Impressive Chicago rhetoric and graft talk mix in era notes
A writer discusses M Hammerstein's confession and his motive as impresario to seek revenge on a certain class, praising Hammerstein while urging readers to back a Greater Eugene. The column shifts to San Francisco graft exposure, predicting social readjustments in Pittsburgh and asserting purification despite consequences, urging firm handling of such matters.
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M. Hammerstein
Hammerstein
Eugene
San Francisco
Pittsburg
Free farm papers with yearly subscription offer
Premium Papers promotion offers either the Oregon Agriculturist or American Farmer free to subscribers who pay for a year's subscription in advance. An advertisement promises silver and kitchen sets as gifts while supplies last, with the offer from the Guard Printing Company in Eugene, Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon Agriculturist
Siver
Kitchem
Address Guard Printing Company
Eugene
Oregon
The Price We Pay For Life And Ventures
The editor argues we pay for all we get in life through effort, sacrifice, and decision. Drift and indecision incur higher costs, while deliberate choices define liberty, faith, and happiness. The piece links personal economy to lasting consequences and calls for clear priorities and readiness to pay the price. A Portland Commercial Club advertisement notes Oregon resources and a vast 6,040,000 newspaper column display, highlighting state promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Adam
Portland Commercial Club
Onormona
Oregon
Eugene growth and prohibition debate in Medford press
In Medford a heated debate over prohibition features Mail and Tribune takes. The Tribune credits Eugene’s growth to location resources and the university, noting timber and farming wealth and its status as county seat. The piece cites open editorial praise and relays examples from Rockefeller Carnegie Hill and Oscar Hammerstein as moral contrasts. The column ends mid anecdote about a childhood spanking.
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Medford
The
Tribune
Eugene
the Tribune
United States
Multnomah
State University
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Hill
Oscar Hammerstein
Hart on China as future world peacemaker
Sir Robert Hart argues in England that the yellow peril could become a world conservator of peace. He asserts China's nature is peace loving and that with full military strength China will preserve peace at home and enforce it globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Hart
England
China
World cruise costs vs national minister salaries
The American Peace Society of Boston estimates that the combined salaries of all U.S. ministers would cover the cost of the battleships' world cruise. It notes that if the fleet stayed home, expenses would still be high, perhaps even higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Peace Society
Boston
Delivery Delays Plaguing The Guard Circulation
The Guard’s delivery is late or irregular as routes are unsafe for riders. Boys must walk their routes for two to three hours in cold conditions. Subscribers are asked for leniency, as reporters show real pluck delivering the paper under difficult street conditions.
Commercial Club meeting spurs progress in Willamette Valley
A crowded three hour session of the Commercial Club last night covered city and Lane county business. The gathering reflected a spirit of progress in the Upper Willamette Valley with discussions aimed at productive results for local development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Lane County
Upper
Willamette Valley
Eugene Businessmen Seek Franchises For County Road Line
Several of Eugene's businessmen apply for franchises over the county roads to the Siuslaw for an electric line. They are rapidly forming definite plans to construct the road, an important enterprise that should receive unanimous encouragement from the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Siuslaw
Governor Chamberlain Urges Open River and Reform
In his annual message Governor Chamberlain offers broad recommendations for the legislature. He calls for an open river, improved water rights laws, better roads legislation, and revised banking laws, with emphasis on the important matter of the United States senatorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
United States
Eugene voters fund bonds for new grace school
The text recalls Eugene voters approving $40,000 in bonds for a badly needed Grace School and hints at a forthcoming city hall question. It notes a Professor Johnson of New York predicting a 20 percent cost of living rise within ten years, with local heads of families aligned against Johnson.
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Eugene
Grace School
Tommy Burns
Johnson
Professor Johnson
New York
New Era of Venezuela Politicians and Great Men
The piece critiques Venezuela's new government as likely to yield more greedy graft. It praises various figures including Castro, the Italian king, Queen Helena, Harriman, and Joseph Benson Foraker, while noting rising corporate bonds and the expectation of easier credit for financiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Castro
Europe
Pert Paragrapher Proclaims Men Lead in Air
A playful note urges Commercial Club members to attend a meeting tonight to boost efforts and secure a fresh supply of hot air, hinting that men perform best in this task. The odd line suggests a lighthearted commentary on speaking or rhetoric within the group.
Foraker Grills President and President-Elect
Senator Foraker charged in the senate that Roosevelt and Taft diverted 15000 from a 3 million war fund to private detectives probing the Brownsville affair. He called the use of detectives atrocious and said the methods made evidence incompetent and testimony worthless. The speech criticized the president’s messages and the War Department report on the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Brownsville
Senator Foraker
Senate
Herbert J. Browne
Wm. G. Baldwie
Roanoke
Secretary of War
Foraker
Presidnt
Congress
Pinkerton
District of Columbia
Earthquake Shocks Hit Pacific Northwest Cities
Reports of a distinct tremor spread from Vancouver to Tacoma on January 11. The quake lasted roughly 10 to 20 seconds with no major damage, though some brick buildings in Bellingham suffered plaster falls and several structures were jostled. Smoke was seen rising from Mount Baker after the event.
