Daily Weekly Guard Subscription Notice 1908 Eugene Oregon
Publication details for the Daily Weekly Guard issued Thursday in Eugene Oregon includes subscription rates 1.50 yearly in advance 2.00 at end of term and post office entry as second class matter. Local agents Creswell J L Clark Coburg Geo A Drury remit to Guard Printing Co Eugene Oregon premium paper offer farmers free with year long advance subscription.
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Eugene
Oregon
Postoffice
Guard
Daily Weekly Guard
Creswell
J. L. Clark
Coburg
Geo. A. Drury
Guard Printing CO
Oregon Agriculturist
American Farmer
Ore
Council to carry out people’s wishes on Eugene water
The Guard urges the city council and mayor to proceed with municipal gravity water system, arguing voters mandate action. It defends officials, notes the vast public stake, and warns against political manipulation while citing bonds, university support, and the need to honor taxpayer promises and raise property values.
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Evigene
Gard
Eugene
Opposition to Gravity System will not prevail
The piece argues that most opposition comes from critics who resisted municipal ownership for three years. It urges unity for a gravity water system, claiming it will boost Pendleton and Eugene, and highlights the city’s costly pumping bills as justification for investment in a gravity system.
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Mun'cipal Swuere
Eugene
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Oregon
Mountain
City to issue bonds for gravity water system upgrade
The plan seeks a $500,000 bond issue to finance a gravity water system for Eugene, with $160,000 available upfront and additional bonds to cover any shortfall. The project aims to end reliance on private coffers, fund via water rentals, and provide a lasting, expandable supply for a growing population.
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Eugene
Portland
Bull Run
Oregon
Kelsey
Scientists Reflect On Human History And Civilization
A writer for a renowned scientific journal notes that people habitually idealize ancient days when humanity was powerful. He argues we project backward to the peak of mankind’s progress as we imagine our world’s early civilizations, shaping our view of current civilization and its trajectory.
Man's first appearance spans 258000 years in history
The article argues scientific estimates place humanity's dawn at 258000 years ago, breaking time into preglacial, glacial, neolithic, and historic epochs. It compares ancient and modern feats like the pyramid, New York’s Singer building, the ark, and the Lusitania, noting history stretches to yesterday while progress continues.
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Tians
Egypt
New York
Irrigation and politics stir readers toward Eugene
The Guard reports growing interest in Oregon and Willamette valley irrigation as letters pour in from across the United States seeking sample copies. It notes irrigation could double productivity and aid dairying and fruit, while detailing ongoing political jokes about the sultan of Turkey and dogged pursuit of Standard Oil. Attorney General Bonaparte says government will press the case, though prosecutions have so far only incurred costs.
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Guard
Eugene
Idaho
Oregon
Eneone
Napaper
Willamette Valley
Bonaparte
Two Chinese Girls Enroll In Cornet Summer Program
Two Chinese girls have matriculated in the Cornet summer program, marking a notable inclusion in the course. Their names and backgrounds are not specified in the fragment.
Oregon Republicans face defeats over party rules and vanity
The editorial criticizes Oregon Republicans for vanity and factional moves to oust state leaders and force re elections. It argues these missteps ignore public sentiment and explains past six years of party defeats as a result of ruling without listening to voters and veterans endorsements.
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Oregon
Cake
Fulton
Pacific Coast Leads in U.S. Exports Shift
The nation's trade moves toward the Pacific coast with 59 percent of exports via western ports last year. Exports to the Orient rose from 49 percent in 1901 to 1903 totals of 65 million dollars. U.S. exports reached 92.7 million, Pacific shipments 51.8 million, surpassing 1901 national figures by over two million.
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Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Pacific
United States
Heart to Heart Talks about Jesse James Jr
A Kansas City attorney Jesse James Jr, son of the outlaw, rises from hardship after quitting school at twelve. He works in a packing plant, runs a cigar store, writes a defense of his father, and earns $700 in savings. He graduates from night law school, starts practice, and becomes worth about £10,000 while shaping a remarkable personal comeback. He attributes his success to a strong will and determination to erase the family stigma.
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Jesse James, Jr
Kansas City
Fire permit rules shift to state forestry board duties
The legislature repealed county clerks authority to issue fire permits and created a state board of forestry to oversee slash burning rules. The board, chaired by the governor with members from state agencies and electors, appoints deputy wardens and oversees permit supervision. The closed season for setting fires runs June 1 to October 1.
