Wanted to Save Half a Dollar in City Boarding House
A. J. Patterson, a Californian visitor in Eugene, failed to pay for lodging at Ray Frank's stable causing a disturbance. Patterson argued with police, threatened violence with a hammer, was arrested, and sentenced to pay costs with possible jail time. Judge Dorris noted costs due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Patterson
Eugene
Patterson
California
Ray Frank
Frank
Stiles
Dorris
Cottage Grove Sees Prosperity Driven by Newcomers
Cottage Grove notes a surge of travelers from the south creating a housing shortage. John Paul Nes of Southern Pacific visited to urge residents to provide homes for newcomers, with vacant lodgings scarce. Merchants report high Main Street property prices and rising demand for rental business spaces as new residents pour in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottage Grove
John Paulnes
Southern Pacific
Busi
Pendleton Gambling Halt Announced by Marshal
The marshal orders an end to gambling in Podleton with a mandate to close any games found running on neon routes. Players warned of prosecution as the crackdown expands to drive gamblers from main streets. East Oregonian notes the move on July 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Podleton
Ishal Seheer
Beon
East Oregonian
Canneries Expect Record Fruit Output This Season
Expected output from two canneries in Hood River, Linton, Oregon, Eugene, and Ashland will approach 110 000 cases, below last year’s 118 000 but well above two years ago, signaling high quality fruit production in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orei
Tilood
Planta
Linton
Eugene
Ashland
Aix In
Reservoir Nears Completion for Hoath Kelly Company Springfield
Birth notice notes a child born to Eugene and the wife of B Eh McKenney on July 30 1903. The Hoath Kelly Company reservoir at Springfield nears completion with a tunnel nearly finished. Dimensions around 10 by 12 feet deep capacity about 710 000 gallons, compared to a larger Springfield water supply reservoir of about 310 000 gallons. Initial concerns include reservoir taking on water and potential early trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
B. Eh. McKenney
Aon
Hoath-Kelly,umber Company
Springfield
Springfeld News
Bohemia and Georgetown Land Transfers in Court House List
Court House items list extensive transfers and filings involving Georgetown Leander Cottage Grove and Bohemia district. Transfers include G W Long to H B Yaney 1 377 acres and various 40 to 100 acre parcels, mining claims, donations, and railroad land dealings among J J Jones Mary Poston U S A and others with values ranging from 100 to 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.W. Long
C. Long
Georgetown
Leander
Grace McKenney
George W. Long
Block
C. J. Bingham
J. H. Bingham
Bohemia
Rudolph Distler
T. G. Roberts
Rle
T. G
Mary L. Roberts
Booth-Kelly Lumber Company
Wm. Shield
Olive E. Laing
A. Tupper
Laura FE
Fred C. Bean
Levi Hollenbeck
Mapleton
John FP. Kelly
Ida L. Kelly
Cook
Florence Lodge
A. F
A. M
Elizabeth E. McCornack
Masonic Cemetery
Fred Fisk
T. G. Hendricks
Lillian L
H. C. Perkins
Glen
Joseph Lamot
Caledonia
Buue River
Mulligan's
Eliza
Kelesy
Jacob Ouffinger
Kelsay
Eugene
W. HM. LeRoy
U. G. LeRoy
W. H. Miller
Red Bluff
W. H. LeRoy
U. G LeRoy
Monte Christo
A. G
Maude LeRoy
Golden Rule Consolidated Mining & Milling Company
J. RK. Marshall
Frank M
Mary A. Lord
Wolf
Rachel Sanders
A. C. Ruby
Skinners
California & Oregon Land Company
Lee KR
Laura Cartwright
John R. Cartwright
John KR
Maggie Cartwright
Lee K Cartwright
Fannie W. Houghton
W. W. Moore
O.& C. Railroad
Eliza C. Kelsay
O. A. Rowland
Kelsny
Charles Hansberry
Charles
Anna M. Hansberry
Elizbeth Cogill
Thomas
A. Y. Vandayn
Wm. M. Vandayn
G. W. Long
J. L. LeRoy
Bloek
Chant C. and
Colistia J. Brown
J. 5
Dexter Items Daily Life Amid Hay Boom and Local Events
Dexter July 31 notes a Eugene visitor, hay demand from logging camps, a Jasper sermon by Rev B G Callinan, a July 26 wedding, and several land and lumber transactions. Local deaths include Augusta Williams at 22, with mourning. A log drive, school trips, and a coy ote hunt are also mentioned along with an oyster supper and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Carrie Martin
Eugene
Jennie Parvin
Walter Rennick
Pleasant Hill
B. G. Callinan
Jasper
Tillie Micheal
Lowell
Dalton Guiley
Co. L. Williams
Eugene Company
Wm. Jefferson
Chemawa
