The Eugene weekly guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1899-1904, December 05, 1903, Image 8

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WeeF’y Eugene Guard!
Panicky Prognostication.
EUGENE
Here is a dismul prognostication
Miut out from Chicago iu a press as­
sociation dispatch:
It has been estimated that befo-e
ttie close of tbe year tbe big employ
iug co-’cerlis of tbe country will bate
discharged nearly 1,(*K>,(*X) meu, moot
of them laborers and general utility
workers. Of this number the rail­
roads are expected to drop from em­
ployment 200,000 men, the mine oper-
Easthum, A
4tors 5(>,000, the machine shops aud Earnest
iron, steel slid tin plauta, 250,000,
a nd tbe building trades more thau
Logger, Forges
40,000.
Still we rather think people in this
Checks.
instance are scared before they are
hurt. Winter is about with ua aud it
is but natural that maufactnring and
Then Proceeded to the Gambling
other industries should have partial
Tables, Loosing It All-—
cessation.
FIRMS VIC
DEC EM BEK 5
SATURDAY
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TIMIZED
What a contrast! New snow cov­
ered Missouri yesterday, Eastern N'e-
biaska and Kansas, Western Iowa
and Southern Illinois. Thanksgiving
day iu this favored Western Oregon
was mild and equable asjn spring­
time.
The crowd hissed the Fitzsimmous-
Gardner tight at San Francisco, Wed­
nesday. It was too tame. People
who pay money for a seat at a prize
ring do not want a Bunday school ex­
Caught at Junction
hibition. They want blood, and want
There are evidently worse things
City.
it got by bard jolts. Then they get
wild—just about like the tiger when than the dread of lynching. The
Earnest Easthum, a bold, bad man
he iirsl tastes the warm f lood of bis Degroes who emigrated to Liberia
are now petitioning this government who has been working in Newton
victim.
Griffins logging camp ou Fall Creek,
to bring them back to Georgia.
for the past few months, came down
to spend Thanksgiving in Eugene.
Th' meauest man in the country
The State I<and Board lias sold 189
Banning short of the coin of the
was at Payette, Idaho, Tuesday night,
acres of tide land, sand is the better realm he thought of an easy way of
lie “held up” the woman night oper­
name, near the end of the Columb!« supplying his empty pocket book, and
ator in the telephone office and com­
river jetty. Three dollarti and a half procuring a checkbook from the Eu­
pelled her to give him money for bis
gene Loan A. Savings Bank, he pro­
an acre was paid. Of course it is ceeded to write out checks as lavishly
supper, as he claimed, then locked
covered with water except at low as if be had been a millionaire. His
her in the office when the left.
tide.
checks ranged all the way from 950
to 990 in favor of himself and forging
Some people are so untbougbtful I
The Guard is the borne paper of Newton Griffin’s signature, giving a
There is that aotress playing in
good counterpart of the original.
Eugene—tbe one that is read in tbree-
As Mr. Griffin’s checks are as good
Portland who sought to add to her
fourtbs of tbe home firesides at night. as gold and Easthum was with some
paring capacity by having it pub­
That is why its excellence as an ad­ fellows loggers who were known to
lished in an interview that aim was
vertising medium is not challenged be straight and honest, bis checks
playing In Ford* theatre the fateful
by any rival. It íb the popular were readily cashed by a number of
night when Booth assassinated Presi­
business men.
Hie
companions
homo and fireside paper.
thought it was queer that he should
dent Lincoln In that place. Let us
have so many checks cashed,aud grow
see! That was in April, 1865, over
Fashionable and swell New York iug suspicious told one of tbo par­
thirty-eight years ago. Even allowiug society should be scandalized, if such ties, who cashed a check for 992, that
her then at sweet sixteen, she would a thing were possible, by .the rapid he thought the fellow was crooked and
now be flfty-four And an actress nev­ transfer of marriage obligations by things looked wrong. Tbe check was
taken to tbe bank aud pronounced a
er gets over forty five!
Mrs. Arthur Kemp, sister-in-law of forgery. The forger Eastbum, after
the Vanderbilts, yesterday. Within losing most of bis ill-gotten money at
Nearly sixteen thousand acres of an hour Hfter a decree of absolute the gambling tables, disappeared and
t be fine pine timber ou the eastern divorce had been given her Bhe was the officers were uuable to locate him
slope of the Cascade mountains be­ married agaiu. The press report says last night. It is known that he se­
tween the Military and McKenzie she ¡was “given away'* by Freddie cured money amounting to 9300 from
prominent Eugene business
wagou roads, was deeded to a Mlnne- Gebhardt. Tbe hasty remarriage was four
bouses.
i tn timber firm the other day by the considerable of a “give away’’ Itself.
