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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1906
Page
3
Eugene Weekly Guard N Independent Paper Printing Co publishers listing weekly publication details. Subscriptions priced at 1.5 per year in advance and 82.00 at year end. Entered at the Eugene Oregon post office as second class matter.
A notice lists authorized agents for the Daily and Weekly Guard including W. C. Conner of Cottage Grove J. L. Clark of Creswell and Geo A. Drury of Coburg for subscriptions and related business.
The Guard Printing Co offers new or existing subscribers a one year advance payment of 21.50 for the Weekly Guard and receive a free one year subscription to either the Twice-a-Week St Louis Republic or the Oregon Agriculturist. Existing premium magazines are replaced with the chosen paper at no extra cost. Remittances go to GUARD PRINTING CO. Eugene Oregon.
The Daily Guard reports a major modernization including a $34,000 Linotype machine and an $8,000 plant upgrade. It frames the paper as a long-standing Lane County institution, serving Eugene for around forty years with a history of stability, reliable news, and growth alongside rapid national progress.
The Eugene Guard, now serving about eight thousand people, reflects a growing newspaper history in Eugene and Lane County. The paper notes steady progress over six months, likening current developments to the larger future city and its rising business and population.
A railroad legislation prepared for the upcoming legislature seeks to end unequal freight charges and discrimination, impose reasonable passenger and property transportation prices, prohibit rebates, and curb passes. The bill requires annual disclosure of free passes and mileage books, allows broad railroad discretion except for political uses, and creates a three member governor appointed commission, though enactment is uncertain as only one lawmaker refused a free pass.
Washington reports say the interior department faces a major overhaul after the Keep commission found land office and other divisions deficient. Secretary Hitchcock may have influenced the move as rumors swirl around Secretary Richards’ resignation and Garfield's standing.
Reported by sources, the president will appoint a young Ohionian to head the interior department. Garfield aims to overhaul the department quickly, studying Keep commission recommendations. Land office issues and patent bureau friction cited, while Pension Bureau reforms under Warner reportedly paused controversy and reduced complaints. Eugene residents face Willamette Valley Company pressure if they delay reply.
The Eugene case pits Willamette Valley Co. against city leaders over pumping from an infected well. The Guard urges courts to stop the practice, cites state health powers, and warns a water famine or epidemic would be worse. It condemns the company’s management as robber barons and calls for lawful action to protect public health. The piece also notes a Chicago judge's remarks on murder rates and reflects on delays in court decrees.
The Guard prints Senator Beveridge views on Government Supervision versus Ownership. It argues that if government ownership violates American principles, it would apply to highways bridges postal service and schools. It questions Beveridge’s claim of vast American bureaucracy and cites Southern Pacific dividends as a rebuttal to private ownership concerns.
All counties except Malheur have paid state taxes. The two year balance in the treasury totals 415240.99 with 212512.03 in the general fund and 71883.24 in the common school fund. Idle school funds reduced from 200361.24 to 71883.05 as loans earned interest. Irreducible common school fund holds 3723539.64 in first mortgage loans and 325325 in school district bonds and warrants. Cash on hand stands at 71555.05.
The Republican state committee filed receipts and expenditures from the recent campaign showing total receipts of 333 923 dollars with 313 923 from contributions and 20 000 borrowed from Timothy L Woodruff. Expenses were 352 011 dollars. Major contributors included J P Morgan and Levi P Morton Co 20 000 each Timothy L Woodruff 10 000 Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller Jr 5 000 each C M Depew and Governor F W Higgins 2 500 each.
Department of Commerce and Labor reports Americans bought more than 100 million dollars in luxuries from foreign countries last fiscal year. Diamonds, precious stones, laces, feathers, champagne, perfumes, and smoking goods drive the figure, with tobacco import adding to reach about 125 million. Washington floods cause heavy losses in Castle Rock and railways. Oregon seen as safest region for residence.
Governor Chamberlain declares support for an unfettered river from Portland to the Willamette headwaters and will urge the next legislature to buy the Oregon City locks at a reasonable price to abolish all tolls. He is considered generally correct on public welfare matters.
The county shipped more than 15 million dollars worth of canned goods to foreign nations in the 1905 06 fiscal year. The export list included fruits beef salmon condensed milk pork vegetables lard and butter. By comparison in 1496 the value stood at 11 million dollars.
The San Francisco grand jury has indicted supervisor Fred Nicholas and others, signaling a broad legal shakeup. The movement is expected to trigger greater consternation in certain quarters than previous upheavals.
Advocates deny phonetic reform, arguing for gradual simplification by removing silent letters. They cite changes like catalogue versus catalog and programme versus program, noting broad support from scholars and teachers and widespread adoption by firms and schools. The board predicts eventual, though not immediate, success.
The essay by Professor W. J. Thomas analyzes a distinct morality for women, contrasting it with men's public ethics. It argues purity, reserve, and devotion shape female behavior aimed at pleasing men while women police other women to avoid social censure and the stigma of being an old maid.
A vivid scene describes a carnival atmosphere with marchers on the street. The crowd cheers as a ceremonial or parade float moves past, eliciting pride and ceremonial salute from onlookers. The piece captures local pageantry and communal spirit.
William Randolph Hearst states he will never again be a candidate for public office. The remark may ease anxious politicians in the Empire State who would have welcomed his bid.
Wm. R. Hearst and Dick Croker trade compliments as Hearst in a late interview urges Croker to remain away from the United States during these days of investigation and prison penalties.
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