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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
7
Oregon Senate and House actions feature bills on inheritance taxes and public works. Debates cover right of way costs for new locks, state condemnation powers, and river navigation. House passes measures on school salaries, livestock control, and estate sales. Senate approves and kills several broad reform bills, with funding shifts affecting prisons, asylums, and reform schools.
In a heated House session the Willamette locks bill faced shifts from a $400,000 state appropriation toward a contingent $200,000 to be matched by Congress for either building new locks or purchasing existing ones. The special committee will redraw the measure, likely enabling a contingent plan if federal funds rise. Portland ownership efforts face a $1.2 million demand from the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co., while engineers estimate building costs ranging from $414,000 to $600,000 plus right-of-way, with government projections around $550,000 to $600,000.
Salem January 30 The general appropriation bill No 284 introduced in the house shows a total of 1 244 970 with items for the state university agricultural institutes normal schools and printing plant covered by special bills The committee has trimmed several costs from Salem institutions While the secretary of state gets 29 000 against 27 480 asked for clerks and incidentals the bill cuts 2500 from capitol expenses The attorney general’s traveling allowance drops from 2400 to 2000 and district attorney costs are reduced by 600
The Guard cites a Southern Pacific agent stating rails for the Drain Coos Bay line will be moved to California, signaling possible abandonment of the project though not widely believed. The route would traverse a rich region and likely yield quick returns, but railroad yarns suggesting halt are common and often false.
J C Branstetter has purchased Herman Breyer's cigar store and soft drink shop in the Hades building and will take charge tomorrow. He plans a first class cigar store with a future soda fountain and temperance drinks plus ice cream and confectionery. Breyer will stay in Eugene. Branstetter’s family will move from Portland and St Johns to Eugene as soon as possible.
Cure your kidney troubles with Dean's Kidney Pills the remedy that helps kidneys perform their work. Read a Eugene Oregon testimonial by Mrs. A J McKinney who reports relief from backache irregular kidney function and general improvement after starting the pills. For sale by all dealers price 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents in the United States Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
Washington, Jan. 41. Senator Raynor of Maryland condemned what he called presidential usurpation of constitutional powers. He criticized the administration’s expansion of federal authority, warned of an unwritten constitution, and urged Congress to resist executive encroachment on state rights and legislative prerogatives.
A daughter was born to H Chezem and his wife, seven miles southwest of Eugene, on January 31, 1907, according to local notices.
Chas A Davis observed his 75th birthday with a surprise visit delivering a fine easy chair from Masonic members on Hilyard street. Davis, a Mason since 1859 and active in the local lodge since 1876, enjoyed an evening of cards and fellowship with Eugene community figures. The note references David Sanders, listed in Spokane jury deliberations, as a historical local figure once connected to Lane County.
W T Shurtleff of Sacramento representing California and Eastern capitalists purchases a controlling interest in the Great Northern mines in Blue River district Oregon. Over 500000 shares formerly held by Templeton Glass and Robe are now owned by Shurtleff. He plans immediate development and has shipped supplies with crews to begin work within ten days.
Salem February 1. With a whoop the house defeated Purdy's resolution to limit to two normal schools in the next two years. Final vote 35 to 21 for postponement. This is the first time the normal schools issue has been raised and indications suggest all four will retain their usual allowances.
Edward P. Hipple, 70, brother of the late Frank A. Hipple who wrecked the Real Estate Trust Company and died last summer, shot himself in his Philadelphia home at breakfast. There is no stated motive beyond possible brooding over his brother’s death.
Readers are told that Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure for catarrh, claimed to cure all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 for any case it fails to cure, with testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. sold by druggists. Take Hals Pills for constipation.
A vintage advertisement urges immediate action against torpid liver and constipation. It promotes Herbine as the solution with a testimonial from Mrs. Ida Gresham of Point Texas and notes Linn Drug Co. as the seller. The copy stresses prompt health action and flags Herbine as effective.
C. J. Howard resigns after six years as post master at Cottage Grove citing private business demands. George W. McQueen, noted for strong business ability, named to replace and to assume charge in February in Western Oregon.
Ethel H. Sallee of Alma Lane County Oregon filed sworn statement No 7445 under the 1878 act to purchase timber land in section 6 township 19 south range 8 west Willamette Meridian. She will prove the land is more valuable for timber than agriculture before W W Calkins U S Commissioner Eugene Oregon March 6 1907. Witnesses Clair Hinkson Harvey Sallee Henry Hinkson Sidney Porter. Adverse claimants must file by March 6 1907. Benjamin L. Eddy Register.
Roseburg Oregon November 23 1906 notice in compliance with the 1878 timber land act Samuel Herbert Anderson of Albany Linn County Oregon filed sworn statement No 7617 to purchase the west half of northeast quarter and east half of northwest quarter of section 33 in township 17 south range 8 west Willamette meridian to prove land is superior for timber or stone than for agriculture and establish his farm before US Commissioner W W Calkins at Eugene on April 4 1907 witnesses named Jon H Dick William D Neely Fred Neely and Giles Fowler all of Oregon entries closing on or before April 4 1907
August 4, 1892 Harold L Hopkins of Albany Linn county Oregon filed sworn statement No 7447 for the purchase of eight and one half percent of section six township seventeen south range eight west Willamette Meridian and will offer proof that the land is more valuable for quarry stone than for agriculture to establish his claim before W W Calkins U S Commissioner at Eugene Oregon on March 6 1907 He names as witnesses Dave Murphy John H Dick Clifford Ed.
A fragment from the Eugene notice names Tra P Hower and Benjamin L Eddy as wards with register authority, indicating an administrative filing or appointment in progress.
Emma L Hopkins of Eugene Lane County Oregon filed sworn statement No 7 for the NE of section 34 in Townahigh range 38 west as part of a timber sale land claim under the act of June 3 1878 as extended by the 1892 act. The proof shows the land is more valuable for a sale than for a homestead and the claim is to be established before W W Calkins in Eugene on April 6 1907. Witnesses named are William D Neely John H Dick Dwight B Hopkins and others.
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