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Seattle
Vancouver
Victoria
Sumas
Tacoma
Everett
Bellingham
Port Townsend
Ballingham
Mount Baker
Blaine
Temblor
B.C
Cedar Cove
Grand View
Fair View
River Boat to Run to Eugene
Albert Kemp and Company of Corvallis plan a river voyage to Eugene using a boat up the river. The Democrat hopes for success but warns navigation this far upstream is risky and often fails, with government work likely needed if it succeeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Kemp & Co
Corvallis
Fuges
Democrat
Albani Nemocrat
Women and health seen in medical ad appeal
An old advertisement argues that forty to forty five is the ideal female form and links health to vitality of female organs. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a non alcohol tonic claiming to restore vigor, complexion and energy. Letters to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, N.Y. are offered free.
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Ry Medical Association
R.V
Dr. Pheroe
Buffalo
N.Y
Ladd to Pay Small Depositors of Defunct Bank
William M. Ladd plans to distribute about 170000 among 1900 small depositors who had 250 or less in the defunct Tithe Guarantee & Trust company. He also will pay annual interest on approved claims totaling about 60000, though not obligated by any agreement.
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Portland
Tithe Guarantee & Trust Company
William M. Ladd
Ladd
Lumber Freight Rates Rise for Portland Mills
Lumber demand grows as coast carrier tariffs climb from Port land to San Francisco at 3.75 per thousand feet and to Southern California at 4.50, with Puget Sound routes matching. Rates have nearly doubled after six months of incremental increases, while Portland and Oregon mills report brisk order flow from California.
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Portland
San Francisco
California
Puget Sound
Phone suit to go to U S Supreme Court over tax
Salem January 5. A case challenging the initiative and referendum and a state tax dispute with Pacific States Telepipe & Telegraph co. was argued in the state supreme court. The company intends to appeal to the United States Supreme Court, raising the 2 percent gross earnings tax question enacted by a 196 policy via the initiative amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Pacific States Telepipe & Telegraph Company
Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Telephone Trust
Springfield News Items of Interest
Birth reported for January 1 1909 to Mr and Mrs Chas Endicott. Henry Hennings and family leave by train for Portland to reside permanently. Mr and Mrs Joe Taliaferro from New Idaho visiting Eugene. guests of Mr and Mrs J L Clark. Rev J E Richmond sells North Mill residence to James Dixon from Santa Fe NM and buys a half acre farm two miles south on Gooden road to move soon. News
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Chas. Endicott
Henry Hennings
Portland
Joe Taliaferro
New Idaho
Aliaferro
Eugene
Springfield
J. L. Clark
J. E. Richmond
North Mill Street
James Dixon
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Gooden Road
Heffron Purchases Pleming Interest in Oregon Land Co
John B Heffron of North Branch Michigan buys the interest of Mark Pleming in the Oregon Land Co. details of the transaction remain incomplete as the record ends mid sentence. The filing notes a transfer of stake and a change in ownership of the firm tied to land development."
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John B. Heffron
North Branch
Mich
Mark Pleming
Oregon Land Go
Sheriff Sale Foreclosure Notice in Lane County Oregon
Notice of sale issued by Circuit Court of Oregon County of Lane. Judgment for plaintiff $245.45 plus interest and costs. On January 30, 1908, at Eugene County Courthouse, Lane County Oregon, 9 AM to 4 PM, sheriff to sell defendant’s interest in Lot Six, Block Six, Eugene, Oregon, under order of sale and redemption terms.
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Circuit Court of
Th . of
Oregon
Sa Withrow
Anuel C. Withrow
Dolla Costa
Eugene
Origi
Lane County
Eugene Skinner
Gon
Eugen Lane County
Notice for Publicaton Final Proof on Timber Claim
Judit Ann Carnahan of Coeur d Alene Idaho filed timber claim No 1017 for 8 5 of nw ne of nw West Willamette Meridian. He will make final proof before the Register at Roseburg Oregon on January 20 1909. Witnesses include Hal E Wood Marvin L Hammitt George S Corser and Samuel Carnahan. Benjamin L Eddy is the Register.
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Rose Ong
Ann Carnahan
Coeur d’'Alen Idaho
West
Willamette Meridian
Rosebur
Oregon
Hal BE. Wood
Contest Notice in Roseburg Land Office Oregon
Department of the Interior contest notice filed by Julius C Pratt against Jesse J Lamkin regarding homestead entry 13 39 in Section 20 Township 2 East Willamette Meridian Roseburg Oregon. Contest alleges Lamkin has not cultivated or improved the land and was absent from military service. Notify respondent to appear February 1909 with evidence. final hearing January 23 1908 before the U S Land Office receiver. Publication ordered for due process.
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Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Roseburg
Julius C. Pratt
A. Net
MN. W
Willamette Meridian
Jesse J. Lamkin
Abs
Army of the
United States
Pelac
Oregon
Finnl
United States Land
Es Lawrenc
Final settle notice for Thomas Evans estate hearing
Notice announces the final account for the estate of Thomas Evans, deceased. The hearing is set for Saturday, January 13, 1909, at 3 o'clock PM. All interested parties are notified to appear in court and show cause why the account should not be approved. Administratrix Sal Evans, with attorney DeNeff.
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Nothee
Aoanne
T der Signed
Thoma Evans
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Helena
Harriman
New York Central
Joseph Benson Foraker
Standard Oil Company
Willie Hearst
Sound Country
U. S. Supreme Court
Harry LL. Bown
Oregnd
SA L. Evans
Jomas Evans
M DE Neff
Ate
Stone
Beaver Righland
S.C. Stone
Chichester
Evesywad
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