabcr 8 L oooooc ol . ™ ---— Page Monthly Magazine, 44The Pacific Tree and Vine.”— FREE xvi * * ” ^ f l » o l I’AiiK liliOVK, IIHKUUS. SATl'KIiAY, lity i ' n i K I l IT. UHH I and appropriated money for tile atlon tax law being brought before improvement thereof; and I „„ . i l,le Club* ver>- interesting talks I Whereas, I he locks at the Falls were made by I. H. Bingham, F of tlie Willamette at Oregon City J- Hard, J. IJemenway and others are owned by a private corporation and it was the unanimous opinion and tolls are charged all vessels for that the tax wasan unjust measure; the freight and passengers carried Leing in every way a discrimina- by them through the same, which *'"n against the mining, lumber is a great embargo upon the corn- a,,d kindred interests, and Mr I merce ° f •he Willamette River; and Bingham, representative elect, was Whereas, It has been the policy given the cordial support o f the Club o f the Government of the United in his endeavors to have the law re States to make all navigable rivers pealed or ameuded. free; and Therefore he it The night of meeting was changed from Tuesday to Monday Resolved, That our Senators and evenings. Representatives in Congress I k - re GAME WARDEN'S ANNUAL REPORT OREGON MINE TAX NO. 35 1 in tb- Boys should co-operative interest, 0X 0 -noney o f their own, with a 'chance to plan and use their ju d g ment. When they arc required to He Recommends a Number if Changes work year after year and only dare in the Present Laws. to do what they are told, they be come mere machines; and when wc State Game Warden J. \\r enter some o f the farmer’s homes Baker’s first biennial report to the can we blame the boys, if they be Governor lias been placed in the come dissatisfied and dislike the hands of the state printer farm ? It the boy has all the op He reports Oregon aa one of the portunities to enjoy all his natural best game states iu the Union. rights, if his mental ability Gild He requests that the number of personal pride is exercised, his copies to be printed be 5000, as the work will lieeoiue more satisfactory. Next Friday evening being ladies 1500 printed last year has long quested to use all honorable means Farmers must allow the boys to de night it is hoped all the members i in their power to seeme an appro been exhausted. He thinks the ap- velop more than physical strength. lie Medio? Niijht Changed from priation to either purchase or ac and their wives will be present. propriation heretofore made is too We all know o f happy homes on Tuesday 1« Monday Night— 1 small: quire by condemnation the said Results in Sister State Seem to Be the farm, and we know of many Ladies Night a Success. Tom Lawson is a bear. Locks at Oregon City, and there He recommends that the law for who have ample means, whose Satisfactory to all Interests. 190«— O R E G O N — 1906 after maintain and op rate the same, the protection of elk, which expired homes are a barren waste place, Mrs. Chadwick is a bird. so that no charge shall he made September 15 of this year, lie re * which by a little ingenuity would 1905—O R E G O N — 190« l^r enacted as soon as possible. The weekly meeting o f the Com- vessels or products passing through Legislation revising the methods make bright, joyful homes. We Scholl is a good paper man. Ltrcial Club was lield in thi* Club said Locks. The deer, he says, are on the in of taxing mining property is likely olten hear mothers say, “ It makes 1905— O R E OO N— 1 MR I,o;ns Tuesday evening, with Resolved. Further that a copy ol Authorize Appointment of Legislative crease and are not being slaughtered to be discussed at the next session no difference how we dress or how Graham has furniture polish. Committee of Five Members. I od attendance piesent. in Southern Oregon as in previous of Oregon’s law-making body, says wt look way out hereon the tarin.’ * these resolutions he sent to our 1905— O R E G O N — 1906 A letter was received from the Delegation iu Congre-s. jears. In their esse he suggests the Daily Journal. Idaho’s p re -, It makes all the difference in the ' ------------ That smile o f Andy Graham's is ,1M Oregon Daily Journal. Dregon Development League ask that the running of them with dog* cedent has been in operation for a world; we are not maxing our I lie secretary was instructed to a corker. |llg the Club to take some action send the resolutions to our repre- be allowed during The month of Oc year, and apparently with satistac- home- merely for the people that Xil’e of the fourteen members of 1905— O R E G O N — 1906 |n regaid to the locks at Oregon sentatives in congress asking their the executive committee of the Ore tober, but any dog caught running tiou to the mining interests. The “ happen in; ” the home ones are Madsen, the jeweler, is a right- them during May, June or July be last legislature of that state enacted the best guests a mother will ever City, and the following resolutions co-operation and support. This K° " M," er’s Association were handed man. Uilied, and as cougars are great that producing mines should I k * have. Children, young men and »•ere adopted; 1905— O R E G O N — 1906 matter has l*en take, up by the prMent last1 cveni" * at the m eting killers of deer he recommends a taxed on the basis o f net pr<Kluc- women, will have a greater respect various commercial bodies in Port- Secretary J. R. Diven, k b s o j . u r io N S . Mrs. Graham’s draw at the ba- bounty be plaeed on them. lion, and all propeities not patented for father and mother if they are zaar Is a ‘*bute.’ ’ t!,e office of the Whereas, Thu Willamette river land and throughout the Willamette ,"ild For the propeetion of pheasants should bear an equipment tax. careful about their personal appear-j vaUey ci^ Oregoniin building, to discuss 1906— O R E G O N — 1908 k r great public highway in the he recommends a five bird limit and This tax is not oppressive, and ance. Be just as neat in your diess, i Mr. A. B. Wood gave a very in- 'P o tio n s o f moment concerning the Col. Blair says, “ that is a very ■ .State of < r >on, and has been to prohibit the use of a dog for places the burden o f maintaining as choice in your language and teresting talk in regard to his trip > ,ol,cv " f the association. Especial wise saying in those days.’ ’ Inivigat *d ny s D- i ii cess Ts ever three years, and if used at all. to mining interests largely upon such tone of voice the same as you would 1905— O R E G O N — 1905 ■ since the settlement of this to St Louis as a delegate to the atte,,,,on w a , 8 iven l> ‘ ,le ,lwessit>' restrict them to tho last (Pteei! days propeities as have been develo|ied, if you lived in the city. Have > ou rt for steps looking to securing enact- The big Swede says, “ ay tank’ ’ Trans-Mississippi Congress and as (country; and and are jtaying dividends. bright carpets and nice furniture if meats by the coming session o f the of the open season. mines are purty gude in Bohema. a delegate to the Irrigation Con Whereas. For years the Govern- Grouse were more numerous dur In Oregon there is an equipment you can afford them; have your Legislature that are deemed neces gress at El Paso, Texas. Iraent of the United States has sary to the welfare o f the industry. ing the past year and quail are on tax. a tax for patented land, and house plants in winter, cultivate Died. The matter of the state incorpot- |assumed juris liction over the same corporation license. I f a flowets and have your lawn well W. I). B. Dodson was elected pres the increase in many parts of the the The 4 -months old child of Mr. state. non-productive mine is patented kept in summer, let your dining ident, a vacancy having existed in F.lk aro getting scarce and he and equipped, it is liable for about table be always neat and clean and and Mrs. Art Lux, of Saginaw, died that office since the annual meeting. early Wednesday morning, Dec. 14 , Objections to provisions of the suggests their killing be prohibited as ranch as the producing property laid with your best dishes; have 1904 , o f pneumonia. for ten years. near The assessor is unable to books, papers, pictures and music Eddy law seern to not have dimin There was some improvement in fill your homes with something be know if a property is yielding a net He thinks twenty ducks a day for ished by the lapse o f time, and the ____ ____ f ___ __________________________________ the child’s condition Tuesday but committeemen present expressed one hunter are sufficient, but be revenue when producing, and sides one continual round of duties therefore has no guide except bare Invite your friends, also the friends the night a sudden change, lieves geese should be killed at any ¡strong convictions that the measure rumor to govern him in his work of of your bovs. Brighten home life resl|hed •" the sad death. T h« time except when nesting or on the should be modified. Amendment distinguishing between the big on the farm, if you want your boys P;,rei'** have the sympathy o f all in so that mines that are paying no roost. their sorrow. to remain with you. — Exchange. The limit on brook or mountain mines. returns to their owners will he The funeral was held Thursday, In Baker county, and also in trout should be changed from 125 exempt from taxation upon filing with interrment in the I. O. O. F, of a sufficient statement o f the to 75 per day, and salmon trout Grant, in a less degree, there was 1 lie wheat crop o f Eastern Ore- cemetery at this place. 1 friction for a time between the should be caught with a hook and ' amount expended for the year in gon is in danger from the lack of development work, to exceed a line during October and Jtovemlier. : owners of 'he targe mines and the rain. If there should rome two or assessor, over the valuations athxed a'ctit UKÜT — Hull ol furnished Buss are increasing rapidly and fixed minimum per claim, was fa three light frosts almost the entire housekeeping rooms. Kuq litre of ! in establishing the tax. Josephine arc now being caught iu mauv vorably regarded. acreage sown would be lost. Mrs. K. A. Cottle. I county has also experienced the By adoption o f a rdsolution the streams. He believes that the game laws same trouble. In neither county ¡executive committee went on record 'as favoring a state geological sur- will not be respected till the farmer j has there been a disposition to op- for the purpose o f obtaining re- |antl hunter are convinced they are press operators, but the clamor of liable information as to the mineral ; I°r *-heir benefit. Mould like agricultural and commercial inler- _ O U R twelve or fifteen deputies, and sug^ ests for what they termed an equi resources o f the state. This bill gests they be paid from a fund de tably proportionate rate has brought will provide that the board in charge o f such survey shall !