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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1900)
BOHEMIA NUGGET. C. J. HOWARD - - - EDITOR UnloretUt tho pnttolllro at Cottage Grove, Oregon ns Second Class uinll mnttar. Hii1iurltlnn iirlio. SI. BO, In muiintp. AilvorllnliiR ruti-n miiiln Itnown upon lilipllrutloii. Kridav, AyousT 10, igoo. Dire affliction, the loss of limbs or sight, the emaciated form, the distorted anatomy and sorrow laden makeup of the professional beggr always appeal to the well and healthy who are blest with nature's best gifts. It is meet and proper that ihose who have much should give their mite to relieve the real distress they come in cqntact with. But charity is not always well be stowed. As an instance,, in the early part of the week on our streets appeared a cripple in a small cart, which was- pushed about by a hired man, while its occupant solicited alms. Ho was sadly de formed through the ravages of St Vita's dance, and lnd been in that condition since two years of age. He is now over fifty years of age and through all those year,s has been a professional beggar. It is stated on good authority that he is the possessor of a fine and well stocked farm in Crook county and is a man of means. Charity bestowed on such mendicants is sadly misplaced, especially when there is much evi dent poverty nearer home and some, who, by their heroic fortitude and patient Struggle, deserve well at the hands of the noble hearted and generously inclined. E. D. Ainsworth came down from Eugene last week on business and incidentally called at the Nugget office. He has but re cently returned from the Nome gold fields, and a more disgusted man it would be hard to find when relating his experiences in that much boomed land. He came down on the steamer Lawton, which had on board over 200 people who were comitig home for the same reasons that impelled him. He says that poverty is ram-, pant and that it is a daily occur rence to see women begging from tent to tent and glad to accept the scraps left from meals of those that have them. There is distress and disease on all sides and dai'y grow ing worse. Hundreds of men have 110 emploj rneut, no hope of getting any, and no money to get away on. AVhat gold there is in the beach sands is so fine that not one in a hundred is able to save enough of it to supply his daily needs-. He is now on the lookout for a chance to do business on a less extensive scale and dwell in the valleys of Oregon where the red apples grow and the trees are ever green. no. in 20 iilvu n ir int. From the reports brought back from Nome by those who journeyed therein search of gold and found it not, one mav gather, with little discernment, that those who had the fever a few months ago and flocked to Portland, Seattle and ban rraneisco, to secure passage aboard the several boats plying in Alaskan waters, were indeed fortunate in being turned away, and that the most of those who did secure the coveted transportation would today, while looking through their "hind sight," give all their old shoes, had they met with the response from' the ticket sellers, "all sold." -Those who were doomed to stay at home were doomed to a mighty big piece of good luck. It is rumored that Mormans have invaded Cottage Grove, Oh, well, "there are others." II. L. Slslt-r of Portland, traveling ngent of the Chicago, St Paul, Mimie apolis und Omnlm railway, wa'a in town this weolc and called at tho Nuggot oftico. Ho is a pleasant gentleman to meet and the freedom of tliirf ofllco is at liiu disposal at all times. In tho writeup of tho Cottngo Grovo irnprovomouta Inst week, the Nugget wis tnndo to say by tppographiunl error, that tho wing to tho Iioiibo of F. Hawkins cost $G. It should liavo been With more or less1 sleepy in diffeicnce the good citizens of Eu gene are gradually making up n subscription to be used in improv ing the road from that city into the Blue River mines, a distance of some 40 miles. When we say sleepy indifference, we do not mean that there are not citizens in Eu gene who arc alive and awake, and who are not indifferent to the fact that in order to procure nn income preparations involving more or less expenditure, said amount of ex penditure based entirely upon the probable income to be derived, must be made. There are runny citizens' of Eugene who are enthu siastic in the matter and are doing all in their power to aid the propo sition and show to the miners oi Hlue River that they wish them to make Eugene their headquarters for supplies and their vacation stamping ground. On the other hand there are many others and, strange as it may appear among them the best able, financially, to aid public enterprises, who, not withstanding that they have made most of their money in Eugene, always wail a shabby excuse when a subscription paper is presented to aid public enterprises, and especi ally is this true in the matter of road building to mining camps. Tile geographical location of Blue River district enables it to be ap proached fraui Eugene or from