SOLDIERS MONUMENT. for Good Honest Solid Shoes sboeB that always give satisfaction, go to YORANSSHOESTORE BREVITIES. riprly pumps from $1 03 np to $50 a Cb*»«*"’ hardware. lwi, bop contracts have been made tB Salem for 12f cents per pound. All heating stoves at cost during February at F LChambers & Bro. Tbs city has employed an attendant for the tinerant peddler who has the i joisilpo«- We have the beet assortment of fish jug tackle ever brought to Eugene. Ipiine A Kay. I B»rr A Petzel, of Salem, who put in I (be new sewer at the U O this summer b»vedissolved partnership. Linoleum is being put on the floor of the Club saloon buildiDg. It will be reopened in a few days. AU wall paper at cost before the new »lock arrives at F L Cham bere A Bro Dr Lowe, the optician, will be in his Eugene office for the next two weeks. If your eyes need help, see him. Funny, but people who do not even Uke a paper have the most advice tn give in its management aud policy. I "Come let us reason together.” We can thow you why a Recycle is the lightest running wheel man ever rode. Paine 4 Kay. The soap works are rushed with orders at present and Mr Bowder, who h now In southern Oregon, Is sending bore in thick and fast. A crosswalk was built today by Street Commissioner Turner across Jlast Eighth street at the intersection pf Park, east of the courthouse. Adolf Cedro, an artist of no mean ability, is painting a beautiful life-size figure at bis studio in the “Oregon.” It is being very much admired by many. Rai* Heed—Bow 3 pounds to the acre Ld get more pasture than you oan use. hpeltz, the wonder grain for crushed feed will yield 70 bushels per acre. All kinds of grass seed—over five tone now in «took at F L Chambers A Bro. Notice of Bankrupt Sale. I Notice is hereby given that the un- leoigned trustee tn bankruptcy of the kite of Levina E Hodges, bankrupt, sill on the 29th day of March, 1902, at ¡he hour of 10 o’clock a m in front of lbs City Hail in Eugene Oregon, offer brsale at public auction to the highest Udder for cash all of tbs assets of the aid estate, consisting of a small stock if merchandise and store fixture«, and be d | of lot 6 in block 5 of Fairmount, jane county, Oregon. Dated this 19th day of March, 1002. L M T ravis , Trustee in Bankrntcy. Estate Levina E. Hodges, bankrupt. We Want Chickens. EUGENE’S POPULATION. Eighteen for the Spanish Civil War Veteran Dead. Cemmitte in Charge Elected Offi cers-Will Ask a Park Site. The coiumitte appointed by J W Geary Post, o„ Friday eveniug, March 14. to superintend the rale‘ngof funds and the erection of a soldier’s monu ment, commemorative of the civil war, in Eugene, met at ti.e store of A Yer- rlngton Monday evening and ettected a permanent organization as follow»: J M Shelley, chairman; J B Hopkins, treasurer; A Xeriugiuu, secretary. Other members of the committee are S r McFall aud TN Flank l’he trees- urer is required to give bond» in twice the sum of the cost of the monument, which was placed at a minimum of $2010. The committee will oonfer with the oounty court with reference to obtain- aslteforthe pro;x>eed monument in one oi the parks. The secretary was instructed to corree;x>nd with marble dealers and obtain plans and prices; also to write the W R C and ladiee of the G A H to appoint a oorumittee of five each to co-operate with this com mittee; also to furnish to papers of the city a copy the proceedings of the committee. Adjourned subject to call of chairman. LUMBER MILLING STATISTICS. Preliminary Report of the Census Bureau Places Oregon Third. The census bureau lias issued a pre liminary report on sawmills, planing mills (operated in connection with sawmills) and timber camps of the United States in 1900. It shows a total of $611,611,524, with 43,332 proprietors and firm members. These planis have a total of 12,530 salaried officials, clerks, etc, drawing $11,260,608 In salaries and an average of 283,360 wage-earners, drawing total wages of $104 640,591. The value of produots aggregated $566,852,984- The capital and products of the Industry, respectively, by states, iuclude the following: CAPITAL. Alaska.......... .$ 181,950 California . .. 