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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1901)
. ' aw. I i BOHEMIA NUGGET. HOWARD & SUPPLE IMttom nml ruUlUhera Hnteralnt the jiotompo nt Ontuire' drove, Oregon n Second Clnra mull mal'.cr. 8u1icrltlim lrlvC. SIiBO, In nilnnr. AiUertUliiK lUtm mni'n known upon ntpllcnllon. THIS PAI'KIt li kept on Hl Hi 11. C. nrVe' Ailrortlalm Ammcy. H i"l Moiclmnt Rx- thmiKe. h FimiPlio. Cullfnrni. where con iraci lor navorusiiiK run uu mu "t Friday, Novkmiujr 29, 1901. Ii OH EMI A MIXIXG DIS TMCT. Now that the importance of Bo hemia as a mining district is fast coming to the front; that capital is seeking investment there; that rail road and telephone lines are being projected and constructed, it is found to be advisable in the inter ests of all to segregate the mining district from the forest reserve. As it is unlawful to build a railroad into or across a forest reserve, and as there is no way ol practically utilizing the vast mineral wealth of that district without railroad fa' cilities, a movement is now being earnestly made to have that dis trict reverted to the public domain To do this a petition has been for mulated, submitted to the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade of Portland and endorsed by those bodies, and is now being pre sented for the signatures of promi nent mining men, state, county and municipal officials, and is hoped soon to be in shape to send to and through the Land Commissioner aud the Interior Department for the President's approval. The power to remove the district from the forest reserve lies in the Presi dent, but the petition must go up to him through the regular chan nels of the Laud Office and the In terior Department. A copy of the petition is herewith given, with the exception of the elimination of foot notes, which is well worth study, as it gives information all should know who are interested in the future building up of this state: Cottage Grove, Nov. 20, 1901. To the Hon. the Land Commis sioner of the United States: Whereas, The Revised Statutes declare as follows: "It is not the purpose or intent of these provisions, or of the act providing for such (forest) reserva tions to authorize the inclusion therein of lands more valuable for the mineral value therein, or for agricultural purposes thau for for est purposes. And, Whereas, the same act pro vides that, "Upon the recommen dation of the Secretary ot the In terior, with the approval of the President, after sixty days' notice thereof, published in two papers of general circulation in the btate or Territory wherein any torest reser vation is situated, and near the said reservation, any lands em braced witliin tne limits ot any forest reservation which after due examination by persoual inspection of a competent person appointed for that purpose by the Secretary of the Interior, shall be iound better adapted for mining or for agricultural purposes than for for est usage may be restorea to tne public domain." "The President is hereby author-J ized at any time to modify any ex ecutive order that has been or may hereafter be made, establishing any forest reserve, and by such modi fication may reduce the area or change the boundary lines of such xeserve, or may vacate altogether auv order creating such reserve. . We, the undersigned, citizens of Oregon and others interested in, or acquainted with, the Bohemia Mining District of Oregon, respect ful v petition: That an area comprising four townships in Lano aud Douglas Counties of Oregon, ou the west em border ot the Cascade Forest Reservation, to-vvit: Townships 22 and 2 S.. R. I Cast; townships 22 and 23 S. , R. 2 East, be withdrawn from said forest reservation and re stored to the public domain under the declaration ami provisions as above cited, for the following reasons: i That the adoption without de viation of the Willamette Meniiiuii as the western boundary of said reservation resulted in the inclusion of the Bohemia Mining District as then constituted, along with nm erpus mineral locations then duly entered in the Land Office of the 1 United States, and comprised by said townships, then uusurvcyed. 2 That said townships are mainly on the west slope of the Calapooia range of mountains, said range being physically aud geologi cally distinct from the Cascade range the general limit of the Cascade Forest Reservation. 