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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1903)
IT. Ol O. Xane County Xeaòec. carnai MO« OMOOo. n - , i.|.|u»rter» lo t th re« Bfesarus ÏOL XV IN V U TO n I N M O M tC E R C K will her© flud opportunity* nowhere eUe Afforded in Or© fun. The louder will gfro you th© news and facts cow cernmg this favored locality NO. COTTAGE GROVE, LANK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 17, 1903. r— ------------ 1__________ __________________________________________ there is every evidence that this splendid aiming property will be heard » great (leal of hereafter, that it* management will prove careful, conservative and successful and ali agree that it will soon become a dividend payer. T h e O re g o n S e cu ritie s Company The annual meeting of the stock holders o f the Oregon Securities Co. was held in Jersey City, N. J., July 8th, 1903, and 3, 146,647 shares were represented. The fol lowing gentlemen were elected as I directors for the ensuing year: J. W . Wheeler, Orange, Mass; Geo. French, North Adams, Mass; G. W. Crosby, Atlantic City, N. J. idy for M illing—N e w G. B. Hengen, New York City; F. Eggert, Portland, Ore.; Jas. Nich | Road to Mines—A Div- ols, Hartfort, Conn.; G. B. Knapp, Boston, Mass.; L. W . Hoch, W or ridend Paye. cester, Mass.; Albert Hawkins, North Adams, Mass. About two years ago the Crystal After receiving and approving noluiated Mining Company, of the various reports o f the Treasur liicb Geo. W. Lloyd, is president; er and Superintendent, which was t Jordan, secretary and F. D. followed by a general discussion by ler, treasurer, was organized at ' the Stockholders, defining the pol- place and soon thereafter active ! >cy o f the Company, the meeting «lopment work Was commenced j adjourned. their mining property in the The new Board o f Directors then lemia district, known as the the went into session and elected officers stal Consolidated Mines.” De- 1 as follows; J. W . Wheeler, presi ipment work has been steadily dent; Geo. French, 1st vice presi easing since that time nnd the dent; G. W . Crosby, 2nd vice pres upects have been decidedly en ident; G. B. Hengen, secretary and raging from the very time the treasurer; John H. Pearsons, assist ledge waa uncovered. The com- ant secretary and treasurer; C. C. have now about 1000 feet of Mathews, superintendent. ele and a great deal of valuable The Helena boiler and engine dump. All three of the has been placed near Warehouse bon their I re mentioned above visited their for the saw mill for the Company's lately and weie so much elat- own use, and the Musick boiler h 1 the splendid showing and and engine has been placed in the ¡with decidedljr encouraging prospects Champion basin to be used at the they decided to begin the actual big new electric station. W ork is >n of the mine at the earliest going ahead at a lively rate and e date. It was therefore progress has been made in all di to let a contract at once for rections The big dam for the el lleet of good wagon road which ectric power station is completed fcooueot their mines with tbs and the fine wagon road from the Creek road, and Mr. Loyd, railroad terminus at Warehouse to it of the company, waa in- { the Company’s mines in Champion to purchase a small saw-mill j basin will be finished in a few days. it i stamp mill of 23 tons per The Champion tunnel is in quite a opacity, and concentrators to distance. Three shifts o f 8 hours in the company’s mines. each are being worked so that when 1 mill will supply the lumber the electric power drills start, work timbers for the mill buildings will be well along. Men are plac other improvements about tbe ing poles for the new power line, tad will be packed in at the and when the wire arrives it tvill_ it possible date, while it is soon be put in place. The Musick to have tbe new road complet- mine still continues in good ore as tbe stamp mill and concen- does all the other mines in this big iostalled in the mines and Company’s group. for operations by November 1. The date o f completion o f the Lloyd and Wheeler will great electric power plant, the elec Han Francisco tomorrow tric railway, the aerial tramway, mrchase and ship the new the wagon road, flume, etc., and to their mines and in the the removal o f the stamp mills to iliuie a force of eight men is ac- Champion basin, Bohemia, based engaged in clearing tbe on contracts and agreements made, l> for the mills and other roa- is October first All possible haste The company is composed is being made to expedite this known and strictly reliable work, and there is every reason to inen of sound business judg- believe it will be finished by that |ud good executive ability, the time. When these improvements and treasurer both being are completed, regular and satis i*nt citizens of this city; end factory dividends seem assured. tie Crystal Consolidated | Mining Co. W ill Install a New Plant. ice ORE ON DUMP T SEAT NOTES 1 P. Clover. This makes twenty one caaee of this disease that have report- 1 ed. Juventus lodge No. 48 Knights of Pythise of Cottage Grove has issued a challenge to the local Pvthiane for a game of baseball to be played soon. The challenge has been accepted and the game will lie played at the League grounds next Thursday. The game of ball Thursday be The District Fail- Commit tweeu the printers and clerks of tbe tee Diligently at city was a shameful exhibition of ball on the part of the clerks. The score Work. . resulted 7 to 20 io favor of the prin ters,who were expected to handle the “ stick” better than the clerks,but the latter were expected to be able to d e liver tbe goods. Tbe League games Saturday aud Of Lane County Teachers Sunday resulted as follows: Satur day, at Roseburg, Salem 9, Roseburg Smallpox at Coburg 0; at Albany, Eugene 9, Albany 10. (12 innings) Sunday, at Roseburg, Baseball. Salem 5, Roseburg 3; at Albany, About 11,400 quarts of cherries Eugene 6, Albany 1. Albany has were put up in the Eugene cannery protested one game, that of the Fourth, and Eugene one, that of Sat Friday. urday. These protests will be set Miss Nina Ostrander came down tled by the league board of direc from Cottage Grove Monday to re tors. lieve George Taylor, of the Western Chairman H. L. Traver, Geo. Fish Union Telegraph office, while he take« bis annual summer vacation. er and S. M. Douglas, the committee in charge of the arrangements for The annual county Teachers In the District fair to be held here in stitute for the year 1903 will be the fall, have commenced arrangmg held in Eugene at the court bouse the details for a big fair. Their beginning at 9 o ’clock a. m., Tues first efforts have been toward aecur day, August 4th, 1903, continuing ing the support of tbe Eugene citi two days. zens for the enterprise. There is a Miss AnDa Oglesby came down guarantee of $1400 to be raised and from Cottage Grove Tuesday to take tbe grounds to be fixed up for the the place of Mrs. Ida Holsinger, Pos Ibveut. Every effort should be put tal Telegraph operator, who left ' forth to tuske tbe fair e rousing sue- Wednesday morning for Portland on csss, but this can only de doue by her annual vacation. co-operation. Eugene solicits the Judge Kincaid hss reeeived notice ■aid nf all outlving precincts of the from Coburg of two more oases of couutv to make tbe district fair a small-|six, Mrs. C'. C. Marlin and C. success. M I L MEETING “THE SMILE THAT W0PTT COME 0FP* \v e are oft'erins AT C O S T A LONELY D E A T H . For Spot Cash I Samuel WU'TOW had been D ead a Day W hen Found at Hom e. Our entire line Eugene. July 13. Samuel R. With- ! row who has resided near Elmira for the past thirty-three years, was 1 found dead in hie bed last evening. The causa of his death has beea pro- I nounced by a corners jury to be nat- 1 ural It is supposed that he was at tacked by heart trouble and pasted awav, unable to get help. While passing tbe place late Hun Jav eveuing, a young man named itoith noticed that the stock had not been properly attended to, and won- I dering what was the matter he de cided to investigate. Upon forcing an entrance to tbe bouae be was con fronted by the sight of the dead body of Mr Withrow in his bed, in a posi tion to indicate that he died after re tirin g Saturdav night. A messenger was sent to Eugene immediately and Coroner C. accompanied by the Indertaker M. T Gordon, left for the scene^ The coroner swore in a jury and they ex W I N D O W S H A D E S C A R P E T S M A T T I N G S CROCKERY GLASSWARE T I B S A N D WASHBOARDS If you desire bafgulns in any of these lines, call and see us ih in $ B r is t o w piles of tents and camping equipage and tools marked “ 8. P.” were un loaded at the depot here and teams were immediately employed to haul them about five miles below town : where a camp of five large tante nés set up and taken possession of by j twenty surveyors who on Friday began to run lines both ways from the camp passing the main line of the Pacific near the covered a Southern bridge. Friday the head surveyors were inquiring for more men. 1 W ork is Progressing on Surrey From Drain to G-ardiner MAV CONNECT' WITH O. k S. E. Roseburg haa been ekepticla nil along regarding the construction o f 1 a railroad from that city and Coos Bay and has extended little encour agement and no support whatever to the contemplated enterpriae. It May Connect With, the O. has long beeb conceded 'that tbe route from Drain, down Elk Croek & S. E. Railroad at and the Umpqua river to Gardiner, thence down the Coast to Coos Bay Cottage Grove is a far more practical route for a For some time past there has been railroad io various respecta than „ ,. . . , . ,. over the high mountain pass all kinds of rumors afloat regarding ; dlrectl we8t fr“ ra Ro 9 eburg. And. a new railroad project from Drain to