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COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON, T U E S D A Y , A U G U ST 3, 1909
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Government Takes Notice Will be Held at Cottage Is Left Alone with His Wife to Die in the Dense
Grove Saturday in
of Great Josephine
Underground Darkness by His Cowardly
the City Park
County Caves.
Companions-Heroism of Wife.
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July ,50.— The
Saturday is the day set and e x -
2 j president has just signed a procla jteiisively advt-ni ed as Woodman
^ m at ion making a National Menu-! of tin World day at Cottage, when
meut of the Oregon Caves, “ Mar- a gloat har\. t pienn will be held
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Southern Oregon. These natural and ■ big initiation and bauquet
wonders are located in the Siskiyou 1 will I
pulled off in Woodman
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National Forest about thirty miles'
Congressman W C Hawley.
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south of (Iran i’s Pass in Cave
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mountain.
The caves are in marble and
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2 I limestones and consist of innumer
« I able caverns, corridors and pas
% sageways of various sizes, all of
¡f | them decorated beyond description
? No Coupons With Goods Sold «it Reduced Prices
in crystallized carbonates. They
have been explored to a distance
of two miles or more, the lowest of
them being at a depth of about
2,000 feet below the summit of
Cave Mountain, the highest being
some seven or eight hundred feet
above.
There are many passage i
Klamath Falls, Ore.. July .10.—
Portland, August 2.— General ways and rooms which have never i
A mammoth sawmill plant and 15 Manager .O’Brien of the Uarriinan j beell ,nK, Iled, and with these di­
miles of railroad will he construct­ lines in the Pacific northwest to- tan, ami unexplored openings the!
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j magnitude of the Oregon Caves hi
ed by the Itooth- Kelly Lumber
] practically unknown.
company and their associates in
I These natural wonders were dis- f
the vicinity of Yatnsav mountain,
covered in 1874 by Iilija Davidson,
Head Manager, W. 0 W.
where the parties concerned have
while
bear
hunting,
and
tlie
great-
holdings of about H7.000 acres of
er part of the exploration work 1 kail in the evening. Among the
timber.
w^s done by ]•’. M. Nickerson, ol distinguished v sitors and speakers
Messrs. Booth and Kelly and
Kerbv, Oregon, in 1S77, when font "'H be Head Consul I. 1 Boak.
Mr. Douaber, of Detroit, Mich.,
floors of levels were
partially Oead Manager, Congressman W
the owners of this tract, returned
opened.
Many
of
the
old
ladders A ' ^ ^ aw ley Head Manager, Hon.
from there yesterday. While the
used at that time are still in use.
John Patlisfin: ( .eiieral Organizer,
parties would admit nothing con­
Cave Mountain, the |ieak which A -
licheiiur: Special < irganizer,
cerning this matter, it is known
contains
these
caves,
rises
to
an
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and many others. It
that while there they decided on
elevation of alxiut b.txxi feet and is!^s planned to make this the great
the route for a branch railroad to
of limestone formation. The main iest *ri|,eru.ii >«cession ever record-
the liiulier which will connect
openings
around which the Nation- ! e<^ 111 southwestern Oregou, and a
with the Natron branch at the
al Monument has been cieated are large representation of th e 'Laue
lower end of the marsh.
at an elevation of 4,<xx) feet, but and Douglas county camps is ex
A surveying party will be sent
•lie
entire mountain side for five or * peeled to be ill attendance. A fine
in shortly to locate this line. The|
HEAD CONSUL. I. I BOAK. W. 0. W. six miles shows caverns of various program will be carried out at the
company owns a splendid mill site
sizes and in all probability is city park and a splendid basket
near (he terminus of this railroad,
day received information from San honeycombed throughout its in­ dinner will be served, meat, bread,
with sufficient water for all pur­
Francisco stating that the contract terior like the portion which has beans and coffee being supplied
poses.
for the first 25 miles of the Natron-
free by the Woodmen. It is hoped
Klamath I ’alls extension of the lrceit explored.
that tlieii friends will bring along
Many
small
streams
are
found
Southern Pacific railroad had been
At Lurch’ s
let today to the I’tah Construction at different elevations, and larger pastries atnl other dainties and join
company. The section contracted bodies of running water can be ill the big feast.