3 That said townships retain but little forest valuable for forest usage not already appropriated and covered by mining claims; and that a considerable part of the original timber of said townships is cither burned, dead or cut off. 4 That the number of mineral claims as now estimated is not less than 1000, including several incor porated and develop mines, some of which are patented, others en tered for patent, aud still others surveyed for patent; and including also nine stamp mills, aggregating 66 heads of stamps, the past bullion product of which, chiefly gold, is estimated as upwards of i,ooo, 000, from free milling ores. 5 That the main reserve's of ore in the Bohemia Mining District are developed in persistent and pro ductive quartz veins of extraordi nary lateral and longitudinal ex tent, in the form of heavy sulphides of copper, lead, zinc aud iron, un commonly rich in gold and silver, for which egress by railway to mills and smelters has become in- dispensible for further production and reduction on a large scale. 6 That the restoration of said townships to the public domain is necessary for the unobstructed con struction and operation of at least one line of railway to the western base of Bohemia Mountain to the headwaters of Row River from a junction with the Southern. Pacific Railroad at Cottage Grove, 12 miles of said construction being east cf the Willamette Meridian within said townships. 7 That for said line of railway a survey nas been made. 8 That although the Revised Statutes specifically provide that mining locations within the United States forest reservations are sub ject to, and enjoy all privileges granted under, the mining laws ol the United btates, subject to the rules and regulations governing forest reservations as prescribed by the Secretary of the the Interior, it is a fact that said rules and regu lations impose certain onerous re strictions and prohibitions upon the mining industry not imposed bv said general mining laws, and tending to impede and prevent ad vanced operations involving rail ways, mills and smelting plants demanding incorporated capital, and free to charter rights. 9 That the restoration of said townships to the public domain will serve to promote the specific purpose , of forest reservations, through the installation of water power to replace steam power for electric energy for all mining and milling purposes thus obviating destruction of timber as at present tor tuel. It will be seen from a perusal of the above that a great effort is being made by the friends of Bo hemia to build a railroad, and any reasonably sane man can see that the projectors of the enterprise are meeting with many, obstacles that must be gotten over before the road will become a living benefit to all. Now, in the face of this great exertion from the outside there are men along the line of this projected road whose property will be doubly and trebly enhanced in value, aud who know and realize the fact, and yet for the sake of a paltry imme diate, gain are disposed to hamper and retard the building of this road. It should be the aim and ambition of every man along this route who owns a dollar's worth o real estate to see that property reach a high market value, and in no other way can this ever be done so quickly aud surely thau to throw aside his quibblings, take off his coat and get behind the wegon of progress and assist in every way he can to hasten it along. The man who does not do so is not only an enemy to himself but au ob structionist to all. The Commercial Pacific Cable Company, recently organized in New York to lay a cable from San Francisco to the Philippines, has awarded the contract for the manu facture aud laying of the first sec tion from San Francisco to Hono lulu to an English company, which guarantees to complete it 111 ten months. The contract price is nearly $600,000. Sttbucrlbo for the Xuygct, MINUS SHOULD BK SET OUT Vicc-1'rcsidcint Hatchcldcr ou"llp hemia District and Forest Resort c. Vice-President J. F. Batchcldcr ol the Chamber of Commerce, who is also chairman of the committee on mining and mineral resources, was unable to be present nt the meeting of the trustees Saturday morning when the mutter of setting the Bohemia Mining District out of the Cascade forest reserve was up for consideration. He had mode au examination of the subject, how ever, and he wrote the trustees the following letter, which did not ar rive in time for