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INVEST08S M i NMISKEKERS
will her« find opportunities
nowhere els« »(lorded in Ore
gon. The Leader will give
you the news and facts con*
cernlng this favored locality
L.XV
FIENDISH
logging camps and a number of them
were drinking heavily.
JAMES KERR KOBbtn AUAIN.
MINING
n o te s
or
in t e r e s t
;
G A T H E R .E D
FROM A L L SO U R C E S
Chief of Police Stiles was working
up a case of robbery against Bunn
,,„H . . C- Marcus has located
and was about to effect his arrest Gold Coin” claim in the Bohemia just completed the Crystal Consoli
dated Company’ s road from the
wheu this other and more serious mining district.
Cbntnpiou road to their mines, of
charge was preferred, says the Guard.
More than a million dollars' worth which road construction work Mr.
It seems that last Thursday night
Meadows had full supervision. He
Bunn and an old man by the name m taken out of the copper mines at
reported considerable snow in tbe
im Bunn Arrested and
Butte, Mont, every week.
of James Kerr, residing at Wildwood
district and tbe most severe storm
several miles east of Cottage Grove
Convicted for Attem pt
Alex Pugh has filed proof of labor raging that bas ever been experienc
were drinking together in Eugene,’ on the ‘ Gypsy Queen” and ‘ Gypsie
ed in tbe camp so early in the sea
to Rape Little Q-irl.
and by Friday morning the old man Girl mining claims in tbe Bohemia
son. He reports considerable dam
was so drunk that he knew next to mining district.
age to tbe new Champion basin
i nothing. He and Bunn were seen
John Petersou foreman at tbe wagon road resulting from slides
I t*own on North Jifferson street and
Musick mine during tbe past season and cave-ins and says some little
| the old man could scarcely stand.
came down from the Bohemia dis time will be occupied in repairing
| Some women living in that neighbor
trict Monday. He bns tendered bis the damages. He says activity con
:jit Year - Old Cottage hood saw Bunn lean Kerr up against resignation as foreman at tbe Musick tinues in tbe mines and that there
a fence and go through his pockets.
and has accepted a position under is plenty of work for everybody.
He then made for the brush on Skiui
Grove Girl Object of
G. Meadow, in tbe Oregon k Color
uer s Butte and disappeared. A
“ Dozens of capitalists who g o in
ado mines, tbe property of F. J.
his Foul Designs
telephone message to Chief Stiles Hard & Co.
to the Bohemia mining district
brought that officer to the scene
emerge there-from saying “ Eureka,”
Herbert Leigh, the assayer and | says Dr. VV. W. Oglesby, president
Jim Bunn, a well known Eugene with a wagon and Kerr was taken
enough I “ 1WD« expeH arrived in this city of tbe Golden Slipper M inning A
:ter who has figured more or down town. When Bober en
1 Tuesday and returned to his home Milling Companv, of Cottage Grove,
conspicuously in the police and to tell his story he said be had lost
in the neighborhood of |G0, most of at Eugene from a several weeks who is at tbe Perkins H otel in this
jjce courts for some time past,
which Bunn no doubt secured. At trip to Bohemia where he has been city, said Saturdays Telegram
who last August com pleted a any rate he was spending money looking after his mining interests, j “The Bohemia country is thriving
in the penitentiary for burg- freely at Cottage Grove and he was He reports work progressing in th e a n d as a result Cottage G rove is
y, is now in a fair way to be sent never known to have more than a various miniug properties regardless ^growing rapidly. There have been
j 60 new dwellings erected in Cottage
-,k to the penitentiary for a much few cents at a time on his person. of the recent severe storm.
; Grove during the past six weeks,
BUNN rOl'ND GUILTV.
-ger term.
Frank Wheeler, secretary of the i
and the indications are for the erec
Bunn was arrested in Cottage
Tbe trial of Jim Bunn, the brute Crystal Consolidated Mining Co., tion of dozens more.