28 250.230 Idaho............ 913,352 Montana...... . 2,590.234 9,327 Nevada.......... Oregon.......... . 8,167,423 282,780 Utah.............. Washington. . 26,041,189 603,966 Wyoming..... PRODUCTS. $ 211,220 13,764.647 937,605 2,949,993 7,060 10,352,167 214,187 30,286,280 831,658 A House to House Count Gives the Number as 3,958. ■ umsia or families sas. The G uard is under obligations to Mr O B Tout, compiler of the Eugene Directory, now in course of prepara tion, for some very interesting figures Iu regard to our population, mere es pecially interesting as they have been gathered with the greatest care. A house to house canvass was made by three canvassers, who divided the city into districts. Printed slips with blanks for the Information sought were left at each residence in the forenoon of each day, then gathered In the afternoon of the same day. In case of an absent family the information was gained elsewhere, usually from the neighbors. The name, with Initials, aud occupation of each member of the family was taken, together with the house number. Business houses and hotels weie taken In the same manner. No transient person was placed on the lie*. The census canvass was com menced monday afternoon, March 17, aud ooucluded Thursday, March 20. Here are the figures; Total population............................. 3958 Females under 18 aud males under 21......................................................1213 Number families................... 949 Number residences .......................... 879 In Fairmount, which is practically a part of the city, but just outside the corporation limits, the, enumerators found 329 people which would swell the total to 4,287. The government census of 1900, the last official census, did not give the city of Eugene a separate oounl as Hie enumeration was made by the voting precincts, North aud South Eugene, the former extending west to Coyote creek, eight miles, aud north to Irving precinct, three miles. ' The latter ex- tending south six miles I and east and west about nine miles, Here is that official census report: North Eugene precinct, oompris- Ing part of Eugene City..... .'...... I 1,872 South Eugene precinct, oompris- iug part of Eugene City..............1,564 Total for Eugene City, coexten sive with North and South Eu gene precincts............................... 3,236 New Schools in Cuba. Since the American occupation of Cuba 3,600 new schools have been opened, and many reforms have been brought about in their educational system. Home idea of their work can be obtained from their exhibit at the Pan-American exposition, for wiiieb they were awarded five gold and four silver medals. This is certainly a won derful record and one we should all be proud of. There is also a wonderful record itehiud Hostetter’sHtomach Bit ters, tiie famous American remedy for indigestion, dysPep-ia, flatulency, biliousness, nervousness and insomnia If you are troubled wish any of these ailments we would urge you to try it. It is also a splendid blood purifier and should be in every hou-ebold. Our private stamp is over the neck of the bottle. Dally Guard, March 20 A N ew C lerk .—Louis Nelson, of McMinnville, arrived in Eugene thia afternoon to accept a position as sales man in F E Dunn’s dry goods store. He takes tlie place of J B Winetanley who tias resigned to go to Baker City to take a position. Mr Nelson is a young man of considerable experience in the business, having been employed for a uurnber of years in one of Mo- MiBnvill’e leading stores. MARRIED AT THURSTON Prominent Young Lane County Couple Wedded Today, Bally Guard, March 20 wedding took A quiet family and place at the home of Mr Mrs J E P Wilbers at Tuurston today at toon, when their daugti- ter, Miss Jessie, became the bap- py bride of Walter Edmiston, in the presence of only the immediate relitives of the contracting parties, Bev B F Howland, pastor of the Hum phrey Memorial M E church of Eu gene, officiating. The bride is one of Lane county’s most accomplished and successful school teachers, is a sister of Bherifl W W Withers and has many friends throughout the county. The groom is the son of Perry R Edmiston, a substantial farmer resid ing near ThurstoD, and is honored and respected by all who know them. The G uard tenders congratulations We want a carload of chicken« by A dvertised L etters .