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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
3
The Eugene Weekly Guard, an independent paper published by Guard Printing Co., Inc., offers weekly Thursday issues in Eugene Oregon. Subscriptions cost 1.50 annually if prepaid and 2.00 if paid at year end.
Agents authorized to take and receipt for subscriptions or transact business include Cottage Grove W C Conner Creswell J L Clark Coburg Geo A Drury for The Daily and Weekly Guard.
The Guard Printing Co offers prepaid subscribers a year at 1.50 for the Weekly Guard with a free choice of either the Twice-a-week St Louis Republic or the Oregon Agriculturist for one year. Old or new subscribers may switch. those missing magazines receive a premium option. Mail remittances to Eugene Oregon.
A Boise newspaper excerpt discusses 125000 annual figures for Oregon State University, summarizing maintenance and land endowment income, and contrasts Oregon's taxation with Idaho’s. It criticizes Southern Pacific for high freight costs and suggests an assessment on the railroad to relieve Western Oregon taxpayers. It notes Lane county tax pressure and calls for government action.
The Oregon university faces a finance fight as a $125,000 measure for new buildings and grounds is proposed. A Portland Oregonian editorial argues the institution cannot be crippled by inadequate funding and urges ample support to handle growing enrollment.
The speaker accuses railroad magnates of using force and bribes to mold state and national legislation while questioning how a hearing for railroad lawyers was secured for the hours of service bill. Residual reports mention Stephens leaving a canal post for favors, art interests, or a bluff for more money, with Spoorer resigning for personal sacrifice as Aldrich Bailey and others cling to posts for fortune.
Mrs Nannie Davis files suit in the circuit court against Monroe Davis for divorce and custody of two children Cleo six and Rosalie four alleging cruel and inhuman treatment including vile names obscene epithets striking and kicking and false accusations of infidelity. She seeks custody of the children and asks Roseburg lawyers Co show Rice to represent.
Mr and Mrs Jas H Beckley arrived from Portland on a wedding tour and visited friends here They were married at the Portland Hotel Wednesday night The bride Miss Christine Barth a society leader of Astoria and the groom a stock dealer formerly of Eugene received many congratulations
James H. Hamilton and Frank VanOrdstrand, new arrivals, bought W. W. Chessman’s grocery at East Ninth and Oak Streets. The deal closed last evening and the new proprietors take charge today. The shop will be enlarged and run as before, preserving first class service. The buyers come from Eastern Oregon. Van Ordstrand was formerly in Antelope’s drug trade and Hamilton has other local business interests. Chessman will remain in Eugene but has not chosen his next venture.
Levi Geer, manager of the London Springs resort twelve miles southwest of Cottage Grove, plans major upgrades for the coming season. He will install mud and steam baths and a cooling room, repair buildings, and improve grounds to handle expected large crowds. CHAMBERS HARDWARE promotes Petaluma Incubators in the notice.
A long rundown of payments to individuals and firms for road work, lumber, hauling, and bridge construction in Lane County. Items include salaries, materials from Booth-Kelly Lumber Co and Mohawk Lumber Co, and numerous road and bridge labor costs listed with small to mid-range amounts. Names like M. Wallace, J. W. Shumate, Ira Bray, and Gimple Jros. appear among many others.
A county meeting elected two delegates to the state grange at Hood River on May 14. J. A. J. Crow and Eli Perkins chosen amid discussions on topics including a proposed canal between Eugene and Corvallis. Several grange reps attended from Spencer Creek, Pleasant Hill, Siuslaw, Coast Fork, Central, and a new Spencer Creek Grange organized with officers.
Vancouver Washington March 6 The prune acreage in Clark county is rapidly shrinking due to unfavorable seasons and land reallocation. In Fruit Valley 50 to 60 acres are being pulled up this winter, with more removal on plains areas and the race track parcel orchard being cleared for building sites. Estimates place Clark county prune land at about 4000 acres, with about 400 acres torn up this year.
A California paper reports Lettie Holden formerly of Eugene married Steve Harper in San Francisco after a secret trip from Sacramento. Holden ran a confectionery in Siskiyou and Harper owns a cigar factory. friends in Eugene await their return. The note ends with a local garden seed advert.
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