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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1907)
!ss&" Jl 'w Historical Boeltty?, Devoted to the Mining, Lumbering And Far ruing Interests of this Community. VOL. IX COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1907. NO. 38 WOULD TEST T Of the Country on Roose velt's Popularity. Senator Bourne Offers $1,000 Cash Prize for the Strongest and Best Written Argument in Support of Assertions Which Ho Makes. Washington, Oct. 20. Hon. Jon lUlinu Jiourno, Jr., of Oregon, United StatoH Senator, 1i.-ih taken .1 uui(iie step to toHt the sentiment of the country on the presidential sit uutiun, Through the N.itiouril Ma;j nine, of Boston, Mush., he has of fered H cash prize reward of f I0OO, open to the American jeopl', for the strongest and hest written ar gument in support of his following assertions; "Firm. That the fovereign people! and not Theodore Koosevolt, tho individual and puhlic servant, will decide who shall he his) sucressor. "Second. That Theodoro Koosc- j velt enmiot decline n second elective term or attempt to name his sueces Bor without making his own pcr Honnl desires or egotistical opinions pnraniount to the comhined wishes and intelligence) of the Republican party and tho electorate ot the mi llion. "Third. That Roosevelt's hou ty, courage, initiative, imagina tion, versatility, ami tromondous capacity for work, with heart and brain constantly attuned to the people's rights and commando and his iuBistonco upon the enforcement rather than avoidaucc of laws, and the protection of the rights of men aud property, have to an unparallel ed degreo gained tho couli lenco of all people; that, in the popular mind, Roosevelt, during his execu tiveship, has demonstrated his abil ity and determination to make good as the pooplo's chief public servant, and not their dictator; that this confidouco, being a brain deduction, and not a heart emotion, is impos sible, of destruction except by his betrayal; that by the soloetion of nny other man, busiuoss contraction nnd restiiction must exist during the period necessary for him to democstrate to the people's satis faction his ability and determina tion to make good, and therefore, that, hairing death or serious ill ness, President Roosevelt must and will be selected and elected for a second electivo term." The prize will be awarded March 15, 11)08, the contest clcsing one month earlier, and three judges, gentlemen of high standing, will be named shortly to pass upon the arguments submitted. Senator Hourne, Bpcaking of this offer, said tonight: "Frankly, my purpose is to secure discussion aud agitntioti resulting in conviction and crystallization of opinion. Con fident that the overwhelming senti ment of the country, regardless of party, favors tho reuomiuation and reflection of Itooaovelt I take this method of inviting an expression on the subject. The propositions net forth speak lor themselves, aud the responses thereto, will at least, tend to disolose the popular feeling existing today. If the views which I hold and which are shared fully, I may add, by men from every sec tion with whom I am brought into contact are the views of the Amer ican people, generally, then it is well to establish that fact and es- SEMEN (Contiuued to page 2.) OREGON WALNUT CULTURE Output of the State is Growing Rapid ly -Are of a Superior Grade. According to the most prominent handlers who have received local sampled of late, the state of Ore gon is destined to soon be in abso lute control of the walnut market of tho Pacific const which means tho United States, because at this tinio California control much of the larger per emit of the trade. Walnut growing is not yet on a very extensive basis but the output is showing a tremendous increase. It hns only been a few years since the growing of walnuts attracted commercial attention in this state. Most of the first nuts grown here were of small size and ot rather in different ipiality nnd for a while producers felt that climatic condi tions were not proper for the rais ing o' walnuts on a commercial basis in competition with California. Of teceiit years, however, abetter class of trees has been et out, and the nuts produced are ot only as good as those raised in the south, but experts pronounce them to be tar superior to those grown any other place. They say that not only does tho walnut reach the large size of those grown in the southern state but the nuts are gen erally of better color; the meat is firmer aud the oil more abundant aud richer. This is causing many to to into the culture of walnuts s a regular