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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1903)
TO WATER QREAT AREA. REGON NEWS OF INTEREST VU MONBY ON LIOHTNINU. id (or State Institutions Urcat Reduction. W ILL BUY MINE. Shows Clark Is Satisfied With Southern Oregon Copper Ledge. state board of capitol building sioners bave openea bias 101 lighting for the state lnstltu- located here— the statehouse, asylum and blind school, ne bid was presented, that of eui light and traction company; holds the present contract. The Is were for either meter or flat yments for all or part hf the ions, and for four or ten years, the terms offered are not east ed, but members of the board at the rates offered are about cent less than the state has aying. different plans proposed will be ted to the State engineer, C. C. who will advise the board plan of lighting is most advan- s to the state. The state owns horsepower water right at the tiary, which can be used for half the lighting If found ad- Under the new contract the ¡11 save some $4000 a year. BIU PLACER ENTERPRISE. River around to Be Worked by Means ol Dredging. gantic placer mining enterprise t undertaken by the Bannock redging Company, composed of na and Chicago capitalists. For deration of $35,000 this company onded nearly all o f the placer of the to w e r FootB Creek y, and extending along Rogue (or a distance of several miles, en 700 and 800 acres of placer have been bonded by the Ban- company. They are preparing k the ground by dredging, and a machine o f their own manu- j. They have had experts on Id for several months past, and -ugh prospect of the ground has made. The gravel of the creek d of the bars along either side, high values In gold. Developments at the copper mines on Joe s creek, known as the Blue edge, are continuing under the man agement of Patsy Clark It is renn^t»H r^ lal;le authority that the pros pects obtained from the use of the diamond drill ln the mine are showing up more flatteringly every day R if now practically certain that the pro- nrnin 7 1 be taken by Clark u n derlie obtained1 ° f, thv he has obtained, 8 and that bond the whlch deal will be closed before the termination of the .erm for which the bohd was given Prominent ndning men from all stm tlons of the Northwest are flocking to that section, looking into the pros- pects around the mine. The min» FnThU hy Clark is not the only one in this vicinity which Is making good mineral showings. The belt of oopper bearlng ore reaches for miles north and south from the Blue ledge and the bonding of the Blue ledge to Clark has given an impetus to the development of other copper prospects in this re gion. That that vicinity will prove of °,fKthe Sreat mlnlns rentPra of the Northwest is now confidently expected. addlt'on to the mining interest that may be developed in that section, there are also large timber interests which await access to market by the way or railroad communication and Should the Blue ledge prove to be what Clark and his associates think and confidently expect it to be, these tim ber interests will be pushed along with the mining interests. Assistant In Treasurer’ s Office. State Treasurer Moore has appoins. ed George G. Gan?, Jr., to assist In his office temporarily on account of the increase of work due to the collection of the corporation taxes. Mr. Gans was formerly a clerk in the land de partment. The last legislature made an additional appropriation for cler ical assistance in the treasury depart ment because of work Incident to the collection of the inheritance and corpo ration taxes and a permanent appoint Land Buyers In the Air. ment under this authority will be made announcement a few days ago later. he secretary o f the interior has roved a number o f “ clear lists” Packing .Tarlsn County Cherries. gon lieu land selections, dtsclos- The Salem fruit cannery Is having _ ething entirely new hi the land very satisfactory ran on cherries, rs In Oregon. None of the state and manager Holcomb says that the (lice attaches have ever before total pack of this fruit will amount to of a clar list being disapproved, about 8000 cases. Early soft cherries nusual action on the part of the were not of first-class quality, owing to ry of the Interior is conclusive an overabundance of water in them, if any further procf Is neces- but they will keep well. The cherry