" Satur.d7 afternoon charged ; wb‘o7ttem “pmd “tTcnminally a ^ u h started up to the mines Monday,
“ We have timber, mines and agri
th attempted rape upon Ethe Bar- liuie Elhel Bartel« at ' Cotta
but on reaching the warehouse be
cultural country back of tbe town,
,tbe eight-year-old daughter of | Grove Saturday, began in the found it convienient to remain over
and all combined we expect to make
d Bartels, of the meat market circuit court Tuesday.
a short time at that place while tbe
Cottage Grove tbe leading city of
of Bartels k Yeatch.
first
genuine
snow
storm
of
the
sea
A number of witnesses, including
Constable B. K. Lawson took the little girl, her mother and the son was spending its fury in tbe the Willamette Valley in the near
nn down to Eugene Sunday morn • children with whom the little girl high altitudes of tbe district. Mr. future. “ The day of impulsive spec
tad turned him over to the sher- was playing at the time of the at Wheeler went up to the company’s ulation iH past,” continued Dr.
vho lodged him in the county tempted assault, were examined, property to ascertain the prospects Oglesby, “ and for that reason capi
tal is more careful of its investments.
Constable Lawson is quot- and their testimony was enough to for getting their new stamp mill in
This condition makes the growth of
witfa the follow ing story of the convince any jury ever empanelled to the mioes which arrived at thia
Bohemia permanent and real. There
place lust week, lours beiug enter
empted crime and arrest.
that the fellow was guilty.
is little of the ‘ boom ’ atmosphere in
tained tlmt so tar udvnnced is the
Bunn bad been drinking during
The jury went out at 1 o’clock
Lane County, but Vatber a steady
dty, but was not so drunk but Tuesday afternoon and in a few season that it will be impossible to
growth, which makes a g ood found
put the mill into the camp until
be knew wbat be was doing, minutes rendered a verdict
of
ation for future building. “ There
spring.
met the little Bartels girl on the guilty
is something doin g every minute,
~i and offered her money to ac-
On Wednesday Bunu was sen j Gill Meadows came down from activity all the time, aud progress is
ny him to a nearby shed or , enMd to ten yeara in the peu. the Bohemia mines Monday having the watchword of the camp.
They remained there some jtentiary.
This is the highest
Bunn did not carry out his ! peuaity for tLiu offence.
Before
idengns but the testimony given pronouncing sentence Judge Ham ,
tyte little girl at the preliminary ¡iton stated that inasmuch as Bunn
« “ ■nation before the justice of the : ^
Herve,i a previous term in the
pate« was enough to convict him. | peniteutiary and after being given
leaving the shed, Bunn und the his liberty bad been given u chance
lillle girl started for the brush on to do better but had neglected his Q o m p l a j n t s
He river. At this juncture the opportunity
»ortunitv and sank
•
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sunk worse in the I
began to cry and they were mire of crime, he would this time
by some ladies who inforra- be given the full penalty of the
Fred Bartels, brother of the girl, law.
•bo ran and overtook them and held
C ard o f T h anks.
until Constable Lawson arriv-
EN YEARS IN PEN
NON-PROGRESSIVE
afe NumeTOUS AgaillSt the
S. P. Co. Because Shippers Can
not Secure Sufficient Cars.
The undersigned desires to express
The Southern Pacific has not kept
bis heartfelt thanks to all those who
kindly assisted and administered pace with the growth of business in
to the comfort and care of the Oregon, say shippers who cannot
family during the late illness and getcars. Merchants and manufac
death of a beloved wife aud mother, turers at Portland are thoroughly
and to the Woodman lodge and cir stirred up over the matter and are
from
cle do I especially extend thanks ’ in a mood to demand redress
many
acts
of
kindness
in
[
the
Legislature.
Hail the fellow succeeded in carry- for their
They aver that their business is
font his foul purpose he would our sad hour of bereavement.
J. M. E mebick . | curtailed and that they have suffer-
■>• been strung up w ithout any
| ed heavy financial losses for which
"mony, ns the town was full of
I they threaten to sue tbe railroad
«min miners and men from tl 0 . Bead the L e a d e r ’ s ads.
I company. They declare that rail
• ¡ transportation by tbe Southern
Pacific is stagnant, not only at Port
land, but in tbe country. And
while they are unable to fill con
tracts and farmers are unable to dis
pose of their grain, bay, potatoes
and such like, warehouses along tbe
line are bulging, markets are vacila-
tmg and both buyer and seller are
in the speculative gamble.