business. It has been shown that walnuts are one of the most profitable crops to produce even in California where tho dry weather iu many seasons intei feres with a large crop. Here in Oregon the experts say there can scarcely be a failure to produce a good crop. Kvcry year the demand for wal nuts in increasing while the output has steadily decreased. Values have been advancing for several seasons because of the smaller crop both in California and in France until at this time quotations are ad vancing to such a figure that the prices would aoon be prohibitory if allowed to continue upward for a short time. Important to Cruisers. I want, every reputable cruiser In Southern Oregon to send me his name and address, upon receipt of which I will Hdid'him Information of vital in terest to himself and IiIh business. Au dress 11. (i. Wolf, Koseburg, Or. 31-4t NO GOVERNMENT AID Will be Asked for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition at Seattle. In the bill that will be introduced iu congress at the forthcoming ses sion appropriating $1,175,000 for the United States government par ticipation at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 15)01) there will be a section pledging the manage ment not to ask for a loan from Un cle Sam to carry on the work for creating the fair. Tho people behind the exposition bolievc they are fully capable of holding a successful world's fair without asking the government for any donation or any loan. All the management desires is, that Uncle Sam participate in the same man ner as the states and foreign na tions will do. by erecting buildings and installing therein representa tive displays A Crimimal Attack on an inoffensive citizen la frequently made iu that apparently useless little tube called the 'appendix." It is generally t ha result of protracted con stipation, following liver torpor. Dr. King's New Life fills regulate the liver, prevent appendicitis, and estab lish regular habits of the bowels. 250 at Benson's Pharmacy. ORDERS The Milling Industry Being Ruined by the Proposed Advance in Freight Rates to Eastern Points. A Number of Mills Closed Down. i The car shortage, cancellation of orders due to the proposed advance in freight rates to points East, of tbeltockies and the danger of the new rate becoming effective are three factors that are gradually but surely putting the Oiegon and Washington sawmills out of busi ness, says the Portland Journal. During the past few daya dozens of sawmills in the Willamette valley, along the lines of the Southern Pa cific aud squally as many along the Northern Pacific in Southwestern Washington have been forced to discbarge their employes and shut their doors. Men thoroughly familiar with the situation declare tbe attitude of the railroads toward tbe lumbermen it outrageous, especially since it is charged that the roads are not only depriving them ot transportation facilities for orders now being placed, but also for orders for lum ber that have already been cut. Unable to make deliveries within the prescribed time these sawmill men are caught with material on band which, perhaps, they cannot dispose of without great sacrifice. Willamette valley sawmill operators in particular are said to have been placed in this disastrous position, and tbey are finding their only re lief in shutting down their plants. In consequence thousands of men have been thrown into idleness or forced into other fields of labor, with which they are not familiar. POLICY IS OCTRAGKOrs. G. M. Cornwall, editor of tbe Timberman. of this city, has just returned from a trip over tbe South ern Pacific, lines in Oregon. He says the actual state of affairs among the sawmill men is appalling and describes the action of the rail roads as tbe roost outrageous pro ceeding ever perepetrated upon white people." "Fifteen mills out of sixteen have shut down at Lebanon," said Mr. Cornwall. "At Cottage Grove J. II. Chambers' mill has ceased op eration, and at Dorena the mill of the J. II. Chambers Lumbr Com pany haa discharged its employes and stopped the machinery. The Star Lumber Company's mill at TWO SIDES TO EVERY QUESTION Mr. Harriman Says That Ill-feeling Against Rail roadH Are Due Largely to One-sided Impres sions Given by the Press. At a meeting of the railroad mag nates in Chicago, last week, K. H, Harriman in a conversation with the newspaper men who were pres ent to report tbe proceedings of tbe meeting, expressed himself as fol lows: "I think you gentlemen can do more to settle this railroad situa tion than anybody else." When asked for an explanation he said: "You can do it by refusing ot