Wilkins and Dunn plan 30000 dollar West Eighth block
Dunn and Wilkins finalize a deal for the west half of West Eighth Street lots between Olive and Charnelton. Dunn will erect a two story reinforced concrete business block at 106 by 160 feet, with lower floors leased for a garage and upper floors for housekeeping rooms. Local tenants are named, with street prospects noted as West Eighth attracts new investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Dunn
F. M. Wilkins
Dunn
Portland
Mr. Wilkins
West Eighth Street
Williams & van Winkle
Eugene Auto Company
Wilkins
Eugene's Federal Building May Rise Two Stories High
Eugene plans for a new federal building next year may extend to two stories after an extra 20000 was approved. Forest Service offices need significant space and relocation from Beckwith block prompts increased floor area. Beaver clubhouse on Twelfth street receives cement and gravel exterior finish, a first for Eugene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Federal
Page
Office of
The
Forest Service
Beckwith
Humerous
Beaver
Twelth Street
Alder and
Hilyard
Alf Walker Files On Water Power Site
Alf Walker of this city filed on a water power site on the McKenzie river with F A Borchert and a San Francisco party for the Portland Eugene and Eastern Railway Company. The site is Stony Point in section 36 township 16 south range 2 east on land owned by Geo T Hall Sr. The appropriation is 80000 miners inches. A canal 40 feet wide at bottom and twenty feet deep would carry water west to end near Gate Creek mouth in section 28 township 16 south range 2 east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alf Walker
McKenzie
F. A. Borchert
San Francisco
Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railway Company
McKengzgle
Eugene
Stony Point
Geo. T. Hall, Sr
Gate Creek
Township 16
Pange 2
Campbell chooses Eugene as his future home
J. P. Campbell, former deputy U S marshal of Alaska based in Ketchikan, has resigned and arrived in Eugene with his family to settle. He previously bought the Blanton residence at Thirteenth and Willamette and an 80 acre fruit land tract northwest of the city and plans to build a house here. He will return East for fall while the family stays to enroll the boys at the University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Campbell
United States Marshal
Alaska
Ketchikan
Eugene
Mr. Campbell
Blanton
Thirteenth
Willamette Streets
Campbell
East
Laura Burr
West Sixth Street
Schooners Oakland and Sau salito bound for Siuslaw
The Schooners Oakland and Sau salito sailed from San Francisco bound for the Siuslaw in tow of a steamer to haul lumber from the Oregon & California Lumber Co. mill, which is operating twelve hours daily from 6 AM to 6:30 PM with a half hour noon break. Peter Schreuders and his bride arrived Saturday to visit his parents and will stay a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Sausalito
San Francisco
Siuslaw
Oregon & California Lumber Co
Peter Schreuders
Bride
Shipboard Move and Local Foot Race Report
On the way from Monmouth Peter will start as bank bookkeeper July 16. The schooner Mayflower sailed yesterday to San Francisco carrying lumber from Slusian Lumber Co. A 100 yard foot race at the old picnic grounds last Monday saw John Bergman of the life saving station defeat Paul Bond of Florence by four to eight feet. The West
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Peter
Mayflower
San Francisco
Slusian Lumber Co
John Bergman
Life Saving Station
Paul Bond
Florence
University Regents To Meet July 25
The board of regents of the University will meet July 25. The meeting is expected to be the most important ever held with more improvements to be decided upon than at any past time. Chairman R. S. Bean is absent, delaying a meeting during commencement and pushing the earliest date to the set meeting due to regents’ prior engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Regents of
University
Bean
Park Station on Electric Road at Judkins Point
Electric line upgrades near Judkins Point aim to connect East Thirteenth Street crossing with Southern Pacific tracks. Service expected by week’s end to Kincaid Park Station with a five cent fare, two new crossings, and a plan to develop Kincaid Park into a suburban residential area near Eugene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judkins’ Point
Trans
Southern Pacific
East Thirteenth Street
Kincaid Park
Eugene
The
Oregon Journal
Electric Road
McKee Divorce Granted in Junction City Court
Judge Harris of the circuit court grants Clark A. McKee a divorce from Leva Melinda McKee. Married in Josephine county Oregon on July 4 1898. They have two minor children Roselle Pear and Charlie Cooper. Custody awarded to plaintiff. Ground: cruel and inhuman treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
