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IHVESTOiS and HOMESEEKERS
will here flud opportunities
nowhere else afforded in Ore­
gon. The Leader will give
you the news and facts con­
cerning this favored locality
NO. 24
COTTAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, F R ID AY , OCT. 2. 1903.
*hen 8tl<1 tlj« fibbous will denote
tuo prize winners.
be informed a L eader representa­
tive that his company has done con­
I rid ay afternoon Indians will
siderable development work the
ride ponies in a race for $25.
past year and has uncovered some
Iu the cvenitg a big WHr danco
very fine ledges. The most recent
will be held on the grounds. A
Treasurer Crystal Consolidated Mining Company, Cot­ work is on one of tbe upper claims
buck race will probably be called
on the north side of Fair view. A
Saturday,
tage Grove Lumber Company, and Vice Pres­
tunnel is now in about 151* feet on j
Tbe pavilion exhibit and geueral
the vein in continuous fine milling j
display is good, while the stock pens
ident Bohemia Telephone Company.
ore, with the drift face in six feet of |
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are well tilled, both of which de­
partments attract much attention
¡fJu S T o .
' £ , Paragraphs of Local Hap-
and favorable comment. The fair
cjanus
of
the
group,
and
good
bodies
penings in Lane Coun-
closes Saturday evening and gives
of ore are being opened up. Mr.
promise of being one of the most
ty’s Capitol.
Harris is favorably impressed with
successful ever held by tbe associa­
the general conditions of the dis­
tion.
trict.
FRANK D. W H E E LE R .
yorable Weather a n d
other Conditions
A uspicious
Make
Opening
I B S ABE GOOD -■
COUNTY SEAT
I
M T BIG D AMAGES
P lu n d e r is Identified.
Creditable Exhibit and Saturday evening Sheriff Fisk re.
ceived information which leads to
Large Crowds are
the identity of tbe owners of tbe
two horses and spring wagon which
in Attendance.
were iu possession of Tom Young,
the sticky-fingered gent who took
ftfpUl to the LEADKB.
EniENt, Oct. 1.— Tbe district lmrueHS etc-> fl0UQ Eugene, and was
1 captured near Oakland.
iniroDeued
under favorable weather I —
iai
r
Leonard v<c<
Gertz,
Ul| who
* » u u 1 resides
m in e s U
north
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gild other fondJtious luesday, and of Portland a shoit distance, arrived
CB Wednesday tbe races began, j iu Eugene Saturday evening and
pc to the present time everyone i^utilied one of the horses as bis
has voted the races well worth the "J!“ aUf ‘ he 0.ther <*s belonging to
""
,
. Michael Tanmer, a neighbor. He
idnnssion and tbe crowd is entirely «tated thot hig borge M(, tLat q{
satisfied with the entertainment. Tannier, was stolen Sept, 8, to-
CoEsiderable excitement prevails gether with tbe double harness in
during the finish of many of the UBe-
Aces and the best horse wins every
The wagon proved to be tbe prop-
time. The first race Wednesday er*y of a Portland man, Mr. Hayes,
»as a special 2;30 trot for a $100 who went to Eugene and identified
purst The entries were T. D. ! it- I* was stolen from a blacksmith
Condon’ s stallion, Lord Ketclieuer, ihop on the same night the other stuff
Holmbox, Neptune and Liumont, was taken. He sold it to liny Frank j
the horses arriving at the wire in in Eugene.
tbe order named, Lord Ketchener
having everything his own way iu
Telephone Stock Holders Meet.
two successive heats.
The second race was a half mile
The stock holders of the Bohemia,
dash. ML Pete, Sunday Mac, Daisy Cottage Grove Telephone Company,
a L I i O l l - O I 'O
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♦ Liu ' l i n l . l t l l n i e
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and H Goldie
were ZV
entered
for this
held their n annual
meeting
in i this
event. It wus a pretty race, Mt. city Tuesday and elected the follow­
Fete and Sunday Mac racing nose ing board of cirectorsfor tbe ensur­
and nose the entire distance. ing year: David Finn, Frank Jordan
By a magnificent burst of speed just and Frank Wheeler. It was votedi
lure reaching tbe judges stand,; to make some extensive improve - 1
t. Pete drew away and passed un- incuts iu tbe line and put it in first
det the wire a winner by half a class shape nt once. At a meeting
length. Time, .5(5; purse $25.
of the board of directors Wednesday I
The third event was also a run- the following officers were elected : 1
Bing affair for a pur Be of $50, a dis- David Finn, President; F.
D.
Unce of five-eights. Gad took the | Wheeler, vice president; Frank Jyr-1
decision, though many thought1 dan, secretary and treasurer.
Mazer had tied the race. Pepper- J
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•ucethird. McFarland “also ran.’’ I
Union Mass Meeting.
The fourth and last thing on the
end was a quarter mile dash, in
A union mass meeting will be
which there were three entries. held at the Christian church, Bun-
King Joe took first place, with
day, October 4tb, not alone for
Nolim and Black Dugan finishing in
Christian people; not alone for tem­
lbs order named. Time .25.
