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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1904)
flUGOET. SK l S TIIR ADVKHTIHINU MKIIIUM S u u nl NKAT .'Oil miNTlNOI Bf ii; iV, a ei, w w w Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering mid Knrmlng Interests of this Community, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake. COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1904. VOL. IV NO 50 BOHEM FRED GALE DEAD Pound llmiscd mid icntcn In Ills Room New Year's Morn lng""I)lcd Jan. .3rd Coroners Inquest held mid Jury Renders Verdict, Death Caused by Parties Unknown. GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED The llndliur of Mr. Fred dale In 11 hciiiI coiihcIoiih cotulltliiti 011 last Fri day morning In Id room next to Clark's hames nlioii, aim tlio ubae quenl stutonipnl niiulo by tilt it con cerntiig liln pondlllon, and lilw death 011 Monday hn caused 11 great nmoiint ot conjecture concerning these innttora and linn created nil In terest mil equaled (or 11 long tlmu In thUeltv. .Mr. (lain wan 11 crlpplo, caused yearn niro tijr a (all from n horse wlillu riding tlio range and Iiiin been ioiiin-llcd over since to uut around on crutches. Nothing luce lie pro. curoil 11 trlryelo and wu aide to pro pel himself about town. owing to iiih comparatively Help leiw condition, Indignation ran IiIkIi I when It wn learned he had been at- tacked In hU room and badly beaten. On 'I'hurNday Mr. dale wn uroiiiid n UN'iiil nud on Now Year' ovo at- tended door at MiiNonlo 1 1 nil tor tho club which Knv a datico upon that occiinIdii mid remained there until about ball pint twelve, when he left ami went to thu Itenort hiiIhoii, wheni ho talked a time with trlviuU ami tlmu retired to III room and nothlnir di)llnlto I known it'iinit hliu lurther, (except III own Htateineuu inailo after hi partial recovery I un til ton o'clock the morning of the flrt. At Hint tlmu little Htella Fry, a child about ten year ol ae, whow? mother wn relau-d to dale by piar rlaee, went to the front door and lllldlllK It locked, panned to the Ivar of the bonne, and entered by the back door. Hero la luiiiul Mr. dale lylliK oil tho bed, with bruUid face and bloody clnlhcM, blood on tho lloor and III outer clothing cnttereil about, the chair linnet, lie apoko to ner mm nam, "iieiio: ntoiiu Home 0110 cnuio In and beat mid robbed me. Htella at once uotllled tho Clark', who live in tlm adjoining bonne, and Mr. Clark nud other went to hi aanlatauco. After hi death the authorltle lie IIhvikI Ilium w h yul1lelint rutiMii fn I. ..Ill Ml. Itlf.llMM, ..l im I .li.li. ,i,ii.vn. ,lilll lliu llillllirii l.l King of F.ugeu, wa uotllled, but , bcliiK III and unable to attend, .Inn-1 tie J. W. Vaughn acted In lit Htead. i DUlrlct Deputy I,. T. Iltirrl and .Sheriff Fred Fink, of i:iigpiie,eaiue up to aid it In holding ttnMiiiiiUMt. The Hlierlff m-locled an liirorn: John lliirm. Hole-rt Watch, t". II. Vaiillriihurg, I' rank Wooley, Ncutt t'lirlnniau ami Frank Jordan, and af-, ter tliey were aworu I it and viewed i inu iviiiainn, kiio hiiniiiK u-niiiiiiiii lieunn. Dr. A. J. Auderaou wa the llrnt wltncnt called, Mo Htated ho had known deceanad lor ome time, had at-1 taniUd lilm In till Innt lcknoH nud up I... ...... I . .1. ...LI.... ... ......I to the tlmo of III death. AlnoHtated that dale hud told hliu that Nome time between four and ftvo o'clock the morning of the lt hoiiicoiio hud entered Ida room, aaulted mid robbed lilm, that tint description of tho party wan vei. Indefinite, but that ho wan medium height, ilurk, with about two weekn growth of hoard. That he became aware . aomo one. wiih In the room mid a , by heavy blow, aliranlou 011 breant ho rained up, wiih Htruck III the laco , bone, none nklnned and right eye din twice, and when lie attempted to , colored. .Should ay death ensued grapple, with lit annallant wa lowing to phynlcal condition, canned thrown to the lloor aud knew no I by blow over kidney, would not more til found by the little girl, have been Niilllclent to caune death When aiked by Attorney Ilarrln It I In healthy