y. o< «•
COTTAGE GROVE.
OREGON.
Tin* headquarters for three
great lumbering companies.
Only gateway t<» the rich Bo-
lieniia gold mines, and the
Mark Butte cinnabar mines
Harte County Xeaòer.
I VOL. XV
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NO. 4
COTTAGE GROVE, LANK COUNTY. OREGON, MAY 15, ITO?
THE BOHEMIA
COUNTY SEAT
MEW STAMP MILL
FIRST BILL GAME
l'll'B« uniouut of ore oil the dump at
the Nemo mine before the season
close*. \\ oi k is being pushed just
us vigorously ou the Peekaboo auu
innujr other mines bordering ou the
Champion basin where the erection
n f (he big stamp mill and the build
ing of the ruilrond and ungou road
' has given the mine holders of that
vicinity a renewed incentive to act
of ive development work and the oper Eloped W ith His Wife's
ation of their mills.
Active opera
tions are bciug commenced in the
Sister Commission
various other mines of the district
ers Adjourn.
and scores of good prospects are be
ing opened up.
This promises to
he a tanner season in this great j
mining district.
glories of Monday night would bo
repeated on the following night,
but the bold house breaker selected
A marriage license was issued
another part of town and plied his
Tuesday to J -I Bryan aud Miss
profession in a manner characteris
[ Maude Thompson.
tic of the work of the former night.
It. M. Pratt and .Sherman Heller
Ho wore as formerly, a pair of new
have let the contract to John Eddy
rubbers or overshoes, a fact demon
! for the construction of tbeir lug liv
strated by his encountering another
ery stable ami blacksmith shop on
j freshly painted floor at the home o f
the lot west of the courthouse lodg
Geo. Eweu, which he entered and at
Champion Basin Center
ing house. The building u ill cover Have Infested, the City this which place he extracted about $4
the whole lot, 80x114 feet.
The
M i n i n g Activity
in cash from Mr. Ewen’s trouser
W eek and Several
contract price is $2,500.
I pockets.
and Operations
Robberies Result
Ouly a few hundred feet distance
Miss Nina Ostrauder has resigned
, from this place he entered the resi-
her positiofi as operator at the Pos
! dence of Geo. Leo through a pantry
tal 'Telegraph office. She has made
window. Here he feasted on bread
many friends during her service iu
and honey, a bountiful supply o f
ROYAL FLUSH MINING COMPANY.
j the office and they will regret to
j which he found at hand. Ha then
This week has witnessed the
hear of her resijpiatiou. Mrs. Car-
The Royal Flush Mining gauization of the Koval Flush Min- Roseburg and Eugene En j tit Holsinger, of Albany will take They Operate Without Ap i visited Mr. Lea’s bedroom, secured
his trousers, and extracted a little
her place.
Miss Ostrauder, it is
Company Incorpor
i*’.e Company to operate in Bohemia
more than $3 from his purse leaving
gage in an Interest
parent
Fear.
But
at
^
J
*
district. It is n clone corporation
stated, will return to her home at
$1.04 iu the purse— supposedly iu
ed this W eek
j consisting of four well known local
Cottage Grove.
ing Contest.
Little Profit
payment for his feast on bread and
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residents and mining wen, with a
honey. Upon leaving the house
The count\ commissioners’ court
in
the
Bo-
caP'ta*
$5000
equally
divided
and
The center of activity
A short time ago Mrs. John Wick which adjourned Friday evening af
One or more of the professional the purse was left on the pantry
...
fully paid and no stock for sale
henna mines this season promises to tt „ „„
. . . . . .
ham, whose husband was an ein- ter u three days’ session made sev burglnrs and all round crooks who window sill.
,
,
1
1 he company own six full claims
The residence of Rev. C. H. Wnl-
be the Champion Basin in aiul about “ Monte ~
'
Rico ridge aud have spleudid ploye in the Booth. Kelly nulls at eral appointments of judges and have beeu plying their profession
which is located the valuable min- timber and water supply for all Springfield and who is li9r hus- clerks of electiou to take the place all along the line from Ashland to lace, in the same vicinity, was also
this place, struck Cottage Grove ; eutered, but nothing wns taken from
ing properties of the Oregon S e c u r -m' u‘ n8 purposes for fifty years to band’s seuior by ten years, sent of those who have moved away from
Monday evening. It was no doubt the reverend gentleman’s home, the
their
several
precincts.
