Category:Daily Eugene Guard (1899)

From Lane Co Oregon

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4-7-1899

MILL SITE BEING LOOKED OVER FOR BOOTH KELLY MILL Following closely upon the purchase by the Booth Kelly Company from the Oregon and California Railroad Company of a large tract of timber land on the Mohawk and Mill Creek, comes their preparations to build and, operate new mills and lumber yards. It is reported that the company has secured the refusal of the George H. Armitage farm, four miles north of Eugene, or as much of it as may be necessary for use in erecting mills, creating and building canals and booms for the retention of logs. R. S. Booth of the company and A. H. Tanner, of Portland, council, were viewing the proposed site yesterday, and Mr. Booth will remain for several days attending to details. The Armitage farm possesses every requirement for the proposed mill site. It has plenty of low river bottom land adjacent to the McKenzie in which canals and booms can easily be built sufficient to hold thousands of logs, insuring continuous runs for mills of large capacity. BRANCH RAILWAY

Looking over the proposed millsite on the Armitage farm, in company with Messrs Tanner and Booth, were R. Koehler, manager of the S. P. Oregon lines and M. Valk in charge of their tracks. The Booth Kelly Company desires a line of railway to tap their new mill and connect with the main line of the S. P. and the Woodburn branch. In this connection it is understood that the S.P. considers the matter very favorably and will connect either at Eugene or Springfield on the main line.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 4-27-1899

THE ENTERPRISE MILL SOLD TO THE BOOTH KELLY COMPANY Albany, April 26.- George Kelly of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company which recently purchased 23,000 acres of timberland on the Mohawk, returned yesterday from a trip up the north Santiam, where he went to inspect the big sawmill plant known as the Enterprise mill on the Breitenbush, owned by J. W. Cusick, of this city. The mill has been lying idle for several months, and it was purchased by the Booth Kelly Co., who will remove it to the vicinity of their timber lands.

The mill has a cutting capacity of 100,000 feet of lumber a day. The consideration for the plant, which includes only the machinery, was about $8000.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5-6-1899 BOOTH KELLY LEASES COBURG SAWMILL WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE The Booth Kelly Lumber Co. today closed up the lease of the Coburg sawmill, owned by J. C. Goodale, for the term of twelve months, with the option of purchasing the same at any time, at an agreed price, during the life of the lease. This property is a valuable one on account of its adaptability for holding logs safely during the winter months. It is estimated that with a moderate expense, 10,000,000 feet can be stored in the ponds. The Booth Kelly Company takes possession of the mill June 1st, and will immediately operate the present mill to its greatest capacity. In the meantime they will purchase new motive power, and all other machinery necessary to do first-class and rapid work. Logging contracts will be let at once. In a few days we hope to be able to chronicle more enterprises of the company. It is a great thing that men representing so much capitol have located in Lane County.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 5-22-1899 MEMBERS OF BOOTH KELLY CO. VISITING THEIR RECENT PURCHASE Members of the Booth Kelly Lbr. Co. left Eugene today for Mill Creek to inspect their recent purchase of timber land in that section. The party is composed of the following gentlemen: J. F. Kelly, Z. S. Collier, Saginaw, A. J. Hechtman, Judd

Hechtman, Herbert Flelshhacker, San Francisco, F. H. Buck, Vacaville, R. A. Booth, H. C. Kinney, Grants Pass. Members of the party speaking to a "Guard reporter today said the object of the trip was merely to inspect the timber on their recent purchase on the Mohawk and Mill Creek. They left by private conveyance this morning and will return to this city tomorrow night.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-9-1899

CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOHAWK RAILROAD DEPENDS ON THE MOHAWKERS For a number of years the people of the beautiful Mohawk valley have prayed for a railroad with little or no hope of being rewarded. At last they can procure a railroad if they will only be liberal. Will they do it ? A railroad to that valley from the main line of the S. P. R. R. will enhance the value of every farm lying within it from $5 to $10 per acre. During the winter months it is a great struggle for a two horse team to draw a light loaded wagon to Eugene, the county seat. They can only market their produce during the summer and fall season, and must procure a winters supply of groceries, etc. All this would be changed with a railroad. If the people of that section will give the proposed railway a right of way, it will be built at once, as will also large mills in the neighborhood of Isabel. Thousands of dollars will be distributed among the people of that section. Mohawk has it in her power to procure this railroad or to lose it probably for years and years. Now is the time to act. A month from now will be too late.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-10-1899

