Offer for Carnegie library discussed by Eugene City Council
Last night the Eugene city council considered a Carnegie library for the city with a pledge letter from Carnegie's private secretary offering 210,000 for a library building if Eugene maintains a free public library and provides a suitable site. Councilman Henderson resigned. the vacancy will be filled at the next meeting with sewer and library fund financials reviewed.
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Carnegie
Eugene
New York
G. R., Chiisman
Oregon
James Bertram
Fire department annual report and city notices emerge
The annual report by fire chief W. C. Yoran shows about 150 members across five companies and about 9750 spent on the year including 8120 repairing East Eleventh street hose house. The department answered 12 alarms, nine from detective or burning flues, and fire loss was about 1650. Various city actions include licenses, street improvements on Lawrence and Wheebir streets, liquor sale ordinances, and a budget summary from City Treasurer Resianer listing general fund receipts and disbursements.
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W. C. Yoran
East Eleventh Street
Death of Pioneer Merchant Oscar Parsons in Winlock
Oscar Parsons, a well known Lane county pioneer merchant from Eugene, died December 25 1905 in Winlock Washington at age 60 years 7 months. He crossed the plains to Eugene conducted a general store later traveled east by stage to San Francisco around the Horn to New York then Cincinnati where he married Angie G Horton. He leaves two daughters Mrs Geo H Sanford and Miss Clara Hopper and two sons AH L and Geo M Parsons, all living in Winlock. Interment was at Winlock M E church December 6.
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Oscar Parsons
Lane County
Hugene
Winlock
Washington
Parsons
Oregon
Plains
Eugene
Hampton Bros
San Francisco
Horn
New York
Cincinnatii
Ohio
Angie G. Horton
Geo. H. Sanford
Mia
Clara Hopper
AH. L
Geo.m. Parsons
Wash
Ater
Watsons
Portland
M. E
Lumber mill owner sees 50 percent rate rise hurt trade
Albert Alexander of Cottage Grove, a six year lumber and round timber operator with one of 160 mills in the Willamette and Umpqua valleys, says country mills feel shut out by the Southern Pacific rate increase effective January 1. He travels to San Francisco to assess market prospects in California as inland points may gain little from water routes.
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Albert Alexander
Cottage Grove
Lane County
Willamette
Umpqua
Portland
San Pranecisco
California
Califoria
Alexander
Oregonian
Insanity Case In Bow Washington Reach Whatcom Hospital
A letter from Bow Washington reports N. C. Marcus formerly of Bohemia has gone insane after moving there. He attempted to jump from a second story window but was stopped. He then slashed his throat with a razor but suffered only a deep cut. He remains at Sisters Hospital in Whatcom with no apparent improvement. His sisters are to oversee his care and affairs.
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Alec Pugh
Bow
Washington
N. C
Beehive Grocery Store Sold to Harrisburg Buyer
Attorney L M Travis representing creditors sold the Beehive grocery store in the Saunders building at West Eighth and Charnelton streets to HL J Davidson of Harrisburg who reopened the store today. Davidson, an experienced man in the business, is expected to face competition as the store changes hands after several owners since last summer. Creditors are poised to receive about cents on the dollar from the stock sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Travis
Saunders Building
West Eighth and
Charnelton Streets
HL. J. Davidson
Harrisburg
Supervisors Appointed by County Court Amid Incomplete Reports
County commissioners appointed county road supervisors under the new law, intending to retain those elected last county election if their annual reports meet standards. By Saturday 49 of 58 supervisors had submitted reports, all approved. remaining reports expected soon. Appointments listed by district include Joel McCornack, J G Donelson, J F Smith, Scott Gillespie, W W Darneille, Chas Sharan, F Scott, D B Proctor, Maben, Slayter, A D McLain, Blakeley, Ernest Nelson, W D Taylor, John A Howerg, Jared Scott, HJ Dickey, George Smith, George L Gilfry, Andrew Gibson, Marion Lebow, Wella Erdman, P M McPherson, William Mathers, George W Riggs, Chas Hadley, Gi Neet, J W Bemis, M Bennett, Henry Kempp, J Hemphill, Casteel, Brattain, Wm Smeed, Pred Wright, Powers, Hammitt, Lyons, Marion Hager, Lochard, Lane Matlock, A S Woodard, James Wycoff, B Stone, C A Vanechoiack, Safe Prindel, Jos Donson, Clayton Pope, George F Crist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel McCornack
J. G. Donelson
J. F. Smith