—Postmaster Kbril loth, for wbloh we will pay 8 McCornack advertises the following fnts per pound, live weight, for all bens aud spring chickens that are de letters uncalled for: Elmer Brown, livered on or before that date. I Leonard Chetwood, Mrs Mary Clark, We ate paying the highest cash O L Darelius, Sherman Fields, Car price for eggs. 64 West Eighth street. mine Fletcher, Dr B R Freeland, T he S eattle P roduce C o . Charley Hartley, MrsHattie Hawkins, I B ankrupt C ase .— The creditors of Chas Hess, J H Hurd, Arra Hum Mrs Levina Hodges, nee Levina Yea- phrey, Luck A Cole, Jack McIntyre, |er, formerly proprietor otthe the Fair- Rev C Mills, (2), H Y Thompson, mount store, met this afternoon in the Pheby Vincose, Christine Weetei. Bffice of Justice C A Wintermeier. At D ied .—Andrew J Carpenter, aged torney Lee M Travis was appointed about 60 years, died near Bpringfleia trustee and W Judkins, J L Marsh and , Tuesday, March 18, 1902. The de *• Liggett appraisers. The stock of ceased resided on Rev D E Loveridge’s , poods and store fixtures will be sold place on the the road between Eugene kt public auction in Eugene on Batur- Springfield. He was a veteran of the F*y, March 29, at 10 a m. civil war, and the funeral will be held | P roperty 8 old .-C 8 Farrow A Co i tomorrow forenoon at 11 under the today the \v Qreen property auspices of J W Geary post, GAR.' on Olive street to James Thorndike, of I and the remains will be buried in ^uirene, for $1500. ’ Laurel Hill cemetery.______________ Night Was Her Terror. ‘•I would cough nearly all night long,” writes Mrs Chas Applegate, of Alexandria, Ind, “and oould hardly get any sleep. I had consumption so bad that if I walked a block I would cough frightfully and spit blood, but wheu all other medicines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr King's New Dis covery wholly cured me and I gained 58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaran teed to cure coughs, oolds, la grippe, bronchitis and throat aud lung trou bles Price 50c aud $1.00. Trial bot tles free at W L DcLano’s drug store. Bally Maard MtrchXt A T rain W reck . —Last evening about 6 o’clock, the Mohawk branch train on its way down from Wendling, was ditched near Yarnell's. Two care of lumber were pretty badly wrecked and considerable track was torn up. The track was patched up and the train reached Springfield very late. The wreck was caused by the spreading of the rails. 20 lbs Best Cane Granulated Sugar 81.00 Or 84.75 per 100 lbs. Now is the time to buy, we think Coffee. 1 ’or 1 xs coffee is a full grown perfect **rry and can’t be beaten. Groceries. ■3 pkgs Jumbo mush 25c 3 lbs best soda crackers 20 j 1 lb pkg wa»h powder 5o 3 lb pkg wm I i powder 15c f*n K C baking powder 20c •’ lb» go. d dates 25c 16 lb» beat rice $1 00 JO lb« good rice $1 00 6 lb« good beans 25c Dur 35« tea is a corker MONUMENTS ARRIVE. Strap hinges way down in price. Neckties. 25c Neckties 15c For one week only. Nails. 6 lbs best steel nails 25c. Marbles. 50 China and Imitation asatt* assort- ed for 5c. Nocrmmon prttenee in the assortment. Tinware. Tin wash boiler 75 o. 2 pint tin cope 5c. 1 regular size lantern 25c. Tin bread and cake boxes, popular price«. Tobacco. 1 lb Htar lotmcco 45c 1 lb Corn Cake totaux*» 25c R pkgs Dixie ‘¿ueen 25c a pkira Hr<i Bell 25c 1 plug Biggest and Beat 25c Don’t forget about the Automobile Ride for the children. Be sure to ask for your tickets. Tickets given this month only. Ai Billy’s Deiiartment Store. Dail« Guard. March JO On yesterday afierueou'e freight tram there arrived in F.ugeus 18 gov ernment headstones to be placed over the grave» of the Hpaui»ii war Veteran» who are buried here aud for a uurnber of the deail veteraus of the civil war. There are fourteen tor the latter aud four for the former. However, the Lane County Veteran»' Association ordered eight »touee for the Bpaniab war veterau» aud it la not known why only four were seut. They