pernon. any weapon had been lined, the Dr. 1 W. F, Slianafelt knew Fred dale, Htatoil there hud not. There wa he naw him the Int. Fred nent for me. I Hnld a coiitiiNlou on right tetiiplo found hliu lying oil bed, Fred nald, bone, limine on none, 0110 oil right been HOinetlilng doing, limine 011 corner of mouth, one on right client, him, nblrt, bloody, nald hoiiio one 0110 011 left Hide over pelvic bone, nud j caiuo In ami robbed hliu, that ho wiih that he died at 1 o'clock and "1 atruck two blow In face, then tho minute p. 111. the Ilnl. (JueHtlon by light wiih blown out, called for help. Attorney Ilarrln "In you opinion a Ilo Htated ho robbed of i!0 or 30 ilol a phynlclan what wan tho ciiiiho of lara. Did not remember tho name of ilenth?" Tlio Indirect cnuno wn Ilrlght'a dlneane, the Inciting ciiiiho wn tlio HiippreaHlon ot fever a a re- Reductions on fill is reduced from U0 to below cost. !HATS LOT UNDERWEAR DRY GOODS g former price $1. 50, $1.75 nnd former price 40c, 50c, 60c ami Large variety ot Roods at II $2.00 your choice now for 65c, your choice now prices way below former prices p I.OO t2eC A'e carry first elns-. dry goods. E5 SH0E L0T CLOTHING CLOAKS nnd JACKETS former price 1.50, 1.75, 2.00 llest lini in town our prices C nud 2.50 your choice now for nre strictly honest, we now dis- Cttpes and furs - off g 5l. count 25 olo during this sale K SHIRT LOT FURNISHING 000DS Liberal discount on E former price 75c 1. 00 nnd t. 25 Everything ve hnve left goes Groceries. j your choice now nt reduced price Iron. 20 to 25 .., , K 50C per cent discount Lome tmd see us. ult otn blow or Injury over the kidneys, tlm one above the crest of pelvic lionn wa tho direct vims. All tlm wltni'snra livo nt Cottage 1 1 rove and cave tuntlmoiiy miller until, Mr. W. It. Fry wax tlm noitwlt nen. Ho Misled ho nw dale aliont halt pant one ol the II rut. Tlieru were ho vera I prcs.ut, dale' eon dttlou wan bad, lint lio win con clous, told Fry that some one liad come to lil room In the early morn ing ntiil had beaten anil robbed lilm. thought It .soinn one who knew ot liU taking In money nt the door at tlm dance mid Unit lie ntiil had It, llu cmiifl Into tho saloon after he left the dancH and at about one o'clock nud iftld coiuu I10.VH mid IcI'h hare a drink and then I'm going home to lied. At my second vlslton thellrst I hi Htilil lie suspected novernl parties. fS.H.' was nil tlio money found In lliu clothing. Htella Fry gave, hor testimony, live In city, In 10 yearM old, mother cousin to dale, saw him about 10 o'clock the morning of the 1st, was thu llrnt one to see Mini, went to (rout door nud found It locked, then went In through two doom, both un locked, Fred atd, hello Htella, lome one came In mid lieat and rolilM'd me, whh conscious, hi clothed were, scattered about the Moor, chair up net, nud Id face wan bloody nnd blood on Moor, then I went mid scot Mm. i iurK, uoirt know it lie nan money. i nomas .Miner worn, Knew reu dale, wn at Itrwirt Hnloou between j 1 anil 'I o'clock the nlnht of the flrt, ! couldn't nay If dale took a drink, I heliHtl lilm onto Id whcid nnd went i to hi room with lilm, nut hi wheel IiimIiIh then went home, loft about four o'clock from dale' place, niiw hhu nahi about II o'clock a, in., my I uncle told mu (lain wan robbed, went unit talked wT.li lilm, rrrd nald ho had Ih-cii robbed. Frank U-ltoy and Arthur ThouipHoii wn preHcut. ('. It. Ormnby wan culled nnd nlil ho know dale, aw lilm Jan. It be I tweenllnnd 10 o clock In bed. du e nald hoiiio one had pell melled the tulllliiK out of lilm, he kuvo me no reuHon, cliulr wa uimet, clothe Hcatten-d. blood on fare and lloor, .lid uot examine hi clothe (or moiiey I -a Miller Hworu, knew dale, uw 1 hint nt dance. dale wa door keener, wa there till one o'clock nnd attended to bunlnenn nil right. Next naw lilm about hull punt ten, wn called In by Mr. Clark, dale wa lylni; on bed and mid mine ono had und hlln up, hUfucoand nonenklnned, only atated aoiiieono hud iH'nt lilm I Willi chair. 1)1(1 not annwer readily. 