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Cbaoge of Program Every Night
Change of Program livery Night
A IL O C A L P A P E R P IT F O R A N Y H O M E -P R O G R E S S I V E . N E W S Y . IN D E P E N D E N T
Blackbutte Quicksilver, Bohemia Gold Alining Districts and Thirty Saw Milling Enterprises Tributary to Cottage Drove. Dairying, Fruit Growing, Farming are Profitable Industries.
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BIG MINING D U l EFFECTED
IN THE BOHEMIA DISTRICT
Washington People Secure Control of West Coast
Mines— Oglesby-Talkington Property is
Making a Splendid Showing.
Negotiations for Ihe purchase of
the iuterest o f the Wheeler estate
in the mines of the West Coast
Mines Company in the Bohemia
gold mining
district, formerly
known as the Oregon Securities
Mines, were closed here Thursday,
and thereby a controlling interest
in the Champion, Helena mine
and oilier adjacent projierlies, the
best equipped .in the district, hav
ing a 30 stamp mill, an eleclrice
power plant, roads, tramways and
buildings— came into the immedi
ate control of Kelso, Wash., parties.
It is the intention of the purchasers
to inaugurate work at once at the
Champion mine, preparalor to
starting the 30-statnp mill. Thev
will expend approximately $15,1)00
in development work and in mak
ing betterments.
W. I’ . Elv of Kelso, Washington,
was very active in bringing about
this big deal involving, it is said,
something like $400,000, and oth
ers interested in the deal are E. S.
Collins,
'I'. Ilogg, of Kelso,
Washington, K. A. Byerly and G.
L. Buland of Castle Rock, the
same state. It is said a recent
blast in one of the tunnels of the
NESMITH COMMITTEE
SUBMITS ITS REPORT
On last
Tuesday
evening
a
report of the Nesmith committee
was presented before the commer
cial club and was as follows: Cor
respondence with people in all sec
tions of the state occupied no in
considerable time, says the report,
something like 1(1,(HH) personal and
type written letters having been
sent out from the secretary’s office,
these including communications
signed by local people to members
of various organizations other than
lodges and secret societies. The
people of the community sent out
18,000 Nesmith post cards in addi
tion to these
No member of the committee,
aside from the secretary, received
one cent of remuneration for ser
vices, notwithstanding several of
them siieut days and weeks away
from home exploiting Nesmith
county, bare expenses at most
being their only allowance. Sev
eral citizens outside of the com
mittee were given recognition by
the committee, for valuable ser
vices rendered in aid o f the work,
among the number being Mr. T.
C. Wheeler, who acted as treasurer
for the committee, and who de
voted much time in soliciting
financial assistance and making
collections from subscribers.
At
this juncture in the report the sec
retary read the treasurers’ report,
which
showed
the aggregate
amount collected to lie #6,127.74,
and
the
disbursements — 162
vouchers attached to report— $6,
035.72, leaving a balance on hand
of $‘)2.o2. The vouchers, together
with itemized bills for the several
amounts paid out, were exhibited
and opened for the inspection of
subscribers.
Champion mine revealed some
very fine ore which is very encour
aging to the new company. It is
expected that the company will
employ a considerable number of
men, but the plans for operating
have not-been fully perfected.
Oglesby Talkitiglon Mine.
ANOTHER FINE FARM
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
The 163 acre farm o f C. V.
Sheridan, located in Lynx Valley,
three miles west o f the Southern
Pacific railroad station of Walker,
was transferred to Ira F. Haight,
of Little Shasta, California, last
Thursday through the local real
estate firm o f Veatch & Spencer,
the consideration being cash and
between $40 and $50 an acre.
This farm is well improved and in
cludes in its acreage some fine
fruit, garden and hay land as well
as ample pasture for considerable
stock. There is also plenty of
timber and water for all of the
needs and requirements o f the
place. Mr. Haight is a brother of
C. Henry Haight who purchased
a fine farm a mile east of Saginaw
about a year ago and the two
brothers will now be located ouly
a few miles apart and both are
practical farmers.
Mr. Haight
and family will assume personal
charge of their newly acquired
farm early in the spring and Mr.
Sheridan will probably join his
father who sold his L ynx valley
farm last spring and went down
about Portland to reside.
Some very fine high grade free
milling ore was struck recently in
the Oglesby-Talkington mining
property on Sharp’s creek to miles
above Red bridge.
Assays just
received run high in gold and sil
ver and these gentlemen are nat
urallv quite elated over this fine
showing of this property, which is
below snow line
atul can be
worked at any season of the year.
