RAILROAD SURVEY PROGRESSES IN MOUNTAIN DISTRICT
The Hohemia telephone line is now in good order with six stations including Kirke Wildwood bed bridge Helena No 1 Helena No 2 and the Masiv mine connected. Contractors Perkins and Jordan will hand the system to the Pacific States Telephone Co by January first as survey work nears Helena No2 mine and Drizzly Mountain. Mrs Wooley heads to Bobe ula for Golconda Co claims work while Ed Long reports six Cottage Grove lots sold in the Long & Bingham extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hohemia
Doreus
Kirke
Wildwood
Bed Bridge
Helena No 1
Helens No 2
Masiv
Mesare Perkins and
Jordan
Pacific States Telephone Co
Asiready
Gee
Ed Long
Long & Bingham
Cottage Grove
Elected Officers at Ballyguard Dee Maple Lodge Lions Meet
Ballyguard Dee Maple Lodge Order of Lions elected officers last night with Chas Griffin as President and Miss Nellie Smith as Treasurer. Eugene Lodge No 10 R AM chose J L Page for MEH and Geo H Kelly as Treasurer among others, then installed officers. Also notes local business moves and an injury report from Zimmer's fruit dryer incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Lodge
Order of Lions
Chas Griffin
Nick Belshaw
Abe Edith B Ginten
Nellie Smith
Mra
Garrison Deorkeeper
Simon Sentinel
T A
Gilbert
Eugene Lodge
Meh
P—J L Page E
K—E
O Potter
Rich strike on Maudie claim spurs mine revival
A miner from Blue River reports a 44 foot wide ledge on the Maudie claim on Jaybird creek about a mile and a half below the Lucky Boy mine. The ore shows remarkable richness and glistening with yellow metal. Rucker plans development, predicting a great gold producer with spring work to resume after snow clears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jona Rucker
Blue River
Min Og
Ruckerz
Bes
Booth Kelly plans sawmill on Siuslaw river lower reach
Special Correspondence from Ivison Oregon reports Booth Kelly Lumber Co intends building a sawmill on the Lower Siuslaw, has purchased land, and expects to log seven to eight million feet of merchantable timber. The author warns timber may be rapidly depleted, citing historical foregone forests, urges expanded state forest reserves, and predicts heavy eastern shipments as demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivison
Booth-Kelly Lumber Co
Silusiaw
Siuslaw
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Northwestern
Oregon
Oil drilling begins near Springfield after delays
Great West Oil and Coal Company starts petroleum drilling this afternoon on the Nail place outskirts of Springfield near the Willamette River bridge. CH Hart leads the work with JO Beebe and TO Maxwell assisting. Rimmone calls it promising for future flow and regional prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Willamettoe River
Personal Daily Guard notices from Eugene area December 17
A dense local item list reports numerous residents and visitors in Eugene and nearby towns. Names include Ernest Glietraple, Frank, Zeb, Wm Pernan, John N Lindasy, T N Segar, Mr and Mrs Ford, Dr L D Scarbrough, RK Mount, Mrs Wiles, W J Royce, Ed Goodchild, Hon TGQ Hendricks, Hiram Wingard, Henry Hollenbeck, J K Young, W Manders, Shed Garrison, Frank and Charles Chambers, Rocky Mason, Dr M L York, Mrs A L Meney, Fred and Frank Hopkins, Claude Pengra, W B Dennis, and Marní and Macros Finters with Fehel Bentley. Activities include travel to Portland, Salem, Cottage Grove, Creswell, and Junction City, plus a potation sale of 1500 bushels at 50 cents to L C Skeesis and a marriage in Albany.
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Bearbrough
Crenwall
L C Skeesis
Claude Pengra
Eugene
Corvallis
Cottage Grove
W B Dennis
Black Butte
Quicksilver Mices
Portland
Questions on Free Delivery and Mailboxes In 1891 Newsroom
In December 17 1991 issue readers ask if citizens must supply mailboxes when free delivery starts and if the post office will provide them. Replies state citizens supply private boxes while large boxes are government furnished. Also notes water damage to a BP railroad bridge near Santiam and a local resident Natbaole Fails ill with pneumonia in Eugene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eearpes Oer
Brownarile Times
Santiam
Runologt of Trade
Thie Division
Fractured OCR Record From Obscure Notice
Fragmentary text shows a disrupted notice mentioning Boots and a vacated space with garbling around names like W J Butler and Beeget. The readable fragments hint at a gallery or reg site but lack coherent details or dates to form a full item.
