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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1903
Page
5
The notice informs eligible voters they need not re register for the June 1 1903 special election to fill the Tongue vacancy. It explains registration rules allow general elections only every two years and that current registration remains valid for this special election under the law.
James L Page will give the Eau gone post office a satisfactory business management. Those who know him believe this present good executive management will be maintained.
Six months earlier rough Oregon fir sold in San Francisco for 10 to 12 dollars per thousand feet. Dealers now quote 19 to 21 dollars per thousand feet, signaling a sharp price increase and tighter supply in the market.
The Oregon Republican state central committee fixed April 9 in Eugene as the date to nominate a successor to late Congressman Tongue in the Second District. County conventions should be held by April 5, and the convention will have 173 delegates apportioned per Tongue’s last election vote.
Ohio still on rampage as the Ohio River rose two feet in twenty four hours ending at six this morning. Lowlands submerge residents move families and stock to higher ground while Mississippi flood alarms intensify in Memphis with flood refugees piling onto arriving steamers.
A notice from T G Hendricks offers about 900 city lots across seven Eugene additions for sale, with no agents and prices starting at 60 and up. Lot availability is limited as the seller emphasizes quick purchases and potential exchanges for timber land. Call early to arrange buys.
A fragment mentions Oregon Fire Relief Association rates and a Eugene Lane County store room for rent around April 15. It lists AX BILLY and Garden Seeds and Grass with fresh seeds advertised. An image shows a medicine label with the title from sod Quinine.
Farrow and Co announces a selection service to vet top plows and barrows for farmers. The company promotes tested performance, durability, and value, guiding buyers to choose suitable farming implements.
Special Correspondence Florence Oregon March 11 1906 locals urge rapid start on jetty project at the river mouth after Congress appropriated 35000. Florence board of trade plans to lobby officers while Eugene Portland and San Francisco trades aim to cooperate. Lumber trade suffers from hazardous channel conditions as three large schooners await departure and three smaller ships head to sea ready to sail once the bar is opened.
Brick manufacturers face a tight spring and summer market in Sugeno as demand soars and supply may run short. Local producer J M Martin races to boost output with new machinery and an extra kiln started Tuesday to avert a brick famine, despite frost risk ruining moulded bricks.
The legislature recently appropriated funds for Indian War Veterans of ISM and the forms to secure the money are ready. Veterans may send for them to Adjutant General CL Gantenbein at Portland.
A cheeky catalogue note advertises a new stock of ladies skirts arriving in a sea of choices. It encourages customers to visit Dane's to inspect the large but questioned quality items, inviting interest despite mixed impressions.
An OCR fragment lists cigarette and tobacco prices: 3 Childs or Export cigars at 10 cents, 3 Blue Label Stogies at 5 cents, 1 lb Star Horseshoe or Saw Log tobacco at 45 cents, 1 plug Battle Axe at ?, 1 plug Biggest and Best tobacco at ?, 6 packages Red Bell or Dixie Queen tobacco at Be. Includes attribution AX BILLY.
Joseph Simon mailed about three hundred packages of garden seeds from Washington. Each package has five kinds and will be given free to Lane county farmers at AX BLY store on Saturday March 14 after 1 pm. Last year’s edges closing out with reduced prices on some items.
Creswell notes Creswell, March 1. Smith has bought the butcher shop from Miller and already occupies it. Road work suffers from accidents. crews should work daily. Miss Virgie Shaub visits Hugene relatives. Mrs. Noland of Astoria visits J E Noland. Public school progress is good. Miss Gertrude Grousbeck closes Coburg school due to scarlet fever. Woodmen near full choppers pledged for big log rolling. extra sticks anticipated. Chas Schmitt improves his blacksmith shop with Edgar Parsons. James N Smith, ill since wife’s death, shows some improvement but remains weak. Mrs J W Gailey seeks eye treatment in Eugene. Dr Scarbrough hires men to prune and plow his large preharpde. Lyons court results praised. RK. KR foreman Brady at Hayeshop yard leads grubbing for next crop. McKay Realty says Nebraskans will move to Oregon. welcomes them. Social postponed due to scarlet fever. Judge Hamilton has strong bench record. Republican nomination race seen as dull next year. Rev Beck preaches at Baptist Sunday services. Miss Mearle Scott to return from Lone Rock. father works there. Genevieve Howe to teach Fox Hollow school near Spencer Hutte. Mr and Mrs Page take 13-year-old Claud to Eugene for appendicitis operation. friends wish him speedy recovery. Stub, 5.