ACREAGE TRACTS SOLD
Development work will be eontiu
This
same real estate firm also
lied as expeditiously as possible
sold
last
week 10 acres of the Boyd
on this propet ty.
tract in the river bottom two miles
$800 in 30 Days Run 2-Stamp Miil south of Cottage Grove to W m. H.
John Bruud came down from his Anderson, late o f Washington for
mining property in Bohemia today $110 per acre. Mr. Andersou is a
bringing with him #SiK> in gold,
representing 30 days run with his prominent G. A . R. man and held
little 2-stamp mill.
The ore in the position of foreman oil the
this mine averages $50 to the ton Washington state soldiers home
and the vein has widened from 0 farm.
to .51 feet. Bohemia is beginning
Twenty acres of the same Boyd
to make good.
tract was also sold to II. M. Morri
son of Medford last week at $110
nig, folding circulars, securing per acre.
Both parties will im
data .from county records, expense prove their newly acquired land
Thirty
attending fairs, picnics and holdings in the spring.
acres of this fine tract which was
other gatherings for publicity pur
formerly known as part of the
poses, automobile hire and e x Chapin place remains unsold, but
penses in connection therewith,
several parties are looking it over
painting signs, secretary’s services, with a view to buying and it will
necessary trips to Portland and
not remain on the market lon g .
elsewhere in the state, and hiring It is well adapted to fruit, berries
solicitors aiid exploiters $1,345.60; and gardening.
incidentals, which includes the
cost o f printing the affirmative ar
Reward For Incorporating.
gument, telegraph and telephone
service, etc., $629.64 making total
At the regular meeting of the
disbursements of $6,035.72, leav- Creswell council Monday night a
ug the balance tallying with the tax of 1.5 mills was levied by that
treasurer’ s findings to a copper, of body against all city property.
$92.02.
This will raise about $1800 for the
The Nesmith cominitteee in town, and with such a sum it will
cluded J. I'. Spray, C. II. Burk be possible to make some of the
holder, C. F,. Stewart, II. O. many improvements
the town
'hompsoii, I loti. R. M. Veatch, needs so badly. It was at first
and Lew A. Cates of the Sentinel, thought that a five mill tax would
secretary, T . C. Wheeler, First suffice, but this- amount would
National Bank, treasurer.
barely pay the present indebted
The report was accepted and it ness of the town and leave abso
was the sense of the meeting that lutely no funds with which to con
the Nesmith county campaign be duct the town’ s business.— Chron
ontinued.
icle.
HOW MONKY WAS SPENT.
The secretary’s report showed
that printing cost $1,734,36, or an
average of $2.63 per thousand
[Here it might be stated that of
this large sum expended for print
ing, the Cottage Grove Leader
received about $25, and it might
be further added that very little of
this printing went outside o f Cot
tage Grove.— E d.] cuts for adver
tising purposes, maps, etc., $‘>2.68
postage $1,453.54: newspaper ad
vertising, exclusive of The Senti
net and I he Leader, whose ser;
vices in this direction were gratis
$834.46: express, freight and cart
age $27.8b: services in map tuak
VOL. XXII. NO. 34
C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N , T U E S D A Y , D E C E M B E R 13, 1910.
REBEKAH
FARMERS USE HENS
FOR GOLD MINING
ICE
Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 7.— To
use chickens to harvest a continu
ous crop of gold in the newly-dis
covered
gold-bearing
grounds
seven miles east of here is the plan
of several prospectors who have
staked out their claims.
Several chickens killed in that
vicinity recently have had gold
nuggets in their craws, and now
chicken is a popular meat there.
The farmers in tlie area, tbiukiug
that they will get several dollars
from a chicken’s craw, will have
chicken to eat and the gold to put
in the bank. As a result, it is re
ported that chickens in that part of
Clark countv are being killed o ff at
a rapid rate. No chickens oil foot
are being brought to market, hut
the farmers are killing them and
dressing them, in the hope, some
times realized, that the bird will
give forth gold to the value of a
dozen chickens. They will not
leave this prosjiecl ing to the butch
er wfao ^
'iljmseif compelled t<
The district convention of the
Rebekah lodge will be held in C ot
tage Grove at the 1. (). (). I*, hall
Friday afternoon and evening and
will conclude with a grand ban
quet. This district comprises Elk-
ton, Yoncalla, Drain, Loraue and
Cottage Grove and is known as
district No. 12. The officers for
the past year and at the present
time are, Mrs. Geo. II. Hall, pres
ideut and Mrs. Anna Iloxie, sec
retary, both o f Cottage Grove.
The local lodge is making all am
ple preparations to royally enter
tain all delegates and a most inter
esting program has been prepared
. . .
