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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1901
Page
8
Local shoe shop Yoran's announces a sale offering durable good shoes at low prices with a piano as a purchase incentive. Shoppers can obtain a piano prize with a 25 cent purchase. Merchandise includes feet protection and casual footwear.
A terse note references city and county matters with a June 29 timestamp. It cites no clear actions, names, or locations beyond generic entities, offering limited readable details from the fragmented OCR.
Moon's Feed Store advertises wagons, harness, rope, and farm tools with a July sale. F L Chambers offers fishing tackle, oils, and rain wagons, plus second hand gear. Nina Cline elected Miss Liberty for Albany Fourth celebration. cash pot of 427.25 raised. Eugene’s Fourth lineup includes torch-lit parade, races, concerts, and a grand ball at the Armory with 25 cent per couple admission.
Circuit court entries list multiple cases including divorces granted or continued, foreclosures and partitions. Notable items include a rape case with a 20 year penitentiary sentence, forged instrument conviction with three year term, and various default judgments and referrals. Parties include Lingo, Matlock, Hayes, Derria Stevens, Pool Woodcock, Fegueson, Williamson, Fremont, Friendly, Pohl, Gates, Grady, Allen, Church, Yates, Murphy, Whittaker, Edwardes, Reed, and others. Proceedings cover pleas, judgments, referee reports, guardians ad litem, and sale orders in 1901 terms.
The Fourth Regiment Oregon National Guard opens its annual camp at Camp Beebe in Portland with Companies A and C arriving at 8:30 and the remaining six companies marching in by 2:00. Brigadier General Chas Beebe lends his name to the forthcoming week of drills and duties. Officers of the regiment are listed with units from Eugene to Grants Pass and include Captain D E Yoran and Captain J M Williams among many others. Troop A cavalry from Lebanon will join briefly.
North of July committee adds a watch with 15 jeweled Waltham movement and gold case as a prize for the first race winner. The watch is guaranteed five years and paired with ownership of a Stearne bicycle from F L Chambers.
A damaged newspaper fragment mentions malaria and a plan to collect cents. The readable text references Groves Lie and Trae f Chill in unclear context. No clear event or dates could be confirmed from the excerpt.
Nineteen horses from Klamath county offered for sale range 4 to 8 years old and weigh between 1000 and 1300 pounds. Prospective buyers may view animals at Bangs stables in Eugene on Saturday June 29.
A local pageant notes Mae Erick, Lina Orrell, and Carrie Pard among contestants in the Goddess of Liberty contest. Voting closes Saturday evening to allow the winner time to prepare her coronation.
Francis advertises pure prune and apple brandy at 7 1/2 cents per quart or per gallon for home consumption. Orders via stage express. The ad also promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonics and a neat six room house with amenities, aimed at residents in malaria districts. Located at Fifth and Blair Streets, Eugene.
Caution against using ointments for catarrh containing mercury as harmful to the mucous system. Hall's Catarrh Cure by FJ Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio claims no mercury and is taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Monograph notes testimonials and 75 cent price.
Sealed bids for a county bridge on Bear Creek at Mahoncrossing four miles west of Junction are due by noon July 6 1901. Plans and a train diagram are in the Lane County Oregon Surveyor’s office. A five percent bid deposit is required by state law. The court reserves the right to reject any or all bids. June 17 1901 CM Coliter County Surveyor
Salem June 26 The Oregon Christian Missionary convention at Turner yesterday elected officers for the ensuing year President Morton L Rose Eugene Vice-president C E Bayard The Dalles Reporting secretary J A Bushnell Junction City treasurer W A Wood Roseburg Corresponding Secretary J B Lister Eugene Marshal and janitor Ted Lister Eugene Regent for Eugene Divinity School three years Mrs M E Cowls McMinnville Delegates to the general convention J F Ghormley J M Jenkins Albany Exson E C Sanderson The committee on future work urged extensive home mission efforts and the dispatch of a minister to Grants Pass Also urged aiding the Eugene Divinity School.