>e com rived by licensing nil hunters, both on a little friction. Montana has a net bullion tax, posed of the president o f the State resident and non-resident. and an equipment tax, and other He makes the following recom University, president o f the Oregon large mining states have different Mi ler’s Association, and men act mendations: First— Prohibiting the sale of up laws to those prevailing in Oregon. ively identified with the develop ¡A large number of the smaller land birds for five years. ment o f this resource of latent Second— License on each resident operators would like to see Oregon wealth so abundant in many laws conform to those o f some of hunter $ 1 , counites o f the commonwealth. the more advanced mineral com Third— License on each non resi No definite recommendations monwealths, and have indicated were made along the lines o f legis dent hunter of $ 20 . Fourth— Liceuse on each jointed their purpose of bringing the sub lation, however, except in regard ject up at the next session o f the to the Eddy law, which has proven fishing rod of 50 cents. legislature. Fifth— Increase of penalties for entirely unsatisfactory to the min MEETING [solutions Received From Oregon Development League Adopted fpDYLAW DISCUSSED Heard by the Olay Many Small Operators Want to See a Net=Production Basis Adopted. A SUCCESS IN IDAHO OREGON MINERS ELECT PRESIDENT * III TO YS L U R C H ’ S Hosiery, Present for all the Family NO DOUBT You are anticipating the approach of the holiday season with gladness, and visions of limitless turkey and cran berry sauce rise before your mind’s eye; and , YOU’LL HAVE The usual accompanying delicacies, such as mince pies, pumpkin pies, etc ; but one thing you must not forget. What H O LID A Y dinners is complete without that time-honored institution of our grandfathers A PUDDING W ith plums, raisins, currants, lemon peel citron and the sauce that makes makes it complete? “ No matter how much you eat, you ’ ve always room for the padding.” The freshest of everything for the din- ner nnd for the pudding. P E A R C E & JOHNSON Our Own Free Delivery Wagon. Corn«' Mam and River Sts.. West End of Bridgo ing men, and is deemed injurious the violation of the game laws. G. A. R. Election. Sixth— Bountv on cougars of $20. to the industry in that outside cap Saturday afternoon Appomattox Seventh—Bounty on timber ital hesitates to enter because o f the Post, No. 34 , G. A . R., met in its tax levied on the capital stock of a wolves of $15, Eighth— Bounty on wildcats of new quarters in Woodman Hall. corporation, irrespective of whether There was a laige attendance of ♦4. or not its property is producing. the comrades, some ot them coming He shows that there ore 215 Chi- Detail will be left to the legislative miles to be present, it being , committee, to consist o f five mem nese pheasants, 40 quail, 4 pair of many deer boms and one pair of elk the day for the annual election of bers, to be named by the new pres horns shipped out of this state in officers ident. Those elected to fill the offices President W . D. B. Dodson was the last year. There were 40 arrests made and for the ensuing year were: for several years located in Sump Commander, G. \\ . McReynolds; 1 ter, as editor of the Blue Mountain penalties imposed in the last year. Allowance for the office was senior vice, W. H. Harrison American, and is thoroughly con- and expenditures were junior vice, R Griffin; quarter versant with the mines of Eastern $4200, Oregon, and also has devoted some $4045.72, leaving a balance of master, Wm. Dickey: adjutant, H. C. Dutton; chaplain, W. J. Gard- time to other camps o f the state. $154.28. ner; surgeon, Daniel W oods; guard’ 1 His election was unknown to him-1 " * " George Thompson; O. M. 8 ., O. self until this morning Bought Eagle Book Store. I). Wheeler: S. M., Wm. B. Root. The executive committee went . . . . on record as individually and col- \ Thos. Gill, who last winter lost a Delegates to State Encampment lectively opposed to promotion of leg by an accident while working Wm. B. Root, W . J. Gardner. “ wildcat" mining companies, claim- on a bridge, and who for sometime Alternates, Harry Supple and I. ing Oregon as the location of their { ^ jla(| # stan(j ___ next to Gar- J. Taylor. ______ T l w x r l n m o o r o C l i c t a i n p n I ‘ proper,jes. The damage sustamed I ^ “ " ^ ^m 'enw ay’ . has pur- The next meeting will be held the bv the industry through of operations is considered very chased the Eagle Book store. second Saturday in January at great, because of the natural effect Mr. Gill will keep a good stock which time there will lie a joint in- resulting by suspicion ------ upon all o f books, stationery. magazines stajjaljon 0p t|,e Post and W om en’s mining investments. It is not an al)(, notions a„d will be pleased to Relief Corps. easy matter to induce people ngut j recejve tl)e patronage of the people here in Oregon to make ati investi gation of the conditions at mines, Do You Want Your Boys to Stay Had yon thought of buying hct a stock of which is offered for sale on the Farm? and bears promises of paying divi bottle of perfume for Christmas? dends, and when the local public is Whether you had or not it would If y »11 do, make the associations not inclined to investigate and se plan to look over oor pleasant, the borne attiactivc and jg J jJ M jjj; h i « . m ,i. ¡„ „ „ « i * ,. » which p i « . , „ expected that the small investor at a distance will compare the actual you are thinking it over com«ln and the eye and ministers to our sense relative merits that are remote. For MC the rtork, no matter if it .8 not of the beautiful helps to establish these reasons the mining men for urn. it will suit others. mental and moral vigor and will favor stringent laws that will pre- ■ Bentos’ * P habxact , j aasist in making greater exertions vent “ wildcating.” IN YOUR SEARCH FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS D O OVERLOOK WELCH & WOODS FOR USEFUL ARTICLES 1 / N O T B