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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1905)
^ M —À J 1 llC ‘' v a u t f n r r u m x U iiu fK a v » , J ^ ï / - X« A I A V 1 1 V « ! Ji Xane County Xcaber. VOL. XVI NO. 38 COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 , 1 9 0 *5 BUSINESS IMPROVING COUNCIL PR0= CEEDINGS Booth-Kelly Mills Will Soon Bo Running Regular Monthly Meeting Wednesday Evening LUMBER RAILWAYS FEW BILLS ALLOWED j H0 t,mt ‘ here will be no rise in build- j ing prices. I lie rise brings rough lumber nearly back to the price obtaining 'ant October, when it dropped from I BN .50 to if 7.50 a thousand. It is | said activity in the local market is j the reason for the advance. 1 Builders are glad to see the in- j crease in price, as they say people •vho hesitated to build, hoping that ] the price of lumber would fall yet lower, will now commence operations and it will mean much more build ing. The change in price affects only “common rough,” and the rise is 50 cents a thousand. Dimensions Three Plumbers are (¡ranted Liceice J. W. Blodgett, New Stockholder, not over 11 bv 1-1 iuchea to 32 feet long will sell for $8; from 31 to 40 — Statistics of W ater System to Tearing up His Logging Roads to Be Prepared. feet long, $ 0 - from 42 to 48 feet, Move to Eugene. $ 11 , and from 50 to 5 G feet, $ 15 . Fir ship dunnage is now $8 and The regular monthly meeting of sidewalk lumber $!l.— PortlandTele- Lumber business is looking up in gram. the city council, adjourned last L rdo .county. and John F J\c'lv Monday evening on •account of a vice president of the Booth-Kelly I legal holiday, was held on Wed Rate Cut One Half Lumber Company, reports better i nesday evening. What is probably the most extra- Drices anil au increase in Eastern Present were Mayor Medley, . ordinary inducement that has yet Councilmen Veatch, Hinds, Currin, «¿rders and inquiries. Three of the been ll)a(J<J to encourage immigra Chamberlain, Bingham and Camp company’s mills are uow running tio n to Oiegon. Washington and bell, Recorder Wheeler and Mar to their full capacity and it is stated I v „ , , , , | J . j Northern Idaho, of settlors from the shall Underwood. the output will lie materially in I Middle West, was announced Tues The water committee was ap creased next year. day by the traffic department of tbe pointed by the Mayor as a body to J. W . Blodgett, one of the Ea»tern capitalists, who recently acquired Oregon lines. Effective February prepare statistics in regard to tbe large interests in the company, is 1.5 to May 15 , the rate on movables city water system and to make sug expected at Eugene in a few days, of colouist i will he reduced one-half, gestions looking toward its enlarge and after tbo annual in ding of tbe from tbo Missouri river to poiuts in ment and extension. This was the stookholdeis it is erttecled that, v"the Willamette valley on the South most important action taken and some extensive improvements will eiuPa tic Oregon lines, and one- was the subject of some discussion. he inaugurated, including the build» third to all ¡. ots in Eastern Oregon ' The petition of C. M. Jackson iug of new mills, and the constitu and \\ isbiugtuu and in Northern and others for sidewalk on the south tion of logging railways. Hereto Idnlm. The rate will bo made effec side of South street to be laid west fore all the timber cut by tlio com tive during the peiiods in which low to River street, was referred to the pany Las been floated to the mills one-way passenger rates are named, street committee and on motion the by driving down the various streams under what is termed colonist or cross walks asked for in the peti where the standing timber is con home-seelwrs' rates, combining to tion were ordered placed. Tbe applications for plumbers’ venieutly located. enable intending settlers to migrate license made by Harry Wynne, W. J; L'MnllNII RAILWAYS. at a minimum cost. C. Carpenter and Orville Knapp The preseut rate from the Mis A recent issue of n Minnesota were referred back to the applicants paper contained the announcement souri to WiUamotte Valley points is j and the licenses ordered granted that Mr. Blodgett was tearing up $1.00 for each 100 pounds, and upon the filing of required bonds, hiB logging railways for the purpose under the new tariff it will be 50 as they had furnished sufficient evi i f removing the material and equip cents per hundred, the minimum dence to the council of their ability ment to Eugene, Or. This no being carload of 20 000 pounds. in chat line. doubt means that iho Booth-Kelly- This will l e a reduction from $200 | On motion it was ordered that Company will add to its already ex to $100 a car. Ordinance No. 95 be published in tensive facilities for bundliug lum the Lane County Leader one week. Dissolution Notice. ber