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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1904)
' -A f hfy BOHEMIA N U GGET. VltB ADVKinlHINCl MKIHIIM M NEAT JOn miNTINOl H Devoted tu tlic Mining, Lumbering and Funning Interests of this Conimtmity, to Good Government, and Hustling for a Grub Stake. COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL i, 1904. VOVTWl NO. 10 MINING NEWS. (IniltcrcJ From Holiemin Alining District ttiid the Various Min ing Camps tit Oregon mid Oilier Slnk-s. ACTIVITY INCREASINII. Ktltln llriiui 'I "Activity .1 noticeable in the milling Niook iuuikei," Mini w. J. Curtis, a well known Portland broker, this morning. "For some ' time mntters have In en at almost 11 .Standstill or oji a bat k wind course, but HOW. IICVV life seems to have taken hold of the stocks. Kspcclally Is this true of the East mid Middle Hast. The active stm ks mid those ('rnost traded In arctliosp of Bohemia, like the Vesuvius, Oregon Seen- ""iltlcs, Le Kqj Slur and Crystal, while Southern Oregon has sonic stirring securities, the iihwi active 'A ,r,A"r. I..,?" SI WTlh nk IhlVm 'win be the ' IHHt .VIIIHIJH ...... I'll .,, years, as posim jllltich more develop meut Is oeiiig.ii done limn heretofore, and so many more ikiiiIc are be- tcotning Interested AMERICAN MINIMI COMlWiSS. j At the meeting held in Portland recently for Ijic purpose of prumot- Mnr the Interests ol the American I rilng Congress 10 be held 111 that .1... . aT. , , .:ltv next August Many good ihtngs were, jwid by the shakers ipon that occasion. Sec ty Irwlll Mahous.nd in part. It U true. Portland uavc birth to 5 Ahe idea ofhoidlng a Lewis v"t Clark fSxposltlontniVS.it is also true Vlint Portland promises to be most ibcrallu making both this coming tsion ofYthe American Mining 2ougrCjw1llI90.t, and the Lewis & 2lark Iixbosltion in i'.is, success - ul facts; but It Is also true that the liiitlrc state cf Oregon mint do its rt also. Kach and every county tl the state must maintain and up- Old cacil oilier 111 every nay. 11 I If hbds done lr the good work is SrrJeil out. In a large generous JpltU. willioui bickering ami jcal- ustcsOreiron will excel in her ex- osltton thatof all her predecessors. WIUJCONTINURTOMINU. I While til? lumbering interests' re not all Vjiat Cfnl.1 be wished or 4 ;l bat is hoped thev will be in the er filturej. It sliuuld not be " -""crstOOU that (ill .-tlirr matters are t a standstill in this locality, J t i true IBB tins been an exeep- 1 DiS 1 Prices Lower at Our int. lato,, 1 u twM Walter WMtimm uVs vc are goinj; entirely out ol business, we are rcliaiulisc at less than reirulnr eost, lor we must tiremj and by buying now 99 L. Wi PINE CLOTHING m a- "'MiVe still have a good stock of Clothing and Underwear to pick from, and bwuees that will suit all. Come and examine them. A'wavs willing to ?ftt finecs that will suit iPBhov them if you buy or SIIOKS We are tryitiy to elose out as soon as nosible therefore selling our entire ihuich eheaner than gQodJgoods as could be NEW The very latest, bur line before buying. pARMAN, 8 is?. lam" m r. llonnlly linrd winter. Mote ruin has fallen In the valleys than has liccu recorded in the same length of time for 33 years. When the tain full Is Brcat along the valleys the snow fall is concspondliiKly heavy in the mountains. In consniuenrc llohcinia Is experiencing tlir most severe winter wince Its discovery, and wherever preparations weic not made last fall for the winter's siiDiitv. work has necessarily been suspended. At the Vesuvius, Ore ion-Coloiado ond Riverside groups Mannger Hard had made such , i preparations and In consequence ! work upon all three properties has been continuous, and it is repotted , there Is sufficient on hand at either proK'tty to continue until the winter has passed. At the Crystal Con- soliilated the mill was erected dur- I.. 1 1 1tt tolitf r I itit f it. t nir I r '"' V, . V . 1 Un it was deemed advisable to await the coming of spring before at tempting t start it. Work was however continued in the tunnel uu and good results in the sliovl.iLM.rorc obtained, also con ? work on the ..ohemia Mining niul are now adding to the force as I rapidly as conditions will permit. Other smaller companies and indi viduals have staid by their proper crtics. One good result hat been obtained by the deep snows, all have been compelled to cease out , , k nm, ' , umlt.r covcr aml . , , with the result ' , , slrk h:lvc ,, h made. ' COMMENCES OPERATIONS. 1 W. W. Masterson, inming man- aecr of the Champion Ilasin Min - ing Co., left this week for Ho- hernia, where he will lay out the j development work of the property for this s-asou. Mr. Masterson ( states that he will probably open up a working tunnel at the lower line of the Ajax claim on the Champion , creek, and it is understood uui ine confpany will continue work throughout the season. The result 01 last seasons work was very s-uis- r........ ...! rr.U id wmii), uuu mine uu above the ordinary price of mining ) stock, several sales have been made. niul numerous miuiries regarding ine property aim iiiiurc piaus 01 uic maiiagcmeut arc already on file. uown i-ko.m uuiiwua. Michael Geotr.c, who has been, together with John Linguist, work-1 ' ing on the llohemia G.M Costuiiucl tin-'this winter on a contract to con- tliiue the tunnel one hundred and eiirhtv feet came to the city Tues- lny. He states they Irovc a tlis you ean get good bargains. all. Come not OVERCOATS could be bought in any of the got of any merchant in the northwest. EAKIN & BRISTOW jtitUitiiiiiAi HATS AND Styles. Our Beavers are the We ean please you. HEMENWAY liOiulers in nicrchaliNi. tancc of 130 feet and concluded to come out and rcsl awhile. Accord lug to survey the tunnel will have something less than filly feet mote to run before Intersecting the vein which crops on the mountain above the tunnel, and passes through this property from the Gold Cross claims on into the Riverside group. The writer last summer went to the 1 Gold Cross tunnel and followed the ! course of this vein and knows to a certainty it is ahead ol the breast of 'the Bohemia tunnel. Mr. Ocot.ie reports that his partner went down to the Riverside tunnel prior to coining out and iiou his return stated that property was showing up fine and the ore body was large and of a good iiialit. . WILL COMI'LLTI! KOAI). I.. M 1-IIit fnilii P. It In HeiiL'cn. ueiieral manager of the Oregon & Southeastern K. R. Co., who is at present in l'ortlaud trans acting business, that gentleman gives his opinion regarding the lumber market conditions as follows: "I have made a careful study of the matter, and while the advance in the rate oil lumber has had some cficcl on the business, the demoral ized market conditions and the situation of the smaller interior mills , with respect to their facilities for ' competing agaimt the larger mills under the depressed conditions is such that regardless of any change In the rate they would be seriously niTectel t this lime; and these con- di.ions rather than the rate c hagrc arc mainly responsible for the 111 t .i...L ...:n.. ,.. lability of these mills to market. I cannot help but think that mat tcf(, will right themselves largely as ii,,. maikct conditions assume a m)rmal basis. The present condi- toll lavc j MO wise affected our ,inlls. . will continue our de- vclopinenl work along the lines hid 0i, ve will during this year complete our line to llohemia dis- ,t;el constn,ct such branches us arc necessary to take care 01 ine business." uVdncMtav moriiiiitr Suneriu- ' ' ' tii, ml Mm invs of I he OreL'on Se- cur itir Company together with .. Mnii,-,..,,1,i',inI.hiPr staried 1 for lnitles , 0,cnli!l wlere Mr. Mathews will personally direct the work planned by the company, TI ttifnrmi; ni tlmt mirnv has lipen shoveled from the road sufficient for pack animals and within n week cr so he expects to have teams reach ' the camps. The electrical plant is in good order and the houses, mill, etc., are wired and will all be lichtcd by electricity, hxpecls to i have the power drills at work soon. elosln out our entire line ijret our money out ol Big UNDERWEHR GLOVES larger cities, and just as CAPS best Hats made. COMPANY. COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION Meets Saturday Night, Adopts By Laws, Be comes a Permanent ur banization, Railroad Men Present. MEMBERSHIP INCREASED The adjourned meeting of the Co operative Association was called to order on Saturday night by First Vice President Vf catch. There was n very large attendance of the representative men ol the city. The president stated the meeting bad been adjourned until this time to give the committee an oppor tunity to prepare by-laws and re port the same at this meeting and to perfect the organization. The minutes of previous meetings were read mid approved. 1 lie reading of the by-laws as prepared by the committee was next in order. Secretary Howard stated they had been largely compiled from a copy furnished by the Hoard of Trade of Portland. Upon motion of C. II. liurk holder the by-laws were adopted as read. At this juncture V. K. Comau, general traffic manager of the Southern Pacific railroad, Harvey K. Lounsberg, traveling freight agent same road, Geo. M. Cornwall, publisher of The Columbia River and Oregon Timberman, G. H. Hengen. manager of the O. & S. IS. railroad and Oregon Securiti.s Company, C. C. Mathews, supt. of the Oregon Securities Co., Assist ant Manager Wood of the O. & S. IS , and several others entered the hall and were warmly greeted. Mr. Coman being called upon to address the meeting In response said. ''Mr. President uud gentle men I .1111 with you tilts evening by invitation from your advisory com mittee. The first intimation I had of this movement was when I took up the Oregonian the other morn ing in which I found