Natron Oregon March 11 M Wallace and son David went to Eugene yesterday. Most of our people attended church at Mt. Vernon Sunday. Charles Lathrop has gone to Wendling to work. Chester Wallace and sister Caro line of Jasper visited friends near Natron. J L Lepp and J W Smith went to Coburg on business last Thursday returning Friday. Miss Clara Castleman of Jasper visited her parents Mr and Mrs M Wallace last Sunday. Joe and Charles Talifero, who have been working for H L D Wagnon at Lyons, returned home last Saturday for a week’s stay. The Wagnon mill is near ing completion. The stock men are losing cattle and sheep this winter due to scarce grass and feed. Cupid
Rev Hansel preached at the school house Sunday. Dr Robert McAlister improves his eye condition. Miss Hattie Hawley of Creswell visits friends nearby. Petty Bros move cattle through Saturday to Bear Creek range. William Bennett visits relatives in Southern Oregon. Ed Petty promotes Bear Creek bachelors interest. Mrs Melisa Baker of Eugene visits Lyman Thompson last week.
A fragment advertising various items and prices including Castoria Fletcher's Be Mellen's Food Too nursing bottles and Diamond Dyes priced at five cents per package with a note about 90 all we and Be. Mellen’s. The item list references nursing supplies and household goods typical of a late 19th or early 20th century catalog page.
The board of regents visited the university and approved spending the 25000 for extensive upgrades. A dormitory will be reopened after thorough repair and a new wing with kitchen and dining room. old dining and kitchen become a parlor for receptions. About 60 students can be housed once rearranged. Athletics field to be prepared on the old Collier lot west of the president’s home with fencing grandstand and bleachers. Gym floor replacement and minor repairs planned, plus campus landscaping work, with start immediate. President Campbell to oversee operations.
At assembly Theo Holt editor proposed a year end souvenir issue replacing the Annual 1001-02. The eighty page edition would include about thirty photos of school organizations Eugene views stories and poems and be printed on fine book paper priced 20 cents to News subscribers and 55 cents to outsiders. The program also featured three instrumental solos by Miss Hobbs Miss Francis Young and Miss Lillian McElroy.
The articles of agreement for the Roseburg High School debate were received today. Manager Charles Evans says preparations are underway as the local team works on arguments. Judges listed are ex-Judge J. C. Fullerton, Judge J. W. Hamilton, and Captain Hamlin. The debate is set for Roseburg on the 2th of this month.
A fragmentary notice outlines bond limits and payment rates, stating values such as 50 cents per week and 150 dollars per month across 12 versions, with terms not to exceed a stated amount. The text is incomplete but preserves reference to financial obligations and periodic payments.
A. J. Thompson of Gardiner Oregon seeks cows heifers calves yearlings and two year old heifers for share raising on fine grass range in western Lane county with half increase for six years. Interested parties contact Thompson. Hotel for rent in Eugene Oregon near Southern Pacific depot offers new three story building with three rooms ready by May 15th. G. G. Gross invites correspondence.
Fragmentary OCR text from Kusens Oregon hints at a misc ellane sale. It mentions professional aneneer and Sannedymteon with unclear context and no identifiable events or names. The readable fragment provides limited concrete facts to summarize.
Hides and furs paid top prices with details on pelt values. Sheep valued at 50 cents to 10 dollars per head, hides offered at several rate ranges. Rubber and old materials also sought, with price quotes per pound and per hundredweight. Eugene dealer W. BanpeEns advertises.
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg and writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days For Ulcers Wounds Piles it's the best salve in the world Cure guaranteed Only Sold by W L DeLano Druggist
A few odds and ends in men's hats to close out at 50 cents. Also a few of those men's 50 cent underwear, at 35 cents, to close. AX BULLY. TO CURE A COLU INUNE DAY fake Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablet. All draget 14 mf and the money if it falls to score, EW Grove's agnature is on each box 25a.
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