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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1906)
OfiEJl M3 GGBT. Devoted to the Mining, Lurabering and Forming Interests of this Community. VOL. VIII COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1906. NO. 10 BOHEMIA AIIN ING NOTES And (JciicTu! Mining New (lathered from lixchanges. W. II. Shine is taking needed rent around town, but will noon re turn to fiatlip. Wm. Iliggios is said to be a busy man, Hit no dayH, nnd that (.amp haslitlle attraction fur him. Albert Xiuiker ie making a mini her of little trips attending to va ioua business affair Imfor gmtu,' back up to the biHn t it Ion-; urn of work. I'. J. Haul wtint t I'm lliunl on Friduy on business but will Plum in a day or ao II. ih very well uUhCic'I with the 1h1h ol tin- minis and is anxious for ih- mmw to p so that more active woik (n l done. J. A. Mud. Superintendent l the Oregon Scm it ies Company, was a visitor in the Giove hint wvfc for the fust time sinc e he went up to the enmp. He rcpoils that cvin thing ia moving along steadily mid that tho good work in goin ''ght along. Thcie is a guut qurmtit.v of kiiow piled up in tin canon mid it looks aa though it would ni-nn plenty of water or the summer, tut the company is not going 'o lank on that but will install St steam rn giuo to furnish power win n t lie water power ia ah tit down. Gree.1 Cwninnl DiKlnitl Prolm la. Cnle.retnenl of the Old llomealead Ida. Guy Elliott Mitchell Tha man who can provide homes for industrious and Htrong mined citizeus ia a benefactor to the nice. If Kepresentativo Slrcnoison c, Minnesota can push his Hwamp reclamation measure to cuactuicut iuto a law, he will be deserving of the praiBe of not only thin '.nit future generations. His bill is .1 practical extension of tin. old homestead idea, or rather, perhaps, an applicn tiou to the vast areas ot our swamp lands of the idea embodied in the tiatioual irrigation law. There are iu the neighbothood of 100,000,000 acres of swamp lauds in the United .States, some 70,000, 000 of which bnve been surveyed, and the great bulk would make splendid farms, if tho ex ecus ol water was drained off. The tileeuerson bill provides for the beginning of the woik of recla mation ot these huge areas. The measure is framed alter the iniga- tion law; it provides that the re ceipts from the sales of public lands in the non-irrigation mutes shull constitute a "drainage" iund to be expended by the government iu greas drainage works and further, that tee cost of such drainsgc shall be prorated among the land bene fitted and paid buck by the Peltiers into the "fund" to be lined over again for additional reclamation work. WOULD CKKATIC THOUSANDS or HOMES. This plan of developing tho in ternal resources of the country and making homes of waste places, is splendid in its scope, and appears to be entirely practicable and profitable. Take lor instance, the single example of the swamp lunds of the Kankakee river basin iu Indiana and Illinois. Here are some 400,000 acres of tho very f richest of bottom lands, but subject to overflow. They aro worthless except whero they have been re claimed through expeusive private drainage, works, wheu they have become worth $100 and j,i!o an acre. Vet it is estimated by the government surveyors and engi neers that the entire system could be effectively drained at a cost in the neighborhood ofjflo an acre. The same can be said of the lauds of the I!ed River Valley iu Minne sota. These include the finest grain and farm lauds in the north west except that they are fre quently overflowed. It would bo worth millions of dollars to the farmers and settlers who would oc cupy these lands in small tracts, to have a perfect system of drainage provided. These extensive systems, however, especially when- they ale llit' islal.-, seem to br fcasiblo lr huddling onlv by Hi" general govi-i IllllCfit. The SteenetHoii bill pin . the en die miniiij'i mm nt of the umlt in the hands of t tic in ImuhiIp n service a ikI the plan l opriat n 'ii follows veiy (lonlv the 11 ne,al 1 woik now bring dune v lint brunch of the Intel iot 1 ) p.i I m nl Govern ment lunds, eede.l Indian Lin Is am piivsti- lands may I e included in any drainage piojut. but in each "asr, 1 1 1 t rni.ti.l tin- drainage ilii piovtmuit is lo be boint- by the owner ol the land mid no settlers can li.ivo iliniini;e provided for inoic llian Ifi'l acies, thus insuring the ilivi'i"ii of the ti.K ts into small bums wbnh 1 1 1 11 h l be actiiall V set 1 1" 'I up n 11 !mI t ile, IHmImi.i ui;i: l.i.'..i' IN ll.'ii . , 1 v ; I 1 1 ; . wm l ti e lei ! 