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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
5
The Portland Railway and Light Company faces possible loss of its franchise after the council denounced delays in repairing tracks and neglect of city street conditions. A resolution directs legal action to compel compliance, citing impassable streets and violations of franchise terms.
Montreal September 10 session opened with pontifical mass at St Patrick's. A public procession will honor the blessed sacrament tomorrow through four miles of city streets led by Cardinal Vapuutelli with a guard including Sir Wilfrid Laurier and other dignitaries. About 75,000 gathered on Fletcher's Field for the open air ceremony as Monsignor O'Connell preached on divine providence and the gathering of world leaders for a sacred rite.
W Dyger of Capital City Nursery Salem reports sale of 5000 apple and peach trees to Hollenbeck and McMurphy, Geo W Taylor and T D Devaney. They will plant on Fern Ranch tracts totaling 67 acres for Hollenbeck McMurphy, 12 for Taylor, and 190 for Devaney.
Chicago dispatch reports Senator Lorimer resigns as a member of the Hamilton club due to the Roosevelt incident. The move follows public fallout and ties Lorimer to the controversy surrounding Roosevelt.
Dairymen of Lane county note that the state dairymen convention will be held in Eugene on December Sth and $th of this year. Several hundred men will attend with important addresses and papers read. A post mortem demonstration will examine the carcass of a slaughtered cow inoculated with tuberculosis germ by Dr W H Lytle. Speakers of national importance are expected. Eugene will extend courtesy and hospitality to all attendees.
The meeting noted one petition about the place and reported the Adams street paving petition from Eighth to Thirteenth as lost, to be taken up again September 12. Bills for grading Jackson from Eighth to Thirteenth totaling 205.61 and Olive from Twelfth to Seventeenth balance 56 were read and ordered paid. Connell adjourned until regular meeting next Monday.
The Lane county fair board will send committees to inter est farmers and stock raisers across the county to bring better exhibits to Eugene September 21 24. Past shortages and weak stock shows prompt plans for stronger displays and possible milk tests weighing butter fat across cow breeds.
Creswell district prepares for the 1910 11 term with a new $10 000 schoolhouse not ready by opening day October 15 expected. Old building at Oregon avenue and Third street to be used meanwhile. Principal P E Baker replaces Hooker. Claire Stacy leads grades seven and eight. G E Richards handles high school work. Edna Weber teaches grades three and four. Miss Richardson to lead primary. Breville notes and local arrivals fill the rest of the item.
J W Zimmerman announces low eastern to Oregon farm loan rates starting September 15. He has sold several farms this summer and expects more. If you want to list farm or acreage, visit his office at the Hoffman house corner of 9th and Willamette.
A Maine parent recalls a four month old with eczema breaking out to sixteen months. The child wore a cloth mask and tied hands before Hood's Sarsaparilla reportedly cured him in months, leaving a healthy boy. The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and tonic available in liquid or Sarsatabs.
A list of students who passed the September eighth grade exams conducted recently at various districts. Notables include Gordon B. Fish Clarence Wagers Claremont Mills Dorothy Collier Paul Drum Lois MacMurphey Berenice Ingalls Fred Beck Mollie Vale Irene Niles Grace Gulliford Carl Tobey Ida Dommersnaes Gladys Martin Lenoy Frances Garrett Glen Morris Ernest McCarty Arthur Keeney Venus Griffin Mary Brown Cora C. Evers Archeie Barger.
J H Gregg the man arrested by Austin Farrington forest ranger in the Cascade reserve on the upper Willamette was bound over to appear for trial in federal court. His bond set at 2500 and he was remanded to the marshal as he could not furnish it. He will be brought from Portland next train. Gregg says he has folks there and can furnish bond after communication. While no direct evidence he set fires the government showed he was present when a fire started and he was bound over.
J. W. Maxey takes charge of Hotel Smeede after purchasing the business and fixtures from 4d M Stark. He hails from Aeree Oklahoma and brings hotel experience. Nine longtime employees remain, policy unchanged, as Stark retires due to ill health and will stay with his family in Eugene.
Aviator Hamilton is reported in satisfactory condition after his machine the Hamiltonian crashed at the state fair race track. The Curtis biplane fell immediately after lowering a world record for circling a mile, completing the circuit in one minute before crashing during the three laps in front of about 20 000 spectators.
Uhlan driven by C. K. G. Billings of New York broke the world trotting record with a 1.58% mile exhibition at Charter Oak Park Hartford. The horse ran 1.58% under wet track conditions, aided by a runner, despite a strong wind and less favorable surface than Cleveland. The attempt aimed to surpass Hamburg Bell's 2.04% mark, and Uhlan's 2.01% mile pace today marked a career high.
The International Bible Students Convention in Portland Maine drew strong turnout as Pastor Russell spoke at Jefferson Theatre. The piece recounts clashes with the Christian Alliance over a rumored 60 000 collection at Old Orchard with half the money only promised, accusing Alliance fundraising of risky, theaterlike tactics while stressing adherence to Gospel clarity and integrity.
A polemic arguing against Catholic and Protestant doctrines of purgatory and predestination. It claims true gospel centers on freedom from sin and death through Christ, urges Bible study, denounces traditional creeds, and envisions a future universal restoration under Christ the Lord.
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