CAUGHT AT JUNCTION.
i ate Land Board, for 91.25 an acre.
Word was received by Sheriff Fisk
Queen Lili is besieging congress that tbe forger had been caught at
How did they manage to got such a
quantity when au individual is al- again with her claim for 1*200,(KO, Junction this morning. Deputy Sher­
lowad to purchase but one hundred being the value of the crown lands of iff Harry Bown and Al Waddle drove
end sixty acres, and that at 92.50 an Hawaii, the title of which passed to down this afternoon to identify and
briug the prisoner back to tbe county
acre? Simply by hiring some sixty the republic when the monarchy was
bastile in this city, where free grub
Edward VII, should also and lodgings will lie furnished him.
person» to file on the laud with lieu abolished,
• ’ •’♦ri n <rnt out in a claim for the value of the
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pre-af agaiust those foreigu, transien
peddlers who pay no taxes in th
county, and who can lieece light au>
left because they never expect to vlsl
the county the second time. Of lai<
that city has been ovorrun|by peddler»
of every description aud every dollai
they have received for their wares
has been takeu out of circulation ii
the home maiket. Thia is all wrong
and linker City people are standing
in their owu light when they throw
their dollars to the outsider. Stop
it. Get tbo habit.
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Eugene's building boom has not
abated with the approach of winter.
New buildings are going up ou every
hand and a small sized army of work­
men will be kept busily employed
for weeks tu come, iu fact until the
renewed activity of spring sets in.
After torrents of discussion and
much hesitation the public school
teachers of New York have organized
w.tli approximately thirteen thousand
mi inliers. In an army like that what
a delightful time the walking dele­
gate would have. The insane asylum,
not Sing Sing, would la* the wizard
she would take with her job.
President Marroquin of Colombia
hi-tens to aasure tbe people of tbe
V'lited Stati a that the persons and
p operty of American citizens iu
Colombia are mfe in reliance upon
the traditional honor of the govern­
ment aud p ople of Colombia. If
that was all that they had to rely
upon it would be a safe time to eml
grate from the delectable country.
Potatoes are cheaper in Oregon an I
Washington at preseut then almost
anywhere else lu the Unitel Staiee
la New York they are worth 60 to
05 cents per bushel; at St. Louis, 57
tj 60 cents; at Bostu i, 57 to 60 cents.
uts The uni
at Chicago, 50 ’o 63
formity
of prices i
Eastsrn markets is rather unnaoal.
They are just a littsa lower here than
jn New I ork.—Oregon Agriculturist.
Ono was for iracy, iu« UUUUrt, V. ~L
made such a seuaiUional ruuuiug
tight from would-l>e captors after es
raping from tbe Salem peniteutiarj
i couple of years ago only to Le
killed over on Puget Souud. The
other was agaiust Beldiug, wife-mur
ilerer, who was hung.
A I in
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Vmory Hall.
concert Wednesday even­
ing was out attended hs well as the
excellent program merited. Those
who attended were highly pleased
with the numbers rendered.
The most enjoyable num tiers were
the clarinet solo by Director Hughes
and the two numbers by the Man
dolin Club.
The dance after the concert was en­
joyed by all who participated iu it,
the otcbostra music being excellent.
The Eugene baud is a worthy or­
ganization and should receive better
support from the citizens of Eugene.
The band is one that a larger city
could well be proud of, and Eugene
citizens should patronize them letter
than they have in the past.
Nugget Changes Hands. -
Stole His Birds
Obituary.
“Smoking on the car?” »xclaimrd
the disgusted wo nan, as l*enni Flail
arty, with his short stemmed p.pe,
took the seat beetle her.
“Di am, " rejoiued Dennis, bvtaeeu
long and determined puffs. “Aud
av ye don't loike ut, go down au* git
inside, riiese en'es i. lor a.iiokeia ’’
“If you weio my husl .nl I'd give
you poison. ’’
“Would ye, now?" (• uff, pud).
“Oi think av ye wor me woife” —
puff, puff—” OU d take it."—TM Bits.