Grants Pass on June 26 reports a new rich ore body found at the Schrimpf mine on the Applegate river about 10 miles southwest of Grants Pass. Schrimpf Brothers, owners, show free granulated gold in white and gray quartz, with ore worth thousands per ton. Previously a pocket yielded $600 in gold. the mine is a relatively new operation under close watch by district miners.
Votes tallied over two weeks in the Kimball piano contest organized by city merchants. The leading group by October 14 will win the piano free. Listed are the top vote receivers including High Beho0.00, Degree of Honor, Catholic Church, Christian Church, Goshen, Patterson school, and Presbyterian church with various vote tallies. Potential ties noted among several organizations.
Prof Glen of the music committee calls for 100 school children who can sing to meet at the Congregational church Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock to practice songs for the Fourth of July celebration. Prof Glen will be present to train the participants.
The Eugene Bream Laundry Company states it will be closed on the Fourth of July. Patrons are urged to pick up any clothes the day before to avoid disappointment, as the laundry emphasizes this holiday as theirs.
Eugene, June 19 1991 bid opening July 1 191 for 2000 yards of cracked gravel to be delivered anywhere in the city as directed by the street committee. City surveys rock and crusher and engineers at contractor expense except for the vet, city pays engineer. City reserves right to reject all bids. Inquiries to M S Barker BF Doras City Recorder.
A summer school class in elementary algebra will be formed for students from Eugene and beyond who wish to finish the algebra. FRANK STRONG, President of University of Oregon.
200 cords of maple wood for sale on race three miles northeast of ld on McKenzie bottom. 1p. add oe auuiew, R& A Virus, Eugene, Or.
In the Blue River mining district the Lucky Boy owners order Dr Candiani off their claim alleging trespass after measuring 1500 feet. Candiani says he located the ground two years ago for 10 dollars and developed tunnels and a 26 foot ore body. He plans to reenter by force if needed while Lucky Boy asserts title and possession dating back ten to twelve years with a property worth around 100000. News from Ha Keone awaited.
Portia Koight, the American actress, engages Sir Edward Clarke as counsel in a breach of promise suit brought by Mie Portia Koight against the Duke of Manchester. A band of gunmen in Fossil Journal country killed and wounded sheep herded near Lone Rock after notices warned shepherds away.
Seattle’s former police chief Meredith was killed Tuesday afternoon at 5:25 in a drugstore by John Considine, a gambler. The shooting followed a power struggle for Washington state politics, as Considine hunted Meredith with a sawn-off shotgun wrapped in butcher’s paper and fired with a revolver, killing him almost instantly after an ensuing scramble.
Sommerville and Berger are appointed Eugene agents for Hunter Baltimore Rye, bottled by Wm Lanahan & Boo in Baltimore. The whiskey is promoted for its uniform quality purity and age. Repairs to the Central school building have begun, improving the old structure's appearance.
The Clinton-Baird combined act impressed Albany crowds with a strong parade and a diverse program. Prof Barnes leads trained ponies dogs and a California mountain lion with polished routines including a dramatic fire scene. Performers George and Mae Edgerton Marco Sid Baxter Clarence Mason Vick Videlle and a monkey troupe showcase acrobatics contortion balance and aerial feats. The review notes one objectionable element but calls the show lively and well worth the price, with a Eugene stop set for July 1 at Skinner's Cabin No 5 Native Sons.
Sheriff W W Withers announces sale of lands in Lane County Oregon on Monday July 6 1901 at 10 oclock am. Lands with tax sale certificates of over two years will be offered at public auction to the highest cash bidder at the county court room in the courthouse Eugene.
For sale on the corner of Fourth and Jefferson Streets a quarter block with a newly built house featuring twelve rooms all hald finished and neatly finished. Includes a windmill tower, water piped through house and lawn, barn, and fine fruit trees. For particulars call on.
Five thousand Belgian hop roots direct from Germany arrived at Cranwell Tuesday for RR Hays who owns a large hop yard east of that place. The roots are planted in a nursery and will stay there until next fall when they will be set out in the hop yard. Belgian hops are of superior grade and current market price ranges from 45 to 50 cents per pound.
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