Salem Looks to Field Two Football Teams This Winter
A Salem dispatch reports Willamette University has decided to organize a football team with a trained coach. Capital City Amateur Athletic Club members discuss forming a team. Manager Skidmore arranges games with other schools with Eugene as a promised opponent. If both teams form, local interest would be strong.
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Salem
Oregonian
Willamette University
Capital City Amateur Athletic Club
Skidmore
Eugene
Cottage Grove Notes Aug 18 Guests and Local Purchases
Cottage Grove Oregon notes Hon Binger Hermann and family visiting relatives in town last week. PF B Risley and John Corbett of California bought the Med ley property for about 20 dollars. The building will be remodeled for a mercantile establishment. The M M A band received new instruments and uniforms and held an open air concert Saturday evening reflecting credit on the group.
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Cottage Grove
Binger Hermann
PF. B. Risley
John Corbett
California
Medley
August Floods Ravage Idaho West. Fire, Losses Mount
Reports from Hoise Idaho and surrounding areas describe Cheat forest fires consuming white pine timber of high value while thousands of sheep perish in the blaze. In Salt Lake a waiter killed his divorced wife in a restaurant and then killed himself. Other dispatches note political illness, Oregon G A R encampment arrivals, a Russian consul assassination, a burned schooner in the South Seas, a Jap murdered near Nanaimo on his wedding night, and the Kansas River flood washing away two bridges and disrupting city traffic.
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Scripps News Association
Hoise
Idaho
Cheat
Idaho City
Salt Lake
Andy Adams
Gerrald
Butte
Montana
Adams
Victoria
BE. C
Nanaimo
Fire in the Siskyous near Ashland destroys timber
A heavy forest fire raged in the Siskigor mountains about 1 mile south of Ashland on August 17. It apparently started from parked engines along the rail line and advanced into a canyon near a commit area, threatening the Siekiyou Station and nearby Reserve.
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Ashland
Siskigor Mountaine
Parke
Commit
Siekiyou Stanion
Building plans loom for The Oregon complex expansion
Wellington Waddle returns from Paraiso Springs and San Diego where he renewed the lease on the The Oregon building for three years starting February 1. John B. Coleman says he will return to Eugene next spring to supervise major improvements on three brick buildings used by The Oregon Julius Goldsmith and Chas Littlefield cigar stores. Plans include a second story, longer footprint to Park street with glass fronts, and new plans to architect W T Campbell. Coleman expects to oversee the work in person by April 1. Health is noted as fine with Uncle Johnny in good spirits. Paraiso Springs health resort offers hot and cold baths and conveniences at an elevation of 1400 feet, nine miles from Solidad.
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Wellington Waddle
Paraiso Springs
California
San Diego
John B. Coleman
Mr. Waddle
The
Oregon
Mr. Coleman
Eugene
Julius Goldsmith
Cigar Store
Chas. Littlefield
Park Street
Hall's
Preston & Hales
Coleman
W. T. Campbell
Johnny
Jost
Tos
Waddle
Parikee Springs
Solidad
Eli Bangs
Feeet Ninth Street
Pearl
M. Titus
Willamette
Portland
Wieber
Busines
Solme
Bangs
W. J. Darroch
Barnes
Barnard
Mr. Barnard
Eugene Immediatley
Coates Dominates Northwest Field Meet for Multnomah
Alton Coates of Albany led Multnomah to top totals at the Northwest field meet in Victoria BC. He won three firsts and scored 15 points, with strong showings in hurdles and the broad jump of 21 feet 1.25 inches. Pearson of Spokane was runner up with 13 points, Kerrigan of Portland had 12. Coates won every event he entered.
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Victoria
B. C
Multnomahwoo
Spokane
Vancouver
Alton Coates
Albany
Multnomah
Pearson
Kerrigan
Portland
Coates
Kerrigan ? Indhes
Tilly
Northwest
Huge crowd on excursion to Yaquita Bay and Newport
Daily Guard notes a gay crowd at Yaquita Bay yesterday with excursion trains from the valley largely loaded. About 130 from Eugene joined en route to Albany, expanding as trains stopped, totaling roughly 5000 beach visitors. The day was cool and pleasant, with uncertain plans for a repeat trip.
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Daily Guard
Yaquita Bay
Newport
Eugene
Here
Albany
Pleasant Outing of.Tr. J L Shorey and Haws Brown in Woodburn
Pleasant outing report details Dr. Shorey and Mr. Brown of Woodburn passing through the city in a private conveyance en route home after a month on the McKenzie. They report a fine trip with plenty of trout and venison. Mrs. Shorey accompanied by them, took the Springfield branch train at Springfield.