1 nald man Htruck lilm twice mid then blew light out. Arthur Thompaoii examined hln pocket foe money and , lOtlllll 1.M Arthur Tliomiiriou ntnted date wn door keeKr nt dance, took In II , I.. H.l..ll i..r. !.,... ' iTlllkll llu tlllllVl. UICI, (I'll. ,11111 fill!, III. hall pant twelve, nw lilm next after he wn hurt. Owed lilm 90 mid wa koIiii; to pay and went to ee lilm. t:tark told iiih hoiiio ono had done Frvd up. dale nald Home nun enme In at buck door. Thought Home one wan In room, wa ntruck. hint uot a gllmpne of mini when he blow light out. Saw no blood on Im-iI clothe, blood on ldrt mid lldor bloody., dale told mo ho Iiiul boon Jobbed and iMini 111a in iuuk ill iiiiunrin, aitui iiu bad a 9'J0 and a .' gold piece, found Mint $S.8.'i, ho Heomed HiirprlHed that I any wa left. Said ho had loaned $30 hint AugiiHt to a man, who had paid lilm the day before, could not remem I .... ... I....I. t.. .....1.... .-I.I I... ber tlio man' name, tint had taken drluly mining tock a . 1 Dccurlty. Thought dale wa good bunlnenn man ami did not think lie would loan money mid not know the man' name, Did not think he had been ' beaten with chair. Dr. Job ten tilled lieliad Junt llnlnhed an examination of the body. FohiiiI Inrue tumor under led kidney emmed the man who paid him, but Hnld It . wa a foreman of tho I'aclllc Timber Company. Know of no enenile, Garman, Hemenway Co. hinds of niur-lmiulisc, ncnrly 25 per cent. Some odds Garman, Hemenway Co. seemed rational In IiIm tnlk. I In tho shoo, she ww iimr the bridge. Itussel Fry festlllcd that he passed I Mr. Wilson who keens a restnti Fred pliicunt r,iir In the morning i rant daw a lady several times, w mid lamp wan on the commode nud I quite tall mid was blond, burning. j City Marshal Underwood nw the Mm, Katie Clark knew Fred On!, i deceased about 10.-IS the morning he llilHband Iiiin harness shoo next to dale', lived cloned, l-'red Maid With Ini,' to her nhout Ituvliig money. I arose about quarter to six, had nut Hlept well, built Hn heard no noise or outcries. Did not hear Fred stlrr liiK u tiNiinl mid called out to lilm nnd got no renponse, thought as ho had been out late, he wan Mtlll sleep ing, went In about ten o'clotk when called, Found things Mattered about, lie told mo some ono tried to do lilm mi. Did not toll me ho had been robbed, but told other that ho lf(7Cll IIJIIIMJ1I, I, Ml. l,M. Utll.IB t,U I 1 -..l.l I ... M .... (in .l,.!!... 1.1,1 ii (mil i.,n fiioni). tvs.N nn thn oilUldn of bod with a robe over lilm, i with the Diet. Atty., Hlierlff nnd city method lia been put on the market. dill Knor.ol Flrat National Hank. olllclalN, made further InrcHthcntloii v. A. Irvine, of this city, who U'tllled that dale drew out on the mill rc-cnlled noma o( tho w I tneNKC. . . ' . , .'llNt o( Dec. 110. i O wlmr to tho confllctliic ntntement I carae "ere last imnmer to woric out .1. N. JoncH, alooil keeiicr, aw mado by dale prior to hi death and j the metallurgical process lor the dale at liU home on the Int. On tlio I a (nlluro to neciira furf'icr evidence, 1 Standard has been -made the au lat Day o( Dec. Fred borrowed i nothing more clear tha In net forth , tborired representative for the S. dollar which he paid back alter bank In the verdict of Hie Jury wn T Mufflv orocess oatented and ()R'lied. tw ...... naro no ouu-r money. Mr. ('lurk, liaruc maker, ituted that when ho flrit went In to fee , dale, he wiih lylutr on the bed, wn bloody, thoiiKht at flrnt It ' cmiHt'd by bail fall, but upon examl i nation of bruUoN climbed hi mind I nud concluded It wa an aiiMiiult. I dalu did not know who did tt. I inked kooiI many qurllou. i.rery tiling Ualo mild tended to convince me tho motive mil not robbery lint malice. Admitted to mo that no money wn Koue. Flret tried to claim ho but at Innt admitted It. F. II. Itunenbiirif, nudltorof I'oclflc Timber Company, wit called to learn If any Hitch or Nlmllar iiunie an WoMlburic wn on tlio company' hook, or If there wn a rurcmun uy hiicIi name, hh dale had Htated that wiih a near the iiumr of the man to whom ho loaned the money mi hi) could recollect. None wiih found llcrt I.aWHon, coiiHtablo