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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
7
The ad touts all wool suits with satin lined jackets at modest prices and coats priced from 10 to 25 dollars. It highlights new Persian silks including stripe patterns and various color choices offered by the retailer this season.
A Dress Goods display offers attractive novelties with heavier weaves in fashion and new colors in quiet weaves. Prices run from 3 to 50 cents per yard, urging shoppers to view them at their convenience.
A 1910 verse by Walt Mason laments low pay for country schoolteachers while politicians waste time and money. The poem praises teachers as builders of the state and condemns Congress for rewarding idle rhetoric over dedicated labor.
WR. J. Clarke a candidate for state printer on the Republican ticket. The Gervais Star endorses his flat salary plan and presents figures from state records showing high profits and graft in the current printing office. It cites 1907-1908 funds and up to Aug 1 1910 totals to expose the financial excesses.
Local store promotes two days more of August sale with heavy discounts on calico, gingham, lace curtains, percale dresses, wash petticoats, linen goods, parasols, ties, and assorted fabrics. Men's suits, sweaters, boys’ suits marked down to mid and low prices, plus silk petticoats and silk hose offered at listed bargains. Also blankets and Panama hats on sale as season shifts.
Tart Schaff and Marx suits promise snappy мод appeal and citizen prestige in Eugene. Priced at 20 or 40 dollars, they claim to offer better value than other brands while elevating appearance and community image.
The Guard urges voters to back William J. Clarke for state printing auditor on the basis of a proposed flat salary, claiming Dunniway's four year profits exceed $111,000 from state printing graft. It criticizes Dunniway for resisted reform and highlights a push for practical forestry policy amid wildfire risks and overreach by theorists.
Oregon timber owners debate fire policy after month of blazes. Many argue total prevention is impossible and favor spring burning of underbrush and slashings to keep woods clean. They contend enforcement of year round fire bans should persist to reduce future losses.
Oregon voters are urged to register before September 15 to participate in the primary. The piece argues participation is essential to good government, warning indifference allows evil elements to gain control and that the primary is as crucial as the November election. It cites Dr. Parkhurst’s quip about politicians and stresses civic duty.
M Svarverud returning from Florence trip reports many Siuslaw residents believe fires in the national forest reserve were set maliciously by foes of the government. While no definite proof exists, locals argue some blazes could only have been started intentionally. Svarverud traveled by stage from Eugene, delayed by fires, reaching Mapleton after crossing cut trees and noting damage to young timber but possible survival of large old trees.
Salem Oregon August 25 Turner Oliver of La Grande filed his declaration to seek the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State. He calls himself a servant of the people who will obey their will and wants that printed on the ballot after his name. Charles P. Strain of Pendleton filed for railroad commissioner on the Democratic ticket. Oliver is a state senator from Union County and a La Grande attorney who has served as county clerk and plans a hard campaign if the party nominates him.
In Omaha, Nebraska, Hugh Carter a former Eugene resident and old soldier died a few days ago. His remains arrived last night and will be buried by the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic.
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