and timber. (The ordinance appears in another The firm of Tom, Dick and column.) The published call for the annual meeting to be held .January 20 Harry, consisting of Tom Jenkin A petition for a cross walk on specifies that the number of the di' Dick Berry and Harry Peck, has South street was referred to the rectors will be increased from seven dissolved partnership, Dick Berry street committee. to Dine, nnd the board of directors and Harry Peck retiring. All The Recorder was instructed to will be authorized to elect an execu claims against the firm and all bills furnish to all property holders in tive committee composed of three due the same will be paid and col the sewer districts notices stating members, that will have authority lected by the undersigned. the full amounts of their assess Dated Dec. i 4 , 1904. to define the duties of the ra.rDager ments. T h o m a s W. J k n k i n s . of the corporation. -Telegram. A communication was received from A. H. King, attorney for W. Notice to Stockholders. A. Weatherspoon, giving notice of Lumber Roes Up. Cai i'i 1 n l nsa ting of tho stock the dedication of a street in the Prcies of rongh lumber were ad holders of the Cottage Grove Elec- Perkins addition. It was read and vanced today from $ 7.50 a thousand tricCo., will be held at tbe offi ordered placed on file. to $8. This is tbe fiat of tbe Port of the said company in Cottage A quit claim deed for land dedi land Retail Lumber Company, which Grove at 10 a. m. Monday, Jan. i), cated to street purposes irom J. I H. C. T hompson , Sec. practically controls tbe local market 1005 . Jones was read and referred back to The uew price list was mailed to pa Mr. Jones for a slight correction. The Woodmen of the World lodge j The following claims were au trons of tho company last night, and at their regular meeting. Saturday i becomes effective today. It is said evening will enjoy n smoker and gen dited and ordered paid by warrant builders had been warned of the ripe eral good time. All Woodmen nr» by the finance committee: in price and were prepared for it, invited. Thomas Allen, sewer ......... $ 1.80 H. Gregory, sewerc.............. 3.30 Griffin A Veatch Co............ 20.15 F . D. Wheeler.....y ............. 8.68 H. E- Underwood, marshal- 60.70 Lincoln Taylor..................... 18.00 You are anticipating the approach of Robt. Martin......................... 60.00 the holiday season with gladness, and visions of limitless turkey and cran Cottage Grove Electric Co.. 175.00 berry sauce rise before your mind s Union Iron W orks.........................75 eye; and Long&Bingham Lumber Co 3.50 B. Lurch........... ................. 12.00 A. F. Turner....................... 2.o0 George Hubbard................. i t . 60 The usual accompanying delicacies, T.ee Martin............................. 2.00 such as mince pies, pump’ 0 ;n 1 adjourned to meat Janu etc.; but one thiug you r y - l ary 16, at 8 p. m. forget. What h O LID A • --------- — --------- 1 is complete without that time-h. • -d institution of our gran1 PAPERS WRITTEN NO D O U B T YOU’LL HAVE A PUDDI NG With plums, raisins, currants, lemon peel, citron and the sauce that makes it complete? “ No matter how much you eat, you’ve always room for the puilding.” The freshest iff everything for the din ner ami for the pudding. ARCE & JOHNSON ) Ur O w n F r e e D e liv e r y W a g o n . , „ .. nn !dii. ‘r-J- Corner and River Stv WfVl Erd oi Bnd,a FOR ESSAY CONTEST What the pupils of Public School See in Cottage Grove. mayor and common conncil. The city also owns the water sys tem, tbe water being obtained at a mountain spring, and brought to tbe city in mains and carried to each householder at a cost of seventy five cents per month. Two excellent newspapers are published here weekly; the Bohemia Nugget and Lane County Leader. Cottage Grove is completely sur rounded by vast forests of fir and cedar timber. There is one saw mill, one sash and door factory, one flour mill, two livery atables, two feed stores, eight general merchandise stores, three blacksmith shops, three hardware,- three drug stores, four coatee tionary stores, four churches, aud the Episcopals hold meeting ouce a month. There are several saw mills and logging camps around here, of which over one thousand men are now employed in the logging camps. Cottage G r o v e is especially adapted to fruit culture. Tbe va rieties that thrive beat here are: prunes, cherriesi apples, pears, grapes, quinces and peaches, while berries of every variety reach per fection in growth nnd flavor. Cottage Grove has two public school buildings, of which to gether contain about five hundred pupils. Twenty years ago there was but one business house and but a few dwelling bouses on the east aide of the Willamette river, where the main part of tbo city now stands. The