Clarence McBee
Charles
Prune Growers Hold Salem Meeting Unanimously Endorses Unified secretary plan
The Willamette Valley Prune Association met in Salem with members and delegates from Linn Lane Douglas Benton Polk Yamhill counties and Vancouver Washington. They discussed unifying district associations under one secretary to avoid interdistrict competition and undercutting. Prune prices for this year were set at 24 cents per pound for four sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willamette Vesley Prune Association
Salem
Linn
Lane
Douglas
Benton
Polk
Yamhill
Vancouver
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Shipping Horses to Alberta Heads of 700-Head Shipment
W F Matlock and Starks plan to ship 700 head of horses to Alberta, Canada, next week. Matlock has 300 head near Echo, with his partner gathering another 300. The shipment will ride by train, with W H Babb of Reho accompanying to assist in handling and sale upon arrival amid high Alberta demand for horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendleton East Oreognian
W. F. Matlock
Starks
Alberta
Canada
Statement on Charles Griffin Death Cites Casino Game Location
Editor's note seeks full public disclosure regarding the circumstances of Charles Griffin's death. The statement asserts the game was a single-handed casino with two players, played Sunday night at the Smeede Hotel saloon, and aims to correct perceived misimpressions without injuring others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Griffin
Smeede Hotel
Eloquent preacher dies in car tragedy noted by Salem Journal
Mre Pred Shephard died at Wend ling on July B in 198 from consumption. Funeral was conducted Thursday. It is a coincidence that the eloquent young divine Rev Norman Bartlett who delivered a sensational lecture titled To Hell in a Pullman should die in that kind of a car a few days ago.
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Pred Shephard
Wendling
Norman Bartlett
Pullman
Salem Journal
W. S. Gladstone
Father Beutgen
Boswell Springs
J. R. Brown
Drayman
Eugene
T.S. Handsaker
Roseburg
Bert Apgar
Independence
Blaine Hovey
Yaquina
Verne Dyson
Cottage Grove
Robt. Vaughan
Walterville
W. A. Wann
Blue River
Arthur Senders
Harrisburg
J. O. Watts
Points South
Albert Applegate
Yoncalla
Clay Owens
Jack Smith
Siuslaw
Homer D. Angell
Alma Holeman
Junction City
County Institute
Irene
Helen Potts
Monroe
Mrydle Sutton
Jacksonville
Geo. O'B. DeHar
G. W. Handasker
Medford
Capt
G. A. Sacha
Kenneth Miller
Herkeley
Cal
State University
Rev
G. L. Lobdell
Madge Battee
San Francisco
Portland
Fatally Injured Worker Trapped Under Logs at Creswell
Benjamin Stroup, Aurora resident employed at Creswell on a Southern Pacific pile driver, was crushed when four heavy logs rolled over him at 11 this morning. He was taken unconscious to Portland after treatment in Creswell, with doctors citing a severe solar plexus injury and a grave outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creswell
Portland
Daily Guard
Benjamin Stroup
Aurora
Scarborough
D. A. Paine
Irving
Durst Talks Hop Market In Eugene As Oregon Hops Shine
M H Durst of the California hop buyers firm, visiting Eugene, says it is early to set prices for the new crop. He notes California yields may be half a crop due to early moisture, expects Oregon hops to fetch top prices, and reports active sales of last year’s unsold hops as brewers demand hops with several hundred bales still in Eugene poised to change hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Oregon
Mr. Durst
Eugene
Dealer's Profit on Hops in Oregon Letters
A reader recounts an Oregonian item about Elmer Yarnell pricing hops and dealers profit. He cites Yarnell selling hops at 22.4 and brewers paying 32.4 cents per pound, arguing dealer margins shrink after freight and duty deductions to about one cent per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw, Or
Guard
Eugene
The
Oregonian
Elmer Yarnell
Frank A
Page
Crusade Against Gambling Linked to Griffin Death
The article in the Guard aimed to show arrests stem from a drive against gambling sparked by the untimely death of Chas. Griffin. The text would not imply any guilt of the arrested men in his death, only the connection to the broader fight on gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Griffin
The
Guard
Daily Guard Personal Notes From Eugene Area
