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VOL. XX.
BRANTOITS
REMAINS
BURIED
HAMPTON & CO. IN COTTAGE GROVE CEMETERY MINER FAVORS A BIG S10.000 M ill SITE
CYNIDE PLANTS
W here Cash Beats Credit.
S S aS X B aB B H M B H H aM H B B B B S aaE aB 3 ^ B 3S
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Lonsdales Bleached Muslin, 10 cents per yard
Dress Ginghams, 12 cents per yard
Good Calicos, 5 cents per yard
Linen Towling, 8V6 to 2 0 cents per yard
Betrayed by a Convict Friend, He is Supposed to This Process Now Being A. L. Woodard Purchases 33 Acre Mill Site Tract
Have Resorted to Desperate Means to
Adopted in Treating
Including Yards, Buildings, Dam and
Gain His Freedom, as a Result
Bohemia Ores
Sidings Near Cottage Grove
Outting Flannel, 10 cents per yards
T he rem aius of Jo h n Brautou, ope and who later confessed to the
who suicided at the penitentiary governor an d prison officials.
C. C. C. House Lining,
cents per yard
last M onday after h e h ad been
Branton w as a brother of Claude
foiled in an attem pt to lead a break Branton, the young m an who was
Heavy Shirting, 10 per yard
for liberty, were tu rn ed over to his hanged in L ane county during the
Unbleached Muslin, 12 yards for $1.00
brother an d aged m other who re sum m er of 1898 for the m urder of
side at O ak Grove, an d were John Linn, a w ealthy rancher, for
Ladies’ and Children’s Black Hose, 12M> cents per pair
shipped to C ottage G rove W ed his money au d a herd of horses
nesday w here the body was in which Linn had been induced to
Children’s Heavy Ribbed School Hose, 10, 15 and 25
terred in the local cem etery by the bring to the W illam ette valley by
ceints per pair
side of B rautou’s deceased wife. young Branton fordisposal. Young
T h e rem ains were accom panied by Branton was assisted in the plot
Challies, 5 cents per yard
Roy Brautou, brother of deceased, and crim e by C ourtlaud Green,
Bleached Table Linen from 25 cents per pard
who directed the funeral, Rev. W. who tu rn ed sta te ’s evidence and
A. E lkins officiating briefly.
was sentenced to life imprisonm ent
John Brautou w as sentenced to but was pardoned by G overnor
the penitentiary from L ane county C ham berlaiu two m onths ago upon
on Ju n e 26, 1905, for a term of ten condition th at he go east with his
Men’s Fancy Hose, 12l/2 cents per pair
years, for attem pting to kill John aged m other an d begin life anew
Fletcher near C ottage G rove. T he and support his m other aud aged
Men’s Work Shirts, 50 cents each
two were on their way to B ranton’s aunt. John Brautou was twice
Men’s Linen Pongee Shirt, $1.25
home in the country from C ottage m arried, aud there was grave sus
Gordon Hat, $3.00
Grove, w here they had attended a picions th a t B rau to u ’s two former
lodge m eeting. Branton stopped wives, who died under mysterious
Goodhaf, $1.50
on the road and com plained of be circum stances, h ad been m urdered
Boys’ Knee Pant Suits from $2.00 to $6.00
ing sick. T h e m en built a fire by him for the life insurance which
aud soon afterw ard Fletcher, who they carried in his favor.
had gone to sleep, w as aw akened
Some m ouths ago, a convict, J.
by the report of a gun and the S. Stevens, who was serving a
pain of a w ound in his head. term in the penitentiary for cattle
Branton had shot him . F letch er's stealing, com m itted from K lam ath
life was insured in B rantou’s favor county, was paroled by Governor
aud it is believed th a t B ranton a t C ham berlain an d when lie left the
tem
pted to kill him in hopes of prison Brautou gave him power of
BUNDPIGGERS UNABLE
I a NOTHER SAWMILL
getting the money.
attorney to ta k e charge of his
TO DODGE BKPAll.ES!
FOR GARDINER It was Branton w ho wrote the money and estate aud use it for
anonym ous letter to Or. Charles th o benefit of B ranton’s children.