Brownsville. Miners are a free hearted, good natured, cleverclass of people and as a rule will take several snubs and kicks before theyJ show resentment; but, awake to the fact that they are not treated right, they can show just as much resent ment as any other class of people, and when you weigh it in dollars and cents, a great deal more. It has been said that miners and mine owners get more free adver tising and assistance in various ways than any other class of people. Wc wish to admit right here, speaking from experiences ;n the matter of dealing with miners from a newspaper point of view, that they do get a good deal of free ad vertising and many subscriptions are made up which, directly or in directly, as the case may be, bene fit them; but again, speaking fiom experience and close observation, we wish to go on record with the assertion that these people who go into the rugged mountains and search for prospects, then into the bowels of the earth for the glittering metals, thereby attracting capital which ultimately establishes great and productive mining districts, do not get half of what they deserve. Miners may be selfish, but if so, only in this: They want good treatment, good wages, encour agement and a generous welcome, and the money for which they have risked life and limb flows back into the public coffers as free as water from the rugged mountain streams. For the benefit of the people of Eugene, who today are standing upon the brink of doubt as to the advisability of spending a few hundred dollars on the road to Blue River, wc wish to state that the time was when Eugene could have won' lasting favor in the hearts of the early strugglers in Bohemia had they not guarded their dollars not wisely too well in thematterof helping put through a practical and well built road to the district. As it is, the Bohemia trade slipped out of the reach of Eugene forever; and now the ques tidn arises, will Eugene let slip the same opportunity relative to the Blue River district and let the dis trict's trade go elsewhere? For every dollar Eugene spends, freely and openly, for the benefit of the men who are bufiiting with fickle fortune in Blue River, that city will gain one hundred. This is the practical side of the situation mixed in with a little charity and free will offering. AttornoyR. It. Gillner, of Portland, who, accompanied by his wifo, hna beon visiting California points, arrived hero Monday morning and stopped ovor on a idiorl vidt with bin tncii'l in this city, ANOTHER BIO STRIKE. Stocks & Harlow Run into Masses of Prcc Milling Ore. Ed McCornick, the well known prospector, came in from Bohemia Tuesday and repoited a big strike on the Stocks & Harlow property 011 Fnirview mountain. Something over a - year ago croppings of the ledge was dis covered, but nothing wns done with it until recently when Messrs. Stocks and Harlow drove a tunnel on a level with their ore bin, and' discovered the ore when in some 40 feet. The tunnel runs under the road which goes to Bohemia, and the strike wns made not 10 feet in trpm the road. Mr. Mc Cornick is authority for the state ment that the ore will pan from $10 to $20 per pan. The speci mens he exhibited here Tuesday wore without doubt the richest ever brought here. No information up to the present has been received from the proprietors, but it is pre sumed they are too busy to think of furnishing news to the papers. However, the Nugget with their many friends only hope the pay streak is all Mr. McCornick says it is. If it is, it is as good a thing as one could want. The boys have worked longnud earnestly 011 their property and deserve all that is in dicated by the recent uncovering. They have a good 5-stamp mill on their property and are in a good position to handle their property. It is rumored that the lead is that of the Vesuvius which adjoins the Stocks & Harlow property, and which is now showing up in a most satisfactorv manner. Mr. McCornick, who has been prospecting for Eugene parties, re ports good success and according to a piece of free milling ore presented to this office has a good thing stored away up there himself. He will visit Eugene and in a few weeks return to the hills. Quite often an exhibition of de pravity is given 0:1 our public streets. Last Saturday evening two young fellows who had smelt of a cork and squeezed a soda bottle imagined the)' were drunk and tool: occasion to give a public exhibition and make a holy show of themselves on the main thorough fare of town. They used much in decent, immoral and blasphemou: language and generally behaved like ill-bred hoodlums. Many ladies were passing to and fro and their ears were made to tingle and the crimson mantle their cheeks when regaled with the vile epithets and obscene expressions uttered by this precious pair. Such creatures should be promptly arrested and imprisoned, that they may he made aware that they dwell in a Christian laud and amid decent lolk. A JfBW AKKIVAL. There is nearly always more or less method in the madness of those who make quick