Sam Goldsmith stays in Eugene as other residents travel widely including J A Booth, Marie Ware, and Prof Jos Shafer. Local residents and visitors move between Eugene Creswell Albany Grant's Pass and Florence with trips, visits, and illnesses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Guard
Sam Goldsmith
Eugene
J. A. Booth
Cedar Flat Items
Haying is finished in the Cedar Flat area. Jay Ford en closes his barn and begins logging on his property. Patoam boys finish logging. McKenzie sees much travel. Machinery sent to Lucky Boy mines. Baby logging camp active with logs. Some tad boys at Cedar Flat. Four window warning noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Flat
Jay Ford
Lucky Boy
Court to hear suit over unjust fines after Cottage Grove incident
The Times reports Justice Clark of Junction fined three youths from Cottage Grove for firing a gun from a public highway. The youths deny guilt and plan to sue for damages, alleging unlawful arrest and improper fines. Attorney Medic of Cottage Grove prepares the papers. The case draws rumors and questions about the legality of the Sunday trial and the 1901 law change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Junction
Cottege Grove
Ke J
Sears
Jackson
Cottage Grong
Easton
Place
DaMag
Times
Bae Baw
Medic
Cottage Grove
Conner
Florence Notes from the West District
Florence notes report visitors from Eugene Mrs J A Bean and family, lighthouse tender Heatherwy at Siuslaw mouth examining buoy, birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Mads Beck at Point Terrace Oregon, Woodmen of the World lodge planned in Florence, surveyor expected to plat unsurveyed land southeast of Florence, accident at Florence Lumber Company wharf injures Earl Butterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Bean
Eugene
E. A. Bean
Heather Wy
Siuslaw
Ber
Point ‘Terrace
Oregon
Mads. Beck
Woodcock
Woodmen
Florence
Echoom Bender Brothers
Floreom Lumber Company
Earl Butterfield
Outing and huntsHighlight Eugene residents plans and deer bear reports
J B Lister of Eugene to preside at Christian church service. Families of Hurlbert Cummins Tracer Bean and Hazel head to Newport sounding sea. Wm Williams and Shrode guests in city. Hunt parties return with bear deer and blackberries. Benj Cox receives government pension for Indian War service with back pay and state share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Hurlbert
Ben Cummins
Minnie Tracer
R. Bean
Hazel
Hew Port
Wm. Williams
Eugene
Shrode
Byron Millorn
Thurman Berry
H. Linder
Middle Fork
J. W. Kirk
Clint Hranstettt
Benj. Cox
Minnesota Liar Albany Democrat Overett Bouska
A fragmentedOCR note from Oregon writer Bouska accuses Minnesota figures of deceit and errors about rainfall and farming. The text rails at opponents, mocks forecasts, and questions local honesty while mentioning rheumatism and weather phrases.
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Pendleton
David Cherry
Harry D. Cherry
Skinnera
Hugene
Jefferson Myers
F. Sperger
Miller's Ad
Matthewa & Sona
Fall Creek
Augusta Williams
Prineville
Jones
C. L. Williams
Albert Higgins
W. H. Weeks
Hop
M. H. Durst
London
New York
Durst
Marie Ware
Denver
Jos. Shafer
O. W. Hurd
John J. Roberts
Thos. McCullough
Hadleyville
W. B. Scott
Bennett
Thomas Condon
BE. J. Berry
Mina Etherton
Nellie Hampton
Seaside
Long Beach
John Hampton
Foley Springs
Barlow Allen
Vander Bogart
Dakotas
Lane County
Allen C. Miller
Stuart McQueen
Head of Tide
T. S. Handsaker
Anlauf
Handsaker
Albany
C. H. Hart
Grant’s Pass
L. A. McArthur
Grant's Pass
U. O
University At
Berkeley
Cc. D. Chorpening
Burgess Ford
Mr. Chorpening
Jesse Bounds
Chas. Ross
J. E. Montgomery
R. O. Brady
J. T. Nicklin
Frank Kennedy
Cora Hullery
J. E. Young
J. M. Edmundson
Goshen
Jos. Lyons
Drain
Irene Applegate
Wellington Waddle
Paraiso Springs
Virgil Johnson
Claremont
New Hampshire
Sophia Kohler
Odell Lake
R. C. Howard
Kelso
W. L. Copperwell
Geo. Severn
Mr. Dixon
Triangle Lake
Ponts
Mrs. Millican-Cushman
Arthur Frazer
Baker City
W. 5. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Mr. Frazer
University
Chas. Kuthe
Stroud Long
Ivan McQueen
Lorane
City
Otto Brown
Nebraska
Henry Schwering
B. F. Malkey
Ashland State Normal School
Teachers’ Institute
Martin Pipes
J. M. Pipes
Carl Smith
Hawaiian Islands
Smith
E. C. Smith
A. W. Tweeden
Pearl
Josephine Foss
Tacoma
A. F. Bechdell
Washington
the Times
J. B. Lister
Spodly
Minnesota
Overett Bouska
Minvests PS
Bouska
Miocota
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