are oon- aigned to J W White and C C KautT- mau, quartermaster» of the GAR aud Veterans' Association respectively,who will shortly arrange for setting them up. The monuments came from the U 8 quartermucter’s de|>artmjut at Wash- lugtou, D C, aud are furnished free for the graves of all men who participated in our country’s wars. The menu- meuts are of white marble, about foar feet i igb, a little over a loot wide and the inscriptions are uioely deslgued. THE SWALLOWS HERE. Date of Their First Appearance This Year March iti. The pretty little »wallow» tiave ar rived from the south aud they can be seen at most auy time Iu the day circliug through the air among the housetop». According to Dr F W Prentice’s observation» tiiey have been here siDoe Bunday, March 16. The doctor has kept a record of the dates of the arrival of the birds each year for 14 years as follow»: 1888............................................. March 26 1889 .......................... ................ Mareh 3 1890.... . ................ March 24 1891..... ................ March 13 18S2..... ................ March 11 1893.... ................March 26 1894 .... .............. March 13 18S5..... ............... .March 1 1896..... ................ ...... .............February 9 1897..... ..............March 2 1898..... •• ................. ................ March 7 1899..... ................ March 6 1900 .... ................ March 2 1901..... ........... February 26 1902..... ................ March 16 Klamath Lake Snakes. PERSONAL. I Dally Guard Mareh » r T i E R I Deacon) Davis is visiting iu Portlaud. Frank Datniuou went to JuntVon City this afternoon. Horace McKinley left for points north this afternoon. John Byers and son, Ed, of Inde pendence, are In Eugene. Mr and Mrs FE Blair returned this afternoon from Roseburg. Cha» Coohran came down from Cot tage Grove this afternoon. W E Barker ts hers from Redbird, III, to locate. He is a brother of MB Barker. HORRIBLE OREGON CITY ACCIDENT H A Nelson, of Albany, one of ths proprietors of the Eugene soda works, Special to tbs Guard. is in the city. O regon C ity , Mareh 20.—J Earl Faulkner was caught W W Moors returned this afternoon by a revolving shaft in a factory here today. from Roseburg where he went on tim Both feet wore torn from the unfortunate man and he ber-land business. wai otherwise horrioly bruised. He livad three hours Hugti Barr returned this afternoon from a visit al Roseburg and other before death mercifully closed his sufferings. Douglas oounty point». CECIL RHODES BETTER. Hon E R Bklpwortb, wife and son returned this afternoou from a trip to B(>eclal to the Guard. H<x>d River aud Portland. C apitown , South Africa, March 20.—Cecil Rhodes Mrs Marv Doty returned this after shows a very distinct improvement today. noon from a several weeks’ visit at Pu get Bound pointe. BRITISH PARLIAMENT COURTESIES. Mrs Thomas Hunsaker, ef Zion, came down tills afternoon from Cres Bpsolal to the Guard. well, where she has beeu vlsltlag. L ondon , March 20.—In the course of a debate on the Prof I M Glen returned this after Boer war today John Dillon, the leader of the Irish delega noon from Daytou, where be attended tion in parliament, called Joseph Chamberlain, colonial the wedding of his sister yesterday. Corvallis Times: Mies Walton, home secretary, a “damned liar.’’ daughter of Judge walton, of Eugens, The House suspended Dillon for a week for his un is a guest at the farm home of J W parliamentary language. Foster. SLUGGERS WILL SLUG. Harrisburg Bulletin: Mrs Foley went to Eugene Saturday to assist in Special to the Guard the care of Mrs John Davis, who has N ew Y ork , March 20.—Robert Fitzsimmons has signed been critically 111 of late. Rev J T Merrill returned this after the agreement to tight John J Jetl'ries for the heavyweight noon from Philomath where he lec championship of the world. tured last night before the students of The tight will be pulled off at Ix>s Angeles, California, the college there ou “Making a Life or Saturday, May 10. Makings Living.” C E Green aud wife aud G C Greeu, A LUNATIC HAS NEWS FOR CHOATE. who tiave been visiting relatives iu Eu Bpsclsl io ths Uuard. gene for a few weeks, left this after noon for their homes in Minnesota aud L ondon , March 20.