THL EIGKXK WEEKLY Gl ERD. THVRÄDAY. SEITEMBER 21. l»o*
IUSLAW valley
AND ITS RESOURCES
Country embraces
•■stern Lane County,
. consisting of 25 townships.
F
n,
of beach front on the
ocean and 26 miles of nav-
ib.treams or 52 miles of water-
’ accessible to water transporta-
that the si
n’
able to th
As thest
crease in num
from year to 1
up and down the co
parat'vely free froi
it would seem that
provided in the sea
tecting the fruit cri
as well as others
from destruction by these pests
thereby relieved the owner of
expense and labor of spraying
trees
« a
Most of the orchards here
been planted on bottom land.
I I
NEW BUSINESS
BLOCKS Fir!
JUNCTION CITY
on the farm
itll-feed fee
trlct during th
will produce
yields
of milk and butter, some of these
cattle having produced 17 00 worth
of butter fat per head during the
month of April, which month the
price of butter fat is usually the low
est of any month during the year
This is practically all profit as there
are no grain bills to pay. There are
about 600 cows being milked this
season tn the Sluslaw- Valley, while
two years ag<>_ there was not one-
third as many and in a few years
more when dairymen in the East
learn of the many advantages that
BEAR STORY FROM
RUSH ISLAND
A sale of real estate was made this
•ek that means two more business
houses for Junction.
A. L. Swartz
and G. 8. Keck have purchased
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thrlty-three feet on the Avenue op
Lowell. Sept. 17—Rushisland, five
posite the bang lroiu the Odd Fel
lows. consideration,
31.000
This I miles above here, has a real bear
„ h„ 80 mH?8 or more of lake
leaves the Odd Fellows a frontage of story, the facts being as follows:
J embracing the finest fresh
Thomas Blakeley, during the night
forty feet.
lakes 1“ general the surface
I of the 14th inst, heard a commotion
This
deal
has
been
hanging
fl
’
e
for
T*. country is somewhat hilly,
some time but was finally closed. among hls hogs and on investigating
numerous agricultural valleys
The Odd Fellows wll put up a two the cause found that two bears-
bench lands of great fertility.
story brick or concrete bulging on mother and cub.— had attacked and
‘Lihibly there is no other place In
the corner, the first story will be for killed on hog and were making their
^arld where the death rate is
Mr. 11 and his
business purposes and the second supper on the same
than In this Sluslaw River re-
will be a home for the Odd Fellows I boys and dogs made chase and the
I cub soon took refuge In a nearby
cllmate is remarkably uni-
tree and was brought to the ground
The difference between the
by well-directed shots from the Win
P winter and summer temper-
chester rifles, but the mother bear
is onlv about 15 degrees, and
made her escape.
She was sought
pie wear the same weight of cloth-
for the next <lav, however, but was
not found. The second night after
, »11 year .
Tie thermometer seldom goes
she returned for her meal and cub
1 go degrees above zero in sum-
and Mr. B phoned to Clarence Mc
,or belew 30 above in winter.
Bee to bring his bear dogs and help
Tiere are no severe storms, bUz
In the chase, so all wore on lhe
us cyclone«- or earthquakes.
ground early the morning of the
16th. and after a short run the bear
Qarly all kinds of vegetables are
took a tree, was wounded and fled
wo In this region in abundance
from the tree, only to be pushed
»d of superior quality.
closely by the dogs until it took to
Tie average yield of potatoes per
tree No. 2,
when several
shots
re ia about 300 bushels. As high
brought her down. Mr. B. says the
500 bushels to the acre have been
bear has made several attacks on hls
,own. demonstrating the great fer-
hogs before, but this Is the first
jjty of the soil.
time he has been able to get a shot
All kinds of berries grow here in
at them.
reit abundance.
Thousands of
Mr. Stiers, the mail carrier to llaz-
mhels of the finest blackberries go
el Dell, is having all hls stage can
waste every year.
A fruit catt
do in the way of passengers and bag-
ery is greatly needed.
guge. He talks some of adding an
other rig to hls route.
FKVIT RAISING.
Mac Crow has returned from Soda
ville somewhat improved In health,
but Is still under the care of hls
W H. Weatherson,
Editor of
physician.
"The West” at Florence.
Grant Hyland and family are home
I from an outing to the lakes and are
off to Eugene on business for a few
(September Nobody’s).
days.