Shippers point out that competi
tive points on tbe Willamette River
don’t suffer from tbe car famine.
Thev assert that tbe railroad com
pani
moves hops and prunes
promptly because transportation of
such products is more remunerative
The largest and best
A Portland merebaut bought 300
tons of bay in Yamhill County last
November, but did not get it all to
Portland until last July. Tbe north
west Door Company basen’ t been
in C o t t a g e Grove
, able to get a car ou tbe Southern
Pacific for three months. A ween
till large or small orders
ago Wolf A Sons were working on
prom ptly : Country produce
a deal for a Southern shipment of oO
carloads of potatoes, hut lost the
bought and sold : Special at-
business for lack of cars. Anotbe
tention given to orders from
firm of potato dealers bad an order
the Bohemia mines
•
from Arizona for 2Ó carloads, but
couldn’ t ship. Meanwhile pro-
free
Delivery
wagon
Our own
ducerà in other parts of the country
dealers who prefer
■re -.P iviD R
_
Oregon potatoes, says the Oregonian
\ lumberman of th e ’t alley whose
Duntsto
p .j roll amounts
to <6600
s'-ii a month
The would-be rapist was at once
;~en an examination before Justice
Viughn and bound over to tbe cir-
it court.
There was considerable feeling in
tags Grove over tbe attempted
but no dem onstration was
Pearce
Joh n son
Up . To - Date
Grocery Store
Can
PHONE
MA I N 45
Corner Main and River Sts—5ft
end of Bri
has been unable to sb.p only 12
loads in the past year and is de
ing tbe advisability of going ou of
Tha price of timothy hay is ♦ 13a
hav I« very
ton at Portland. The
bave been!
1 «carse, and consumers
able to get only a bale or two at a
time. Tbe scarcity and tbe high
price are caused by scarcity of cars.
A large part of tbe bay used in Port
land comes from Eastern Oregon,
over the O. R. k N., which manages
1° supply cars as they are needed.
A local firm bought 36 carloads
of bay in Yamhill County three
months ago. It bas been able to
bring only two car loads to Portland.
Tbe firm is Everding k Farrell.
Another firm, tbe Stephenson
Company, some two months ago,
contracted with farmers for ubout
125 toDH of hay, puyiug $600 down.
The firm has moved only two car
loads of the hay, those two cars be
ing all that it bas secured from the
railroad iu tbe past 40 days.
As common carriers, tbe Southern
Pacific should be compelled to sup
ply sufficient cars. Tbe Legislature
might save tbe country from losing
so much money hereafter from such
diliatory shipping methods as bos
characterized tbe Oregon division of
the Southern Pacific during the parft
season. Let this important mutter
especially to tbe industries of tbe
country and to tbe general public
be made one of tbe campaign issues
next spring.
reception at tbe opera house Satur
day evening by the local team and
ite friends.
M eat M & rk e t F ir m D is s o lv e * .
The meat market firm of Bartels
k Veateh was dissolved this week
by mutual consent, Marion Veateh
retiring from the firm. Mr. Bartels
will continue the business at tbe ^
A tte m p tin g ^ B r e a k a
old stand and will go right on sap-1
“
&
plying his many patrons with the j Log Jam OH Coast Fork
best fish, fowl and meats to be
Last Wednesday
found in this part of tbe country.
He will soon move bis stock pens
to the newly acquired site near the
railroad bridge north of town where
be bas erected a modern slaughter
bouse.
Mr. Veateh has not vet
decided as to what he will turn his Fell into the Turbulent and.
attention and energies.
AT THE ROUSE MILL
Y o u t h f u l H o r s e t h ie v e s C a p t u r e d .
Deputy Sheriff H. T. McClallen
on Tuesday night brought in from
Riddle youn g Harvey Bice, the 17-
year-old horse thief, who with his
older brother, Bert, eluded Deputy
Sheriff Parrott near town Monday.
The two horses afterwards stolen by
them from Jeptba Green and M.
