Elks Memorial Day Officers Elected
Elks observed memorial day across lodges with Eugene Lodge No 357 in the armory drawing about 700 attendees amid heavy rains. Exalted Ruler L. T Harrie, Rev Mac H Wallace, and John M Gearin of Portland gave remarks, with Gearin delivering a powerful extemporaneous address praised by all present. The Ladies’ octette provided refined music, enhancing the ceremony.
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Laweno Lodge
Alaska
Honolulu
Peter
Mac H Wallace
L. T Harrie
John M Gearin
Portland
Seattle
Gearin
First Meeting of the Woolen Mill Company
The Willamette Valley Woolen Manufacturing Co held its first meeting in Eugene. Directors elected were H K MeMurphey, H D Wagnon, Geo W Hirst, R Me Murphey and F E Dunn with MeMurphey as president and Wagnon as vice president. Wagnon will travel East to arrange machinery shipment, arriving before the building is ready for spring completion. Work on the foundation has begun and construction proceeds as weather allows.
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Willamette Valley Woolen Manufacturing Co
R McMurphey
Eugene Loan & Savings Bank
HD Warnen
Geo W Hirst
R Me Murphey
F E Dunn
Meo Murphey
Preevent
H D Wagnon
Iee
W Hirst
Tremurer
Wagnon
Eugene
Springfield Election Results Highlight Taxpayer Balance
In Springfield yesterday anti saloon forces won a close mayoral election. Independent ticket backers backed H E Walker for recorder while W H Skeets won on the taxpayers ticket. Councilmen Cc E Martie and ZT Kinnley listed, recorder D E Thompcop, treasurer TO Maxwell, and J W Stewart JM Davis on the taxpayers slate. Independent H E Walker also appears on the slate. Also reports note Coburg men treated J Hopkins’ foot injury after a hunting accident. Posthum in Bang mentions Harry Keeney securing a bank job in Seattle with Dixter Horton Bank, a former connection of Frank Wilkins.
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Daily Guard
Deo
Springfield
H E Walker
Skeets
Taxpayers
Posthom
Bang
Harry Keeney
Eugene
Seattle
Dixter-Horton Bank
Frank Wilkins
Harry
Eich
Willamette Poultry Show Promotes County Industry
The Willamette Poultry Association prepares for its fifth annual exhibition in Lane County. The piece urges business leaders and citizens to support the show to boost poultry raising, a key local industry, noting the need to overcome apathy and stressing that premium lists and entry blanks will be released soon. The letter is signed by BF Keeney, Secretary.
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Willamette Poultry Association
Lane County
Ben
Pacific Coast
All We
Willamette Poul Ry Association
BF Keeney, Mec’y
Duel for $9 000 on city corner ends in gunfire
Zeigher of this city and a masked robber fought a pistol duel this morning over $9,000. At least a dozen shots rang out. the doctor was wounded and the robber escaped, leaving the scene at a lonely corner.
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Mmanaud
Thanksgiving Dinner at Nation Hotel Hosts Abundant Menu
Mraod MreM mo Talifero of the Nation Hotel gave a pleasant Thanksgiving dinner for friends. The menu featured oysters and Thanksgiving turkey with many other dishes. A musical program was appreciated. Guests included Mr and Mrs James Talifero and numerous relatives and friends from Jasper Mugene Sumpter Coburg and Coburg area.
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Mo Talifero
Nation Hotel
Mice Dolly
Mise
Ligzie Francis
Bugeoe
James Talifero
Lige Hille
Jasper
Eane Francis
Mugene
Mra Gioyou
Lixne
Dora Fravels
Persia Huff
Litttle
Gladys Hilla
Norma Talifero
Charlie
Joseph Talifero
Sumpter
F Keeney
Charlie Austin
Walter Fravels
Eugene Claud Smith
Lane County Board of Equalization Cuts Real Estate Assessments
The Lane County Board of Equalization reduces real estate valuations by twenty percent, trimming county assessments by about 1.2 million dollars. The change delays finalizing assessment rolls, adding about a month of extra work for Assessor Burton and deputies as they adjust records. The report also notes store hours shifts, weather effects on feed, and a large 6,000,000 foot timber drive for Booth-Key Lambert Co. at Coeburn, with logs dispersed toward the Mohawk River.
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Lane County Board of Equalization
Burton
Ginturas
Tom Gil
Potator: Alea Mathews Reports Paper Rage of Potatoes
Alea Mathews shows a newspaper rage about volunteer potatoes and a garden bloom in the afternoon. The potatoes have grown in the autumn field, with Oregon mentioned as part of the broad agricultural scene.
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Alea Mathews
Oregon
President Roosevelt's First Message to Congress
Special report from Washington notes President Roosevelt’s December 3 address outlining aims for Congress: curb anarchist emigration, regulate trusts, create a new Department of Commerce and Industries, favor selective immigration tests, promote reciprocity, boost merchant marine, cut government waste, push isthmian canal, conserve forests, support irrigation, praise Filipinos, reaffirm Monroe Doctrine, reorganize the army, and administer island dependencies impartially. The Chinese Exclusion Act is not mentioned.
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Wasureror
D. C
Roosevelt
Congress Lebway
Congress
United States
Department of Commerce and Industries
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Eugene Guard
Willamette Street
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Eighth Streets
the Guard
L Whitson
W V_ Henderson
Luckey
C Woodcock
Attorney-At-Law
Offce
Walton Yar & Overton
Attorneys-At-Law
Ofhice
Walton Block
Evers
Oncor
W L. Cheshire
M. D
Chrisman Idg
W Brown, M. D
Ofice
Chrisman Block
Barker Gun Works
Ngene
Barker Gun
Escene, Oregon
Lane County Bank
A. G. Hovey
L. G. Hulln
Cashier
H. H.hovey
Art Cashier
San Francisco
T G Hewpaiss
Rak View
P. E. Ssopenasa, Caabier
L. H. Porres Assistant
Brown
C. A Paine
Ww. Brown Ass
John Gearin
L. T. Harris
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Woolen Mill Company
Anti-Saloon Ticket
Cc E Martie
Kinnley
D E Thompcop
Maxwell
Taxpayers’ Ticket
J W Stewart
JM Davis
W H Aieels
Sone
OM A
Dee
Tors Orr
Dre Paine
Kuykendal
Coburg
J Hopkins
Ywor
W. WW. Browning
Ogden, Utah
Janney & Meyer
Zeigher
Germany
Buenos Aies
Dew
Chile
Argentina
MiSs Stone Case
Hoffa
Bulgaria
Dickenson
Miss Stone
Guardian
Raymond Walsh
Washington, DC
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Cork
Goars
Corvaila Aszette
George A Houck
Douglas
Lane
Benton
Lincoln
Polk
Usaal
Gonte
President Roosevelt
Van
Monroe Dootkekin
Western Hemisphere
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