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hotel as elerk.
He afterwards en
gaged in building and contracting,
work, being a very proficient me­
chanic. He was plain aud uuitssum-
iug, ot bale aud jovial disposition.
His word was as good as a bond, aud
no sorthy object of charity ever left
him empty hauded.
His aged parents live at Muscotah,
Kansas, while he has four brothers
aud three sisters living.
Tbe funeral was held at tbe resi­
dence of K. It. Haye this afternoon
at 2 o'clock, tbe body having been
kept awaiting the arrival of relatives.
Tbe iuterment was iu charge of hie
comrades of the G. A. R. aud was
made in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.
M. A. Kice, a brother, and Mrs. Chas.
Ashton, a sister, of Huntley, Wash
ington, are here, also Ira Erb of
Salem, an old soldier frieud.
Missing.
Henry C. Bauer, brother of Kev. L.
Bauer,a Baptist minister of Scio,Or.,
has been missing since July 1901,
and his relatives have been unable to
gain any trace of his whereabouts,
following la tho description of tbe
missing man:
Biiuer is about five feet 11 inches in
height, of sleuder build. His hair is
browu and hie complexion fair. He
is about 22 years of age. When last
beard of hie address was 1311% Paciflo
avenue, Tacmnii, • Wash. Hie home
was formerly in Macoupin county,
Illinois.
HIGH SCHOOL
VICTORIOUS
Eugene High School Easily De
leafed Holmes Business
College-Il to 0.
Yesterday's football game betweeu
the Eugene High School and Holmes
Business College of Portland, on
Kincaid field, resulted iu a victory
for the High School by a ecore of 11
to 0.
,
Tbe High School outplayed the
visitors from start to finish, making
their yardage by bucking tbe line and
by the superior puutiug of Capt.
Crabtree.
Booth, right tackle, for the High
School, was the star player of tbe
day, making many sensational plays
on both defensive and offensive play.
Holmes worked the ball to Eugene’s
15-ynrd line twice during tbegame by
fnke end runs, but showed very poor
judgment ty uot trying a kick for a
goal from the field. In fact the gen­
eralship of both teams was poor.
The teams were given a banquet
and reception in the armory hall last
night by the young ladies of the High
CONCERT
School.
There wereno injuries received dur­
AT ARMORY ing tbe game, and the crowd of about
600 eujoyed the game thoroughly.
The Portland boys left this after
noon tor Cottage Grove, where they
ogram Rendered By will meet tbe Cottage Grove High
School tomorrow.
iugene Band at
“A country editor called on me one
day," said Clyde Fitch, “to ask my
opinion about a play he bad written.
Aftei talking a few moments he asked
permission to wash hie bands, as he
bad tumbled from a trolley car and
gathered up more of tbe mud than be
oared to carry home." “ 'Glmmiuy
crips* he exclaimed as he approached
the wash basin, 'do you use a clean
Howard A Brown, of the Cottage
t owel every day? You ought to see
Grove Nugget, have sold their inter-
the one 1 have in my composing eats In the Nugget to A. F. Betters-
room ! Why, at the end of tbe week worth.
The Nugget lias under the former
it looks as though it had been used
owners
prospered and been placed on
to wipe tbe face of the earth!' **
a solid foundation, and baa covered
“Life’’ gives a Hue, maybe two, its Held in good shape.
Mr, Beltersworth is well known to
ea'b week to each of New York's the pencil pushers of < iregoti, and is
prominent theatres, giving play on a hustler from away back. He has
and such criticism as may be crowded been connected with the Harrisburg
iu that space. Aud doubtless the Bulletin. The Nugget • sb >ws im­
theatre soinetimiq thinks “Life” provement with bis first i*su . The
Nugget under tbs new management
extravagant of apace. For Instance changes to an independe it l>etno
last week's numla r Las this: “Weber cratic journal.
A Field's- Musical extravagauza and
burlesque, which at reasonable pri -ee
and iu a comfort aide theatre, might Im
l.ee Hoselton reports the losa of
wortn seeing. ” lu country towns
such criticism would l<e met with four tine chickens that he had cooped
up fattening them for a Thanksgiving
the excuse that the paper got lio feast. Some lover of ihleken flesh
passes. There Is no reason for sup- purloined tbe birds for hie use and
Pptdng it would make any difference Ixe had to resort to turkry.
with the New York humorous publica­
tion.
