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About Lane County leader. (Cottage Grove, Lane County, Or.) 1903-1905 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 27, 1903)
À \ • COTTAGE M « E . OREGON The headquarters for three at lumbering comwmles. Iv gateway to the rich Bo- hernia goW m lnet, and the BUu-k Butte cinnabar mines E « Xane Counts Xeaòer. INVESTORS I M NOMCSCEKERS wiU here find opportunities nowhere else afforded In Ore gon. The leader will giro you the news and facts con cerning this favored locality VOL XV CO I TAGE GROVE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON, F R ID A Y , NÖV. 27. 1903, NO. 32 it. Ou several of their claims they with a common cause in view— the have a good ehowiug. They have n o t e s or i n t e r e s t ; development, advancement and up plenty of ore in the faces of the GATH ERED building of the great Bohemia min drifts. Mr. Whitmore thinks so FROM A L L SO U RCES ing district, in which all seemed to much of their prospects that he is A Emerick and J. M. Emerick District Monday to assist in pitting have explicit faith as to the out going to buy *2000 worth of their stock, aud he declares that it is a have located Blind Treasure claim, iu the company’s big new stamp come of the camp and naught but flattering reports from ull of its sure thing and that it will soon in in the Bohemia district. mill this winter. properties, many of the best posted crease iu value three or four hun T. K. Richardson, secretary of The Bohemia Gold Mining Com mining men predicting that the Bo dred per cent and probably a great the Improved Mineral Smelter Cq , pany files notices of amended loca hemia district would soon rival the prediction Made by Salem deal more. The Golden Rule Com returned to Portland Sunday from tion for the following claims In Bo Cripple Creek or any other famous pany has claims running, up to and Cottage Grove. hernia district: “ L. M.,” “Port mining camp on the coast. The Governor Chamberlain Is Man T h a t the District adjoining onto the Champion mine, Philip S. Bates, chairman of the land,” “ Fort Wayne,” Black Bear,’ miners while in the midst of their sues His Call to Con where such a vast amount of work W ill Become “ F. T „ ” “ G. W .,” “Pioneer” aud evening’s festivities received a sub is to be done by the Oregon Secur executive committee of the Oregon “ Boston.” vene Law-M akers stantial contribution of cigars from ities Company. The Champion Miners Association, was married at Ed Jenks, one of the most practi the New Era Drug Store and Modern mine, he says, has ore enough in Beavers Saturday night. sight to run fifty years. It is a dead John A. Taylor, who has had cal and best informed mining men Pharmacy as well as bottled goods aud sundries from other business sure thing, kays Mr. Whitmore, that charge of the sawmill at the Vesuv of the Bohemia district returned to houses of the town all of which were the biggest capital in the country ius mine, came in last. Saturday to the camp Tuesday after spending a duly appreciated by the mining fra few days in this city transacting spend the winter in Portland. will soon be engaged in mining ¡ d W . H. W hitm ore Speaks ternity, from which source, however, Also Orders Special Elec business. Mr. Jenks informed the the Bohemia district.. W. B. Root of Bohemia has re L eader that a great amount of de the business men of Cottage Grove K now ingly of Several BATHER RICH, tions to F ill Senato turned to Portland, where he will en velopment work will be prosecuted received a large annual revenue. At Good Properties Some time ago the workmen gage in the brokerage business. Mr. iu the district this winter and every this impromptu, yet auspicious and rial Vacancies. struck a thin seam in the Stocks & Root was formerly president of the thing put in shape for an active pleasant gathering, the local press W, H. Whitmore, whp is an expe- Harlow property, now owned by the Colorado Mining Exchange at Den season next year—one whiob will was represented and the occasion S a l e m , N o v . 