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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1900)
THE BURLINGTON Wants a Route to tbe Pacific Coast. lURVCTORt IN THI M'KENZIE PASS. It hax been authoritatively published that the Burlington A Quiticy railroad would build a line to the Pacific thin year. While in Portland this week tbe editor of the Ohabd reoelved Informa tion (torn a first class ic'iitleman that that railroad already had a purty of urveyors ai work in the MoKenzle pass in the Cascade mountains 'ooklng after a suitab e route. Such a line of road would mean more than we could estimate to Eugene, Lane county aud the state of Oregon. MOHAWK RAILROAD. nr.i. v:ii i,....., ' J- Contract Monday. Last Thursday tbe contract to finish ' tbe grading of the Mohawk railroad wan re-let to Contractor Mason, of Portland. Mr. Maaou lias just fluNhed a contract ou tbe Columhl'i A Southern and will at once move hia supplies Court House items Chattel mortgage f 100 oo Mortgage release 250 00 Mortgage i cleans 175 00 KKAL EHTATK TKANBKKRJ4. tola A Williams and J K Williams to Lulu U MHier, laud In to 10 II 1 w-$1. A n fisk, guardian estate or Lizzie H Msk to F L Chambers, 80 aorrs in t 17 s r 1 e; $2,5. D P Hall to Henry Moore, lot 6, block 1, Bbelton'i addition to Eugene; $36. VROBATR. Elta'a ft I: 1.. ..wl, deoeaaed; June 6, 1WJ0, set for final at ttlement. Inventory and appraisement, $826. Cash and property on hand, $825. Estate of W O Rtearns; sale con firmed, EttaleofK J Custls, deceased ; will protiated. All her property Is be queathed to her children. MINI NO LOCATION. Fuzzle claim, Bohemia, by M F Wyait, locator. NOTARIAL COMMISSION. F W Ostium flies his notarial com mission. MAKKIAGK LICENSE. Frank E Hklnuer and Martha E Tillman. Butte Mooney, 21, and Ada M Dowens, 17. Ouardlan of the young lady riled his written consent. TAX COLLECTIONS. Up to date Sheriff Withers has collected approximately $22,000 taxes. COMMUNITY BENEFIT What a Sugar Beet Factory Does for Farmers. I and rtetlvc ! tha factory I a 1 we lias man aiu fei ucio Ut lbs part . of Colorado, This in aw-uiniug the funnel hlr ail bis work and pays .'t pel day for it man aud two-home team, I and $1.50 for a man ami 75 cent lor ai tmj Delivery In nutaty la est i mated i tit tl pf Ion, but this item of course vari with the di-tamv. and whether' hipped by rail or delivered by wagon. Kail freight ranges from 36 cent to $160 per ton, according to distance. The average yield is 16 tons per acre, which at $4.60 per ton give a return 0 ixAMPii from coioH.no 167.60. Deducting the gross cost of $2: Tbe Orange Judd Firmer .ulli)ifd '-" la 11 tu-t profit f $42.50 per acre. at Chicago, New York unci HpringuVbl, ''en the work Is done by the farmti Mass, one of the most iluentlal "' ''is family aud with his own agricultural papers In the United tams, he dews not feel tbe coat, because States, baa tbe roll owing Interesting 1$ h been done with a very small item In Its Issue of April 14 regardlug outlay of money. tbe raising of sugar beets and the Iu addition to this, the pulp or beet beuetll or a factory to a community, refuse reuialultig afii r the sugar has At this time, a Kugene and I, am- extracted Is a valuable cattle food, county are becoming interested In a h,,,llMK "l t,IH vry " price of 50 cents proposal to establish such an Industry lr ton. This enables the farmer to here, It will prove a much. appreciate.! I greatly Increase hia stook, and besides source of information. making a profit on the animals, keep The great Importance of a beet sugar UP "" fertility of bis laud through the factory In developing agricultural manure obtained. prosperity isjstrikingly shown by the General agricultural prosperity Is results of the Colorado Sugar Man-j'1"1 dearly shown In the price of ufaciurlng Co'a operations at Grand ! ',,a' " 1 '- are prosperous and Junctlou. This coiiioauy has $4(0,000 Invested In this factory, machinery, etc, and $80,000 