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Newspaper
Eugene Weekly Guard
Location
Eugene, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
1
The store invites mothers preparing for the new school term to browse an expanded children’s department with superior quality garments. Cash sales allow lower prices, and the immense stock promises a wide selection for kids this season.
Advertisement notes wear guaranteed Misses' fine ribbed lisle hose offered at 25 cents with assurance of durability.
Taft and party reached Havana at 7 30 AM and met President Palma. An American delegation including Zayas and government supporters headed to Minister Morgan’s house for talks. Six hundred Marines landed at Cienfuegos as discussions continue with both sides seeking peace. Washington signals readiness to intervene with five thousand troops from Tampa if talks fail.
Pacific Coast Lumbermen's Association filed charges with the commerce commission alleging railroad approaches forced dealers to furnish braces weighing 500 to 1000 pounds per car and pay freight on the same equipment. Dealers claim they should not bear freight on equipment provided by roads and say they pay about 210 million dollars annually to Western roads to cover equipment deficiencies.
Corvallis Oregon Sept 1 Norcross of Michigan will coach the Oregon Agricultural college football team The deal was closed last night Norcross will arrive tomorrow or Thursday He has been four years on the University of Michigan team and served as captain and halfback Practice begins immediately with some good material and several old players arriving The graduate athletic manager will be elected at a student body meeting tomorrow
Far Worth Texas September 19 Pierce testimony at St Louis hearing ties Senator Bailey to Waters-Pierce Oil Company. Democrats backed him in primaries yet counties oppose him and legislators may reject ratification at polls. J M Hamilton returns to Eugene after two years in Eastern Oregon to live on West Sixth Street.
Lawton Oklahoma September 1 It is estimated the dead list is low with only nine aboard the smoker when the train plunged into the river three are still unaccounted for though bodies may be revealed as waters subside Survivors recount harrowing escapes while officials report the incident involved the engine mail and baggage cars and one day coach. Rock Island offices in Chicago later said three are missing and hopes remain for their recovery alive.
Florence citizen Wm Brynd reported in Eugene that the Chinook salmon run in the Siuslaw River is unusually strong this season. Larger flies and many big fish have been caught. O W Hurd at Acme and Kyle & Sons at Florence expect a busy season with a large pack. Nethermen work river duties and bring in boats daily. Silversides are starting to appear and storage plants preserve salmon for out of season use. Kyle & Sons new cold storage plant in Florence is now operating, boosting local commerce and meeting demand.
Justice of the Peace R.8 Bryson fined Joe Neal of Creewell 25 and costs for carrying concealed weapons after an arrest following a neighborhood row in which Neal displayed a pistol.
Multiple wedding notices from September include Arthur Donoghue and Josephine Crow wed at a Catholic rectory with Rev O Farrell officiating and a Dexter home to follow. Nola Kever and B E Williams wed at Head on Sept 2 1906 and will reside in Dexter. W Wood and Eula Loneberry married in Albany at 7 30 pm with Rev S A Douglas. they will live in Kinmouth Purse after. Wood is a farmer. Eula is a stenographer and sister of attorney G F Skipworth.
Emma Watson, co-defendant of A. D. Pater, convicted for Oregon land frauds, was released on her own recognizance from Multnomah County Jail today. No sentence has been passed. she has been held since July after surrender by bondsmen. Federal authorities likely secured release in exchange for evidence.
A Welch general manager of Willamette Valley Co visited Eugene en route to Portland after Roseburg. he outlined surveys for a trolley line between Eugene and Springfield via Judkins Point. Hodgson will hire local engineers, Portland crew to follow. The plan also adds a 6600 volt line from Irmpfield to Eugene to double lighting capacity, with work starting soon.
The Masonic meeting ends a week long continuo con clave in this city with a grand banquet to follow. The committee includes Dr. Gee Wall W. M. Preston and Dr. C. W. Lowe. Visitors from Coos Bay Portland Albany Salem Oakland Harrisburg Janction and Dunamuir Cal attend the affair.
Hong Kong faces one of its worst disasters as a typhoon struck at 3 AM, drowning about a thousand residents and sinking many ships including Mountain Eagle and Johnone. Reports say thousands may be dead, with crews lost at sea and bodies washing ashore while the foreign community fears unrest.
The building committee opened bids for the new church. Welch & Maurer of Salem, already constructing the university library, were the lowest bidders and won the contract. Bids from Eugene bidders and heating plant costs are listed, with Welch & Maurer totaling 6157 after heating.
New York Sept 19 Congressman Herbert Parsons, county committee chairman, led a sweeping victory to seize control of the Republican party in New York county. Charles J Murphy of Tammany Hall held his leadership post narrowly as factional lines clashed. Parsons claimed Roosevelt and Higgins backed him and telephoned Oyster Bay for congratulations from the president.
Rev. W. C. Sale, new pastor of the Springfield Baptist church, arrived today from Jane Oregon with his wife. Preaching scheduled for Sunday at 1 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Misses Neva Perkins and Lala Carrin of Cottage Grove attend the teachers institute.
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