21— Governor Cham no doubt be even livelier than was made one long to be remember rieuced mining man, having followed Vesuvius people. Ore from this ver. seam assayed $249,000 to the ton. ed by those fortunate enough to be berlain today issued a call for a Neil Regan, who has been em the past season when so much that business for the past twelve This is on a parallel vein with the valuable work was done in the dis iu attendance. special session of the Oregon Legis years, is in the city, visiting at the Damon claim, owned by the Golden ployed in the Golden Slipper mines trict. Mr. Jenks has accepted the lature, to convene on the 21st day in Bohemia for some time past came N E W M I L L S G O IN. home of his father J. C. Whttmore, Rule people, being only about forty down to this city Monday find went position of foreman in the mine« of of December, to remedy the defect m North Salem, says the Salem rods south of the Damon claim. The to Portland Tuesday to spend the North Fairview Mining Co., ive tax law. formation of the Vesuvius claim is Thanksgiving. Statesman. which position he assumed on bis F . J H a rd Telia of Mirtina Conditions The governor also issued writs of Irv B o h e m ia T h is W lntor. Mr. Whitmore was in Neme all the same as that in the Damon claim. return to the district. It is stated special elections to be held Dec. 16, After a brief visit with his family, that this company will eDgage in last summer, returning some weeks Of course such seams do not run large 1903, in the 9th senatorial districts F. J, Hard, who is heavily inter of Oregon to elect successors to J. ago. He tbeu went to (he Bohemia nor last long. But they indioate Jas. Hart returned to the Crystal development work esteseively this ested in the Vesuvius, Riverside and N. Williamson, now Congressman, district, near Cottage Grove, aud that there is plenty pf gold in the Consolidated Mines in the Bohemia Winter, Oregoh and Colorado mines of Bo aud C. W. Fulton, now U. S. Senator. has just returned from there. He', ekrlh there, »rent to the Bohemia district to start ', Mr. Whitmore will return to the P O P U L A R IM P E R S O N A T O R . P A C I F I C T I M B E R C O M P A N Y hemia, went to Portland last Satur The 9th distriot which Williamson up a liner drilling machine, a new Bohemia district within a few days, day. He is doing extensive develop- represented in the Oregon Senate thing, for the Oregon Securities and he expects to do development M ia. L a u r a T h o m a a . L a te of Chloago. C om p elled to C anool Many of Ito Orders, ment work on the above named comprises Klamath, Lake, Crook Haa Jviat Fall Hair la a large Company, He was to install the work out there and watch the de properties and will keep to shifts and Grant Counties. The 19th dis an d Savaral H u n d re d M en Fortuna. machine in the Champion mine of velopment of the district. constantly at work all winter in triot represented by Fulton includ A re Idle. that company. It is a machine that opening up ore bodies. Mr. Hard ed only Clatsop oounty. No special TEN T H O U SA N D T U R K E Y S . Miss Laura Thomas, who formerly runs with compressed air. A storm No doubt no other company has recently bought a controlling inter election will be called for Benton made her home in Grants Pass, but suffered for the waut of transpor est in a group of claims adjoining county to choose a successor to Sen came up, however, and blew down Waro Shipped T h is W eek From O a k who has since graduated from the tation more than the Pacific Timber the Vesuvius;- which will be part of ator John D. Daly, whose eligibility all the wires, and Mr. Whitmore was la n d , Oregon, to Seattle. Colam bia school of Oratory, Cliiengn, j Company. This compnuv has prac that already producing property, had been| questioned on account of obliged to stop work. It will be has become a prime favorite iu tically shut down every branch of and has made vast improvements on bia present residence in Portland. six weeks before they are ready for Oakland, Ore., Nov. 19.—The big Southern Oregon as a render and “ S a l e m , O r ., N o v . 21, 1903.— I, its extensive enterprises exeept the them. In speakiDg of the outlook him again. Geo. E. Chamberlain, by virture of annual turkey elaugbter for Thanks impersonator. Miss Thomas lately sawmill at Drain, which runs on half there, Mr. Hard said: A BIO THING fell heir to a large fortune, left her time in order to supply the local de “The district is very active and tbe authority iu me vested as gov The Oregon Securities Company giving is in progress in good shape. by her grandfather; however, this mand for lumber at Roseburg. In every property is being developed. ernor of the state of Oregon, do The birds are the best ever put on the is a big concern, and it is doing does not in any way effect her zeal an interview, T. K. Campbell, presi The sawmill on the Vesuviua group hereby direct the convening of the ibiugs out there on an