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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 10, 1899)
BOHEMIA Devoted to the Mining. Umbering and farming Inters of Urn Com munity, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Living. vor. i Collage Grove, Oregon, Friday, Nov lO, 1S99. NO. 41 YQU B. ATTE NTI 0 N MB .jC. bk- I IS CA,'I',,'1) "'Elegant line of LADIES WRAPS, just in, direct irom the Factory. FOR STYLE, QUALITY and PRICK, wc cannot be EXCELLED. Call and see them at the Old Reliable Storel LIVE AND LET LIVE, IS OUR MOTTO 3SAJKI2ST & BBISTOW. YOU ARE CAUTION E D NOT TO HUY GOODS out of Town or elsewhere, before examining our large and well selected stock of General Merchandise. IP YOU WILI HEED the above warning, you will profit by it. We sell goods at BED-ROCK PRICES. GENTS' Overcoats- and Furnishing goods. LADIES' wrappers and furnishings. PRICES WILL SUIT. EAKIN & BRISTOW, Cottage Grove, Or. U. 5. COURT DECISION. Surveyor Collier a Trespasser No Case Against Jennings Brothers. .Dre$$ Goods... Mow Curtains ...Eadfes Rose... In cotton we have them for 5c to 25c, in wool 25c to 50c. Our 25c it at aoo a yard to $1.50, in either and 3 yds long heavier and bet- hose are exceptionally good values lot plain black or brocaded. In the light colors we start it at 20c a yard to 60c. Our 6 jc line is very We have a nice line, and the J Three yards long very pretty . .11 r 1 t . pnceisngnt. in muck we start 1 design 11111 wiciiu lor bi per pair ter for $ 1.50 pr. Scrims for i?4c Try one of them. ' to 15c per yd. CORSETS ART DENIMS beautiful in changeable colors. DRESS GINGHAMS We have these in different colors, plaids for 10c, i2$c per yard. Our it'jc gingham is a very soft finislr, PRINTS J.L .-. . . Very pretty, floral and gold design, if you wish to make your gramlma a nice chair cushion or chair back for a Christmas present our art designs are just what you want, come and see it. CRETONS For 14c and i6c per yd, very In darktcolors wc start it at to 7c and in ligh colors at 4c and pretty floral designs. 7c a yard. Our 7c print is the best BLANKETS "I tuc IllUi W APRON GICHAMS Small checks for 6c per yard. .-,.? OUTING FLANNELS In light colors we have it as cheap as 5c a. to i2jc in dark colors we start it at 7c to nc a yd. Big assortmcuLio these gdods. TABLE LINENSL For 65c cotton to $6.45 all wool. We are selling these on a special margin and know that they can not be bought for less money than we offer them for right from the mills, colors white and dark grey COMFORTERS Positively made from nice clean batting and good print for$i.50, no old rags are used in these goods. LADIES UNDERWEAR In the white have it for 10c 4e, 50c and 75c. Our 30c line is Our line is complete starting at not liuen but "is good value for the j 25c cotton to $1.25 all wool. We money, the .other Hues are linen j have either vests or pants separate and can not b"e beat."' ' I or uniou suits, also for children. We carry the C. B. 500, $1 line 75c, 50c and also a 30c line. KID GLOVES Our claim on kid gloves is that we have the best $1 .25 glove in the market. We handled this glove for five years now, and sold hund reds of them and had no complaints they all give satisfaction. Give our line a trial. Si. 25 is the price, they can not be sold for less. Do not Forget That we Have For Sale Groceries Glass Ware Gents Furnishing Goods Boots and Shoes Rubber Goods Hats and caps Drugs Diamond Dyes School Books Notions, Etc. 3arman it, Newland. cottage aove or. inai r ACETYLENE GAS DOMESTIC . IjIGrHTinSTG- Light Your Home, Store, Church or Hall at Nominal Cost- Cheaper than Kerosene! Safer Than Any Other Illuminant! rarest ant! Most Brilliant Light Known! Tho following decision was rendered by Judge Bellinger, in the United States (iintrict court, at Portland, on Saturday, Nov. 4tli in the cane of the United States vh Jas. J. and It. J. JenningH, charged with interfering with one C. M. Collier who waH attempting to make a survey of mining premises owned by and in the possession of Chas. Bruneau and the Jennings Bros., the same being rendered upon a stipulation of facta in the cane submitted to the court by the attorneys for the defendants and the United States district attorney: TUK COUUt'b OPINION". "Court : In thi? case the complaining witness went upon the promlseain con troversy for tli5 purpose of making a plat to be used in an action then pend ing in the state court. The facts, us stipulated, show that at the time he ! iliil tliia tin irda rmtin UMtlmnt tin nrtut of the court, and without authority from the surveyor general. I am of the opinion that, not being so authorized, bis entry, or attempted entry, waa un lawful. I do not decide the question as to whether the authority of the surveyor gonerai, or an order from the surveyor general would have been sufficient to authorize such entry. It is a question 1 in my mind as to whether the party, un der thoia circumstances, should not have had 11 n order of the court in which the action is pending to a tthorize such entry as was made in this case." At the hearing of this case the at tornev lor tne government made a strong argument and cited the court all the authorities at his