the petition addressed to uic in my official ca pacity, I noticed statements .made there in regard to railroad freight rates; I have come to hear your complaints and to discuss the situ ation with you. Our road and your interests are identical and we have no desire to slight any inter est. Uy our system of advertising we have shown that we arc trying to fill up your valleys and moun tains with people, we want you to feel your complaints will be met in all fairness. When I read in the paper of the feeling manifested I was surprised. I want you to know I am willing to receive and discuss any proposition with you. Do not understand just what your petition means and prefer to hear from some of you upon the matter then I can answer. As to local freight rates I am disposed to be lieve the petitioners felt what they said, but I can show you our rates are lower, rather than higher, than those ot other roads. Did not tin derstand at first the cause of public meeting, still am glad to be witli you and confer with you. Our lumber freight rates are now f 5.00 perton. prior to January they were $3.10 and $3.50 per ton, which compare favorably with other rates. You people are not in a position to compete with water transportation. Water rates are $4.00 per M which means $J.oo, 3.10 rate is equal to our $5.00 rate per M. We cannot afford to haul for this lesser rate, thelumbor men know this. I be lieve had you known this you would have taken the matter up with 1110 ditect. Our work for two years past has been to bring people to you. We have room yet for mill ions of people, and they are coming by the carload. I should dislike to have your petition fall into their hands, as they might not come to Cottage Grove. We want your business. As I said before your affairs and ours are mutual. The lumber rate seems to be the princi pal trouble. This is now under consideration with ourpeople." Mr. Comau closed by thanking the association for Its courtesy iu in viting his presence niul its attentiou to liis remarks. Thos. K. Campbell, of the Pa cific Timber Co., was called mid in response said: "Do not know that I. have much to say. Mr. Comau has ably represented the railroad side of the question. Some things Isold by him we have to differ with. The railroad raaue us a rate aim brottKlit us Into existence, First came the shortage of cars followed by a raise in rates, which wipea us out of existence. At no distant day the railroad should restore tlie old rate and let us take our chances. We know the price of lumber has j Acting Manager A. H, Wood of dropped, and it is not a good time u)e o. and S. IS. railroad, learning to increase our freight rates. We , 0f the coming to the city of General might not live as sumptuously as Traffic Manager W. IS. Coman, of formerly, but we might secure a the S. P. railroad, took the occasion luncheon occasionally. The peti-1 to invite Mr. Coman, together with tion as drawn was not intended as a Traveling Freight Agent of the S. snub to the railroad, but was the ; p. Harvey F.. Lounsbury and Mr. long suppressed expression of the , Geo. M. Cornwall, publisher of the people. We feel the rates were in. Columbia Uiver and Oregon Tim creased too soon. We have hot hermau, and a number of the busi sufficiciit industries for all comers, I)es.s mCn of the city, to a ride over if the lumber traffic is suppressed. 1 his road. When the three o'clock The wealth is here and with proper, train arrived from the north the conditions they would be developed ; party was in waiting to meet Mr. I believe when Mr Coman studies! Coman and accompany him on the tlie petition lie will appreciate our position. With the old rates re-0f the O. and S. E. road and the established we can do business at , Oregon Securities Company, also the old stand." came up from Portland. After Dr. I.awbaugh was called and pleasant greetings and introduc said: "Mr. Coman has staled the tions. the party boarded the train entire case and he realizes the gen. eral conditions. I can only repeat that the restoration of the old rate will give but little help. The market in San Francisco has changed since the new rates here, Many new mills have gone into business in other places." j Mr. Cornwall was next asked for J his views. He showed an intimate acquaintance with rates and the ' lumber business. "When the old rates were m use at least at first 0f this lavored country were dis said he "there were something like cussed. Mr. Coman, as well as 1800 cars per annum with an 111- crease to about 12,000 and still in- creasing, it look more rolling stock tuaii ine company couiu spare. 