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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1903)
Xane County Xeaòer. U. ,„,ttóí 6"0vt W“ 0"- W i.iisrivn lur tare» p< >f4,Ä ....«m l«. r Ä „ - it'ii II»- ii Í h .' v ■'"‘ i CsJ g e .•limai«1, XV riTmW m T T I of O, INVESTORS and HOMESEEKERS will here tlud opportunities nowhere else afforded in Ore gon.. The header will give you the news and facts con cerning this favored locality COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, SEPT. V, 1MB 1 1 1 « It I I I oul> I'uninens of importance trans- \ H i l I rç*te<1 was to allow $30 .luma««« to i l l I 1 1 1 1 I I I t^1<’ e**'«1' of Lafayette Yeatch on hc - 11 1 1 k / U 1 1 A count of the building of tbe McKin- lion roml between Cottage Grove anil Lora tie, bays :be Guard. This matter Ims occupied the at tention of the court f o r several terms, and after looking throughly •rectors A rra n g in g for into the matter, *50 was deemed Established by the O. & sufficient to cover the damages in the District F a ir to be E R. R. Company curred in putting in the road. Held in Eugene. Jerome Knox, attorney for the es at this Place. tate, claimed the damages were over 1500. S. i Had a telling effect, aud by the time I the Rescue company bad a stream I on the building the tire was well under control, and the flames were extinguished eveu before the frame of the building was consumed. O il this, as well as all former like occa sions, the tire department did va liant, quick aud effective work, and there could be no ciiticiam whatever of the department, unless it be a slight disposition to be guided in its work by outside influences. This is a matter that the chief is gradually endeavoring to overcome and will no doubt soon accomplish, j Chief C. W, Wallace informs us j that the department is always grate ful for favors aud assistance render-1 ed on the right-of-way to fires, but depreciates interference when in ac tion or wheu getting leady for ac tion on tbe scene of the fire, aud the tire laddies sh uld not be hampered or annoyed in their work, as they have been on a few past occasions. It was the first time the city fire de partment has had a real fire and the boys got to work like veterans. Ow ing to a misplaced wrench and the delay in rinding one to fit the second hydrant, it promised for a while to be a big tire. Air. Abrams estimates his loss at about *350, no insurance, aud con siders himself fortunate in that tbe loss was not grenter. NO. 20 | Southeastern liailroad, now build ing from this place to Bohemia. The Ophir mine was owued by O, P- Adams, C. F . Catbcart, Mrs. YV. W . Cathcart, Geo. W . and Arthur Jones, the Clnckey F’ raction was tlie prop erty of M‘ m. Moore and John Tay lor of Draiu, and the Hauler was owned by B. F. Pearson. It is , understood from a reliable source that the consideration for the three F. J. H a rd and W . H. A t properties was *11,500. In the same transaction was included tbe wood tell of Conditions • Royal and Fraction Number 2 aud in That Camp. | 3 claims the personal property of our townsman, O. P. Adams, fi i which an additional sum of *4,000 was paid by Mr. Hengen, making a *15.500 transaction. These prop erties adjoin tbe Oregon Securities The N orth F airv iew Com Company’s property about Cham pion basin aud are all very promis iug mining claims, in fact, included pany Strikes a V e ry among the very best iu the Bohemia Rich P a y Shoot. Mining District. It is generally conceded among mining men that. F. J. Hard and M’. H. Atwood Mr. Hengen haa secured a bargaiu returned Sunday from the Bohemia and au investment from which he mining district, says the Telegram. will receive valuable returns as soon Mr. Atwood lives in Boston, and as the properties are fully developed is interested in mining iu Southern and become ore producers. ------- ------- Oregon. He will leave Monday for his home in the East. Mr. Hard, in S u p e rv iso r B a r t r u m ’s B ig T rip . speaking of the activity in the dis Hon. S. C. Bartvum, superinten trict, said: “ There are I believe, 350 or 400 dent of the Cascade foicst reserve men at work in Bohemia. Of this came down from Roseburg Monday number, the Oregon Securities Com- j on business connected with theO. A pany employs about 200, the balance j S. E. Railroad Company and the being divided among the different Oregon Securities Co., both of which properties there. have just been grantert road and Tbe Crystal Company is prepar- other privileges on tbe Bohemia di- iug to put in a sawmill to supply vision of the forest reserve. Mr. mining timber. The Grizzly Moun- Bnrtrum has just returned from a tain Company is doing development tour of the reserve, where he haa work under the supervision of Fred been looking over tbe range coudi Byrne, of Cottage Grove. Dr. tious and finds them first-class. H e Olglesby is at work on the Golden says he saw about 80,000 sheep oil Slipper. The Hiawatha Company this trip all of which were in good has opened up a nice body of ore, shape. He reports thnt no tires of aud is pushing development. The any consequence have occured in the Vesuvius has 250U feet of work done reserve due to the careful patrol sys and is opening up nice bodies of ore. tem now iu operation. Hie trip The ground of tbe company is pat was a hard one this time as lie never for trails but pushed ented, and a large amount of ship-, stopped ping ore is in sight. The Oregon- through to his destination, l>y the Colorado has 1504) feet of tunneling nearest routes. ------- -------- and drifts, and is