extend this newly proposed coast to Gardiner, thence down the coast railroad from its connection with tbe to connect with tbe coast branch Southern Pacific at Drain, eighteen road at Eureka, California. It now miles up to Cottage Grove and con appears that there was a good nect it with the Oregon Si South foundation for these rumors as Eastern railroad, now building from actual survey work on the newly Cottage Grove to the great Bohemia proposed railroad is in progress mines would solve the problem of a between Drain and Scottsburg. A practical eastern route over tbe late dispatch from Elkton says: mountains and through South Receut developments certainly Eastern Oregon, to make connections look favorable for a railroad down with some of the continental rail Elk Creek pass from Drain and roads at Salt Lake or at some poiot down the Umpqua, enroute to further West. One tuDnell of no Marshfield. There is a large sur great extent through tbe Bohemia veying part camped at Tin Pot, range of the Caecade mountains this side of Drain, getting ready to would give this Salt Lake, CoasL make a thorough investigation of railroad an easy haul from Coos Bay the route. That it will prove a to the Southeastern Oregon plateau natural and a practical one d o one and thence further East and would that is acquainted with the country at hte same time traverse the richest doubts, and if it should be continued i mineral and timber belts on tbe down the coast to San Francisco it j | p acific Coast as well as a fine will make the principal traveled 1 agricultural aud stock oountry. Tbe thoroughfare through the western [ project m a t entirely feasible on» part of the state. The grade, will l „ „ j. i “ “ 3 may yet become an established be very light, requiring less propell- \ fact . ... ing power than on any other route on the coast. Another great ad F o r R oa d Im provem ents. vantage would be the heavy timber belts that extend along the whole Mr A L Woodward, road super- route, giving tbe road profitable, visor above Cottage Grove, was in employment for many years to come, Eugene last Thursday talking roads, to say nothing of the farm produn- He and W. B. Dennis of the Black- tions that would be raised for trans-, butte mine, Campbell A Alexander portation as soon as the markets of Qf the Pacific Timber Company, and San Francisco aud Portland are others have raised by subscription made accessible to them by rail. over one thousand dollars to be ex In regard to the survey the Drain pended on the road between Black- Nonpariel says: A few weeks ago butte and Cottage Grove, and will we published an article regarding ask the County Coart at its next the trip of inspection of Mr. E. G. term to appropriate an equal Tilton with Lis crew of men between amount. About that much has the points of Drain aud Eureka, been appropriated for the Bohemia California, who upon bring inter road.— Eugene Journal. viewed declined to give any definite _______________ information but stated that the route | Frank Hughes came down from Bo was a good one, but as to whether a hernia this week and reports that th» road would be built or uot it would rich ledge in the new iunnel In the be impossible for him to say, but Bonanza has widened out from three to eight and ten feet, and the pros added that his report would go in pects are growiog more encouraging and that the conipauy whom be rep every day. He returned to the mines resented would exercise their own immediately after purchasing sup judgement regarding the building plies, stating that the game had be come too interesting to be away frost of a road. Weduesday of last week long at a time. ERROOTE TO COOS The Rig'ht One For You LOSING OUT AT COST • t r t » 01 * • • * • ^ amined into bia death and decided that it was due to nstural cause. Samuel R. Withrow was an old time resident of Lane county. He came from Missouri to Oregon and Lane county in 1870 and has since that time been a resident here. He was 6« years of age, respected and honored by all his neighbors. At the time of bis death be was living alone. He bad been twice married and the following children eurvive him: Charles Withrow, Ir v -; ing; Mrs Bettie Dougherty. Wash ington; Clinton W. Withrow of Eu- i gene is a brother, and Mr«. D. R. La- kln and Mrs. M. A Donaldson sister, of the deceased. The furneal was held Tuesday morning from the Lome, with inter ment beside his deceased wife and daughter in tbe Inman cemetery. Card o f Tltank* The undersigned desire to express their heartfelt thanks for tbe sym pathy and kind favors extended them bv the good people of Cottage Grove during the late sickness and death of their brother, Fred Pickett. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pickett. 13 If you want a shoe for real wear and comfort—one that will fit your feet aDd enable you to have the very best shoe at a reason able prlc«, you should wear a .• .• ,• PEERLESS