A lbany, O r., March 29.— By or
G ardiner, O r., March 50.— A C ham berlain, son of U nited States
Stevens secured the money but
der of the Circuit court th is after new lum ber mill capable of m anu S e n a t o r . j(.\frainlw »rlai*»
as arrested lir ttr e g o n City later
icei oi .Dinner s i g n e d C om ity on Justis,
ana
noon, Lee M orjfin, H . F , II 'll Oil n lacru t.n x r-r
and Charles Curran m ust pay big in ten hours is to be bu ilt at once w hich threatened both G overnor \ upon the charge of larceny of the
fines assessed them a year and a by the Bishop Lum ber com pany C ham berlain an l his son Charles, ; money au d his parole w as revoked
half ago for violation of th e local au d the DollAr Steam ship com pany with the sam e fate th a t was meted j by G overnor C ham berlain. Upon
option law . T he men pleaded on the Lower U m pqua, near the out to G overnor S teunenberg of j his return to the penitentiary
guilty in October, 1907, before m outh of Schofield an d about one Idaho, an d former Sheriff H arvey Stevens circulated the story am ong
Justice Porter, who fined Morgan mile from G ardiner at Reedsport. Brown of Baker county, unless the convicts th a t as soon as Bran
Representatives of the mill com Branton was gran ted a pardon by ton was released from prison upon
$200, Ilu lb u rt $150, and Curran
the present charge he was to be
pany
are now on the ground pre F ebruary 20, 1908.
$150.
T hey tried to w ithdraw their paring for active operations in
T he authorship of th e letter was prosecuted for the m urder of his
pleas an d this was perm itted. connection with the erection of the traced to Brautou through identifi wife aud th is having reached the
T hen they appealed to the circuit new m ill. T em porary offices are cation of the h an d w ritin g as th at ears of Branton is supposed to
court and lost, and later took their being fitted up for their use in the of B ranton’s oldest
daughter, h av e incited him to desperate
cases into the equity departm ent of Reed building aud they expect to Blanche, who addressed the euvel- action to secure his freedom.
the C ircuit court of w rits of re begin driving piles for the mill
view. T he decision w as again foundation about A pril 1.
against them and they w ent to the
NEW $8000 HOTEL
Ornamental Shrubbery.
Suprem e court of the state. T he
FOR COTTAGE GROVE
lower court was affirmed and ju d g
Lilies, lilacs (budded, new
ment on the m andates was taken shades) clim atis, (th e finest) roses,
W . B. Cooper th e h u stlin g real-
before J udge G allow ay th is after- evergreens and a long list of o rn a estate dealer, closed a deal W ed
8 and 84 Laces, 5 cents per yard
GENTS’ DEPARTMENT
H am p to n & , C o .
M. U ittebrandt, M. I). P hysician
and Surgeon. Special attention
given surgery and obstetrical
cases. Office in F irst N ational
Bank building. Phone 561.
tf
m entals on h and as well as a fine
lot of fruit trees and small fruits.
G et our prices, ask us for an y thing
in our line from a “ puekery pir-
simmon to a perfect p ea ch .”
Cedar Springs N ursery, Phone 471.
Call and see the new line of wall
G et prices on house lining at
paper at R. W . W alters.
H am pton’s before buying.
Cash Paid for Wool and Mohair
There is great ‘satisfaction in know
ing that when you buy
GROCERIES
You are getting New, Fresh Stock
of the best standard brands.
IN SHOES
W e can fit any foot and give you
Style, comfort and durability.
Cottager Grove Mercantile Co.
Pfani fc«in'*43— -O v t own Delivery.
C. L. H oxie cam e down from
A big deal was consum m ated in
Two serious accidents were n a r
Bohemia this week, where he has th is city this week involving the rowly averted at this mill recently:
been prosecuting developm ent and L atham saw mill site, including A few days ago w hile w orking
assessment work on th e m ining the mill and m achine shops aud over dam dam , a floating tim ber
property of L ane Shortridge, which other buildings, dam , y ard s and cau g h t in George Brow n’s clothes
is located on Judsou creek adjoin side track3coveriug som ething like and he was swept over the dam in
ing the Good F'riday m ining prop 33 acres of land at the L atham sid to the seething w aters below. H e
erty and he reports a splendid ing of the Southern Pacific Railroad cam e to the surface fortunately
showing of a good grade of free Com pany, one m ile south of C ot near an old log upon w hich he
m illing ore.
tage Grove, the consideration beiug clim bed an d reached the ban k in
He says four iuches of new $10.000. A. L. W oodard the saw safety. T h e river being swollen
snow fell in the cam p the first of mill m an, who has had this proper by recent rains his escape from
the present week, but disappeared ty leased for the past few years drow ning was almost m iraculous.
