The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899, August 07, 1897, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3 It. s L p si AD JA. JtmBUSIICn VGR THE DlMEWlTloa 0? DESOCRITIC rElNCIFLKS. AD TO FUJI IX ncSEHUVlM FT TOR JWHT OP OIK BROW KUGENK, OK., SATURDAY, AUGUST 7 181)7. NO .'52 vol o m 1 -x lit WEEKLY EUGENE GUARD. U CAUPBELL, PUBLISHER nl Wlltsim-lte between ., intuit -Ksl side j(V,ll. nJ KlKhlh HlreeM. TEKMH OK Hi.llsi'KUTloS: Out ! . ! r ! tn Monti"- , Advertising 'ate made known on application. S2.0O. too .60. business letter to Gl'AUP, j S. LUOKEY JJ DEALEU IN Clocks. Watcher, Chains. Jewelry, Etc. BKPAIUIS" PROMPTLY DON E. r-.lll Work Warranted.-! L W. BROWN, M. D. Physician n nd Surgeon. tltlics nJ rwi'l-nc over ptotfice. Iloum; 1$ . m.;12to2.6to9,,n1. 'J3. O- CRANITE AND MARBLE p,ui,.llc Marble and CirHiilte, Monuments. l(..Wtiiti aud Cumetcry work ol all ktads fur IS. ALL WORK GUARANTEED ! PiKtnmm. Kusi'iie, Or A llimii' lio nireci. & C. WOODCOCK, Attorncy-at-Litw. , block soull) o! Chrlmnairi Block. Kl-UESK, : ORKUON. .,.. t mm. n. K. E. KARKLi 7 utnus s. " UTTOReHUAW. IK.c. - Wit; pi act U'o III hII tho courts of utate. ( mi win W. Hon tlock. JOHN C. CHURCH. Fiom the Tup ol tlie New Sta'iuii to Ibid MONDAY, Jl'LYtl. V Y Scott of Creswell, was In Eu gene today. O p Hon", of Irving, spent Sutnluy In Kugi ii. L (i Iliilin, of Creswell, wn- in l'.i:- ! gene today. ' "ali-iii I A RICH STRIKE. in-'.'IHV, Jl l.Y iiu.liv is now crowd- The CLauncfj L. L. WHITSON, DKXTIST. In tlie ! slid ollice. Croon and Bridg work t Specially. .E, dROWN. "dildent. R n PAINE. VlccPretldant THE F.W.0S3UR N weiic Loan BANK, Of uigene, Oregon. at'TOUS-l). A Plo. J- ,, i K Holmison, K. W. Unburn. I alt Dd Capital, : ' Geieral B inking Business Trai sactcd lima denoilU. .. .. .. - ..I n mir rnr" Will receive l OIlVllUOUB Dinnriv - rcinvt attention Lane County Bank. (H.U'.lUheJ In liW.) EUGENE, OREGON. A general Banking business In all branches transacted on avorable terms. A. O. HOVEY, Prwiidriit. J, M. A1JHAMS, Ciwhier. A. O. HOVEY' JR.. Aswt a-.i'. S, B.F.akim, ('! 1 T. 0. UuriBioM, i'rwiilcDt. P E. SsoDORA-, Awj-tant I'tii T. U Mmi Ot Eugeno. i raid up Usb UpItsino.OOp Surplns and Profits, 50,000 Eugene - - Oregon. A ..trl biking bti!so .'." ''"".V llnrn. hU,t .irr.f-J '-a NSW V'll.K. rtilCACI). Kll VN' IiOO t I VUUI lANU.OKtiRlN. ' . Dilli ul ich; mU on ( .ruU cotu.tn. n'r -!i'irwCTi7linbJ-tt3 tr U J lllii. . AU ocllfclluM otfwv.J too wi!l r-)i-funV. atUuiUoo, .tu lll Itropct ird llll.-n Dnllv C.i;rJ , Augnl ... At tin tint cml of Kiuliih .rii't atiiuit 1 o'l-liH'k Imlay one of lOnm-M-'.. old and liiulily n(.ec i-d citi.iiiii l,t U'im life. Wnrk ui the now building of tliii E igi'iie Klwtrif Lllit (.'onii.uny lm tn-1-ii juihlifd uloni; rupiilly it" " ry I'llutt Iiuh l-tcii iiiudt to opiMiiti' Hu ll i . i- I'hint ul one Hun Julm C C'liurrli was out' of 1 1 it cum pui iv mid i:m l.ci'ii lulxirni); dili s;li i ly til-. The lui-l d:iy or (wo In lias Imh-ii niitiiiK I lie wnkiiii'ii l.y paiiilinir, and ut 1 o'el. tk wi'iit om l lie Minf up tliiM UHt K ile to print IIku-. Hut a i-t.ort time iif.tr li to-uutu! t lie nf.., ,i tnpid crnplii: on li.e rcnf was liciird, and In f..re 11. e woi klnguieii could Rrt to tlie ullitT Hid.i lie li:id ulippt'tl to tlio edge of tlie loof, and fallen J.l fi-t l to the nmtind. alililiiii; on liis I .:i-k . A ffiv i.'