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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
9
Taxpayers of road district No. 38 Lane County Oregon are summoned to a December 18 meeting at Kempp schoolhouse at 2 pm to vote on an additional tax levy to fund road improvements. Signed by 16 district taxpayers listing numerous local residents.
Whom It May Concern No 66 in Lane County Oregon schedules a levy election at Mound schoolhouse on December 20 1909 to raise funds for road improvements. The notice is signed by at least ten percent of district taxpayers and calls for a tax upon property to fund the district roads.
Salem Oregon reports typhoid fever epidemic since October. Nine deaths and 109 cases to December 4. Over half of the ill are convalescent. 22 patients in Salem hospital and eight in Willamette Sanitarium. Water supply blamed by physicians. skepticism on private wells. No new cases this week. fear of renewed outbreak after snow melt. Public health debates suction system and contamination risk.
A new system begins at noon placing students in small groups of 30 to 35 with individual teachers. Teachers record absences, give five minute announcements, and monitor pupils in their other classes. If work suffers, teachers report home and provide guidance, aiming to strengthen pupil instructor relations and efficiency.
The East Eugene Improvement Club discussed tree planting along streets where recent plantings failed, agreeing to order new trees now and extend agate avenue plantings likely using elms. They also debated cement sewer pipe and formed a committee to explore local manufacture. The Fairmount sewer project awaits city engineer estimates, expected in two to three weeks.
Special to Daily Guard Doston Maia Dec. 8 Oregon Electric first mortgage bonds are being offered to investors in the East through the N. K. Harris Bonding Company of New York. The bonds will fund extending lines from Salem and Portland south to Albany and Eugene. The Harris Company is a New York firm with a reputation for high quality securities.
The Grand theatre hosted a motion picture of the Johnson Ketchel bout yesterday. Two local tililaters attempted to suppress the exhibit but failed. Clarence Oakley attended and plans to use the incident in his sermon next Sunday.
Tacoma, December 6. The 22 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Alder of 1926 South O street died at 1 a.m. after being pushed into a tub of scalding water by his twin brother during a floor scrubbing incident Sunday morning. The child suffered severe burns and lung congestion followed by other internal complications.
A notice posted by ten percent of Lane County taxpayers announces Road District Meeting No 58 to be held at the Wendling Schoolhouse on Saturday December 11 1909 at 2 oclock p m The signatories include A J Arnd J E Earnest Paul Paschelke W Dugan C Sumner John Graw H L Barber CC W Holcomb J J Burns J Z Evans C A Stalberg Joel McCornack and others.
Lane County Oregon holds No 39 at Slayters hall on December 27 1909 at 2 pm The notice lists local taxpayers and official signatories including Sprague Slaytor Norton Sprague Wolf Rust Harrington Ehrhart Pritchard Johnson Simeon Joy Blachly Post Thompson Syphers Slayter Taylor Hobertston Rust Baron Horton Horton Horton Myers and others.
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