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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1902
Page
2
A compilation of locals arriving and returning from Salem Portland and other towns. Names include Alicia McElroy Tur spent a day in Salem. Ollie Marquiss and Kirk Bheldoo from Portland. Judge Re Bean, Gary, and many others visiting or traveling through Eugene.
Geod and Lizzie M Miller transfer property to Idano Campbell in Fairmount for 640. Edos Goodpasture sells to Elizabeth Goodpasture for 850. Pridmore and Rhinewault trade land, 00 acres, and Maxwell sells to Humphrey. Mercer transfers parcels in Eugene. Welle deeds to Wells and to White for multiple tracts totaling thousands. Mining and property sale actions pursued by Brubaker, Bragier, and others with attorneys listed. Marriage licenses issued and citizenship papers granted to several individuals.
The czar urged peasants to distrust noble deceit and rely on honest labor and God's commands. The piece contrasts Russian nobility with American moguls like Carnegie Rockefeller and Morgan, suggesting revolutions and tariff battles will alter wealth. It also notes oppressive weather, coastal gloom, and a needed rain.
The report notes limited optimism for rain with winds light and variable across the Cascades. Smog trails over Portland and nearby areas have cleared slightly, with smoke crossing the river basin and humidity dropping to around seventeen percent during a dry spell. Forecaster Beals cautions that forest fire risks persist in the current air conditions.
The piece recalls Portland s 1883 smoke bellows lasting months from June to September with dense haze forcing gaslight use and obscuring the sun, while earlier tellings recount 1853 great fires from the Columbia mouth to the Coast Range, blocking river access and vessel movement.
A W skeful moment inspired Wordsworth to wake his wife to jot a happy phrase. The ritual sparked affection, then dispute, as she grew increasingly disaffected. One night she snapped she had thought of a bad word, deepening the marital strain.
Reported fires sparked by carelessness as campers and landowners neglect to fully extinguish flames. One incident near Crawfordsville scorched a line of fence timber and a neighbor’s barn while another blaze spread across hilly terrain toward Mountain and a saw mill area. fires burned six miles and threatened woodlands and property.
Fragmented dialogue hints Conrie claiming victory and a $10,000 prize. A worried Eprrn references a lawyer and possible legal action. The text reads as a terse exchange with unclear context and potential dispute over winnings.
A baby girl was born this morning to Mr and Mrs Wilson residing on East Eighth Street. The family welcomed the new arrival, and both mother and child are reported in good health.
The Portland Telegram reports a dire forest fire toll with ten injured and one probable fatality. Eighty or more are missing or unaccounted, including sixty campers near Mount St Helens. No contact has been possible with campers in that area, but safety fears may be eased. The scrubby forest near snow-peak bases provides little fuel for fires.
Denver dispatch records local scientists attributing Colorado wildfires to meteor fall theories while noting that careless men with matches and torches start fires. The report cites matches and improper campfires as key causes in the Rocky Mountain pine forests.
In Onotatro Oregon a Democrat criticizes national revolt against the Republican party over trusts. The leading GOP organs defend trusts, claiming they are beneficial, predicting a pattern of opposition then denial followed by endorsement as the party has historically aligned with related issues.
M r Henry Bundy of Jersey City a monopolist of the first order and justice of the peace performed a marriage ceremony. The bride expressed doubt about legality but consented to Bundy serving as both groom and officiant. When asked if he took the woman as his wife he answered I do.
On and off, many women attend church to see others attire while many men go to the meetings for the opposite reason. The passage notes social motives behind church attendance and the contrasting reasons men and women participate.
EuGene September 15 1902 notice announces the annual county church meeting of the Christian Church of Lane County to be held at Fero Hedge October 25. Each congregation of Disciples is urged to elect delegates for the zonal convention. The Sunday School YPSCE and CWBM will be included in the program with representatives from each congregation. All are invited to attend social sessions of the convention led by M F Horn Bee Dist N 6 0C MO.
Sept attended by our Eugene correspondent who visited Rest Cottage and met caretaker Mrs Barbre. She praised country people for appreciating the Rest and noted a town class lacking in self restraint toward others. The writer hopes rural counties continue to deserve her good opinion.
A Tennessee law article states that any person who without malice starts a fire in another’s field or timber land and causes damage to buildings crops or other property shall be fined ten to one hundred dollars and imprisoned until fines are paid. The writer condemns those who start fires to clear land before adequate rain, calling such acts idiotic and dangerous.
A Shedd blacksmith calling himself a bad man from Montana visited town on Sunday and drank heavily. Officer Crowper jailed him, Reporter Dorris reported, and he was fined five dollars. He threatened Watchman Welisee Chamberlin at the Smeede Hotel, then agreed to leave thirteen dollars with the city as peace offering.
A report from Albany Wemoorst details an incident where a man burned a yellow jacket net at Crewfordaville, unintentionally igniting a barn, substantial fencing, and valuable timber nearby. The event illustrates how careless actions can trigger significant rural fires.
A hunter named Bert Templeton encountered a mountain lion while deer hunting along the Blue River. He fired, killed the animal, and reported the beast would weigh over two pounds. he brought the skin home as proof. Also noted is a returning traveler, Wm Templeton, from the Blue River area.
Real estate note offers 120 lots in a south side addition near College Hill Park and Willamette Street with prices from 50 dollars each. The adds describe several blocks near First National Bank, Locust Hill area with 70 lots, a farm house, and a request to arrange payment through a river national bank.
Lane County crop bulletin notes warm and dry conditions with harvests under way. Threshing completed, hop picking progressing with good quality. Prune picking to start next week as one-quarter crop improves. Peaches ripening but light crop. pastures dry.
Ep Howr proprietor announces a strict lodging house near the courthouse with new bedding and furniture, painted rooms, Brussels carpet rugs, outside rooms, and no meals or board provided. Beds available at any hour for 25 cents, located one block from the main business street near the McClung block corner.
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