(iiiviili-ive up anil lie wus u:u. Th 1 1 To tlu'. o loni; li id U'i i mi liunor to tlie i'im itiiiniiy would liiT.i'i-fiirtli lie l.ut a mt'ijiory. It liud all liappeiitd ho Hiiddenly t'.iut it is hardly known jn-t liow Ihe aflnir liapjit ne I. Mr Church was on Hit ronf alone, tin I It Is evident he tdipped and w.i nuiilile to reiraiu his foot I n jr. although the roof was noi nteep und tut "livts use d uy the carpeiiti rs w ho nail, d I l.e shii L'l h weie hlill on. A youiii-r mid inore i.ciive man could liavf until u1 ledly caught himself in tiiuf Tint wnr uni'ii on Hi luildmi; had li'-en uv-rye to having Mr Church go on tlie ronf to w.ii'k, hut in hlshtiriy to h vve the building completed he eon s' d r.d no', that Jdanger lurked; there. Or ilr 'n the Hist phjsichiii to nrriv. h i the so-ne, pronounced I im dead. TlieueM" t-pread rapidly and in a few limn. ems n huge number of ci'i.eiis vieie nn the ground. I lie remains were t.iln-ii at once to D.iy i lleiider soii'.s um -leitakiiij parlor to bo pre puled for luli-rinerit. From here they will be re move to his late home, wheie they will lie in Mute until tlie funeral occurs. O.i cxi.'iiiualion It was found that his l.t-ck wan I'K.ki n,id.-o the I- ft arm between the ui.-t and elbow, (John C t lmrch was born in (ien essee toun'y, New York, June 1 v',4, but was e.lue.ited in Seneca county, Ohio. In 1Si2 lie i-rnssetl the plains to California, hut returned to the Eastern states after a residence of six years. He then enlist' d In tlu Second Keg-' iment, Iowa Cavahy, and during his four yearn service wai mostly orderly a-rgeillil oi m. v., oeniu 'i""""vu aflerwanU to a second lieutenancy, but for which he did not receive his ommissioi). After a short stay in town, he removed to Lhcoii couiiij, Missouri, aud there resided until IS.-', when lie came to Oregon, and to Lant county. In the all f thul year he viiibarktd . t in the hard .i ure lniMiiess wniu r Kol inoi), with wlioiu he has hieii as sociated ci ii-tunlly to the lime ol ins death. In l flnu of Hob niwu & Church sold to Starr, (irinin &. Ilrown, which in tin n was mccceded by the tirillln HaiiLvare Co. hli.ee inai time, Messrs Church and Knblnson have been ns-ociated In the ideclric light business. Dccea.-eu was at one time tmsMciit of the Eugene Loan A Savings bank, but owing to other Lusi- m. Interest resigned the same, and whs succeeded Ly W E Urowu.the niesellt 1, resident. Dticeu.cd has !UUd several public oillees with great credit to all concern ed. Ho was in bS) appointed county judge of Lane county, ly Governor Voody, to till the unexpired term of Judge C V I- itch, U.ceiisfii. in 10,0 he was elected a mcuiht-r of the coin, muti council of Eugene. Elected ,. .in In 1SS4. he . ucceeded him-ell in ls-.i. making at all I linen a Judicious eoiiseientious omcer, hringJng to the public tlie expel ience of years as a sm -i...ful business man. Mr Church was :i meuihtr tf UiS t.lue lodge, A I'iA M, It A M, and .oiniiisudery. He also was a member of Spencer liutte lodge and Wimaha'a encampment, I O O F, the A O U V ai il U A H. The sad blow fallB with severity up- a loving wife and four thildrtQ, Wiit, Earl, Ermine and Curtis, bf 'snhs'the entire population, for he n . . . ... :owu, loen aui iroji.-- ' 1 nve ui.iuc mo..