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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1906)
BOflHMffl 4 fV Fg? Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering and Farming Interests of this Co, unity. VOL. VIII COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1906. NO. 36 KILLED IN BOHEMIA Chus. Ruttan Killed on Tom Johnson Property, Thaw iux Dynamite Cli.i". Rut Jan was killed Inst Thins lay evening on the Tom Johnson property in Bohemia while picpuring powder to load a liole. He and Hilly Read hare been woiking together on tho property and having finihhfd a rounil of holes came "lit to y,r the powder fur a inwp'. J, S. I'rnnd m vis 1 1 i 1 1 t''c buys anl limy built a fire of sliiivin'H and put itfht ,.iekn of powder to thaw. Ruttan made a roni.Ic of trips to the Ire where the fiiM it 11 1 cups were ntorrd and when lie eaino hack km-lt in front of the lite n one knee, with Hilly Read and S. J. Bruud standing iu a row, each of them ahoiit three feet apart. Ruttau reached to the fire and withdrew u stick of powder and alir.oit hist'intlv all eight stick explode I. 1 in 1 fiit kneeling, caught tho gn at forc of tint explosion iu his body, Ilit) Mtkk which he picked ui blew off the led hand, the greater putt of the left foot, and broke the leg in i eouple of places, lmk tw or mure left ribs and de stroyed the b it . The force of tho explosion threw him in tLe air and llft v feet down the dump, from which ho rolled fifty feet further lodging ngaiiiHt a tree. Mr. I tec I was blown down the dump a distance aud suffered severe bruises on his ankles so he cannot walk. When he gained conscious ness he found that he was climbing up tho dump as hard ah he could Mr. Urtind inHtead of being blown down the dump, was burled the other way, and a big can of water upset over him. He felt the water trickling over him in an in stant aud thought he was bleeding to death, though he suffered little except from tho shaking up and a scratch on his face. Ah kooii as the boys noticed Rutan they picked him up and made him as easy an possible and later car ried him to the Munick mine where it waa found that it waa vary doubtful if Ruttau could life, but Dr. Job was telephoned for aud just as h was leaving the town for camp at 7:30 p. m. the boya tele phoned that Ruttau was dead. Tho accident occurred a' 4:35 and while Itultan was conscious most of the time aud talked to the boys, calling them by name, he suf 1 : M'.v j ' ' HIT Ms! t i &JICottSLge Grove, Oregooo fered pains which made him almost insensible. Ho asked Jo be turned several times, and just bi fore he died asked to bo tinned n,"iri, which being done he ixpirrd al most immediately. lie was terribly hurt internally and bled from many wounds The body was dressed as carefully as possible, and next morning was taken to Wild wood by A If Burnett and Frank Flisber, and jwas brought to the Orove Friday alter uoon, where Veatch fi Luwhou pre pared the body or interrment un der directions from J. A. Under wood of Oakland, a brother-in-law of Kuttan's. The body wnn shipped that night to Oakland whe-ro it was laid to rest by the grave, of bin mother, who died about a year ago. He has two brothers living, II. H. I Ruttau of Ager, Calif., and J. C. Itultan of S uita Rosa and a sister Mrs. J. A. Underwood. The fa ther is somewhere iu the west but has not been located yet. Mr. Kultau is au of the oldest mining men sf the Bohemia Dis trict acd is well known among mining men. He was about forty years old and waa until recently working on his clniniH ou Weaver creek, about three miles from Or seco in the Hohemia District. His sudden and terrible death 1ms cast a gloom over the many men who kuev him and inaktw them f-ar more thau ever the Hidden death, so liable if powder or cap are han dled carelessly. The cause of the ox plosion in a mystery to everyone Messrs Head an l Hrund both state that no fire full on the powder, and are certain that Mr. RutUn did not press the fuse into the cam) in such a way as to explode it. They both think that he dropped a cap into the fire when he came back a second time. Bmelttr Near Grunts P&ss The talk of installing a smelter at the Blue Ledge property is- stronger thin ever. The people that own the mino hate ample capital back of them, and are now opening a ledgrofcoal which they hope will be of such quality that it can be used in a smelter. The property is being developed rapidly and the owners aro preparing t build a smelter to handle the ore, A rail road will bo built from the property to conne t with the Southern Pa cific