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CITY AND COUNTY SATUHDA SfAV n Union Tlol i. STATE. Will It Kiatv.f lUktr (iuveruor First District .It M Vsstoh.oiDoutl amMffm'vw J?;, ""PV Y?"fW -'..,,( .st.u HKKh.,.1.1 ,.r i . u... sut Treasurer .1 o lWh, ..f .WpM,,, AtssmsyOmcral Mm L story.nf WW,, Suit- I'rinter diss A Mich, of Clackauia... 8ri..i8ui4 H s i.vman, ,.f cm. SECON D JUDICIAL DI8TBI0T, circuit Judge.. J w lUoiiltou. . f DougUi. j DutAtty Henry Donliuger. ..f I.iuiolu. I N ION COUNTY TICKET ! Stoator Ui' lluti.n, ..( Bpeaow BafftnalaUvMi 0 A Poftsrf, ..f Alpha. J V Kirk,..f Blshwdw. W Klir.vy, ol fTnlla.flll. .Sheriff .WW Within, f Tbttrstoa. Clerk J BtoVMUMi f Eugene. Cuniiuissliioir. . . . II IUugliuisn, ri.-M.tiit Hill Ammkoi J Vuniell, ..f Mohawk, TreM'irar A 8 RaMsnoa, f lugene, ScIi.k1 Supt WinM Miller, (JrSSWSlI Surveyor Harvey 1 sylor, f Cottage tirove Corooer Dr V I, Clirsher, of Eugene, precinct omen, Justice UK Lalda, CounubU Jmi Bonk WIDE AM) HARROW TIRES. One who has thoroughly studied the subject writer.: We advocate wide tire fur furms, and narrow tire for good roads and pavement. Experiments at the Utah experi ment station demonstrated that a given load on 1 inch tire drew 41,8 per cent heavier than on a 3 inch tire, the draft being on a fairly stiff grass sod; on a m ist but bird road the 1J inch tire drew 12.7 percent heavier than the 3 inch. An authority on the aabjeot -ays: In New York state thu experiment was mado of oaing wide tire on a road about five miles long leading to a stono quarry. The heavy wagons used thereon w re equipped with rear wheels having tires G inches wide, and forward wheels having tires 4 inches wide, the for ward wheels tracking juet inside the rear wheels. Kach wngnn was thus transformed into a roller cov ering 20 inches in width every time it passed along. Similar wagons were equipped with wheell similar in principal. The road, which formerly rutted incessantly and deeply, was covered with stone chips, which these wagons soon rolled into a hard masB. Tho road now supports loads from 8,000 to 10,000 pounds, and consequently has a hard, compact, and regular surface. The cost of hauhug loads over this road h reduc.d about 20 per cent. SAMPLE OK GEER'S ARGUMENT. From speech of T T Geer: "In your extreme desire to make us apuear odious, you cull us 'gold bugs.' All right; sofar,so good; but if you think we nre to be thus sasily put down, you are mistaken, .'or we proceed to make faces along the game line, and get even by retorting, 'lilver-bag'l Indeed, we have more than got even, for we have called you names that is It! times worse tban you have called uj, and that by your own admission." The Republican ciuiiHdate for governor attempts t. .td ' the logical reason for th ule of the name "gold bug" we orefer to use the term gold standard; the latter designation has no element of abuse in it. Gold 'standard advocates seek to destroy all other money, so fur as ultimate redemption is con cerned. Their contention is that all payments, credits nd obligations, individual and national, should , l i. 1 .1 it i w ujdue payaDie in goui, mus ue- : H. t f ii VI n fT tho larvril inml.ip MiiulitiAJ I t .i in .i I oi silver tue otiicr nail ot ine metallic money of the world. That policy cannot but appreciate the value of gold at the exp-n;e of the debtor and all other clistes of prop erty. On the other hand the advocates of silver have no quarrel with gold, -ire displayed in store windows. They give it full credit aB money, j They are not vote makers by any would not curtail its use iu the mean?, Geer is too narrow bet. veen least, and only ask that silver shall he eyes. Tint is the common re be allowed to assist it iu carrying j mark of men whostop to view the the load of the world's financial picture. as it did prior tn 1871 when I it '- - . J : . 