- Secretary. Kiucald went to this uinming. I J H Welder ami wife are visiting in San Francisco. I Attorney J E oung relun ed home this afternoon. T and C S Frank and families are at McKen.ie Itridge. l'rof I. C Carson returned to Port-J bin I this morning. Win D.irant has returned from S.i lllias city, California. .Miss Itosalie Friendly leturned home this afternoon. Mel Wurntr returned fiom Coi Hay Saturday evening. A It Seal, of San Fiunclsco, was do lug business in Eugene today. James Ihlliiian hn-1 family will st irt down from the springs Wedius d ,y. l'rof I) .larvis, after a short visit in Eugene, u-nt to Portland this fore noon. Mi-s Jis-ie Fellow s id Sprinelleld, is making In r home with Mr und Mrs J liElliMin. Attorney Woodcock returned from Fol-y Springs this morning, much im proved In health. Hon T (1 Hendricks and wife leave f ir Foley Spr ngs in the morning to spend a few weeks. Miss Catherine CCoggswell r. tumid on Saluiday evening's stage fiom a tiiji to Foley FpiingM. Hon Max l'.uteh, of Ashland, peci ul iigeiit of the U S land olllee Is in the ci'y on olllcial business. I, H Fields, of I'm tli'iul, superintend ul of the S 1 K It lines in Oregon was in Eugene last evening. lr Prentice aud w ife will leave for their homestead near Creswell totucr row, lo spend a few days. Mi-s Jennie Sinitsoii, the subject uf the terrible railroad accident nt Spring lU hi. i-s recovering lileely. Chris Itarstch returned to Portland this forenoon. He expects lo leave tor Cloudy t e about the 10th. Mis Emma Tho:;ipo 1 and Miss Si e Dmris returned home fr m a ihort ttip lo Yiupiina I5ny this afternoon. Pnf MeAlister and his father, Dr MoAlister, went to Newpoit this morning as also did Prof Condon and Prof Dunn. Mrs K, 11 Friendly and children Lave on tonight's train for Castle Crulir In California, where they will - n ' spend a month. Juduo Hubert EaUu and wife, of Union, Oregon, spent Sunday in Eu- gene visiting relatives and menus. They left for their home on this fore noon's local tiaiu. J H Donald and family, f Huktr City, are visiting frieuds In Eugene, being the guests of David Cherry and wife. Mr Donald lor several years n me time was in buslmss iu this city. A horse race was run at the Harris track Saturday afternoon, .hiu jarm. betweeii Uranium's sorel mare aua Cullv's horse, the wluner to take hclli aiiiiiials. ltrantion came out victorious and now has two "race" hors-s. Co taire U.ove L'ader: Mr lXirwiu liristow's little daughter, Dorothy, fell and broke bonis of the foiearm, W ed- iie.il.iy. Dr Wall was called and ie din ed the fradure aud the lltt'e one Is gating along as well as could be ex pected. Pale Mine at Rich in Md. A mil rreml.iil. ltlT iut.l, All .' It F Dorrls, H M Diy m.d C D.iyle returned hist evei ing Jmni trip to the lllue Hlver mii im; di-trlol I about 41 mile east of Emn-ue. lhey brliiL' news of. 1 ich dlscoieiy iu that district. It Is in th- old rv.-h.Ui'i ' I I... !! II..I.. I III. Of, UOV, lll-lliu l' . . . ' ' . of Portland. He has a tunnel In (mid Hill, sixty -two feet and the reek Is rich in gold, lie fore the geirlcuien be gathered up a half pau of fie debris 1111 e by b'a-tnu and pa.iiied out nwi ? in gold. They also crushed some of the lock and found gold In lil- ial ipiautities. Mr Dale says he has a Pol Hand cap italist backing him, who will soon erect a mill on the ledge. From I he ace until sce.ns as if l.e has a propeiiy that will m ike l.im Mill. The I'.lue liivi r Mining Co will nsm put a force of nn 11 to w ink 011 their pro, city. I; ai-n pro-peets will. Only about twelve men are now ..... I... .ltl ri..t ). 1. noi mi iiw ..in... v., .,,,,, I I.,,!,, If Ihls district was located in fro.cti .it ..... l!..'