Cottuiro drove Dlntrlct, Hiild when ho llrnt aw lilm In tho morning, dale could not nay much about tho affair but later nald be had received :t0 did- I lam from a man by the name ot WentburK or a nlmllar iiiuno, that ho had limned him the money aomo time before, taking Qrizzly mining atock uh necurlty. Nover actually changed tory lint wa Hatlatled ho wa covering mi HOinethltig. Fred wa Hotter but looked a If he had been on a Hpreo. Attorney Ilarrln At tho requeat of tho clothing worn by (Jnlo wa hero hIiowii to tho Jury. Mm. Fry, couuln by marriage to dale Hnld ho had been taking hi immaIh ii' I III Iimf ffimlli- Did llfitknow ot any lady friend of dnlen. W. F. Slianafelt thouirnt he nucht to nay nomethinir more nnd iiKiilu took tlio Ntnuu. A Done a wetK hiiico 1U11I0 told menboiit a woman with whom ho had lieon Intimate yenr ngo, and that lie had followed lilm over Hlnce. .and .bowed me , a letter , irom ner, me woman wu ucm mini- tlmu ago, la-lore 1-reil went to um-1 Ifornla. dale mild ho did not know- what to do. 1 ndvlod lilm to marry hor and huvo further annoyance, .Mr. Fry wiih called In mid linked t about tho letter, no Htnteu in who I . l.l ..I... I.-. had ald who had seen It but lie had uot. Mr. Fry teHtlfled to reading tho tAtlne ti-l-. fliit tnlil lipr tlm Rllt. un av I- ore .t. Ilnl-"for : California. I he wna In trouble, advUed lilm not to irii About three duv before Irnr- I . 1 . . . .... ..., Ing showed me tho noto which was: "Itonebtirir. Oregon. Dear Freddie.. Don't full to notify me when you will go, 1,'iion hi return he told me sho went with hliu, but they had agreed to dlHagree and ho would not both er any more, .overanw tne wotunti but Fred mild he went to Itoseburg. Frank lxdtoy know Fred dale for about 33 year. Had dlncunsed tho woman inattur with dale Junt prior to hi going to Culllurnia aomo two moniim ago dnlo pointed outa lady on theHtrcet, she was tall, well dressed ami had light hulr. Heard of letter but did not aeo It. Wltuen wun reluctant to telt all the ntory, but llually said: dalo nald the woman wa going to force lilm to marry har nnd go to Cal ifornia, dale nald he would nut marry lint would goto California, do not remember the length of tlmo lie wn gone, saw hliu after lie was hurt. Halt! aomo one, cunio In and Htruck lilm, do not know where tho woman topcd when ahe wiih hero. when dale pointed her out we were evorythinj; in our store find ends we sell way 1 wan hurt. dale told lilm he awoke up about I o'clock, w Htruck sev eral times and dragged to lloor, mid remembered nothing further till win fiut In bed told the motive mi rob dug mid 2.1 dollar wiih taken, and that after tin wn Ntruck twice tho light wan blown out, dale did uot seen ready In hi aimwerH, Maid i the man would reiemble Frank U'-1 Hoy, but wn much heavier and , woro a block court, told me there , wn no clue. Tho Jury took the cane at noon mid adjourned until half pant one o'clock. In the uflornoou the Jury toircther In tlio allornoou the Jury together , a-r,. Ve tho Coroner Jury, enipauneled to euiiulro into tho cause of the death of body before tin, find that the de coaxed name wnn Freil dale, iiKed about -10 year nnd that death re hiiIUm) (roll the effect of bodily In Jure rrHtiltliiK fron blow Ktveti It nt the hand of nom.i perHon or perou unknown to u, nun intllcled upon IlimiliJWII lt un, mil. iiuiii:i.u Ilium him on Janunry 1. 11)01, lietwcen the hour of a. m. nnd Ga. m..nnd that do-conned died nt hi home In Cottage drove, Ijiiio County, Oregon, 011 Jan. 4, ltttl.nt 12.30 p. m. Dated till Sth day of Janunry, 11)01. ItoiiKiiT Veatcii, Foreman. JnllK llAIIMH C. II. VA.NDKMIk.tO FltA.SK W'OOI.Y Scott Ciiiiihiian FltA.NK Joll.lAK. SCHOOL NOTES. School opened Monday morning af ter ten day vacation with nil en rollment of 401. the largest - In the hUtory of the nchool. The town I rery much In need of another build ing a nil the room are over crowded nnd the primary depart ment give only half day acaalon. The achool hna received -The Lib- erty Hell Claa Scholurahlp Medal", through th liberality of Mr. Lett, of Chicago, to bo awarded to the pupil In each grndo paanlng the Hat exami nation. 