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Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering and Farming Interests of this Community.
VOL. IX
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1907.
NO. 34
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Surplus, of Local Product in
San Francisco Consumed
California is Considered a Good Mar
ket for the Products From the Ore
gon Forests Local Demand for
Building Material is Cood.
Lumber manufacturers suy the
California market lor building ma
terial is stiffening quite h l-i i t mid
tliey believe that the surplus ni-f 11 tu -ulated
in tho yard of tli Bay City
during the period when oeiybody
poured cargoes and carloads into
tb field with tli expectancy of
making hay whilo t lie sun shone
bus about boon worked olf. This
looks Rood to tlie mill men, because
under tlio t.ortnal conditions Cali
fornia is a good tnaiket fur the pro
ducts from the Oregon forests.
The local detnnud for liuilding
lumber in brisk mid as good an
could be hoped for, but it ha a
limit or the mill men would not
worry over threat of advancing
freight rules to pointd east of any
other place. 'I ho output of the
local mills is much in excess of the
local demand, however, mid for
that reason the outcome of the eon
trovotsy between the mill men
and tho ruiitoad will b watchod
with inteiiHe intcreHt here by con
tractors, ns well as by tho mill men
themselves, although tho lumber
bill for an ordinary dwelling does
not liguro to a very lurge extent of
the total cost; labor, plumbing and
finishing being the greater items of
expctiHO.
Lumber men declare that thero
is littlo likelihood of lumber becom
ing much cheaper here, even if tho
proposed freight advanco becomes
effective, becauHe in that event tho
mills will simply reduce the produc
tion commensurate with the de
mand. They contend that tho price of
logs and tho cost of labor will pro
hibit any possibility of much rate
cutting and the loggers are said to
have the situation bo well In hand
that they need not sucrifico their
timber should tho mills reduce or
ders. There is a sufficiency of logH
being brought to the mills to meet
nil present demands, but by shut
ting down the camps or running
reduced gangH, the output of logs
can easily be held down to tho act
ual demand.
"We are Laving no trouble get
ting logs at the priced established
or agreed upon when the camps
opened up about a month ago,"
said a prominent mill man this
morning, "but I understand the
loggers do not propose to put logs
into the water faster than they can
be disposed of at prices that will
permit of a fair profit. In view of
this fact there is little likelihood of
lumber price i being reduced, even
if the proposed advance becomes
effective.
The Willamette valley mill men
are altogether up in the air because
iu the first place, they aro confront
ed with a disgusting car shortage,
and in the second place with the
prospects of having the rate to the
Salt l,nke territory advanced.
(1NI.Y HAVK ONK TltRMTORY.
This territory offers practically
the only market tor the valley mills
at present because ol a prohibitive
freight rates to San Francisco bay
common points and u number of
the mills will probably shut down
completely unless conditions im
prove. A petition for a reduction in the
tarill' to Han Francisco bay has been
placed with the state railroad eom -
mission. At proHcnt the railroad
ehargoH $S per thousand feet to
San Francisco, whereas it can bo
shipped for .ft.f.O by water from
this port or nulls on the Columbia
river.
The Oregon & Washington Man
ufacturers' association is mooting
this afternoon and discussing condi
tions, etc., but most of the time
will, in all probability, bo devoted
to talk concerning the inability to
secure railroad cars as this and the
rat" question are tho most vital on
the prngiatn. Journal.
A Humane Appeal.
A Immune citizen nf Richmond, Tnd.
Mr. I . ! Williams, !i)7 West Main
street, hmvs: "I nppcul to oil persons
wit li weak Imiik'h to take Mr. Kind's
New I lisrovciy. the only remely that
h:is helped mi' ami fully coiuch up to
the propi itor'M recommendation." It
wave 11 1 ore II vpt t h 11 11 nil ot her t hron t
and leiuedies put together. Uncil
ai 11 mi).li and cold cine tin; world
over. Cure nllima, bronchitis, croun
wlioopiii;; cough, quinsy, hoarseness,
and phthisic, ntop lietnorrucK of the
luns and (mild them up. (iiinrau-
t I at lienson'M riiuriiincy. "id rents
and f 1.00. Trial bottle free.
LANE VETERANS ELECT OFFICERS.
The Lane County Veterans Asso
ciation alter a very successful three
days' reunion at, I'.ugene, adjourned
last Friday. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, S. R. Williams; first
vice-president, G. W. McKeynolds;
second vice-president, John Bmn
ford, third vice-presidout, Thomas
Flliott; secretiuy, Charles II. Uaker
treasurer, Louis Gilstrnp. Tho
registration was L'K), agaiast Lrl
last year.