-.. il ...,'.! I... .urmllil vi lli .'H'" l.' H I humaiiii v. WAiioN IIDAD. Tin-gen' lenieii also went over the proposed extension of tho wagon road into the mines. They report that a 111 it class road can bo bad, and parlies have ollVred loito the work for the small sum of Js,-,"!, Thecommls loners court should let the contract nt once for this improvement. A petition ofa large number of citizens lias Ih-cii se cured and died. On It l a largu num ber of our wealthiest citizens. The Eugene I- id Willi OS'Kts Hon 11 It MilUr aiiivtd up nficiiionii train. Dean EC S.iudeisin arrived this aftcriioi'ii. Mi-s Mamie Fi-k is ennllncd to her homo w ith illness. Henry Lang, the Portland ilriMimier was iu the cliy today. Mrs Hugh Thompson w. nt to Go shen this afternoon on a visit. Hon T G Hendricks and wife went to 1'ohy Springs this morning. MrsJE Nolauil aud children, of Cre.iMll, are vl-itiug in Eugene. Collector, icpoit that yesterday was a fairly good d.n- i i thcr line or tnisl ncs. Thanks to A I fie J Kiikhind for sever aloi hs of the I. ndon Ilhistiated Ni-w. Walli r Jaclrsoii, f Junction, was iu thecity. lie now goes 011 but one crutch. Miss Ida Ni ll'siiigi r nturticd Lome on the afternoon local from a tilp to California. Fr.iuk A'dey and family went to Ci't'a;:" Grove this tiltern i m to spend 11 few days. Tlie mercury at Klondykc rcachtd UT iihove Ibis umimer and 72 below last w inter. Mrs S 11 Fiieiidlyaud children left fm ( Vtlc CraU resort on hist night's IMP l'Ah.GiKM'lIS. Tlio Lice llaio Kuiued S ic I Yards .Near (iervais. of the1 Kuueral Services. lisilv liuirU Almost .'. The luilelal services of the late Prof ...... k ...) S K Jlcl lure occurreu yesteruay 1 ie- uooii ut 10 o'clock, at the family resi dence, corner of Ninth and Piilteisou streets. The vocal and Insfunicntnl music was superb, which was iinilei the supervision Mr L G Adair. Prof Thos Condon first poke, pnyinj! tlie deceiiHed many well dt served com pliineiits. Then It- v V 8 (ii'd elt addressed the people. His reiiiaiks were shoit but eloipiently spoken, and were ipiite ap propriate. The Interment took plaeo in the I O () F cemetery, Eugene Lodge A V & A M, of which deceased was a member, conducting the services, Master E O Potter being iu charge. The nnll bearers were: Profs John Sliiiub, E II MeAlister, F K Dunn D VK Held, Dr Council and Mr E K Henderson. It was probably the most largely at 'ended funeral that ever oceiired in this city, It being estimated that over U,"00 ienpU) attended. , HI niemoiy will be kept mined by our citizens. Ills loss is sincerely 111 umcd by the people generally. Stallord started this morning for Hal-ey where sho will visit with the family of nn uncle. Hr Prentice and wife and John (Hay and family h ive gone to lln.r home steads above Cii-swidl for 11 few days. Joo Pepiot of Gate Creek was' ill town today nid reports cosldernble travel on the upper McKen.ie ltriuge. Pior F. It Mi Elroy returned to New unit on the morning lo.nl, where lie will in In attendance on the summer school. E l and J no Whitney and Hulpb niuuili-y started yesterday for tlio iini. 1 Santh'iti country on ahunt'iig trip. I II MeCl.ice: and daiigh'cr, Misi Margaret, have tomorrow for an outing of two or ll.rce wee l'.riit,;e. '1 be CloiiiHke talk Is Increasing lu Eugene. It Is ipiite likely that seVeial of our citizens will leave for Ahuka be this lime next year. on the j Sunday's Salem Statesman: "Mf- home : Kinley Mitchell, of (iervais, was pi 1 Slem yesterday having bus,iie-s lo transact at the court house. His w iu acompanled him. Mr Mitchell Is a ,'oniniisslon merchaiit m d iijs (be prospect for a good hop crop on French prairie Is not very encouraging, owing to the presence of tlie p sby little hop louse which has taken complete pos session ol tlio vino in that vicinity Some yards are coin pletely destroyed. That the market