1 IIC UC-I IVl.UII lllll Itl.U M- . tlin.uwiri liuim,. on tlm v,-nln- nf nil.. ... I ...... . ...in ...l.. ..I... .-. ' - .. . l'nlver.lty of Oregon. The Horace K. Turner Art Exhibit of noritou, given by tho achool will lo held In the new bnuk building Fob. 3rd to 6tli. The procu-cd nr. to ue iiiTeaieu in picmrea an i worn m art lor Hie public hcIiooi- uome anil help the children make their nchool a piaceoi mien-, nii-i mi nuracimi. ' WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING. The Woman's Club nnd a few In- vttd gueata enjoyed a delightful .-..i.t . .1.. I. ..... . -r 1 1 ii.-i.-f UVim K 111- 1 1 1. Ill- UI .. . ....ru.. Eakln New Year' ave. Music aud Y ";,? , Ti O..ock w,en iRhtrcfresliment were, ...,,.,1 -nn,...,i 1,,. 11...1,. -,-i,.-i. ni iv .v.. .v.., vi. -v ...v.j e,w.",- cnl nm, i,gt0rlcnl conteat until ft a' nun extraction, according to New Year. After throwing confetti , the complex, refractory or free nnd exchanging rompllment ot the character of the ore. HeiiHon another succeHaful social by ..Cost of cyanide consumed. 29 tlio Woman Club tpasned Into ... -. , c memory. Thoee present were: Mr. cents to $1.24 per ton of ore, ac aud Mrs, Herbert F.nktn, Mr. and cording to richness and character. Mr. W. H. Abrniui, Mr. nnd Mr. "The method of operating the A. C. I'oweni, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. proccss is in eery respect opposite Young, Mr. and Mr. C. M. Miller. f ,, .... .;,j v.r-,iti il-i, Mr. nud Mrs. T. Wheeler. Dr. nu j to the old vat method of still leach Mrs. 11. It. Job, .Mr. nnd Mrs. A. I.. ; mg, with the ore submerged in a lirggH, Mrs. Jackson, Mr. I.. Lurch, I air, l.llllan Uoodman, .mihhoh 1,11110 aud Cella Lurch, Lulu Currln, and Mr. C. P. Jones. 1 DIED. lletaey J. (Hall) Mnisee wn born In Varmont, Dec. 1, 1S.U, died nt th. (nmlly home near Cottage drove, Jan. 1004. Mrs, Macro sKMit moat ut her lite In Wisconsin, niter a short ntay In other Western states he camo with her mm. 1'. It. MaR.e, to Oregon about tivo yoar aso. Mr. Magee had been for many years n laltliful Christian and ut her death held fellowhlp In tho llnptlst Cliurch. The deceased leave to mourn her departure an only son and family and n host ot friends. All who knew Oratidinu Mugee loved her. , After a brief service at tho family t home conducted by the pastor of . Chrinttan Church, Jan. 5, the body wn laid to rent in the I. O. O. F. cemetery In tlio pre-ence of her Bor rowing relative nnd friends. II. C. MARCUS INSANE. 1 Alec l'ugli received another letter from now, wnniiing.ou, wnicn Htute that 11. I'. Mnrcna, who re 1 cently left lloheiiihi for that place, ha become Insane. He recently un dertook tojtiiui) from a second story window but was prevented by mi at tendant. Subsequently he got hold of a razor nud before ho could tie Bo cured slashed nt hi throat, cuttlngn deep Kimli, but not n diiUKerou one. Ho I now ut the Sisters llonpltal ut Whutcoiii, but show no sign of Im proving. The enso tin been re ported to Id sinters who will un doubtedly look after hliu mid his uffalr. I A STRANQK CASE. j About four week ago or sometime ; near the last of November, a faintly i moved to Cottage drove from Kail Han. It seem that one of the family when quite Niuall had been caught In i a cyclone nud struck on the client ' with u burn, which hud left her with j weak Unit!, until they cunio here, ami see begun lining M. & 11. White I'lue. I It cured her like iiiuglc. Its good tor ! coughs and colds, at ! Morgan & Brelmut. NEW PROCESS Novel Method of Introducing the Solution and Agitating While Pulp is Subject to this Treatment. HOW TREATED Another new cyanide extraction I. Mutlly process, will go to Middle West mining fields in this behalf, or work: for a period here about Sumpter. Mr. I Irviue received notification this! 1. .1 . 1.. .1.1 t. ti. MulTly process in this section. 11 will appeal to the mine operator ,mKi.H ,!,b .iimM or Hiffir.,ltv nf , . . . - , e troubled with slimes or difficulty of .: c . l. 1 if. rvine worked with Mr Muffly in XT ... r, ,. r .