inside of tw enty-four hours.
from the Pacific Tim lier Co. was
T hursday the wire cable w hich
Mr. H oxie has been m ining in the purchaser, he having built
drives the carriage parted and the
the Bohemia district for five years up a large tim ber trade since he
carriage w as run out of th e mill
and his faith in tlie cam p glows has lieen operating and enlarging
into the river below. R atchet te n
stronger with each suceediug year ¿he mill. He recently installed a
der C harles M cKibben w as on the
and he now predicts th a t inside of large new planer in his mill and
carriage when it w as precipitated
another two to five years there will is now able to deliver both rough
be a large num ber of men em an d dressed lum ber of various into the river an d h ad it not been
for the fact th a t he fell into three
ployed in this cam p and m any grades.
more good dividend p aying prop
He has a fine body of tim lier up or four feet of w ater he w ould have
erties will lie in o p eratio n .
the Coast Fork river w hich can be been killed outright, as it was he
Mr. Ilo x ie looks with m uch favor run down the stream to his m ill.
sustained several severe bruises.
upon the Cyuide process of trea t
ing Bohemia ores, w hich lie d e
clares is far more p ractical for this ALLISON BOUND OVER
GREAT AND ONLY TOM
cam p than th e sm elter process, in
DYER, JUVENILE COURT
RICHARDSON COMING
fact, he says, the former process is
the only econom ical and practical
T h e prelim inary hearing of Fay
P o rtlan d ’s great booster, in fact
method of h an d lin g Bohemia ores. Allison of Cottage Grove, w ho is O regon’s original booster, Tom
H e is w atching with m uch interest charged with the crime of sta tu Richardson, will visit Cottage
the operations of the Mayflower tory rape on the person of A da G rove n ex t T h u rsday afternoon
people, who com m enced late last Jack so n , a 16-year-old girl of the and will be a guest of th e Commer
fall the installation of the first sam e town, was held before Justice cial Club. H e will address the
Cyuide process plant on their Bryson W ednesday m orning and citizens of C ottage G rove and com
leased property in this cam p, and th e testim ony w as deemed suffi- m unity at the C hristian church,
a g^ i rv' r .T, - S m ' t A- tt - 171 Lurry whtctt T roruum r,' airu m s case ttn ry trt TvermcrK i uuisuay cveiling
this process of reducing Bohemia will be considered by th at body at after w hich he will lie tendered a
<>«*, which he says can be done the Ju n e term of court w hich meets reception by the busiuess men in
econom ically and with a saving of on the third M onday of th a t the Commercial Club rooms, which
all business men are invited to a t
95 per cent of the m ineral values. month.
T h e case of contributing to the tend and meet Mr. Richardson
Mr. Ilo x ie lias had ten years
practical m ining experience in delinquency of a m inor child whether they are mem bers of the
Cripple creek and other Colorado ag ain st Charles Dyer w as also co n club or not.
Everybody is invited to hear Mr.
mines an d is confident th at Bo sidered, the girl in question beiug
hem ia lias ju st as bright a future Blanche Ritchey. Dyer’s attorney R ichardson’s address at the Chris
brought in testimony to prove th a t tiau ch u rch . H e is an able and
as any of them.
H e says th a t if th e Cottage he is under 18 years of age an d interesting speaker and his address
Grove Com mercial Club would his case was rem anded to th e J u v will be well worth hearing. Boost
the boosters.
put forth the energy boosting the enile court for its consideration.
C yuide process of h an d lin g Bo
hem ia ores th at it h as in try in g to
Letters ot Administration Issued.
Mining Location Filed.
secure a far less p ractical smelter
proposition m uch perm anent good
Upon petition, letters of adm in
R ichard W hite recorded his m in-
would be accom plished for the Bo ihg location in the Bohemia dis istration were issued to John W .
hem ia m ining district.
trict, w hich he calls the “ P opulist” H arm s of Cottage G rove in the es
tate of his deceased brother Jam es
in the clerk ’s office Monday.