1 . . h uvuwmiiM anu degraded inrougn vicious and dishonest leg. iel.tion. T BOHUmi WD. Candidate UocrOetaa IloUy Wow from i Plain Farmer. The iiifii.uci v of T T llwr. Re Publican candidate for governor, to Di.ii.Ke his , .... m,,l,aS own .Hairs, and the loss ul ;i small fortune left to him by inheritance through his lack of l,llMi... m , . ... ,.hmeM method, in managing his ""'i', are matters of notoriety in XIttrion county where be resides. The Salem Journal gives a sharp . - reminder of Mr (leer's business in competency as follows: "Once in a while a sharp lawy er gets knocked sihy by a plain ques t m from a plain farmer of the hills. That was the case Wednesday evening when Lawyer Hough, of Salem was making a Uepublican talk at Aum. villa. He asked in c inclusion of bis peroration this question: " 'I- there uny leason why any person in this county, regardless of politics, cannot vote for T T Geer lor governor? If there is 1 would like to hear it?" "At this point an Aurosvilb Pop ulist uroBe to bis leet and slowly Huid : " 'I know one reason. Do you 0 insider that a man who has shown hansel! incapable of managing his own business is the right roan 'o manage the people's business?' " THE "AMATKl'K" JOURNALIST. Register: "No more stinging rebuke can be administered to polio ical perfidy than to turn J Q Stevenson down 300 votes behind his ticket, and he jrill get a goodly portion ot just buoIi a rebuke." ucu personal journalism is a disgrace. Mr StevenBon has been a believer iu free silver for years and because bo leaves a party that once favored the white metal, but changed at the behests of Wall und Lombard streets, be is now vilified by the "amateur journalist." Mr Sb Vinson was elected school super intendent three terms by the peo ple ol Lane county, and he refu-ed u renomination. He is a clean man. We ask the Register to show one dishonorable act committed by Mr Stevenson. We predict that Mr Stevenson wiU be elected by a majority that wiH urpriso his traducers. Kven in Junction, the home of the Repabli can candidate, he will run ahead of bis ticket. Why? We will let (Jondou answer. The Register is now vilifying all populists and silver republicans that left tho gold standarl republi can party, calling them "turn 0 i its'' and other pet names. These gentle. neu should P'tich the Regis ter a lesson by voting a straight Union ticket from governor to constable. Don't scratch a man. M ike your power felt, silver advo cates, is our advice. The Oregon Republican platform trongly resolves in favor of the maintenance of the gold standard. The McKinley-Guge policy is to discredit all a.oney except gold or that resting on gold. It would rr ::reinbacks with gold bonds and by every means of legislation appreciate the value of gold to the disadvantage of labor und all its ;.roduts. Bismarck is not satisfied with the course pursued by fie Uuited States in retard to Cuba. It is not neces- L,., , Bta.e that of lhli country care little about the opin- jljn 0f . the ex-chancellor. Ilia loes not gj on this side of the big p ind. If it did we wou id be living under a despotism instead of a free republic. Portraits of Hon T T Geec, Re publican candidate for Rovernr, TORRUaVB RECORD. lie has voted against the agri-j cultural clues iu tho interest of moiioiMilv -11 aU. ,). i... r-"rf vraaaj Ml i lie He voted iu favor ol taddlim DTI Hundred millions ot interest bearing bonds on this country an additional burden on those engaged In agricultural pursuits, and to the producer wherever he is found. He voted on April 29. 1S9S, against an amendenient to ihe rev- , ... - , rain uin nivoru g an income tax. lie seems to wish to monied class from share of the burdens. exempt paying the its The RogiltOT fa already worrying about who Jake Stevenson' deputy will be to assist him in the ouuty clern's office. It will not be a gold man. Stevenson is a winner. 