Thomas Blakely lost a valuable
One nt the occupations to which
horse a few- days ago on accuuilt of
he Sluslaw country is well adapted
lung trbuble.
d which Is certain to become a
Hunters are still passing and If
rofitable industry is that of fruit
IXIAIHMi AT FIXUIEXI'E. (NotxHly's Mnicnzine.)
they all get a good haul there will
rowing The early settlers of this
not be much game left for seed next
Iley as soon as they had a sntal'
year.
iece" of ground cleared, made prep- ii should not be intrefered that this this country affords, there will be ’ which will be fitted up exclusively
The Rev. Mr. Kelley Of IxMlis
rations »0 -alse fruit to supply their is the only kind of soil in this sec many times as many cows kept as 1 for their use.
Creek preached at Rushlsland the
Messrs. Swartz and Keck will also ; second'Sunday of the month and will
wn needs, and planted trees and tion that is suitable for fruit raising. there are at present, and the Sluslaw
rushes of the ’ srlous kinds whi’h In fact, enough trees have been country will be settled with prosper I put up a two story building at th« I continue hls services every second
same time and the middle wall will | Sunday hereafter.
bev thought suited to the country , planted on bench land to prove that ous and contented dairy-farmers.
' be built jointly.
Their < n»is ‘n this direction were the soil there is better adapted to
I
Mr. Kelsay has hls new house
Swartz and .Keck expect to occupy nearly ready to move Into.
»11 rewarded and they soon had fruit growing than are the bottoms.
their
own
bulding
The
trees
on
the
low
lands
grow
while
the
odd
lenty of fine fruit for themsel.es
SHARP.
' Fellows will have no difficulty In se
nd theft neighbors who arrived l.it- more rapidly and bear sooner than
curing a long ease as they have ap
rsnd hid not jet had time to raise ' those on the high land, hut it is
plications on file since they first
found that on the higher ground and
rrep f their ( wn.
talked of putting up a building.
The rich river bottom lands along benches- the trees are more healthy
I
In this connection we may as well
he river, creeks and smaller streams and their fruit is of finer flavro than
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. E. B Min state that two more brick
blocks
ield abundant crops of strawberries, that grown on the bottoms.
er. September 10, 1908, a ten pound will be erected here soon, hardly this
pberries, gooseberries, logan ber-
boy.
fall but_early*in the spring. F A Bal
ies and blackberries with compara
A
A Taft Club is being organized in lard and" Wm. Schroder expect to
bly little cultivation. Blackber-
Cottage Grove.
Only preliminary i erect a doube building on Front
T. W. Carter, a capitalist of Dav
ies especially grow In profusion,
arrangements have as yet been made,
nd may almost bo said to be a nat- By Eugene R. McCornack of North and no regular meetings have been street on the site of the buildings re enport, Iowa, who has been in Eu
Fork.
cently burned. We are not Informed gene for a few days, left today for
ral product, as wherever the seed
held, but a large number of republi as to what use Mr. Ballard will home expecting to return in January
(September Nobody's)
s dropped, vines spring up and in a
cans have signified their intention of make of his new building, but Mr. with others to locate here. Mr. Car
The Sinslaw Valley is bo situated joining and the first meeting will be
»»r or two is bearing a fine quality
Schroder expects to occupy his him ter came here to look over the city
that It Is possessed of unusual dairy announced next week.
1 fruit.
self and again start up his bakery and county with a view of locating
Plums, prunes and pears bear well advantages. Among the most favor
The Steal ceilings are now being and may add another line
at the and he was so well pleased with cli
nd the fruit is of good size and fine able of these are soil, climate and wa placed in position in the lower stor
uallty Some peachee are grown on ter. The soil is of different variet- ies of the new Phillips brick block same time. Junction has the pros matic conditions and everything else
he upper river, but the climate is ies; from the rich creek and river and the outside steel cornice and pect of more building next year than that it did not take him long to de
cide that this Is the best place In the
ot the most favorable for this crop. bottom to the low and exceedingly decorative work has already been 1 It has enjoyed /or SOIM tlBM
The threshing machine known as state to locate, lie came out here in
These marsh completed. The building when fin
few cherries have been planted in rich marsh lands,
ffferent places and yield fairly well. lands are especially adapted to the ished will make a fine showing on the Junction City thresher which Is the Interest of quite a number of
owned by a number of farmers, families in and around Davenport
Some of the inhabitants have dairy industry, having the favorable Main strati.
