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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
2
Circuit court will not convene until December 2 due to the holiday period. Judge Harris and the bar decided to adjourn and meet in council on the first judicial day after the holidays to set up the resumption terms. Jurors were notified. banks in Eugene continue holiday observance.
Lane County Abstract shows transfers including 40 acres in section 21 and 8 west, 159 acres in sections 18 and 9 10 west, and various lots in Eugene Cottage Grove Coburg and Springfield. Names include David Risne Mia Lizzie Kelsay J. W. Shumate A. Hinkson Levi Walton Wm Haynes Etta Morgan Mary Barbre United States land patents G P Morgan Nellie Fellman and many others with prices from $1 to $6000.
A vintage ad urges kidney care, warning untreated kidney issues may cause diabetes or Bright's disease. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo NY, citing Eugene Oregon resident R A Fox who reports back and bladder relief after use. Price 50 cents. available from dealers nationwide.
Dr J W Harris county health officer reports October totals with 44 births nine of which were new in September and sixteen deaths from tuberculosis gunshot wound and other causes. Eighteen contagious disease cases include thirteen typhoid fever cases mostly linked to water from a private well closed by the health officer. other cases spread county wide.
Claude Hedgepeth a section hand quarreled with his wife over hatred expressed, then boarded a southbound train with his trunk leaving behind a fourteen month old child. Guardian mother-in-law holds funds until Hedgepeth’s 21st birthday. this is the fourth family member to flee by train in two years.
J. J. Rude returned Saturday night from a hunting and fishing trip to Tsiltcoos Lake. The Tsiltcoos Club has a game preserve and will erect a large club house. Rude hunted two days, killed two deer and many ducks, and brought home eight trout and nine ducks. He stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Nels Christensen at the lake ranch and praised the county as a sport paradise.
Hulls Drug Store promotes Hyomei as a complete cure for catarrh with a full guarantee. The ad claims Hyomei treats catarrh by medicated air breathed through a pocket inhaler, not upsetting the stomach, and asserts no other treatment compares.
Alfred Funke, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Funke, died in Florence at 5:30 p m on Wednesday October 30 1907 aged 13 years 8 months 8 days from blood poisoning after a leg wound worsened into typhoid like illness. He had recently traveled with parents near Junction and Eugene, returned two weeks ago. A garden box of strawberries from E C Stanwood was noted. The notice also reports property sales and local events including Capt Samaritter's leg amputation and Washcalore voyage details.
Lost Valley residents report a good rain improving ground for seeding while farmers smile and plow. Travelers Templeman and McBee return from Winberry with little activity noted. Mrs. McVay of San Francisco visits sister Mrs. Addington, and Mrs. R. L. Jacobs returns for winter. The Lowell bridge is completed and ready for use as bridge crews move to Eugene. The Wegners of Camp Creek visit relatives, Ike Blakeley from Pleasant Hill visits, and Byron Dun ton plans to head for the McKenzie to tend book for Alex Lewis at Misty Hollow.
A Bakersfield Missouri reader praises Ballards Snow Liniment as the best for both people and horses after ten years of use. The advertisement promises universal pain relief and urges trying the product from Linn Drug Company.
Coke Bilyeu says the Southern Pacific ordered a 35 man crew to Portland for instructions to be discharged. The new steel bridge over the McKenzie River at Coburg has most rivets and framing completed. Shipments to Portland underway and resume date unknown.
Notice states the Lane County Oregon Board of Equalization will meet at the county courthouse on November 18 1907 to publicly examine and correct descriptions or qualities of taxable properties. Taxpayers are required to appear at the appointed time and place. Dated October 28 1907. N Freenet Assessor Lane County Oregon.
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