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BOHEMIA J NUOGfit.
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NKAT JOII PHINTINll.
Devoted In the Mining, Lumbering mid I'nriiilng Intercuts of thin Community, to (iood (,nvcriituciit, and Hustling for a Grub Stake.
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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1903.
NO. 6
1
flesaodMiirioc
Nofe nruV
to Mmirvf Mon,
Vfcl
09 .
Ds-ivofod to Dohc?mlT
l'rn, nf, 'f"- 'P'P'
Coxcy'H t r (i 1 1 1 . the story comes
down Id the picscnt petiod of un
paralleled ptospcrity, when all la-
l.eltny.
JnincH Heats, who hos just te
Kittled the HUpeiinteiidcney til the
I.eKoy mine, utid who arrived here
ciuly this week, in n conversation
rcKUtilinu Ilohemin. tdntcn that in
all tlm yenmof hli ucfiiiiiutaucc he
has never seen the camp In 11 more
piomlsliii: condition. l'rnetleiilly
there has been no let up in the
work this winter. While of course
there is not so many men in the
district now as fu the summer time,
nearly every mine and prospect is
represented. It is understood that
with few exceptions the companies
hnvc not completed arrangements
which admits of continuous work
duritiK the heavier wlntpr mouths,
but each year n few more com
panies complete their nrratiKcments
and with this winter it continued
to be a busy camp in the winter as
well us In the summer. Speaking
or the I.eKoy, Mr. bents states that
it is simply beyond his expectn
tions The work is (,'oIiik .steadily
on In the lower tunnel, which is
now in 362 feet. During this time
"Mr. Frank Jud.son Inrd of Port
land, Ore., is a unlive ol the Km
pirc Ktatc, Imvltii; been born n
Hunter, Green county May 2,1850
where he resided until 1868. when
his parents removed to Nor walk
Ohio, and he attended school nt
Milan anil Ada, in the Iluckeyc
Mute
In the sprint: of 1877, when 18
yearn of age, he went to Denver,
Colo., nud sueccssfullv enunticd in
I the real estate business on his own
account, in 1H02 he went to Huflit
lo, N. Y. as n delegate from the
Denver real estate exchange to
the national real estate convention.
In 1801 he went to Creedc, Col
was elected secretary of the Creedc
board of trade, and was one of the
first in Cripple Creek, where he en
gnged in practical mining. In
1805 lie was attracted to the min
eral districts ot Oregon, out re
turned to Colorado in a short time
to close out his business in that
state, and returned to Oregon with
his family. At the request of
Cortland business men, he organ
ized in that citv the Oregon Stock
good ore has been encountered al-1 Kxchnngc, which is in the fourth
most the entire distance. When in ear of its existence, of which he is
about 300 feet a crosscut won made ' secretary.
which is ro.t feet tapping the pnral-1 Mr. Hard owns and controls
lei ledge. Mr. Stars says it will three mining companies lit the Ho
require u drive of something like hernia District Oregon-Colorado,
too feet more when they will strike ' Vesuvius and Riverside is a strcn
thc confluence of the ledgrn It nous advocate of legitimate mining
will require about so days to male and the uncompromising opponent
this drive. Six men arc now wi.rl.- 'f unworthy methods and practices,
ing at the mine and two more went I He is thoroughly devoted to the
in this week. The air drills sre wcllarc ol Oregoit, as a mining
working smoothly. Hvcn in the
extremely hard rock which has
lwcli encountered for some days
they are driving three feet 11 dnv
while in the ordinary rock the
dtills enable them to make six fcrt
per day, against the old baud drill
six, eight or teit inches.
SUr Mine.
state, in general, and, for a man of
comparatively limited capital, there
is probably no one who has done
more to advertise Oregon and ad
vance its mineral interests than Mr.
Hard.
He is no iv on n visit to Doston
and will rciialn in the east for sev
eral months."
Word was received Monday from
I'. J. Jennings and Hugh llelme.
now in New York, instructing
James Jennings to begin the con
struction of a road from llciisou to
the main working, tunnel of the
earliest possible moment. This
company lias one tunnel in 500 feet
and will move the stamp mill from
its present location to the tunnel
and increase it to 30 stamps in or
der to handle the ore takt-u out.
The road to be built will be in
charge of l'rnnk Hughes and will
run from licnson up
creek a distance of about :
Mining; Notes.
the location of the works. Messrs.