.
, .
A very enjoyable and successful
convention is assured.
buy dressed chickens or none at
all.
Woman’s Club Meeting.
Several prospectors are planning
------------
to fence their claims and with
The W om an’s club spent Satur , plows turn over the soil, then turn
day afternoon December 3, in the several hundred chickens into the
study of Henry V III, act 2 , scene enclosure and let them pick up the
1 and 2. Rev Robert Sutclille the) yellow metal, which, being heavier
instructor, makes this study not than the other food gobbled up,
only intensely interesting as a bit remains in the bottom o f the craw,
of classical literature, but most there to be extracted when the life
profitable and instructive histor-1 of the chickens is sacrificed. The
ically. Mrs. Minnie Miller read a j prospectors believe that raising
splendid paper on the ’ England chickens under ordinary circum-
of this day,” in which she treated stances is a profitable business, but
theladies to a delightful trip abroad when a bounty such nx gold nug-
giving them an opportunity to gets is possible, they say it will
broaden their knowledge of this truly be a gold mine— and a pro-
great little isle and its vast re duciug one.
sources.
A very able paper on “ The great
Christmas Mask Ball
Cardinal”
was
given
by
Mrs. 11. O.
Thompson.
The
On Friday evening December
ample research and the depth of
23,
a grand mask ball will be
the subject into which Mrs.
Armory under the
Thompson took the class will ena given at the
the
military club.
ble them to better understand and 1 auspices of
Many valuable prizes will be given
enjoy the Roman Catholic church
for the principal characters and
and its relation to Henry V 111.
excellent music will be furnished
January 7, the class will study
by Throne's orchestra. Good order
Act 2, scenes 5 and -b
will be maintained and a good lime
i is assured all who attend* All are
Albert Iloserud, who recently
invited. Maskers, $1, spectators
came here from Wisconsin, has
i 25 cents.
purchased the Roland Hull ranch
o f 80 acres, located two miles west
Confess lodgment and Case Dismissed
o f town, the consideration being
$2300.
Twenty-five acres are
under cultivation. Mr. Hoserud’s
In the case of J. 1. Jones agaiust
father, now a resident of the the stockholders of the Disston
B adger state, will join him here in | Lumber Co., judgment was cou-
the spring.
fessed for $405, and the case was
dismissed as to W. C. Gawley and
Cottage Grove poultrymen are T . II. Hormsby.
shipping their fine birds to the Eu
gene show today. C. E. Walker,
C ook’s grocery windows are very
D. B. Chamberlen, A . II King, artistic and are attracting much
W . C. Conner, Mrs. Jas. Benson,
attention.
Ira Couner and others.
SUMMARY OF LOCAL AND
LANE COONEY HAPPENINGS
There are 91.000,000 people in
Patronize Leader advertisers.
Archie E. Robinett died at Cres the I'. S., of which 672,765 are in
well December 4, 1910 aged 24 Oregon.
months of consumption.
Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Henderson
R. C. Barfield of the local tele have returned home from a month’s
phone exchange, was looking after visit with their son and his wife
business matters at Eugene W ed near San Francisco.
nesday.
After having been idle about a
mouth on account of the unfavor
able condition of the lutulier mar
ket, the Brown Lumber Company’s
mill in this city has resumed oper
ations
Mr. aud Mrs. Mert Clark of
Grants Pass are guests at the home
o f Mrs. Clark's parents, Mr. aud
Mrs. John Bartels.
Benton county is hilarious. It
has a native apple, the Vanderpool,
which is attracting attention, a
good
one. Harrold Rumbaugh has
There will be held a convention
of Oregon National Guard at A l brought it to the front.
The Leader job office turued out
bany Jan. 4 1911. Rev. Elkins,
chaplain of the O. N. G. has been the Christmas mask ball posters
notified that he will be expected to for Co. E last week. They are
the largest
deliver the invocation at the open 24x36 inches and
posters ever issued from a press in
ing of this big convention.
this city.
Our farmer friends west of Cot
Geo. W . Hawley and wife o f
tage Grove, Supervisor Curtis
Creswell
have been spending sev
Veatch, G. W . McFarland and W.
A . Hemenwav, permanently re eral days in Cottage Grove visiting
paired a few bad places in the with friends and looking after
The Leader
otherwise good Silk creek wagon property interests.
road last week.“ A stitch in time,” was favored with a pleasant call
and a subscription.
as it were.