Special Friday and Saturday, L5c is from Natron southeast in Lane
SPORTS.
heard in bottomless pits so far as
county.
ginghams at 1 lc.
measured.
This running water
The afternoon sports will consist
probably accounts for curents o f '
wind that in some of the galleries ‘
¡blow so hard as to extinguish a n i
¡open light at once. The lime de-1
posits take many beautiful forms: !
massive pillars, delicate stalactites
of alabaster whiteness with the
crystal drop of water carrying its
minute deposit of lime from which
they are formed, and broad sheets
resembling drapery with graceful
curves and waves that were cer­
tainly made hv varying currents
of wind during formation
In past years visitors have
broken off and carried away many 1
of the most valuable specimens
and this destruction, as well as to
retain these natural wonders as j
public property,
induced
the i Hon. John Pattison. Head Manager
recommendation to place them hi a
National Monument. The F o rest1 of chopping and sawing contests,
service has rebuilt and improved foot races for boys and girls, tug-
the trails leading to the Caves from j of war between teams of various
each side of the divide in order to camps, pillow fight, etc., for which
more easily protect the valuable suitable prizes will be given. All
forest surrounding, and to m ak e!to close with a big parade in the
the caves accessible to tourists.
¡evening. Everyliodv is invited to
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The little town of
Elktou. * la rre sf P icn ic
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C OMPANY
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CONTRACT LET FOR
BOOTH-KELLY TO
NATRON EXTENSION
BUILD RAILROAD
Grants 1‘ass, Or., Aug. 2.— De­ desperate efforts to save his life she
serted by their companions when tore up her white underskirt and
the tragic clim ax of their merry­ filled the wound with hits of rags
making in the Josephine County to stop the ebbing life blood, until
caves came in the accidental shoot­ finally lie died.
ing of Prank Ellis yesterday, lie C R A W L S . S A T l ' R A T E I * W I T H HI.OOD.
and his wife were left alone in the
Exhausted aud nearly overcome
stygian blackness, he to die and with grief, Mrs. Ellis began to
she, grief-whelmed, to ease his crawl on her hands and knees over
agony as best she might.
the slippery floor in an effort to
All the lights but one carried by find the guide string, which fortu­
tile party were taken by the cra ­ nately had not been broken in the
vens who rau away. The remain­ retreat. This she fastened to a
ing torch soon went out.
rock mid laid it on her dead hus­
Mr. Ellis aud Arthur Vineyard, band’s body, with the intent, if she
with their wives, two other women failed to reach the mouth of the
and several children were seeking cave, of returning there.
passage through the caves and had
Then, with her clothes saturated
succeeded in reaching the third with blood from the wounds of her
chamlier on the upper floor. Ellis husband, Mrs, Ellis started out
being in advance of the party, and and by fortunate circumstances
holding a pistol in his hand, at­ finally reached a line of light and
tempted to climb to an upper cavity,
but owing fo the slippery walls he
lost his footing and fell several
feet, striking the revolver against
the wall, ’file weapon was dis­
charged, the ball entering his left
eye and ranging upward through
the brain, which resulted in death {
after four hours.
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At the discharge of the weajinii '
someone cried “ murdci,' which
precipitated a rush for the mouth
of the cave
All did cx icp l M is..
Ellis, who, rushing to wline her
wounded husband lay. took his1
limp form upon her and tried
to nurse him back to conscious
ness.
F B Tichenor. General Organizer
In the terrible darkness of the j
cave entrance, and thence
cavern Mrs. Ellis sat, finning her ¡the
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precipituoux
husband with h<>r hat, while the j | walked over the
blood flowed freely from the dying ! mountain four miles away ami
man's face over the grief-stricken
woman’s hands and body.
Realizing she had lieen deserted,
Mrs. Ellis made cry after cry for
help but no answer came, save the
echo of the caves. Thus she sat
tor four hours, nursing the dying
man and hoping for aid. In her
summoned aid.
M. I). Ellis, father of the victim
arrived today from Dallas and will
take charge of the body, which
is expected to arrive here some­
time this evening.
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