I'. J. Jennings and Hugh llelme
On Icl. 1 1. a miner employed on
the Silver Hell, Ohis Loop, Colo
by the name of I'. S. Hurklcy, was
badly crushed by several tons of
.-iiyskJUiiUl'lt breaking loose. Aside
iJfroma broken collar bone mid a
loinscalp.be is said to be injured
internally.
One of the largest incorporation
fees ever paid in Colorado was
that of the Imperial Gold and Cop
p.r Milling Company, amounting to
$1,215. turned in to the secretary of
Jlohcmirt state. This company, whose capi
miles to tal stock is given at $6,000,000, is
empowered to do n general mining
business in Colorado and in llenv-
I If ir lu firfiltrililv (.itltilnved nt til
I1HUL lllll LtCI Itltl'mi, Mill
when the accumulation of wealth
among all classes, poor as well as
rich, is going forward at a rate
hitherto unrecorded lu the world'
history.
Right at this point comes the
moral of the tale, and a striking
moral it is. From great deprcs
siou we have changed to grca
buoyancy, from great poverty to
great riches, from great want to
great abundance. All this has
happened and it is with us today
1 hat which alarmed and terrified
us Iroin )x to 07 (Harms us no
more. Hut n new alarm Iras risen
As the "Capital" well says:
The nlorm ol poverty which
some people thought endangered
the republic was out of the way
scarcely three years until the alarm
of riches came into view.
And now we are where people
have again lost their heads. There
arc those who look out of the upper
windows ami once more look upon
the tragedy which they think will
end this free republic Sensation
mongers on the stump and in con
gre.s have caught the popular ear
anil are-in the center ol the stage.
1 ncy arc playing to packed houses,
11 foci, to standing room onlv. The
lemagogue is shaking his mane.
I rue it is. siiiL'tilarlv. sadlv.
shamefully true, that under the
spell of the sensation mongers in
congress and on the stump, in govr
ernors-- cnairs and editorial sane-
11ms, in the columns of newspa
pers proicsseciiy conducted in the
uterests of prosperity and peace.
me aiarin nas changed. We arc
no longer afraid of rxiverty. That
longer has been removed, at least
for 0 time. We are now afraid of
being too rich! So we are told
that to guard against this new
peril we must rip up things, tear
them wide open, upset our laws
ml systems that have brouirnt us
from the abyss of want and suiTer-
ing up to tlie very pinnacle of
plenty and prosperity! That is
she situation today, and in no part
of thecountry is the condition more
marked than in the state in which
the Des Moins 'Capital" is printed
no circulated, burely it was time
to tell this storv, time to point this
moral, time to call back to their
senses this great American people
woo arc now listening too intently to
what the demagogues and sensa
tion mongers are shouting. Time
to call n halt, time to have some
senile!
THIS I'ACIPIC OUMJN (WIAN
Which you ss) advertised Ih lite kind
of rot which Kllers wrote tons about
In the following letter:
I'ortlrmd, fire.
T. K. Illclinrdsou, KosfhtirK, On-.
Dear Hlr: V1 have your ol tho
Ird mid iro surprised that you
would run oil with t lie kind of or
gan una pianos unit .von seem to
Iiivii taken.
Foley itnil Williams are not niiimi
focturiTH nt (ill. No lire norry that
you did not pout iih, Isrnuse I am
Hiire that we could have wived you
several dollars on every organ. You
in Ilk i) ri mistake lu liamllhig this
kind of rot. You may In- able to wl
more of tliem, but you will not make
the friends that you would with a
recent article. Tho Foley and Will
lauiH piano Jh exactly the liiHtriiinent
that 0. 1). Illuke, lloston, was son
tenced to nine months Imprisonment
for Helling for 105. You ought to
Ire more careful about the ehiss of
stuff you handle.
Waited (kt. Kllers. j
Now this immv (I'liclflc Queen Or-
gnn) wnii decided upon at my store
lu ItoHohurK, by .Mr. Kller ami myself
when wo nerved to discontinue the
inline J'ccrless, ho i'eerless and Queen
arc the sumo own handled l,y Foley
mid Williams. To cull stuff rot and
the next tiling you dee, for the same i
house to recommend It to the public, I
does not look well lor people who)
claim to he responsible dealers. )
Now you hnvctlielrprlvateoplnloul
mid their public opinion. I'so your
own JinlKtiiciit, and call at the Itlch-
unison .Music IIouhu and see thedlf-l
ferent makes U-foroyou buy. Then i
you can see and know Just what you i
an- doing.
