Roney Secures Electric Road Bridge Contract
L N Roney, noted local bridge builder, won the Eugene & Eastern railroad bridge contract across the Willamette at Springfield for about 35600 dollars. The wooden Howe truss bridge on concrete piers will have three spans and aims to be under way before fall high water, with cars running within seven to eight months. The project plans await completion, and a future steel replacement is anticipated. Meanwhile, car barns and repair shops will rise on University Addition property, and Welch Storey Bingham toured Junction City to obtain franchises for the line beyond Eugene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene & Eastern
Willamette River
Springfield
L. N. Roney
Roney
A. Welch
Lucky Boy Mine May Be Sold Soon
Report from the Blue River Mining district says the Lucky Boy property is about to change hands and the plant will resume operations shortly. The coast’s large forty stamp mill and updated machinery may return to profitable activity after prior losses. An expert was recently brought in to inspect the mine and conduct ore assays in the tunnels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue River
Lucky Boy
Cottage Grove News of the Past Week Highlights
Birth announced for G. M. Kerr and wife a son born August 29 at Saginaw. Labor Day work noted with post office and banks closed. Brown Lumber prepares to mill. logs staged at reserve pond two miles up Bow river. Booth-Kelly works on a new planer and improving the mill flume at a cost of 3000 to 4000 dollars. Delure Hemenway buys half interest in Eby blacksmith shop, becoming Eby & Hemenway. LeRoy Wood joins C. H. Burkholder’s store after selling Wheeler-Thompson stake. West Coast Company mine in Bohemia busy with 35 on payroll. twenty stamps operate daily. more miners hired as winter approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
G. M. Kerr
Cottage Grove
Brown Lumber Company
Bow River
Booth-Kelly Company
Sag- Inaw Tumber
Delure Hemenway
Frank Eby
Fourth Street
Eby & Hemenway
LeRoy Wood
Wheeler-Thompson Company
Oregon
Not Enough Money to Try Pettibone in Idaho
Bolee Idaho September 6 records show only about $3000 remains of the state's appropriation to try the Pettibone case. A special legislative session for funding the trial is deemed impossible. The state auditor will not issue deficiency warrants. The Pettibone trial is scheduled for October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolee
Idaho
State House
Doctors Remove Large Breast Tumor at Eugene Hospital
Dr L W Brown assisted by Dr F J Thine conducted a forenoon operation on Mrs Smith recently from Pond Oregon at Eugene hospital to remove a large breast tumor. The operation was successful and the patient is progressing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Brown
F. J. Thine
Smith
Pond, Or
Eugene Hospital
Indy Jie
United States Leases Vladivostok Dry Dock Area
A Shanghai dispatch reports the United States has secured a five year lease on Norwick Bay near Vladivostok and has leased the floating drydock at Vladivostok for the upcoming winter season.
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Berlin
Shanghai
United States
Norwick Bay
Vladivostok
Outlook for hops gloom in present market
The hop situation in Europe differs from the coast with Germany and Bohemia expected to have large crops and English quality fine though below average in quantity. Oregon and Washington crops show mold and uncertain yields possibly as low as 75 000 bales for Oregon and 40 000 for Washington. Prices remain depressed with growers often receiving 7 cents on 1907 contracts and recent purchases show minimal values. Salem Journal reports Nels buying last year’s growth at 5 cents and 4 1/2 to 5 cents from other buyers amid a depressed market.
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Europe
Pacific
Oregon
Washington
Kola Nels
B. Cady
Benton County
Evans Fleet to Pacific and beyond plan
New York dispatch notes in the Times that Admiral Evans fleet will not confine to the Pacific coast. The plan calls for visits to California Hawaiii and the Philippines then returning via the Suez. An Atlantic fleet is planned to replace Evans with the New Hampshire flagship ready for commission in January.
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New York
Evans
Pacific
Times Today
Hawaiii
Philippines
California
Suez Canal
Atlantic
Navy Department
New Hampshire
Dr. King’s New Discovery Endorsed by Richmond Citizen
A local Richmond resident A. D. Williams of 107 West Main Street extols Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal remedy for weak lungs and respiratory ailments. He claims it cures asthma bronchitis croup whooping cough quinsy hoarseness phthisia and stops lung hemorrhages. Guaranteed at W L Delano’s drug store with 50 cent and one dollar sizes and a free trial bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
A. D. Williams
West Main Street
W. L. DeLano's
New Copper Wire Line From Ashland to Portland Under Way
Work has begun on a copper wire line from Ashland to Portland equipped with an improved quadruplexer, a major telegraph advancement. A test line extends from San Francisco toward Ashland, expected to reach this week, with a separate future line for Harriman lines only.