in farm lauds. It controls by ownership or lease HOOO acre, ut which 1000 will be devoted to beets in 1900. In addition to this area, 3600 acres of beets will be grown for the factory by outside farmers. Some of these Lee's are grown at a considerable di-tance and shipped in have a reasonable expectation of con It uing so, the price of land rises; when they are losing money It falls. What is the result at Urand Junction? Before this factory was established laud was held at $30 per acre; now a fair valuation for sugar beet land Is $00 per acre. For all the farming laud here, the estimated Increase in value caused by the building of this factory. DANISH COLONY Will Locate in Lane County at Once. a 0000 ciass or citiicns. "The start of the biggest enterprise Lane county has ever seen is made," said K 0 Smith to a reporter Utll morning, referring to the sale of his large farm west of this city to a Danish colony. Mr Smith arrived home from Port land on the early train this morning, having been successful In negntlatiug the rale of I2H0 acres of Hue farm inn laud to a company or colonist Ofgajitl atlon of the Danish church. Tbe papers have been made out aud the advance payments Issued. Between the llrst aud middle of May the colonists will begin to arrive, will select 40-aore tracts and at once begin to build their homes Others are auxious to come, as fast as land can be secured aud other arrangements made. Mr Hmltb states that other tracts adjoining his have been spoken for, and there is every probability that the Danish colouy will occupy from 6,100 to 10,000 acres of laud In tbe 0 unity In the next few sears. These people are rated among the finest small farmers In the world. 01 LaM county, ' bail which Hut is none more varied on the entire coast, Mill lie pinH 1 1 1 d hilly devel d, making a laud rich with industry and possibility. bo llfjBpaajsBei res 1 fcV. w . M ft I rw .n Ti I aw, f I IMK " e Q -J - Through the courtesy of Frank J. Hard, secretary of the Mine Owner's Club, Portland, and superintendent of the Oregon-Colorado Mining Company, the Gitakd i able to present to Its readere tbe acoompanying map ol the Bohemia mining district, showing tha Dumber aud form of the locations made. Mr. Hard Is a Colorado mining man of recognized standing woo bas iu tbe past year cast his fortunes with Bohemia ami is using all leglmate meaiiH to adver tise the camp. Ae a result of hi- prominence in mining affairs tbe recent write-up of the district together with this map which appeared In the Oregonian of March 20 was u-prodticed In the Dally Mining Record, of Col rula, the only mining dally In the world. Owing to the great similarity of geological formation of the Cripple Creek and iion-mlu mining dlntrlcls, Colorado mining nipt) of large capital arte beoomlne Intereated In Hohemta aud tho coming season will witness the greatest activity In the history of the camp. bere, including 100 teams, tooomplete the work in days, beginning Monday. Special to the Guard. Portland, April 14. The grading contract on tbe Mohawk railroad has been let to Archie Mason, of this city, who will commence on the work at once. Mr Maaon shipped a carload of flour yeaterday from Albany to hia Mohawk supply camp. His outdt i arrive at Springfield today or 1 Monday, Shipment of material for the steel bridge across the McKenzie is expected any day. Work on the steel bridge at Springfield will not com mence until the branch between Springfield and Wendling is nearly completed. HeeXf.ectBTue rolls were turned over to htm 60 working Marchl5 T )ia, tK t0 be coiected, $140,011.41. STALLION LICENSE. Jim, by U Bchrag. I I cuno mo .....t llu ftVtMM t.. Ii.j the factory by rail. 75 miles being tbe "ZZZ?' J . . - I Mi. 1 ram vi iiiqiu a i--.r.i extreme limit of such shipments. Thoee that are grown within aeven miles, however, are hauled on wagons. Tbe factory s capacity is 400 torn of beets per day, and between 00,000 and 70, -000 tons are needed to meet its require ments for a sugar "campaign" or season. Of tills quantity Iha company Died. Junction City Times: "In Prook oonntv. Oreeoo. April 4, 1900. of congestion of the left lung, DBHInton, raises about 15 ( 00 Urns, and the bal- I f. 1.1 t SySI ...... I... aged 00 years, 6 months and 25 days Wool Growers. A meeting of the wool growers of Cottage Grot a and vicinity Is called to meet iu cottage Grove, Saturday, the 28th day of A prll, tor tbe purpose of organizing a wool gwwara' association. 