If the K'ople want to get tho Inside I
track of this club racket, we can I
sight you to a few of those club
pianos. We can also sight you to
parties who demanded their money1
back and could not get It. So when
011 nresieakliigof the club lustra-
mentH, you are getting a little more
of the above rot.
V. K. Richardson, Cottago drove
and Itosvhurg, Ore.
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I OUR
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Our reputntion
for selling onlj'
the Best Vnlucs
in Footwear is
SALE wel1 established
OUR
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Scut
I SALE
I PRICES
ON BROKEN
LOTS arc the
very lowest in
Cottage
Grove,
ts well known
to all.
LET OUT WE HAVE
AND just set out ?j
MARKED d mrk- SJ
DOWN 1 down m
some very aesir.'c lots that M
we are ofiering for less than
cost. sSj
HOW SOUR SOILS ARIJ AtADH.
nrc in New York in the interests of1 er county, Utah,
this company and rctiort consider- office will be in
able interest manifested in ..oheniia
District among capitalists,
llohcmla (llrl.
The priucipa
Deuvei, with
branches in New York, Chicago,
Sou Francisco and Salt Uake City.
There is continued activity at the
I Illuc Kivcr mines despite the heavy
Win. Higgius, superintendent ol i snow storm. Three, four horse
the Holictnia Girl mine, was in i teams arrived nt the Illue Kivcr a
town tills week. He speaks with
much enthusiasm of the property
and says a full force of men are
driving nway. Two hundred and
eighty feet has been driven on the
ledge in the main working tunnel,
which is now showing tip a splen
did grade of ore. In nnother 100
feet the superintendent expects to
strike the main ledge of the Gold
Cross claim-, which also belongs to
few days ago with supplies for the
i.ttcky lloy mine and another four
horse outfit arrived later. The
road is now open to Blue, but from
there in to the niiiic, a distance of
of five miles, sleds had to be used.
Every effort is being made to keep
the i.ucky Jioy stamps pounding
away all winter long. J. I, Mc
Caulcy who came out to Blue River
from his mining claim Monday re
the company. The. Gold Cross ported six feet of snow on top ol
has on immense amount of work 'Gold Hill mid three feet at the
done and has made an exceedingly I.ucky Hoy
rich showing
Jackets Nest Properly.
Engineering and Mining Tour
I mil. Fluorspar or fluoride ofcal-
cium (lime). It Is mined 111 south
The Jackets Nest property on em Illinois nud Kentucky from
Monte Rico ridge owned by Chas. 1 vt'ius to limestone, having n thick
vnnueniiurg, irank Wheeler, H. "ess ct irom a to 12 teet. it is em
D. Scott, T. 1): Aubrey nud Chas. J ployed in the preparation oT hydro-
Martin, according to 15 K Lilly , lluorlc acid lor etching glass and it
who has just Completed the assess
incut for this year Is making an ex
cecdingly good showing, in fact
says Mr. Lilly it "is fair beyond the
average. I have Hot seen n finer
wall in the camp. The quartz is
remarkably fine, and the ledge will
be fully r. feet.
Champion Itnslu Mining Co.
The Champion llasin Mining Co.
lias recently been Incorporated,
with u capital stock of 300,000
shares at a pur value of $1 per
short, II. Lurch, W. W.. Moster
son and C Ji Howard incorpor
ators. The property owned by
this corporation lays id the Cham.
pion basin near1 the proposed ten
:..i.... 'r . 1... rt b i ti.. ... j
HliMiin
is used in the manufacture of oiw
lesccnt glass1. These uses, how
ever have become quite secondary
since its introduction as n flux in
iron smelting; where it is found to
be superior in its effect to lime
stone.
PROM ONU ALARM TO ANOTHER
The following article taken from
the American Economist, is worthy
of the attention, of all:
The Des Moines "Capital," n re
publican newspaper that is edited
with marked ability and forceful
ness, has performed n public ser
vice of value in printing a review
nud contrast of tlm conditions pre
vailing fr6m 1893 to 1807, under
Lnfii... rt iirk'u'v vaiiiug irom 1893 to tatw, 1
' r" T hi , vj 11 iiiiu 1 ni 1 1 . ' fnr f
consists of three claims, the Mou-' r'cvc,r . larm , orm'
arch, Helena May and Ajax. j'rom l7 V? Um!c,r rep,iV,"'
, , ; J , 'can rule and torlft protection. The
A Bohemia, Man, I picture is vividly drawn and the
The following article' tindbr a
splendid photo ol the subject was
contrasts effectively brought out.