will open at a good price theie Is little doubt, he snvs. "The local bop men are lu I doing a rushing business t prc-eiit and no new contracts have been r ported this week. The market yesterday was rc ported Isdow !) cents for the new crop. The lice tiro becoming more numerous notwithstanding the active ue of the sprayer throughou. the yards iu the county." They Are In It ow. I'tsterday's Orcgonlan: Tlminai II Parrolt, living on the East side, Is a re t 'tl.'Uler for the eiifor eemeiit ol tlio gaum laws; but it was hardly thought h.i would furnish evidence to c n vict I. is own sons 1 lo recently res clved a letter from his sou MJ lK" who Is at Foley Springs, and who wrote to bis father that ho and his Itrother Archie, with other of the part , had killed several deer within UM yards of their camp, and that game is abundant there. Mr Parrott gavo out the i. "formation for publication, and yesterday the item fell under tlie eye of ( iaiiie Protector McGuire. This istheclosi season for deer, and, as Pio ector MtGuIro has been exciting himself to secure thu conviction of other- -or violating tho gamo laws, lie says he cannot consistently overlook his Eust Side friends. When "Jlgc, and his brollnr Archie return home from their iiiountiaii cruise, both will l Interview ed by the game protector, and thoy limy as well bring a haunch or so cf venison with them as convinc ing evidence of their story. Sr.... t-U s. - I . t IM' i I 1. : r--: -.: v. : ; , - y. :r -w i l i ..; I iv a U'..l. !l : I ii f i .il.-; llllli-Ki .i- p-l.l.r LUi U p..;-..! j. u. 1 1 . i I ; ' 1: W.l 'S -Jin't , t.,li:;:gKh . a'i nature, ;.l up by .. ;i I 'ii:s on . : i.l-.i-n:iia-- r l.lver , l.'.UUINS i j. It also i'. i r'pe'lv at tree from .Mted, I.OODwhrn t .-in, and that i i-; t active. .I!J hA tlie MM.MONS i" SIMMONS ni. 't i: ths A.i. r rr 'u H.pilJ .i l.v. -I the 1 IV! 1 KHviU 1:lIj . ni every .il.. . . . :v ;'ll nl''. 1; t r i:. i Co., I'lilluileli'Mu, V. liltl .M II td' PKOM1SK. J. id it II Colctl.a'l Stb hj Saridi I" d For Pierre ifl 0,(10 I'm!)- (.iinM, Atimi.t I III the clerk's oiHoe this aftornoou a complaint was tiled of a sensatloual nature. S. rah E Pierce lit s Instituted nil mjainst John H Coleman for breach of marriage promise. Sho ask the ni-dest sum of Sin.iMH) and costs. Sho c'aliu.s l.o agreed on the llith of March to marry heioliApr'l ., and that bo refused, and sin) wants the a.r.etini for wound ed allccliens. We beli-ve thu case liguied In tho clictii t curl once l i fine. G V Kl.iscy Is attorney for the plain till'. Win el ill'' Itt III. Johnston in Spokani:. C W John i ... .., M,.K..i,l..Utou, formerly register of tlie US land ir til, 'v - f . oftlee at Hoseburg, wliogoi nini eii iu ti trouble at New Oiluius early this mouth, by representing h nisclf to be n internment ulllelal. ill an t llort to n - secure rallria I trnnspoitallon, is now nt HuoliniiH. Ho has become very Mrs Muiie Lllhgow and dii ugl ter .Hy many of his former acipuiint- ..iis. .I.... ill - - . sturto i yesli rii iy on a visu m n i um -UW!, w,,uld hardly r cognize mm home in Pennsylvania, lhey will no ow It has been understood In Spo- tilisent about tlireo months. aIMJ iml ,,, removal from oftlee last Albany Democrat: Tho state teach- May was simply duo to polities, and . il.... ..I V..U'l.f.rt I -..1.1 .1 1 1 1 .... I M.....I. l.ntm l..,..n ers association inceunn i -1 miim w ilia miiurai u-'in im." ..... was undoubtedly a failure st) far mb I twIllliiK him Unit a gold democrat attendance Is concerned and perhaps holding office had to go the same as generally. others. Tho records or tlie treasury Mrs James Hearvey, who has boeu department will llKoiy snow mo rem i.uiiin,, her brother j M Stallord, on I cause or ins removal, rrom mo n i ii.'