steadily pushing B o h em ia M ining Note». ahead. The ground is patented. The Riverside is opened up by 600 feet of workings. j Professor Stafford of the Oregon “ A sawmill is being shipped to University at Eugene, who has been the mines, which I am interested in .! touring the Bohemia Mining district the capacity of the plant being 70(H) is much pleasod with what he saw, feet per day. Much development anil says that hereafter more atten work aud prospecting is being done, tion will be given the miuing depart and from all sides come reports of ment at the University. new finds. The future looks bright F. J. Hard returned to Portland indeed for Bohemia.” Saturday with bis family but will Mr. Hard brought with him some come back to camp in a few days to very tine specimens, both in free continue the management of his gold and sulphide orea. He will many valuable interests. He say» return tJ the mines in the near fut the raiues made California, Colorado, ure. and in fact, the whole great M’esb BIG I P G DEAL Most of the old soldiers from this section, w ho attended the Grand i Army Encampment at San Francisco, i H. G oodm an and W ife have returned. They report having1 To G a t h e r Information j enjoyed several days of as good a j time as they ever did in their lives. | Relative to Local Tim Celebrate 60th W e d San 1' raucisco did herselt proud as ding Anniversary ber Resources. an entertainer, aud no expense was spared to make the old warriors Springfield is to hnve a new bank, happy. The management of the Oregon l»te arrival at Eugene being Am J. H. Goodman aud wife célébrât- | A Southeastern liailroad Company ed the sixtieth anniversary of their ! have just established what is known I marriage at their home on Mill street as a Woodland Department in i‘uoer' . Saturday, all the relatives who conjunction with their business en marriage licenses were issued could be preseut doing honor to terprises at this place, which in ooday to the following: F. Gittius the many occasion. Mr. is aud Mrs. to Good- respects similar the In Caroline Small. Leiia Sanders; M lu. J. Condon man dustrial were married in 1N43. Departments of the Mr. various Marriage licenses were issued Goodman is 81 years of aud ries is wedding an age n l versa eat rail road sv ste ms of the countrv. alViesday to Gustave F. Jansen hale and hearty. Mrs. Goodman is The object of this new department dHattie I* Nye; \V. S. M cFar 77. Fiftieth of which John S. Hamilton, of New land Cora A. Buker. are quite frequent in Oregon but Haven, Conn., has been appointed Hop picking will be general by sixtieths are uncommon anywhere. manager, is to obtain information Luna. tic Seeks the President. Test Sm elter at Portland. • last of the week. Several yards relative to the various resources of Monday moruing, among .ciufuc.i to lij portiou of tbe stale aud county i Henry Weilbrenuer was arrested T. K. Richardson returned i being St. John’s above Spriug- Cottage Grove from Portland"Tues" aml especially, as its name indicates, at Sagamore Hill Tuesday night ami Hall A Son's across the 1 day, went recently, accom- the timber interests along the lined making a presistent demand to see " ■ ~ , jj — -...... ■ from Eugene. j ' paDject by q Williams ‘ ’ aud M. of the O A S. E. railroad between ! President Roosevelt. Tbe man was Lte Bergin, a high school boy Blanchard, the trio comprising the this city and the Bohemia mines, armed with a revolver, fully loaded. and to disseminate this information He was taken to the villiage ami ho has been residing with his uncle, organizers aud officers of the Irn- among eastern investors and mill placed in the town prison. An ex . B. Haynes, of this city, was kill- proved Smelter Co. of Roseburg, men who may be seeking nn invest amination indicated that he was bj falling under a train while Mr. Blanchard, late of Colorado, be ment or business locution. This crazy. It appears that ho desired ating with his parents at Minne- >ng the inventor of the new simpli- new ami commendable ••i.tei prise on to ask the president’s consent to , Minnesota last Saturday. tied smelter, of which a brief ac the p..i t of G. B. Hengen and bis marry his daughter, Alice, and it is count was lately given in the L cadkk . company will tend to greatly hasten thought upon the president's refusal L drive of (1,(100,000 feet of logs The gentlemen had made arrangc- the developmental' the vast natural or attempt to dismiss him, he intend coming down the Williamette j meuts to erect a test smelter at Ana- resources of this part of Luno coun- ed to use his gun. Secret service The Booth-Kelly Lumber I I conda, Montana, but on arriving at I ! ty and while it will make more busi- men say that tbe man certaintly , and C. L. Williams, each of I Portlaud they received a proposition 1 ness for the new railroad it will also meant to kill the president and i bad a trig log drive coming, i from the Ladd Metals Co. to con- afaed forces and are, bringing i their te((t at tllat ! greatly enhance Cottage Grove’s would have done so if he could have commercial interests and assist alike seen bim. lots down in one big drive,, place, , io d a d contract coutract COvering aud covering the -A is now just tins side of Jasper proposition was soon signed, aud in building up the towu and tribu- I tary country. Mr. Hengen stated R.oseburg P laln d e& le r in T ro u b le . He circus was largely attended, actual work commenced on the test in the course of an interview cover •Dumber beiug estimated at from smelter last Monday. It is to be Upon claims