command, but from the authorities cited by the at torneys for the defendants and the arguments made in ttieir belia'lt there was notldng for th "court to do in the promises but to discharge the defend Unta, which ho promptly did. The decision places quite a different phase upon this question to that at tempted to be made by a certain sheet published at Roaeburg, Oregon, called the Review, und whose information, it ia apprehended, has boen universally obtained from the parties who are con ducting the litigation against Bruneau and tho Jennings' and their attorneys and henchman, who apparently have a strong pull on that paper and are usjng its columns to the greateit possible ad vantage, and with tho apparent design of creating a preju lico against the said Bruneau and Jennings Bros, in Douglas county, whore the controversy over tho mining property in dispute will be litigated. Thia decision is confirmation of the opinion that the facts in this case have been wonderfully perverted, and leads to tho conclusion that some of the wit nesses before the U. S. grand jury must have not told the whole truth, or told more than was true in order to secure tho indictment of these defendants, thinking that it would have a depress ing effect upon them, and crystalize public opinion in favor of their opo nentslnthe civil litigation that is now pending between said parties. There is a strong, undercurrent of feeling in this community against the course of conduct that has been pursued by the plaintiffs in the litigation bo tweon these parties, on account of tho fact that it is tho consensus HI mm ill APPROVED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES 1 Prico of tho First Machino of 80 Light, BO por cont. Discount, which is $62.50 f. o.'b., Eugene, Oregon. Each Generator sent Complete ready to bo Connectod to Piping. P. ERNE & SON, EUGENE, OREGON. of opinion that they havo resorted to the criminal arm of the law in order to create a public sentiment againit these defendants, believing that it would militate against their interests in the civil proceedings that have been in stituted against them. But this de cision rendered by Judge Bellinger in the U. 8. court, cornea to them like a "boomarang" and disconcerts them and up-Betsall their hopes of accomplishing their purposes by those methods and they are now "wailing and gnashing their teeth" and making all kindH of accusations against the court who rendered the opinion, and all parties who had any connection with the pro ceedings, realizing in their dire ex tremity that tho defendants have at last been vindicated and that they havo failed to crush them by their unjusti fiable methods. WHAT TJIK ORKOON'IAN 8AY8. Sunday's Oregonian. November o, has the following: R. J. and J. J. Jennings, operating mining property in the Bohemia dis trict, known as the Helena group, were acquitted in the United States district court yesterday of the charge of resist ing an attempt to make a survey there on. C. M. Cnllier, claiming to be a United Stales deputy mineral surveyor, was the complaining witness. Judgo Bellinger, in passing upon the case, held that it was necessary in order to make a survey of mineral claims thus being litigated, and in the peaceablo, and, to all intents, lawful possession of a party, to obtain an order of the court in which the case was pending for trial of title thereto. It appeared in the hearing that Jen nings brothers h ve been in the peaceable possession of the Helena group for over three years, expending during that time the sum of $25,000 in rv. ining drifts and building a stamp mill. A man named Warner raised the claim of prior loca ion, and brought a suit in the court at Roseburg to try tho title, and sent C . M. Collier to make tho survoy, without procuring any order from the court to have the same done. Jenninga objected to bis making any survey, claiming the legal title to the property. Collier left off, came before the United States grand jury in Portland and had Jennings brothers indicted fby' ordering him to- desist. The court's acquittal was upon tlie ground that tho surveyor had no order Ijoiu the tribunal at Roseburg. where the case of cyy ship was pending, to perform thojes to which placed Collier in the light ot r.f passer.. It also appeared during the caBe that Warner, during tho period of three years the Jennings had possession and were improving tho mine, had been cognizant of the fact, but had not made adverse claims until tho property began to develop valuable leads. NOTICE. Tho Board of Equalization of Lane Co. will meet on Monday Nov. 27 a assessors office for the purposa of equa lizing the assessment of 1899. All persons having business before said board will govern themselves accord ingly. D. P. Burton, Co. Assessor. IT IS HERE! The Largest Stock in South Lane! -Consisting of- Shelf and Heavy Hardware; Stoves ane Tinware; Pumps, Pipes and AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS!. Guns and Ammunition, Studebrker Wagons, Canton Clipper Plows, Harrows, Etc. For Miners Supplies, the only house South of Port land. Give us a call. GRIFFIN & VEATCH. COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON. f If - ' -aiMMiM