.. tii,iii-L. and relatives ill Eugene, that Johnston Is now In Spokane, It Is i I ... l.l.. I... ul(.n....1.t.l lii in.ltlnir nut of started this tit irning nn uer riui muui. u om.mv.. ... B. a trin iii licr Seiililo homo. hiJ trouble at iNew urleans. Tlie jury In Hi" case of Louis Hart Kesolu Hons Passed. wlirvs I harlo'.io Hurst, tried boiore Judge Potter, yeslerd-.;. rendered it.. r..r i.b.intiil'of SIS. The sum l-MIIV V l"l . of Jl 10 was the amount sued lor. A Kuindykk Lkitkii. CorvaMs I'lines: John Stevens, brlilgo loremiui on tho O U A E, I nno man wlto lu' Information from tho Clondyko thai All ... - ii.. linn mil. 1'iif. reue bed tho inibllC ..I t li.. ill llilM IIIIITIKM1I1 lllB I ."-"" y """""" .. . ni. I rvii.n I of Ids came down on a re- wuter main on v iiiiumito " ;," , IHi and ml The following resolutions were adopted by a committee of the Alumul Wooiation appointed by Ihe presi de!) I: . . WllKllKAS, L has picas u the great Author ol Life to recall from earthly existence the spirit of our beloved lei low .alumnus Piof n K McLiure; fun lit it ItKsoi.vK.D, That while wo realize il. i be bus n issed to a higher and i, iter state of being, the alumni none the less mourn the loss of one who was i ... .i ...... -. 1st mu un allium I evi r active aim rucikciv a true and noble son and brother, a .K.s.liast friend, a couscio. lious, ue- n..l mid able teacher, who was faith ,..i .,..i.. i.-hUi in raying tho -'ebt 1 11 1 uuw " . I u l.leli men of learning owe to science, iusi.i.vkp. That while we know i.w little buiuan aid aud comfort avail. W" -t respectfully extend to .d family our ntarueii i.j this hour of deepest s r- A Slncero Trihil'c. 1 lie briefest and best cxphi atlon of tho marvelous success of the Into Pro f....r I'.dL'ar McCllire. Ill the class room, Is found In a sincere tilbulu from an old pupil, tnim-owncr of Kuslo, ''Professor McClure," be said, "knew li s'.inctlvely t io dill" reiice between tlie pupil who was naturally a student and the pupil who was not. I had Usn in his classes only a ihort time when he discovered that I could not Minkiift brilliant recitation, and he i..rnnt..n arm i nut cunuy urriviu rfiiiii"- -i , 'I : , .hi- rrhmd,Mr Hteven. lias re- rojiohed Christian churen for the new building. Mrs P It Klnsey returned this after- noon, bringing with her Mr and Mrs John Krausse's little daughter, who will remain here during tho absence of lu.r i.areiils on a trip East. Miss Mag gie went Dot with them also. J v Claik aud family have returned from an extended visit to Halem, 1 orl hind, Tho Dalles, and Klickitat valley, celved a letter. Tlu letter states that tho writer brought down with him JS'JT.OOO In gold dust and that as cpilck a certain business ill Oiegoll could be arramred ho would return to tho dig gings. Meantime a brother, h ll chargoof tho nilno, works twelve men whose wages per day are from i- m 20 each. The writer has a high opin ion of the new diggings, aud lays that the hatd tales of hardships to bo cn ,tor...l nm sometimes uiagiiitl d. The The prctly liiiio city of Eugeno, Oregon, is said to be, proportionally, tho most enthusiastic wheel section of ihe coast. A road club recently form' d there has u roll i: :!'KI names, and Hon EO Potter, tho county Jn l.e, Is pro-tl-dout. Tho slrcits of the tou nro smooth and even, and tho niljueent coanty roads Ideal wlni'llns paths. Like