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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1901)
J Mam. , ' 0. ,. " IT "ry w'fii" Alii, ll'IMTi; HlftUNIfflS ai hn 01; (K)tta(ii: inovi: AifVi:ui ifti; in tin: nihhihv, S3 teaeKStl sa" JLrm& JjL. TlfltNrt OUT fOOD WOUK AT MUST 11I5ASONA1IM: 1'ItIOKS. Devoted to the Mining, Numbering and Farming Interests of this Community, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake. vol. :n::i: Cottage G-x-ove, Oregoia!, Friday, November 29, 1901. 3STO. 4-.G 'f II'. L JSLUG .rA. r PROFESSIONAL. . J. E. YOUNG Mtomau-ul-Luw I Olllco mi Mnln uttriil, Wwl Mile CoTTAOlt GltOVK, OltK. J. a JOHNSON' ami F. G, EBY rlttovmiis ami Counsclun-al-Law BcUl Hlloritliin ulrrn In Mliilnv. (.oriMirittloii uml Merriintllit Imw. Olllto over (Inriimti A llimiununy' nloro, COTTAGE GROVE, ORU. J. S. MEDLEY. Mlovmy-a,l-L(uu o o o s OHIco m Main itreot j CoTTAOlt GltOVK, OltK. JEROME KNOX Altomey-at-Law I'fompt wllenllHii ild In Mining l!tiliic. CoTTAOlt GltOVK, OltK. iici.uuii w. tiinxrtHix CHAM. At IIAItllY, THOMPSON & HARDY flliorncusaiul Counsetors-at- Law Wxx-lalnlleiitl"i irlvc" In the lriif. Milieu. KUtlKNK, OHH, t KEEP TOUR- EYE, ' '''-' "l ; on OUR STOCK of ' '"r V HOLLIMY GOOIKS ! EAKIN & BRISTOW. L. T. HARRIS flttorncu mid (hmimlor-at-Law BimxUI nttiul kIvcii to the Uw vl Mine. I'lrst National Hank Building. HUISKNK, OKI?. Mrs. Katlicrlnc Sclilccf, M. D. Diseases of Women anil Children U . COTTAOK (iUOVi:, OltK. HROBINSON arman ec nemenwav DEALERS IjST MEKCI-IA.jJSrX)IZrrsrG-Our Store is where the Largest Line of Holiday Goods can be found. Our Assortment is Complete. You can find what you want at Our Store. onioo mill ronl'lonceon Hirer ilrcol.ncnr Wall. COrTAOIKIHOVII, - - - OltKflO.V. BUSINESS. J. W. BENTLY, Th l.rnfllfHl IK't "'! Phou MiVor, lnilel oiieilixirwtut ollho liiij-urlnt IIolul. llciMilr liigntMUly1iuo. Satisfaction Gurantccd. BARKER & PERMAN l'ltlll'.tlKTORH (IK THE EXCHANGE -7' tn:Ai.i:it.t i:j nsi: WINKS, LIQUORS, CIGARS. MMn ilroot, OiiKiirb lrov. Orn. H. C. MADSEN, Watchmakkr. IIopnlrlnR nt roaionalilo chnruca. All work Kimrnntttxl flrt-fla. WntchM, Clock anil Jewelry ut Ieit l'rlce COTTAGE GltOVK, OHIO. QOurLinooiohoos is oi mo coiuumiuu Sl'icdinan niaucilio boat shoes for llio money in llio world. a.iruDMuH A completo line always in stock At LURCH'S. Common Rough Lumber, SGioerM.at BOO'THrKELLY Mills, Saginaw, Ou. vnnnn OI.'1'INAI, SKTTI.KMENT, NotlU hereby Bintl"U County, Btulo ot Ori'K"". 'V"7i.,.0. iind tlmt IS ,a0' Uber iwi, nt the MomUy the J"';? m'l iiilfceii fixed by w JAutni llio time io.r hoi.rl.m ' .ttlomont ioro6f. Amnlnlrtrnlnr of the oitate o( (leo. 10 TOtlttDi tlocciiwcil. report, ftnil the co QMS,- TOYS ALIJUMS DRESSING CASKS IJOXKS AI4IJUMS SHELL SCRAP VASES SILK MUFFLERS LINEN GOOIJS SMQKING t SETS TOILET GOODS JEWEL CASES COLLAR & CUFF BOXES VENETIAN CANDELABRA JUVENILE BOOKS NECK TIES JEWELRY VELVET SLIPPERS PHOTOGRAPH BOXES GLOVE AND -TIE CASES FANCY BOX PAPER CELLULOID GOODS AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS POEMS HANDKERCHIEFS FANCY TABLE COVERS FANCY SUSPENDERS Buy from us while our stock is complete, prices low. BOHEMIA MINES AND i asked J.Frank Watson, who ap peared iil the interest of the mining THE CASCADE FOR EST RESERVE. Action of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. Senator Jlooth'H Letter to That Hotly. KNOWLEI) E IS WEALTH D know That a Railroad is being constructed from Cottage Grove to the Bohemia Mining District through one of the finest timber belts on the Pacific Coast ? Do you know that the ore now being transported by wagon from the Bohemia Mining District to Cottage Grove is the same character that made Cripple Creek famous ? Do you know that this ore from the Helena Consolidated Mine contains values from Four to Eight Hundred Dollars per totvaud is beiug shipped to the Omaha Smelters through Long & Bingham's warehouse. Do you know that the present population of Cottage Grove will double in- the next eigh- teen months ? Do you know that the fine, high, sightly tract of laud adjoining Cottage