1 1 1 ft t i ri si 1 vice i , ij Miililiiil t'i dual II.im virv lli'illlenl . Wlnle )i i in. it 1 1 v iinengi II' el il h'.li ill It has, ill nil its ;m 11 1 i.'.i'i in pi. jri t-, to deal iliMith w 1I1 Hie tanner. It ni"Nt m 1 1 1 1 1 :c ii i ini'irlienive drainago tVs!ci!l f"l e,M Ii II I i;'.itl,ili pltijeit, sine.' lb. u' is, (s hiiu li danger from t.i" tiiu'l) litigation h too little, and to do llih Ihe fcitvici.- has its own latin and '.oil i-J.etts. Souk: of the it ligation piojeets have dis tim tivi l 'li.iinii;.;.' I. atiiH w, in fac t aie alnioht ,is npieli draimi?t' as they ate it 1 igat ioiik prjei-ts. In Hi" KUmaili pioju t I .'!(', o( o litres, or mote than h ilt .f the area of the total 1 lojei t, is jk Ii tule l.md nv Mcil by tght ot ten hi t of waler, and i to be dtained and converted intu a tloiiv;uid biiins. '1 ho topo graphic binnch o the geological .stmv, of whiih the iielamation service i alo a I lam h ha already run its lines over many of tl e great wuinp a reus o! the atern states and as mood uh the SUrncihon bill becomes a law the geological survey erigitiecis will be icady to launch out into itnmrdiate activity in drainage piojeets. won. ii si i;T uini miii.ion KOI.I.AKS I he fund. Jin ivi led by the bill would be small as compared with the inigiitioti Iund if would ap proximate half a million dollars a ycat nnd would stall oil' with about 51,000,000, the receipts from the sales for the fn-cal ear li'oo being inclukcd but on the other hand the cost ol drainage would not be so gteat as that of ii l igation. The impoi tai.co of this woik of wholesale dtai'iago, iu order to pro vide homes lot increased iop'ila tion, is scarcely second in impoit ance to the iriigalion woik. Jt means that tens ol millions of acies of the iii' M fertile laml imaginiible, which has lain idle for ages, may be convened from dismal and pes tilential swamps and useless bogs into highly prospeious homes, to btconm the garden spots of tho nation. The Hutch have reclaimed vast areas iu Holland fioin the encroach ments of the ocean. Thousands of families live nnd faun below sea level, gaining their security by magnificent feats of engineering ami persistence. They now con template the drainage- of the Zuydeu Zoe, reclaiming some 3,;i."o,ooo ad ditional acres of meadow land. American drainage in most cases would be far more simple, and less expensive, it is simply u question rb to whether the nation will seo the wisdom of setting its hand to this work, ANOT1IKH tN'I.AM) IMI'IHM. Ill Florida the everglades alone almost solid muck beds, would af ford an empire of some 7, 000,000 acres; in New Jorsoy and Virginia are vast swamps, among them the Hismal Swamps. In Illinois which is generally regarded us a well set tled agricultural state, there aro 4, 000,000 acres of swamp land; in Michigan thero are nearly 6,000,000 acres. Fertile Iowa has about 2, 002,000 ocies of uwamp Iund. In Minnesota there are almost 5,000, 000 acres of rich umurveyed swamp lands and huge, swamp areus not yet surveyed. Arkansas has tre mendous swamp aieas which could be druined und made habitable., and in rll there is a swamp area in the eastern half of the United States which is eipial iu extont to the great agricultural states of Indi ana, Illinois, and Iowa, with three or four smaller eastern states eaatciQ states thrown in, OBJECT TO RE SERVE OPENING Citizens Assemble in Mass Meeting to Object to Open ing 50,000 Acres of Re serve for Settlement. A mass meeting' was held in the Opeta House on Monday night, the object of which was to get expres sions from the citizens who are fa miliar with the reserve, in regard to the ptopfeed opening of 50,000 acres of the reaerve for settlement as homesteads, or otherwise. Tli matter 1ms come up through letters of Senator C. V. Fulton to promimnt Lane County people say ing that ' JudgeChrismnn of Kugene has staled lo urn that a large area of the forest reserve in I.iine county possibly ."10,000 acies would be much 111010 valuable for other than foiestry purposes, if it were opened lo private ownership," aid asking for their opinions on the matUr. J. 1'. Currin presided, with A. H. King as clerk. Mayor Veatch pro tested against such an action, stat ing that thero was not enough open ground in 11. entire resrve that was fit t make a good garden pitch. That the most open spot was Johnson Meadows and that it is at an altitude ot some 0.rj00 feet. Thnt "o,ooo acres out ot the reserve meant $1,000,000 and that if this lniid was opened for entry, that be foie one honest hemesteader could get to tho land oflice the whole thing would bo taken up in scrip. which would result m driving all the small mills from the field nnd