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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
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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
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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
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'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.
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