Grove (formerly owned by G. W. Long) has been platted in, lots and acreage and is being offered ou terms that will enable you to double on your investment in a very short time ?; The above is a few of the facts with which we, can make you acquainted if- you will upon us or write. " call Address all communications to XjOISTG- & BING-HAM, V. O. 11 QX S, GOWTGE GllOVE, OltEGOX. Sunday Oreganlan. Touching the previous applica tion for the indorsement of the Chamber of Commerce of a petition for taking four townships in the Bohemia mining district out of the Cascade Forest Reserve, in order that the construction of a railroad to that section might be facilitated, S. M. Mears offered the following letter he had received from Senator R. A. Booth of Eugene. This ackn twledceu your favor of the 20th, in which you refer to u petition nresen cd to the Chamber of Commerce. urging tho Secretary of the Interior to withdraw tho Bohemia mining district from the forest reserve in behalf of the development of the mining interests of that section. I beg to reply that I have no personal knowledge ottho timber or fnineral belt that has been gained through actual observation. I urn fa miliar with ninny of the men who have VltlllllO Jll blltll. CIA.IUII, UlIU I J OUIUD VJl teilt, with the mineral development that has taken place there. I believe the mineral deposit is extensive, and it is quite well demonstrated that the ore is base and that a smelter is epgentlal to the successful treatment of the ore. The road has been projected In the in terest of the mining and not the timber interests. We are the owners of large tracts oi timber tributary to tlie pro posed line, and, while we have offered to make some contribution in the way of a bonus if tho road was built, vet wo or our timber interests have not been a actor in promoting the road. I men tion this us an expression of opinion. that the project lef erred to id for the benefit of the mineral development It would seem proper that that portion of the foreat reserve that is highly min eralized and lamy -uell prospected should be set uside that the mining people would not buhumpercd, and that they should have proper use of a snftl cieut amount of timber for legitimate mining and development purposes and for fuel. Whether the petition properly describes ,the mining section, and whether the entire umount of it is es s uthil to the proper uses of the mining people, and as to whether any part of the district asked to be set nsido is more valuable for timber than mineral, I can not say. Tiiere seems to be a unanimity of opinion among tho mining people that arc interested at Bohemia, that it is essential that a smelter be located at some point in Oregon where otherores may be mingled with those from Bo hemia. I think Portland would bo the proper location. If, then, the mineral prospect of tho Bohemia district justifies the building of a road, the construction of it would give impetus to this section of tho state and be of material benefit to I'ortland. I am led to believe that tho principl men who are interested in tho mining section nre acting conscientiously promoting the road, and that it is for the purpose of any stock speculation It probably would bo proper for vou to investigate whether there is an aim to throw out any valuablo timber lauds that are not essential to the proper do velopment of the mining industry. Tho right of wav for tho railroad should also bo granted in that portion of tho reserve, not mineralized, where tho road will lie finally located. We have been asked to sign a petition and liavo promised to do so when wo ascertain that the statements embodiod in the petition are true. Frosuming mat tne interior Department would send a proper representative before act' lug on such petition, wu suggested to the parties handl ng tho petition thev snouid do extremely curetui witn statements, and especially not to possible any timber speculations. Kindly bear in mindi that tho state' monts herein, so far as they portnin to the mining development and mineral worth of tho district, have been gained