A. L. Sherk and wife of Port
land, formerly of this city, are
here to spend the yule time with
relatives and friends. In a pleas
ant call on the Leader Mr. Sherk
stated that he was agreeably sur
prised to note the growth and sub
stantial improvements in this city
since his last visit. The Leader
In the annual municipal election will keep him posted on Cottage
held at junctiou City last week the Grove’s progress.
dry forces won by a vote of 135 to
I Felix Currin made the Leader a
60. The new couucilmen pledge
pleasant call while transacting
themselves to continue the present
; business in this city Wednesday.
city improvements and give an eco
He is receiveing many letters from
nomical
admini: tratiou .during
Eastern people and experimental
their term of office.
stations concerning the great vari
John F. Woodard and C. H. ety of grains, grasses, vegetables
Chick of Portland were the selling and fruits which he is cultivating.
agents of one of the largest timber Mr. Currin will devote 20 acres of
transfers of this year in Oregon, his farm to experimental farming
whereby alxmt half a million dollars this season much of the seed for
worth of the best yellow fir in Coos which is already in hand.
and Douglas counties was recently
Last fall the Leader editor sold
sold to Eastern capitalists. This
Edward Shearer, of Portlaud, a
timlrer was owned by F. J. Haynes
pen, four hens and a cockerel, of
of Port Huron, Michigan, and
Black Langshaus, his first start in
Wm. M. Porter of Eugeue.
this breed of poultry. Last week
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Spencer, of at the Portland state poultry show
Waukon, Iowa, were guests last Edward Shearer carried off the first
week of Ihe family of their nephew, prize on Black Langshan hens and
E. R. Spencer. They were m ak divided honors on the male birds
ing a tour of the west visiting all with some of this state and Wash
of the principal cities, Seattle, ington’s best breeders. So much
Tacoma, Portland, San Francisco for Cottage Grove raised poultry.
aud Los Angeles. This was their Now we will, no doubt, find Mr.
first visit to the west and they e x Shearer a competitor in the Eugene
pressed themselves as lreing most show this week— and may have
favoiablv imnressed with the cou n to pull down our colors to him.
try.
The Roseburg Review states that
good road building is to be one
of the most important features of
Douglas county’s business for the
next year or two. The county is
now out of debt and it is proposed
that good highways shall be the
first endeavor.
Eugene Notes.
Keep in mind the Lane county
poultry show to be held in Eugene
December 14 to 17, inclusive.
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
J. F. Spray and J. I. Jones were
down from Cottage Grove Thurs
day tending court and business.
...And«..
Mr. and Mrs. John Hampton
and little daughter returned from a
visit to Cottage Grove Wednesday.
W heelerT hom pson Co.
E. M. Sharp came down from
Cottage Grove last Wednesday
to take up his work as a juryman
again.
Offers You Some Bargains You Cannot Afford to Pass Up
Mrs. Thomas Pearce returned to
Cottage Grove Thursday, after
visiting her mother and sister west
of Eugene.
We have a line of women’s furs we are closing at less than cost.
$18.00 brown fur a t___________________________________________________ $9.50
2.75
6.00
______________________________________ *
3.25
7.00 gray
“ ___________ ________________________ _
4.25
8.00 brown
“ _______________________ . . . . ______ _
3.25
6.00 white
“
_________________________ _______ - ____
3.00
6.50 brown “
______________ . . . _____ . . . . ____ . . . . .
9.50
18.00 gray
“
______________________________________
6.00
11.50 silver squirrel fur_____ _____________ ____ ____________
9.00
15.00 gray fur at____________________________________ _____
7.00 gray fur a t . . ________________ _____________________ ______ _______ 4.00
W e are,' also offering some bargains in young men’s and
Boy’s Suits.
Mesdames Chandler and Hill, o f
Cottage Grove, who have been vis-
ining in the city, returned home
Thursday afternoon.
W e have 75 Suits, regular price was $15.00 to $22.50, w e
are now offering these suits which are absolutely all wool and
good workmanship for
J. Beebe, county fruit inspector
returned Wednesday from Cottage
Grove, where he was inspecting
some nursery stock, which arrived
there to be set out. He will guard
against allowing
any infected
stock to he sent into the country.
$6.50 to $12.50
Thus saving you $8.50 to $10.00 per suit.
These furs are high-class in every respect and they arc
W e have a beautiful line of Men’s Suits and Cravenette
G R E A T BAR G A IN S
Coats at Popular Prices.
Rev. C. A . W ooley, the aged
Presbyterian minister, fell off his
hack porch at his home in Fair-
mount last week and dislocated
one of his shoulders. He was un
conscious when found by members
o f his family. He will lie confined
to his home for some time.
WHEELER - THOMPSON COMPANY
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