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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1901
Page
1
In Denver and across Colorado and Wyoming a severe blizzard rages for a day. The storm yields heavy stock losses and widespread drifts, described as the worst in years. Also reports a big trust absorbing competitors in Montana with Senator Clark’s sons in the deal.
A fragment from a possibly misspelled entry mentions ICAL CO CHICAGY and a boxed item. No clear date or event is readable, but the text implies a corporate or organizational tag connected to Chicago. Further readable context is needed for a precise summary.
State Food and Dairy Commissioner J Walley orders dealers to dispose of adulterated stock by May 1 with prosecutions to follow. Portland wholesalers rush to ship adulterated goods to Idaho where no pure food law exists. acid vinegar fruit products and oleomargarine must show clear adulteration percentages. restaurants must display notices. New law expected to boost pure apple cider vinegar fruit jellies jam production and home markets.
The third annual reunion of Lane County Veteran Association will be held in Eugene Oregon on June 4 5 and 6 1901. Veterans and comrades from wars will attend camp fires and meetings share experiences sing old and new songs and reminisce about times long gone. For information contact secretary Frank Reisner president R H Miller See Eugene Oregon.
Court house items include a chattel mortgage of 80000 and numerous real estate transfers. Names such as U Sto Wm Harris and T L Gilliam appear with 40 acre parcels in Lane and Blue River districts, values ranging from 1 to 825 dollars. Estate matters note final accounts for Wm RK Frady and minor heirs of F Cleaver, with guardian C8 Farrow. A weekly campus note mentions Prof Barden arranging golf links and students seen about the gutta percha course.
The Southern Pacific warehouse at Crabtree burned yesterday under lease to Moore, Furgueon & Co. It housed three carloads of potatoes owned by Iitter Company and the freight car left to load them also burned. Insurance covered about $100 apart from the cars. fire origin unknown.
Daily Geard reports R H Delph aged 48 died at 1:05 AM in Gosheo Oregon after a long illness. A West Virginia native, he moved to Oregon thirteen years ago and served as railroad agent for 11 years. He belonged to Springfield LOO F lodge Woodmen and Circle lodges. wife survives. Funeral services at U Behurch Goshen tomorrow at 1 o'clock, burial in Laurel Grove Cemetery conducted by the lodges.
The Turner postoffice was robbed between 1:50 and 2:50 pm yesterday, $340 in cash taken from money drawers. Postmaster GF Robertson found no forced entry after returning home for dinner and believes more than one person may be involved. Authorities were expected to arrive for a full investigation.
March 5 session records list numerous payments for wildcats coyotes and other wildlife with names such as Morningstar Moffitt Belknap Inman and Callison. Labor items include parks ferry road work woolen supplies and pauper support with workers like Tripp Hendricks Powell and Chapman.
Mrs Hettie Bond wife of William Bond died Sunday April 14 1901 from paralysia of the brain at her home near Irving aged 66 years. Funeral scheduled for 10 am at the family residence with burial in Super cemetery Funeral conductor by Kev Mr Rose. Commemorated Oregonian editorial notes Patriotic League tribute for Lane County soldiers with a courthouse memorial fountain as lasting tribute benefiting future generations.
The steam shovel crew on the Natron branch departed Coburg after completing work on the big bridge trestle. With water low, the shovel will be moved to the river gravel pit at Harrisburg. Samuel Gray left Huntington for Baker City for osteopathic treatment and will visit relatives in the Willamette valley. A baby, J 6 rovid, son of West Superior attorney, joined the city as his father A A Arnold, who bought a farm near Eugene, met him there.
Miss Agnes Lane of Meacham leaves Saturday for Portland then Buffalo to serve six months in the Pan-American position as a member of the Oregon press bureau. She will send occasional letters to the East Oregonian describing events of interest to Oregonians.
Coroner G W Grillo investigated the death of W S Staples a 70 year old bachelor and carpenter who lived alone on Sharp's Creek about five years. Found Saturday by mail carriers near his cabin with initial reports suggesting a fall from an embankment or log to a rock below. Inquest deemed unnecessary after inquiry.
Constable Henry Wagner arrived from Cottage Grove with one F F Goodee in custody. Goodee was fined 25 for petty larceny after stealing a hammer and other tools and pawning them for drinks. He will serve 174 days in jail.
Frank Hawk reports his Rambler 1800 model bicycle missing from the stairway in the Young block on Willamette street Saturday. The bike bore No 36267 and a suitable reward is offered for its return to Mr Hawk.
Excavation for J H McClung's brick building began this morning at Seventh and Willamette. The two story structure will measure TOXS feet, include three storefronts with two spoken for, and four living suites on the upper floor with baths and pantries. Architecture described as hard core and unlike any Eugene building.
Oregon Weekly reports Professor Straub of the University Greek chair elected as a Willamette Presbytery delegate to the national meeting in Philadelphia in June. He plans to leave April 2 and visit Chicago to present a thesis for his PhD, with further work in classical philology and Greek epigraphy. While away, Cole F. Atanton will lead first and second year Greek classes, Dr Behmidt first year German, and Miss Esther Johnson first year French. Advanced Greek and Mythology classes will be excused for the term.
Delly Guerd and Lola Orrell, both well known in Eugene, are referenced in a fragmented notice. The text mentions recent marriage to Welser, Idaho, and an association with Frank Giribbins, a ton agent for the O R N Co, within a local historical clipping.
A grave desecration incident was reported at the Masonic Cemetery where flowers planted on graves were dug up. Police urge swift action against the perpetrators and call for punishment appropriate to the crime.
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