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Got Even and Ahead of H r.
.
David E. Rice, more familiarly
known as “Dave" died in Eugene
Saturday evening. Nov. *21. 1 he de­
ceased, who was one of tbe beet known
men in Eugene, had a host of friends
who ml » his genial face
Mr.
Rice was born in Indiana
couuty, Pa, July 5. 1--M. where be
grew to manhood. He s-rvel in the
14th lllii.ole car Irv UnrilVg the Civil
War. After the war be came West,
tirat localiug at Salem, then In Eu­
gene In 187*1 He wea first em­
ployed here iu tbe old til Charles
Donation lor Aid Society.
fcThe Eugene publicjschools made
their annual Thanksgiving donation
for the Boys’ aud Giris’ Aid Society
of Portland, last Wednesday. Capt.
J. M. Williams took charge of aud
shipped all donations.
The donations this year were greater
han ever tiefore. Following is a list
of provisions donated:
Five sacks of potatoes, five sacks ot
apples, six sacks of pumpkins, etc.,
one sack ot pruues, one sack ot
onions, 13 boxes of canued lrnit aud
oue box of miscellaneous.
Has Located.
John
G. Stevenson, ex-county
school superintendent of this county,
and well known throughout this
county, has decide.! to locate near
Klamath Fails.
Mr. Stevenson sold his place west of
Eugene about a year ago aud has since
been looking for a new location. He
has a farm of 320 acres near Klamath
FallB and intends to make that hit
future home.
Ijne county loses a good, upright
citizen and Klamath Hakes asul-
stantial gain.
Still Improving.
Tbe Portland
Daily Journal did
Itself proud on Thanksgiving day by
issuing a* fine ail edition an one could
deeire. The Journal has gained a
footbold and la uow a leading paper
in 9 our state. Typographically it
has no superior on tbe Pacific coast.
It Is a paper that deserves the pat­
ronage of the people of Portland and
Oregon.
Visiting Relatives,
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Mr*. W. H. Boardman and children,
of McMinnville, are visiting at tie
home of Mrs. Boardman's fa rents,
Mr. and Mr*. B. F. Dorris. Mrs.
Boardman will remain in Eugeue
several days, when she will join her
husband in their new home ou Puget
Souud.
1 he Oregon City paper an 1 flniriog
mills each presented each of their em-
pluses a Thanksgiviuk turkey. No
small donation, tbe m . mber employed I
io both m am fact or i '* rising about I
three bundl'd. They have followed
Ibis custom for a number of year».
ROW RIVER
BRIDGE
FALLS
Joe Cole Injured—Nar
r<*w Escape From
Death.
Freight
Lost, Wagon
Wreckp*
—Built in 1898 -Two Other
Unsafe Bridges—No
Warning.
here this morning to visit his brother,
J. M. Smith, of Monmouth, whom he
□as uot seen for many years. Mr.
Smith cane direct from Coquille
City, where he visited two weeks
with bis niece, Mrs. John J. liaud-
aaker. He is well pleased with the
Pacific coast, and will likely make it
bis home lief ore lung.
COBURG
BRIDGE
FINISHED
Roy Renshaw la home from Port-
land.
•John Storm, of Junction, waa in
Bridge Has Been Re
Eugene today.
of
Monroe,
was
a
C. E. Walden,
built—New Ap­
Eugeue visitor today.
Miss Maude Cheshire went to Port­
proach.
land ou tbe moruing traiu.
Misa Ivy Ford is visiting with Miss
Bessie Cameron at Albauy.
A. D. Patterson, of Sacramento, 1» Has Been Closed Long Time-
iu Eugeue visiting frieDds.
Very Heavy Travel—The
Mrs. Prof. Schmidt returned to her
Ferry Was a Regular
home lu Corvallis yesterday.
Mint.
Mrs. H. A. Schweriug bas returned
borne from a visit at Creswell.
Alvy Harris and W. C. Grove are
The county bridge over the McKen-
ou a huutiug trip near Criswell.
7.ie river near Coburg baa been rebuilt
C. E. Waldreu, of Monroe, was injtind is now completely finished. Tbs
bridge is au entirely uew structure.
Eugeue on a business trip today.