print one side of a proposition un til you have seen the man on the other aide and let bim have his say at tbe same time. "I am tick and most other men are sick of the continued attacks on railroads. When charges are made against railroads, the proper thing IE CANCELLED Yoncalla is lying idle and so is tbe Star Lumber Company's mill at Drain. "At Glendale the Glendale Lum ber Company has laid off half its crew, and the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company of Kugeue, has closed down its plant at Saginaw. It is also cousidering seriously closing the Coburg and Wendling plants unless conditions improve. From one end ot the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon to the other there ia evidence of the greatest appre hension on the part of the lumber men as to the effect of tbe increase iu Eastern freight rates coupled with the car shortage. "Tho most iniquitous part of it all is not only tbe proposed increase in rates, but the withdrawal of cars to fill orders already cut. Eastern buyets are not going to wait indef initely and orders are being can celed with the result that the ma terial is left upon the bands of the manufacturers." WASHINGTON MILLS SHUT DOWN. W. C. Miles, preoident ot the Southwestern Washington Manu facturers'. Association of Centralis, and president of the Globe Lumber Company of Globe, Washington, -is in the city and be reports the fol lowing milla closed along the Hue of the Northern Pacific. Stillwater Lumber Company's plant at Little Falls, with a capacity of about 100, 000 feet daily: tbe Chehalis Lumber Company's plaut at Littell, with a daily capacity of about 80,000; the Wisconsin Lum't.er Company's plant at Littell, cutting daily loo.ooo; tbe H. H. Martin Lumber Company's plant at Centralis, with a daily cut of 75,ooo; the Salzer Lumber Com. panv's plant at Centralis, with a daily output of 75,000; the Mutual Lumber Company's plant at Bucoda with a daily cut of 80,000; and the Blumauer Lumber Company's plant at Teniuo, with a daily cut af 5o, 000. Mr. Miles is quoted as hav ing said that he intends closing bis mill down unless relief in some form or other is furnished soon. The Portland mills, too, are feel ing the effects of the attitude of the railroads, aud prices today are lower than for several months past. to do is to refrain from publishing them until the parties bringing charges and representatives of the railroad have bad a conference with the representatives of the press present. "As such things now run," con tinued Mr. Harriman, "charges are first printed and the public gains a wrong impression. It is the first impression that counts, Very often a railroad is not - able to reply for weeks, and then tbe de nial is passed by unnoticed. Print ing the charge and denial together would do away with much of the ill-feeling now created against the railroads." Washington county's assessment amouuts to nearly $18,000,000. THE BEST WEAPON TO USE. Fight Mail Order Houses With News paper Advertising. The best way in which the mer chants in the towns and smaller cities can fight the mail order houses is to advertise. They know most of their patrons personally, can show them the goods before tbey buy them, have many other advantages over tbe mail order bouse and in almost every instance can sell just as cheap, if not cheap er than they can. If the home merchant lacks fore sight and is too penurious to pro perly advertise his goods, why should the publisher exert himself to keep the trade at home for him ? If solicitations on the part of the publisher fail to educate the mer chant to the fact that he must ad vertise if he wants to keep up with the procession, then nothing is leit to tbe merchant but to learn in tbe school of experience, and if the teachings of that renowned school are of do effect on him then there is no place for him, and eventually his place in tbe commercial world will be taken up by some more en terprising competitor. Buckeye Informer. Hard Times in Kansas. The old days of grasshoppers and drouth are almost forgotten in the prosperous Kansas of today : although a citizen ot Coded, Earl Shamburg, has not jet forgotten a bard time he encountered. He says : "I was worn out and discouraged by coughing night and day, anu could find do re lief till I tried Dr. King's New Dis covery. It took less than one bottle to completely completely cure me." The safest and most reliable cough and cold remedy and lung and throat healer ever discovered. Guaranteed by Benson's Pharmacy, .V) ceDts and $1.00. Trial bottle free. COUNTY WINS CASE Lucky Boy Mining Company Fails to Prosecute and Case