1IAKVKY TAYLOR Lilion Nominee For County Surveyor Harvey Taylor, Union nominee for, oount surveyor of Lane ooonly i- . Lane county boy and resided conlinu eusly in Cottage tirove precinct idnce the day ha nrst caw the light U yean ago. He Motived tbebtnefltaofaiood public school education, and hai bad eoaaldorable experience a u surveyor. A thoroughly pouted surveyor In forma us that Mr Taylor Is competent, 1 and well (inalitled to perform the Uu-! tie devolving on the county surveyor, I auo mat ne nus nail considerable ex perience in tha: line. Mr Tayloi was the People party can didate for llieonVe two yean ago and rteeived a very complimentary vote. UIh owu preoiuct especially, gave him arooalngvoto. It le generally safe to form an tstimate of the worth of a man from the vote be receive.. I home, and aooeptlig that aa a criterion the voter who 'Upport Air Taylor ut the polU uext June will have the satlsfm -tiou of knowing that he ktund well among ihe people who tmve been fa miliar with his conduct since early childhood. JUNCTION RIWS Clipped From the Times of May 21 Born, May 18, 1SUS, to Mr and Mrs J T Clow, a daughter. CJ Rhrman la acting aa headmilK-r for A WUhelm'e mlUe at Monroe. Hteruberfr & Benden have moved lo the Hutler building vacated by W L Houston & Co. MthJ E Butler and sou John left for California Wednesday. They drove overland. K W A Crain'a building i roofed and euclos.-d. Ho expects to occupy the same by June lit. Krauk Jordan of Cottage Glove, pos tal line repairer, arrived here Wednes day and moved the telegraph office to the Houstou corner. J P Daugherty has disposed ol his Interest iu the Club Hoti-e saloon to his partner Mr H RoblaoUi Commencing with Julv 1, the Blachly-Deadwood mail route will be increased to three trips per week. Win DriiKg wiil tuke chvrge on that date. Oscar Starr Nprwoatod Oo,-is Lodge, of this city at tne annual i..n of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows at Hoseburg during the past week. A petition yui iu circulation this woek and numerously sig. ed asking the couuty court to add .North Junc tion precinct to Lancaster road dls trict. OC "willctt. ussigtiee, hat disposed of Ihe W 8 Lee stock ofdrugs and fix tures to Frank Wilkinsou for W S Lee Is iu charge of the stock. Mlsa Minnie Hihbets was electod on Wedueeduy niht to represent Dm. loud Lodge No 6, D of II, at the an nual .fusion of the grand lodge K A Hi iylor was elected alternate. Liout Oeary, drill master at Oregon Agricultural Colle e, has received or- ders to renort to his reizimelit at Tarn - pa, I lorida. Dr and Mrs J W Oeary, of tt ,is city, went over to ( otvallw Wei mesduy to bid him fareweil. A sou of Job. Moore, about 14 years of sw je, vrus thrown from a horse Wed-, neea lay and received a broken leg. It la n it knnwu whether the leg WM bra' ken in the fall or was kicked by the horse. Dr Lee reduced the fracture and the boy is doi.g well. Oak Grove correspondence: We haveatruo tlsh story. Frank Hays whs fishing iu the lake und a tlsh b ose the line. A few days later Andy 'al vert and his dog passed by the lake and saw the cork bobbing in the water. H hrew In rocks and the dog went Iu tdterthem, and after numerous tri als, Anally seized the cork aud DtOUgbt it astiore nd on the hook was u big 14 inch sucker. Who says a dog can't Batch fish. gMPDTnm Jafll PoRI has been engaged ias a Jauitor of the University of Oregon buildings. A good selection. .Voiuiuallon 'ln to"0''1" Piuhlbitlon uomina t,olw wrlv lU,'U '" llu tlerk' nKv individual elector, .