—A utranger called at the embassy Fargo, N D, respectively. of the United States today and asked to see the United Yesterday’s Roseburg Review: Hen- States ambassador Mr Choate. ator R A Booth was in town from The ambassador was out, but the man informed the Eugene last niglit, consulting with the attache in charge that he had positive evidence that Eng other directors here regarding the de tails for the uew building for the land instigated the blowing up of the battleship Maine. Douglas oounty bank to tie »reeled in The man went away leaving a sealed package which, Roeeburg the preseut year. he said, contained the proof. Salem Journal: 8 H Friendly, the well-known merchant-politician, wa< BOMB FOUND UNDER SALEM HOUSE. iu Salem Tuesday eveulug, enroute home from Portland. Mr Friendly H peel al to the Guard. says Governor Geer will unquestiona S alem , March 20.—An explosive bomb was found bly carry the republican primaries Iu under the building occupied by the Universal Gold Ex Laue county, to be held on Halurday of thia week. Mr Friendly says there traction Company today. The fuse had been lighted, but had gone out. is practically no opposition in Lane county to Gov Geer’s nomination and McKINLEY DOCTOR BILL. re-election. Speslal to the Guard J P Rodgers, of Salem, is in posses« sion of some photograha that even Neal Dow could not view without truthfully admitting he had seen snakes, says the Balem Journal. The pictures were taken by a party of vis- tors to Houtiieru Oregon,and of which Mr Rodgers was a member, the trip having beeu made recently. The scene is at Klamath Lake, where, in places, suited to their propagation, are in numerable snakes. The reptiles are not at all venomous, but abound in the marshes of that section in countless numbers. On the strength of the abundance of the reptiles, a medical manufacturing establishment is located there, where a preparation is made from the snakes that is extensively used tor the treat- | uaent of rheumatism and other ail-* meuts. In the picture the snakes ap pear to almost completely cover the ground. They are most numerous at a sawmill site, where they are literally piled up in heaps on the slabwood, and are a horrible sight to behold. KICKED BY A HORSE. W ashington , March 20.—Senator Hanna, of Ohio, has presented the bills of the physicians who attended Presi S W Elgard Suffers a Severe dent McKinley to the Houne of Representatives for pay Scalp Wound. ment. They place the value of their services for attendance on Dally Uuard March 20 8 W Elgard, eon of Janies Elgard the late president at $50,000. who reeidse on the road to the Hiuslaw about a mile and a half below town, was kicked by a horse on the right sldeof the forehead this morning, in flicting a bad scalp wound. The youug man had Just ooms into town on horseback and wheu reaching Oilve street on West Eighth hie bone became frightened and threw him off. As he fell the horse kicked him on tbs bead, the shoe cutting a deep gash over two incbee in length. The young man seemed dazed for awbile, but soon recovered and, bleeding profusely, walked to the office of Dn Atwood A Day over the Lane County bank, where be waa given an aneetbetio and the surgeons took six stitches to close the wound. Beeidse the fleeh being cut, they found that the perioetum— ooverlug of the bone—waa out a dis tance of about two Inches. It was a close call. A little deeper and the skull would have bean fractured. A P retty A ct .