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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
2
A Salem correspondent notes a shift in Willamette Valley farming from wheat to oats barley hay and hops. Cattle are raised for pasture as mortgages decline and independent farmers rise. The State Fair is seen as a hub for home seekers and exhibitors to view regional production of grains fruits vegetables livestock minerals and goods.
A rumor says Senator Clark of Montana plans a railroad from East Lake City to Coos Bay rather than to Los Angeles. The route would unlock timber and coal wealth, avoid Southern California competition, and connect to Portland and Puget Sound with a line along the coast and through the Willamette Valley.
The Oregon State Fair gains unprecedented support from all sections of the state as management wins trust through hard work and broad outreach. Transportation firms offer generous rates to haul exhibits, signaling a concerted push to showcase the state’s remarkable resources to outsiders.
The essay condemns the Salem prison officials for placing a chemical on Tracy's face as barbarous and gratuitous. It argues the grave should end vengeance, not prolong it, and scorns the excuse about preventing theft for display. It asserts Oregon could guard the grave briefly and calls the officials brutal.
An elderly Michigan couple recently adopted twenty two orphans from a local orphanage. The experiment aims to show how the children raised together, with varied temperaments and backgrounds, may reveal differing traits of character, education, and kindness, and demonstrate the power over human minds.
The report describes President Roosevelt and companions sleeping outdoors on the bare ground at Oyster Bay, Loog Island, Friday night. They rose at five in the morning, having slept on woven or spring wire used as a couch, suggesting they may have awakened earlier and felt stiff from the night on the ground.
Commissioner Binger Hermann of the general land office arrived at Portland Saturday. He is an able politician and with the in tense his prevent position brings him it would not be surprising should he be elected United States senator when the legislature convenes next January. It is likely that other prospective candidates view his presence in Oregon with nervous apprehension.
Residents near the army's southern provinces allege that newly enlisted soldiers are the worst seen in years. They say men who enlist during peacetime for thirteen dollars a month prove scarcely worth the pay, challenging general standards and discipline.
In Northwestern Iowa an albesey exposed a Parisian dietor who claimed a fatal serum injection. The inventor touted the dose as lethal to boil, but fate favored the inventor with life extending across a few thousand years.
A brief note remarks that King Edward at sixty one still holds a crown but its significance has faded with age. A city girl at the beach asks her mother in a letter to send her bathing suit, noting she forgot it on leaving.
The Ringling aggregation brings the sawdust to Portland for two consecutive days next week. The circus event will feature traditional acts and performances at a central venue in the Oregon metropolis beginning Monday, continuing Tuesday.
A dust mine explosion in Mootanoa blew the miner’s head a hundred feet from the body, with legs missing. The report notes political chatter about George Chamberlain’s candidacy for governor and broad election turnout near seventeen thousand votes in Portland, with many others away and totals over a thousand.
Denver public library director bans Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn calling it sacrilegious and immoral. The publisher eyes potential big sales in Denver as a reaction to the ban. The text notes the death of the founder of the first flouring mill in Central Illinois at seventy nine, remarking on national development during his lifetime.
An Illinois town dispatch reports a woman stepping into a church doorway during a storm was knocked unconscious when a bolt struck the building and shattered the spire. The flash melted her gold watchchain and four rings fused into one piece. She regained consciousness after about an hour.
Real estate ads offer 190 lots on south city side and north of College Hill Park at 660 dollars and up. Several additions including Elias Stewart, Warresken, Coutses Hi Pane, and Locust Hill farm with houses, fruit trees, and acreage. No agents, First National Bank contact for viewings and prices.
Photographer CC Harlan of Eaton Ohio praises Electric Bitters after long struggle with indigestion and stomach trouble. He credits the remedy with rebuilding his health when physicians failed. Guaranteed by L Dislo.
In Eugene, the Courthouse Lodging House advertises new beds and freshly papered and painted rooms. It promises clean painted floors and bright Brussels carpet rugs at each bed just behind the courthouse.
A stream of brief personal items lists residents visiting or traveling. Dally euar Augis Horace McKinleyle Dan Terpay of Balem Meawel Springfield HCT Atwood LC Skeels Esri Dillard A P Bettereworth Jr Mre M E Brownlee Mise Berths Goldsmith Mise Maude Coin Mise Marveret Nellie Gilfry Crater Lake party Mise Avon Browne Rev W A Wood Mre E T Fisher J J Holt RH Shacklett RH Ingham Lognam Quakenbos D W Bears Kate Heeves Read state YPSCE Endeavorer note Ora Read retired president of YPSCE.
Pleasant Hill reports a heat wave with 98 degree readings. Obituary notes JP Welsh buried in Jasper by the Woodmen of the World. Stella Shelley critically ill at Wade Martie residence. Leo Shelley returns from Condon for support. Mrs Evans of Irving visiting daughter Mrs Robert Lemme. Rumor of Josiah Calilon family likely moving to farm this fall. Henry Mitchell and P L Laird sell cream separators and ship butter in bulk. Howard Blughman rents land to Bernice Warbinen and plans move to Aberdeen with three children entering state school. Leva Callison of Jasper made a business visit Wednesday.
Aug 12 update from Specta to the Guard reports W L Ford and wife planning a short outing to Wolf Creek J A Crow and family aim Elmira as a permanent home with church ties noted Joeph Gates Jr expanding his home Dest and subetagical improvements referenced Hale residents visit A J Kral family C M U Smith braves heat with beef wagon locals rail against whiskey transport by Eugene party July 26 and plan to curb such excess Dr Slayback visits Mapletown and plans to settle as a physician. congratulations to Ayton and vicinity on new physician care options
The lodging house now charges 25 cents for any part of the house. It will operate strictly as a lodging house with new bedding furniture and freshly painted rooms. Located a block north of the courthouse with quiet surroundings and no fire risk. Beds available at any hour. transparency feeds available from Day Henderson or new McClung corner.
Advertisement seeks fifteen hundred cedar hop posts square six inches at Isrweend and fourteen feet long to be delivered to the riverbank at Jondkire Point two miles above Engeve. Delivery requested anytime this summer or fall to the address provided.
Offers of land for care at a low price cover 120 acres two miles southwest of Eugene with about 43 acres cleared and ample water. Additional parcels include four miles west and five near the corporate limit on the west, 16 acres of bottom land 34 miles north of Eugene on the river, plus desirable building lots at Pearl and Sixth streets.
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