tho nicasle, when one member Is takeii with tho blcyclo rover, It attacks tho whole family. They do not believe In community property, and each owns his or hr own wheel. The fami ly of M H Ihuktr. w ith a membership of six, pos-esses six machines. A profitable place for salesmen. Pally tiuai l. An ml t Kii i.i i'. A dlsptteh wus received here last evening by .Mr Houser, or Alpha postonioe, but who bus been working In Eugene about six weeks, that his son, Sundford Houser, aged "I years, had been killed thai day lu a railroad wreck, at Itluo Canyon, Cai. rim young man was a brakemiin ou tho train, wo learn. Iho uouy win arrive hero for lutciiitcnt in a few days. The body will arrive hero on Satur day morning's overland tialn. Tho father Henry Houser has goue to Alpha to bring his family hero. It will take him four days to mane tne trip. i, .1 1 1. 11. A later dispatch says young Houstr was slandinir on top of a box car as it entered a snow shed and was kuocked oil and Instantly killed. Inore was no wreck. Washington. '1 hey report a pteusauv . . , , j , i nondyke with never expected mo to do so. ue knew tliu ,t Hy tho V iiiameue viuiej i. .. r ......,., . uioileiit. ntiil nevi r I i.,.,.,. ,.v..rvtliiiiL' us a cereal aim nun til lib . i m . - niiiiTW . - v. j o could bo a student, lite I yet kuowj also that because a boy Is not a student h Is not necessarily a bad boy. In the clussroom be showed mo every consid eration; out of tho class room he was a companion. 1 can say without hesita tion 1 1 at be was tlie bet teacher I ever bad. I deplore hl death, for by his untimely taklng-oll I lost a person al friend. ' I'sinci SoAl. Htcidion rimeiil of ' Wttlterville, was In Eugene today. He Inform up that he Is now spraying his hops tho third time. producer. lonetloii Citv Times: Judge Putter wus hero Wediieiday and Inspected the wi-ik on tho county road that 1. ,.....i. ri..i.ol1v Colli- pusses UllooKU J pl.t.d by MrMlUelt. He was much i.lea-cd with the work and expressed In; opinion that the plan of gruding thu slough Instead ofb.ldging would r,.-ult us an i conoinlcal investment on tho part of tlio couity .s well a the city. The tlr-t -C N Thorn lots bis licui.'- : W CI I, IV 111. n la-tit g friends than he. ! ' vrriuiL- inentsfor the funeral have I,,,!, vitrei, made,! ut It will.' robab.y j occur Thursday. I'm lb'i' Pi-.-T.-fa'em Hiatcsman: . inn ITU In the Aurora ilistriei sp-n,...b , Wi.dhiit has prsc.ieally l--n given it would reipiire almost f""""'"! us I n-iving. s-tvs lliegrowvu i.tdown. The !,.pe of warm sunny: little later on lieu the synips lu-,l.Ki', That a copj ! these rr,!uilons be ,.pread:oH.n the uilnut s of the Alumni A-sociatio'i, that a -opy t furnished the family of Professor McClure, a i-"p' to each of ti e Eugene paism and a co'py to the Portland Ore iron Inn. '. u. Dt'SN, 't2. P.esiib-iit. K. H. M Alihikk, Msi. J. E. liRONAI OII. 'Hi (ATI IK Hill I'M KM S -nil ftf ChlePifo. who time he used tobacco, the second 'I'"1" ,piarti rs in Eugene, will shipa train sla chips and whale oil soap, aud ,.!, fnmi M iller's stulion to he Is u-in,-;oomnion ordinary Ur soap, ijjjl, al ,lt (;L. (; i, Inst. Jack which i an bo obtained at any gr-cery 1 .);iVi w m .... 'm , h,,rg" of the same. .r.'. He favs that on exiH-rimenting ,.,., i, lit shin one or two he funis that oa nb ne kill- the iu,i4 ft i Eju'-i.'-. Some of the verm: i ju-t as well as t lie more i xpen. i ur(i iriU1y n the switcliesav tin hive prepiiratlons, and therefore he will , J(i t fi)f UU fci.ipment. A J PicklitU liereafb-r use 11, and thereby save m. - wlil , churge f the last lot. Boon eral dollars per acre. thereuf'er train lout's will bo shippt-U I from two or three Houthern Oregon LfclT TonAV.