The
judges
itica Company, and in which basin |to,u''-
Supplies will he at once
money to her buxom young sister laud clerks who officiated ut the last part of the same gang which recent- ' intruder evidently remaining but a
this solid company will put in n * shipped to the property nud devel-
iu Florida aud urged her to make election will'd« duty at the coming ly gave Roseburg so much trouble few minutes.
large electric sixty stamp mill this ° l’UieDt work will be begun aud
them a visit. The sister put in an special congressional election.
and a little later ransacked several
Dr. Hosuier’s residence near the
season, one with a capacity sufficient kept 6 ° 'n8 indefinitely. This prop-
appearance about one month ago
residences at Drain, and seemingly, C. P. church was visited evidently
to handle all the ore from their var- ertJ is saitl to be amoug the best iu and quite soon thereafter a mutual
The Guard sprung a great seusa- are working tbeir way north.
by the same party in his midnight
ious mines, among which are the tlu) camp at its present development
infatuation was awakeued between tional story recently about Biuger
About the first place visited in maraudings, who however, ouly se-
Champion, Helena No. 1 and 2, aud auJ tlje owners look forward to uu- the guest and Mr. Wickbaui.
This j Hermauu robbing the government this city was the home of the west, cured a few dollars in change iron»
tbe Music mines. This company coverin8 seveiai large and rich
infatuation had increased by the | out of ¡1000 acres of land nhcu he side druggist, J. P. Currin.
But the doctor's trousers,
now has n strong force of men at i
The incorporators aud sole
end of one short month to such an | was iu the Roseburg land office one man was seen by Mr. Currin
There is evidently a small gang of
work putting iu a large dam, to sup- ° " 'ner8 are Alex Lundberg, presi- extent that the couple resolved up about 3(1 years ago aud for which
who was awakened by the fellow’ s 1 professional crooks working thein'
ply power for their big dynamos as ,lent; J°hn Lindquist, mining man- on an elopuieut and accordingly took they declare he was fired.
The efforts to pry open a window aud way north nud the officers of tho
well as their saw mill plant, which ft8el'l
John Crowley, treasurer; an unceremonious departure to the Register
pertinently
remarked: gain eutrauce to the house.
towns north of this place will do
has been ordered and will be in- Micheál Goetz, secretary.
Tli£ i north early last week.
There is “ They forgot to add that for such
After beating a hasty retreat from well to keep an eye out for them.
stalled and put in operation as soon P'esideut and mining manager are now a very angry wife in pursuit of sculduggry the people at once sent
BURGLARS AT BRAIN.
ns it arrives, a force of men hnving two of the oldest aud most practical the pair. The happiness of u home ; him to congress for 12 years to do the Currin home the fellow next vis
the mill frame work nearly com- miners of the camp and will devote j is destroyed, marriage vows are penauce for the deed and then be- ited J. W. tiow dy’s residence aud
D r a in , May !) — Burglars entered
pleted. This mill is being erected a11 of their energies on the property, j broken, aud a loving wife has been I cause he was not sufficiently puu effected an entrance through a front the residences of J W Spalding and
window. Mr. Gowdy sprang from
to supply lumber and timbers ex- ^ ts believed that another year’ s robbed of her husband through the ¡shed President McKinley appointed
[John Linch here last night about 12
his bed just as the burglar wns in
o’clock, and secured about $15 from
clusively for the compauy and not systematic work on this Royal Flush charms and fascinations of her sis him commissioner of general land
tho
act
of
entering
his
room
and
group will show up results that will
j the pants of the former and nbout
ns a commercial enterprise.
ter. The dreadful truth of the situ office from which, for good behavior the bold intruder made his
$20 from tho latter. They also tried
It is now ant cipnted that the ex j lie most gratfying to the owners ation did not dawn upon the for he was allowed to resigu after he out of the back door witbout t
S®1 u*' I to break into tho resideneo of L M.
tensive electrical machinery will he and redound much to the future saken wife until two days after her had served two years longer lliau ing auytlnug.
Perkins but were discovered by Mrs.
here by the time the dam is con : greatness of Boben.ia district.
faithless husbaud and ungrateful he wanted to. Oh Biuger, you are
The next place visited was the
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Perkins and frightened away. They
structed aud the road is completed
|
sister
tied
from
Eugene.
They
left
1
corker,
residence
of
B.
L.
Pickard^
Here
Dorena Lumber Company.
effected entrance to the first named
into the mines from the Warehouse.
the house ostensibly to tab- i short
The justice court of the Eugene entrance was effected through a dwellings by crawling through win
ft to the Champion l a . sin. nearly two Articles of ilicot porutfon of the l)or- stroll, but failed to ieti.,o.
