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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1901
Page
6
Pioneering forest rangers gain praise for warning campers and settlers to prevent fires in the Bull Run reserve. A Washington dispatch authorizes Superintendent Ormsby to employ rangers for trail cutting and cross trails for fire protection, while avoiding water supply impact. Local critics mock federal plans as impractical.
A historical note on the rise of bank robbery as a profitable pursuit aided by better tools and explosives. The piece contrasts safe makers and criminals, and emphasizes the guard trio of light, a watchman and a dog as key deterrents.
In Braun's Icono colast Texas an April issue prints a long spoof letter from Bob Ingersoll written from hades to Dowie. The piece claims Ingersoll and companions like Tom Paine Voltaire Ben Franklin discuss posthumous career notes. Franklin supposedly invents stoves and forms an ice stock company while Solomon Brigham Young hoard all the women.
Telegraph reports John Albert Skoog a New York counterfeiter led a double life. He gave to his church and remembered the poor, yet his crimes endanger him. If he survives his injuries Uncle Sam will sentence him for many years in federal custody.
Nearly six hundred buildings began in Seattle during March as last week brought about a thousand homeseekers arriving by the Great Northern railroad. The influx signals growth for Washington with Oregon likely to see overflow as demand intensifies.
A family in Jackson County mourns after a hunting mishap left the father dead. The son reportedly shot unintendedly in a fatal error during a deer hunt, prompting official inquiry into the incident and outlining condolences from the community.
A Pinkerton detective from New York was suffocated in a Washington boarding house, with reports noting the incident occurred recently and described the backwoods reference as not exclusive to gentlemen.
An accidental blast of one thousand pounds of powder in Josephine county was plainly felt at Grant's Pass, twenty miles distant, and heard as far as thirty miles away, signaling a significant blast with wide reach.
The Southern Pacific railroad will furnish the Portland Board of Trade drills and other apparatus necessary for boring prospect wells for oil throughout the Willamette valley. The wells will tell the tale.
The Baker City postmaster asks the government for additional clerical help as office business has doubled in three years from seven thousand to fourteen thousand dollars annually.
The London group claims General MacArthur secured Aguinaldo's oath of allegiance under torture threats, a report seen as deceptive by observers and described as unsuitable for children.
Judge J W Hamilton of Roseburg is appointed to succeed his father Dr S Hamilton as Regent of the University of Oregon after the term expiration by Gov Geer. The father was an excellent Regent and the son is expected to follow suit.
The Oregon Agricultural College experiment station reports a pound of pork can be produced from three and a quarter pounds of wheat, totaling 8.22 pounds. They advise grinding the wheat and feeding it dry, noting dry feed yields better results than wet.
Captain Young of the Havana port has jailed the editor and manager of a local newspaper for sixty days each over a report charging the captain with lying. The piece hints they may have told the truth, a common outcome in such conflicts.
Mike De Young of the San Francisco Chronicle reports he is surprised by the generosity shown Americans since his Europe trip. He notes more deference and possibly bigger tips, suggesting a shift in intercultural attitudes during his absence.
In Portland Oregon yesterday the community mourns Lewis B Cox a highly educated man with a fine brain and unquestioned integrity His sympathies lay with the poor and downtrodden Such men are hard to replace and all will regret his loss in fall manhood
Gossip says President Diaz plans a European trip but is unlikely to leave Mexico. He would face a new government on return, yet supports the current regime and its grip on power.
Postwar powers vow to preserve China’s territorial integrity while insisting on indemnity for costs. A diplomat mocks the term indemnity, noting China’s bankruptcy and the likelihood that creditors will seize territory as payment. The piece critiques imperial pressure masked as compensation.
The county surveyor gains full supervision of public works including bridges roads and ditches under county court authority. Bids are opened for projects over 200 dollars, records are updated, and the surveyor may advance funds for surveys. The law, effective May 28, adds wide duties and a bi monthly salary.
A long tale set in Constantinople follows Ben Urisself a pious Muslim official who converts after loving Jewish Rachel. After exile he returns to Jerusalem aided by a blind old woman at the Damascus Gate and finds Rachel restored to youth and his love. Interwoven are modern notes of a couple Madge and Tip who quarrel over a house and reconcile after a dramatic sighting and reunion.
An old tale follows Ivan who leaves his wife for work with a farmer three years for wages of advice. After robbers attack merchants, Ivan aids them and later discovers his wage hidden in a cake. The lord rewards him, Ivan resumes home to his wife, and the purse they found is restored, proving honesty and return.
This afternoon on Kincaid Field the University team played a baseball game against a town picked squad, drawing a large crowd since no admission was charged. By the end of the fifth inning the score stood 17 to 1 in favor of the University, with promising local talent noted for future strong teams in Oregon.
Oliver Plow Agents FL Chambers names 191 agents including Wheeler and Scott in Cottage Grove CF Humbert in Junction City A Bond and Son in Irving Hazelton Brow Creswell P L Bristow in Pleasant Hill Genuine Oliver extras available only at these outlets and locations.
A note on learning violin stresses patience and steady effort for musicians. The writer observes that neighbors likely share the same belief in the challenging path to mastery.
A playful note romances Fle-Mise Frost and declares enduring warmth of sentiment. The speaker blurts out passion, then quips about calling a protective father who happens to be a fire insurance agent, as reported in the Richmond Dispatch.
A beggar pleads for money from a courteous lady. She doubts his intentions and asks what he would do with it. He replies he would buy a postal card and write out a note of thanks, illustrating a small, hopeful request reported by the Philadelphia press.
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