Dismissed. The case of the Lucky Boy Min ing Company vs. Lane County, iu which the company claims $7,000 damages for the establishment of a county road over what the company claimed as its property between Blue River City and the mines, was dismissed Monday morning in the circuit court at Roseburg, on account, of the failure of the com pany to appear aud prosecute. About a year ago the countv es tablished a public road from Blue River City to the mines, and five miles of the road established was along the road claimed to be owned by the mining company. The coun ty viewers in laying out the road allowed the company no damages and the latter uppealed the case to tbe circuit court, claiming the sum of $7,000. A change of venue waB taken to Douglass couuty and the case continued tor two terms at the request of the mining company, but when it came up this term it was dismissed because tbe company's attorneys failed to appear. The county's right to the road is now fully established, aud there will be no future trouble with block ades, such as occurred at different times when the road was owned by the Lucky Boy company. His Dear Old Mother. "Mv dear old mother, who is now eighty-three years old, thrives on Electric Hitters," writes V. J. Brun son, of Dublin, Ga. "She has taken them for about two years and enjoys au excellent appetite, feels strong and sleeps well. ' That's the way Klectrlo Bitters affect the aged, and the same happy results follow In all cases of female weakness and general debility. Weak, puny children too, are ureatlv strengthened by them. Guaranteed also for stomach, liver aud kidney troubles, by Benson 0 Fharinacy. Guc. A band of 213 steers shipped out of Grant county averaged i400 pounds, one weighing 1820. THEY HIT OREGON LAND Russian and German Colony Want 4000 Acres Our Orchards Add Millions of Dollars to the Wealth of Oregon A Synop sis of Good Work Being Done to Advertise the State. $4.275.i35 the amount the fruit growers of Oregon will re ceive for their crop for the present year, as estimated by Hon. W. K. Newell, president of the State Board of Horticulture. In making bis estimate Mr. Newell does not deal with fancy prices, nor does he include the fruit that will be con sumed on the farm. Gresham covered herself with glory and was grateful to the other towns of Multnomah county for participating in her fair. The show ing of live stock, vegetables and fruit was very fine; there was a great variety of entertainment; thousands from Portland were iu at tendance. Tbe enterprise was a success and will be repeated on a larger scale next year. The Oregon State Dairy Associa tion will hold its annual session in Portland Thursday and Friday, December 1,2th and 13th instead of tbe 19th and 20th. This change assures some of the ablest speakers in the United States. Oregon is attracting the attention of Russian and Baltic German im migrants. One inquiry received by the Oregon Development League from a thoroughly reliable source, says. "Particulars desired of a tract of about 4000 acres of good land suitable for general farming and stockraising, not more than 10 miles from rail or steamboat trans portation that can be purchased for cash for not to exceed $30 an acre, tor a Russian colony." The in quiry further says: "Our people are Circassians from the Caucasus, hon est, sober, industrious and physi cally the equal of any race in Eu rope. They will bring over their Arab horses aul Angora sheep and goats. They will be a credit to any community iu which they may settle and if satisfied will be fol lowed by immigrants from the Bal tic Germans aud from Russia. Judge J. M. Scott, president of the Oregon State Good Roads Asso ciation has called a meeting for Nov. 14th and 15th at the Portland Commercial Club. Mr. Samuel Hill president of tbe Washington Good Roads Association will come from tbe Washington meeting Nov. 12th and 13th and bring with bim a number ot Canadian experts. A lantern slide lecture will be given by Hon. Samuel Lancaster, of the Good Roads department at Wash ington. Full details will be an nounced later. Bishop Scadding is delivering a series of lectures in the Cast and as a result Oregon is being splend idly advertised. The Bishop illus trates his lecturers with lantern slides showing the agricultural pro ducts, fruit, scenery aud general at tractions of the state. The business men of Portland ad dressed the pupils of most of the echoolsof the city last Friday after noon, ibis practice is becoming a habit, however, with the business men of Oregon. Record prices for Oregon fruit are reported from many portions of tbe state.