The
back door which was left unlocked.
dows. There is uo clue to the ident
miles of the five now being com euu Lumber Company were tiled with anxious wife and sister remained ¡¡strict in the case of the State of
county clerk ut Kugene Tuesday.
Oregon, vessns A1 Hampton, L. H Mr. Pickard had just painted his ity of the robbers.
pleted. The grade is an even, easy tin'
l!cv. C. A. Wooley of Fnirmount, \V. j up all night, vainly striving to con Tracer, Frank Gilstrap, \Y. H. Kay, kitchen floor and tho burglar le ft,
one from 4 to 5 percent aud when I h. Houston, ex-real estate ugent ot strue their absence into some feasi
D. E. Yorau, nud C. M. Young, his tracks nil over tho room, which
S ta g e H e ld U p.
this road is completed, heavy loads Eugene, and ex-editor I. F. Wooley, ble form.
The morning dawned,
indicated that he was wearing a new '
of machinery and supplies may be of this eity and J. H. Gcoteli are- tlie hut still no truee of the missing | chargiug these meu with violating pair of rubbers or overshoes, the
the Sunday closing law by keeping
in corporators.
Within 250 yards of the spot where
hauled into the Champion linsin \
' ones.
The Eugene police were ! open a place of amusement on the eorrognted soles showing plainly in
The
principal
office
and
place
of
hu-
it was robbed last winter nnd with
from the terminus of the railroad.
called
upon
that
day
and
immedi
tho fresh paiut ou the floor ami also
The Champion basin is surround | siness is Eugene and the capital stoek ately set to work to solve the mys j first day of the week, rendered its ou the steps and wnlk leading from the same diiver, J. A. Sawyers, tho
ed b\> many other good mining | is $15.000 divided into us many shares, tery. It was quickly ascertained that I decision iu favor of the defeudauts. tlie premises, Mr. Pickard had laid Roseburg-Myrtle Point stage was
properties owned by individual and
alv >lllurilu’' 1 by Mi. Wocloy that Wickham and Miss Mnlliu had taken Acquittal of defendants was not
held up at 1) o'clock Tuesday e' o ling
local companies among which are R is their purpose to erect a sawmill the north bound traiu for Portland. j based on mere technical grounds his trousers ou a chair near the
head of his bed and placed bis : of last week seveu miles this side of
but
on
the
plain
unequivocal
con—
the Peekaboo and the Nemo.
The 8 ,nit’’s eaflt of Cottage Glove on the
j struction of the law. It is evident socks un them. The burglar evi Camas Valley. Two meu wearing
FIRST LEAGUE GAME.
former is owned bv \Y. E. Edwards,
Uohell,i,‘ rai,ro“'1- " ll0“ ’ th<?>'
j
that the statute does not construe dently made a grab fo>- the trous white masks did tbe job and they
Dave McFarland and O. Meadows,
,in'1 contro1 « >arK° «»mount; of
The first league game of the
ers, but iu his haste only secured secured $132,50 for their trouble,
the latter being owned by Meadows valuable timber. He savs the new son was called at this place Satur ^ » aseba» “ id other athletic sports as
the socks and hastily made his exit, j The U. S. mail was not molested,
A Lutan. Mr. Meadows has been mi» will have a capacity of u out .in- day afternoon the contesting teams amusements which are designated
leaving the socks at the foot of the The stage carried three passengers:
spending the week in town putting uu0 r®et Per day and tln,,« ht 11 would being Eugene and Roseburg. Much I “ a tent ,LoW8’ »h®*»™“ '8- a” d ‘ »® steps outside.
j F. Lee, of Cylon, Wisconsin; Win.
. . . . ___
g .,. .K
.... like.
in a large amount of supplies for an be in operation sometime in June. enthusiasm prevailed, the directors
Geo. Met/ueeu received a call at McGrath, of New Richmond, Win.,
Mr.
Houston
went
to
Portland
Wed
of
the
home
team
being
all
decked
The
old
town
is
full
of
music
lov
active season’s work o h these p r o p
his home from a bold intruder about aod H. H Scovel, of the Lloyd-
erties. Both properties have beeu nesday to purchase machinery for the out iu plug hats aud ribbon stream ers who are in attendance at tne the same time, eutrauce to his resi- Scovel Iron Co., of Sun Francisco,
mill
and
will
immediately
ship
it
to
ers in profusion. Mayor Chrisman grand musical festival. The feature deuce being effected through a win- These men were the victims of tho
thorougiily prospected and show up
the building site.
shied the first ball over the home of Tuesday evening wa* the con dow. As far as can be ascertained hold-up.
