o THE BATTLE FOR CONGRtiS / Df:MOcRAT COUN­ TS CONVENTION Chairman J. D. Matlock of the I-ane County democratic central com luittee, has issue«l a call for a couuty Further Comment on convention to be held in Eugeue, April 9th, at 1" a. tn for the purpose Woodcocks With­ of «decting t»«lve delegate* to the congressional convention for the first drawal. 1 ctiugressioual district to be held ill Albany, April 11. THE PRIMARIES. The primaries to elect delegates to Hermann a Souliern Pati.ic said county convention will be held Candidate A ao --V o dco k on Saturday, April 4tti. t Would Have Had Sup­ port of Geer Men. < local pole cal POT SIMMtRING The approach of th 5th of April marks a simmering in the political Leaders iu pot of the local field, ward politics are scratching their heads to find suitable men to fill the five seats in the city council which will be vacant on that date. Con­ siderable interest is being taken iu the approaching court-.ition which will be held a few «lays prior to the electiou. The convention practically settle« the <|uestious at it u-.- unless uu uuforseen element arises aud tries to dislodge the set progarm of the leaders. MA YOR A LTY UNS ETTLEI >. The mayoralty was as good as set­ tled when Mayor Chrisman was pe titiouml to allow his name to come before the convention iu renomina­ tion for that office, but it appeal - that this was ouly a disquieter iu th«- ranks of nmuiroui city politicians. A number of these have approach«! F. W. O burn, of the Egeru« Loan A Sav­ ings bank, and request«-«! him to al­ low his uarne to be u> ‘ in connec­ tion with tho nomination for mayor. Mr. Osburn, while appreciating the bouor, is desirous of taking more time in which to consider the matt« r. la the meantime he is uudersto«»! not to be a oaudidate in .my way. It appears that iu an open couveii tio:i fight there will b«- a pretty strug­ gle for the place. Eith«-r mtlemau will make a good mayor. MENTIONED FOR CONUNCiLMEN. Among the citizens named at presnet its qualified ami lesiral I ciindulates for the vacant council seats are: First ward—W. W. Calkins, Ji. Svarvoru 1, E. O. Tobey, F. E. Dunn. Second ward—Geo. Gr«-'S, Geo. Miller, S. W. Taylor. Thinl ward—Le > Travis. Fourth wari—J. M. Eddy, s. M. Yoran, E. <>. Potter, Dr. Kuykendall. W. M. Green, retiring member ot the council from the first ward, de­ clines to serve further. M. S. Barker, we understand, Ims sigmlleti a similar unwillingness to lie harnessed for two more years. J. W. White will also retire from the arena. W. W. Calkins refuses to I>e a candidate from the first ward. Thia is the present status of affairs. Ill the citizens’ convention things will I m « sifted and th«- live candidates and a mayor chosen. Other couven tions will have to hurry. PLANING MILL TO BE BUILT Stakes Driven for the Building-- Machin­ ery Bought. North Lawrence Street the Site Chosen—Eugene Planing Mill Co. the Name of the New Firm. Eugene’s manufacturing district has received promise of an addition, aud a substantial one at that. There is a new planing mill going up on ground just across the railroad ou North Lawrence street. The com pany at the head of the enterprise is the Eugeue Planing Mill Company. OFFICERS. The gentlemen interested in this venture are well kuowu iu Eugeue. C. F. Somers, president, has beeu a contractor here for several years. J. I*. Olsen, vice president, has also beeu a contractor and carpenter. Peter Lorenzen, secretary treasurer of the company, is lately from Iowa and is an ex[>erienced mill man. He will bo manager of the establishment. BUILD SOON. Stakes are already driven for the guidance of the foundation builders of th« building which will ¡be erected immediately. The building will be 110x100 feet in dimensions, have the latest improvements aud mill cou- venieuces outside of Portland. MACHINERY ORDERED. Machinery has been ordered from Sail Francisco, Portland and the east. It will be up-to-date and of the best quality. The power to be used is steam. Compound engines and boilers will lie Installed. CAPACITY HUGE. The company will manufacture all kinds of mill productions, sashes and doors, etc. The capacity, Mr. Loren­ zen informs the Guard, will equal the total output of the other two mills now iu operation here, Midgley's and Chapman's. It will la* a huge concern. At first eight men. aside from the offi­ cers of the company, will be em- ployed. LOST IN Ì HE MOUNTAINS (Daily Guard, March 21.) The little nine year old son of Harry Gray, living four miles west of Lorane, Lad a thrilling experienv-e Saturday night ami Sunday last. Mr. Gray went hunting Saturday ami be iug persuaded by the little lad per­ mitted him to go with him. - r they had traveled some distance, - r. Grav decided that he would take a certain route with the view of start­ ing some game. The route Mr. Gray wished to take was a little rough for the boy. and so be mapped out a way for the boy to go a short distance where be expected to meet the boy in about fifteiu minutes. He pointed out the course, designating a large «lead tree as the place for the sou to stop ami wait for him. STRAYi.D FROM COURSE. Th«« little fellow started out all right but it appears strayed from the course. When Mr. Gray reached the giveu point he found no sign of his boy. After waiting a reasonable time he’ starte«l back to find him. He soon found bis trucks ami discovered that he had followed a trail into the woods. The father took the trail aud followed as fast as possible but dark­ ness came ou ami he was forced to return home without his boy. He se­ cured help and lanterns