-.Saturday's Salem I u The cattle are one, two and Journal: Oil Fay, accompanied by ; . r ,i . ,,ricl pally the latter. irminici uuuiiiri I-I.....1-, ., ,.,.,. llwnoflil I lie VailCV w tui " '"J I" "I . . - , diuined of cattle by the Heavy sI'iiUi5 lbipmentsaiid drives, but this uoes pet piove ! I '" the case. To Mkxh.'o. The H. F. Olympic of July 31, states llhas received a plias- ,, pi.ii fiom Mr J II Welder, of Eu gene, Oregon. Mr Welder starts for Mexico Pi a few days, where he will loin Major 'eed, and together they wld take rovers' commissions to pene.- irate all parts of tlie land of tho Mon t'zumas that can bo reached on I wheel. No particular route has been iuips d, and no stated time of absence agreed on. The kodak will no ucu as the demands of tho Inhabitants will warrant, and as there are few peram bultttlng plctuie-takers in that country It Is expected ninny shekels wMl to gathered from tho dons and seiiorltas of suu-klssed Mexico. i-aihef a lii-ei the grower lo think the)' clnti crop." MiRKitu.-Iu Junction, July i.e. by , . t ... vr.rv llirka. Hill J1IB 'J foretiiau. n.fi iiiiiuv lor Doiifflm cmritr. where he has been awarded the contruct fr extcn-lln the Ilohemla-Oukland road I f.'t,ttKS'i-K PkiisoNAI.s. Tho West Master Gregory ..egh r of Eugene, iu this city, visiting his cousin, Hnlph Kuotts The Misses Davis of l-.u m'tin. are visiting with Mis Stebbim at Point Terrace J M Shelly or the Eugene Mid and Elevator Co, ar rived In Florence the -Itb- Dully (ji.sr.1, AiiipnU Itoi Nt) OvKK.-Jauie H Harri who was given a preliminary hearing btforo Justice WTntermeler, yesterday alternoon, on tho charge of euihezzle uient from the llrtn of tho Columbia Implement Company, was held to await tho action of tho next Lane county grand Jury, in the sum of two hundred dollars. He gave the wpjireu bonds, with Win Heushaw aud D E Kico a, sureties. Tlio amount claluieU to have been embezzled Is about f.ICO, Mrjllairis stated to a Guard re porter that ho merely was holding the tlOO belonging In tun company uuui they settled with him, claiming mat they owed him f'r w.ige a balance of $11."'). He say he I Is-Tfcctly wilN lug o have the grand jury luny mves. tigate tho entire matter. ,i - - - i. i" Ni.uh. Tlio N Y Journal and ltulli-tlu of July ':7th Is latest New York iidvic! to hand. It says: "Even witli tho present mitliK.k for tho 1S9 crot, so ninny thing may happen that dealers hesPato to contract for fall or winter delivery, at It to 1 cents the rUk would bo fair but buyers will not hid over 11 cents. Tlio Uermau crop piomlses well and will be tho princi pal competition agint Oregon. The German's put up a crop for all there U iu it us to qnality An Albany iroiu I.- - 7. , .., ., A,,,t Tliu ur.rU Is il.i IN. .M JUO' U'iil vi.j, !, d is the pro. t thai em u-h" I'jtler. Mr J M ( k i i i iiai i ' - - .... mine In Douglas county. to tie completed by October lo, oo. t of IJ.tKJO. at a' 2. iV.'T, to Mr and Mrs S L Moorhead, in. Tho Gl'Ahl congralulale. l'UKVANTX. iir.a tweiity-fivo Chinese in Hill, the railroad i)u..i-i'i vi I'.Ai.i.Y. W'earo Inform ...iii,,. iiiiiiuii niunes are dropping Mork i...n ...! ih.it ffrowets would i man sh I IIIIQ U'.i;t - ..... ... 1 . . . .... -il...- I.. 1 til t-isallti to ike o have some cihuit ncuiuv. ,. . , . reventthis A large amount of the ! m:.uate. on Thursday. 1 he bird. ctss . 'i;'!?s:,.t,r,," b0" shipped East fresh.