Wednesday evening a big bonfire perance people; not alone for saloon I
ltd hand concert was the program people; not aloue for worldly peo­
ple, but all are invited to come and
on the grounds.
Thursday’s races were said to express their views on the moral
be even b e t t e r
than those needs of tbe community. A short j
ol the day previous, and Friday anil program will be rendered ns follows:
Chairman for the evening, T. M.
Ikturday the speed program prorn-
Medley; Song,congregation; Scrip­
«8 to be good.
Friday morniug at 10 o ’clock a ture reading; Prayer; Solo, Miss|
grind parade of all the livestock ex­ Rena Baker; Address, Rev. Billing-
hibited will be a feature of tbe day. ton; Solo, Miss Bessie Boyles; Open
Premiums will have been awarded Discussion, 15 minutes; (¿uartette.
Frank l>. W heeler,one of the principal stockholders and treasurer
of the Crystal Consolidated Mining Co., is a native ol Minnesota. A f­
ter coniploting his education he became interested in, and was co n ­
nected with successful mining operations in the Rainy Lake Alining
district in Ontario, Canada. He came west and located in Cottage
Orovo in August, 1900. For about a year he was engaged in a general
1 ardware business in this city under the firm name of W heeler &
Scott, but finally disjosed of his Interests In the business to onguge
iu miuing operations In the Bohei.. i district. He was one of the
prime movers in the organization of the Crystal Consolidated Mining
Co. at this place about two years ago, at which time he was elected
Secretary and Treasurer, and of which company he still remains
treasurer. This well-known mining com pany’s holdings comprise a
group of as promising mines ns can be found in the Bohemia district
and on which extensive developments and improvements have been vig­
orously prosecuted during the past season and on which is being In­
stalled a large stamp mill, and a saw mill for supplying timber and
lumber for the mining and other Improvements now in progress. Mr.
Wheeler also has extensive and valuable personal interests in the Bo­
hemia mining district which he is developing. He is looked upon as
one of the solid, conservative mine holders of this line new mining
camp. Besides his extensive mining Interests, Mr. Wheeler is quite
largely interested in (lie hinda-i industry of this v|cb Itv, being one
of the principal stockholders and Secretary of the Cottage Grove-
Lumber Co., with mills on Mosby creek, 10 miles east of this city and
five miles from the uearest point on the O. &. 8 . E. railroad. Mr.
Wheeler is also a stockholder Hint Vice-President ot the Bohemia
Telephone Co., which operates a line l-etween Cottage Grove an.l tbe
mines. He is one of the genial, enterprising Hud public spirited citi­
zens of Cottage Grove, and is contributing his full share toward the
development of our mining and timber interests aud the upbuilding
of the town.
MINING V
N O T E S o r IN T E R E S T
GATHERED
FROM A L L SO U RCES
D. F. Letsiuger, who is interested
with N. F. Wyatt in five claims on
the Ridge, reports the property j
looking fine at the present stage of A Logger Sues Physicians
development. About 1000 feet of
Because a Broken Arm
tunnel has been driven on the prop­
erty as follows: Golden Rule claim,
Did Not Heal.
160 feet width of ledge 18 feet, two
tunnels. The ledge on the Rambler
Large crowds are in attendance
No. 2 gave a surface assay of $6. at the District fair.
The width of the ledge has not been
A marriage license was issued
proven as yet, although the owners
Tuesday to Church Stephens, of Noti,
have cross-cut 20 feet through and
aud Miss Bertha Day of Ivison.
are not through yet. The second
Miss Nina Ostrander is occupying
ledge on Rambler No. 2 is showing
a good ore vein of 11 feet. The the position of operator at the Postal
Puzzle claim is the one upon which Telegraph office temporarily.
L. F. Wooley, of Cottage Grove,
the big tunnel is be:ng driven, and
this is now ICO feet, and will tap the j formerly editor of and proprietor of
Rambler No. 2 ledge at a depth o f : the L eader , was in Eugene Tuesday.
150 feet. The Rosa Heron claim is He now devotes his attention to hi»
showing up in a highly satisfactory Dorena sawmill interests,
manner, and some excellent free
The Kentucky giantess, Ella K.
milling ore has been uncovered. Ewen, arrived on the Monday traiii
The Ella Heron claim also now has | and wns a free show to the people
a tunnel in 100 feet, and shows a | for a short time at the depot. She
full face of ore. A fine mill site | is a “ fair” attraction.
has been located, with abundance of
It is announced that Dr. D. A.
water aud wood.
Paine t^ill retire from active prac­
* C. J. Howard returned home from ! tice and will become a member of
a week’s sojourn in the Bohemia dis­ the Northwest Electric Co., of Port-
trict Tuesday. He informed the land, of which he will become secre-
L eader that a force tf men nre now tsry and treasurer.