LANE COUNTY POULTRY
Receive Prizes at the State Fair Cot
tage Grove Man's Clean Sweep.
F. li. Rosenberg of this city is
tho proudest man iu town. He !
made a clean sweep with his Huff
Cochins at the state fair last week,
winning every thing there was to
be won against heavy competition.
Mr. Rosenberg certainly has some
beautiful birds and well deserves
the prizes awarded him. He is
prosident ol the Calapooin Poultry
Association of this city and one ol
the most enthusiastic poultry men
in the state. The awards are as
follows: First on pen; first on
pullet, first on cockerel; second on
pullet; third on pullet and fourth
on pullet.
Awards were made to other Lane
county exhibitors as follows:
H. K. Brown White Itocks: 1st
pullet, 5th cockerel and 3d pen.
Black Langshans: Is, 2nd, lid, 4th
and 5 tli pullets, 1st cockerel and 2d
pen. White Loghorns: 3d cockerel,
3d pullet and 2d pou. Barred Rocks:
2nd cockerel.
Clarence Simon Black Laug
shans. 3d cockerel.
1$. F. Keoney Barred Rocks: 1st
cockerel and 1st hen.
Leet Smith Barred Rocks: 3d
and Mth cockerel.
J. O. Watts Barred Rocks: 1st
and 2ud pullets, 2nd and Cth hens.
K J. McClanban, 1st on inou
batons. Lost and Found.
Lost between !l:ii0 p.m., yestordny
mid noon today, a bilious attack,
with nmisoii and sick headache. This
loss was occasioned by finding at
IteiiHon'B Pharmacy a box of Dr.
King's New Life Pills. Guaranteed
for biliousness, malaria nnd jaundice.
25 cents.
ANGLERS ASSOCIATION
An Association for the Adequate Pro
tection of fish.
i The Oregon Angler Association,
I designed to take wtiyH and means
I 'or the adequate protection of the
' " Oregon filreams was orgnn-
icd a week ago at Gold Hill.
The meeting was culled to order
by J. L. llammersly and Win. M.
Cofvig was electod temporary chair
nian. Addresses beating on the
subject in hand were made by W.
F. Isaacs, I). II. Miller, Med ford,
A. S. JJlaiK.hard and Roy Wilson,
Grunts l'uss, Governor Chamber
lain and others.
The Oregon Anglers' Association
was organized tinder tho laws and
rules of the Natioual Association of
.Scientific Anglers, in so far ns they
are applicable to the needs of the
association. The following officers j
were elected. W. I. Isaacs, of
Me-1 ford, acting president; Geo. F.
Chamberbiin, ex oflicio president;
O. S. IMiiiich.ird, Gr tnts Phhs, vice -
president, 11. C
secretary; J. L.
Kelsay. Gold I fill,
..."
llaiumersl.v, Gold
Hill, tio'i.-urer.
An executive cominittco was or
ganized to consist of the President,
secretary and treasurer as ex-offieio
members and ono representative
from each county in tho stato. D.
II. MiHer wan selected as represen
tative Irom Jackson county, and
Roy Wilson from Josephine Other
members will be named later.
The first Ily casting tournament
of tho Association , will be held
about November 1st, and the place
of holding the same will probably
be Gold Hill. Mint city is certain
ly entitled to this honor as it has
been due to the persistent agita
tion of a number ot its citizens
that the Association was formed.
, m .
Bryan talks a good deal, but if
he keeps still a few days some im -
aginative reporter talks for him.
COAL FIELDS
Data Gathered
United States,"
The only productive coal field in
Oregon is situated in the south
westorn part of the State in Coos
County and is known as the Ooos
Bay field, from the fact that it en
tirely Burrouuds that body of water.
It occupies a total area of about
U50 square miles, its length north
and south being about III) miles and
its maximum brendth at the middle
about 11 miles, from which it ta
pers regularly toward lioth ends.
Other coal fields hnvo been pros
pected in different parts ol the
state, and some of them contain
coal of fairly good quality. Among
these are the upper Nehalem field,
in Columbia County; the lower Ne
haloni field in Clatsop and Tilla
mook counties, the Yaquiua field, in
Lincoln County; and the Kckley
and Shasta Costa fields in Curry
County. All of these fields lie
west of the Cascade Itauge, but
none lias developed to tho point of
production. Another field has
been located in the basin of John
Day River, east of the Cascade
Range, but littlo is known concern
ing it. All of the fields west ol the
range, with the excoption of the
Coos Bay, are of small area, the
largest outside of the Coos Bay be
ing the upper Nehalem, which has
an area of less than 20 miles. The
coal of those fields is ignitiis in char
acter. Coal mining in Oregon during
the last two years lias been adverse
CONERING WATER POWERS
Extensive Filings on Water Power
Sites Being Made.
