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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1902)
Al.l. IM'-M)-IA'I I; lll'NINr.NM JII'.N "I' OUTTAtir. OHO VIC dVi'.iiriHi: in riiit NiMimrr. Till: NIKMUT .nut oi-i'ion TIMINH OUT (11)111) AVOItK AT most ukasonaiim: miens. Devoted lo the Mining, Lumbering and Farming Interests of this Community, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake. Collage Grove, Oregon., iEViclay, Janun-ry lO, 1902. 3STO. 52 VOL. Ill PROFESSIONAL. J. E. YOUNG jllforin'ii-ai-Laio () (II i-0 mi MHllI MIMI, CI Klito Cottaoic Okovh, Oku. for ,, C, JOHNSON ami F. (!. EIIY rtttariirusaiid Cotnxrors-af-Lair 'tn( n,el mimilli'ii Klirn In Mlnlny. I'oriornlliiii ODIffl " "i"""" lleniHitwuy'olmo. COTTAGE GROVE, ORIS. J. S. MEDLEY jlUonum-tl-lMU o o o MHie Main ittcel : CoTTAC.lt OKOVIC, OKI!. JEROME KNOX jlliovnvi-al-lM,w .tl,m,.t uniiii iM Mtiltic imltie. CoTTAOlt CjROVH, OKK. Hi.wtiw iii.iii-iK " "" THOMPSON & HARDY :ltloriris and Coitisclors-at Lair HlH1rUl uniiUmi Kl8ii loltiP lw HIliW. Ki:.KNK. "UK. L. T. HARRIS :lltorntu and f'oiiitsctor-at-Lair Hui timi" "' Uw ut M,,lt' Flr.t NmiIimiwI UiiiiW l!ultll"K Kl'iiKNK, OKI!. Kathrrluc S'clilctf, M. I). All kinds i Underclothing and Footwear Loggers and Lumbermen, Miners, Prospectors Farmers. The Famous Cutter Shoes in all sizes. Special prices in Umbrellas. r r r vT tb EAK1N RISTOW, t i n m 10 NO Diseases of Women ami ClnWrcn c:orr.iiK tiimvi:, oni:. W. H. ROBINSON -I'tUWKIW I'MVull'UIl - OlllUiOS 9(. IN OD DS and K, 1 IJ o onirc iit tl.1n on lllvor rtreet, umr corrAtiKitiuiVK. - - BUSINESS. j. VV. BENTLY, Tne .rrllil limit Hfitl Kl 'er. lict1 nneliNirHit ..lllic lmHl llulol. tlciwlr InK ui-nlly ilutiu. SatLtfaction Guranteed. BARKER & PERMAN -l'UOl'HIKTitltH PI" THE EXCHANGE "7 nr.Ai.t'.UH in i'ink WINKS, LIQUORS, CIGARS. Miiln mrcd. OiiIIiib" ro . lln'i H. C. MADSEN, Watciimakkk. ItepntrltiK t ronnoiinlilo clmrKoii. All work KHiiniillitivl llrnt-i'lum. ,.,i, Vtpho.( li.cki. mi.l JuHvlrynt Uct 1 rlco COTl'AtiH tiltoVK, OUK. AT Gar man & Hemenways lyowaavocuiYTOOMiiv, Wanh '&2Sor J Makers. St.loulsflo. KNOWLEDGE IS WEA LTH' Do yow know A coiuntetu lino always in stock At LURCH'S. PIONEER WHITE LEAD Is Absolutely PURE, and will OUTWEAR all other Leads. If youi lni'iil ilimlur ilnoH not nirry It wrlto u u mill wu w 111 noo llit you Bi W. P. Hiller & Co. POUTI.ANU, OWUOON. Kino roHidcncori, clioioo lotH, ImihIho uloukii for mtlu Jcromo Knox & vo. bat a Railroad is being constructed from Cottage Grove to the Bohemia Mining District through one of the finest timber belts on the Pacific Coast ? kl,ow 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 ? knowttatthta ore from the Helena Consolidated Mine contains values from Lour to iBht Hundred Dollars per ton, and is being shipped to the Omaha Smelters through Long & Bingham'- warehouse. kll0w that the present population of Cottage Grove will double in tlie next eign- teen months? ,. that the fine, high, sightly tract of land adjoining Cottage urove iied by G w. I(0g) has been platted in lots and acreage and is being offered terms t will enable you to double on your investment in a very snort time , Do you Do you Kit? Do you Do you 0VI Oil . . . .... fan,. lth which we can make you acquainted if you will call Me above is a ww . upon us or write. Address all communications to DEVELOPMENT OK PACIFIC COAST. THE neun I V, O. VOX S, COTTAGE GJiOVE, OliliOOX The Chamber of Commerce and its Usefulness. A Dormant Organization a Curse, Rather Than a Benefit Los Angeles Chamber at the Front Duties at Home as Well as Abroad. Biieclnlly contrlljiitoil tn the Times by W. I). Curtis. More than two hundred cities in the Pacific Coast States have a regularly organized public body of some sort. Tbey are variously called Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade, Commercial Club. Improvement Club, or some other less common but similar name. I will venture the assertion that no other group of states has a pn portionate number of such organ izations. But such an organiza Hon is the community expression of the publicity idea, and is to be expected that the far western country would lead the older aud more conservative sections. Now a Chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade stands as the con crete representative of a community which desires to do something for itself. Therefore the natural in ference is that any community which has not organized in some form to further its interests is not determined to push itself forward. So far as mere figures go the Pa cific Coast therefore is strong in the idea of community promotion, but when we examine the work actually accomplished there is a keen feeling of disappointment. Too many of these organizations were effected under the impulse of some passing fancy. Quite likely some of them v ere organized by men who had no right conception of the work they should take up. Just as a live, hard-working Chamber of Commerce is a blessing