exceedingly
well, several assays
Senator Mitchell predicts that plate and the big game was on. The cert by tbe Portland Symphony nothing was taken from his place.
convincing the owners that they
have good paying ledges. Meadows Roosevelt and Cleveland will head game resulted in a score of 15 to lo Orchestra comprising 20 instru-
Hon. R. A. Booth has been ap-
TUESDAY NIGHT’ « BURGLARIES
in favor of Eugen.. The game was mentalists in concert. Manv prom
A I.utali will endeavor to get a ' the presidentigl tickets in UHM
Little was thought that tbe bur- pointed a notary public.
repeated between tbe two teams inent musicians from various parts
Sunday aud they got down to a of tbe country are down ou the
good deal better playiug. The game I program. The festival closes Fri
1 was called at 3 o ’ clock p. m. and day evening.
' resulted in a victory for’ the Rose-
Hon. Binger Hermann and Col.
burg team by a score of 5 to 8. The E. Hofer addressed one of the larg
I lineup was as follows:
est public gatherings ever assem-
ROSEBURG | bled in this city to hear a political
, EUGENE
Bradley discussiou, at the court house Mon
; McFarland
c
H A V E J U S T ARRIVED
Morrow day evening. Col. Hofer made the
Loriiner
P
ss
! Whittaker
S V Ramp opening address and confined him
Gibson self principally to a discussion of
lb
Holland
2b
Reizenstein ; national issues, but set forth many
Starr
All of the* l.itest
Robinson j plausible reasons why Mr. Hermann
3b
Russell
tlress fabrics in all
Hull | should be returned to Congress. Mr
Johnson
rf
Chapin
cf
F Ramp | Hermauu was
the new weaves
received with a
at a moderate ex
If
Yftii Leu wen
1 Harper
choice patterns
! storm of applause and seemed at his
pense if you will al
nì.“« MARIE « ARE RETI HNS.
| very best. His speech was able
low us to fit you out
And convincing and he made plain
Miss Marie Ware, the èx-t*.
in our Ilimd-Tailor-
I and completely refuted every charge
; laud commissioner, about whom
ed, Rea<ly-to-\War
XX
; much has lately appeared in the i Pref®rred a8a' ut>t him by the oppo-
’ sition, especially as regards bis al
Colored
Clothing : : : :
XX
newspapers of tbe state, arrived in
leged removal from tbe local land
White
Tho only difference
Eugene from California Sunday
XX
office at Roseburg. It is observed
I
morning.
She
said
she
had
noth
Wash
b e t w e e u Tailor-
XX
that there are a good sprinkling of
ing to say (or publication regarding
Made ( ’lotlies is the
Hermann democrats in aud about
XX
land matters, but would consult
price, and that is all
this city, while the disaffected re
XX
with her attorney at Portland be-
publicans
are
all
falling
in
line
in favor oftlie ¡roods
XX
I fore any statement was made. She
agaiu.
we offer . . . .
went to Portland Monday for that
XX
purpose and to interview Judge Bel-
XX
Letter» Uncalled For
Gentlemen and Ladies summer mderwear.
iinger regarding charges preferred
XX
Tbe very latest in men’s hat*. Ladies,
A list of letters remaining un
against her.
“ I was surprised"
Misses and Childrens “ hoes. Men s and
XX
she ssiil, ‘’to learn that I was a fugi called for iu tbe Cottage Grove,
b o y j shoes in light and heavy soles, vici and
XX
tive from justice, through the col Post Office: Persons calling for
b o x calf, and miners’ shoes : : : :
umns of a Portland newspaper tbeir letters will please state date
XX
while I was in San Francisco.
Af of which they were advertised, Msy
XX
ter my visit in the Golden Gate city 15tb, 1003. The letters will be
XX
was completed I attended the fiesta charged for at the rate of one cent
XX
at Los Angeles aud then came di each.
rect hom e." While in Eugene Miss Bonnot, Clara; Commer, Martin,2;
Ware was cordially received by Fork, F. A .; Hunt, Geo. B. ; Mont
friends, drove to tbe baseball game gomery, C. E. ; Rowley, O. B. ; R o
First National BanK Building
and appeared on tbe streets several berts, R. T .; Vest, John.
C J. H oward . P. M.
i times seeming unconcerned regard-
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ing the chagres
her.
INVESTORS and HOMESEEKERS
will here find opportunities
no»»here else afforded in Ore
gon. The Leader will give
you tiie news aiul fa d s con
cerning this favored locality
preferred against
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