C. W, Curtis of Han Francisco,
who during tho pant two years has
made extensivo filings on different
streams in Western Oregon for
water powor sites, has filed with
the county clerk of Lane county, a
notice ol appropriation of 12,000
Odcll Luke in Klamath county, just
across tho lino Irorn Jjane. I lie
proposed power canal will extend
for a mile to Silt creek in Lane
county and down that stream to
the falls of the creek, where they
arc ngaiu diverted into Diamond
canal, previously located, and which
extends to the mouth of Kagle
creek. A great amount of power
can be developed there.
Who Curtis' employers are has
always been a mystery, as he has
j Jt)en very reticent about his plans.
j ife i,s 11)ri,ie fiii,,, ut different
1 points on the upper McKenzie and
upper Willamette rivers
county and the Sautimu
in Lane
river in
Linn county.
It is reported that he is working
lor the Southern Pacific company,
which has had several crews of sur
veyors up tho McKenzie and Wil
lamette during the past two months
measuring the flow of those streams
to ascertain the amount of water
power to be obtained in casa the
company wishes to utilize them at
some future time for tho oporation
of trains oyer the Cascades.
RAISED THROUGH ERROR
Harriman Agents Say There Was no
Intention to Raise Salt Lake Tariff
Iiailroad traffic agents of the
j Harrimau line claim that it was by
1 on error of the printer that the
least - bound rates on Oregon lumber
OF OREGON
From "Mineral Resources of the
by E. W. Parker.
ly effected by the reat increase in
tho production of petroleum in Cal
ifornia and its use as fuel. All the
product from Coos Bay had been
shipped by water, principally to
Sin Francisco. The increased use
of fuel oil in that city has decreased
the consumption of coal to a
marked degree and the effect upon
Oregon's product is shown in a de
crease from 10'.) ,011 short tons in
P. Wo to 70,731 tons in DOG, a loss
of 2!),ill0 tons or 27.3 per cent.
The value declined $70,17 or 21.8
per cent from 282,401) in 1905 to
212,338 iu lDOlJ.
Coal was first noted in tho Coos
Buy legion about fifty years ogo,
Prof. J. S. Newberry having re
ported in 1855 that the coal depos
its of Coos Bay had begun to at
tract atteution. Some mining was
done there in 1855 and 1872, and
187(5 two mines, the Fastport aud
the Newport, however, is the only
one surviving. The Beaver Hill
mine, opened in 11)05, was at first a
rather uncertain factor, but is now
an important producer. The cen
sus of 18S0 reports the total coal
production of Oregon at 43,205
tons, this being the earliest record
of production in tho State. The
total production has exceeded 100,
000 tons iu 4 years only 18!)(i,
181)7, IDO4 and 1005 the maxi
mum being obtained in 1004, when
it reached 111,540 tons.
to .Salt Lake 'erritory were raised
in tho recently published shedule
of the Harriman lines. It is al
leged that freight officials of these
lines did not intend to increase the
rate from Portland or Willamette
valley points to Salt Lake common
points, and General Freight Agent
Miller is quoted bh saying that
steps will be immediately taken to
correct the error in the published
schedule.
The precent rate of 40 cents per
100 pounds to Salt Lake will be
i continued, and this rate will apply
to all mills in the Willamette valley
as well as all Portland mills. The
increased rates on lumber from Ore
gon to Missouri river, Mississippi
river and Chicago territory will, it
is said, be advanced November 1 as
scheduled.
The Touch That Heals.
lr tlit? touch of P.ni'klen'H Arnica
Salve, It's tho happiest combination
of Arriira flowers and healing balsam
ever compounded. No matter how
old t lie sore or ulcer is, this Salve will
ciin It. For burns, scalds, cuts,
wounds or- piles, it has no equal.
Guaranteed liv i euson's Pharmacy.
J5 cents.
W. C. T. U. CONVENTION
The Greatest Meeting in the History
of the Unions.