—Capt John Hpong, of the river steamer Pomona, who is a personal acquaintance of theGuARD’s local editor, has a happy faculty of do ing just such pretty little acts as told about in tlie following from the Albany Democrat: “Home Albany college students who recently returned from Halem on the Pomona think that boat bax some of the most delightful officers In the world. A neat little act of the captain made a wonderful Impression on them. While coming along the search light of the steamer revealed a young lamb which had fallen down an embankment to the edge of tlie water, where it wax bound to eventually fall into the river. The boat wax stopped Large Property Salea. and the lamb placed on the bank above, and then the search light was Dally Gaard. March 20 Today E J Frasier, the real eetato turned in that direction until the mother was found and the two dealer, sold tbs Mansfield farm, 3j mils» north of Coburg, to Amos Wil united.” kins for $6000 cash. The farm con Strikes a Rich Find. tains 244 acres and is a bargain. Yesterday he sold the J B Cruxan •I waa troubled for several year« farm in Cloverdale valley, containing with chronic Indigestion aud nervous 320 acres, and some personal property, debility,” writes F J Green, of Lan to Mr H V Thompson, recently from caster, N H. “No remedy helped me Iowa, for $3,760. Mr Thompson eould until I tx-gan using Electric Bitters, have got $1000 for bis bargain in two whlcb did tie more good than all the hours after be bought the farm. medicine I ever used. They have also He also sold the Balfour-Gutbris kept my wife in excellent health for farm near Llewellyn to August Beck years. Bhe eays Electric Bitters are man, Just from Nebraska. just splendid for female troubles; that Also a portion of tbs Hayes farm they are a grand tonic and Invigorator belonging to the Balfour-Guthrie for weak, run down womeo. No other Company to James T Richardson. medicine can take its place In our Tu«-«<lay Mr Frasier dosed a sale of family.” Try them. Only 50c. Satis 15 a<-r<*e of the U £ Ruesell farm near faction guaranteed by W L DeLano. Bang»’ Park to L R Hendrickson for ______ M arrikd .—Arthur H Wooley and $1500. Mlaa Addie M Harrington were mar- B klknai * HraiRfiB V irw . — Ths ried at the residence of Wm Brynd al Marco number of“Frulte and Flow Floreoce, March 16, Justloe of the ers,” a floral magazine published at Peace C H Holden officiating. Hpringfleld, Ohio, baa an excellent out of the Belknap Hprlngs bridge, tbs You want a good clean bed river, and the hotel aa it appeared be when you stop over night in fore the Are, the view being taken i be river Lank about two hundred Eugene. New beds and newly from yard» below tbe springe. papered and painted room» at the Courthouse Lodging House. No old, dusty, worn- out carj>ets but elwan painted floors with a nice bright Brus- ' »els carpet rug to each bed. * Juel back of the courthouse. Y. P. 8. C. E. C omvrntion . —The Chrtetlan Eod«av<>r Convention men- llonxd last week, to meet In Eugene next Monday and Tuesday, will meet in tbe Christian church. All Eogsos people about4 ' ura'y endeavor to hear the exoelkeiu speakers who Will be present at all tbs seestoM. SOCIALISTS’ STATE TICKET. Boy Eell Into Burning Haystack. Ths 9-year-old son of Mr Hllger, a farmer, was nearly burned to death Tuesday, near Albion, in H^okane oounty, Washington. A strawstack had been ret on fire aud bur e<l ai the the bottom of one side, leaving the top P ortland , March 20.—At Socialists’ state con van tlon held bare whole. The lad climbed to the top of ths yesterday the following ticket was stack and fell down into the supposed nominated : ashes, but what was really living fire. For Governor—R R Ryan, of Marion His body to the waist was burned near* oounty. ly to the bone, several toes of both feet For Hscrstary of Htats - C W Barzee, being burned off. But for bls woolen of Wasco eounty. shirt he would have been burned to For Htate Treasurer— W W Myers, of death before his sad plight was dis Clackamas oounty. covered. For Justloe of the '.Supreme Court—C He wandered away from the stack P Rutherford, of Harney county. by himself and was trying to get to the For (Superintendent of Publio In house, some distance from the place of struction, Atlornsy-Gsneral and Htats aooldent, when found. Ke wax nearly Printer—To be filled by tbs state oeu- strangled with the smoke and ashes and the blisters on bls feet and limbs trai committee. I war»;broken, and bls suffering was For Congressman, Beoond Distrlet— i terrible. . Hsia In a serious condition. DT Gerdes, of Clatsop oounty The Convention Met in Portland Yesterday. F. E. Chambers. F. L. Chambers. F. L. CHftMBEBS «MO. 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