Scott Gillespie
W. W. Darneille
Chas. Sharan
F. Scott
D. BB. Proctor
UG. BH. Maben
Slayter
A. D. McLain
J. Blakeley
Ernest Nelson
W. D. Taylor
John A. Howerg
Jared Scott
HJ. Dickey
George Smith
Gorge L. Gilfry
Andrew Gibson
Marion Lebow
Wella
Albert Erdman
ELF
Judkina
Clearwater
P. M. McPherson
William Mathers
George W. Riggs
Chas
Hadley
Gi. W. Neet
J. W. Bemis
James Wycoff
B. Stone
C. A. Vanechoiack
Sv Safe Prindel
Jos
Donson
Clayton Pope
George F. Crist
Excitement Over Horse Trade At City Post Office
A middle aged woman at the post office amid a crowd at 1:30 p.m. berated a local horse trader claiming he cheated her husband in a recent trade. The horse was ridden away as the woman followed toward the courthouse. The episode drew cheers from onlookers as she threatened to harm the trader. She lives on North High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amuseret
Cv’ Oon North High Street
Sold Interest in Sawmill Change in Ownership at Dorena
W. L. Houston has sold his interest in a new sawmill to W. H. and H. A. Skeels, who, with Mr. Slagle, will operate it. The mill sits in a rich timber belt at Dorena and will be run under the new partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Houston
W. HW
H. A. Skeels
Slagle
Dorena
Married couples tied in two early Sunday ceremonies
Mise Cora A Nott and Ernest G Seeley wed at the Nott home in Janeti with Rev G Lobdell officiating. They plan to settle in Clackamas county. Meanwhile Mise Mionie Keeger and Arthur G Real married at Junction by Rev Lobdell at 10 am. The couple departed on the afternoon train for Des gop.
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Mise
Cora A. Nott
Ernest G. Seeley
John H. Nott
Janeti
Rev. G. Lobdell
Clackamas County
Mise Mionie Keeger
Arthur G. Real
Junction
Nev
Lobdell
Kroger
Des Gop
Reorganize Willamette Valley League Aimed at Amateurs
Albany January 11 Local base ball fans plan to reorganize the Willamette Valley league which included Salem Albany Eugene and Roseburg The previous season drifted toward paid expenses with players from higher leagues and most clubs ended in debt A meeting will be called soon to finalize plans to bar professionals and restore amateur status
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Portland Journal
Albany, Or
Willamette Valley League
Salem
Albany
Eugene
Roseburg
Chemawa
Junction Notes from the Times Highlights Local Changes
I T Nicklin visited Portland to buy spring goods from an Eastern representative. A KR Martin reappointed postmaster. office now earns perquisites for clerk hire and rent. Edgar Kirk found the key to a Cascade drug store box containing twenty silver dollars. Robin Daniels resigned from Hurlbuart-Nicklin Co and left for Kansas after news of his mother in law’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. T. Nicklin
Portland
A. KR. Martin
Edgar Kirk
Thos, Kirk
Cascade Drug Store
Robin Daniels
Hurlbuart-Nicklin Co
Kansas
East
J. J. McCoy Dead in Roseburg Oregon
J d McCoy a longtime Oregon resident died at his Roseburg home yesterday at 11 from paralysis. He was about 74, moved to Oregon in 1874, previously lived near Hagene, and left a widow with three sons and four daughters. Relatives from Looking Glass Pendleton Spokane Roseburg and beyond traveled to attend the funeral set for tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. d. McCoy
Oregon
Lane County
Roseburg
Hagene
Weadmond Place
Looking Glass
Crovett
Pendleton
J. BE. Belshaw
Spokane
W. E. Miller
C. J. Denning
J.T. Deadmond
H. A. Barton
Jank Craig
Hattie Reams
Death of Mrs Loughmiller in Jacksonville
W E Loughmiller senior partner of Loughmiller and Peter hardware merchants learned this morning from a telegram of his mother Mrs G W Loughbmiller's death in Jacksonville at age 78. She had been bedridden six months and her son went to be with her last October as relatives mourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Loughmiller
Loughmiller & Peter
G. W. Loughbmiller
Jacksonville
Business Changes In Town Firms Shake Up Local Trade
J B Deming sells his cigar store across from the Guard office to Wm E Russell who has taken charge. J F E Martin of Irving buys Wm Douglas interest in the Jennings Douglas second hand store at the McClang block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Deming
Wm. E. Russell
J. F E. Martin
Irving
Wm. Douglas
Jennings & Douglas
McClang
New Eugene High School Opens with Busy First Day
Daily Guard reports Eugene's new high school opening in January with 8:20 assembly led by Dr Bechdell. Principal A E Sneeden praises smooth start as teachers and room assignments listed. Describes building layout Willamette street main entrance for public, Eleventh Street for ladies, basement bicycle room, several unused rooms, and library needs book gifts.