Circuit Court
Clark A. McKee
Leva
Melinda McKee
Junction City
Josephine County
Oregon
Roselle Pear
Charlie Cooper
More Rooms for Girls at State University
Girls at the University of Oregon will be well housed next year with at least three new houses for 60 to 70 residents by September. The Mary Spiller house for 20 to 25, Kloshe Tillacum Club home for 20 to 25, and a Zeta Iota Phi sorority house for 20, plus existing dormitories, ease housing for the incoming cohort as hard times boost private rentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oregon
Mary Spiller
Klosche Tillacum Club
Zeta Lota Phi
Thirteenth
High Streets
Rhodes Scholarships Examinations Moved to Autumn
The Rhodes scholarship exams will now be held in autumn instead of January to give candidates more time to pick and arrange a suitable Oxford college. The next examination is planned for fall 1903, likely at the University of Oregon, with two Oregon scholars, Edward Winans and Wistar Johnson, set to go to Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
University of Oregon
Oregon
Edward Winans
Willamette University
Wistar Johnson
Jaynes Return From Hood River Harvest Engagements
Dr and Mrs R A Jayne have returned home after a month in Hood River where the doctor attended to land interests and crop harvesting activities during the stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. R. A. Jayne
Hood River
Free Methodist camp meet in West Springfield
The Free Methodist church announces its annual camp meeting at the big grove in West Springfield starting Wednesday July 22 and running over two Sundays. N Welter and W W Coffee lead the event with local pastor assistance. Mrs Joe Doran was seriously hurt in Eugene during the city celebration but is recovering. Eugene’s baseball pricing for grounds raises questions as owners take 20 percent of receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Grove
Springfield
N. Welter
Eugene
Grants Pass
W. W. Coffee
Portland
Joe Doran
Ball Park
Harrisburg Personal News and Local Visits
Harrisburg personals note Mrs Jas Traizer and daughter of Eugene visited briefly with friends and relatives. Gus Peters from Coburg visited friends and plans to settle in Coburg. May Muller of Ashland visited Mrs Geo Wilhelm en route to Portland. Logs are thick in the river with Spaulding drive near the bridge as Spaniding logs and fir logs from Booth Kelly head to Corvallis for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Traizer
Eugene
Gus Peters
Coburg
May Muller
Ashland
Geo. J. Wilhelm
Portland
Spaulding
Booth-Kelly
Corvallis
Bulletin
Roseburg Post Office Receipts Rise 27 Percent
Postmaster Parks of Roseburg reports public figures showing a 27 percent increase in Roseburg post office receipts over two years. Roseburg remains in the free delivery class, and authorities plan to number all streets and houses to launch the free delivery system at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks
Roseburg
Local Horse Buyer Declares Eastern Oregon Market Closed
E. C. Smith, a prominent city resident who managed a large group of Eastern Oregon horses last summer, states that few decent horses remain in the region and he will not handle any this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Smith
Oregon
Sumer
Eastern
Active Season in Bohemia Mines This Summer
Bohemia pioneer Bohemia Sharp arrived from the mine and said the district shows bright prospects for an active mining season this year. Two mills will be installed at the Mayflower and Great Eastern properties, five miles of road must be built before the latter mill is operable, and extensive district improvements are underway. Sharp, with thirty years in the area, believes valuable properties may yield substantial returns someday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bohemia
Sharp
Mayflower
Great Eastern
Ragged Shooting At Judkins Point Hits Ducks Near River
Ten feet gunfire near Judkins Point endangers bystanders as a band of about a hundred ducks is chased along the river. Group of boys across the bar join the melee while cursing and shouts echo. About 20 mallards are killed as ducks race along the stream amid errant shots and confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judkins’ Point
Judkins
Polswert
Remons
Also Mentioned on This Page
Booth-Kelly Lumber
East 8Th Street
Watts
Wilkins and Dunn
CROW
Frank Hadley
Harvey
London Springs
C. B. Hadley
R. A. Hollingsworth
Alva
Idaho
J. A. J. Crow
Chas. Hinton
California
Albert Sturtevant
V. Liles
KR. Jenkins
Jas. Hinton
John Briggs
Hadleyville
Frank Snider
Eugene’s
Federal Building
Lower Siuslaw
University Regents
State University
Harrisburg
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