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Ite
State Board of Forestry
Fish and Game
Oregon Agricultural College
Lumber Manufacturers’ Association of Oregon
Oregon Forestry Association
United States Forest Service
Board of Forestry
Gas Pipe Murderers Pay Full Penalty
Louis Dabner and John Sleemen, San Francisco gas pipe killers, were hanged simultaneously at San Quentin prison at ten o clock. Two hundred spectators, the full allowed by Warden Hale, watched the executions as the murderers met their end. The priests who converted them to Catholicism remained with them in the cell until the execution began.
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San Quentin
Cal
Louis Dabner
John Sleemen
San Francisco
Hale
Great Cement Plant to Rise in Portland in Two Weeks
Portland prepares for construction of a major cement plant backed by Utah and Portland capital. The Utah Portland Cement Company, with 1.7 million dollars in stock, is incorporated under Utah law with half held by C W Nibley and associates and half by Portland investors. DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pine is advertised as a remedy in the text.
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Portland
Utah
Isla
C. W. Nibley
Salt Lake City
Yland Line Teeth and Morrison School Ad in Portland
A Portland advertisement for Yland Line Teeth and Morrison presents a two-floor school offering broad instruction with a large staff and high-quality teaching. It boasts year-round operation, open enrollment, and free catalogues, citing endorsements from a businessman and an educator and inviting references from banks, newspapers, and local businesspeople.
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Teeth and Morrison
Portland
Oregon
A. P. Armstrong
Ll.b
Northwest
Come on, fellers Let's go swim min in old days
A nostalgic verse from the Washington Star recalls carefree summers and childhood adventures. The speaker muses on the old nook, murmuring breakers, and playful days now replaced by mature restraint. The poem contrasts memory with present propriety and longing for youth.
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Merry Treants
Washington Star
He Came Up Smilin' A Portrait Of Grit And Luck
A New York Times profile notes a man who faced many hard knocks yet kept smiling and pushing on. He grabbed fortune by the hair, never dwelt on yesterday, and rose again after every setback. His grit and pluck earned him Easy street and a celebration of persistence.
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Ehook
Holt
Amilin
New York Times
The Pisherman's Hod and Creel
Emma Ghent Curtis in Denver Hepablican. Long live the rod and creel in a verse of mountain angling. A playful, rhythmic meditation on the hunt for trout and the joys of the angler's life from dawn through dusk in pine scented terrain.
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Emma Ghent Curtis
Denver
Hepablican
Very Live Issue and the Pendleton Tribune Clash
The Pendleton Tribune warns the governor while addressing Statement No.1 and Isaac's fate. The notice implies severe consequences for those who ignore or violate the issue, signaling a tense political confrontation and implied threats.
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Harney County
Rep
Pendleton Tribune
Isaac
Lseue
Das to-ltt a pine i f j Hast Alfons
Beareths lists appear in a brief wartime notice. The fragment references a person named Alfons Beareths and a pine related item. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear context or dates.
Forest Fires Raging on Upper River
Special Correspondence from Lowell reports two forest fires burning on Winberry and Big Fall Creek with a smaller blaze near Rush Island. Rangers battle the flames, little damage so far as ground fire remains contained. Weather favorable for haying and harvest boosts farmer optimism amid ongoing threshing and berry picking along the river.
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Lowell
Winberry
Big Fall Creek
Section 27
Rush Island
Dorninog
W. H. Sharp
Kitson Springs
W. F. Gilstrap
F. R. Wetherbee
Eugene
Hages Dell
Deaths of George S Bolton and Eliza of Ragen area
George S Bolton of Northwood Iowa died in Eugene on August 2 1908 after a year with tuberculosis. He left a wife and a nine year old daughter Gladys, his mother, five brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Gordon's chapel tomorrow at 10 a.m. with Masonic Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias rites at the I O O F cemetery. His wife and others mourn. Eliza of Fern Miles northwest of Ragen died August 5 1908 after lingering illness and is survived by a husband and several children. Burial in Springfield I O O F cemetery after funeral today.
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East Twelfth Street
Eugene
George S. Bolton
Northwood
Iowa
Arizona
California
Gladys
Eugene Juat
Masonic Order
The
Odd Fellows and
Knights of Pythias
Baptist Church
Norwood
Gordon
O. C. Wright
Fern I
Ragen
Eliza
Springfield
Land Water Take Planned by Bingham Land Co
The Bingham Land Company of Eugene filed with the county clerk a notice of appropriation for 200 miners inches of Forrest Creek water, tributary to the McKenzie, to irrigate 600 acres in sections 17 18 and 19 township 17 south range 1 east. A 20 inch intake pipe will feed an 8 inch outlet with a four by six by three foot ditch.
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Bingham Land Company
Eugene
Forrest Creek
Deerburn
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