H enry H arm s. T he property is
WILD DEER LASSOED
N. W . Kelly has filed with the
nesday for the Joe G arro u tte prop
supposed to be worth $2600, aud
BY THE ROADSIDE county clerk notice of location of H ow ard Beagle, A ndrew Brund
erty on th e corner of F ourth and
the “ l-eola” m ining claim in the
Tennessee streets, in fact the lot
and S. J . Brund were appointed
Marion V eatch lias leased the
Bohemia district-
comprises a strip 120 feet wide ru n
T he lassoeing of a tw o-year-old
appraisers.
west section of Hotel Oregon, for
n ing all the way th ro u g h the block
wild deer along th e roadside w as a
Cabbage, cauliflower and pansy
merly occupied by Jo h n Barker,
from fourth to fifth street, the con
feat performed by B urdette H adley plan ts for sale at M etcalf &
If you w ant a good p aying little
wherein w as conducted a billiard
sideration being $3,000. It is Mr.
business inquire at th e Bazaar.
know n in E ugene as “ D et” H ad Brund’s grocery.
room and soft drinks resort, and
Cooper’s intention to p ut u p a
ley, recently n ear Crow, says the
will install therein a large stock of
$6,000 or $8,000 hotel b u ild in g oil
Eugene G uard. Y oung H adley
pianos, organs, Edison grapho-
the corner of F’ourth an d T ennissee
w as riding his horse along the
phones, sew ing m achines and
streets move the present cottage
county road near some tim ber and
O liver typewriters. T h e double
back fronting on F ifth Street aud
happened to have a lasso hanging
door entran ce will be rem oved and
building auother sim ilar one by
on his saddle, h aving lieen aftei
replaced with a large plate glass
the side of it for ren t.
T h is is
some cattle the day before.
D et”
show window while a plate glass
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good property being located only
suddenly cam e upon the deer
door will be p ut in near the corner
one block south of Main street
stan d in g at the side of the road.
of the building in the place of a
and on Fourth street, the com ing
Instead of ru nning, th e beautiful
single window. The large room
business street of C ottage Grove.
anim al stared with wide open eyes
is to lie com pletely re-arranged and
at the horse and its rider and stood
repapered and will m ak e very at
W. R. WALKER’S BAIL
still. H adley stopped his horse,
tractive, convenient and com m odi
PLACED AT $10,000 ous quarters for Mr. V eatch. T he an d carefully sw inging his lasso
over his head with a dexterous
room is to lie ready for occupancy
m ovem ent threw it tow ard the
Eugene, April 1.— T h e prelim in
by April 15th.
deer. T he loop settled squarely
ary hearing of W . R. W alker was
It is also announced th a t Mr
over its head an d was instantly
held before Justice R. S. Bryson
V eatch contem plates building a
draw n ta u t. By th is tim e the deer
yesterday at 10:30, an d defendent,
n eat u n d ertak in g chapel on the
realized his d anger and started to
who is now charged w ith m urder
south p art of his residence lot on
run, b ut too late. It was throw n
in the second degree, w aived e x
F ourth street opposite the C hristian
to the ground and after a little
am ination au d upon a short co n
clufrch, in which he will install a
difficulty its captor succeeded in
ference of G- F. Skipw orth depnty
com plete line
of u n d ertak in g
Men’s All W ool Fine Suits, $10.00 to $25.00
tying it up to a tree. Later the
district attorney and W oodcack f t
goods.
anim al w as tak en to H adley’s
Boy’s N ew Buster Brown Suits, 4.00 to 5.00
H ardy attorneys for the defendant,
home where it is now. Its horns
the bail was fixed at $10,000, which
Boy's New Combination Suits, 4.00 to 5.00
Medford leads the world for the
indicate it is two years old.
w as quickly furnished.
Boy’s Extra Qualify 2-piece Suits, 5.00 to 7.50
T he defendent was brought from num ber of automobiles in use per
H ot *« Po*t«r*.
the G eneral H ospital to the ju stice's capita of population, says the
T
ribune.
N
o
city
in
Oregon
o
ut
office by the Sheriff in a cab. H e
The Leader office is equipped
appeared cheerful and talked with side of P ortland has half as m any
with a fine line of horse cuts and is
autos.
Before
the
close
of
the
his attorneys in h is usual easy,
prepared to print horse - poster« on
courteous m an n er an d does not let present season there will be close
short notice.
Send or-» oflng in
to
200
cars
owned
and
operated
in
the grave charge b an g in g over him
your
orders.
and
around
Medford.
I disturb his serenity in the least.
WILL OPEN NEW
MUSIC STORE
W e Have it for Less
Will Sell it for Less
It will pay you to investigate our
line of
Men and Boy’s Fine Clothing
WHEELER-THOMPSON CO.
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