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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
7
The Eugene weekly paper The Guard announces its Thursday publication date August 26 1909. Editors and agents listed include J L Clark Creswell and George A Drury Coburg with postmasters authorized to receipt for subscriptions. Subscription price is 1.50 per year paid in advance.
A critical portrait portrays E. H. Harriman as a colossal force in modern life guiding railroads and capital with relentless ambition. The piece argues he seeks dominion over industries and kingdoms, valued for power and mastery rather than money, comparing him to Roosevelt and the German emperor as among the era’s top personalities.
Eugene must seize the railroad boom to become Western Oregon’s hub. A coast reaching line via Elmira and Lake Creek, funded by bonds, is outlined with $75,000 for Eugene Elmira and another $75,000 to extend to Coos Bay. The movement, already noticed by Mr Hill, calls for continuous local effort and pledges toward construction.
Editorial writers discuss securing help for farmers in the West amid unemployment. They argue the unemployed are best found in the West, with labor from the East needed to meet demand. The debate weighs cost, permanence, and the char acter of temporary workers drafted from eastern cities and the implications for Western farms.
Authorities define the verb to boost as elevating or uplifting. The term booster is explained as a person who works to raise spirits or support action, reflecting how language frames social encouragement in a civic or communal context.
The piece discusses boosting current in streetcars and praises enterprise in Los Angeles, Seattle and Spokane while urging Eugene to fund a railroad to attract wholesale business. It notes a dirigible project in Germany and reflects on a fatal Sutton incident among students at a naval institution.
The piece notes Eugene's rapid growth with hundreds of new houses and flats and urges local owners to fund the Eugene & Siuslaw railroad to Elmira this year. It also mentions Roosevelt's elephant hunt, a Pennsylvania widow's new marriage and bet on turning a hundred, a Payne family tariff promotion and a Chicago divorce case reflecting marital tensions and Sunday homebound habits.
A 75000 proposal outlines building the Siuslaw railroad toward Elmira and coastward to Coos Bay, easing future construction. The note suggests financing and support through government funds, with mentions of Army and artillery. A stray fragment references Willie Laeb and a libel suit tied to a publication, hinting at controversy.
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