moves. Alf Walker last week made a mad rush to the hills to locate an extention to his already large possessions there. The cause of his flying trip was not apparent until Tuesday morning; 'August 7, 1900, when another little io-pouud Walker made his advent into the home circle. Alf had a "phone" of the little one, and so hied himself to Bohemia and staked out a gold mine for a birthday present. The young man is in fine fettle, the mother coming on nicely and papa Alf is wearing a smile broad and wide enough to decorate a Fourth of July celebration. No, thanks, no one smokes at theNugget office. W1JDDING ANNIVERSARY. Last Monday night Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Boyd, of this city, celebrated their wedding anniversary at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. I,. Pick ard. A large crowd of young people were present and a pleasant evening was spent playing games and listening to the graphophoue, At the close of the entertainment ice cream and cake were served. UECIfl STORE. i a Al ways a Pull Stock. M Cottage G Tore V I uracil, 1 ER'aiSoE'S in MAIN STREET, KNKW ONI! TltlNp. "Uncle Billy" Wright of Salem, who enjoys much fame throughout the Willamette valley on account of his excellent horseradish com pound, which he delivers fresh and sparkling at the door of the good housewife luring the early spring, was in Cottage Grove this week, not with his horseradish bucket but in close touch with his grind ing machine. "Uncle Billy," is also one of the victims of mis placed confidence, in the matter of the Nome boom, and has only re cently returned from there, de voutly thanking his lucky stars that, through the good graces of a worthy sea captain he was enabled to work his yay home aboard the "old tub." Mr. Wright, like all the rest, has a long tale of woe to relate, the substance of which in that the Nome country is no good. The other day while conversing on the subject the venerable trnveler, in his quaint way, said thai he knew one thing at any rate. When : asked what it was lie was so sure he knew, he said, "I know I'm a d fool; and I'm not the only one cither." FINK ork. E. S. Adams, superintendent of the Consolidated Mines Corpo ration, brought to town this week about 25 pounds of as fine looking copper-galepa ore as has been seen here this season. The ore was taken from Else Dore mine on Elephant mountain, at a depth of, 80 feet from the surface. Assays from this ore range as high as 100, - - - but a smelter test gives $54. A ' Progression crosscut tunnel is now being run to tap the lead at a depth of 600 feet. Five men are employed and and the work of development is : being pushed. Houses are being erected and all necessary fixing up is being done, so as to. be in good shape for a long winter's work of development. Mr. Adams went to Portland on business and to escort his wife and baby "Bill" to their home, after having had them with him at Wild wood for a mouth's outing in the mineral belt. NO I'lUI.D I'CR him. S. M. Gillingham who came here some two months since and ' opened up a job office in the Case' building, Main street, packed up his plant and stowed it away this week. The gentleman did not find sufficient field to justify him, in the face of two other offices, hence his discontinuance. Mr. Gilling ham moved his family to Eugene Monday where they will remain for a time. l'OUND. A, purse containing money. The owner may have the same by call ing on me, describing properly and paying lor this notice. Chas. Mc- Farland. CejMflHL JWHRKeg McFAKLANJ) & CO, i Proprietors. Veul, J3a.coii, Lni-cl, !IV(-?sh Snusno'es, Kjsj, iiiicl On 1 lie in season, piirous. COTTAGE GUOYK. mva UP TO DATE Davis ARE JUST THAT Ball-bearing and High-grade Ya Feed and three under fcl Diwr Prices to suit. Por safety Phillips & Davison COTTAttB OROV itj Wo lire living in a rapid age: unapj of Progrewtioii and ynii iniiHt move with it. Kut-p ii) with the time. If yon wee a chance to bini'llt )or.mip the opportunity. 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Dentition Is tho diuiKor- inlBt-ed with tho caroloss remark "Ilabv Is S!'.,iliVK,,,cr.tcf-".xYi",r rtilM noo.lH fTnno making material. ANTIKKK'f siimdlo this n ",SU,US"1 :!!"""lve'' "taken cnslly. Ono box will wivo your buby untold co i Huff) (-0 I Is. lnll Insinuations wilhuaeli. f ires ini,.ni mi O CO.,:)! wWiil nitn n A Few Bargains in Real Estate Offered by 1 W. ii ; i , i o !n frrOtt'lllK b'r ou -ju ntn.-: wen unproved lauii, i ju sun i" nn W' miles from Cottage Grove, 1-4 mile from railroad; M.500' No. 78 "jo acres in Douirhis eountv. 16 miles from Cottage r? well watered, good house, large barn; 175 ncrcS 111 " Dalnnce pasture; $4,500. , .Mt Nn. n A o.nr.r.. tont . miir,,,i. 1.1.,,.. on imrii and orciw'"1': No. 775 lots and good 2 story dwelling near C. P. chutcii, p . No. 63-IIouse and lot; $325. ttS We have for sale several choice building lots, tracts, stocK 1 sash and door factory and Bohemia mining propenj- ttt-h t-,ttxt n r.mve. 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