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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
6
The weekly four now available to subscribers with a one year advance payment. A free silver and kitchen set offer is advertised as available while supplies last. Address Guard Printing Co Eugene Oregon for details and enrollment.
Mr E H Cox urged protection and propagation of trout on Oregon streams at the Commercial Club last night. He compared Oregon unfavorably with California's hatchery funding and proposed establishing a hatchery at Gate Creek to stock streams statewide. A Landing committee will be formed to pursue hatchery plans benefiting Lane County and the state.
The 1910 census, already being prepared in many states, will cost about 14 million dollars and employ around 76,000 people, including 65,000 enumerators. It will use civil service rules for appointments and involve 930 district supervisors and thousands of clerks. Data will cover states, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, the canal zone, and Porto Rico, omitting the Philippines. The plan aims to include more than population data, detailing agriculture, manufactures, and quarries, with mortuary data also recorded. The count may begin April 15 instead of June to improve accuracy, addressing previous issues of missed or misplaced returns.
Proposals in the Crumpacker plan anticipate vacation season action by Congress to require an agricultural census every five years and push for a five year population census. Current practice collecting data every ten years is seen as inadequate as farming grows rapidly. Officials hope the thirteenth census can be published in six or seven volumes, still fully serving the work’s purpose.
A historical piece argues the treasury deficit figure was an illusion caused by old bookkeeping. It cites Cortelyou saying the government pays for future assets, urging improved accounting. It rails against dishonest wealth, extols honesty, and notes federal spending for agriculture, food purity, and industrial training initiatives. It also mentions Bryan, Taft, and presidential election funding.
Harriman plans Oregon Eastern as the main line for heavy traffic. The Weed California to Klamath Falls section features a substantial road bed and a passing track every eight miles, indicating anticipated high volume. The Eugene to Weed distance shortens, bypassing Siskiyou grades, promising Eugene a key West railroad junction and future steam and electric road center.
The passage argues that papers push complex remedies while the simple answer is blunt and old fashioned Get rich quick schemes have misled many. True progress lies in steady honest industry rather than speedy tricks or schemes, urging patience and integrity.
A retrospective view on the Panama Canal Zone highlighting sanitation gains, climate appeals, and visions to develop the zone into a garden-like resort with convict labor improving roads and valleys. The piece notes expectations of excursion rates and advertising to attract American visitors once the canal is completed.
editor notes Eugene moves four miles from Springfield yet towns lie close across the Willamette River. Separate terminals may not matter as Oregon Eastern nears completion. When built, Springfield and Eugene will share growth and common interests, blurring lines with Portland example. Political fund concerns are downplayed amid suburban expansion.
The protest notes that Japan’s open door policy in Manchuria is viewed differently by others. While Japan may claim openness, other nations view doors as closed to them, and critics compare Japan to the Chiinee in derisive terms.
Daily construction activity in Eugene shows healthy growth with no boom yet. City population is expected to double within three years, reaching around 20 000 within the city limits, setting the stage for future expansion and development.
A jumble of notes from a distant era mentions young Kentucky men shunning drinking gambling swearing tobacco and smoking. It mocks bluegrass state politics and references events from Grecian naturalizations to Turkish incidents and a Denver convention. It notes bids for Albany post office site and Abe Ruef bail and a steel car wheel plant purchase. It also hints at railroad freight opinions and a political race with Lilly Mearet and Tom Watson opposing a candidate.
The dealer notes only a few premiums remain including about fifty silver sets and kitchen sets offered as premiums last year. They plan to close them out and will not order more once sold.
The notice states a flat $1.50 payment credits one year of subscription regardless of subscriber status and grants a premium choice from posters shown. The offer aims to clear stock by selling today or tomorrow before premiums run out.
A gray haired delegate laments a changing convention scene. Names of past figures like Depew Reed Quay Ely Quigg Hanna Sherman and Croker fade, replaced by new faces. The narrator recalls vivid imagery and ends with a lingering, affectionate plea for nostalgia.
A reader recalls childhood kitchen days as summer breeze stirs a book and the scent of ginger cookies. Nostalgic reminiscence returns to a mother baking cookies, dough rolling, and heart shaped cookies, rekindling memories of family cooking in Springfield. Daisy Wallis and John Stewart depart for Vida on an out- day, as cited in the Springfield Republican.
A vintage advertisement promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as pleasant pills that are easy to take and sold by all aruggista, highlighting convenience and wide distribution for readers seeking a quick remedy.
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