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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
7
An adjourned Eugene council meeting discusses Valley Company water works, potential municipal ownership, and committee chairmanships. Ordinances include saloon license limits, electric/gas machine use rulings, and street hydrant and sewer work items with council action postponed on several issues.
Eugene saloon operators secured annual licenses for another year on the 13th amid superstition and council efforts to pass an 8800 annual license ordinance. Licenses were issued to expire today despite expectations of a 15th expiry and council plans to boost city revenues.
The will of Henry G Hadley who died April 2 was admitted to probate. Estimated estate value 25000. Heirs are sons Charles George and Frank Hadley and daughter Mrs Eliza Jane Makin. Executor S S B Makin without bonds. appraisers Schrimpf H G Heyes and Frank Diess appointed. Writings show July 2 1807 Eugene origin and September 12 codicil. Bequests to Charles and George involve donation land claims, to Frank all donation land claims, to Eliza Jane Eakin the dwelling on Mulligan addition Lot 1 Block 1 Eugene. Loretta Hadley gets life estate in dwelling and use of personal property. Codicil adds conditions on George and Charles Hadley bequests.
The annual assembly of the grand ecouncil Royal and Select Masters met at the Masonic temple in Salem. A banquet by Hudson council No 1 followed with speeches and social hour. Officers named include W A Dempsey Portland grand master and Geo O B DeHar Eugene grand P Co of W S 8S Spencer Eugene grand C of G Milton L Myers Salem grand C of 8 L Pope Portland grand recorder Samuel Bullock Portland grand treasurer John Howe Eugene grand steward and W Lowe Eugene grand sentinel.
The Southern Pacific Co builds a permanent switch at the east end of Eighth street to unload machinery for the Willamette Valley Company gas plant directly from the cars. The switch will stay for unloading coal and materials. Machinery for the gas works is expected soon and the plant will be rushed to completion.
J. L. Lombard returned yesterday from a trip to the Fall Creek mining district reporting about seven feet of snow on Soar Grass Mountain and other high elevations. The note accompanying mentions food mixed with skim milk costing 14 cents per day.
Wm Bennett a young Chambers Lumber Co worker in a logging camp above Cottage Grove was struck and killed instantly by a falling tree while working alone. A then-unread letter from his mother and a W O W receipt were found on him. Undertaker Veatch handles funeral arrangements under Cottage Grove W O W.
E. Seleh, foreman of a Japanese construction crew on the S P railroad, was run over by a handcar between 7 and 8 p m last night. His head and limbs were badly bruised and a deep cut on the forehead. He was removed unconscious and later went to Portland to enter a hospital.
Professor C A Borden of the university gymnasium studied how far a dancer travels in a three hour evening using a pedometer. He found the average man covers about six and a quarter miles, including walking across the hall and to and from the anterooms.
Note and Comment argues for council reforms as blue laws threaten drinking establishments and slot machines. Council eyes water plant sale or purchase and may build a new system if deals fail. April typhoid cases total three with one scarlet fever case. writers mock council's "follow the leader" stance and propose a new think tank game to break monotony.
Seventeenth annual Lane County Sunday School Association convention set for Creswell Methodist Church April 1st and 2nd with full program of services, talks, and workshops led by local and regional educators and pastors. Attendees include Lane County Sunday schools with delegates. Luke 19 10 cited as theme.
Franklin quote on lost time used to market O.R.N. lines. Sells 2 percent miles on the Columbia River network and 17 hours saved to Chicago. Highlights routes to Lewiston Palouse Spokane Coeur d Alene Salt Lake City Denver Kansas City Omaha Chicago and all points east. Three daily trains at 9:15 am 5:15 pm and 6:15 pm. Chicago Portland Special praised for comfort. Details available from Southern Pacific agents or A L Craig Portland Or.
Roseburg News reports the marriage of Clarence McConnell of Ashland and Emma C. Moffett of Eugene on April 11 1906 at the Baptist parsonage Roseburg with FE H Hicks officiating. The couple will reside in Ashland. Also note Chambers Hardware advertises fresh garden seeds.
Petition drives in Eugene urge a June vote on local option with county wide and precinct level proposals. A county win would keep Eugene dry for two years from January, while a city win shifts activity and trade to Springfield, risking 12 to 15 local businesses and a population decline.
The article argues that municipal woman suffrage failed to purify Kansas liquor laws. It cites prohibition wins, voter constraints, and social reaction, noting Carrie Nation's influence as minimal. It recalls 1887 municipal suffrage, 1892 defeats, and the persistent legislative defeats through 1904, warning that women’s ballots did not solve moral issues.
Springfield ltems Springfield District anion Sunday school convention will be held at the M E church Sunday April 22. Fur ther announcement will be made later h A Washburne informa us that on his new experimenttal farm he now has over littl chickens He is running two incubators and ex pects to have several hundred chick ene within the next two months He anticipates raising about 1000 chick ene this year Mr and Mrs Henry Gibbs who formerly owned the Hazelwood and later the Palma restaurant in Eugene were in Springfield Tuesday looking over the town with a flew to locating We understand that Mr Gibbs has purchased the large range from Per kine and Stewart which he will use if he decides to locate here Mr and Mrs Gibbs conducted a first-class restaurant while at Eugene The News
City council, after an adjourned session, passed the saloon license ordinance and a separate slot machine ban. A related measure requiring saloons to remove screens during closing hours was referred to the city attorney. Bristow offered a water system improvement resolution, which failed after a conditional market vote. The fire and water committee was tasked with park lighting and alley upgrades.
Lecturer Lou J Beauchamp arrived in Albany this afternoon wearing an overcoat despite heat. A small man had traded coats with him and it did not fit, keeping Beauchamp in his room most of yesterday. The misrouted exchange ended with Beauchamp presenting himself publicly without an overcoat.
Charles E. Lockwood a Portland attorney known in Eugene faced contempt charges for defying a court order to surrender funds as estate administrator. He claims the money is due for fees, with imprisonment ordered but suspended pending client court decision.
W D Combs returned this after noon from the Alberta country and, with Frank Dunn and C B Williams, purchased a large tract of wheat land. Combs says people are flocking into the country by the thousands and land is going fast.
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