; Mr. aud Mrs. Frank Gross are vi«it- Tbe new piers have u 100 loads of rock
iu each. The bridge was raised 211
ing Portlaud friends this week.
inches and a 100-foot covered *pau
E. E. McClanahan went to Fortlaud
added ou tbe south eud of the bridge.
this afternoon on a short business
While tbe bridge was closed for
trip.
several weeks private parties were
Miss Bessie Wiukley, who has been running a ferry boat just above
visiting iu AlbaDy returned home charging a dollar a team for ferrage.
today.
These individuals, it is understood,
Mrs. Blightoil, an aunt of Horace cleared over 9400 in three weeks
Westbrooks's went to Portland this time, and on this account Mr. Taylor
mor ring.
reopened the bridge while it was be­
Al Parker aud Kolla Paxton, of ing rebuilt, every 30 minutes teHtns
Fairmount, went to Grants Pass this being allowed to cross. The travel
over this bridge is very heavy. Mr.
afternoon.
Lee Heudrick», S. P. R. R. con­ l'aylor says it will exceed 100 teams
ductor ou tbe uight overland, is rus­ a day.
THE COST.
ticating in Los Angeles, Cal.
Tbe
entire
coat of tbe new bridge
Horace Burnett, city editor of tbe
Guard, who has been very ill for the will amount to less than 91400 aud on
account of delays in lumber and
past week, is slowly improving.
Mrs. T. A. Gilbert went to Albany high water the cost is from 9150 to
this afternoon to join her husband, 9200 higher than it would have been
who is looking after bis shoe store had all circumstances beeu right.
at that place.
John Patterson, local telephone FORGER
lineman, went to Portland last night
ARRESTED
to attend tbe bedside of his friend
Horace Westbrook.
Mrs. Marsters and eon Dennie, of
Yoncalla, who have been visiting Examination Will Be Held To­
Mrs. Blachley of tbi» city, returned
morrow Morning-Had Only
home this afternoon.
Tuesday evening at seven o’clock
the bridge at Row River, in
East Cottage precinct, fell, precipi­
tating Joe Cole, wagon aud team into
the river beneath. Cole lost two sets
of harness; his team is badly bruised
and cut and be is crippled in the legt
by his fall with tbo wagon, team and
bridge of 17 feet. The wagon reached
tbe water first, standing right side
up, followed by the bridge, which
partially fell on the wHgou, turning
it upside down. Mr. Cole managed
to crawl out through a small hole.
He certainly had a very narrow eeeape
with his life.
Mi. Hatch, head sawyer of tbe Ore­
gon Securities Company’s mill, was
slur ding waiting for Cole to cross
when tbe bridge broke in two and he
was 1 ift standing ou the brink look­
ing iuto tbe abyss,
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IN IMD CONDITION.
It is stated that it was a well known
fact that tbe bridge was unsafe and
should have been repaired or closed
to travel. Besides this there are two
other bridges over the river that are
in daugerous condition. Over one
of these the wagons are pulled across
by meaus of a long rope; this bridge
is eight inches out of line and a tele­
phone wire is said to be its main
support.
These bridges will br.ve to be re­
paired this Fall as them are over 300
tons of freight waiting to go into the
Tom Hawthorne, a prominent U.
mines uow, and on account of tbe
O. student, bas 1 eturned home from
lateness of the season fording is out
Ontario, Oregon, where he bas been
of tbe question.
employed since last July.
Tbere three bridges were built in 1898
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Mauer returned
by Lyons Brothers at a total cost of'
i to tbeir home in Salem today. Mr.
I
about 9500.
Mauer is oue of the contractors who
Mr. Cole had over 2000 pounds of
built the new High School building.
freight on his wagon and this was a
D. W. Wallace, of Dayton, Wash., a
total, loss.
George Miller, Geo.
Rangier and Frank Lyons were also former Eugene boy, aud now a pros­
on tbe poutoon of tbe bridge that re­ perous Eastern Oregon f»tmer, is
visiting friends and relatives in
mained standing.
Eugene.
Tho following members of theU. O.
football team came borne from Port­
land last night: Chandler, Penland,
Goodrich,
Arnspiger, Kerron and
E. II. Ingham is in Portland.
Warren Smith.
A If Walker is in Portland for a
Tbe Laird brothers, Samuel, John
short stay.
and William, natives of Lane county,
James Parvin, of Dexter, was in but who have resided at Garfield,
Eugene today.
Wash., for nearly 20 years, are visit­
Buck Starr came down from Cottage ing tbeir mother aud sister, Mrs.