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Ashland
Portland
San Francisco
Harriman
County Health Officer Reports Births and Deaths for August
J W Harris county health officer filed August's report with the county clerk noting 21 births and 11 deaths. Births listed across Eugene Thurston Springfield Junction City and other communities. deaths include multiple sclerosis cholera infantum old age and pneumonia.Two contagious disease cases were scarlet fever. Overall a splendid record.
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J. W. Harris
Archie Smith
Eugene
William Fyler
Thurston
William
Marcola
Franklin
W. Kain
Springfield
Finley E. Roberts
Wiley J. Huddle
Delma Hayden
Jonathan McKibben
Lorane
Robert E. Dersham
Creswell
John Freeman
Junction City
William T. Clark
Jease Fountain
Elmira
J. W. Keit
Walterville
C. Quantrel
George M. Kintzley
Jesse C. Campbell
G. M. Keer
Saginaw
Henry Debeau
Munsey Goddard
Irving
Harris
Eva Esther Burgess
William Eugene Driple
Otter William Gigstad
John Kizer
Minnie Peterson
Louis Hayden
John Isham
Mary Starr
Elnora Peterson
Edward Christian Olsen
Belknap Springs
Lelia Maud Cellers
Monroe Enlarges Eighth Street Store
G. K. Monroe, the West Eighth street furniture dealer, has rented the east room of the Dunn block to fit it up as a store room for his increasing trade. The business, started five years ago with little capital, now fills two large rooms with goods and a thriving, self-owned operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. K. Monroe
West Eighth Street
Dunn Block
Eugene
George
Many Burned to Death in Hotel Fire at Shelton
Tacoma dispatch reports the Webb Hotel in Shelton burned last night killing ten or more and leaving several unaccounted for. Names among the dead include Miss Ivy Bailey Miss Gay Pearl F Larson and Dan J Hennessy. Eleven to fifteen believed dead with seven bodies recovered and logsellers and railroad workers among the missing. The three story frame building had stairs to the upper floors with cries for help from windows as residents leapt to escape the flames.
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Tacoma
Webb
Shelton
Oregon Rifle Team Makes Good Showing at National Meet
Dr. Geo E Houck and Roseburg shooters Hamlin Johnson Stewart Shields and Ferguson returned from Port Clinton Ohio where Oregon finished 17th with 3117 of 4200 possible. Navy team won 3397. At 1000 yards Oregon scored 437 of 600 to rise to fourth among higher finishers. Corporal A Q Johnson earned 10 dollars for fifth in the Press match with 47 of 50 at 500 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Houck
Oregon National Guard
Roseburg
Port Clinton
Ohio
Roseburg Review
Hamlin
Johnson
Stewart
Shields
Ferguson
Oregon
Navy
Oregonians
Oregon Marksmen
Seagirt
N. J
A. Q. Johnson
Chinese Cook Weds White Chambermaid at Vancouver
Fon Gow a Chinese cook at the Oregon and later Graham married Miss Rilla Farman in Vancouver Washington. Rilla known in Cottage Grove as a chambermaid with Lorane roots. The couple faced a delayed license before Gow’s attorney prompted Multnomah County officials to approve the license.
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Fon Gow
Oregon
Graham
Rilla Farman
Vancouver
Wash
Cottage Grove
Rilla
Gow
Lorane
Portland Journal
Multnomah County
King Edward Stirs Divorce Case in England
Lexington report states a divorce suit filed by Lewis T. Brown against Margaret Johnson Brown on abandonment grounds. The case stems from an estrange ment blamed on King Edward of England, whose attention to Mrs Brown at a theatre prompted a dispute and eventual separation. Mrs Brown is daughter of Claude M. Johnson, former European agent of Hoe Press Company.
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Lexington
Edward
Ongland
Herit
Lewis T. Brown
Margaret Johnson Brown
Brown
Claude M. Johnson
Hoe Press Company
London
Faculty lineup announced for Drain State Normal School
The Drain State Normal School reveals the next year’s faculty with President A L Brigas and staff across disciplines. Henry Ambler, a Corvallis real estate figure, has sold his property and plans to move to England.
