Eugene Wins Ball Game From Halsey Bunch
Eugene defeats Halsey Bunch in a Monday Daily Guard report. Details are sparse with unclear scoring and context.
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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
9
Eugene defeats Halsey Bunch in a Monday Daily Guard report. Details are sparse with unclear scoring and context.
Fans endured heat as Eugene beats Campbell Feltman 14 to 7 in a slugging home game. New players Mead Clifford Moon Springer impressed, Harper added power with a three bagger and a two bagger. Leabo made a running grab at the fence. Next Sunday Eugene hosts the Chicago ladies team.
The Oregon Military Road land grant, 200000 acres of a 600000 acre total, will be opened for immediate settlement with colonization begun. The Oregon Valley land company based in Portland plans 11992 tracts from 10 to 1000 acres, led by R J Martin, J H Borders, and H C Shimp.
The land strip across Harney and Klamath counties will be carved into 6974 ten acre, 4080 twenty acre, 1020 forty acre, 500 eighty acre, 400 one hundred sixty acre, 12 six hundred forty acre and six one thousand acre farms. Uniform price is 200 dollars per farm, with each nineteen acre tract including five irrigated acres. A 200000 dollar trust will fund an irrigation system diverting Cottonwood river water to Goose Lake Valley.
The university will construct 400 linear feet of cement sidewalk along the campus north side where Eleventh street runs. Earth for the parking area and gravel for the foundation are being hauled in this week. The west campus area now in hay will be converted to town use, a move President Campbell praises for improving the college environment.
Attorney L. M. Travis returns home Saturday night from Denver where he served as a Democratic national convention delegate from Oregon. He toured Colorado sights with journalists including Pike's Peak Colorado Springs Pueblo and Salt Lake City Utah and expressed great delight with the trip.
On June 1 Poppe Schunhoff Guttery note sustained dull mood in mohair with clearance by last season’s holders. Weekly trade totals 2800 bales in and out. stocks also 2800 bales. Quotations range from 15% to 16% for super summer kids to 4% for Angora and drs'f quantity inclinations, with goatskins firm and Angora skins small but in demand.
In San Francisco on July 18 an affidavit filed in Judge Lawlor's court claims Abraham Ruef asserts 1800 names were withdrawn from the jury box. The list is with Detective W. J. Burns and two assistants. Judge Lawlor will hear the matter on Monday.
Washington reports the American rifle team, victors at London, will return to New York by July 25. A semi official welcome is planned with committees from the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and the Naval Rifle Association coordinating with state and municipal officials and army and navy representatives.
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The university project fund shows a $75,000 balance in the treasurer’s office amid a shift from a $47,600 old annual appropriation to a $125,000 new one. By Sept 1, 1909, about $150,000 should be spent on buildings and permanent improvements, with potential new structures planned between Deady Hall and the Library, plus a women’s dormitory and an engineering addition. Work will likely start in spring, and no new buildings will be ready before Sept 1, 1909. immediate repairs include furnishing the women’s clubhouse and library upgrades. President Campbell may travel east after the board of regents meets to secure extra instructors for September. The registrar reports heavy applications and an enrollment forecast of at least 550, with 250 freshmen anticipated. The regents meet Saturday to begin improvement steps.
A new title and abstract firm named Security Title & Trust company forms with 250000 capital to take over the old Title Guarantee Trust and Security Abstract & Trust businesses. It will operate in the Chamber of Commerce building after remodeling, with incorporators including William M. Ladd and Earl C. Bronaugh and others. The firm will handle abstracts, public records, title certificates, and related contracts and acts as agent or trustee.
J M Stark of the Hotel Smeerde leases the vacant room once used by the hotel bar to Mrs Marks of Portland. She will open a complete up to date drug store in the near future. Mrs Marks brings years of experience from Ashland Portland and Lewiston Idaho. She is wife of W O Marks cartoonist and sister of the Stanley Brothers merchants. The location is praised as ideal for a thriving business.
Lincoln July 20 William J Bryan sent an appeal to Democratic newspapers urging them to solicit campaign subscriptions from their readers. He asked editors to mobilize financial support and organize local fundraising efforts across the party.
An old ad from the Hickory Bark Remedy Company of Salem Oregon touts a guaranteed cure for coughs and a refund if it fails. It promotes kitchen safes priced at 4.25 dollars until July 4th and directs readers to Hull's Red Cross Drug Store and Chambers Hardware Co for purchase. The notice imitates a local storefront promotion with period advertising tone.
Mrs. C. D. Gould and her sons James and Archie have arrived in Eugene from Garden City Kansas and will become permanent residents. Mr. Gould and an older son arrived earlier in spring, buying the Gilbert stables on West Fifth Street.
Mrs H Budke reports a two year old sustained severe facial eczema starting at seven months. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and remedies for three weeks the child improved dramatically, becoming fair and clear with no signs of eczema for two years. The claim lists minimal cost and credit to the family doctor.
A blaze at Hunt & Roberts grocery in The Dalles early morning destroyed a one story building with $2100 stock lost. Firemen faced smoke and heat with uncertain cause theories including matches and possible fuse ignition as temperatures peaked near 192 degrees yesterday.
An advertisement describes Hulls Red Cross Hickory Bark as a sure cure for various long standing troubles. It claims to soothe hoarseness and sore throats and promotes the product as pure and effective for all such conditions, advertised by first class dealers.
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