'Uncle Ben,' as he will be remembered by many, was formerly a resident of this neigh' Thood. He Is a cousin of WesHin'o.i and a brother-in-law of Wm H Itiorn, a resident of Crook BOOnty He was an Oregon pioneer and had many old-time friends iu this neighborhood. ance, say w,u J ions, is grown ny farmers. The price paid is $4 50 per increase of $1,000,000 through the suc cessful operation of this factory. The importance of the beet sugar Industry to tbe farmer cannot be more strikingly shown than in studying the result at Grand Junction. I i.e.. are familiar with tiling lands, and every art which makes ground productive. They are among the best dairymen, and their little creameries, producing butter and Dutch choae will be elements of interest. They will raise poultry of all kinds, and make a profit on it. To the business community, the addition of 200 or 300 families whhln Word fmiu Rowland last evening was that William Coo i ran was gradually falling l'b prospect of living only a short time. Albany I 'einncrat, April 13. Tha dying man Is a brother of the late K BV. bran. Rowland postoflice 1- located about six miles north of the Linn-Lare boundary line. Fruit Growers Mebtinu. A meet- In., of tbe fruit growers of Lane county 1 a small radius of the city will make a was held at the court house this aflr-1 marked change, for these farmers are ton at the factory, making h total j noon. About the only thing considered Industrious and have money. They payment to farmers of $225,000 nnu-1 was the matter of going Into the state will erect a little church In the colony, ally. In growing beets on it own I asmx-laium, or forming a county assocl- Mr Smith has guaranteed to them land, the company employs 800 atlon A mall numlr were present. laborers, and 130 are employed In I hi Dow.nkI). Albany Democrat: "Kdl ter Moorehead, of Junction, was downed for the nomlnatlou of joint 1 factory during the busy aaaaMi Altogether the concern pay $8 ),0)O for labor. This makes a total disburse ment to farmers and laborers of $300, 000 each year. Anyone familiar with with the conditions that prevail In tbe farml ig sections can realize what it means to 1 xpi ml $300,000 ev. ry year In a limited Nrming and village com munity. I means prosperity with a big P. Tbe entire coat of plowing, seeding, cultivating, thiuning, hoeing, harvest- assslstance In building It, which will gladly be given by our ieople. Tbe Kooth-Kelly Lumber Company Is making an eflort lo secure 60 or 100 Danes to work In the logging camps, senator in the face of the Instruction to the Lane county delegation. This waa a ptrt of the game betweeu the Corbett and M 1: e factions." Horn 1'L'RCH ASKri. Moral, Lacb mond & Co, through E C Hmlth, agent, has purchased 200 bales of bops of R it Hayea for 6 cent per pound. and this will serve to bring to I.am county others rf toll people. Tbe magnitude of ihls enterprise can scarcely be estimated. It means that our sparsely settled country dlatriots will become thickly populated with Indudrlou-i people who will make the large farms and ranches bloom like a garaen, It means that tbe reeouroes c.or A TBN-F00T PANTHER. Had Killed a Sheep Near Chil dren s Path An Bxcitlnf Fight. (VrraoK Orovic, Or , April IS. Quite a seiiMBtloti was created here by Fella CnrriO and Dave Mushy bringing In a large panther, which msasured about 10 feet. The "varmint" bad killed a sheep on Kd Jones' farm saVM milea from here, near a trail on