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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
10
The report shows weak wholesale prices in Eugene for wool poultry dairy and produce with mixed hog and cattle figures and notes Portland market weakness in poultry eggs butter and fruits. It details tomatoes peaches watermelons pears grapes ground cherries and potatoes with varying demand from Alaska and external buyers and continued high fish prices.
Tom Wolfe, a Florence resident, was swept overboard near Coos Bay while Tug Robarts towed a gasoline launch. He floated for over three quarters of an hour before a rope was cast and he was hauled aboard. The launch and deck gear were lost. An adjacent news item notes San Francisco graft testimony and a U S land notice for Oregon with multiple witnesses listed.
Obituary notices report Minnie Peterson, two, died of cholera morbus near Eugene, with funeral at the Danish church and burial nearby. Also noted are Portland Livestock Market prices and receipts, with cattle, sheep, hogs, and farm product quotations. Public notice announces Felix Edward Whittaker as administrator of John Kiser estate, with claims due within six months in Eugene City Oregon.
Timber and farm land offer from J B Milne in Cottage Grove Oregon. We can sell better land for less money than you can buy anywhere in Lane County. See or write before buying.
Roseburg Oregon July 27 1907 indicates Celia Owen of Crow Lane County Oregon filed in this office on March 12 1907 sworn statement No 5435 for the purchase of 8 percent of Section 8 in Township 18 South Range 4 West M and will establish her claim in Eugene Oregon on Friday the last day of November 1907. She names witnesses Charles Sovereign Jo Liles Walter Holland Norris Owen all of Crow Oregon. Anyone claiming adverse to file claim by November 1 1947.
Viola Page of Seattle filed sworn statement No 8467 on April 6 1907 for the NE and SE fractional parts of Section 36 in Township 17 south range west Willamette Meridian seeking land valued for timber and stone rather than agriculture before Commissioner W W Calkins at his Sunday office in November 1907 witnesses named include William D Neely Geo H Alden M P Mabe and John H Dick with claims due on or before the 5th day of the month not specified.
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