climate of Cottage Grove is very mild and agreeable. Cottage Grove has just lately com pleted laying the finest sewer system in the whole Willamette valley. The Southern Pacific Railway Company has a large depot, while the Oregon and Southeastern Rail way Company are building a rail road from Cottage Grove to Bohe mia mining district. Some twenty miles of this line being completed and the work is rapidly increasing. The Company owns their own depot, round house, and ime yards, sit uated east of tho Southrrn Pacific depot. E i , va W arner . Essay on Cottage Grove by Cal- ista Garoutte. A description of Cottage Grove, Lane County Oregon. Cottage Grove is a beautiful little town situated on tbo banks of the Coast Fork of the Willamette river which flows so peacefully through our town. It has a popu lation of about twenty-five hundred. It has one electric light plant which lights the streets, business bouses and many a dwelling-house. This town is well supplied with water systems. It has three reser voirs aud they contain mountain spring water which is pure and healthy and we pride ourselves in being so blest. We also have one fine roller sys tem Flour mill, so you see we have the bread and water of life. Nearly »very home is supplied with a garden which produces vege tables nearly tbo year round and fruit is raised in abundance. The school advantages are excel lent. There are two fine school- houses, one ou the cast and one on the west side of the town which give employment to twelve teachers. It is a beautiful sight to see the healthy and rob.ust pupils marching in and out of school. This town is supplied with num erous busiuesA houses and has four churciies. A sewer system has just been completed which is a great benefit. A large saw-mill is situated in the suburbs which gives employ ment to a number of men and other mills are near here in all directions. The great Bohemia mioing d is trict is also about thirty-five miles east of here and the Black Butte quick-silver mines are fourteen miles south. The surrounding hills sre covered with beautiful ever green forests and farms are all around us. The following essay was given the third prize by the Commeti ial Club Committee. There were eight essays received from the young stu Now, you people back East dents of the Cottage Grove schools: Y oa’d belter come West "Cottage Grove is situated on the W e’ll treat you fine W e’ll do o o r b e * t famous Willamette river in the We like Tottane G rove and are here to Southern part of Lane county. It stay, .1 11st come and see ns and yoa*H ik H want 1 is the very busiest town in tbe to go aw ay. Willamette valley. It is lighted by electricity, a large plant being in Miss Rose Williams returned home eperation. Hundny aft«, a three months' stay at Tbe^Jown is incorporated• hat Baker (Tty. LARGE AT TENDANCE Citizens of the City Meet With Commercial Club DRAIN DELEGATION Mast Have Such Freight Kates as Will Allow Development o f Resources. The meeting of the Commercial club Monday night was one of un usual interest. Besides the pres ence of the members, there was a large number of the citizens in at tendance upon invitation. The ques tion of freights wab to be considered and „it wna desirable to fiave a free aud full expression of the people be fore action was taken. A large del egation arrived train Drain in time to participate in the delibera’ ions. Also a number of gentlemen from Eugene. After a statement of the object of the meeting by presidont Campbell, a general discussion, last ing some hours was held. Tbe following resolution w a s adopted : W iikrkas , The State of Oregon is lab oring under great disadvantages at the present time, by the excessive loeal freight rates imposed by the Harriinan lines, and by their refusal to furnish cars and equipment during the year 1903, for the transportation of all elassee of freight throughout the state, and es pecially Western Oregon, and W hkkkas , The lumber industries have suffered from tbe arbitrary measure adopted by the Southern Pacific Rail way company, in increasing the freight rate to California bus resulted in closing down nearly all the mille and piling camps, which had that state for their principal market. W iik r kas , The Ilarriman System, running to Missouri river points, bus refused to concede to the lum tier interests of the state the benefit of a 40 cent rate to that point, which rate, had it been allowed, would have afforded an outlet for the product of the mills, and W iikrkas , The local freight mtes, as established at the present time, are so high as to make the cost of living out of proportion to the earning capacity of the laboring classes, and others depend ent upon the aforesaid industries, now therefore, be it Resolved, That we request the mem- hers of the Oregon legislature about to