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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
1
An editorial in the Headlight of March from Tillamook County promotes a Republican United States Senate candidate as clean and worthy. It predicts strong support, noting the candidate’s character and broad popularity, and asserts the state legislature will likely back his nomination.
Mrs. Allie Cruzan faced a heavy fine after a court session yesterday. A local judge ordered the penalties and she was remanded to await further processing in the county jail.
In Prineville on Tuesday April 10 Knox Huston a Lane County pioneer died of Bright’s disease. He had long lived in Crook County and traveled the mountains. Burial arrangements follow in the local cemetery.
At a Commercial Club meeting in Cottage Grove the secretary was urged to contact S P officials to extend the Eugene line. The move would help residents by reducing travel time, currently requiring an overnight trip to Eugene or travel in the night.
The case of Hurd Lumber Co. against Kyle Lumber Co for insurance and damages was heard before Judge Hamilton this afternoon. Defense presented by C. A. Hardy and L. Bylen. Hurd represented by Judge Moreland of Portland and A. C. Woodcock of Eugene.
Merle Nighswander remains very ill. A J Kraal left for Gold Hill to begin painting for S P R B. Arbor Day observed by Palestine teachers and pupils. Emerson lost a horse to barbed wire wounds. Margaret Liles visited Drain to be with Easter visiting family at normal school. B D McLean visited from Eugene to see sister Kraal. W B Smith went to Eugene to see her ill son Norris. Walter Lawrence ill with rheumatic fever but improved. J Stewart of Norris Rowes shows in Eugene arranging Pacific coast show to be at Huddleston tract May 4.
Council man P Houston remains undisturbed after a Sunday anonymous letter threatened him over his anti gambling and liquor control stance. The note, with skull designs and shaving as a threat, may aim to deter his participation in closed town legislation. A recent store robbery left a laundry-marked handkerchief behind.
From Dallas dated April 18 a telegraph says nearly 30 dead in San Francisco. The city looks like a seething furnace from an elevated view. The brief dispatch notes collapse and heat with scarce details on causes or救援 actions.
Washington reports the Seismograph in the weather bureau recorded the San Francisco earthquake. The instrument showed violent agitation throughout the morning before the fragment ends with a note about Preston & Hales.
A severe Central California quake devastates San Francisco with fires and collapsed buildings. Thousands feared dead, with Market Street ablaze and water mains burst. Crevices open on Valencia Street. Manhattan and hillside areas report widespread destruction. Government transport aid requested to bury victims at sea.
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