that all Oregon land matters are crop as a whole has been of fair quali scrutinized with utmost care, ty and the quantity as large as was ex disapproval of these clear lists pected. The cannery employs an aver oned rfo small surprise, though age of about 150 persons a day. tion Is entirely kn accordance he rules of practice In the de- Yamhill Will Raise Fine Stock. ent of the interior. The H. C. Evans farm of 635 acres, near McMinniville, was sold last week Rich Ledge Uncovered. to Captain Foster, of Portland, for ew and important strike has $18,000. This has been considered one made in the W aldo district by of the best grain farms in Yamhill Wimer and William Ross, of county. Captain Foster will seed the Pass. A wide ledge, carry- farm to clover and grass, and is now ties in both copper and gold, stocking the farm with high-grade -n uncovered. Samples of ore stock. Many of the large farms of ;he new find are attracting muPh Yamhill are now being changed into on. The predominating values stock and dairy farms. pper, though there is a consid Osin In Eugene Postal Receipts. showing of gold. The main Postmaster J. L. Page, in footing up of the find is in its extent. Out ngs show the vein to be of great the business of the Eugene office for and many hundred feet in the month of June, finds that the pos It will be developed and ex tal receipts at this office for that month it lies on the same belt a? have amounted to $1,242.59, or a the copper mines of Preston gain of $466.49 over the corresponding and Iron Mountain, California. month last year. As an indication of the improvement in business the re port is highly gratifying. Comlug Events. th annual regatta, Astoria, Aug- 21 . lunette Valley Chautauqua, ‘one, July 14-26. tern Oregon District Medical As- ion, Hot Lake, July 16. utauqua, Ashland, July 15-24. te Fair. Salem, September 14-19 'nd Southern Oregon District Eugene, September 29-October 3 clave of Woodmen, Portland, 14-20. kamas County spiritualists, New My 4-20. Rain Ruins Cherry Crop. continued rains of last week cally ruined the cherry crop in amas county. The Royal Anne 1. of which there was an abund op, has been rendered unmarket The fruit hag cracked badly and » fermenting on the trees. If in does not cease soon extensive e will result to hay and grain hoiit the county. With a change orable weather. Clackamas conn 1 this year yet harvest one o f the bountiful crops that was ever Receipts of Lond Office. b of the State Land Board. O own. has compiled his monthly ent of the receipts of his office June, showing that a total of 1 94 had been received from the n* sources, such as land sales, nts on certificates, etc., and over to the Treasurer. O f the amount $18,925.01 was received yments on certificates and cash f school lands. nslheur Butte Ditch Is to pleted This Year. Ontario, Or., July 9.— The Malheur butte irrigation ditch, which was in process of construction last fail, owing to certain conditions was not completed as expected, and the work suspended for a time. A deal has just been con summated between the Artesian Bpriugs water and land company, which form erly owned the reservoirs and the ditch, and a number of substantial business men of Weiaer Idaho, by which the latter are to have a controlling interest in the ditch and reservoirs. The con sideration is $45,000, and a perpetual water right to 3,000 acres oi land under the ditch. , About 70 per cent of the work on the ditches has been completed and the work remaining to be done will begin in this coming August, and will bp rap idly pushed to completion, and the opinion is confidently expressed that by next spring it w ill oe in use. The es timated cost of what remains to be done is $30,000. The Malheur butte ditch, when com plete, w ill be 23 miles in length, ex tending from near Vale to Dead Ox Flat and covering all the territory on the west side of the Malheur river from Vale to and including Dead Ox Flat. This ditch will connect by means of Willow creek and another ditch above \ ale 15 miles in length with three large reservoirs which „w ill supply water daring the entire season in which water is needed. These three reservoirs, which contain about 1,600 acres of water, have irrigation dnty of 35,000 acres when completed. They are more than half completed, and sufficient water is stored in this section to coyer all the land in cultivation under the ditch, and as the reclamation ol land continues the reservoirs will be replet- ed until enough water is stored to cover the entire acreage under the ditch. These reservoirs are natural sites, and by the expenditure of about $15,000 have been placed in conditi'n lor use. The water is stored in then in the » in ter and early spring from Upper W il low creea and a system of springs, thus utilizing the vast quantity of water which has formerly gone to waste and converting thousands of teres at sage- brash into alfalfa fields. DIB IN TRAIN WRECK. Twenty-Three Nine Injured Washington, July 9.