Warren to Lead County Exhibit at Seattle Fair
At a Eugene Commercial Club meeting Warren was chosen to manage and remain at the Lane County exhibit during the Seattle exposition and to find suitable space in the Oregon building. Hartog licensed to arrange lighting for Willamette Street, committees were set for 1909, and fundraising subscribers to a promotion fund will be listed in Nobady's Magazine.
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Govtrom
Eugene
Warren
Lane County
Hartog
Seattle
Oregon
Portland
Salem
Board of Governors
Harteg
Willamette Street
Nobody's Magazine
Cement sidewalk to be built on Olive street
A twelve foot cement sidewalk is being constructed in front of the Campbell property on Olive street and will stretch half a block.
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Campbell
Olive Street
Eugene High Soars as Few Students Fail Courses
Six week grades released for the first semester show 63 failures among 400 students, roughly 5 percent failing in the average sixteen hundred subjects. Principal George Hug and the faculty credit strict grading and high standards for the improvement, noting the last semester’s sixteen percent failure rate was not unusually high. In the senior class of forty two, only one of 168 subjects failed, a remarkable 0.5 percent. Mrs Ira Hyland and Mrs S Drury arrived from Lowell last evening.
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Eugene High School
George Hug
Welch casts reflections on water system in Eugene
A. Welch founder of the Willamette Valley Company cast reflections on how the municipal water plant is run to steer the next election. Councilmen debated in open session and found Welch mischaracterized the plant and questioned high monthly costs under public control.
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A. Welch
Willamette Valley Company
Welch
Eugene
Moon
Gilbert
Turner
Roach
Taylor
February Linn county births and deaths report
Dr. W. H. Davis, county health officer, reports six deaths in Linn county during February yielding an annual death rate of three per thousand. There were 26 births in the month.
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Linn County
W. H. Davis
Citizens push Farrington on ordinance at theaters
Chief of Police Farrington faced petitions from citizens to enforce a rule requiring women to remove hats at paid entertainments. At moving picture theaters many women left on their dates and obstructed the view of others in the audience.
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Farrington
Moving Picture Theatres
Eugene Water Plant Poised as Dividend Payer
A statement from City Recorder Dorris shows the Eugene water department ledger balances favorably since the plant's city transfer three months ago. Despite high Willamette Valley Company power charges, receipts are rising with irrigation season, and the plant is expected to cover running costs and bond interest while adding to treasury or sinking funds.
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Turner
Taylor
Water Department
Eugene
Dorris
Willamette Valley Company
Carr
Railroad Men Push for Eugene as Division Point
Railroad workers prefer consolidating upper Willamette valley division points into a single Eugene division. They estimate a payroll of twelve to fifteen thousand dollars would flow into Eugene. They note track room exists and a larger division would cut costs by merging Springfield and Junction City plants, benefiting the city and local families.
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Upper
Willamette Valley
Eugene
Springfield
Junction City
Southern Pacific
Millrace
Geary
Commercial Club
Portland
Richard Smiths arrive in Eugene from Washington trip
Richard Smith and his wife of Klamath Falls arrived in Eugene this afternoon after a trip to Washington, D.C. They were greeted upon arrival and plans for the remainder of their stay were not disclosed.
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Richard &. Smith
Klamath Falls
Eugene
Washington, BD. C
Additional Train Service Restored on Eugene Wendling Branch
The Southern Pacific will resume the Eugene Wendling branch schedule around the 20th, restoring two daily round trips. Morning train leaves Eugene at 7:00 and returns about 11:20. afternoon train departs 1:00 and returns at 5:20. Sawmill activity prompts reactivation while main line changes are expected. Albany Springfield service to Eugene remains undetermined.
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Eugene- Wendling
Southern Pacific
Eugene
Springfield
Wendling
Mohawk
Nohing
Homeseekers Rush to Pacific Coast
Pocatello Idaho March 11 To illustrate westward colonist travel A F Brewer Oregon Short Line car service agent reports the line handles about 1000 tourists daily to the west with freight movement of 25 to 30 cars daily of household goods and farming implements. Most travelers are well off and head northwest toward grain fields and orchards in Idaho Washington and Oregon as they start new farms and become good citizens.
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Pocatello, Ida
A. F. Brewer
Oregon Short Line
Brewer
Pocatello West
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Mrs Lane the novelist dies in Lynchburg
Lynchburg Virginia report that Eleanor McCarthy Lane noted novelist died last night in the city. G O McGee and Frank McGee departed this morning for Wild cat as part of a separate item in the same dispatch.
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Lynchburg, Va
Eleanor McCarthy Lane
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E. M. Warren
House
H. W. Thompson
F. L. Chambers
C. A. Wintermeier
Darwin Bristow
W A. Bell
E. O. Potter
F. M. Day
F. R. Wetherbee
M. J. Duryea
Frank Enkins
A. C. Dixon
G. D
Carters
Stanleys
Price Cutters
Eugene Three Doos
Ninth St
Ira Hyland
8. Drury
Lowell
Old Wells Shoe Store
Willamette and
Ninth Sts
Council
Wil
Lamette Valley Company
Willamette Valley Co
Framwk Bennet
Fairmount Park
L. M. Travis
Carl Travis
Oak Grove
Fairmount
Susan Lowell
Travia Brothers
Kelsey
McKenzie
Cockerline and Wetherbee
Wells Anderson
Garrett
Elmer Roberta
Pacific Coast
G. O. McGee
Frank McGee
Wildcat
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