( evening: Culvln Hanuu, stute senator J A Buahuell, C M Densmore ami II J Oasniau, rcpiceutativis II M Manvllle, sheriff j w Lakln( ooauty clerk J 8 Dai treaeuroi 8 H MotSB Bl-he1. if A It Mintou school superintendent leo Lm Commissioner 'I'lui t.. II. io.lt. .? ..r.t tl,u ..f .... .... .tir ...iiii.D ... n,,- ,etitiouers: J A Itushnell Junction ( ieo ( i Heed " H L Rich K H Cook " Henry C Ituihtiell " J M Nichols K W A Craln " Wallace Major " John Wheeler " ABMluton l) W Tyler Hobt Cook " R M Corner n - ell KM Parson.-. " W W Parson-. TIioh ( Mat :n " J 11 Martin W K Parkims " K M VeCubbin " J M Moras Casper Lea Cottage tirove (ieo Lea " (i F (iarroutte " a Wood J K Barrett " A F Howard " J W Nakes " J C Reuue " John Wullace " DT Aubrey " Hobt Orlffia " Fran!. Jordan " Oliver Veatehi Cottage drove. 1 B Lewis, " " c a Wooley, PMrmouut hi 0 Van Tyne, " I Yeairer, " W L Yeager, " H Farrlugtou, " La wood Liggett " J W Williams " J S Dale, Kn-ene J W Lakiu Ja lies M Hammond ' H M hfanvelle " JO Bblnebari H (i PlymaU ' H Mount " Wm Goodman " OHO Humbert t 'nl v 1 11 II. il.n. i " II H Ilautl. " 0 K Hanna " John Haudaaket " Robert A Copple " Morton L Hose " C M Deusmore E 0 Sauderion ' N Winters (il)Ol) ABV1CK Por.toiiice Name Changed back Leuiati to Cottago drove. from Cottage (Irovo Messenger: "The lawtofflce department has resinded the order changing th" name of the pot offioe, and It will remain Cottage drove. Now every enterprising citi zen should put his shoulder to the wheel of progress, end help to consoli date the two towns. Let the foolish ness be stopped." A Wai.tkkvii.i.k AOCTDIST.- Wnile riding horseback Thursday evening, May 10, the eight year old son of E M Bowerman ol Waltarvllle, was thrown from the horse and sustained a severe fracture leading Into the sllsiwof the left arm. Dr Chesher as called and reduced the fracture. Oilljr Uusrd, Mr IX .Mary K Lkase "Cub., or the word and the Bond," the lecture ny Mrs Mary Elizabeth Lease at the First Christian church last evening attract ed a large audience that listened with intense Interest to the noted lady. Mr Lease Is a very forcible and fluent speaker ami possesses u magnetic per- Mis sonality th .t serves to hold the atten tion of her auditors. The lecture is the last of a series Klveli under the auspices of the nubile school, and in which , y ve w" er' " . ... f.,i ADKIKISTIUTOM AitointkI). Mrs Sarah Lauer and E H Luuer have U-en ttiinoiutid administratrix and ud- lmial.tr.tor rMpootlvely ' the siut !of ubarlti Lauer, deoeaaed. Heir: I Saral. Laui r. bis w ife; E Lauer, aged 24 yean; -s Carrie Lauer, aged 28, Bar bra Lauer, aged 21, and Hriniutta Laner, lOyeara, Protmi.it value .f es ; tate In Lai ounty, tl.1,000. Bond, ii- sun ties: ti H Friendly, Sarah ( j; ; Lauer, K Oaffffle Lauer, ,r,r:i I.: . r, Henrietta Lauer. Dtllr Ousrd, May 11 Laoix. Uraioaii Club 'ihe con cert given In this city h it evening by N.iilv Stevens, pli.nl. e, under imp jo s of the Ladles Musical Club, Mislsted by local vocalists, was ,. of the best musical eveninirs Eugene peo ple have s.-n during this season. The artistic work of Miss Stevens is spoken of in th" moat flattering term. by those attendant, as they reoogUlMlU Uerau artist of exceptional ability. t out in i se 'in is Coutt. A spe.'lal lenii of (he eouit wa hrld in Kugelie yesterday. A full l.oaid was present. Warrauts ordered drawn: I. N Hone , on curl house, llist payment ho.OUO 00 K O Potter, postag" ftSO, ex- preeaage 8'c ami .uesvt- itiHg bridges 1 00 4 35 A J Kaiser appointed clerk of elec tion In North Junction precinct In plaM etO F Hurlburt removed from precinct. M D .Viitln appointed judge of elec tion in Lake Creek precinct in place of J P Whisuian removed from pre- cluct. At this time tiio contract or W M Qardner Do, tbentor to furnish s earn heating apparatus' for court house el l ane county, now Under OOn- stru. tioii at Kuireiie, Oreiton. in the aum of ItlW In county warrnti were, UI. d and approved by the c url. Sidney Scott constable stale vs Drake 10 40 Hliluey (Scott constable state vs Johnson 30 Sliiney Scott constable et.te vs Dement 1 70 Sidney Scott constable state vs Duncau 6 50 Sidney Scott constable state vs BramSeld . 