and the prohabiiity is that the next summer will see things very active in that district. W. B. Hartley went up to the Twiu Rocks proporty in Bohemia of which he is manager, on Satur day and expects to get in a good six weens work yet before winter. He says the showing is very good. SPECIAL ELEC TION OCT. 20th City Council Calls Election on Liqour Question. A petition for an election under tho provisions of the Initiative and Referendum ordinance passed at the last council meeting, was pre sented Jo the council Monday night ! to provide for an election to amend ! the charter of the city so as Jo give ! tho city the tight to call an election ! to decide whether the city should i have prohibition or not, and stating i the luwu under which such prohi j bition should be enforced if prohi bition should carry at anv such election. After consideration by the council Saturday the 20tn was set for such election, and the following judges and clerks of election were named: R. M. Veatch, J. C. Wal luce and J. K. Barrett for first ward, voting place, Tom Aliens I shop; V S Bennett, J. S. Milne and ; N. II. Martin, second ward, voting j place Oily Hall; Chas. VanDenberg, (J. D. Ostrander and David Griggs, i third ward, voting place, N Mar- tin's building. ! The petition was signed by the I following people. i J C Johnson, David Griggs, J II linker L R Long. G W McQueen, ! W M Hemenway, II B Brehaut, E ! A Willtion. A Nelson, W W Oglea- by, Jonn Barker, M C Cochran, J S ; Bedrion, LeRoy Woods, Fred Bar I tels, F M Krneat, J E Lewis, Thos .Conger, II C Madsen, II II Veatch, B Lurch, D W Bennett, H K Met calf, A Hrund, J F MeFarlaud, W S' Bennett, W O Sanford, T J Mar kby, F M Eby, J C Ritchie, Orval Knapp, C J Howard, C II VanDen berg, D J Scholl, Geo Atkinson, R M Veatch, John Crowley, B F Skillman, J S Medley, II Venske. A petition for a sewer between the property of B. Lurch and O. Veatch and up through the alley back of Vtatch & Lawsons was presented and referred to the street committee. A letter from the Willamette Val ley Co vne read withdrawing their application for a franchise, stating; hat the present franchise under I consideration contains provisions they could not accept, but stated I.-. . : i, . l wuii uuy uiuo iuc vuy icii uiojucu to grant them such a franchise they would be glad to confer with them, i Toe Willamette Valley Co. fran-j chise ordinnance was laid on the , table indefinitely. I A request of Veatch fe Lawson i for u permit to repair their wood shod was referred to the fire warden Jo report Friday night. Tho marshal reported lights out in tho town during the month to equal i light 2'j days. W. C. Conner anked asked per mission to borrow earth Jfrom a hill stfeet that would have to be lower ed, to fill in the street in front of his house. Referred to street com mittee. The following bills were read and approved by the finance com mitteo and ordered paid: Veatch fi Schmutz, transfer, Jr. 7C; Western Oregon, water receipts jC;Geo. Bisbe", gravel, $49.50; J. K. Young, salary, fS.33; G. B. Pitcher, 1 i t: h t watchman, $60; L. Taylor on Pet kins avenue contract, II COO; L. Taylor on Mill street con tract $."00; Willamette Valley Co. $221.83 loss 1 light ; W. S. Bcnne', Mreet commissioner, $30; H. K. Underwood, marabal, $0o.23; W. L. Vtatch, building fence around reservoir, $G; Griffin ti Grif fin k Veatch, piumbing repairs, $142. 'Jo; II. C. Hart, on Wall street contract $Hjo; Geo. Lee, on street work final payment, $162.90. The council then adjourned to meet Friday night the uth. 2170 Mines la Oregon .State Labor Commissioner II01T i has just finished his report to the U vS. government on the mining industry ir. Oregon, and states that there are 2:7o mines in the state, mostly goid and copper. Most of the mines iu this number are in process of development, many are not being operated and some are abandoned, but the great drawback to the development of the mining industries of the state is the same etory everywhere, the lack of capi tal. With only 337o miners in the state mining is not progressing as it should. These miners receive on the average $3 per day which amounts to aunually $2.o22,ooo es timating that they work two-thirds of the time. The order in which the various counties are lined up in number of miners employed is Baker, Jose phine, Jackson, Grant, Lane, Doug las and Coos. White other coun ties are engaging in mining these are the principal ones. Oregon is without doubt one of the great mining states, but as vet is hardly prospected at all in many parts. W. A. Hogate carried load of supplies