His friends re-
at work buildiDg snow sheds over gret his intended departure from
the tramways of the Oregon Secur- Eugene,
ities Co., in the Champion Basin
circuit cot’ RT.
group. The big ilume of tbe com- ( Key8toue Mauufaoturing Com-
pany’s plant is practically completed, pany, vs. Frank Korinek aud Chas.
the power plant is in course of erec­ Bean, to recover money. L. M. Tra­
tion, and a crew of carpenters are at vis, attorney for plaintiff.
work upon-tbe mill aud other build­
W. J. Campbell vs. I. H. Bing­
ings. Gill Meadow is supernteud-
ing a force of 35 men in building a ham. Defendant files demurrer to
fine even grade wagon road from complaint upon the grounds that
the Champion Basin road to the complaint does not state facts suffi­
Crvstal Consolidated Mining prop­ cient to constitute n cause for actioD.
erty over which the company’ s new J. S. Medley attortiey for defeudaut.
stamp mill aud plaut will be tnken
and installed at an early date, or
sometime this month. The new saw
mill of F, J. Hard at bis V esuvius
mine was completed and put into
operation sawing lumber for his ex­
tensive improvements Wednesday.
Taking it altogether the camp pre­
sents a most animated appearance
and a fine showing is made general-
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A Pittsburg doctor has received a
fee of $34.000 for treating a man who
died.
He will never need to take
anything for bis nerve.
Subscribe for tbe L eader and get
all the local, state and general news.
L. L. Mason has located Magull | assessment work right up to date
East claim in Bohemia miuing dis and are decidedly well pleased with
trict
tbeir prospect.
Chas. Breneau, tbe well known i L. L. and G. W. Mason returned
miuing man, has returned home aft ; to Portland Sunday from Bohemia,
er an extended sojourn in Alaska.
where they are interested in the
| Ridge property in that district, with
G. B. Htngen will return from , wbjcb property they are well pleas-
New York shortly to look after de-1 e(j
Like others who hare visited
velopmeut work on the Oregon Se- tbe UiHtrict this season, they express
curittes Company’ s claims at Bohe- themselves as being surprised at
mia.
1 the extensive developments and im-
Attorney F G Eby, one of the' provements accomplished duriog
large stockholders in'the Hiawatha | the season. They informed the
mine in Bohemia, is looking after j L eader that they are also interested
business matters at tbe metropolis in the St. Helens mining district in
this week.
i Washington.
M e s s r s Finn, Thompson and others
A carload of ore was taken out of
who now own the Stocks k Harlow the LeRoy mines in Bohemia this
property in Bohemia, have a force week and shipi>ed to Portland to be
of m e n at work blocking out ore for used to demonstrate the practica-
the winter's run.
bility of the tost smelter of the Im-
__
«r .n proved Smelter Co., which has been
Work will continue on the Wall
^ (>we(?o by the Radd
A complaint was filed in the cir­
cuit court Wednesday and nn action
instituted to recover $10,000 dam­
ages from Drs. Paine <fc Kuykendall,
by Herbert Beadle, a logger, who
alleges that bis broken arm, treated
at the Eugene hospital by the de­
fendants, did not get well and is
yet useless. The physicians in the
case state that the action came as a
surprise to them and ajlege that
the young man left the hospital with­
out being discharged and that they
had written to him on two occasions
asking him to call and see if tbe arm
was iu good shape. No attention
was paid to the requests and action
was brought The doctors say they
do not fear the result of a jury trial.
j
New Offer
AT C O S T
AH our Silk Waists, former price
$5
N o w $ 4 .1 3
A lso our entire line o f Ladies
W rappers and Dress Skirts,
[radios, Misses and Childrens
cotton and woolen l nderwear.
We desire to close out
these goods at once
and you can get bar­
gains in these ::
EAKIN S BRISTOW
Street 8r<™P °
.
: inter
in which G. G.
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ested, in fact t h e greater number of
the companies will continue opera-
Bonn all winter.
W. H Shane’ s property at the
head of Monte Rico Ridge is show-
,n“ up decidedly well just now and
Hives promise of developing into
something '*ry valuable. Mr. Sbsne
lh a tbotoughlj practical mining man.
Some remarkably fine
offerings in Ladies
Ready*to=Wear Skirts
o f Silk, W ool. Mus­
lin, etc. T his 1 o t
coniprisesa most com ­
plete assortment, in­
cluding all sizes and
A ll Styles of
Metals Co., under the supervision
of tbe inventor ami owners of the
^
M B|, nchardf c D
Wilh>mg and T R Richardson, the
FINISING
; latter of Cottage Grove and Rose-
burg. All concerned, as well as
mining men generally, are eager to
witness the test demonstration or
receive a detailed account of it. and
all seem confident of its oltimate
success.
Chas Vandenburg and D. T. I Hon. L. T. Harris of Eugene, who
t wbrey returned home from a visit is largely interested in the N orth,
to their promising claims on the Fairview claim in the Bohemia min-1
Monta Rico ndge in the Bohemia ing district, came down from a trip
district the early part of tbe week, to the mines last week and bis re-
Thev have a comfortable cabin on ports are flattering.
Mr. Harris
tbeir claim and have completed their spent Saturday in Cottage Grove and
and Trimming. Price
reductions are very
noticeable and sale
affords rare opportun­
ities for buying : :
Under
Odd F e l l o w s
H a ll
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