of the First National ing the above facts that any infor ,00(1 to 15,000. I t was a good completed (or the first test on or mation given their industrial agent, Bank of ltoseburg for $1750, Bank lured, orderly crowd. Eugene before Sept. 15, when a large num Mr. Hamilton, bearing on our re of Cottage Grove for *175, and "ed with the circus in the profits, ber of mining men will be present sources, or auy favors or courtesies Micelli Brothers, for *30, papers ! people spending their money j to observe the demonstration of the shown him will be duly appreciated. were filed Tuesday by deputy U. S. *ly Between 300 and 400 were new smelter, which promises to sim- He is here to work to the best inter Marehul J. A Wilson, of Portland, wn from Cottage Grove aud vicin- plify and lessen the cost of the ests of this pait of the county and against H. H. Brooks, editor of tbe smelting process. The great virtues its people as well ns bis company. Piaindealer. This is a preliminary | of this new smelter is the fact that j Mr. Hengen staled further Hi. t step toward collection of these The directors of the district fair to i it uses coal instead of coke and also the O. A S. E. railroad compauv claims uud if nut paid or proper beheld at Bangs Park from Sept 2'J j consumes its smoke and foul gases. I and the Oregon Securities Co., will answer made to complaint by Sep to Oct. 3rd are arranging details for 1 The test of the new invention is j soou construct a double wire tele tember loth, the defendant will be the fair. Bids will be received by looked forward to with much inter- pbone line from this place to tin declared bankrupt. Me understand fie directors from Musical Orgau- : est by mining meu, and its success Bohemia mines for tile public as that claims amounting to about what it is to-day and tlmt Bohemia iatioos to furnish music for the fair, : means a fortune for our townsman well as their own use, the present *1500 more are pending but have Wednesday the »ale of the Ophir will surely bring this part of Orcgou ¡race track is beiug put in first ! and his company, and will also as line being inadequate to the needs uot yet beeu filed.— Roseburg Re uud adjoining claims on each side into prominence and continued pros is# shape and the grounds general- sure the establishment of one of and requirements of this lively min view. known ns the Cluckev Fraction and perity. Ijprtpaied for the big occasion. this class of smelters at this place ing camp and the many business Rattler in the Bohemia Mining Dis ------- ----- — C O O S B A Y R A IL R O A D . trict was consummated by W. W . Tbe county commissioners’ court, or near the Bohemia mines at a very points intervening. It is reported that a paper mill Cathcart to O. B. Hengen of New »ft iu monthly session Wednesday, early date The officers of the com- The timbers for tbe new railroad will be established at Bandon, an I Asi.ie fioin allowing bills and at- pauv and the inventor are confident bridge for Ihe O. A S. E. railroad T h e Protect is R e c e iv in g R e n e w e d A t York, Secretary of the Oregon Sec te n tio n - C la im e d that G e o. G o u ld the new enterprise will be located in test urities Company and a prominent teiiiliug to routine work, about the of the success of the Poitland above Red Bridge depot is being se is B e h in d th e M ove. the woolen mill building. stockholder in the Oregon and cured, the grading and construction crews have reached a point two San Francisco, Cal , Aug'. 30.— I f miles beyond this bridge site and George Gould carries out bis plaus, the right-of-way crew are clearing the way through a fine body of tim within a short time he will have ber at the front, COO.OOO feet of logs reached the Pacific coast with a rail uow being ready for milling, ull of road in two places, one in California which have been cut from the right- and the other in Oregon. of-way during the progress of the M’ hile the two roads may retaiu construction work. The work of installing tbe great, separate corporation identities, the modern electrical p lait in the management will be something like Champion basin goes merrily on that of the Union Pacific and the ! and it will soon be ready for .active Oregon Short lme. operations. All of these enterprises seem to be | By the snme interest the Western in the hands of throughly practical Pacific is to connect the Gould sys business men and every department tem at Salt Lake with San Francisco, of the work is progressing speedily while the Coos Bay road is to form lute and most satisfactorily. a link between Salt Lake and the —■ — - o f. Northwestern coast. It is the inten Fire at the Plan in * Mill. tion to build up a port at Coos Bay, which will bid against Portland and I Tuesday noon the shrieking of s II the planing mill whistle aud the Seattle for the great and growingj sounding of the fire bell brought trade of the Pacific Northwest and K S out the fire department promptly of Siberia, China, Corea and Japan, i and in full force. The fire origin The construction of the Siberian ated in the dry kiln of W. H. Railroad has given an immense im- Abrams’ sash and door factory and , petus to the trade of the Northwest- planing mills, and before discovered ern ports, and Gould, backed by the entire kiln, which comprises s Rockefeller, is determined to have a , 1 small building about 80 feet apart gbare 0f it. from the main plant, was aflame The Cooa Bay road has not been | W A S II B O A R D S On Tuesday morning Mr. Abrams surTeyed. 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