- . , . .. . ,. j,,' ....'Cyanide just before entering tne and at a time when the latter was, , J , . .. experimenting in the direction that gjjr T a,r c t passes has resu ted in the process now ! f h letnperature is regu beng pnt on the market. ltated,0W1,t conditions of extrac wi. pVaSb,eM?yderPrman P'P J- condirions," said Mr. Irvine yester-, fbtL tJ day J fim f-imilinr wiUi it in a measure, for he was solving diffi culties that I worked with when in Y.t. i : i ...I. ... norm v.aruiina, auu wuitu c common to many properties country. A general out ineof the process id what the patentees claim for it and what the patentees well be given herein, for the study of operators, as it has not been set forth with any detail in the techni cal journals yet. In the pamphlet issued by the management of the new concern is set forth the follow ing assertions as to what the . . prOCCSS ISeqUAl tO .it?. f . -D ' per cent of the gold assay value I n st efrect,ve and constant temP- 1 from fine ore. concentrates anda re' , slimes, after 1 1 to 14 hours' leach - j. , n,tnrt- nf , , , oR .. -...... cent oi goia assay vaiue irom coarse ores after 2J. to jo hours' leadline "The accomplishing in 12 to 24 hours of a practically total gold production from ores, concentrates and slimes impossible of treatment , by any other cyanide method now . J J J ... ,,.' "We are warranted in claiming by the results accomplished in the :n nt..,i., vr t .t.. mm ui IVttV.WY, i. j., iuhi uut I nrn., :il effit e to 0078 ner ..... j j ' 1 i solution It is stated that the character of some ores in the west ern regions and South Africa pro hibits the use of stamps for dry crushing, awing to the generation of slimes, even when the ore is crushed comparatively coarse. These fine ores, or slimes, as well as the 60 to So mesh, and even impalpably fine sulphide concen trates from wet crushing stamp mills, are adapted to treatment by our process with 95 to 99 per cent 'rices Lower a As wc are going entirely out ol business, we are closing out our entire Hue of merchandise at less than regular cost, for we must get out money out of them, and by buying now you can get good bargains. PINE CLOTHING Wc still have a good stock of Clothing and Underwear to pick from, and at prices that will suit all. Come and examine them. A1 ways willing to show them if you buy or not. SHOES We are tryiuy to close out as soon as posible therefore selling our entire line much cheaper than could be bought in any of the larger cities, aud just as good goods as could be got of any merchant in the northwest. Cottage Grove of gold extraction in ia hours. Ores included in the above per cent of gold extraction contain such a large amount of soluble iron salts as to render them practically impos sible to treat by the old methods of cyanide leaching. Ily our new process, extraction is effected at a cost of 29 cents to $1.24 for cya nide per ton of ore, according to its character and richness. "We are treating ores, concen trates and slimes in charges of 500 to 2 000 pounds from South Ameri ca, Mexico, Canada and the West ern and Southern gold regions. Several lots of these ores contain such an amount of soluble base me tallic salts and others are of such a I clay or slime nature as to render treatment by other cyanide methods entirely prohibitive. "By our process the slimes are kept entirely disintegrated broken up and the total amount of gold and silver in them is more quickly dissolved than from the coarse sands." The mechanical method of hand- LZT-. 1 3 the center. Cyan de . , . ; - . 1 ' IOJCCICU form of into the cylinder in the , J P'air S S i the current of air picking up the it. 9 " . . . The inventors claim that this method of introducing air and the i solution "provides a more effectual , . - j... ,,i r ( H 0,.CH,ar ' ,. ... , , .. . i separates from tne c) anogen com- ujujuhi.iiuu tviiu bulul aiivt. auu potassium. "It forces the oxygen and also solution into and be the cyanide tween all parts of the ore charge durintr any special time, or during: j the entire time, according to char- ! acter of the ore being treated. "It creates and maintains the 1 "It regenerates or strengthens the solution with a constant supply of .he fresh .