4 00 Fred Warner Witness state vs Drake Ann Buell wltneaa state vs I Irak. Marion Wallace witness slate vs Drake 1 70 1 7t) 1 70 J 11 Carver Wltneaa state Drake Mary Drake witness stale Dnik" 1 70 1 70 Orriu Oreen witness state va Drake 1 H M Pratt Wltnam state vs Drake 1 W hi Nu. ...r constable stale vs Bulks Oeo F Croner constable slate vs Joe Wright etal II 40 W Hobanski rebate ou tux - .".S James l'arvin pauper supplies Edward Cain 8 oo Jamee Parvin pauper supplies Thomas tieore 1 00 LO Beekwlth pauper supplies Vine Case 7 70 CLWebst. r pauper supplies Wm Prom 4 io Hall A Sou pauper supplies Van Slyke 2 B0 Hall A Son pauper supp'ies fur niture 3 76 E Huberts bounty 'i 00 James WycotI appointed super visor of district No lo- and (ieo It Day of No 00 J it Young appointed special deputy sheriff until July I, 1801 M D Allen road; ('has Brown, J BCuatlaand hi D Ling ap pointed viewers and V, M OolUor snrbeyor. BADLY JIAHIIFI) MMUER 'Pom Alliums, I'ormerly of Stiffen, has an Accident. Friday's Balem Daily Sentinel: Yesterday afternoon Tom Abrams, em ployed at the asylum farm, sustained a serious Injury that will muse him cou slderable iucouveiile.ee. Mo was in tho plumbing establishment of Kin A Murphy where they were getting out some piping to be used at thu state fai m and Nelson Long, the plumber, was putting some ..i the plan together by menus of th. pipe-tong. slid sprock et chain Deed In tightening them, Mr Abrama put hie hand to Ihe chain to bold it from .lipping to one sine and when Leug pulled up on the tongs the chain csuuht Hi ludi x linger of Mr Abram's right hand in tuoh a man ner a. to tear tne flesh off clear to the bone from the last joli I to tho top of the Soger making an ugly ami most painful wound. He bud Ihe Injury dressed us 1000 a poeelble, t ut ho w ill have a disabled linger for a long time and probably u disfigurement for life. Honors for Eugene. LadiCB. Tin delegation of ladle, representing tlir Eugene Po.t,Womoua EUllef Corpe, secured a large portion of the honors of official position at the recent unnuul state convention of the Corps at The Dalles. Mrs F.iu Praetor waa elected depart moot p reel dent; Mrs Jena Wlllouffhby secietary, and Mrs Jennie Hlgglna Ireailirer Mrs L O Adair was ap pointed chairman (of tiu executive board. The Eugene ladies r. tinned on the overland train lat night. A n ailer of th Daily Oi'AKD has his any us follows: You was in loin - formed wbea you Mid recently that w ork mi Patteraon etreet wm progrew' Ingnpldl . The niad. rn Ksproded work isrt Baturday eve. ink and gave asuriasnn that they 'bad lo haul siud to the ooor boose;" ihi stieet is crossid by bundled of penone mostly elndenta, dally, and II win be much more satisfactory to all con c. mad to have the work OOmpll ted so that the croshlug cau again lai replaced. FliLl) MEET. .re all Made an1! Men Trail ing Steadily. vim .r IN BS.IIlag I ..nlr.l Lealla Boots, Ncietary ol the InUr co leglate Athlstiu Association, has received the list of entries from the dlttarenl ooUegeaaod win publish the same iu a few da a. the team from the O A C will con sist of about twenty live men. Among tluir last vear'. crack-a-iac k. are Icmwford Thorp, Slltes, HnOmu, Bo dine and Blgjtn, The balauee of the team la ol comparatively new uiaieii- al, but will no doubt contain some inrprloio. a j Htlmpoon, o a Cs crack ilintaiuv runner, w ill not C0D pete thleyear, us ho bus enlleted with the Oregon volunteers. This Is a dls appolulmiiit lo a great many , as this year's mile race between Htlmpeon anil "Billey" Hiad, vUofO) promised to bo one of tin- most exciting ever wlt-ne-s.d on Oregon soil. Last year St mpson won from Head by u few yard.