Morrison, o f Broukway, were also
recovered by Mr. McClallen. The
older boy, Bert Bice, was also
caught sight of near Biddle Tuesday
afternoon, but escaped in the brush,
although several shots were fired iu
his direction. The boys previously
Btole two horses atYoncalla, but left
them at Elk Head. They are be
lieved to have likewise taken horses
in Lane county, releasing them after
riding some distance. Several of
the Bice boys have served terms in
the reform school and Bert very re
cently completed a term in tbe pen
itentiary for larceny. Their parents
live iu the mountains several miles
from B iddle.— Boeeburg Review.
Swollen Stream—Body
Not Y et Recovered.
Chas. Davis, and old employe o f
tbe Coast Fork Lum ber Co, was
drowned near tbe com pany’ s mill,
formerly known as the Bouse mill,
Wednesday, while assisting in break
ing a lo g jam in tbe coast fork river
at that place. It appears that lie
either fell or become excited iu the
supposition that tbe jam was break
ing and jum ped into the swollen,
murkey waters o f the mountain tor
rent and was swept away, the body
having as yet not been recovered.
He was a married roan and leaves a
small family to mourn his death.
He was held in high esteem by his
employers and fellowlaborers who
greatly deplore bia tragic and un
timely death.
THE RECENT STORM.
Western Oregon and Washington
was visited by a severe storm the
early part of this week of some
thirty-six hours duration, snow fall
ing in the high altitudes, the valleys
beiug drenched in a driving rain.
M R . P E A R S O N S P R O M O T I O N . Some little damage resulted in this
county, several small bridges being
Is EtecteA A Director ot th e Oregon So. washed ou t and tbe mill men lost a
cvirltles C o m p a n y .
few logs and pilings, among whom
was tbe Bootb-K elly Co., at Spring-
A
letter
dated
New
York field. About Cottage G rove the loss
City Nov. 5, and addressed to tne w a s r o r j nil “ Lit, IDG T d C IflC T i m b e r
L eader , by John H. Pearsons, who Co., being able to save all but a few
served as general manager of the of their pilings in Mosby Creek and
Oregon k Southeastern Railroad their logs and pilings in tbe Coast
Company at this place during the Fork.
past season, mentions inadvertently
Some damage resulted in the Bo
a recent meeting of tbe Board of hemia mines from slides and wash
Directors of tbe Oregon Securities outs. The new Champion basin
Mining Co., operating in the Bohe wagon road is considerably abstruct-
mia district, at which considerable ed with slides, but will be repaired
business of importance was trans in a couple of weeks. Tbo new dam
acted
and
reports
concerning of the Oregon Securities Co., was
operations tbe past season in the slightly damaged and its electric
mines were received and were most power wires were blown down in
satisfactory to all concerned. Mr. places, but uo serious damage result
Pearsons received substantial recog ed.
nition for bis valuable s.rvices of
Tbe Oregon k Southeastern Rail
tbe past season by being elected n road suffered slightlylrom tbo storm.
member of the official board to su c The steam shovel was Hooded in the
ceed Mr. Geo. B. Knapp of Boston, gravel pit near town and work was
wbo was forced to resign on account temporarily suspended. Tbe long
o f long continued ill health. T b e stringers and false work o f tbe new
many friends of Mr. Pearsons here railroad bridge across Frank Brice
will be pleased to learn of his pro Creek in the Bohemia foot hills wan
motion.
all washed out-
THINK
ABOUT
CHINAWARE
Have you enough to suit
your ideas? Is it tho kind
you most admire? Is the
decoration attractive?
Is
tho quality as you prefer?
Don't you want a new sot?
F O O T B A L L SATU RDAY.
Cotta««
Grove H lih School
bur« High School.
One of tbe
liveliest
football
games of tbe season will no doubt
be witnessed on tbe gridiron in
this city Saturday, the contest to be |
between the Koseburg High School
team and tbe local High School
team, which played a scoreless
game at Boeeburg recently.
Tbe
two teams are pretty evenly match
ed and this game promises to be
one full o f vim and sharply contest
ed as each team is determined to
score this time and maintain ita
laurels, neither team having met
defeat thus far this season.
The
visitors will be tendered a cordial
W e have sets or odd pieces.
The economical can afford
them. If you are particu-
lar, we like it. If you want
art value, we supply it : :
U n d e r
Odd
F e l l o w s
Hall