from others and not from personal ob servation of tho premises. It is, how- over, the general belief of this business community tlmt tho mineral worth of tho Bohemia district is great, and that a railroad and smelter are essential for its development and operation. President Halm said he had looked into the subject somewhat and had reached the conclusiou that there was no need for the witdrawal of the Bohemia mining district from the forest reserve; that the miners could now get all the tim ber they needed under reasonable regulations; that withdrawal of the land from the reserve would oper ate to put the timber into the hands of speculators, from whom the miners would be compelled to buy, aud they might then be in worse position than now, Director Will iams was of the same opinion. He the an- tustrict to nave tne land set on trotn the reserve, why all necessary oper ations could not be carried on as well in the reserve as out of it. Mr. Watson replied that tioyance miners would suffer from government inspectors would be one disadvantage; and then the law was such that no corporation could build a railroad on a timber reserve. This would defeat the move for a railroad to Bohemia, because it would be impossible to raise money for such an enterprise across or into iorest reserve. Miners could build roads to take their ores out, but no transportation corporation would be permitted to build a road iu. That dispelled the doubts that had previously been entertained as to the real necessity for getting the mining district out of the reserve and the following resolution, offered by Mr. Mears, was unanimously adopted: Whereas that portion of tho Cascado Forest Reserve situated in townships 22 and 23, ranges 1 and 2 east, and gencr-, ally known as the Bohemia Mining Dis trict, has been prospected and developed to such an extent as to icnsonablv demonstrate that it is much more valu able fonts nnues than for its timber. and Whereas the mining operations now being conducted there are very heavily handicapped in their work by the laws controlling forest reserves, and Whereas the only reasonable route for a railroad to reach said district and con nect it with the onlv main artery of transportation through tho Willamette valby, that is, the Southern Pacific rail road at Cottage Grove, is through said forest reserve; therefore bo it Resolved, that we earnestly petition the proper authorities, through onr rep resentatives in congress, that the sutd authorities, thoroughly invostigute this section of the Cascade Forest Reserve, with the view of withdrawing townships 22 and 23 south, ranges 1 and 2 eaht, or so much thereof ub may be necessary to accommodate the interests of the Bo hemia Mining District, from the timber reserve, and putting them back in tho public domain. their make According to a Texas farm paper the large cattle ranges of south west Texas have so suffered from drought this summer that the cattle remaining are very thin; and the additional fact that feed is dearer than ever before, all indicate that the number of cattle fed in Texas will be quite short this year. Large shipments were made early in the season from that section to the In dian Territory, and as these were the best conditioned cattle, and of course win not return to lexas feed lots, the probability of the shortage of Texas fed cattle is still further confirmed. The Panhandle country has had rather a favorable season, and cattle are, or soon will be, in reasonably good fix; but they as a rule, go out of the state to be ripened. BAKER 5 Successor to B. F. PHILLIPS, -DHALKKS IN- Groceries, Flour and Feed. All kinds of Produce bought at the highest market values. Call and get acquainted with us. We shall be pleased at all times to quote you prices upon all lines handled by us, whether you buy or not. Our Stock is New, Neat and Clean, and having had years of experience in business, we assure you the very best goods the market affords, and the lowest possible prices. Remember the place; Phillips' old stand, Cottage Grove, Ore. 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