to a community, so a dormant or flpnd nrtr.inizatiou is a curse. A town afflicted with an organization which has ceased to produce re sults is heirless until freed from the incubus. There are lots of communities even in the stirring, bustling west which are afilicted with a sort of dry rot; and half a dozen Cham hers of Commerce will not help such a town. In other words, a Phmnher of Commerce will be effective in its work for a town in exact proportion to the capacity and the interest of the men wno direct it. An organization of some kind is necessary in order for a group of men to w'ork harmoniously to gether, but it is also the handiest way in the world for a group of men to shift responsibility and get rid of work. First of all then, organize Chamber of Commerce and see that the men in direct charge are men who will give it the same vital, personal attention which they expect to give to their own business; or if your town already has a public body wlncli is not (Ininir what it should, taKe tue nrnner steos to reorganize, to draw in new blood. Rejuvenate skeleton. Many of the present organiza tions are models and the good they have done cannot be estimated. It is a matter of record that the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce is one of the best organized and most effective in the west. Secre tary Wiggins is in frequent receipt of requests for the by-laws under which the work is carried on and for data concerning certain features nftho work. The success of the Southern California exhibit at re cent irreat expositions has throw cj its work into strong relief. Now the chamber in a small com the ruunity cannon hope to accomplish things of the same magnitude as have been taken up by the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, but you must not lose sight of the fact that they are relatively just as easy ot accompnsiiment and no more expensive. Perhaps you will not be able to advertise in a list of eastern maga zines in order to secure the ad dresses of intending settlers to whom you can send printed matter, as the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce does every year. But it is entirely feasible for a certain group of bodies representing a county or section to do this. The San Joaquin Valley Commercial Association should be able to work out such a plan, and any group of towns whose interests are similar could doubtless do it. Do not get the impression from this that I think that the main purpose of such an organization is to place advertisements in eastern publications. By all means no. That is simply one feature of the manifold labors which lie before such an organization. Moreover, it is not the point at which to begin. There are plenty of things close to hand which must be attended to first. What would be the sense in in- iting people to settle in your com munity when their first visit, tnere might shock them over some of the conditions which they have neglected and which might have been corrected by concerted action. say first of all, make your com munity what it siiouid oe as a place to live in and a place to do business in. Now just "what it should be" is a point that no one can know so well as the leading business men of the town the men who should be in control of your Chamber of Commerce. It is a question to be decided entirely by local environment. Prepare figures and institute carefully comparisons between your own town and other towns situ ated similarly. If you find that your town is doing less for the surrounding country, and conse quently is not in good repute, you can be sure that it will lose trade. Here is a work for you to do. If you find tint the products o. the territory which you should draw from are not flowing through your town, you are not offering the proper marketing conditions. Get to work, and makethem right. If it comes to your ears that traveling men are not properly en tertained, or that tourists go away dissatisfied, it is a big mistake to let it continue. A few people of this kind traveling about the country will soou do you irrepar able damage. Appoint a com mittee, find out what is the trouble and correct it. If the local papers do not seem to be giving all the attention they should to the big enterprises of your town see what is the trouble. Chances are that the publisher is not getting the support which he deserves. There is no man more devoted to the interests of his com munity than the newspaper man in the west, but he needs support and backing. The list of local work to be done might be extended almost indefi nitely, but I think this makes it clear that all of the advertising which a community gets is not bought and paid for at so much per inch. When you have carefully gone over every point which might affect your welfare along such line's as I have suggested, it is then time to take up what is more generally considered the advertis ing question. The different phases of this advertising work will come up iu subsequent articles.