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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1901
Page
1
Block Walton Enomne announces practice in all state courts and that he purchased the office and fixtures of the deceased W V Henderson. He is prepared to perform all dentistry work in the office, with crown and bridge work as specialties.
Mr Cherry cannot supply rooms fast enough in his new block at the corner of Sixth and Willamette streets. He has agreed with Eugene Laundry Co for a building occupying nearly all remaining frontage on his lot. The 23 by 70 foot structure will be built at once and ready for occupancy in the first half of April, weather permitting.
Washington reports multiple members of both houses joining a petition urging President to appoint former Senator Shoup of Idaho as commissioner of pensions to fill the Evans vacancy. The move reflects expectation Shoup will secure the post.
Paid Up Cash Cap Surplus TM Drafts noted on principal United States cities. Interest allowed on Certificates of tax periods. City and County Warrants bought. PAIWE, Vice President, and AAOW TM Assistant Chief.
Special to the Guard reports two Blackstone River dams failed washing away buildings and drowning at least six people in Woonsocket Rhode Island a manufacturing town of about 25000. Other items note bread riots in Spain and ailing ex President Harrison in hospital.
Secret service detectives trapped a gang of six counterfeiters in Cureton after months of staging fake money in circulation. Officers seized dies tools and other apparatus in the raid.
C M Young returned from Portland where he arranged for Young & Son to use J E Brazier’s quartz mill in the Blue River district. The two stamp mill, capable of crushing five tons of Sunset ore daily, will aid prospect work with regular test milling.
Half Century Pioneer JEP Withers from Natron Lane county left Illinois for Oregon fifty years ago. He traveled in a prairie schooner drawn by oxen, a journey lasting spring to fall before rail travel. He arrived September 21 1855, a newcomer to Puget Sound country, amid a sparsely populated Lane county where 51 votes were cast in June 1851 despite active county machinery.
A Springfield man loses a cow after it walked onto a moving train yard engine track. The engine struck the animal as air brakes failed, delaying the train for about an hour while workers removed the cow carcass and cleared the line for continued movement.
Indoon Basenan reports the U O in Door baseball team planning a return game with Corvallis in the city soon. Arrangements are under way for matches between Multnomah Athletic Club and Albany College. Asaprain Edwards' crackerjack team is ready to meet any other statewide squad.
In Dewan D Corvathia Gogelie report Dr E J Thompson was elected Saturday to fill the pulpit of the Presbyterian church at Eugene. The same day he was offered the pastorate of three other churches. The congregation securing his services is to be heartily congratulated. Its membership will grow and its influence be measurably extended.
About two weeks ago Dr Atwood treated a Wendling patient with the Maolla pox. On Monday he fell ill and Dr Brown diagnosed the mild form of the same disease. The household is quarantined as physicians debate the true name of the illness, calling it Wendling disease or emaelipox.
S J Grow an old time miner reports from Pierce County Arizona that Lane county mines compare very favorably with the Hige River and Bohemia mines. He mentions spending last summer in those mines and writes to relatives in this city.
The Jonetson City Times notes the proposed railroad route between Jonetson City and Corvalis. Mythical surveyors have kept their distance, appearing only in rainbows and rumors, leaving the project status unclear.
E F Chapman reports a light white purple oil skim along Tile Creek just above Chapman's Sawmill about 1S miles east of Eugene. The oil, visible year round, can be absorbed with paper and burned brilliantly. Chapman urges testing by an expert following Duryee's Camp Creek discovery.
Court house records show mortgage transfers and satisfactions totaling numerous properties and chattel deeds. Real estate transfers list Geo M Hawley to M L Underwood and others, with dates, acreages, and values. mining, probate, and marriage license notices accompany filings. Notable entries include a 328,398 dollar estate transfer, 2500 dollar Jeske estate, and a marriage consent for underage initials.
Salem Journal reports EH Flagg departs for Circle City Alaska to assume deputy internal revenue collector duties under Col DM Dunne with a $1200 salary and $500 expense allowance. He may be joined by his family in summer. he aims to reach via the Chilkoot Pass before ice melts and river travel becomes dangerous. At a Salem Typographic Union No 210 meeting, members presented Flagg a handsome watch as thanks for many years with the local printing industry and as an officer of the Union.
Ed Vaughan, cited for selling over $30 in cigars from J T Witter's saloon, was arrested near Chapman's mills. Before Justice C A Wintermeter he pleaded guilty, paid a $50 fine and costs, and settled with Mr Witter over the stolen goods.
O F Koox, with funds from Dr A W Pat, plans a fine new residence on the vacant corner lot at Eleventh and Hilyard streets. He will let the contract once weather permits. The lot is described as an admirable site for a home.
Eugene voters approved a $25,000 bond issue to fund new school buildings and remodels. The election also re elected J H McClung as director and Geo F Craw as clerk amid a strong pro education result.
Robert Baker and his brother, reported missing as frozen to death on a Dawson mining expedition, have written from Dawson to say they survived. They were on Jack Wade Creek, 170 miles from Dawson, where they found good prospects and plan to return in spring. Temperatures ranged from 40 to 70 degrees below zero.
A daughter, weighing twelve pounds, was born near Muddy Station in Linn County Oregon on March 8, 1901 to Boliver Cogswell and his wife.
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