extensive market here and the price gross is and ambition to accomplish great dent of this concern, said recently: has done splendid work while in two houses of the legislative assem scale. Mr. Whitmore cays they will 15 cents per pound, which gives the things in her chosen field of work. “ Orders that we receive for lum operation and we have built the bly of the state capital in Salem on have the finest acoomadations for , Friday evening Alias Thomas gave ber last May were cancelled during mill, storehouses and tunnel house Monday, the 21st day of December, their men he has ever seen in anv * a recital in Grants Pass. Her work the month of October. We have at from the lumber manufactured by A. D., 1903, at 10 o ’clock a. i d ., of cup, and he has been in most of I Lis turkey crop. as an impersonator and character least *50,000 worth of lumber and our plant. The recent storm has said day, for the purpose of meeting E. G. Young & Co. will kill and j the big ones. They are building delineator is unquestionably supe piling ready for shipment, but we had the effect of retarding the work the objections made by tbe supreme 2500 feet of snow sheds at the Cham dress 6000 turkeys and 2000 chick-1 rior to that of any one ever heard of freighting, but we are getting in court to and curiQg the defects iu pion mine, and they will have model eus. Beckley Bros, will handle in this section of the state. Last cannot get cars. Our appeals to the balance of the Winter’s supplies an act entitled “ An act to provide a the Southern Pacific for cars have bonk and boarding houses, with hot 4000 turkeys, maxing a total of 10,- Spring she presented “ Mrs. Wiggs by pack-trains. The Crystal people more efficient method for the assess been without avail. ' We employ vater baths, barber shops, reading 000 from this section, within a of the Cabbage Patch,” by Alice several hundred men and our pay are actively at work aud are making ment and collection of taxes ahd to rooms, etc. They are going to run twelve-mile radius. The entire tur Hegan Rice, to a Grants Pass aud roll ranges from *12,000 to $15,000 rapid progress. Geo. W. Lloyd amend sections 3057, 3060, 31132, tunnel 3000 feet into the moun key shipment made Friday to ience, and the quaint characters of per month, and ntarly all of these will visit the district this week and 3084, 3085, 3090, 3107, 8111, 3110 tain. This will go a long way to Carstius Bros., Seattle, Wash. that popular book were never more men are uow idle.” supervise the placing of the com and 3120, of Bellinger & Cotton’s wards demonstrating the richness of vividly portrayed tliau bv Miss The sawmill Annotated Codes and Statutes of This company owns the Drain, pany’s new mill. the camp, bringing plenty of capital F e ll T h r o u g h a B ridge. Thomas, Friday night her pro Alca aud Rouse mills. The sawmill recently installed has been steadily Oregon,’’ passed by the legislative there. Mr. Whitmore is very en gramme consisted of various selec at Alca, eight miles south of here on operating and handled a large assembly of tbe state of Oregon at thusiastic over the prospects there. Word has reached this city from tions fiom well-known authors. Miss the Southern Pacific, was erected amount of lumber. I will remain its 2’2ud regular session in 1903. He says the Bohemia district is Bohemia Warehouse to the effect Thomas' impersonations are well this Fall and has a capacity of 75,- most of the time from now uutil “All who shntl at the time herein bound to be another Cripple Creek, that Joe Cole’s big freight team and defined and carefully drawn. She is 000 feet per day. Mr. Campbell Spring in Portland, but will visit before named be entitled to act as and they are begining to do things loaded wagon went through what possessed of a charming personality, said it cost $25,000 apd the new my interests in Bohemia at intervals. members of said legislative assembly in mining like they do them in Col is known as the middle bridge on and is a young lady of whom Ore plant has not shipped a foot of lum The district is a veritable bee-hive are hereby required to take notice. “ Given under my band and tbe orado. the route between the terminus of gon is justly proud. She will return ber. His company was also hand of industry and many fine bodies of GOLDEN RULE PROPERTY. the new railroad aud the warehouse. this Winter for post-graduate work ling the products of five other mills, ore have been exposed the last sea great seal of the state of Oregon at the capital in