THE BOOTH KELLY COMPANY ASKS FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY The Booth Kelly Lumber Company some days since purchased-- from the S. P. R. R., timberlands in the upper portion of the Mohawk precinct amounting to perhaps $150,000, and since that time they have purchased from other residents in the same belt amounting to quite a large sum. They also secured the right of Lane Co. to improve the Mohawk River and tributaries; then the company leased the Coburg saw mill from J. C. Goodale, with the option of purchasing the same at an agreed sum during the year. After fully examining the Mohawk River and tributaries the gentlemen composing the company, the Messrs Booth and Kelly and some California capitalists, decided it would be impossible to turn out the lumber demanded. A railroad was then thought of, and Engineers were sent for and placed in the field and profiles were furnished showing the project possible. The company started negotiations with the S. P. to build a first class railroad. The railroad agreed to build a standard gauge railroad from Henderson station about 3 miles above Eugene to Isabel on the upper Mohawk, about 14 miles, and run a daily train over the same if B. K. would guarantee 2,500 car loads of lumber over their lines to points outside Oregon to furnish ties for the road and the right of way free of cost. B. K. agreed with the conditions except the right of way. Committees from Eugene left this morning in private

conveyances to interview the owners of property through which the line runs, to sign right of way contracts. In four days every foot of the right of way should be obtained. The railroad estimates that the building of the road alone will cost $200,000, which includes bridges across the Willamette and McKenzie rivers.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-23-1899

SOME INCIDENTS OF THE EARLY SETTLEMENT OF LANE COUNTY The name of John B. Ferguson is a familiar one to the pioneers of Lane County as well as well as many later settlers. In September 1848, over half a century ago he came to Lane County and settled on the place six miles northeasterly from Junction City where he still resides. Mr. Ferguson is 74 years of age and his friends hop that many more may be added to that number. On last Tuesday our friend and the old pioneer of 1846, Uncle John Ferguson was interviewed by the Junction City Times and furnished information on early pioneer history. He says there was not a white mans wigwam between Corvallis and Eugene. Skinners wigwam was at Skinners butte, now Eugene, but there were a few settlers along the foot hills. Bands of roaming Indians could be seen passing from one range or one foot hill to another. Among them were Klickitate, Molallas, Klamath and Rogue River Indians. In 1846 the venerable old patriarch Elijah Bristow settled on a ranch about twelve miles southwest of Eugene and built the first log cabin in Lane County, which was in the fall of 1846. This house was built of hewed logs and the floor and loft were made of boards sawed with a whip saw that Uncle Elijah brought with him across the plains. The saw was used by himself and his wife in sawing out these boards. A few years after this Mr. Bristow and others built on this place the first log school house in Lane County. After more than half a century these buildings are still standing and In a very good state of preservation and ought to be purchased by the Lane County Pioneer Association and preserved as relics of the past. Uncle Elijah Bristow in after years gave several acres and deeded it to school and church purposes and named it Pleasant Hill, on which a splendid church and school house now stand. It was in April, 1848, that a band of Klamath Indians came into the vicinity of Pleasant Hill and killed some cattle for parties on the middle fork of the Willamette and also a valuable work ox for Elijah Bristow. A runner was immediately sent down the valley as far as Corvallis, asking for help to chastise and run the Klamath back.