— Twenty four persons were killed and three injured in a head-on collision on the Virginia Midland division of the Southern rail way at Rockflsh, Va., this afternoon. The passenger train which lelt Wash ington at 11:15 A. M. today for Atlan ta, Ga., dashed into a local freight which was standing on the main line ol the road at that point, wrecking both engines and the baggage and express cars of the passenger train. The bag gage car and the second class passenger coach immediately following it were telescoped. The coach was occupied mostly by colored people. The trainmen, under a doctor’ !direc tion, cut through the panels of the baggage car and took out 20 ol the dead. Probably a acore ol the Injured were removed. A special train which went from here to the scene ol the wreck re turned to the city about 8 o’clock, bringing come of the dead and most of the injured. Most of Ihe immigrants were Aus trians, and were bcund for points as far distant as California. The freight train was in charge of Conductor Brubeck and Engineer Hale, and at the time of the accident waa on the return run from Lynchburg to Charlottesville. Rockfish station is midway between these two points and the track there ia a single one. Engin eer Hale had orders to get out of the way of the fast passenger train, but, for some reason, which hns not yet l>een explained, he had overstayed his time, and had failed to take a siding so that the passenger train ccnid pass. The trains came together with a horrible crash, and a fearful scene of panic en sued when the occupants of the cars re alized what had occurred. The pas senger tiain was made up of an ex press car, a baggage car, two day reaches and two Pullman cars. Shut Down for Summer. With few exceptions all of the log ging camps in the Lower Columbia river district have closed down for a month or sir weeks. The logging companies agreed to do this so that the surplus of logs might become ex hausted and the prices maintained. Selecting Wool For Exhibition. Hon. Heary Blackman, representa tive of Oregon for the Lewis and Clark Centennial and the St. Louis exposi tion, was in Ontario last week secur ing samples of Malheur and Harney county wool to be placed on exhibition at the St. Louis fair. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat— Walls Walla, 70@74c; val ley, 77c. Barley— Feed, $20.00 per ton; brew ing. $21. *it Flour— Best grades, $3.95 @ 4.30; graham $3.45@3.85. « Millstnffe— Bran, $23 per ton; mid dlings, $27; shorts, $23; chop, $18. ’ Oats— No. J white, $1.10 @1.15; gray, $1.05 per cental. H ay— Timothy, 820@21; clover, nominal; cheat, $15@16 per ton. Potatoes— Best Bnrpanks, 60@65c per sack; ordinary, 35@45c per cental, growers’ prices; Merced sweets, $3@ 3.50 per cental. Poultry—Chickens, mixed, 10@llc; 13@14c; hens, 12c; turkeys C T W l T . ; 'd ¿ * » 3 * S 17.00@ 7.50 per dozen; ***** $B.00@ Killed and In Collision. Short Line Is Turned Over. Salt Lake City, July 9.—A t mid night tonight that part of the Oregon Short Line railroad system south of Salt Lake City, was formally turned oter to the San Pedro, Los Angeles A Sait Lake City railroad, and becomes part of the system Senator W. A. Clark, of Montana, and associates are build ing to Southern California. Word was received at the headquarters cf the Salt Lake road today that all the details of the transfer of the road and rolling stock had b*en completed and notifying the officials to take charge at midnight. Cowed by Militia. j Evansville, Ind., July 9.— After the carnage of night Evansville is t o night obeying the orders of the mayor and the people are keeping off the streets. There are nine dead, one dy ing, three others faUllv hurt and 21 mote or lose injured. Four died today. Eight companies of m ili'ia and one battery are in Evansville. The 400 soldiers are armed with rifles, and the light battery has a Gatling gon. 6.50. Cheese— Fall cream, twins, 15>4@ 16c; Yonng America, 16@15M«1 f*ct’ ory pricee, MSI %c lee*. Batter— Fancy creamery, 20@22Kt ~ r pound; extras, 22c; dairy. 