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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1910
Page
3
A rough river driver Jack Orde battles nature and rivals as he courts Carroll Bishop. The tale follows his endurance, courage, and romance amid the lumbering frontier and stern river life. Need cautions over a dam raise conflict and tests loyalty between rivermen.
In 1872 near a bend in a river a two story mill sits above a pond. Lumbermen at a camp watch a slack current hinder logs. Jack Orde and Tom North discover a six foot head behind the dam sluice. Old Reed, dam owner, is confronted for unfair practices.
In the clear dawn logs drift, workers open the dam, and tension rises with Johnson the mill owner accusing delays. Orde urges compromise to avoid bankruptcy as Newmark joins, while Tom North previews whether the drive ends in peace or war.
Orde leads sixty rivermen against a timber mill owner over water rights. He orders a silent, orderly log clearing with saws and picks while warning guards not to fight. A sheriff arrives with no posse, the men disperse, and the plan shifts to finishing the dam before arrest arrives.
In Davenport and area society notes Miss Betsey Hovis and her husband begin a two week honeymoon near Davenport after a church position. Miss Camile Carroll weds John V Bovard with relatives aiding and guests present. Edith Prescott marries Floyd Wilson Booth in a dormitory reception. Guests admire gifts, cakes, and bouquets as streamers and autumn decor highlight the celebrations.
In New York fashion analysis, mid-season wear dominates as shoppers seek versatile, well cut pieces. Gun metal hues, violet greens, and blue tones lead, with striped browns, hopsack yellows, and a mix of fabrics shaping outerwear. Long and short coats blend tailoring with new double-breasted hints and silk braid detailing to flatter varied figures.
An Richmond County Agricultural Society fair with pigs, pumpkins, races, and city folk visiting Staten Island opens next week. Labor Day plans unfold with the largest parade yet, while unions mobilize thousands for a major demonstrations across Manhattan. Rockefellers attend a Newburg reunion, tube trains link Long Island and Manhattan, and Straus ends pasteurized milk stations next year.
Fashion notes discuss aut umn frocks showing higher belt lines and renewed Directoire details. Emphasis on widened girdles, black velvet on black satin, and abundant fichus with sheer mousseline accents. Demure bodice arrangements and colorful finishes appear at fashionable resorts.
Fairmount reports G W Lewis opening a shoe repairing shop at 823 Columbia Avenue. A E Baundgathe buys a fine lot at Agate Avenue and East Thirteenth Street for future building. Rutledge arrives from Idaho, plans to farm nearby next spring. Residents welcome the gas main extension along East Thirteenth Street toward Moss Avenue and request sewer extension to that region.
At the home of Rev George R Whipple in Elmira on September 1 1910 Roy Ray and Bertha Keeler wed. At W T Cornelius home near Eugene on August 27 1910 Harry E Michael and Myrtle L Cornelius married with Elder J H Moore officiating.
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