.
west and he
claims to have made the best run for who desire to come
lanted grape vines, and from those qualities of the low lands of Holland,
Married—In Arkansas last week, 1 day’s run this season In this sec thinks he will be able to Induce ev
hlrh stand
In sheltered
places, so well adapted to the Holstein cow Mr. Will Garrett, of Albany, Oregon,
This land, when recaimed by diking, and Miss Maude Bently of the same tion. The thresher has only a 28- ery one of them to come to Eugen*.
Uber fair crops of good fruit.
But it is of apples that we wish to grows immense crops of grass and - place. The Bently’s formerly re inch cylinder, but in 11 hours run
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pea more particularly, for In this forage, a yled of three to four tons - sided In Cottage Grove where they with two moves, threshed
If
any other machine
ne the quality of the Sluslaw pro- of hay per acre makes an average | are well known, the old gentleman, bushels
net rivals that of Hood River, the crop. The writer has pastured such! ••Dummy” having conducted a shoe around here can beat this record, we
Salem, Or., Sept. 17. About 30,-
will be glad to hear of It.
land during ten months of the year - shop here.
i"«» famous district in Oregon.
David Beattie died at the Soldiers 000 people attended the State Fair
The difficulty of getting fruit to and then kept the stock off for two .
Attorney Lark Bilyeu of
Eu
10, today, Portland day, thus breaking
mrket from this region has pro months and then cut a crop of three I gene. will address the citizens of Cot Home In Roseburg, September
The crush at
Mr. Beattie all previous records
wled the setting out of any very tons of hay per acre. The climate is ; tage Grove on the national Issues of 1908, agsd 76 years.
was a pioneer of this nlace and con the grandstand this afternoon ex-
so
mild
that
there
is
pasturage
for
f
'■re orchards in this valley, but not-
snv from a democratic standpoint ducted one of the first blacksmith ceeded that of yesterday, and not on
I’hstanding this a great many more cattle the year round and stock-cattle at the Masonic Hall Saturday even shops. i>e was a veteran of the In ly was the grandstand
packed by
generally
pasture
all
winter.
The
PPles are raised here than are re
ing. At the conclusion of the ad dian war and received the usual pen about 6500 people. but the race
tired to supply the local demand, more progressive dairymen provide dress a Bryan Club will be organized. sion lor services rendered.
track on both the outside and Inside
nd every year thousands of bushels shelter for the cows and young stock
Conditions in the Industrial cir
Mr. and
Mrs.
Haven Belknap was bordered with a dense mass of
during
two
or
three
months
in
the
oto waste or are fed to the stock.
cles of Cottage Grove are better than have returned to Junction and have people for a distance of over a quar
In quality and flavor the apples rainv season. Barns or sheds need they were in 1907 or for some years rented Miss Nellie Folsom’s new cot ter of a mile.
And with this Im
town in this section are pronounced not be expensive, as freezing weather before. Note a concrete Illustration. tage. Mr. Belknap will put up pre mense throng at the track, all other
Is
almost
unknown.
During
the
sum
J Food judges to be as good as
Last year the Cottage Grove Manu scriptions for Johnson A Cooley.
parts of the grounds were crowded
nose grown anywhere in the coun mer the weather is delightfully cool facturing Company was doing a little |
Born—September 14, 1908. to Mr. at the same time.
ty Those that have been shipped and this is a great advantage to the business with one employe. Man land Mrs. O. C. Gould, a daughter.—
Early this morning all the main
’ay here have found ready sale and keeping qualities of dairy products. ager Jones was rustling about mak !—Times.
roads leading into Salem assumed
Cream
can
be
delivered
six
days
old
ing
a
hand
part
of
the
time,
for
»’’ steadily gain favor in the mar-
the appearance of a line of march
*t in competition with fruit from to the creamery and yet be sweet there was not enough to keep him
for a farmer’s procession. The vlsl-
and bring the highest price paid for In the office. Now he is kept busy
her places.
tors came by team as far away as
in the drafting room, employs a fore
One great advantage which this butter-fat.
McMinnville.
Independence, Dallas.