1 ao , not think there was such a shortage of cars as there was use for them in other places where they could be used more profitably, the Hauling of empties back was an expense. When Mr. Markbam established the 3.10 rate he had in view the moving of the timber and filling up the country with people. The equity seems to be witli tue rail- road, yet after getting the sawmills iu here it works a great hardship to raise the rates. The lumber in terests are bad elsewhere. Mr. Co man is doing all he can with his people and will do the best he can for you." Mr. Lounsbury when called upon said: "That Mr. Coman, who was his superior, had stated the rail road's position fully and I cannot add thereto. Possibly it is a case where justice can't be done to one party without injury to the other. The petition is of no further use to Mr. Coman as he can do as well without it." Mr. Charles H. Burkholder one of the merchants of Cottage Grove, said: 'I believe I am voicing the sentiments ot every one present, when I say we mean no disrespect to the railroad officials, but we , have some cold hard facts to deal ! with. Two mills in this locality 1 are running in a halt hearted way. I think Mr. Comau has not read the petition aright, it might strengthen his hands to do so. A little petition from Cottage Grove might have but little effect, but a petition coming up from the whole state might have more weight, while we wait men are out of em ployment, less goods are being sold. When the mills were running a man could take up his ranch, work a pa.iu. iuc wmC .ui uB -..u make his improvements. Why? l U3h 1.111 i ic kci auuic; auv.il laic iu Missouri river common points as Puget Sound gets into St Paul. I have no personal feelings and bear in mind all the railroad has done for us, but now as we have begun to grow, we must have lower rates i i ti ' . Aff HnnrrAii itt rMnniiu ir n nnll ,' . , jit,-., asked to be excused as he had just ,! ,MB not fnmilinr will, arrived and was not the conditions. Mr. Coman said he would like to talk with the advisory committee at their convenience. By motion meeting ndjourned. Following which the advisory com mittee and Mr. Coman with others talked over the situation for some time, all exhibiting the most friendly feeling. Messrs. Comau, Lounsbury, Heugen ami Cornwall returned to Portland on first north bound train. Throughout the meeting only a spirit of fairness was displayed and all were glad to have the rail road officials present and explain the railroad position. The organization however will continue and work along the lines as suggested before. It is expected that other matters of importance will arise which can be more in telligently considered when brought before a body of men, than by Ill dividual effort. If every town in the state would have a similar or ganization, and then upon matters of importance would all act as a unit much could be accomplished. An electric plant will be installed in the Quartzburg district, Marion county, the power will be used iu operating drills iu the mines. A PLEASANT RIDE tnp, Mr. G. u. Hengen, manager an(j were soon enroute up the beautiful valley of the Row River, At the present terminus of the road some 1 3 miles from Cottage Grove the party alighted and walked over the grade across the new bridge which spans Row River and onto the "Falls", an ideal place for the generation of electricity. The great timber resources showing all about, the mines of Bohemia some twelve miles beyond, and other resources other members of the party who had not before visited this locality, expressed surprise at what was told and shown them. The return to the citv was made in time for supper and all returned thanks to Mr. Wood for his thoughlfulness upon this occasion. In the party Were. W. E. Coman, Harvey S. Lounsbury, Geo. M. Cornwall, G. jj. Hengen, A. B. Wood, C.J. Howard, John Barker, C. C. Mathews, James Hemenway, Charles Burkholder, Herbert Eaktn, T. K. Campbell, Frank Wheeler, W. C. Cornier ot the Leader, Dr. LawbauKh. Dr. Job, Beu Lurch, H. O. Thompson. D. McKeen of Portland, and the Nugget roan MOZART SYMPHONY CLUB OF NEW YORK. PROGRAMME. Part I. 1. Ovcrture,"ltosnniunde"Scuubert Viola d' Amour Solo, "rrelude nml Tranmerel Schumann ;t. Violin Solo, "Hiingnrlnn Hnpsody" Sarasiitc. MIbs Marie Stone. 4. Cornet Solo, 'FnntnHlp" (Sing- vojlelien) Hoeh. HerrTheo Hoeh. jOaO (Cello Onmlm Solo I)e Witt. Solu,"t'nntnsi6 .Servlns, Mr. Ulodeck. ii. Soprano Solo,"Il Brnclo"Ardlttl. Part II. Miss Marie Stone. 7. Quarette I mtermeno.Komzaku (1'lzzclato Suro. 8. Alpine Echo Horn, "Tyroleso Romance" Hoeh. With Zither accompaniment. Mr Theo Hoeh find Mr. M. Blodeck 3. Song, With Vjolln Obltgnto Johnson 1 finud io. Descriptive Kantasl, clock SUm),.