Preston Block to Get Two Story Addition on Willamette Street
Plans and specifications are being drawn for extensive improvements to the brick Preston block on Willamette Street now housing Preston and Hales harness. The project foresees a second story and a two story rear addition extending 54 feet to Park Street with a glass front. The upper floor will house offices accessible by two stairways from Willamette and Park streets. Architect is W T Cambell. work to begin in 1907 as weather permits. Also noted: four new arc lights approved for city streets, one in the manufacturing district and three in residential areas, with the top of the power cable tower slated for the manufacturing district and the others delayed until next September.
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Willamette Street
Preston & Hales’ Harness
Park Street
Hall Grocery
Dunn
W T Cambell
Daily Guard
Committee On Fire and Water
Midgie
Peter
Fire and Water Committee
Barker
Mike Schneider
Farmers In Eugene Reopen Courthouse as Eating House
The old courthouse behind the new court house in Eugene has been refitted as an eating and lodging house. Ed Howe, formerly of the Ninth Street restaurant, now runs the quiet, well furnished establishment near the business district.
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Eugene
Ed Howe
Ninth Street
City council weighs 50 year electric plant franchise
The February meeting of the city council discussed granting F L Chambers a 50 year electric plant franchise. The judiciary committee was assigned the matter. Additional actions included lighting upgrades, street work, and property boundary inquiries around the manufacturing district as part of a broader push to expand local illumination.
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Judiciary Committee
Local notices from Eugene and outlying towns
A crowded local notice item lists numerous residents and visitors across Eugene Cottage Grove Dexter Creswell and surrounding areas. It notes illnesses travels and arrivals including Miss Marie Ware Miss Lizzie Aya Walter Shelley and more with mentions of church and social movements. The section also references a funeral in Comestock and a historic death at the Oregon Insane Asylum in Salem.
Fraternal Insurance Upstages Prominent Deaths in Scope
In Fall Creek near Eugene a Woodmen lodge of 62 members carries 124000 dollars in life insurance, illustrating fraternal orders' substantial reach. Head Consul Falkenberg of the Woodmen of the World visits Eugene noting the noble, addressing woes faced by families and the protector role of fraternal insurance.
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Eugene
Woodmen
Coneul Falkenburg
Grand Ball Planned at Coburg Friday Evening
Posters announce a grand ball to be held in Coburg on Friday evening February 21. The Roseburg Plaindealer notes Eugene scooped other towns, while a locomo bile under E H Ingham’s management draws attention like a circus. Native Daughters reception to Mrs W Kuykendall, grand president, featured piano solo by Mrs K McMurphey and song Oregon by Leora Harrie.
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Roseburg
Mre
W Kuykendall
Kuykendall
K McMurphey
Mine Anne Whiteaker
Oregon
Leora Harrie
Falkenburg Visit Lights Woodmen Event in Eugene
The Woodmen of the World honor visiting head consul Kion Falkenburg with a public reception at the armory and an evening address. His wife Mra Falkenburg accompanying him, with C V Cooper and J L Wright in attendance. Local officials and Eugene camp members gather for programs, songs, and remarks by Falkenburg and others.
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Pacific
Woodmen of the World
Wooderaf
Eugene Camp No 115
Women
Wooderaft
Falkenburg
C V Cooper
Portland
J L Wright
Leadville
Mra Falkenburg
H F Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
East Eighth Street
Northwest
Covent Falkenburg
Eugene
Consul
Mia Falkenburg
Armory
Wooderas
Bong
UO Quartet
F A Falkenburg
Song
Mra
Hallie Parriesh-Hinge
J M Williams
NEW ASSAY OUTFIT FOR UNIVERSITY MINING DEPT
The University of mining engineering recently expanded its assay department with a Union Iron Works rock crusher and grinder driven by a two horsepower electric motor. A number of hand crushers and pulverizers support sample preparation, and furnaces with a capacity of about 20 complete assays per day run on gasoline from two 15 gallon tanks. The department owns three first class assay balances, one capable of weighing five cents worth of gold to the tow of ore. The unit is for instructional use only, not for commercial work, though some problems in smelting and metallurgy may be demonstrated for educational purposes.
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Department of Mining Engineering
Union Iron Works
Howe brothers funeral and interment at Masonic cemetery
The remains of James T and Daniel T Howe arrived on the late train yesterday evening. A funeral service was held today at 2 30 PM conducted by Rev H A Green of Kapitet church. Interment followed in a double grave at the Masonic cemetery. Chepman and Ron completed their dry house at their Willamette Street mill with the main boiler ready for machinery.
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Dovus le Fungseat
James T
Daniel T Howe
J M Howe
Eleventh Street
H A Green
Kapitet
Masonic Cemetery
Chepman & Ron
Eouth
Willamette Street
Theodore Roosevelt illness and risk to left lung crisis
Special dispatch from Groton Mass reports young Theodore Roosevelt, ill with pneumonia, had a restless night but shows improvement as the crisis in the left lung passes. President Roosevelt and his wife stay at the bedside, bearing up well amid the illness.
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Groton
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Stanford Track Team Heads North For Oregon Washington State Meet
Stanford University varsity track team plans a trip north to face Oregon State and Washington State. The opening event is at Eugene with the University of Oregon, followed by a Seattle meet against the University of Washington.
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Cal
Stanfords
Oregon
Washington State
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Eugene
Seattle
University of Washlogton
Salem Journal names North Pacific coast short story writers
The Salem Journal lists literary laborers becoming noted for short stories in West magazines. Among those named are Glen of Eugene, Lieben Miller of Portland, and Keeler Gabbert of Oregon City. Also notes a Salem mail delivery from Feb 10 to Mr and Mrs Hooke. Mr Hooke is the contractor who built the Patterson school.
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North Pacific Coast
West
Amon
Glen
Eugene
Mie Lieben
Miller
Portland
Keeler i Gabbert
Oregon City
Boax
Salem
University Wins Indoor Baseball Match 17 to 5
The University defeated Co C 17 to 5 in an indoor baseball game at the armory pavilion witnessed by about 15 spectators. Co C showed weak teamwork and fumbled, while UC capitalized to push ahead with a lopsided score in the innings 0 0 4 1 1 3 8 1. The Guard notes a distinct scoring pattern, with UC pulling away midgame and Co C struggling to respond.
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Daily Guard
Armory Pavillion
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