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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
12
Gee N Westcott a 71 year old former post master from Ceylon describes a severe skin eruption starting on the shins then spreading to elbows and beyond. After two doctors failed he used Cuticura Remedies and notes a complete change in three days with soap and ointment driving the rash away.
An old advertisement extols Foot Comfort using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for foot and hand inflammations, cracks, and brittle nails. It recommends bandaging with soft fabric and claims a complete external and internal Cuticura regimen for all ages.
Herbert Eastland, University of Oregon 1905 graduate, who studied in the medical department last year, receives a department scholarship valued at 130 to 140 dollars. He recently returned from a surveying trip down the Siuslaw.
San Francisco July 29 After 18 ballots the Louis Glass bribery jury stood seven for conviction five for acquittal with a charge of bribery admitted but not tying Glass to a definite crime. Judge Lawlor discharged the panel and set August 5 for a retrial.
San Francisco July 29 Judge continues the bribery case of Theodore Halsey in the telephone franchises until next Wednesday to draw a new jury panel. Louis Glass bail remains at $10,000 and the trial date is set for Monday August 5.
Chicago dispatch quotes William J. Bryan reacting to a verdict of not guilty in the Haywood case. He says he watched the trial and saw no one could be found guilty on Orchard's testimony. Bryan notes alleged signals with mine owners and claims prosecutors acted unfairly in removing the prisoners from Cajoreio.
Port Byron New York resident Amos F King declares Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured a leg sore that troubled him for eighty years now aged eighty five. The advertisement by W L DeLeno druggist guarantees cure for all sores and offers the 25 cent remedy.
In New York on July 25 friends report Harry H. Rogers Standard Oil head suffered a stroke at his desk and was rushed to his country home in Fair Haven. Physicians say he is improving but must rest, with oxygen administered and heart action weak after heat related illness.
Washington reports it is probable another naval station will be created on the Pacific coast after the planned visit of Admiral Capps and Admiral Cowles. Admiral Holiday will accompany them to San Francisco to study the project. The Eugene Colts face Springfield at home Sunday with DeNeffe opposing Taliafero. Lee Hurd has quit pitching temporarily due to a sore arm.
Special correspondence from Memphis reports an old brick building on Adams street dated July 17 1907 used to shelter city prisoners on the rock pile. The reporter notes its grim facade and long history as part of the city’s transformation between Main and Second streets.
Excerpts recount a ruined inscription reading Negro Mart and Livery Stable, once a famed market near half a century ago. General Forrest presided over vast slave trade and immense sums changing hands, with a former enslaved worker recalling the era and saying Forrest was the fiercest man he had seen.
Taylor of this city received a telegram from his daughter in Alhambra Arizona announcing the death of her husband Samuel T Thurston aged 29. A former University of Oregon football player and star on the A C team he was married in Eugene in 1903 to Blanche Taylor and left a wife a son and his parents in Suver Polk County with many siblings including brother Gyp Thurston. Burial plans not yet fixed but likely to bring the body north to Polk County for the family home funeral.
The steamer Roanoke arrived with nine survivors from the Columba disaster aboard at Eureka. On board were Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Pai l of Columbus Nebraska, Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell of Guthrie Ohio, Mrs. Anna Akesson of Litchfield Minnesota, H. C. Wabiberg of Portland Oregon, and Jacob Kurz of Coldwater Kansas.
An advertisement touts Ballards Snow Linament as unrivaled for rheumatism stiff joints cuts sprains and all pains claiming lifelong users as living proof. It urges readers to trial a bottle with prices 25¢ 50¢ and 1.90 and notes Lion Drug Co. as sponsor and a DAILY GUARD subscription reminder.
Deputy U S Marshal Griffith arrested Ira Bray former postmaster at Minnie last Friday in Heceta on charges of falsifying returns of stamps canceled during his term. Bray was committed for trial in the U S district court after a brief hearing before Commissioner D F Severy. The government had previously sent a claim around $200 which Bray did not pay. Bray served as Minnie postmaster for seven to eight years until the office was discontinued last summer.
Ben Greenhaw, athletic manager at Oregon Agricultural College, outlines the schedule with a season opener at Eugene against the University of Oregon on November 9 and a Thanksgiving game in Los Angeles against California champions. Coach Norcross returns to lead the squad arriving around September 17, with most games likely away from Corvallis.
Lane County sheep are in good condition as most have been dipped. Owners show little opposition following positive results. J Rooper of Corvallis has been dipping the sheep and recently returned to the agricultural college town for a vacation. He plays ball with a McMinnville group and they would like to play the Colts.
Gue Currie a former Albany man and Howard Mack of Portland visited Albany en route home from the Santiam mines where Currie and Robert J. Monroe own a mine. Currie reports splendid ore and ownership plans to install a Little Giant mill to test production. The mines, neglected in recent years since the Lawler era, are said to have developed $200,000 in earlier work, with Currie confident in findable ore along the coast and a strong mining method to secure product.
A reader describes a Sunday trip to the McKenzie River near Coburg with friends. He praises the scenery high mountains, clear water, and the Willamette valley as ideal for future growth, noting hops, wheat, oats, corn, potatoes and orchards thriving between Eugene and the river.
PILES! ULEESs: Williams Indian Pile Ointment claims to cure blind, bleeding and itching piles and itching of private parts. Describes instant relief, absorption of tumors, and poultice action. Sold by Linn Drug Co. for 56 cents and 1.90 dollars. Williams Mfg. Co. Cleveland, Ohio.
July 24 in Astoria Oregon Louis W. Hill successor to James J. Hill as president of the Great Northern Railroad Company led a party of railroad men including Nutt of the Northern Pacific through town. They visited Fort Stevens jetty and studied the river mouth conditions, traveling by private car then a special train and planning to spend the night at Seaside.
The party met with Whyte and Hill to discuss Astoria riverfront terminals, noting possible relocation if ground is too uneven. Separate updates cover Woodmen equalization fund investments totaling about 1.5 million dollars, plus hardware orders and a land contest notice in Oregon with dates for hearings and publication.
Department of the Interior Roseburg Oregon issues contest notice to Chi pear Wileut against homestead entry 10237 by Ernest Tabor. Claimant alleges Tabor never settled or improved land in section 24 township 178 range west and abandoned the property at Mapleton. Hearing dates set for August 16 and August 30 1907 before U S Commissioner W W Calkins and the Roseburg Land Office respectively. Public notice ordered by proper affidavit filed June 17 1907.
T H Garrett, Jesse G Wells and M D Mitchell purchased the former Bijou vaudeville site north of the Midgley building from G Bettman of Portland. Reported price around 10000 dollars, lot fronts 50 feet on Willamette Street and extends 160 feet, currently with an eyesore residence likely to be torn down. The buyers may plan a future business building and the lot faces the Sanford hotel project nearby.
By order of the County Court of Lane County Oregon, Guy T Lane guardian offers at public auction the undivided 21 30 of described lands in Section 12 Township 178 Range East of Willamette Meridian totaling about 240 acres. Sale at the county courthouse south door Eugene on August 10 1907 with full details of parcels listed and remaining 9 30 to be conveyed to purchaser at price upon sale confirmation.
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