( new) "In the Stoelzer. I Synopsis 1 no apprentice ojieiis the store In tlio moriilng nud winds up the different clocks, the ticking of which Is Illustrated by the music : wntcli grailiuury ilevelops into a ! musical Invitation of u clock store. The cuckoo clock strikes the hour. 1 after which the deep sounds of an- 1 other clock Is heard. The alarm . , 1 C'0Ck tllC Url'' 11 """'"J' rft"Ie- ,0- lowed by the striking of another clock In harmony with the music. The apprentice then whistles a little tune. After this the clock that con tains thochliues gradually runs down and stops. The boy winds It up again and then the ininluture chimes of a Scotch cathedral are heard In the distance. The neighboring clock strikes the hour and a carol follows. Now that all the clocks are In run nlng order the apprentice looks after the other work, but Is Interrupted by a sleighing party passing the win dow uud ho then leaves tlio clock store. U. Herold's Trumpet, A Reminis cence, from '"Alda" Verdi. Herr. Theo. Hoeh, AT A LOSS. During the whiter the public school has given a series of six lectures, all of which have beeu worthy of patron age, but it Is found at tlio close of the series that n shortage ot $31,20 cents has been the result, The Moiart Synipouy Musical Co., of Now York, bus been secured and It will appear at the Opera House 011 Saturday night, April 2ml. This Is said to be au exceptionally good oven, lugs entertainment. Help tlio school out ot Its dltllculty and enjoy your self at tho same time. Tickets at the New Bra Drug Store. THE CITY ELECTION Two Tickets Nominated for City Officials to be Voted for on Next Monday. VEATCH VS MEDLEY In conformity with the usual custom in Cottage Grove, the City Council some weeks ago designated a date when the voters should as semble and nominate a ticket for city officers for the coming munici pal year. Last Friday night being the time set, a large number of citi zens met at the Opera House and at eight o'clock were called to order by Mayor Veatch, who explained the object of the meeting and called for nominations for chairman. C. J. Howard and Frank Rosen burg were successively nominated but declined. Mayor Veatch was then nominated and declared chair man of the meeting. Frank Rosen burg was chosen secretary. Nominations for mayor were de clared in order. C. J. Howard placed in nomination the name of John S. Medley, J. P. Currin nominated R. M. Veatch. The chair appointed as tellers, John Wallace and Ernest Lock- wood. The result of the ballot showed 96 votes for R. M. Veatch and 67 votes for J. S. Medley. The secre tary declared Mr. Veatch, the nomi nee of the meeting for mayor. Herbert Eakin was nominated by acclamation for treasurer. Joseph Young was also nominated for clerk. The representatives of Wards 1, 2 and 3 gathered in different por tions of the room and proceeded to make nominations for aldermen. In the 1st ward Ci Jackso. , D B Chamberlain and J K Barrett were placed in nomination. The first ballot no one having received a ma jority, the lowest man was dropped and upon second ballot D B Cham berlain having received the highest number of votes, was declared the nominee for alderman. The second ward nominated I H Bingham by acclamation. The third ward nominated Fingal Hinds in tbe same manner. When the meeting adjourned. STILL ANOTHER TICKET. Various elements in the city dis satisfied with the nomination for mayor Friday night, canvassed the matter until Monday night when they met and placed in nomination the following ticket. For mayor J S Medley, lor treasnrer Herbert Eakin, for clerk F D Wheeler. Al derman, 1st ward, D B Chamberlain, or Chas Jackson; and ward, I H Bingham or G O McGilvray; 3rd ward, Fingal Hindsor WTKayser. The first names for alderman were the nominees at the Friday night meeting bnt were retained on the Medley ticket. There was also a ticket nomi nated by the prohibition people on Friday, last night, with W F Shauafelt for mayor and B Markly for mayor, but has since been with drawn. Iu this city election no political Hue has been drawn. The candi dates for mayor are representative citizens and both are democrats, they have resided in this community for many years and their merits are better known to the people than a comparatively new citizen could intelligently discuss. Each has strong adherents, each element iu the city is divided upon the ques tion, and the result will only be known when the votes have been counted next Monday night. CIIANOE IN ROAD. In response to a petition. Tho County Commissioners recently ap pointed viewers who together with Deputy County Surveyor, Geo B. Waggoner, went up to Sharps creek along which one road from the O. Jfc S. E. rullroud to Bohemia runs.. In u, distance of four miles the pre sent road crosses the stream four times. Durlug high water It Is dllll- cult us well as daugerous to drive 11 team across, besides tho road being along low laud, Is very muddy. Either tho road should bo chaugil or four bridges built. By building a. now road some 3 miles along tho southern slope of the mountain a good road bed would bo hud with only two short distances having 11 grade of 8 per cent, tho low muddy ground avoided mid tills pleco ot road bo built for much less than the brldgts could bo placed. It Is hoped t'lo Surveyors and Viewers report will bo favorable and the Comml loners will order the change mad