Salem, on this 21st Mr. Whitmore took occasion to Considerable damage was done to at the Columbia School of Oratory, but on account of not being able to son.” - - ■ - ------ — day of November, A. D., 1903. look over the Golden Rule property, the team and wagon and Mr. Cole and will then resume her public get cars, these mills are idle. The A good binding does not make a “G eorge E. C hamberlain . belonging to Salem’s mining com was so severely injured that he will readings. She will appear at the company has over 3,000,000 feet of poor book, but a fine suit of clothes “ Govenor. pany. He declares that they have be laid up for a while. He was Cottage Grove Opera House this sawlogs on hand. too often makes a bad man more “ F. L D unbar , Thanksgiving evening. Admission .Many of the orders they had from taken to the Warehouse hotel for as good property as the Oregon Se- “ Secretary of State.” 35, 25 and 15 cents. California and other states have sought after. eurities Company, aud a whole lot of | treatment. ---- ---- been cancelled. They have 30,000 A P le a s a n t S o c i a l E v e n t. 1 piling distributed along the South 'em Pacific track l>etween Walker Lust Thursday evening Mrs. Her and Dram ready tu be dispatched bert Eakin and her sister, Mrs. Jas. 'on short notice. Benson, very pleasuutly entertained The company started in business a large number of friends at the ; five years ago at Alca on a very home of the former, the pleasant small scale by getting out railroad require no breaking-in. The cushion is a non eveDt being in honor of the 21 birth wood principally. Its business ex conductor o f either heat or cold and will keep day anniversary of their brother, A. panded rapidly and it is now one of the feet at a natural temperature : : : L. Wynne, of the Wynne Hardware the large concerns in the state. Mr. Company. The parlors were appro Campbell says the outlook for relief priately decorated and various in is anything but cheering. teresting and instructive games were provided for the entertainment M IN E O W N E R S IN B A N Q U E T . of the guests. At a late hour dainty refreshments were served, at the At Hotel G rsh sm F rid a y E v m ln l. A L a r i * Representation. The largest ami best conclusion of which the guests joined in wishing Mr. W y n n e many happy returns of the occasion i A large number of prominent mine owners and operators of the Bohemia and dispersed. AmoDg those in attendance were: District, having by chance assembl Misses Roby Baker, Greta Bristow, | ed in town simultaneously the latter in C o t t a g e Grove Celia and Lillie Lurch, Laura, Lucy part of last week, it was suggested and Louise Newland, Elsie Lea, by F. J. Hard and others that a Bo Can till large ór small orders Maud Kelley, Lula Currin, Lena hemia miners banquet be held at ¡promptly : Country produce Benoit, Alice Merrvman, Hillsboro, Hotel Orabam and accordingly the jought and sold : Special at Ore. Victoria Mitchell of Merlin,Or. pleasant event was carried to a most tention given to orders troni Mr Chas Dutton, Winfield Bennett, successful conclusion Friday night. L. F. Kirkpatrick, C. W. Wallace. There assembled, was a good rep the Bohemia mines / .* •' •' Harry Brehaut, Bert Lawson, Thos resentation of the entire district and Our own free Delivery wagon Medley, R. R. Poppleton. of Port perfect harmony and good cheer The Bohemia Mine land Ore. and Armond L. Wynne. prevailed. Owners Association was much in evidence, several of its prominent W re c k At D r a in . *hen walking or standing the wearer of the “Arm«'' Cushion Sho« 1» < onsctmi* <»f * delight ful *en»atlon of tmoyanry. and do*-* n >t tire an ?n ordinary «ho«. We are <w*le agent«. officers being present, including Andrew Bruud, president, Ed. Jenks, Conductor Risley’s train met with an accident at Drain Monday. One vice-president and George Cox, one boxcar was ditched and three more of its directors and at one stage of i , ars left the track, aud there was so the jubilation, three hearty cheers j much track to be built that the local was proposed and given the Bohe-1 passenger train was delayed. The mia Mine Owners Association. The! Corner Main and River Sts-West end of Bridge j L eader is glad to state that nobodv miners here assembled seemed to be in perfect accord and all working i was hurt in the wreck. LEGISLATURE M IN IN G V i AT SALEM DEC. 21 CUSHION S O L E S H O E S Pearce (8L Johnson Up - T o - Date Grocery Store The Acme Turn For Women i $3.50 P H O N E M A I N 45 4