the meeting: I vih to bo onsiilored prone-lit nml voting in favor of iiiitliorixlug tliu prvid dent nml pwrolnry to idgn th pi'titlon rvqiiostiiigtlmt (our township I'liihrari-d III wiini lit Known ns uio ituuciiiMi mm ink' dlttrirt bo withdrawn from the fort'st reserve, for the following reasons: Tho laud in (pierttion, while, it it tim bered, contains mineral of xullldent value to make It mineral land, nml in now . being ami liaa been for several year!, in process of being developed, nml ban already prod need euvoral good mines. The. topography of tho country IkhiwIi that I lie timln-r line no valno except for minim; purposes. It would be utterly impossible, to got tho timber nut ton j.iwinill. 'Die. object of budding a rail- ro.nl nml mtviug the land withdrawn from the forest reserve is not to gut timber iiuroly for cawmill purposes, but to enable tho" parties, interested to raise money to build a railroad through Cot tagu Urovo to the mines. Tills is a matter of urout importance to tho parties interested In Bohemia, but it is offipinl importance to the liusi nesa interests. of Portland. A railrmd in the Koheinia, In my opinion, will ojnm up huge field "which is. necetiwinly tril'iilnry to Portland. I urn, therefore, in favor of doing vverythlng possible to brim.! nlxmt the desired end. nml wish to be considered pi esent and voting on this matter. JlOJtX SMALL At Amos on Sunday. Novem ber 1", 1001, to the wife of Alexander Small, n (laughter. J) IK J). WILSON In Portland. November 22, 11K11. nt the Good Samaritan Hospital, Klijuh S. Wilson, aged 72 years. Mr. Wilson was the father of Kdgar A. Wilson of this city, who has taken the remains, for interment to his old home in Marshaltown, Iowa. Ho huc- cumbed to 1111 operation. Ho was bore Inst summer on n long visit nml made, many warm IriendH by his kindly ways mid oleasing address. Ho was n mnn of considerable mentis nnd lenves three children to mourn his hiking off, Kdg:r A., William of Oregon City and Arthur of Chicago. at Lowest Prices i.n't it? Well we have thetu. Come and see for yourself. Look at our prices, our goods and you will see it pays to buy where you can select from the largest Milliner goods shown in town. NEWJLAND'S A.s the Old Maid Said wlaen She Kissed the Dwarf. Our nds are short nnd sweet and right to tho point. PURE DRUGS RIGHT PRICES DRUGGISTS. The New lira I)ruy Store. Tho Benson Drug Co. offers you tho norfectioii of perfumery and guarantees its aromatic orders to captivate the 6011803. Try them and you will ovor nftor buy thorn. Wo have on bnnd n Inrgo stock of kiln-dried flooring, colling and rustic in grndos 1 2 and 3. Lot us make vou special prices. UOOTlI-lvKLLY .LVMBKlt CO, head a TO BE GIVEN AWAY Days-Oil' Second Surprise ANOTHER BIG SALE TTT 'IT Also put on sole broken lines of WINTKR UNDURWKAR for Children, VV ft AVI 1 1 I"-'' nim Men's wear. These nre goods thnt we hud big sales on earlier in the season, and we are now cleaning up Hie remnants. There will be lots of Desirable Goods Marked Down tor this SPECIAL SALE. At Newlands, of Course. IkaiiksaiYiM Invitation The presence at the li nit g Faney Clmia, Decorated Lamps, fine Table Linens, Napkins, Etc. Now being held at LURCH'S STORE Your special attention is directed to our EAST WIN DOW during Thanksgiving week. Cloth Wo will cell you clothing, Men and Hoy's, notit up-to-date milts chenper thnn yon Imvo uvor bought them in town. C01110 mid Hire our goods mid get our priecH boforo yon buy 11 full lino of Summer GoihIh. biidlcH' Shirt Waists on tho mime lino, chenper than over. HEMENWAY & BUBKHOLDER. W. S. ClIKISMAN. The Fashion Stables OOUNEK MAIN ami BKCON'I) BTKKET, COTTAQi: OltOVK Gl,risn)ai) & Bais, proprietors. and F!r3t-Qass Us Your Bar! ' With every $ purchase nt Our Stole between now nnd the 29II1 day of December we will, without charge, issue a ticket which untitles you ton chance nt the linitdMHiiu CHINA DINNER SET of tot ricce to be given nwny between December 3yth mill January 1st, njoj. This is a very fine set and we invito you to cull at our store and cxnminc same. b'rom I'Viihty, November 29th, until Tuendny nt 8 o'clock p. m., December 3d, we will put on' stile our entire stock of DRESS GOODS and SILKS, which will give you nn opportunity to Supply Your Wauls nt a Ulg Saving. of yourself and friends is requested Latest Sty mg ! Ei, i Hangs. 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