hhh children pased to and from aODOul. The sheep was seen by 1 he children, partly eaten up. The panther ran when he heard the chlblr milug, but as soon as they passed, p carried the sheep 200 yards. The best dogs were soon acmhled aud In five minutes the beast treed. He was shot twice through the body, and, as lie felt, a dog grabbed him by tbe throat. The panther held the dog ny Its paws, but was too sick to hurt tbe dog, and was stiot In the head. In all, about l'i shots were fired. Some young huuters leut their assistance by runulng Iu tbe opposite direction. Crater Lake. Few Oregon people are aware of tbe fact that a wonder nf Ihe world exists In the heart of the Cascade rsuge of mountains In Southern Oregon. Imagine a vast pit alx milea in diameter, with almost perpendicular shies 4000 t.. 0000 feet In height, and you have Crater lake. For centuries this lake was knewn to the Indians under the name of l.lao Rook. It was viewed with fear aa an abode of evil spirits, and was the source of many legenda. Crater lake was first seen by white men in 1S63. l'revlous to that Its exlatance waa unknown, except to the Indian trlbea near It. It was first explored In 1872 by a party of four, Captain Applegate being oue of the number, Hinoe then il has been several times visited by dill'erent parties of geologists tha depth of the lake has Ixcu ascertained in many places, and tlie island and Ita orater have been explored. All these various explorations have demonstrated that many thousand years ago an enormous volcano stood where Crater lake is, aud with a height possibly equal to that of Mt Shasta, 14,030 feet, and that the vast accumula tion of molten material within it escaped at a level thousauds of feet below the summit, leaving the mountain hollow, and the summit, having so mu eii of its support removed, fell in and disappeared In tbe molten reservoir below. In the lapse of agea the aiibterranean tires die. I out, and the great pit, from 4000 to 6'W0 feet below tbe surrounding walls, was partially filled by water. The laland, which is about 800 feet high, aud bas a crater 80 feet deep, la claimed by some to represent the summit of tha sunken volcano. Suob Is one theory, and there are strong reasons for believing il is tbe true one. Crater lake Is about six ml lea aoroaa it; hence tbe enormous amount of molten material within it when the voloano waa living. A Harmonious Union. 1 tic Bryan people are very ohsw together this year politically. The Portland Telegram, tba evening edition of tbe Oregonian, even could not And a discordant note. Here is the opening report of convention proceedings In Friday's Telegram: As predicted yeaterday, the demo orals and populists of Oregon have joined forcea and Ibev appear to be as happy together aa twin sisters at a plonio. There may Imsome friction on the Inside, but the fooesnf tbe delegates do not Indicate it, The convention thla ruorulug In dorsed Bryan with a about, and reaffirmed tue Chicago platform. They alao reefHrmed the Oregon state plat toroj of 1898 to aatisfy the "popullstlo brethren." lich-gates go to Kanaaa with with handcuffs 00, and will there vote for the silver speaker to a finish. Portland Convention. The populists and democrata nom inated Senator Wm Hmlth, of Baker oounty, a regent of the University of Oregon, for congressman In the aeoond district. Only 10 delegates attended the middle-of-the-road atale populist con vention. Lane was unrepresented. A E Iteamee waa nominated for pros ecuting attorney. Malm Timber Ma lb. Junction City Times April 14: G. C. Mlllelt has sold his balm timber to the Oregon City paper mills and they have sixteen men with horses and ox teams outtlugand hauling loga to the river. Bualneae Is pretty lively over there. Mr. Mlllelt will receive fifty cents per thousand for the timber and will realize quite a sum from unproductive proaeny. Heretofore balm bas only been consid ered fit for wood aud not very good wood at that.