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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
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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
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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 .
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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.
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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,
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10c
Women’s Shoes that were $1.50 to $3 per
pair go for
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$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,