for the on Monday. up a big Vesuvius F. J. Hard was in town Satur day for a short time on business, and left agaiu. Reports from the Vesuvius become better each time. CRUSHED BY TRUCK J. D. Richmond Killed Through Breaking of Dock Floor. J. A. Richmond, an employee of the Brown Lumber Co. met with a fatal accident in the Company's mill at this point on last Tuesday about 2 130 while trucking a load of lumber to a car. Tho truck was loaded with 2x4 and Mr. Richmond with two other men punhed the truck along the edge of the dock, with Mr. Rich mond on the outside next the edge, walking on a single plank with the railroad loading track six feet below, when suddenly the wheel next him broke through the floor and the load shifting caused him to fall off the platform on to the railroad track. He struck on his head and phoulders, breaking his neck, sev eral pieces of the 214 falling, lit on his chest and crushed it in. He was unconscious from the first and died about 11 that night. Mr. Richmond leaves a wife and four children, three of whom are grown and a daughter of n. Ho was a prominent church member all his life, and a member of the Odd Fellows. Until recently he his been on the road with his son who manages the Richmond Illustrated Concert Co. Only a few days bo fore his death he allowed a $2000 accident life insurance policy to lapse. His children were all present at the funeral as well as an aged lis ter, and many relatives. The Odd Fellews conducted the funeral ser vice, Rev. Grace of the Presby terian Church of which Mr. Rich mond was an active member, preaching the sermon. Coroner Gordon came up and made an investigation bat decided that the acci lent was purely un avoidable, and that to blame was to be attached anyv. !:(re. With two sudden deaths witLio a week the people are brought to feel more than ever the hoverinsr 1 resence of the angel of death. The d-ath of Mr. Richmond is a loss to the com munity. Portland H&n Buys Timber Grove East of S. A. Brown, a Portland ennit- alist, is purchasing a large tract of timber land east of Cottage Grove aud Walker. Saturday deeds were filed for record conveying 1 1 j4. 7.", acres to him, but he has and in tends to secure many times that jCATIN-BIOCK CO v' M-' j f Ssr! K"jr-mf y--'-? .ii4t-mS- yr-W--rjf yfr-V-?.'- 'amount. If. T. Dow, a well known local timber cruiser, is Mr. Brown's representative here and has been at work on the d-al during the entire summer. It iu said the purchases .-re being made simply for specula tion. Those who have sold their boi lings and the number of acres by eicb, according to the deeds just filed, are as follows: W. W. Haines, 33G.8O; Mrs. Rebecca Bor deaux, Io0; Alberts. Fuuk. I54.C0; Booth-Klly Lumber Co, 80; Maria Hansen, 42.17; Hugo Brehm, 160. Mrn. Bertha McQueen, 80; Mrs. Carrie Burden, l2o; S. B. Morss, 40. O j. The consideration in some of tho deeds is given at $1, but in others the average price p?r acre soems to b between $10 and lfi The )'iud represented by these deeds auJiesia towriship 20, south ot range 2 wert. Guard. Another bie deal for some timber east of the Grovo for speculation purp-jses is ptacticallv closed up. Timber i all being sold at a good price and quantities of timber are changing hand daily. Copper Mine Assayed Mark T. Fleming and B. S. Kel eay returnel from Portland yester day where they went several days ago on b'l.siness connected with the Kel?ay copper mine near Creswell. They took with them samples of ore which they had assayed by the expert who does such work for Se..Rtor Clark, the "Copper King" of Montana who is getting hold of coist copper properties. The assay was highly satisfactory the assay showing 80 per cent cop per on ore separated from the rock. The a.H-say of rock and all showed 9 percent copper, carrying gold and siive,r values. Amos McQueen, who is Senator Clark's representative now enroute to Paraguay to look alter copper properties in that country is in Portland and witnessed the assay. He was so favorably impressed with the showing that he volun- ttered to come down and look the mine over before leaving the state. This is quite a recognition of Lane's copper mine and is alike pleasing to the owners. Sunday Register. The North Fairview boys ran out of grub last week, and Mr. Leigh found it would ba two weeks before any of the freighters would carry ia a load, eo he finally made arrangements for the big four horse team to take in enough supplies Monday to tide them over until the freighters could get in. Ouite a good deal of supplies for t'-o wiuter is being shipped into camp. Vi.-
