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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1910
Page
7
The Eugene Weekly Guard is recorded as second class matter at the Bagrec Oregon post office and is published each Thursday in Eugene Oregon.
A political pamphlet titled Please Read circulates in Oregon by the Progressive Government League. It supports eight proposed laws and constitutional amendments, criticizes direct primary, warns against a constitutional convention, and advocates commission government with a three member county board.
Dispatches from New Jersey and Washington reveal vast cold storage holdings: 48,000 eggs in Jersey City, 140,000,000 cattle carcasses and 25,000,000 sheep in storage. Plants total 558 for meat, with fish alone worth 25,000,000 and overall storage value nearing 3,000,000,000. Citizens face shortages amid these towering inventories.
Nourishing food costs drive hardship as hunger pushes men to coin money they do not need. The fragment reflects economic distress and moral tension in wartime or scarcity context.
The Portland Telegram notes Willamette valley towns show continual improvement with hard surface streets and brighter townscapes in larger communities such as Roseburg Eugene Albany and Salem. Investment in urban upkeep promises further gains as farms expand and population grows, forecasting Willamette valley prominence among world valleys.
The Smithsonian Institute awarded the Samuel Langley medal in Washington to the Wright brothers to honor aviation achievements. Langley, died after facing ridicule over his failed craft, and the piece notes his early principle of flight despite late recognition.
The stock exchange board denounced Hugh Crissman for branding firms as welchers after they recalled orders. The piece argues Wall Street tolerates crooked dealings among members, comparing it unfavorably to alley thugs and a loaded Monte Carlo game.
Lane county reports 10489 children of school age with a net gain of 696 from last year. Multnomah leads growth at 896, while Marion and Linn rise by 497 and 487 respectively. Several counties including Wasco Wheeler Crook Douglas Gilliam Grant Josephine Morrow Sherman show decreases, marking Lane as the fastest growing section of Oregon.
Mrs Roosevelt and her daughter Ethel sail for Egypt while rumors swirl of Colonel Roosevelt heading a future American expedition. The piece notes courtly humor about the Cook-Peary dispute and hints at political maneuvering to keep Teddy away. Meanwhile blizzards hit the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Montana with a strong crop outlook. Zelaya leaves Mexico for Europe as consuls expect renewed trouble.
A press dispatch reports Mayor Gaynor plans a light easing of the Sunday lid in New York City. The move is described as easy as tipping a derby on the head of a fashionable gentleman.
A terse note suggests small crossroads papers can secure reprints in the Oregonian simply by delivering a sharp critique of the direct primary law. The remark frames reprinting as a straightforward favor in exchange for pointed editorial argument.
Column by Elbert Bede examining contemporary opinions and social norms. Reflects on public mood, personal beliefs, and the clash between private thought and outward behavior in daily life. Includes observations on manners, speech, and community values.
A garbled parade of notes mentions a prohibitionist joke, butter in Tawney’s district, and money as a cheer to the poor. It cites Ethel Barrymore’s birth, a wedding in Hudson Wisconsin, and jokes on beaux, rainbow sightings, and aeroplanists chasing money. It ends with farm labor supply and rising prices.
Junction City Oregon February 18. Anderson of this place received 69.17 dollars from a creamery in Portland for the milk of five cows for January. The cows supplied milk for hogs poultry and family butter and cream for three people. This averages nearly 14 dollars per cow per month.
Chicago February 17 live hogs at the stockyards sold at 40 dollars per hundredweight, a record unequaled since 1870. Limited receipts at packing centers and farm hog scarcity spurred expectations the ten dollar mark may return. The prior 40 year record was 9.35 set in 1882.
City council narrowly approves a Sunday closure ordinance affecting cigar stores billiard and pool rooms bowling alleys dice games and other amusements. The measure passed unanimously amid citizen petitions while some officials urged limited closure and several unrelated agenda items were referred or adopted.
County Judge Thompson announced the list of top exam takers for census supervision. The names include Henningham, R. W. Precott, S. Lyons, Max McCulloch, and Lloyd Howe, who will take the census in Eugene and Goshen.
J H C Bverstate of Manitowne Wisconsin is seeking a new site location. The notice indicates a relocation effort and asks interested parties to provide suitable premises or suggestions. No further details are given in the readable text.
Philadelphia observations mark the 100 year old birthday anniversary with gifts to the University of Pennsylvania conferring degrees and an address by Governor Hughes. President Taft attends dinner in New York and is slated to speak at events in Newark and at the Waldorf Plaza engagements.
Kent Bingham sues Bangs Livery Company in circuit court for 2450 claiming a trunk with clothes was left for transport to Deerhorn on May 21 1909 but was not moved and was burned with the livery stable on May 26. He says charges for transport were meant to be charged to his running account and the storage was negligent. Attorneys J M Pipes and G F Skipworth represent the plaintiff.
Miss Ethel Green arrived from McKenzie Bridge to attend the wedding of Miss Ruth Balderee to Harvey Wheeler tomorrow. She is teaching at McKengle Bridge.
F M Wilking reports a Washington telegram from United States Senator Hourne confirming that an amendment to the rivers and harbors bill would likely pass. The measure would appropriate $260 000 for the Siuslaw river mouth improvement, news welcomed by local residents after earlier disappointment.
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