After reciting with much detail the
horrors of the panic period, begiti-
prilUCU III Hie United States I nine ten VMrs nnrt. nromnllv niinii
Journal pf Investors, published in the election of 0 free trade adminis
Jlostpu, Muss., under date ol Feb- tratiou and congress, nud pausing
Tiiary7, will be of interest to Mr. long enough to describe with much
Hard a many friends here,: , I drahiailc forcc'the terrible march of
The hlnek prairie soils are Invnrl
nhly rich lu nitrogen and potash, 1k-
ciuihc they arc largely eomposed of
tlioehareoal of decayed vegetation
I ho aecumiiliitlon produced has
Iss-n prevented from total deeom
position by the water lying heavily
in tlm soils and excluding tho nlr.
I he drlltlng sands and clay silt, and
the earth lu whleh tho phmtH wen?
rooted supply Niilllelent mineral mat'
tertomuko them Into healthy soils,
which settlo gradually to it fairly
nrin mass, except In some parts
where tho water lay stagnant too
heavily the year round. The hist
condition allowed only a growth of
water plants llko sphaKiiuins, and
resulted In what aro termed "bogus
hOIIh," too dellelent In mineral mutter
to properly support farm crops. As
a portion of each year's vegetation
became entirely deeomposed. and tho
cnarcoal noilles, or carbon struct
ures, were burned out and passed off
Into tho air as carbon uiih. humus
was deposited through tho mass.
thus milking food for plants to bo
taken up by them lu absorbing tho
soil waters. T. C. allaee.
Illh Prices I-or Timber Lands.
"Tlm days of tlinlier lauds btlnir
sold by tho aero in Oregon arc nbout
over," a well-known thuln-r land
owner said today. "Hereafter such
hinds will bo sold by stunipairo and
this will run tho prloo ui) to S150 1111
aero Instead of $S to $10, iih In tho
past. A big deal Is pending now lu
which mo HtumpaKO Is ilirurcd at
$:i.!0 ior thousand, and tlioru aro
about 00,000 hut to tho aero lu tho
tract. Hveu this llguro, lnrgo us It
limy npiMjnr, will Ikj considered wry
low within a, fow years.
"Tho Increase In tho value of tlm-
her lands within tho past rive yearn
has exceeded tho expectations of
thoso oiiKitircd In tho saw mill IiuhI-
ness, and somo of these mill men nro
now buying landH at figures not
dreamed of when they bought logs
at SI.G0 per 1000 feet a fow years ago.
Numerous fortunes liavo been
inailo slnco 1807 by eastern parties
who Invested from $2000 to $10,000 In
timber lauds and then Bold them to
others who desired to log thorn. Ono
man wlin Invested $2500 lu 0C0 acres
of land on tho Lower Columbia In
181)1) can now ronllio $20,000 off Ida
Investment, but ho la still holdlngon,
its ho liua scon timber lands lu Mlnno
sotrv and Wisconsin rlso within a low
year" nud ho knows what there la In
It. Evening Telegram,
RKl'OHT OK THK CONDITION
or
The Fiist National Bank
Ol CottiiKu lirnre, at Cottage Grove, in
the Stnte of OieKin, iitthecloxe of Imfii-
ness, Kehrunry flth, 11103.
KKSiOUItCKS.
Luftniand dlpoonnrt..- 130.703 92
Oierdralli, Kcurl ami unwcuieJ.... 6,19 S7
u. 8. IIdiiJi lamura clrcnUilon.. .. Kfioo 00
ITcraluiiuou C. H. IlDtldl Susoo
Stocki, Brurllleo, elc ... 8,0!H 61 ,
lUnklnf liou. luriilture ami fixtures S.iuu ou
Due Irani Ntlanl llmiki not Urirrtc
Aicenli tw
Hue Irom .rorfd rrxrre menu.. 1,087 is
Chrrki nl other nih liruu
Fractional Mir eurrencjr, illckeli,
anilcenu 61 00
UWFUI.MOSYHS.YtNIUSK, VII:
Spcl ... flIA5
liral. lender notes i
ISTew Shoes.
We have just received a new
line of the celebrated
JOHN STROOTMAN'S
Ladies' Shoes the very newest
stj-les froth the very best mater
ial. Come in A, B, D and E
widths, sizes 3 to 6. TheStroot
man Shoe is the best and nicest
fitting shoe made. Try one pair
and you Will alwavs wrear them.