Mr. Ferguson says that a force of seventeen man was raised. Seven of them going from between Corvallis and Eugene, which consisted of, J. B. Ferguson, Joshua Herbert, James Manning, Thomas Bruett, and Ransom Belknap, the others he cannot remember. These pioneers crossed the river at Springfield in a canoe, swimming their horses, and after going to the scene of action, the whole force numbered only seventeen men. Mr. Ferguson does not remember their names, but says everyone was a host within himself and could easily kill or capture the whole band. But they were doomed to disappointment as Uncle Elijah, single handed and alone had driven the indians across the river at a place known as Scuffle Point , firing into them as they swam on their ponies across the river, and thinks he may have memaloused some of them. The remainder of the force later came up holtily and crossed the river in a canoe, swimming their horses, but as the Indians had such a start it was thought best to give it up. The men were so disappointed and as they were near a beautiful butte, someone in the crowd, Mr. Ferguson thinks it was Mr. Bristow, proposed that they name it Butte Disappointment, which has ever borne that name. Mr. Ferguson in company with Joshua Herbert, ascended the butte and on top of which they found a level place of many acres in extent. This was in April 1848, and Mr. Ferguson thinks they were the first white men that were ever on the butte. Some of the crowd returned to the log cabin of Mr. Bristow and after resting a while, all returned to their respective wigwams. They were never troubled with the Indians again in this part of the valley.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 6-29-1899

THE BOOTH KELLY COMPANY WRITTEN UP IN THE SALEM STATESMAN From the Salem Statesman, June- 28-1899 - One of the largest business concerns of Oregon is the Booth Kelly Lumber Company which owns a box factory at Grant's Pass, four or five miles in Josephine county, sawing mostly sugar pine, and the three mills, two at Saginaw and one at Coburg, Lane county sawing fir timber. This company is turning out about a million feet of lumber every four days. It is the largest shipper over the Southern Pacific lines in Oregon. Two representatives are employed at Denver, one at San Francisco and one in the City of Mexico. It is now behind on its orders , and it often buys largely from other mills to accommodate its customers. Much lumber is supplied by this company to the Rio Grande Western railroad and other large customers in the timber lease regions of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and old Mexico, and the Southern Pacific and its branches are very large customers. The Mexican business is very satisfactory, though the freight charges are enormously high the Huntington road getting the haul clear to the City of Mexico. This company in now securing the right of way for the Southern Pacific branch to the Mohawk timber belt,-which it recently purchased at a cost of about half a million dollars. This belt is about six miles wide and eighteen miles long, and contains one of the finest bodies of timber on the coast. The company is to furnish the right of way and the ties for the railroad. It will leave the main line a few miles south of Eugene, and run eastward 16 miles. It will cross one fork of the Willamette and the McKenzie and Mohawk rivers, building three bridges. But this will give the Southern Pacific connection of its Springfield Woodburn branch and the main line, saving a good deal of round-about and profitless hauling.

The work of construction on this sixteen mile feeder will begin July 1st, and the road will be in operation in four months from that time. The big sawmill of the Booth Kelly Company on the Mohawk will soon thereafter be in operation. Part of the machinery will come from the Enterprise mill, on the Oregon Central and Eastern on the upper Santiam, which was recently purchased by the Booth Kelly concern. There is enough timber in the Mohawk belt to keep the mill running for fifty years. The moving,, spirits of this concern are John and George Kelly, Lane County boys and Robert A. Booth of Grants Pass and Henry Booth now register of the Roseburg land office, all Oregon boys, and all hustlers. They have enlisted with them some California and Chicago capitalists. These Oregon hustlers deserve great credit for their energy and pluck in carrying such a gigantic enterprise to a successful consummation. The prospects now are that they will make of their property a paying one, while turning to profitable account dormant resources and thus contributing a great deal to the permanent wealth of their state. In fact their property has already paid good dividends, and it promises larger profits on the increased investments.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 7-21-1899

HE BUYS CHITTIM BARK Fridays Albany Herald,. Dr. J. A. Lamberson, of Lebanon, was in the city yesterday, returning from a trip to Eugene, where he made extensive purchases of chittim bark from dealers in that city. The Doctor has been engaged in buying and shipping Oregon medicines, including grape root, saparilla and chittim bark, or as it is known by its medical name, cascara sagrada, for a number of years and also manufactures the various oils and extracts at his laboratory in Lebanon. His principal business at present is buying all the chittim bark he can, but he also expects to ship a car load of pine pitch in a few days. His activity at present is occasioned by the San Francisco syndicate trying to keep the price low and the doctor is buying all bark in sight and not allowing the cheap bark to get on the market. He is paying $60 per ton for bark at Lebanon, Albany and Eugene, and has 88 tons in the Albany freight house for shipment. He is a small trust all by himself and has succeeded in cornering nearly the entire output from the upper valley.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8-26-1899