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Daily Guard
Eugene
Bechdell
A. E. Spneeden
Mise Wilson
Mises Wold
Kerns
Miss Chase
Mr. Sneeden
Peebdolt
Miss Wold
Mr. Hockenberry
Willamette Street
Eleventh Street
Sneeden
Brief notes on local happenings and a college warning
Brief, dated items mention a college warning to students and a University of California student worker named Squire Ramp who is helping fund his education. Other notes describe holiday travel, a fall injuring an AC girl, a barber Henry Schwering hiring practices, and an Albany organ and carriage factory deal tied to an Eugene offer, highlighting local economic interests.
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A. C
Henry Schwering
Ninth Street
U. C
Albany
Democrat
Eugene
Springfield M W A Lodge Reorganized For Progress
The local M W A lodge, started over a year ago and facing precedents, reorganized with State Deputy Simmons from Portland in attendance. Officers elected include C. 8. EB. meBee W A len T Young Banker P M Gosaler Clerk Ernest Kester Escort C O McBee Sentry J H Bidwell Watchman Jesse Cook Managers Nat lwir W M Sutton J B Lathrop.
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Simmons
Portland
EB. meBee
W. A
Len T. Young
P. M. Gosaler
Ernest Kester
C. O. McBee
J. H. Bidwell
Jesse Cook
Nat
Birth in Eugene Report States Copperwell New Daughter
A daughter weighing eight pounds was born in Eugene on January 7, 1903 to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Copperwell. The birth was reported as a family milestone in local columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
W. L. Copperwell
Mondoux and Gordon Legal Notices Involving Mondoux and Bartels
A dense list of civil action docket items from a county court shows numerous state versus Mondoux, Gordon, Cadwell, Bartels, Clifton, Hunter, and Berry cases. Names such as J. W. Clark, John Crowley, Mose Getz, Albert Goracke, and Mrs. Satterfield appear among debts, estates, and estate-related disputes with monetary entries ranging from 8.10 to 18.00, plus extended sums like 1400 and 1880 for Mondoux cases. The long roster reflects ongoing civil suits and monetary claims in a 19th or early 20th century county court docket.
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Wick
Fons Dasceeeee
Dariman
Hardwick
Tis
Albert Goracke
Mose Getz
S Herndick
Alice Crogan
R. E. Welton
John Crowley
S Clifton
John Davis
Clifton
Barney O' Neil
L. L. Warnick State
J. M. Edwards State
Berry
SME Pains Kag
Dsp
Peale Waele
J. Graham
State
Bunn
Bert Cole
Amanda Klontz
Gen Wilson
Bartels
Willie Wilson
Wyn Bennett
Sarah Pitcher
Effie Bartels
Louis Bartels
Bartela
Fred Bartels
John Bartels
W. HH. Kay
Hunter
W. J. Warnock
Irving Notes and Visitor Sketches from Oregon Town
Irv ing residents report visits by E W Zamwalt from Eugene and George Jennings, with Rev T E Armstrong preaching on Ingham's Island. J E Martin mulls entering Eugene trade. J H Drinkard visits from Linn county. Irving school resumes full attendance. Miss Kinyon hosts a social. A W Bond ships prize Silver Spangled Hamburg show birds to Albany fair.
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George Jennings
Eugene
T. E. Armstrong
Harrisburg
Ingham’s Island
J. D. Gampion
Irving
J. E. Martin
J. H. Drinkard
Linn County
Frank Goede
California
Willamette Valley
Kinyon
A. W. Bond
Willamette Poultry Association
Albany
Married at Tallman residence near Eugene
Mrs Emma J Smith wed W Coburn in a ceremony at L P Tallman home north of Eugene on January 7 1904 with Rev B F Rowland officiating. Charles B Wade longtime Pendleton bank cashier declared failure with liabilities ranging from 150 to 250000 due to mining stock speculation.