-., but Heud's erformanee was nmarkeble Inasmuch us he bad no trainer and vnus lotally Inexperienced. As It lisika now, Hind will probably w in the mils, although it Is said that Balem nml New In re bath have fast into iii tins event, N wbuin'ii lisl eoniprlses about eighteen men Thos Hester, w ho wou Ihe pole VaUll last year, is on the list and alto unother vault, r, Heater by name, of w In in giest IblDffl are ex pected. Charley Redmond will repre tout New burg in the quarter and silsrr a new man, w ill do the half. The gen eral opinion is that t'.o N. whins; team will tie a strong one. Tin. Monmouth normal sohool bus al.oill twenty eutries; lunrt of tin ill are new men. HM.Ho Hie inn. " rider, being the only men thai cut any figure in last year's meet, "Johnny" Davidson, who played lull-buck on the 1HJ team at the V of O, is eiileied ill Hie dashes for the O H N H. Willamette also has about tweuly "studsuts" entered, dulse, Blilpp, Senders, Wilkl.is, Willi.ims, Miller and Huckli.'uhum I . : her stronghold. Bishop, the famous bulf-mlle ri'imer, is not enietwd. Willamette is court- d nl of w Inning the enp. and If she nccecdein doing so, (which Isu't . certainly, by any no aiis) she will not cover horaoll w il h much v;lory, aa most of her athletes were ngasterod lor the solo purpose ol taking pail Iu the field meet und learning bow lo work the 1 graft." The U of () boys will si nd down a team that will be a credit to Itself and to the institution which It goes to i. p reeent. The team will consist of men who have been woiklug under Trainer Triue's direction for th. past six wii l.-.. These men represent both the brain aud brawn of the university and mink of them arc registered there as "apodal" "gymnasium" und "snower bath" students, as they are ut "Old Willamette." Tin- results. .f Ihe U of 0 try-out were pnblUbed in Monday's (ii iu and tin. H'tsonnel of the teem will be putilislied later. As the day for the contest approaches Interest inoroaeoaand ihe (JofOboya Will likely have 00d d legation at their back, wearing the yellow ami lining good hearty cheers to urge them nu, and a study of tha i woik m.kr. It apparent that In y stand uu A 1 chance of bringing the coveted cup home w ith them. oaiiT Cum I, Mar O ( i it a n i oi i toUM -The l o o K grand lodge ut Hoel urg yesterday elected offloera us fellows for next year) T II ells, of 1'eudlet grand muster. w ii Wohrung, r Hlllaboro, deputy grand n ion r, M L unrrls, of Inde pendence, grand warden; E E Sharon, Of Portland, grand secretary, TO Bak er, ol Salem, grand tn .surer; Claud ( l.tcb , of Bulem, grand representative. Hslcm wus chosen as tho next meeting place. The newly elected itebvkuh Offleeni Miss Pauline Kline, of Cor- vellis, preeideut; Miss Sarah Wlmber- ly, of Hossburg, vice president; Mis Minnie Dolman, of Salem, warden; MrsOru Cosper, Of Dallas, secretary, kin Clan Boyle, of Lebanon, treasurer CATTbl tOM Montana Juuotton I inns May 21: MessrH Ferguson, Burnett & (iootlman willload a tiein of cattle at this place tialny. Atx.ut KX) bead will be shipped and it w in rc.Uirc IH or '() ears. In all lie ) head will be hipped, some will he loaded at Altiitny and ut other places doAn the mad. The cat I lo will be shipped to Montana. Junction Tunis: From the OCm- mleslonei i iuocfedlngs we i otic" thut I 9 ChapUian, commander, was al IowiiI $12 60 for rellel of Indigent sol- Idler, T J JiiliiiH..n Mr J. inn 'ii sc rubs In this cltyi.nd reo Ives a total disability pereon of fit per monlhi The heavy raina of last night and to.luy compelled a large nUBBborOf En gene pi pit eho exoctedto attend the Junction picnic. To remain at home.