-tnt. thereby ore- - . . . , . , ' i vchhhk vuciunai mcma .pnuiigi.. .-w.. r cyanogen which has combined with hydrogen liberated in the passing over of oxygen to form the new compound auro-potassic cyanide, argento-potass.c-cyan.de and potas sic hydrate. "A systematic agitation is pro duced in which the ore is carried up and tails by its gravity back through the warm currents of air and spray of the solvent." The same inventor has also per fected an electrical precipitation process for auriferous solutions. Instead of placing the solution in a great vat with immense cathodes and anodes, it is caused to pour. into a small tanjc, passing clown near the bottom in going under a partition, and thence upward WILLiA.MS-At Eastern Ontario, De through a patented cathode and .ember 18, 1903, W. S. Williams, aged over an aprou itito another like re-', B0 y.ars. ol pneumonia, ceptacle, and so on until the solu-' Deceased was a member of the Modern .. r . . ... . , Brotherhood of America, of Cottage Hon is free of values. This is being glv am, . raemW 0f the M. E. put on the market at the same time i church. He leaves a wife, M. I. Will and with the new method of agi- lami, and one daughter, J. C. Williams, tatlng. ' t Springfield, Oregon. Mr. Irvine will be given more definite notice of the field of his work soon, and intends to enter upon it at once, pushing the process wherever cyanide is con sidered as a means ol reducing ores. Blue Mt. American. OVERCOATS EAhTN & BRIST0W Mininj; NoteH. Alec Pugh, owner of Kutopiau groupofmlnes, of Doliemia is In Portland. Wm. George from Ilohcmla is in the city he has a severe case of blood poisoning in his left hand. Mexico is securing large amounts of United States money in the de veloping and working of its mines. Tonapah has reversed the usual order of things. It has been pay ing dividends before the advent of a mill. The Grants Pass country is evi dently flourishing, Carloads of mining machinery arc arriving and are being sent to the mines. Henry Johnson, owner of one of the Grizzley group, after along ab sence from the state, is in Portland and will soon return to Cottage Grove. The oil wells of Spindle Top, Texas, are producing 20,000 bar rels of oil daily, with prospects of a much greater production in the near luture. Mining men will appreciate such work as was accomplished in the Gem mine at Idaho Springs, Colo. An upraise was made Irom a tunnel to the workings above, a distance of 1 100 feet and it caa.e out at the identical marks made by the engi neer. A man by the name of II. Shaf fer died of Typhoid Pneumouia at the Crystal Consolidated early in the week. Dr. Emmerson was sent up to attend him. Every thing was done by the company that was posstble. He was buried at Wildwood. Sam Richards is just down from the Bohemia country where he has been since last spring. During the summer, he together with Jack Morgan, was doing rock work on the Oregon-Colorado road for Man ager Hard, but recently has been doing assessment work for the Le Roy Bros. Sam states that there is but very little snow and it has been the most pleasant winter he ever saw there, says every body is at work and are pleased with the improving conditions of their prop erties. A letter just received from Alec Lundstrora, foreman at the Riverside property states the tun- . ,t .irll.It. ,.n ft. LIGHT NEWS FR0A1 THE MINES. News from the mines at Bohe mia is rather light at this time of the year. Nearly all the miuers who spent the holidays with us have returned to work and few are coming out. The good results obtained the past season by development of properties has lent new courage to the owners ol claims and they are back working hard but saying little. Good accounts of their labor may be anticipated by spring. The older and better equipped prop erties are pushing work with high ly satisfactory results. FIRH. 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