20@ ^ e t o r e . lfic(Si8. Eggs— 17(02Oc per doeen. Hops— Choice, 18@20c per pound. W r ig h t F ln a llv O I»e * W o o l— V a I le y , 12 ^ @ 17 c ; Eastern Or- «few York, July 9 ,-W h ^ a k e r mobair, 35@37^c. egon, 8#14c; mohair, wi'jght, the London financier and' pro- Beef— Gross, cows, 3 * @ 4c, per w r « ™ , ^ ^ troeted last March, Insane Patient* In Jane. pound ; eteere, 5@ 5 X c : dressed, % . ^ ¡th frtnd » , a director of the Veal— 7 * @8c. |cnsrgeu _ . „ --------------------— a Monthly report of the snperin- London A Globe fintnee company, and h state Insane asylum for Mutton— Gross, $3.50 per pound; has sincejbeen in jail pending extra increase in the number d r e s s e d 6 @ 6 H c . pound, dition proceedings, today formally fr2jn 1302 to 1324 durinr 4c per laro be G rose, , waived all right, and agreed to be voL . . . " The per capita cost of d ressed , 7 )4 c . pound ¡unUrily extradited to England by the Iir r '- w*" *10.43 per month. per Hogs— Groes, 8@65<e British aothoritiea. n»H V d*y The general health dressed, 708e. has been good. Must Not Set Fires. accordance with sections 1787, ‘ 789. m o j 791 and 1792 o f Bp1. and Cotton’s annotated code aatiites of Oregon, Governor ™“naln has issued his annual ------- -------------- Mimh referr1n® to the Protec- timber and other property The law provides that this ■®»tlon shall be issued by the w on or before the first day J of each year. piton n a o n a i . c a r d s . Be Com Q k 3 . B. HO SM KR PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON. D iw s m b ol the Eye, K *r sud Nose »r e Spes a ) tits. Office In the Allison A Mnd«en Building. J^R. B R. JOB The expense la only about 10 or 15 cents a tree, and even a dozen good peaches will almost cover the cost.— Country Gentleman. F a r m e r s ' W iv e s > s d th e C ow I m p r o v e d S to c k W a t e r e r . No matter how pure a source of sup ply may be at hand for watering stock. If It is pumped into an open trough and left exposed for any length of time It soon becomes polluted and unfit for the animals to drink. This will not be the case, according to the inventor. If the stock-watering ap paratus here shown is put into use. I f pure water is furnished to the tank or barrel to which thia fountain Is at tached. it is claimed that there la no way by which tne animal that is drinking can make it foul. The wa terer consists of a double drinking bowl, made of cast iron, which Is at tached to the outside of a tank or bar The wives of the farmers of Mis souri are gettiug so industrious and thrifty that It is tx-eoming a question whether they or their husbands are contributing more to the prosperity of the State. They have stimulated the activity o f the Missouri hen until that valuable member of barnyard society Is almost laying gold dollars, and now they are making the Missouri coty ac complish results that would have as tounded her ancestors. Here, for in stance, is Mrs. Anna Gowin, of Pop lar Bluff, who, without, perhaps, being tile champion dairy woman of the State, Is doing an amount of business lu this line sufficient to keep her and her husband comfortably without oth er resources. “ I kept account of the milk and butter we sold last year,” Mrs. Gowin writes to her mother, Mrs. W. H. Boulden, of Farber, "beginning the 1st of last May, and by the 1st o f this month we had sold 2,190 gal lons of milk and 1,439 pounds of but ter. W e got 25 cents a pound for ali the butter and 10 cents a gallon for the milk. Charlie Davault Is always bragging about how much the Audrain women sell, but I don’t think any of them can b«>at that on milk and but ter.” Probably not. Mrs. Gowin's re ceipts from milk and butter were $578.75, or almost $48.25 per month. They show how much the farmers of Missouri have lost by not giving the Missouri cow the chance and encour agement she deserves.