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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1906
Page
8
The Guard installs an Adjustable Simplex to replace the standard model, praising its efficiency, lower operating costs, and faster typesetting. Operator H. L. Burt handles installation. the paper notes superior accuracy, easier justification, and the plan for further improvements.
Assessor B F Keeney announced in Portland that this year all property will be assessed at cash value under the law. He urged deed recordings for new owners to ensure proper resessment, and said the Southern Pacific main line will be raised by several thousand dollars per mile. Multnomah and Lane counties set higher figures, exact amounts to be announced.
Eugene Bristow, a popular S. P. conductor on the Eugene local, has been relieved from further duty by the railroad company. No reason was given, but managers have a practice of letting out several conductors every few months on the O R N lines. Bristow is well known to the public and is considered a thorough railroad man.
Miss Myrtle McMurry daughter of Mr and Mrs J E McMurry wed Clifford L Talbot of Pomona California in Pomona on February 1 1906 They plan to reside in Pomona initially Also offered are choice early seed potatoes Early Jean Wonder at 65 East Ninth Street.
The Portland Sunday Journal outlines a vast railroad system to be built in Oregon, including a main trunk across Central Oregon with branches to the coast. Led by W. J. Wilsey and partners, a corporation called the Oregon Coast & Eastern Railway Company will take over the project, with 400 miles surveyed and rights of way secured in multiple counties. The plan envisions timber, coal, and mineral wealth tapped along a route from Humboldt to Coos Bay, aiming to connect to Portland and create major terminals in Coos Bay and Eugene.
News items report Miss Bessie Brynd improving after illness and a barrel of olive oil found ashore by Frank Drew and Harry Reed. Prospecting for coal and oil near Tisheoos Lake is noted, with new mining officials installed at Irene campment I O O F. Fred Wells of Mapleton sustains eye injury from a shotgun cap blast. sight likely destroyed.
Moon and Tingley advertise prices for land plaster this spring with figures 96 cents per hundred and 615 per ton. The message also notes that midyear examinations have begun at the university.
The First National Bank has closed a deal to purchase a lot and a one story brick building occupied by W. L. DeTano and adjoining the bank to the north. The price is reported to be 2000 to 3000 above city value as the bank seeks larger quarters to accommodate rapidly growing business. The bank directors have considered moving to a rear location but deemed it impracticable and plan to build a larger structure after the lease expires. The lot measures 11 dimensions.
Hops selling at eight cents per pound in market notes show prices posted by traders. Little readable detail confirms buyers, sellers, or exact location, but the shorthand cites H Gilbertson and S and Bia as agents or price references in the currency notes.
Fragmentary OCR text provides limited readable facts about an obituary notice mentioning a person related to Mc pmn, with unclear wording and no verifiable dates or places. The readable portion does not establish full names, dates, or affiliations for a complete summary.
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