Wade Martin Died at Asylum
Word reached Eugene that Wade Martin of Pleasant Hill died in the saline asylum at Salem after a violent insanity attack. Sheriff Withers was notified Sunday morning and transported him to Eugene where in jail he fought the guards while ravings echoed through the street. Martin, 55, veteran farmer, leaves a wife. his first insanity episode followed a head injury from a fall years ago.
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Eogle
Wade Martin
Pleasant Hil
Lueane
Sal’m
Sheriff Withers
Pleasant Hill
Martin
Withers
Eugene Sod
Joers
Dre
W L Caeshire
N L Lee
Kinecaid
Sherif Withers
Gainey Mathews
Marin
McKinney Brothers Buy Half Interest in Wil lamette Street Store
W B McKinney the grocer sells a half stake in his 588 Wil lamette street shop to his brother B B McKinney who arrived with family from Great Bend Kansas. They will enlarge the business this evening adding dry goods and other lines to form a general store and expect continued good trade.
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W B McKinney
Willamettee Street
B B McKinney
Great Beod
Kansas
Cordwood Drive Reaches Town From Willamette River
Seven hundred cords of fir wood arrived from Fall Creek and were floated down the Willamette river to the mill race head. The blockage covers the race and pond from the railroad trestle to above East Ninth Street as W F Gideon, with a large university fuel contract, oversees delivery. A second 2000 cord drive by Griffon Brose is planned soon. The wood will be drawn from the race by a steam engine.
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Fall Creek
Willamette
Milla
East Ninth Street
W F Gideon
Griffon Brose
Lodging House Opens Behind Eugene Courthouse
Ed Howe, formerly of the Ninth Street restaurant, now runs a refitted lodging house behind the old courthouse in Eugene. The quiet location is near the business district with all rooms newly furnished and bedded for farmer guests.
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Eugene
Ed Howe
Ninth Street
Chase of Bert Heaton Crowned Sheriff Withers Detective Triumph
Eugene to Portland Telegram recounts Sheriff Withers of Lane County tracking and trapping Bert Heaton, alleged murderer of Benton Tracy. He followed a weeks long trail, verified by staking out Wells Neward, then confronted Heaton in a barber shop and secured him. Withers acted alone, earning sole credit for the capture.
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Eugene
Portland Telegram
Bert Heaton
Benton Tracy
Withers
Oregon
Junction City
W W Withers
Lane County
Welle
Neward
Heaton
Sheriff tracks elusive gambler across western towns
Sheriff Withers pursued a gambler who lodged in a Junction City hotel but vanished. From Eugene to Portland, then down to Keswick, Redding, San Francisco, Sacramento, Reno and mining camps, he gathered clues, obtained a photo and learned the suspect’s true name Bert Heaton, but paths remained unclear.
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Bert Ray
Junction City
Withers
Portland
Eugene
California
Keswick
Redding
Kay
Bert Heaton
Wiihers
San Francisco
Sacramento
Keewick
Trucsee
Reno
Caron City
Nevada
Tha
Matteson for Legislature from Fifteenth District
Fl Paso Daily News reports FC Matteson an attorney from Capitan New Mexico traveled from Eugene Oregon where he visited relatives since mid June. He remains in town today then heads home. He seeks the Democratic nomination for representativ e in the territorial legislature from Lincoln Chaves and Eddy counties. He has Eddy county support and likely will win Eddy and his home county. no opponent in Chaves yet.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Daily News
FC Matteson
Capitan
Santa Fe
Eugene
Ore
Matteson
Territorial
Lincoln
Chaves
Eddy
Hadleyville Defeats Crow In Close Baseball Tilt
A lively Hadleyville versus Crow game drew a large crowd at Hadleyville with five Hadleyville players from Eugene. The Cootes fought hard but faltered at key moments, letting Hadleyville secure a slim victory by a narrow margin.
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Hadleyville
Crow
Cootes
Vunber
Eugene
I P
Eas
Scoggin and Hubbard United in Marriage August 3 1908
R Scoggin and Mra Nelle Hubbard united in marriage Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock August 3 1908 by Justice of the Peace C A Wintermeter. They will reside on Olive Street between West Sixth and West Beventh. Mr Scoggin works in the excelsior factory.
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R Scoggin
Marriage of Roy Stearne and Miss Bessie Arandel in Osatland
Roy Stearne married Miss Bessie Arandel in Osatland Oregon on a July date. Lesroe, a former University of Oregon student, supplied many foods in Eugene.
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Roy Stearne
Bessie Arandel
Osatland
Oregon
Lesroe
Eugene
University of Oregon
Accident at Coburg Sawmill Claims A Worker
Special to the Guard Copuna Aug. 5 Yesterday evening about 6 o'clock a Booth Keily Co sawmill accident nearly cost Frank Snodgrass his life. Entangled in a revolving shaft his clothes tore away as he was whirled at high speed. He survived with severe bruises and cuts, no broken bones. He will be laid up for a long period.