— Kansas City Journal. U s in g : B o r d e a u x rel. On the inside is another chamber. Inclosed In which is a brass float and lever, controlling the flow of water to the outside bowl. The fountain is au tomatic in its action, as the float rises with the water in the bowl and cuts off the supply when the proper height has been reached. As the valve is al ways closed, exoept whe® water Is flowing from the tank to the drinking bowl, there is no opportunity for for eign matter to find its way to the inte rior of the storage reservoir. w P r o fita b le C o s t, The owner of a herd of twenty five grade Guernseys and Jerseys In Wls consln submits this account of the av erage per cow: Cost of feed, $28; re turns from creamery. $07.18; pounds of milk, 5.809; pounds of butter, 298; price of butter, 19.2 cent*; price of milk, 98.4 cents; return for one dollar la feed, $2.04; net profit of butter over coat of feed, $29.18 per cow. Ration: Bran and malt sprouts, six pounds; well-eared ensilage, thirty pounds; straw; fodder corn In fall; in sum mer pasture only. Adding value of skim milk makes profit $40.80 per cow Tings the owner has netted over $1,000 for his cows. Part of the profit ia in aklm milk at one-third to one-half cent per quart, but worth the estimate for making veal, pork and poultry prod ucts. The value of feed in States fur ther East would be $10 to $20 greater per cow, while the price for milk aud butter would be considerably increas ed. The net returns would not vary greatly. The open secret of success In this case seems to be the fact that every cow is a heavy yielder of rich milk.—Massachusetts Ploughman. O r c h a r d s a a d B ir d s . Every tree In an orchard should be washed at least twice a year with strong soapsud*, but there will be no necessity for scraping them. The cater pillars should be destroyed as soon as the nests are seen, which will end large numbers of Insects at once. As the Insects multiply with amazlDg ra pidlty, the escape o f a slugle pair means thousands next season. One of the best assistants to the orchard Is the little wrep. I f farmers will give him proper protection by constructing boxes with entrances so small that no bird but a wren can enter, the »par- row will be unable to drive it away. Aa the wren Is an active and Imay creature. It destroys a large number of Insects in a very abort time, and, as it increases rapidly under favor able circumstances, may be secured and Induced to remain fti the orchard if proper facilities are afforded for their protection and accommodation.— New England Farmer. M ix t u r e . • As fruit growers become more fam il iar with thp use of bordeaux mixture they more fully appreciate Its value, although experiments during the past season demonstrate that it has been used stronger than Is necessary ex cept where the plaits have been In fested unusually bad. The most de sirable formula Is four pounds of cop per sulphate and four pounds of un staked lime to forty gallons o f water Place the copper fn an old bag aad hang it In a few gallons of water un til dissolved. The lime should be slakqd and then strained Into the cop per solution, at the same time adding the balance of the water. When the mixture Is to be used It should be kept stirred, so that the Ingredients will be well mixed. As the mixture Is given It Is used mainly for scale, and when it Is to be used on Insects, such as po tato bugs, paris green may be added at the rate of one pound to 150 gal lons of the bordeaux.—St. Paul Dis patch. PHYSICIAN & SURGEON A ll ca ll« prom ptly attended. Office, Main St. n ext door to Leader office. Phoue, No. 114. COTTAGE GROVE, OR. T . A N D E R S O N , M. D Physician and Surgeon Surgery and Female gu esses A Specialty. A ll calls promptly attended te. Office la Sherwood block: Night calls at New Era Drug star*. Fbone 1M Main. QiNTlST D R . H . H . P E T R IR A U W evfe Warranted. Oftee Vital Deer Waal el Iheiweed l D R. E. C. 14ACY DENTIST Dr Suapp'i Building. • J ohnson F O E bv EBY £ JOHNSON, A T T O R N E Y S AT LAW Cottage Grovt, ^ H Oregon. K IN O Attorney-at-Lew Bpeclal attention giv en to Collections. COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON. J E. Y O U N O ATTOKIIY-AT-LiV M e * e* Mein lim i, Wert itde, H e lle n e G r o v e , O r. M IS C R L L A IN K O U 8 t j^OBT. G R I F F I N . *WHGON-NtHKeR+ Repairing and R efilling Is Our Trade. A ll work warranted. C on M a i n A i s t M t s .. Cottage Grove, O re g o * A K e t t le S w in g . An exceedingly simple yet conven !u e. m a d s b n , lent hanger for a kettle is shown. Let a represent a post 4x38 inches; b a piece 3x4 edgewise, with a three-quar- ter-lnch bolt through H and the poat, W a tc h e s C o c k s a n d J e w e lry so b caa turd easily; c ia a small Iron A t Lowest Prices........ W & tchm& ker HERBERT LEIGH, ASSAYER and METALLURGIST. Eugene, Ore. Best equipped Assay Laboratory In tho nata ■W IBO FOB H A N D LIN G KETTI.K. loop-like rod on wagon end gate, ao chain can turn easily; d Is a chain run ning from c to e, which Is a half-lncb hook for hanging chain. On the other hook, e. at other end o f rod, b. hang the kettle. This arrangement allows the kettle to be swung off the fire easily at any moment, and without legs or anything under the kettle to Interfere with building a fire. Such a kanger Is easy to make, but should h« made of anly good, strong material and put up substantial or firm.—E. O. Becrglsser, In Farm and Home. F a rm I\om pt and reliable return« guaranteed. W orking test« o f ore« made on sample« of on« lo fifty pound« to determ ine most sultabl« method of treatment. W H BERG J. W B E R « BERG BROS. A a a ity O ffic e Cottage drove, Oregon. A'Having and an a lyzin g o f ore«, w orkin g testa jranidlng. etr., etc . by the latent method* ol Prof Kalkenau’s School o f Aitaayinf, o f Han Francisco, Cal Mail Orders Solicited. Satisfaction Assured. Three doors east o f the postoffice. N o te «. Th * kind o f crops and the manner of EAST A N D SOUTH cultivation determine the profit. While — VIA— gome farmers barely subsist on a farm of .a hundred acr««s. It Is not difficult The S ha8ta Route for others to make small farm* o f only — o f th è - ten acres pay. There are some sec tions In which a twenty-acre farm la southern considered a large one, and yet such Trains leave C o t t a g e G r o v k for Portland farms pay well and their owner* art and way stations at 2:14 a m 12 .VS pm prosperous. L t Portland “ *:'»oa m sTso p m * C a v e r in g Peach T r e e ». L v Cottage Grove 2:57 p m 2:06 p m Several years ago the writer pare j A *av!n* o f labor may be made In A r Anhland 12 V. a m 12:.V» p re A r Haera mento ft: ne p m 4:.3.'» a m ticlpated In the work of laying j the garden by frequently using the A r Nan Francisco 7:56 p m S ftfta m down ’ peach trees in autumn and | rake. Very yonng weed* may he easi P u l l m a n u n ii T o u r i s t (J a r s covering them in various ways to I ly destroyed by passing the rake be protect them through the wlnter’ and | tween the rows, while by allowing the on both train», t h a ir P ars , Sacra spring. This plan has hem tried In l »r e d s to remain until well rooted a mento to Ogden and and K1 Paso aud various ways almost every year, and J hoe rosy be neeessary. E«’onomy of nearly always with success. In a aea- j labor la In keeping weed* and gras* to Chicago, Ht Louifl, New Orleans son like the present one, when peach«» 't down a* their seed* germinate, which a n d Wnehln^ton. promise to be a rarity, any scheme of j renders the ta*k easier. Connecting at Han Frmirlseo, with «en tra i carrying the fruit buds through the j Bow some annual and biennial Hteam'hlp lines for Honolulu, Japan, china. freezing weather is «-specially attract grass««« with the perennials for perma ! Philippines, Central and Boulh Am er tea. A t Albany and Corvallis connection Is m a d « ive. Prof. W. Paddock has recently nent pasture, especially If the soli he reported the aoccess of several grow wanting In richness and molstnre. The I with 0 A K Ry trains. ____________ ers in various parts of Colorado wba perennials will make but little herbage j Independence Passenger dally, ezeept Sunday l.v Portland a t fcM t- h . have been practicing thia method. for two or three year*, because their I M A M |lf t a m Ar M eM Innville. ..,f.v s on r m. They find It profitable as a commer first effort* are to establish strong 1 II: A. m . I A r .Independendence l.v j 2 oft r . if C o rv a lls I.v ! 1 » r ■ . cial venture. It looks like an Im root*. Annual*, on the contrary, I 1 : 45 a . m I A t practicability, to be aure, to lay down make but little root*; their growth la Bee Agent Mr D T A w brey at Cottage (ir o v s and partially rover a fruiting tree chiefly above ground, and what re station or address W E CO M AN , every fall, but It has b«*en shown re mains of them supplies some food « « 4 • I H I'M *. A g t r u m LAND, . OREGON. peatedly that it ia perfectly feasible shelter. PACIFIC COMPANY, Tourist Cars