BRANCH RAILROAD UP THE MOHAWK NOW ASSURED The branch railroad of the Southern Pacific from Eugene through Springfield and up the Mohawk to Isabel, is now assured, and the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, prime movers in the enterprise, will by this means secure rapid transportation for the marketing of their product. The Booth Kelly Company purchased from the O & O R R, one block of 20,000 acres of fine timber land on Mill Creek and the Mohawk, afterward 10,000 acres, and other small lots, aggregating nearly 40,000 acres of land in this section.

PLAN OF LOCATION With possibly a few minor exceptions, the route of the road will be as follows:

From Eugene to Henderson Station on the S. P. main line, thence across the Willamette river, either above or below the steel bridge, to be determined in few days upon engineers report of foundation for piers; thence to Natron track and along same three miles to Gorrie's farm, where new track will again be built; thence across the farms of Messrs Henning, Beard, Comegys, Ebbert and Vitus to a point where the McKenzie river will be spanned 50 Ft. below the Hayden Bridge; thence along the Mohawk to the Spores farm where a bridge will be erected across said stream 350 feet below the wagon bridge; the next crossing will be just below the mouth of Mill Greek, which stream will be ascended to the old mill site, the present terminus of the road. The branch will be about 18 1/2 miles long. The right of way and the ties will cost the Booth Kelly Company app. $23,000, the cost of the former alone exceeding $12,000. Several sections of land have been secured at the terminus, Isabel, and here the company's mill, store, hotel and other buildings will form the nucleus for a thriving village, having as its start a steady pay roll for 300 men in regular employment. The Booth Kelly Company mill at Saginaw has already commenced sawing ties for the new line, and the bridge timbers will likely be furnished from this point.

WORK WILL BE RUSHED Work on the railroad and the new mill and buildings will be carried on with all possible speed. It is expected the trains will be running to the mill and that the mill will be in operation by February 1, 1900. The Booth Kelly Co. recently purchased the Berry mill, formerly located at Breitenbush Creek on the O O & E R R and the same is now ready to be transferred to its new location. It will be shipped to Springfield, and hauled from there to Isabel on heavy logging trucks. The capacity of the mill will be 125,000 feet each 11 hour day, and it will be run to its full capacity. The work of erecting the buildings at the mill site will be in charge of George Kelly of the firm., They will include the main mill, stores hotels, dry kilns, planing mills, bunk houses, cottages, etc., and is of itself a task of no small importance. For this work about 75 Mechanics will be required for several months. The mill at Isabel owned by C. Cole is getting out the lumber for these buildings.

LOGGING OPERATIONS The Booth Kelly Co. was recently granted a franchise on Mill Creek and will use it for logging purposes. The logging will be operated by flush dams of the time. As the timber is consumed it is the intention to extend the road further along the Mohawk. The company estimates they have enough timber on hand to last 50 years. Trains will run on the branch daily except Sunday. Members of the company have been in conference in this city today and sent out an order for new machinery, which is expected to arrive soon. The order includes six boilers for the mill, having a capacity of 500 horsepower, and two boilers for the planing mill having a capacity of 250 horsepower; also four planers capable of smoothing down a stick 24 by 30 inches, 100 feet long. Machinery for the dry kiln will guarantee the drying of 50,000 ft.- of lumber in 12 hours.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 8-30-1899

BOOTH KELLY COMPANY MEETING WITH GOOD SUCCESS IN SECURING RIGHT OF WAY

The Booth Kelly Co. are busily engaged securing the right of way for the railroad that will bring out the timber wealth of the upper Mohawk river. C. Cole, of Isabel, was in Eugene today, and informed us that from his sawmill, one mile below the mouth of Mill Creek, to the site of the proposed Booth Kelly mill, three miles up Mill Creek from the mouth, the right of way has practically been secured.