assemble, to pass a maximum freight rate law, covering local shipments. Also a law compelling railroad companies to provido cars and equipment to serve the demands of traffic at all times of the year, and also bespeak their good offices to urge upon the Harriman System the necessity of granting tho 40 cent rate *0 the Missouri river common points. There was also a resolution en dorsed by the club, in favor of an appropriation by the legislature for the maintenance of the Drain Nor mal School. Mayor Medley made a good speech on freight rates as did also Hon. I. H. Bingham aud many others. The meeting was adjourned until Thursday night. Thursday night’s meeting was well attended by the members of the elub. After tho routine business, Sec retary Roseuburg read the resolu tions received from the Commercial club of Drain. They were in accord with the resolutions passed by tbe club the previous meeting. Mr. Bingham reported lie had presented to the Commissioners, the petition of tbe citizens of Cottage Grove ask ing that this city be made a separate road district and that the Commis sioners had asked for description of tbe boundaries of the city. City Recorder Wheeier offered to fur nish it at once. The question 1 1 having the prize essays passed upon was brought up and the committee instructed to attend to the matter as soon as possible. There being a vacancy in the ladies’ committee, caused by the re moval from the city of Mrs. A. C. (JljfA, Mrs. Flank t ‘. Wheeier was appointed a member. Star Items. Leslie Wicks went to Dorena Monday. Blaine Jackson passed through Star Saturday. Miss Edna Kerr visited wiih Iva Wicks this week. M. and Mrs. Ben Pitcher visited at Star this week. Miss Annie Jones has been visit ing with Nora Vaughn this week. Miss Annie and Nettie Morse o i Cottage Grove visited at Star this week. Mr. Churchill passed through Star Saturday on his way to the Grove. Mr. aud Mrs. Green Pitcher of Cottage Grove visited with Mr. and Mrs. Miles Pitcher this week. Jewel Wicks, who has been visit ing at Lebanon, returned home last week. His cousin Leslie Lafords, returned with him. Tliete was a surprise party at Mr Vaughn's last Monday night as it was Miss Nora’s birthday. A good time was enjoyed by all. There was church at the Star school house Sunday morning and evening by Rev. Morss of Cottage Grove, a large crowd attended. Miss Fay Phillips departed Tires day night for her home at North- port, Washington. She has been visiting in Cottage Grove at the home of her uncle, F. B. Philli p», for the past three months and dur ing her stay here has made many friends who regret her departure. Mrs. W. C. Conner and Miss Lizzie Orpurd, at the home of the former, gave her a farewell party on Mon day evening, which was a pleasant function. Soils, Sweaters, Umbrellas, Hats, Ties. BANKRUPT SAWMILL . SOLD FOR SKIN. Long & Bingham Co Bankrupt Bought in by Booth-Kelly and Others. W. V. Dewald of this city, at a meeting of tbe creditors of the Long & Bingham sawmill company, bank rupts, held in Eugene Wednesday morning bid in the property for $ 14 , 000 , and the sale was confirmed. The total indebtedness of the com pany is said to be in the neighbor hood of $ 18 , 000 . While Mr. Dewald is the nominal purchaser, he was only acting with the authority of ethers who have the principal interests of tbe prop erty. Among those who furnished funds were W. E. Brown of the Eu gene Loan & Savings Bank, Tatum dc Bowen, the sawmill machinery dealers of Portland, tbe Booth-Kelly Company, a n d ------ Miller, of Al bany. The purchase includes only the mill property and the city property in Cottage Grove occupied by the store and office buildings of the Long <fc Bingham Lumber Company Neither I. H. Bingham nor Dr. A, E. Lawbaugh, the former owners, will -have any interest in the new company, at least that is the infor mation furnished the L e a d e r . Although the firm name was Long A Bingham. Mr. Long had previ ous to the failure, sold l is interests to Dr. Lawbaugh. “The property is worth about $ 40 , 000 ” said Mr. Long. "It coet us $ 35,000 to build tbe plant alone.” It is announced that the plant will remain idle for the immediate future at least. r J k 1 J Shoes, Mufflers, Hand’kfs; Hosiery, Felt Shoes BE ON HAND AT THE Big Clearance Sale Men’s Suits and Overcoats about one-half price Men’s and Children’s Sweaters, 25c, 50c to $1 Wool Hose for Children, - - 10c Women’s Shoes that were $1.50 to $3 per pair go for - . - - $1 The sale is to clean up the whole stock and we will certainly put the knife in. WELCH & WOODS REMEMBER THE PLACE M D. C.Baughman DUALER IN I1AY. GRAIN, FLOUR anil MILL FEED After a discussion upon various matters of interest to the city, an Cottage Grove, Ore, adjournment was taken until Mon Hawley Bldg-. West River S t., Phone your order. day night,