The annual convention of the
Lane County Woman's Christian
Temperanco Union held in tho Bap
tist church Saturday, was one of
unusual importance. The sessions,
devoted almost entirely to bnsiness,
were, intensely .. interesting 1 from
start to finish. Mrs. Wheeler, the
county president, said m her annual
address, that during the seventeen
years Lane county has been organ
ized no one year has shown so
much progress in all lines of work
as the one just closing New de
partments are being worked. The
L. T. L. work is coming to the
front. We now have eight active
unions, three L. T. L.'s, two "YV
and one union not holding regular
meetings. Our finances are in the
best of condition ever known, medal
contest work is also being pushed,
more copies ol our spite and na
tional papers are being taken, and
more interest manifested in temper
ance literature. Prohibition is pro
hibiting more and more throughout
the county.
The Irving union, on account of
the faithful work done under ad
verse conditions, was declared unan
imously to bo the banner union.
OFFICKIiS KI,liCTKD.
The following ollicers were elect
ed. President, Mrs, Eva Wheeler,
Cottage Grove; corresponding sec
retary, Mrs. Nellie Humphrey,
Springfield; recording secretary,
Mrs. Carrie A. Day, Ivngene; treas
urer, Mrs. K. B. vlelton, Ores well ;
vice-president at large, Mrs. Lizzie
Norris, West Seventh aud Washing
ton streets, Eugene.
Notice to Parents
In compliance with the new com
pulsory school law, all children be
tween the ages of 8 and 10 years
are required to attend the public
schools during the entire session of
the same.
Since principals and school offi
cers are required by law to report
all cases of irregular or non-attendance,
it is earnestly requested that
parents or guardians take immediate
action and see that their children
are iu school. Signed,
J. D. BacaiMAN,
Supt. of Schools.
WANTED
Wood choppers to contract for lUOO
cords of four foot cord wood. Ad
uross V, V. Coo run,. Black Butte, Ore-don.
PROUD OF
JUS TEH
AdjutantGeneraI Finzer is
Well Satisfied.
Thinks it Very Probable that at Least
Eight Members of the Team Will
Compete Again Next Year and Will
Come Pretty Close to the Top.
"I am very proud of the showing
made by the Oregon team at Port
Clinton, Ohio," said Adjutant-General
William L. Finzer to a Journal
(Portlaud) reporter. "More espe
cially am I proud of the work done
because th boys only bad about
three days' practice on the range,
whereas nearly all the other teams
bad practiced from one to four
weeks,
"Team work could not have been
better under similar conditions. In
dividually the men ranked with the
very best marksman that partici
pated iu the national tournament.
In the National team shoot the Or
egon team finished seventeenth,
which was a decided gain over the
previous year, and if we gain next
year ns we did this I confidently
look for the Oregonians to reach
pretty close to first place. It is by
no means out of the question our
securing first. - ' r
"Our score in taking seventeenth
position was 3,117 out ot a possible
4,2()0. The score of the winning
team, which was from the navy,
was 3,397. The ranges ot the con
test were 200 yards rapid fire, and
200, 000, 800 and 1,000 yards slow
fire and one skirmish run. At the
end of the shooting on the 800-yard
range the Oregon team stood twenty-third,
but on the 1000-yard
range the team scored 437 out of ft
possible GOO points ajd went ahead
of five other teams. Of 48 teams
competing only four othr teams
beat the Oregonians in that contest.
"Just to show you how the mat
ter stands, bad our boys made this
year's score at Seagirt, New Jersey,
last year tbey would have captured
fourth place instead of twenty-first."
General Finzer stated that only
one member of the Oregon team
captured a money prize. The lucky
guardsman was A, Q.' Johnson, of
Roseburg. He won $10 for finish
ing fifth in the "press" match, se
curing a score of 47 out of a possi
ble 50 at 500 yards slow fire.
Oregon marksmen secured their
share of medals, and taken all in all
no guard organization competing
did better work than the boys from
the Beaver state. General Finzer
is more than pleased. Next year
he hopes to be able to give his men
who will compete a little longer
practice.
'You see, continued tbe gen
eral, "shooting for prizes needs a
certain amount of earnest practice.
In fact it needs more than our boys
received for the late contest. I do
not want my boys over-trained but
I do waut them in better coudition
than they were this year. To win
at a shoot is something like pre-
pari"g for a prizs fight. Over
training ia bad, but bo is compara
tively speaking, no training at all,"
Oeueral Finzer stated that he
thought the next annual competi
tion would be at Port Clinton. O.,
and it is probable that at least eight
men who made up the team this
year will be found on the compel
ing team next year.