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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.
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