that tho largo corporations could then hold the timber as long as they wanted to do so. Dr. Oglesby made a similiar speech in which he spoke ot the small acreage that was fit or suit able for cultivation and that be had been all over the reserve in Lane county and knew what he was talk ing about. C. J. Howard read a letter from Judge Chiismau stating that he had received the information of the C0, 000 ncres that were more valuable for other than forestry purposes, from various persons who knew tbe reecrvo well and stating that the lands, as he understood it were along Full Creek, the middle Fork ami above Lowell. He also read a lengthy, letter of protest to Senator Fulton, stating that there was not oven 000 acres iu the Keservo fit for agricultural purposes and that the government gave a person the right to take a squatters claim on tillable ground iu the Reserve and after holding it lor a certain num ber of years to gain a title, to it, which should be sufficient for the small number of acres of this kind. A letter was also read from I. II, Hingham to the samo affect and that ot one timo when it was sought to releare two townships from the reserve for this same season, tho government would not consent. Frauk Jordan also spoke concern ing tho matter and a committee consisting of Mayor Veatch C.J. Howard, Frank Jordan, II. O. Thompson and J. M. Fisher were appointed to prepare and Bend a telegram to Senator Fulton protest ing against the opening of any such acreage in the reserve which read as follows: Cottage Grove, ;I-27-'oj. Hon. C. W. Fulton, Wash. 1). C. Mass meeting last night are uuit protesting against opening any part Loue County Forest Reserve for private- ownership. Withhold any action until people of Lane County can be heard from. H. M. Vkatcii. C. J. IIOWAHl), Frank Joruan, II.' O. Thompson, J. M. FisiiKRi Com. If the Stoenerscu bill demon strates that tho government can transform swamps iuto fertile farm land and that the settler or owner will pay back to the governtuont the relatively small cost of the im provement, there seems to be no reason why this work of creation of valu out of wotthloss waste should not go on indefinitely and provide homes for millions more of rural population. Subscribe for the Nugget. I Merging Mv EIclrlo PUnla The Willametlo Valley Company, of which A. Welch of this city is rnannger, is carryiug on active op erations in the Willamette valley and other portions of the state in the absoiption of available electric light, water and power plants and merging them into one immense system. The latest acquisition is the pur chime of the Cottage (irove Kleetric Company plant from Thompson A; Abrams, the transfer of which prop erty has just been announced, bat the consideration is not given out. Tho company is also engaged in in stalling a SJHO-borse power electric light plant at Seaside. The Cot tage Grove plant, which is of roo hot se power, is being equipped with new machinery capable of develop ing 100 horse power. The liooth Kelly Lumber Com pany ia pieparing to install a large sawmill at Cottage Grove, as is also an easterner named JohDson, and a great amount of development work is planned for that section in the near future. It is understood that the Wil lamette Valley Company, which is backed by Rhodes, Sinkler & Rutcher of Philadelphia, I. W. An dersen of Spokane, and A. Welch it others of this city, Jis negotiating for the puachase of plants in East ern Oregon, and will extend its op erations into that territory. Besides the Cottage Grove and Seaside plants the company has ac quired possession of tbe Eugene Springfield, Corvallis and Albany plants. Negotiations for the pur chase of the Monmouth and Inde pendence plants have been reported but their consummotion has not been confirmed.-Friday's Telegram. Bid Invited, Farmers and Miners Tele phone Company invite bids up to noon twelve o'clock of April 5th, iyo6 for furnishing material snd building a telephone line from Cot tage Grove to Wildwood. Com plete plans and specifications can be found aud inspected at the of fice of the secretary of the company with Messrs Metcalf and Brund, Cottage Grove, Oregon. The com pany reserves the right to re ject any or all bids. Cottage Grove, Msrch 22, I906. A. Brund , Secy. Grants Bass is glorying in the fine telephone privileges it is se curing through the Pacific States Co. Practically all of Josephine county can be reached by telephone over the various farmer lines with out extra cost, through the new ar rangements. The work of making the new connections, and of install ing a central energy system in Grants Pass is going rapidly on. Worth of Mens