and the search was continued all night. The next morning over forty men wore on the hunt ami the woods was searched in every direction. FOUND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. Late Sumiay afternoon the little boy was found tired ami «-xhausted but still in good shape considering his age and the «■« ertion he had un­ dergone. When t' e boy left his fath­ er he had two dogs with him. One, however, deserted him and came home «luring the eight,the other stay­ ing with his playmate until he was found. The incident occasioned much excitement in Loi me and stirred the hearts of all the citizens. —Nugget. ( Daily Guard, 1. . Notice is liereby given, that th« ti H part The Guard yesterday pri of the letter written Ly John E. Lan« County Democratic County laithrop, from Eugen• to th« Port Convention for the purpose of elect­ land Journal, on th« local i-ongi« s- ing twelve delegates to tlio Congres ■ioual fight. The remain«! -r is also • ioiiid Convention for the First Con­ readable, and is herewith • «•;•«« iuc d gressional District of the State of ¡Oregon, to is> held at Albany, Oregon, WOODCOCK'-4 REA ■ on April 11th, 19<)3 is hereby called “Mr. Wooilcock girts a- a i. . -<-ti to meet in Eugene, lame County, why he does not go into : g> > Or. u, on Thursday, tlm 9th day of siotial fight, that he h ■ ■ > dt up i \pril, al the hour of ten o'clock a. good law business and d< «s not < ir< hi of that day. to abandon it and b«. • n « a | lit i< i m. i primaries to .-feet Camp Creek... ...4 terms.died at his home in Prineville, man who can asy about him, as it was feared the truth is obvious that them is was the hit of the evening. Ping store to see if anythiug had beeu dis­ some hiildeu motive that linn.■< these thnt he had met with foul play some Pong, the Chinese Freshman, was turbed. He found uothing wroug where. persons who an« so heavllj inter,--t«•• I t he character aud Eyer's delineation except the safe door open, and he A day or two ago Mr. Hadlock sur­ in land and lunilier. and Hint motive, if the humorous celestial was so was pretty badly frightened for a whatever it may la>, is much of tin« pris'd his friends by arriving in Eu Geo. Luce, of Alma, was in the city ploasiug that he was recalled three moment or two until he saw that the ■trength of Binger Hermann as a c««n- gene, safe and souml having been OU | safe bad not been tampered with. It yesterday on business. He informed times. a visit to Grand Island, Neb. greesioliai candidate Prof. Glen’s baritone solos were I had inadvertantly been left open the the Guard that he has ha lan offer of THE SOUTHF.I.N PACIFIC. 921iV for stumpage of his timber t he same acceptable, rich aud me night before. "It is belb>v««d Hie Southern I’aci claim ou the Siuslaw. I nt refused th. bxlious productions which always1 The person who broke the glass was tic Company is also l«acking llernum offer. Mr. Luce stat. I that Eastern lelight his audience«. perhaps druuk and fell against the The Booth Kellys arc close to that Mr. Frazer nt the piano did work door. timber seekers are thick in the wes corporation. Beust« r Mitchell Ins al i'b. Ot>'gotiiaii of today has W. A. Mr. Overton says he will pHy a ways l«ee(i regarded as a distinctive Wann, of Eugene, the Mutual Lift« tern portion of th« conuty. but that which required three appearances liefore th«« audience and an additional lilieral reward to anyone who will Southern Pacific mi n. Senator I'ul insurance mau aud late de mix'rat ic timber claims are very .«-aree now. i number to appease the audience's ex- inform him who the miscreant was. tou was apparently elected direct candiiiate for stat«« «chool «u|«erin- I preMion of appreciation. He con- It was necessary to send to Portland ly by Southern 1’aciflo influence teud« nt, as a eamlidate for the ap , tinues a prim«« favorite. for a glass to replace the broken one. ami the pr««gram ofj he Hermann p< <> ' pointaient of state gam« warden at I In the Strenilow Paxton sketch Mr. pie is presumably in cousonanca with I I th«- hauds of Governor Chaiulierlain. i Frazer ami Ross Plummer made a the previous performatives that have! Mr. W xiki niaki-s denial and says he ¡ Claude Sylvester, of the Guard I gn-at bit. Frazer’s make-up as a Ia«en given by that retire ul eolicerti is out for uothing but more life in ¡ force, has purchased half interest ini young lady ami his parodies on the on the political stag««. i »U rance. Walter Roas’ new job printing estab l«ehavior of the gentle hinting sex Washington. March 21.-Senator “This view Is stre gthen«*dp>y rafer- lument and will dev. te hi* entire were extremely funny. They were re­ Fulton has called at the war depart Ing to the people wh < are I ehimi Her time to the same, ham g resigned his called. ment to ascertain the cause of the de mum's candidacy niton, Mitchell, position in this office. The combined V. O. F.ugene Mando­ l«y in beginning the improvement at Senator Booth, th«« Booth-Kelly, Sen lin Club made an euviable name for the mouth of the Siuslaw river, un­ «tor Kuykendall, and most of the peo M. Peterson, proprietor of the itself by playing ex«?ellent music der the appropriation of last y.ar Pete Burr returned yesterday to his pie who supported Fulton iu the late Grove Dairy, has sold his custom The concert was voted to be the best He wa. »„Id that the project ha.i hou « iu Eugene ou a l.Vday furlough bust new to Mikkel. een recommended for the appoint went of chief clerk in the surveyor geueral's office at Portland. He is at prvseut clerk in that office, where be Las been employe«! for eight years h