Garman, Hemenway Co.
LEADERS IX MKIICIIANDIHINO
Garman, Hemenwiiy Co.
I.KAIIRItS IS 5IKItl lIAMIIHI.NO
We have'jitst received the largest
and prettiest assortment of men's
shirts ever shown in Cottage
Grove. New Collars-very hand
some. Come and see them. Also
a new line of neck wear.
Jtedeinptlon rum! wllli V. .8 Treasurer
& per cent ol circulation
1L6J6
I Aft 7
B 00
T"t"l 1167,267 IB
"Hg ODDS AND ENDS ' S
National Uauk noles outslauOIng ai ri y 5
uueio irusi kompaniei ami Savluci
" 741 W
IndtrMual dciwslls mbject lo check 13,37S W i
lemalidcerllrlraleoIileHslt 1JS6 701
..J167.207 3U
Total
Slnto of Oregon.)
11 :
County of Lane.)
I, llerliert Kukiii, Cuhlerof tliouhovo-
iiniurd tmtik, diiHoluinulv swear thnt tho
ahovo iitateiiH'iit is trno to tlie bist of my
knowledge and If lief
IIKR11KKT KAKI.V, Cashier.
Snuseribeil uiul sworn to before me
this 12th day ol February, 1003.
J. K. Vouno,
skai. Notary Tulille.
Attest:
E DRY
During the Past few months a creat manv odds and ends hnve
accumulated among our stock and these muat be closed out at
once to make room for our Spring Goods. You can find excep
tional Values in
GOODS AND SHOES
Directors
i Da 11 win 11
N. W. Wi
Oku. M. II
HmsTow
II1TK
AWIEY
Iloware of air dried or hnlf dry
iloorlng, celling and rustle. The
llooth-Kelly Lumber Co. nro mnkm
siH'chil prices on kiln-dried IiiiiiIst.
NOTICK KOK rUHI.IOATION.
Uniteil States Land Olllco,
Koseliuri:. Oreiton. Dec. Si. 1002.
Notice is hereby iriveu that in comuIN
unco with the provisiona of tho act of
uoiiKresHoi jiinu.1, itws, entitled "An
act for the ule of tlinlier lands in tho
States of California, Oregon, Nevada and
Wnshini:loii Territory." as extended to
all tho 1'iihlio Land States by art of Au
gust 4, 1892, 1 1 iriiin K. wood, of Kugene,
Co. of Liino Stato of Oreiron has this
dnv Hied in this oHlcehisswom statement
m.. itnn fnH (I... ......l.nu.. Af il... XT 1.
l.U, 1IU., 1W ,llv llllllltlou U lilt' 11 -t
8w i& S ) Nw ofSco No. 10, Twp.
If You are looking for Bargains noiv is 2
ino time to find them at
E HEMENWAY & BTJRIvI-IOLDER'S s
iiiiiiiiwiwiiiiijaiiiiaiiiiaiuiiiaijiiiUiiiiiiawiiiiiiiiiiijiiiiijiiiiiiiijuihiiiiaiuiiijiiiiiaiia
TAILOB' MADE CLOTHING
South, of ltatiKO 2 West and
will oiler proof to show that tho
Jam! sought Is more valuable I' .r its
timber or stono than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish his claim to
aid land before Mario L. ware, U. S.
Commissioner at Kuneno. Oreeon.
on Thursday, the 12th day of Mar., 1003,
no names as witnesses:
J. V. l'arrlsli. of Jefferson. Oreuon.
Nil Martin, James w Ilouck, of Cot
tage Grovo, Ore., Kay N wllson, of Ku
gene, Oro.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly tho above-described lands are rn.
quested to fllo their claims In this oflice
on or ueiore saui istn uuy ot Mar., 1003.
j , i. iiRinaifs, ueulster.
We have opened tip in
Directly opposite tlie Depot for permanent Location
Cottage 6rove
With n full Stock of Tailor .
Made Men's and Hoys'
CLOTI-iXN-a OF OUE OWN MAKE
ot tlie best WoJknianship, Finest Patterns and in Great Variety.
We Invite Your Closest Inspection
and assure yon that we will and can easily
give you better values and at lower prices
than any house in Oregon for reason we will
explain to you personally.
We also have a full and
complete line of Ladies' Tai
lor made clothing and sam
ples of Dress Goods.
Moderate Prices For Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing. j
SliUiams it Rataclx