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Drain State Normal School
Drain
A. L. Brigas
Brown
Dell D. Smith
Acience
Gertrude Johnson
Maude Miller
Vera Hyers
Mise Verne Tracy
Nell Richmond
Mise Alla Spalding
Misa
Arda L. Edwards
Misa Daisy Hoover
Ella Brown
Henry Ambler
Corvallis
England
Harriman Not Ready to Build East of the Mountains
E H Harriman arrived in San Francisco from the north and said Central Oregon is fine land but unlikely for expansion soon. He cited scattered communities and short crop seasons as unprofitable for railroad development, and noted the money market hampers growth though he expects a quick financial recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
E. H. Harriman
Oregon
General Robert E Lee Ballard's Snow Liniment Ad
An old testimonial ad touts General Robert E Lee as the greatest general and Ballard's Snow Liniment as the universal cure for pains. J H Pointer of Hempstead Texas testifies the product has long been used in his home for rheumatic pains and is always on hand. For sale by Linn Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert EL Lee
Ballard
J. H. Pointer
Hempstead
Texas
Linn Drug Co
Eugene Board Elects Teachers as Fall Term Opens
The Eugene board of education chose Maude Gallogy as high school teacher and L. Alderman wife of the city’s new superintendent as art teacher at Geary school. Alderman’s pay depends on time. Bowman named janitor at Geary. Geary floors completed. heating plant and Patterson school remodeling underway under Theo M. Barr contract. Fall term starts September 26 with teachers institute beginning September 23.
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Eugene Board of Education
Reisner
Maude Gallogy
L. R. Alderman
Leone Kays
Portland
Alderman
Bowman
Geary School
Geary
Patterson School
Theo. M. Barr
Salem
Teachers’ Institute
Hebert Seeks Divorce Over Cruelty in Springfield
Mrs. Lara Alice Hebert of Springfield filed for divorce from Jas. Clarke Hebert in circuit court on cruelty grounds. They wed June 8, 1893, in Lane County and have four children. She alleges repeated assaults including kicks, fist blows, a knife attack, clothing torn, a hat stamped, and threats to kill. She seeks custody of two daughters and costs. attorney is C. A. Wintermeier.
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Lara Alice Hebert
Springfield
Jas. Clarke Hebert
Lane County
Earl
Elgie
Mattie
Hazel
West Point plebes clash over silent treatment order
New York dispatches report a confrontation between the plebe class and Colonel Robert Lee Howse, the West Point commandant, as he threatens to discharge the entire class unless cadets are spared from the silent treatment. The cadets reportedly intend to stay firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Point
Military Actamey
Robert Lee Howse
United States Army
Howse
Knapp Infant Born In Eugene At Home Last Night
At the home of V. McFarland in Eugene last night a two day old infant daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Knapp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. McFarland
Eugene
Frank B. Knapp
Elizabeth Emerson Fisk obituary from Barre Vermont 1835 1907
Elizabeth Emerson Fisk was born in Barre Vermont on July 20 1835 and died September 24 1907 aged 72 years 1 month 12 days. She married Alvah H Fisk at Concord New Hampshire on September 2 147. Alvah died December 2 1902. Survived by four children Horace H Fisk Walter E Fisk Mamie Fisk and Fred Fisk. She was gentle loving and sought to make life a garden of Eden spreading kindness and sunshine and always helping those in distress. Home remained her sacred shrine.
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Elizabeth Emerson Fisk
Barre
Alvah H. Fisk
Concord
N. H
Horace H. Fisk
Walter E. Fisk
Mamie Fisk
Fred Fisk
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M. Svarverud
University Addition
East Thirteenth Street
Southern Pacific Railroad
Junctions
Welch
J. O. Storey
I. H. Bingham
Mr. Welch
Council of Albany
Mr. Bingham
Mr. Storey
Junction
Pettibone
Vladivostok Dry Dock
Uncle Sam
Pacific Islands
All Humors
Hood
Monroe
Eighth Street
King Edwart
Miss Maude Gallogly
L. BR. Alderman
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DAE
Stacet
Cide Guarantee & Trust
J. Thorburn Ross
George H. Hitt
T. T. Burkeary
Joan E. Artcuiso
H. Kopr
Washington St
Col
Miles Sorene Pilla
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