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Daily Guard
J.L. Shorey
Haws Brown
Woodburn
City
Hop Sale Auction in Lane County
The Campbell and Walker lot of 212 bales totaling about 40 000 pounds sold today to F E Donn at just above twenty cents per pound. This sale leaves Mr Donn as the sole holder of hay in Lane County with holdings near eight hundred bales.
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Campbell & Walker
Hope
F. E. Donn
Mr. Doon
Lane County
Allen couple welcomes son in Fugene on Aug 1
In Fugene on Saturday August 1, 100, Mr and Mrs W U Allen welcomed a baby boy. The brief notice records the birth of a son to the couple in the local register.
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Saterday
W. U. Allen
Eli Bangs Sells Livery Business to C P Barnard
Eli Bangs a veteran Eugene livery operator sells his large Eugene livery feed and sale business including Springfield and Roseburg lines to C P Barnard formerly of Roseburg. The price runs into thousands with Bangs keeping Florence and McKenzie routes and Olive street barn as office. Barnard plans to run Roseburg to Marshfield and improve two counties Douglas and Coos by shared costs.
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Eli Bangs
Weat Ninth Street
Florence and McKenzie
C. P. Barnard
Roseburg
Mr. Bangs
Eugene
Springfield
Barnard
Empire
Mood
Banga
Olive Street
Roseburg Marshfield
Douglas and
Coos
Bangs
City Council Holds Meeting on Sewer Work
Daily Guard reports an extra City Council session to speed sewer projects. Orders include a new S inch sewer from Alder Street to East Thirteenth, connecting to the main sewer near Pearl and Oak, and extensions in Packard's and Skinner's additions. An ordinance for sidewalk vendors received a second reading before adjournment.
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Alder Street
Pearl and
Oak
Packard
Olive Street
Skinner's
Jefferson Street
A Rich Mine Strike Reported by Wm Odgers
Wm Odgers, a veteran miner from Blue Hiver mines, reports a rich strike at the Early Mird claim noted as the district’s finest. He describes very high ore assays and expresses strong confidence, saying no district surpasses Blue Hiver in his experience.
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Wm. Odgers
Blue Hiver
Tle
Odgers
al Hie Life
Runaway Vegetable Wagon Spooks City Street
A runaway vegetable wagon led by Chase’s team bolted from its line on seventh street this morning. Frightened by something the team bolted down the street at high speed past a clayback near Kays furniture. No serious damage reported.
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PF. B. Chase
Siley
Kays’ Furniture Esters
G A R Encampment At Frisco Attracts Thousands
San Francisco hosts the G A R encampment with about 11,800 visitors by midnight and three thousand more arriving today from Los Angeles Ogden and regular trains. Veterans from Connecticut Maine New York and other states fill hotels as arches on Third and Market Streets are completed. Miles denies candidacy for commander in chief while Currier meets Ordway in a notable reunion and John W Heaton from Washington mixes with Northern veterans.
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San Francisco
Grand A Amy
Los Angeles
Ogden
Conneticut
Maine
New York
Massachusetts
Kansas
Arkansas
Iowa
Illinois
Colorado
Wyoming
San Fracisco
Third
Market
Examinations Scheduled in Eugene This Fall
Secretary Archie Livermore lists August and September tests in Eugene for civil engineer construction supervisor nautical expert and other roles. Pay ranges from 60 monthly to 1000 yearly with dates August 26 27 and September 16 17. Applicants should visit the post office for details.
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Archie Livermore
Eugene
Attorney General's Office
Note and Comment in the Reg ister
An editorial laments scoops leaked to rivals and urges more local notes in the morning paper. It cites reporters jarred by well meaning friends who share tips, and asks for doubled length to extend the service. Market reports note weak eggs and Quaker doctors’ reactions.
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Register
Guard
Last of the Calapooias story in progress
Eugene writer Chas W Evans seeks information on the Calapooias the extinct Oregon tribe for his forthcoming tale The jot of the Calapooias He requests old settlers with thorough knowledge of the tribe to contact him at Cottage Grove Oregon and share details The sole living Calapooia in Cottage Grove may be involved in the lore request
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Chas, W. Evans
Eugene
Hus
Calapooias
Oregon
Cottage Grove
Ivene
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Salem Football
Cottage Grove Notes
Icycle
Cas. C. Matlock, Wim Se
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Ewly
Serusalem
Rusades
Erusalen
Jerusalem
UPI Upa
Wright
Thame
Kansas City
Hoth
Britain
London
Lord Salisbury
G. A. R.’s Scripps News Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Occidental
St. Petersburg
Monastir
Olella Pederson
South Seas
Kanenes River
Kansas and
Missouri
Orm
McKenzie and
Florence Stage Lines
Frisco
Miles
J. C. Currier
Voplar Springs Church
Petersburg
G. T. Ordway
Rhedlands
Cal
John W. Heaton
Washington
Heaton
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