FOUNDATION ORDERED The order for the foundation timbers has been placed with Mr. Cole's mill. Our people will probably more fully realize the extent of this industry that is certain to become a very important factor in the development of Lane County for years to come, when we tell them the ground plan of the mill is 60 x 180 feet, and that this order all for foundation and floor, figures UP 75,000 feet of lumber. The Booth Kelly Co. are making preparations to take out millions upon millions of feet of lumber.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-2-1899

CONTRACTS FOR GRADING BRANCH RAILROAD WILL BE LET NEXT WEEK According to agreements the Southern Pacific in making active preparations to build the branch railroad from Eugene to the Mohawk. The grading will soon commence. Bidders on this portion of the work are going over the line today with the civil engineers, and the contract will be let within the next week. The work of grading, it is understood, will be commenced where the road leaves the Natron track. The Southern Pacific expects to have all grading and bridges finished by Jan. 1 1900.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-4-1899

TWENTY FREIGHT TEAMS NOW DELIVERING FREIGHT TO THE MOHAWK MILL The Booth Kelly Company is already rushing the construction of their large new saw mill and other buildings on Mill Creek, in the Mohawk valley. Two mesa buildings and one bunk house are already up and are in use. Several others are being constructed. The ground for the new mill foundation has been cleared and timbers for the same are being delivered. The size is 60 x 300 feet. Several millwrights arrived from Portland last night and went to the mill site this morning. The company is advertising in the Guard for 75 laborers loggers, and carpenters. If you want work apply at once. George H. Kelly, superintendent at the mill site, went to that place this morning. Twenty wagons are already engaged in hauling freight to Coles. Various supplies are being hauled today including one carload of nails and one carload of cement to be used in constructing the buildings. The first carload of machinery is expected to arrive tonight. The mill will be completed by January 1st. A number of contractors are expected from Portland tonight. The contract for grading the railroad will soon be let.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-7-1899

THE BOOTH KELLY CO. NOW OWNS THE COBURG SAWMILL It will be remembered that the Booth Kelly Lumber Company some time since leased the Coburg sawmill with the option to purchase. Today W. E. Brown and wife deeded by quitclaim the mill and all rights and privileges owned or vested to construct, enlarge, maintain and operate mill race running to the mill; all of the J. C. Goodale sawmill property at Coburg, together with the sawmill, planing mill, blacksmith shop and offices situated on the premises, together with all tools, implements and machinery now on hand; also office safe; all supplies on hand for the mills and shops; also all logging tools, ropes and supplies on hand, to the Booth Kelly Company for the sum of $15,000. The mill has been remodeled and an electric light plant is being placed in to permit the mill to run night and day. It is expected that it will saw 100,000 feet of lumber, per day, when it starts up.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-8-1899

STEEL BRIDGES WILL SPAN THE RIVER ON RAILWAY It is expected that before Saturday night the contract for grading the Mohawk branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad will be let in San Francisco. Several Oregon men are now in that city getting ready to bid. Therefore it is likely that work will begin next week throwing dirt. The company has concluded to use steel bridges in spanning the rivers instead of wooden ones as originally announced. The bridge across the Willamette will consist of two spans with a stone pier in the center of the river.

B. K. BUILDINGS BEING ERECTED About fifty men are at work in hauling and erecting buildings at Coles for the large Booth Kelly sawmill.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-11-1899

FORREST AND WOODCOCK WILL FURNISH COBURG MILL 10,000,000 FT. Malor L. D. Forrest and Attorney A. C.Woodcock have just received a new contract to furnish the Coburg sawmill 10 million Ft. more of McKenzie logs. The logs are to be furnished as follows. 6,000,000 in the spring of 1900 and 4,000,000 feet in the fall of 1900. The old contract called for 4,500,000 this fall. They have already made one delivery on the contract, and have a drive of 2,700,000 feet at the mouth of Camp Creek in route to the mill. They have ordered a portable engine and will use a cable in the woods hereafter. This contract will give employment to a large number of men.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 9-21-1899