First Oil Well Starts at Myrtle Creek Amid Murky News
Dorm oil reports begin boring at Myrtle Creek as Umpqua Oil starts its first well. A burglar shot dead in Kinsley home incident leaves Mrs Murphy dead. assailant fled. Colombia-Venezuela dispute continues with no arbitration. Cheviot New Zealand wrecked by earthquakes. Geologists say prospects for oil success look good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirresvura
Murphy
Kinsley Home
Rosgivra, Or
Umpqua Oil Company
Myrtle Creek
River steamer Rath sinks near Corvallis after collision
Special to the Geant Satem Oregon December 17 reports the OR&N steamer Rath struck a dock near Corvallis on the way to Portland, sinking in ten feet of water with a full cargo of prunes oats and hay. Rath operated on the Willamette between Portland and Corvallis for years on a near daily run. Separately a deposit run at the Thomas Cruse Savings Bank in Did the depository reveal a panic triggered by a jokester’s tip causing a local withdrawal of funds. Senator Mitchell informed L B Rowland of Oregon that he introduced a bill to relieve survivors of the Indian wars and extend pensions similar to Black Hawk Creek and Seminole wars. Also announced a birth in Portland of a son to Mr and Mrs E A Bryson on December 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hecena
Ment
Thomas Cruse
Baok Waelp
Inpran van Voereaana
L B Rowland
Thie City
Oregon
John H Mitchell
Tals Comat
Mitchell
Friends of the
Well Known in Eugene Delights at ME Church Entertainment
From Meponset Illinois, Messenger December 4 reports Thomas L Handseaker from De Moines Iowa will perform a metropolitan style program at the ME church tomorrow under Epworth League auspices. He has a fine baritone voice and his readings mix humor with serious pieces to elevate and entertain. A large crowd is hoped for. The eight month old Leland Terner son of Mr and Mrs J F Terner died yesterday afternoon at 4:80 and the funeral was held this afternoon at 2:30 from the family residence on Pear Street conducted by Rev KF Rowland. Interment was in the 100 F cemetery.
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Meponset
Ill
Thomas L. Handeaker
Dea Moines
Iowa
George
James Hates
Epworth League
Hoodenker
Mario
Handssaker
Leland
J F @terner
Pear Street
KF Rowland
100 F
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Men’s Department
Hampton Bros
Willamette St
Eugene Cuard
Willamette Street
Seventh and
Eighth Streets
the Guard
L Whitson
Luckey
Woodcock
Walton
Emarels
Attorneys-At-Law
Walton Block
Evervs
Oxycon
W. L. Cheshire, M. D
Chrisman Ldg
W Brown, M
Ofice
Chrisman Block
Opa
Chicago
San Francisco
Port Oregon
T G Heypatogs
Proeident
B Kaxis
Vics
P, FE
Ssopenass
Cashier
L. H, Porris
United States
Brown
J Osburn
A. G. Hovey
B.g.hovey
L. H Hulin
Anat Cashier
Ort
Bohemia
the Pacific
States Company
the Railroad Survey
URYRY
Drizzly Mountain
Otmer Fotes
Ballyguard Dee
Berrean-at- Armed
Aulein Hampton Examiners
Lulu Marquam
T W Harrie
L W Brows
C H T Atwood
Ethel Kinsey
Scribe
J M Howe
P &A
Wo Preston
E Wohattam
Geo O Yoran
Chareb
L Lombard M
Kelly Treas
W Caburo Beo
Robinson Sentinel
Milier
Matlock & Goodchild
Rambler Eyelery
Matlock
RW Kirkpatrick
Zimmer's
Atwood
Joba Rucker
Maudie
Daily Guard
Deo Ir
Rucker
al Praent
Booth-Kelly Co
Siusiaw
CH Hart
JO Beebe
Maxwell
Jef Rimmone
Mr Rim
Mone
Deo
Ernest Glietraple
Wendling
Frank
Elokist
Zeb
Wm Pernan
John N Lindasy
Creawell
Will Ford
Nott
L D Scarbrough
Creswell
RK Mount
Goldton
Brandish
Hiram Wingard
Beattie
Henry Hollenbeck
Baleam
J K Young
W Manders
Garrison
California
Charles Chambers
Honolulu
Rocky Mason
Albany
M L York
A L Meney
Goshen
Mre
Wm Preston
Fred
Frank Hopkins
Junction City
Marni
Macros Finters
Mise Fehel Bentley
J W Heatley
Lea
Natbaole Fails
City
James Flonig
Janney & Meyer
Gee Bee
Gagringe Galery
W J Butler
Beeget
Spesia
Bpeelal
Bonora
Colombia
Venezuela
Opeeial
Cheviot
New Zealand
Satem, Or
The
Or&n
Rath
Willamette
Portianad
Corvalila
Cruse
Clark
Robert
Law
Boas
Mra Ea Ki Bryson
Dally @earé
F. E. Dunn
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