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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
7
The Eugene Weekly Guard lists agents Creswell J L Clark Coburg George A Drury and notes postmasters can receive and receipt subscriptions for The Daily and Weekly Guard. The paper is published weekly in Eugene Oregon at $1.50 yearly in advance $1.00 otherwise.
Almost four million people visited the Seattle exposition which closed Saturday night. A large proportion came from the East and in the coming months the Pacific coast will feel the direct benefit through increased home seekers and investors. Our climate and natural resources are expected to draw more people here.
The experimental ban at Chicago general delivery requires signers before mail, targeting girls under parental consent and wives without husbands' permission. Inspectors say it protects homes from surreptitious mail while thousands suffer, including women in cheap boarding houses and many foreigners. The policy prompts criticism of rights infringement and domestic upheaval.
Government figures for the federal fiscal year ending June 30 report 751 786 arrivals and 196 094 departures, yielding a net population increase of over 500 000. Italians led arrivals with 183 218, Russians about 120 500, with Germans 20 000 and the United Kingdom 67 000. New York accounted for nearly 80 percent of arrivals, with Illinois, Massachusetts and Ohio each taking substantial shares.
The secretary of state's office collected 65,334.58 in fees from Oct 1, 1908 to Sep 30, 1909, up from 53,652.06 in the prior year. Insurance duties moved to a new commissioner March 1, 1909, but auto licenses rose from 643 in the first nine months of 1908 to 1,064 in the same period of 1909, signaling rapid state growth.
A blue book shows pauperism in England rose to 959,848 on January 1, 1909 from 928,671 a year earlier, a 3.4 percent increase. Most gains occurred in unions outside London, while London rose 1.1 percent. Excluding insane and casual paupers, indoor and outdoor relief totaled 830,156, or 23.5 per 1000 population, up 0.6 per 1000 from 1908.
Recorder Bryson reports Eugene in splendid financial shape for a city of its size and urges a special election this year to authorize a bond issue for a new city hall. The plan aims to start building early in the spring, signaling continued growth and momentum for Eugene.
The exposition ends in Seattle after a highly successful run, drawing hundreds of Eastern visitors and delivering broad benefits to the Northwest through increased regional attention and activity.
The piece contrasts chaos in London with fragile monarchies in Spain while noting a budding new world republics cooperation across borders. It highlights a strong winter work buildup in Eugene and optimistic prospects for next year’s construction, praising two years of boosting campaigns and a lengthy telegraphic report from The Daily Guard.
A compact essay by Elbert Bede mixing observations on life and society with humor. It contrasts small home details with wider views on culture, gender roles, taxation, suffrage, and everyday quirks, noting sharp contrasts and social ironies through pithy lines. The piece blends commentary on manners, work, and class with playful jabs at contemporary behavior and public figures.
Independence Oregon October 18 exhausted from starvation Albert Murray the half breed Indian convict who with four others escaped from the Oregon state penitentiary last Friday afternoon was retaken at 345 this afternoon one mile south of Independence on the farm of Will Scott. Murray surrendered after a pursuit by a posse and was brought back to Independence. Nichatich was shot at and fled but later shouted he would surrender.
George Duncan died at the prison hospital at 11 PM after being wounded by Deputy Johnson in Saturday night near Buena Vista. The death closes a fatal shooting that occurred during the disturbance in Salem Oregon. Local authorities confirm the casualty and ongoing investigation into the incident.
Frank M. Eaton and family depart Watertown for Eugene Oregon to begin a new home. Eaton long served Watertown as fire department member and ward school commissioner and was elected state president of the Bottlers Association. The community regrets their departure, praising his civic service and direct yet pleasant manner.
J. J. Jones of Cottage Grove filed a circuit court suit against the Dierston Limber Co seeking 5022.92 in damages. Medley is attorney for the plaintiff.
L F Drister, arrested in Ogden on suspicion of shooting Police Officer C Riley on October 1, confesses to killing him after Riley arrested him for highway robbery. The report notes the confession as recorded in Salt Lake City.
G A Volek from Junction City spent the night in town, staying briefly and continuing on his travels.
Charles T Russell preaches at the Idle Students' Convention in Brooklyn about God’s creation, the fall of Adam and Eve, and the need for faith in the Bible. He explains labor and mortality as consequences of disobedience and outlines the future millennial blessing of restoration and restitution.
The text argues that the Edenic fall introduced knowledge of good and evil, shaping humanity's 6000 years of sin and 1000 years of Christ’s millennium. It links toil and curses to moral development, asserts divine foreknowledge guiding trial, and frames redemption as necessary for mankind to gain true righteousness through Christ’s kingdom.
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