Suits, Dress Goods and Dry Goods just arrived. Garman, WASHINGTON LETTER News of the Great Capitol Congress seems to grow more earnest in the purpoie of holding close hand on any great work of the nation and not delegating abso lute and unqualified control to ex ecutive officials. When Senator Heyburn of Idaho, brings up for consideration his bill to place forest reserves under greater direct congressional control and take back again the power of creating such, it seems assured of greater support than was thought probable some time ago. If the Heyburu bill does not se cure a place before Congress, giv ing Western interests an oppor tunity for voicing the feeling there on this subject, it is quite certain that some other bill will be intro duced. Senator Fulton of Oregon, has been endeavoring to get an ex pression of the Senate on this ques tion, especially regarding the crea tion of more reserves. The experi ence of some of the stock interests of the state in so far being unable to convince the reserve management of the right of Oregon men to the range in that state, has been one feature of management that has created much discussion. In the creation of Oregon reserves the necessity of appealing from some of the bureau officials to the President in person, with the consequent trouble and delay of this prolix procedure and the positive state ment made by many persons affect ed that land is now embraced with in reserves which would be valuable for agriculture and horticulture, emphasizes the necessity of giving the people where reserves are crea ted more of a voice in the work. It is held by many that this cannot be unless the power of creating re serves is left with Congress, in which body there is a marked tend ency to defer local qui stions to tbe delegations affected. Each session of Congress gives rise to renewed reports of a new mansion for the Nation's chief exe cutive. This is no exception, al though tbe discussion indulged this year is quite vague. Since the Nation began giving t o some branches of the Government family beautiful homes, the consistency of improving upon the ancient and rather shapeless marble pile known as the White House, grows more apparent. There is one sight which every Washington heart leans toward for the new structure, this being in the Northwest section New Stock 4,QGG Hemenway Co. f fit of the city where there is a sightly little kno'I of about the required acreage- for commodious executive buildings. This sight has been un approachable ia the past, the owmr placing a prohibitory price upon it, but hope burns strong here that the time will come when the new White House, which it expected to be a most elegant palace, will surmount this eminence It is in the heart of the rapidly developing fashionable quarter of the city, and while not very close to other government buildings, would at tho pre;ent day be very fit as the site for the Presi dent's home. Price of Logi I Rising Seattle, Wash. March 21. The Washington Logging fc Brokerage Association today advanced the price on merchantable and No. 2 logs to $7.5o and $fi, respectively, an increase of 50 cents per 1000. On flooring the prico was raised from $10 to $ 1 1. These are the highest prices that ever prevailed on Puget Sound. Flooring logs have been raised $3 per looo within the pist six months. Increased prices for stum page are primarily jespontibla, but tbe advance in lumber and great demand for logs ia as much account able. There is not an unsold log in the water, and every camp is running to capacity. Mew Families Locate ere Fingal Hinds reports the sale of 2 acres ef ground on south Fourth street to J. Fladager, who his father- m-law, Mr. Richards, and that they will immediately erect two houses thereon, one of which is already started. He sold to F. Winzcnrcad of Sig inaw the large house just east of J. S. Benson's residence, and ;will move his family here. Mr. Win zenread is one of Bootb-Kelley's head men at Saginaw. Bert Willard has bought six acres west of town. Jonathan Bourne, Jr., is sending out pamphlets entitled "Statement No. r, explained for easy compre hension," in which he evidently takes it that Mr. Bourne ia the only man that can correctly interpret Statement No. 1 and that the ma jority of the people of the state know nothing or next to nothing and can not figure it out for them selves. The National Druggists Associa tion and the proprietary Medicine people are sending out much litera ture to expo3e a so-called Physicians trust, the object of which is to drive the proprietary medicine man from the field and base their disclosures on articles clipped from medical journals. t - (ir