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Copuna
Booth-Keily Co
Frank Snodgrass
Soodgrase
Lane County Receives Record School Funds Allocation
State Treasurer Moore apportions $21,650,035 to counties with Lane County receiving $12,020,265 for school purposes based on 7,765 pupils. Marion and Multnomah exceed Lane in child counts. Lane jumps from fifth to third in population, with rapid growth expected to push it to second in two years.
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Moore
Lane County
Marion
Multnomah
Lane
Banner County
Lane Lil
Ernest Abbott Killed in Anlauf Log Camp Accident
Ernest Abbott, son-in-law of B Y Abbott of the city, was killed at Anlauf while clearing railroad wood in a logging camp. He was 30, left a wife and child. funeral held in Cottage Grove with burial in the local cemetery. Abbott’s life was insured for 3000 in the Modern Woodmen lodge at Cottage Grove.
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B Y Abbott
Hazarday
JH Honig
Comstock
Ernest Abbott
8 Y Abbott
Anlauf
Tne
Junction City
Roseburg
Anlaof
Cottage Grove
Avlauf
Cottge Grove
Abbott
Pretty home wedding at Fairmount joins Leuve and Eimer
A quiet ceremony last evening at 8:30 at the residence of Mrs Mra K R B Boodgrace in Fairmount united Mine Leuve A Boodgrass and Me Eimer J Jomee with Rev L D Greer officiating. Guests, about twenty five relatives and friends, afterward dined together and presented gifts. The couple plans to depart Friday for their future home at Crow Lane county.
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Mra KR
Boodgrace
Fairmount
Leuve
Boodgrass
Eimer J Jomee
L D Greer
The
Christian Church
James
Crow
Lane County
Five Days in Jail for Disorderly Conduct
A man named Harry Wright was arrested by Acting Chief Mailes and brought before Police Judge B F Dorrie on the charge of disorderly conduct. He received five days in the city jail.
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Bobo
Harry Wright
F Dorrie
City Rock Crusher at Work in Henderson
Mr M D Bissel of Henderson started the city rock crusher on the gravel bar below the river bridge yesterday morning. He holds a 3 600 cubic yard contract to gravel streets and now employs twelve teams and seventeen men with plans to increase. Fifth street will be graveled nationwide, and the contractor aims to raise daily output to about 140 to 145 cubic yards. The bar gravel, rich in sand and small rocks, yields a hard, well packed road bed.
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M D Bissel
Henderson
Kissel
Fifth Street
Kiell
Accident at Camp Creek Overtakes Marcellus Thomas
Marcellus Thomas suffered a serious injury at his father’s Camp Creek farm Sunday after dismounting from a wagon drawn by a fractious horse. A neck-yoke blow near the temple left him unconscious for about two hours. Dr C H T Atwood treated him. the horses fled briefly but caused no further harm.
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Marcellus Thomas
Camp Creek
Wendling
Oregon
Premium List for Oregon Slate Fair Now Available
The premium list for the Oregon Slate Fair is issued with ten thousand dollars in cash premiums for live stock and farm products. Farmers and breeders statewide are invited to bring entries to boost the blaze fair exhibit, with free shipment provided by the Southern Pacific Company. Campgrounds on the coast are offered free for visitors spending a week at the event. Write to the Portland secretary for details or a premium list if not yet received.
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Southern Pacific Company
Portland
Oregon
Seaburg Birth Announced For Tolliver Family
To the wife of GR Tolliver living five miles north of Eugene a girl born to Mr and Mrs Walter Millican at Seaburg on July 27 1902 borne in the afternoon with notice of the infant event.
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GR Tolliver
Eugene
Seaburg
Walter Millican
Aqua Dulce Fair Building Blown Down Amid Storm
Special to Guard reports the Varied Industries building at Aqua Dulce Expo was toppled by a severe wind storm. Loss estimated at 20. A wreck near Augusta Ga. injures nine. fatalities likely. A Norfolk & Western freight wreck at Persies Ohio kills brakeman Foley. engineer and conductor fatally hurt.
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Aqua Dulce
St Louis
Varied Industries
Persies
Ohio
Norfolk & Western Railway
Foley
Rebels May Still Hold Aqua Dulce Amid Fierce Battle
Special reports from Guanp Panama and Spokane note ongoing combat near Aqua Dulce with a fierce battle in progress. The U S Ranger cruiser is dispatched to safeguard American interests amid fears of danger. A note allegedly by Convict Harry Tracy warns Sheriff Cudihee to cease pursuit or risk his life.
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Panama
Aqua Dulce
U 5
Ranger
Spokane
Cudihee
Harry Tracy
Odessa
Tracy
Accident at Cottage Grove Injures Mrs Higgins
Mrs Higgins, en route to Medford, suffered a painful accident at Cottage Grove in the early morning. While waiting for a train around 2 14, she stepped from the depot platform into darkness and fell seven feet onto a pile of lumber. She was unconscious briefly. initially thought to be broken but bruises were found to be the result.
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Mra Higgins
Medford
Cottage Grove
Bbe
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