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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
7
The Eugene Weekly Guard announces its weekly publication from Eugene Oregon with subscription rates of 1.50 annually prepaid and 2.00 payable at year end. The paper is entered at the Eugene post office as second class matter.
Premium papers offered to subscribers of the Weekly Guard for a full year in advance. Oregon Agriculturist or American Farmer free with subscription, plus silver and kitchen sets advertised on this page. Address GUARD PRINTING COMPANY Eugene Oregon.
Two young Russian immigrant sisters aged seventeen and nineteen died from gas in a crowded New York lodging room after a day of sweatshop work and evening study. They saved most wages for family reunion in Moscow and planned a Christmas letter, but the gas tragedy cut short their hopes.
The Booth Kelly Lumber Company argues against duty free Canadian lumber to curb price drops and forest waste in Oregon and Washington. They show photos of logged lands at different prices to prove their point. George Hall notes a New York press praising Eugene’s mill race painting now in Rochester. The Commercial Club plans circulating an Eastward album of views with the Guard year book to boost impressions. A New York shop girl is robbed on a car ride. her pocketbook with ten dollars is replaced by a $200 diamond dropped from a thief’s ring.
The article argues the city faces a legal moment over a power plant and potential private-entity tribute. It questions rights to public self-help, praises courts to define power, and notes Dr Lyman Abbott defending football as manliness and courage. It ends by citing 2428 Eugene schoolchildren.
The census places the city population at 12 140 excluding 700 to 800 students near State University Bible University and Business College. The school census rose 253 from last year indicating a total yearly growth near 1 265. Castro’s escape plan exposed as pretext for leaving Venezuela with gold. Projections by Jim Hill claim two hundred million by 30 years hence, with railroads as primary beneficiaries, amid doubt about future transport tech.
A Montana brakeman was fined 800 for securing a railroad pass under his wife’s name and gifting it to another woman. His wife’s shocked remarks drew much attention. The Western Oregon in Cottage Grove published a festive Christmas edition with rich illustrations and ads. Cottage Grove Leader released a special edition focusing on resources and advantages of Southern Lane county.
A Gamma Phi Beta chapter was instituted at the Tau Pi sorority house with twenty three local members joining the national sorority. Initiation was led by Edith Prosch of Seattle with several assistants from Stanford California and Seattle. A banquet at Otto's Grill will be held for about thirty three attendees.
Julius Goldsmith sells his retail cigar store to Ralph Miencherd and William Naylor who take charge today. Goldsmith keeps the wholesale business to devote his time to it. The Blanchard and Naylor firm is well known in Eugene and the county and is expected to proceed.
A small shipment of step rails for the Portland Eugene and Eastern Railway Company reaches Eugene. Foreman Utterback says two car loads will be added soon, enabling workers to lay track from Judkins Point to the river at Springfield after grading and trestle work near that section were finished. Frank Hansen of Aberdeen arrived in Eugene last night.
The Hague report announces Queen Wilhelmina is in an interesting condition. The chamber of deputies welcomed the news with loyal cheers, while a few socialists objected to the display. Also noted are reports of inexhaustible asphalt layers found in Syria near Latakia on the road toward Aleppo. L. M. Freeman and wife are visiting from Wendling.
At a adjourned city council meeting the 1909 levy was set at 10 mills with allocations for General 5, Sewer 2.2, Roads 2, Library 0.6, and Park 0.2 mills. Other business covered street curb lines, an injunction against the council and water board, paving assessments, and a lease dispute over city rock equipment.
The council discussed a lease made without an ordinance and later drafted an ordinance to ratify it. A remittance request from Geo B Dorris for 22.70 was referred. Geo H Smith’s bill posting issue was directed to the police committee. Mrs Lowell received sidewalk repair permission in the cement walk district. The recorder ordered a bale of fiber for the street sweeper.
Judge Harris yesterday decrees divorce for Sylvester FE Beckwith from BK Beckwith and Ancil F Ling. Florence Linn, J P Hedde, residing at Field Junction, reported drilling a fine well reaching 52 feet with an excellent flow of good water.
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