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Coburn
Emma J. Smith
L. P. Tallman
Eugene
B. F. Rowland
Charles B. Wade
First National Bank of
Pendleton
Dinner for Old Pioneers at Dean Sanderson Home
A social dinner at 407 East Twelfth Street hosted by Dean C. Sanderson of the Divinity School featured Oregon pioneers Aupt Tila McCall aged 83, Wm Churchill and wife ages 79 and 74, L. B. Rowland and wife ages 74 and 63, S Handsaker and wife with Handsaker aged 73 and 66. Guests included the dean’s family and the pioneers’ relatives as conversations flowed and guests departed quietly. Mrs Martin Miller hosted a birthday party on West Eighth Street for Miss Amelia Martin with games of flioch and pil and a luncheon. Guests included Annie Holer, Sophia Kneeble, Viola Hanns, Mary Woods, Margaret Woods, Helen Potts, Irene Potts, Clara Potts, Louise Smith, Gertie Pironi, Napoleon and Anthony Blais, Joe and Charley Ertz, H Woods, Wm Koler, Joe Wickman, and George and Louis Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Sanderson
Divinity School
East Twelfth Street
Dean Sanderson
David Sanderso N
Oregon
Aupt
Tila McCall
Wm. Churchill
L. B. Rowland
S. Handsaker
County to fund state fair exhibit jars and display
The Lane county commissioners approved a sum not to exceed 150 to pay for glass jars for shelled grains and a partial fruit display at next fall’s state fair. E M Warren, who led last year’s exhibit, helped persuade the court. The goal is to win first prize this year with the enhanced grain and fruit presentation in Eugene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane County
E. M. Warren
Eugene
Levy Fixed at 22 Mills by County Court
The county commissioners fixed the county tax levy at 22 mills this forenoon, allocated as State 9 mills, General County 6 mills, Special Road 4 mills, totaling 22 mills. This is one half mill lower than last year and over two mills lower than two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Commissioners’ Court
Milla
Seeeawa
Springfield Items and Local Changes
H. H. Anderson of Monte Christo saloon is bed bound with pneumonia. Lorimers travel to Iowa to settle estates of two brothers and a sister, plan spring return. Harry Barnett resigns as Hoath-Kelly mill lawyer, J. S. Magladry from Wendling mill succeeds him. Barnett moving to Woodburn. Woodmen of the World meet in the opera house and install officers for the year led by Consul commander K. A. Jayne and include adviser Bert Doane, banker B. A. Washburne, clerk J. A. Roberts, manager W. M. Sutton, escort M. B. Huntley, watchman J. D. Humphreys, Gentry T. E. Abeene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Anderson
Monte Christo
Harry Barnett
Hoath-Kelly
J. S. Magladry
Wendling Mill
Barnett
Woodburn
Woodmen of the World
Opera House
Woodcock
K. A. Jayne
Bert Doane
B. A
Death of Craig Hays at 52 Near Junction
Craig Hays died January 1 1904 at his home five miles west of Junction from paralysis and Bright's disease. A sudden death after prior illness, he leaves a wife and three children named Mrs Henry Moffit and two daughters aged about 10 and 12. Interment followed at the private cemetery on the Rann place. The Harrisburg public schools have closed due to a measles epidemic.
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Junction
Hright
Craig Hays
Henry Moffit
Rann Place
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Hall & Shumney
Committee of the Whole
Ergene
County Court
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L. O. Beckwith
ConRes
Walla
City Treasurre Rejaner
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H. C. Marcus Lisan
Valley League
the Times
J. J. McCoy
New High School
Springfield M
C. A. Collier
Mon
Doux
Mondoux S.T. Nelson
Fred Bartells
George Gordon
Felle McFarland
Gordon
John Oliver
George
J. N. Nelson
B. F. Goodpasture
T. G. Hendricks
J. W. Clark
Stiles
State Ve
P. Crow
Addie Thomas
P. Cadwell
Ee Patch
E. P. Cadwell
John Lowe
KH. P. Arnwer Os
J. J. Peppit
E. P. Moe
W. Thompson
H. M. Manville
A. VY. Dariman
Nee Eae
Irving, Or
E. W. Zamwalt
Springfield
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