JOHN BAYS OF PORTLAND GETS MOHAWK CONTRACT

John Bays has received the contract for grading and doing the rock work on the Mohawk Railroad between Eugene and Wendling. Mr. Bays says that he is expected to be throwing dirt on the line by next Monday morning. He will hire six men and teams here in Lane county if he can procure them. If not, he will bring his regular plant here, which has 100 head of horses, the same at present being near the Snake River where he has just completed a contract for the O. R. & N. Some 50 scrapers will be unloaded from cars at Henderson station tonight to be used in the work. He will first grade the road where the branch leaves the Natron line, and the crossing of the McKenzie River, so the road can be used in delivering bridge materials. He expects to complete the contract in 60 days if the weather holds good. His son-in-law Mr. Phillips will be timekeeper and have charge of the commissary department. Tents, of all descriptions to be used in the work will be here Tuesday.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 10-4-1899

THE MOHAWK RAILROAD WORK Contractor John Bays, who is doing the grading on the Mohawk Railroad, arrived here from Portland last night. He informs us that his grading outfit, including harness, tents, etc, reached Springfield last night, and he expects two car loads of horses to work on the grade,tonight. They left Snake River yesterday morning. He says he expects to have 60 scrapers at work on the grade Within the week. His clearing gang in making good progress and his rock men have the work well under hand. The grade has been completed across the Springfield county road. It in rumored that work will soon start on the Springfield bridge, and that the steel work has already been finished by the Sacramento railroad shops.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11-3-1899

COBURG ITEMS Nov, 1, 1899- Henry Philippi had the misfortune to lose a valuable cow last week, she having someway become fast in the mud in the mill pond, and was not discovered until it was too late to save her life. Someone spread the rumor among the "rising generation" that Sam Mathews had taken unto himself a wife, and an a matter of course, they proceeded to make the night hideous about the premises, but the rumor being false, Sam soon dispelled the musicians, causing great consternation among them. Mr. Teeter and daughters have purchased the hotel, and took possession Monday. It is rumored that Coburg is to have a saloon, but it is hoped by all the self respecting citizens that it will not materialize. Some one evidently took electric lights as a danger signal, and reported that diphtheria was prevalent here. The report has no foundation. We haven't the diphtheria, smallpox, scarlet fever, or anything else, except a sawmill, and neighboring towns need not boycott us on account of it, as it is not contagious.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11-11-1899

WENDLING TO GET TWO 16,000 POUND BOILERS Under the supervision of L. Simon, one of the largest boilers for the Wendling (Mohawk) saw mill, of the Booth Kelly Lumber Company, which weigh 16,000 pounds has been delivered within three miles of the mill and loaded on a sled at that point, and will proceed forward. It took six span of horses(12 head) to pull this boiler over the road. A report was current here that it turned over from the breaking down of the approach of a bridge across the Mohawk river. This is a mistake. The approach just settled down and the wagon did not turn over. The companion boiler of like weight, was pulled out of Springfield this morning for its destination. Another boiler, lighter, is being loaded and will be pulled over the road with four span of horses. L. Simon is head teamster, and knows his business thoroughly. Altogether there will be about a dozen boilers of different sizes, used in the mill.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 11-29-1899

LOGS LOST AT COBURG William VanDuyn was in Eugene today, and informed us that through faulty guy ropes the boom across the river at that place yesterday forenoon swung around and could not be replaced on account of the rise in the river. He said that men with the drive estimated that between 500 and 1000 logs passed down the river.

If this estimate is correct this will be a heavy loss on Forrest and Woodcock, the owners, as the logs would easily measure 1500 feet on the average and were worth $5, once safely in the Coburg race.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-8-1899

COBURG ITEMS We have a new station agent again, Mr.Pearson the former agent being called to Salem, to the bedside of his wife who has the smallpox. It is said that a number of young men in town came out of the billiard hall with considerably less cash than they had on entering. It is to be deplored that such an establishment finds support here.

THE DAILY EUGENE GUARD 12-21-1899

COBURG ITEMS The mill hands had a short lay-off last Thursday, owing to a breakdown, but repairs were made in time for work to begin the next morning. Robert Carey our former station agent, has a position as night operator at Glendale on the main line. Frank Taylor now runs a stage from Coburg to Eugene three times a week, which in very convenient for those who have no conveyance of their own.

George Drury has returned from a visit to his father on the Mohawk. The Eugene Register had an agent over here Saturday "doing the town" for their daily. He tried to convince us that it was better than the Guard, but having a mind of our own, we failed to see it that way.

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