The largest dairy farms are all lo man in the shop and ten men to op
alley have over places farther In-
Silverton and St ayton, and by the
Two1
u>d In raising fruit, and especially cated along the lower end of the ri erate the various machines.
time each city, village and hamlet
PPlew is the fact that the trees ver and their transportation Is most years ago, the factory was idle part
had sent its quota, the total made
te nlmost entirely free from pests ly by water. Many dairymen own of the time.—Leader and Western j
up an almost continuous stream of
School districts cannot be held li vehicles coming Into Salem
■ all kinds
Codlln, moth, woolv. their own gasoline launches and can Oregon.
able for damages for the negligence
Phis, »nd other Insects which do so deliver their produce to market at
In the first race, the 3-year-old
of their directors. This is the sub pace. E 8. Train's Ray o’ Light re
O -A- fit *X* O TY I A. .
meh damage
in the orchards in a very low cost. Such X2a<18 are al‘
ways
good,
regardless
of
the
season.
stance
of
a
decision
given
by
Judge
'“r parts of the state, can hardly
duced the Oregon record for 3-year-
B«*n th*
Gantenbein in the circuit court this olds from 2 16% to 2:09 Li. In the
‘ found here. It is thought by The dairymen in this district, are. as
morning in sustaining a demurrer to 2:16 pace Josephine won In three
•V people that this is on account a whole.'a progressive lot. and most
i- • - •- i: -
I
the complaint In the cose ot the In straight heats, but in the third had
h* broxlml’v to the own. sort of them »r-
man-Poulsen
Lumber
company a lead of about a nose over Tom
against school district No. 1.
Murphy, who made a terrific spur
The case arose out of the con In the last 200 yards.
struction of a building by District
The summary of today's events
No. 12 near Lents, which has since follows:
been absorbed by No. 1. The school
Three-year-old pace, 3500 Ray o’
directors failed to exact a bond from Light, first, Mortrix and Cora, sec
the contractors. Clark A Simpson, as ond and third, Pete Palestine, third;
they were suppos'd to do, and In tint«
man-Poulsen brought suit to colled
on material worth 331
Tom
possible to place a 11
time 2
building.
Judge Ga
9 - 14
that such a suit cai
Bertha Mack second. Nogi third;
tained against
time 2 10*4.
of
not wlthsanding
Running three fourths mile. 3100
the directors.—
—Forrest Rose first, Halves second,
Ransack third, time, 1:14%.
— and ha* been made tinder hi* per-
Banal supervision since it* infancy,
'
Allow no one to deceive you in thia.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “Just-as-good” are but
Experiments that tritie with and e.’,-*-...gcr the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Pastoria is a harmlcM substitute for Cantor Oil, Pan -
iroric. Prop* and Soothing- Syrups. It fa* I’leawant. Il
contain* neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narootio
imbalance. It* age la it* guarantee. It destroys Worm*
and iillo's Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic, it relieve* Teething Trouble*, cures Constipation
slid Flatulency. It assiinilat**« the Food, regulate* the
SlortMu-h and Howels, giving healthy ami naturul sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friund.
GENUINE
CASTORIA
ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
COTTAGE GROVE NEWS
FAMILES TO EUGENE
DISTRICT NOT
LIABLE FOR BEBT
PHEASANT SEASON
OPENS OCT. I
MAKE YOUR OWN STOCK FOODS BY USING
THE SKiDOO HORSE AND CATTLE TABLETS
♦
♦
♦
DfED
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Crush and mix in feed or salt. Proper dose in tablet»
MAKES YOLK STOCK LOOK LIKE THE TOP PKICK
r
Coetam no SawdnC. A th«,. Chop Feed or Bran.
TaMtla. Worn. Kidnrv. Chs-See Cbolara. SHater. Haave. Fever, Hof Cbotara tableta. Lowae Powdea
Soavin Cor, Barb Wire Liniment. Pink Eye. Piatamper. Colic or Bona Stiffener Tableta.
TAKE THE BLUE BELL L1NETOHEALTH
O A. »T O TIT
.
I I.M Yw Nía Lmri Bctí-t
B h ’I '. m
LfUtUV
THEY MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE A BLACKSMITH
A,k for and try oar« BLUE BELL Congh Syrup. Pile Remedy. Man'* Pain Liniment, or
BLUE BELL* Stomach Tar- eta. I. -arrboea, Croup, Nrrve. C ---»h. flay Fever and Catarrh. Blood,
I I.rnerai T
Br.ght Sun.h.nr He. • Worn K .In«,. Headache. SiunMl Complauit. sSoUieg
Tabute lor Ckildrea. Liver, Female Regulator or Quiaay Tablets