Grove last night.
Laird, and Miss Addie Laird, iu our
Hon. J. M. Shelley and wife re­ city.
turned home this afternoon.
Fred D. Herbold
arrived
in
Frank Page and wife, of Saginaw, Eugene today from Butte, Mont.
speut Thanksgiving in Eugene.
Mr. Herbold was in three wrecks in
Fred D. Herbold, of Butte, Moot., one day and had an exceedingly rough
will arrive in Eugene on tonight's trip. In one of the wrecks two meu
were killed, several cars badly mashed
train.
Mrs. O. P . Coshow and children of and oue engine eoDsigned to tbe scrap
Roseburg, are visiting Mrs. J. M. heap.
Howe, of this city.
Mrs. M. A. Hunsaker la some bette r
today, but no one but immediile at­
tendants are allowed to see her.
The remains of the late Dave E.
Hon. 8. II. Friendly, who witnessed
Kice were Intel red this afternoon at
tbe U. O.-Multnomah football game
two o’clock.
The funeral services
In Portland yesterday, returned home
were held from tbe residence of R.
today.
R. Hayes,469 Oak 6treet,and were well
Deacon Davis, the well known dan­ attended by.tbe friends of tbe de­
cing master,went to Junction this af­ ceased. A brother and sister of Mr.
ternoon where I o bas a large class in Kice are in tbe city aud will return
danciug.
to tbeir respective homes in a few
Carey Martin and wife,of Salem, re­ days.
turned
to
their
home
last
Tbe mother of the deceased is very
night after spending Thmksgiving low and was not informed of the
with Eugene friends.
death of her son.
Wiley Francis, a former Eugene
boy, but now a S. P. engineer, with
headquarters at Dunsmuir, Cal., is
visiting his father in this city.
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W. J. Fallweiler and wife, of Tulare
Arthur Stubling, a former U. O.
county, California, are in ^Eugene,
stndeut, but now traveling salesman
for tbe firm of Stabling A Son, looking for a location. Mr. Fall-
liquors, of Tbe Dalles, I* io Eugene. weiler intends purchasing iu Ibis
vicinity, but bas not decided whether
Mrs. Emil Etter and child, of this farm or city property. He says that
city, are at St. Luke's Hospital in many Californian* intend to move to
San Francisco, where au operation Eugene, and that a carload could be
will be performed upou the child for formed in the vicinity of his old
partial paralysis of tbe legs.
home, who intend moving to this state.
Mrs. George A biteak' r, nee Nancy
Osburn, of independence, is visiting
with Mias Bessie Day in this city.
Mr*. Whiteaker will visit in Eugene
fora week or two before returning | Mr. Goddard killed a v»ry large
porcupine out on Spencer’» Butte
home.
yester lay. The porcupine is very
J A. Smith, an old veteran of the »carce in Weztern Oregou. Only once
civil war, whose home is at Marietta, in a great while is one seen, but in
Obii\ but who I bus leeu visiting Eastern Oregon these animals are
friend« in California and Oregon since I plentiful.
theG. A. R. grand encampment was
Mr. Goddard tells us that hi* dog
held in Sau Franctoco in August, left got a taite of porcupine flgbtiog.
Personals.
Laid To Rest.
Oregon Tlvir Mecca.
Killed*Porcupine
Two Dollars Left.
Earl Eastman, who buncoed several
Eugene business men last Thursday,
was brought to Eugene last evening
oy Deputy Sheriff Bown aud W.
Waddle from Junction, where be «
apprehended and held until the ar­
rival of the officers to take him into
custody.
He nearly obtained his liberty at
Junction, having torn down tbe brick
flue of tbe city jail and was in tbe
act of escaping wheD the officers came
in.
Eastman had only two dollars on
his person, whtn arrested. His only
excuse for his crime was that be was
drinking and was not responsible for
his notions.
G. N. Griffin will arrive from Fall
Creek ou this evening’s stage to ap­
pear against him in his preliminary
exifi.inatiou Monday morning.
Wedded.
Mr. J. E. Young and MissErmim E
Veitch, popular leading society people
of Cottage Grove, were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony at the resi­
dence of tbe bride’s father, Hon. K.
M. Veatch, in Cottage Grove,’.Novem­
ber 25, 1903. Tbe ceremony was p r-
formed by Rev. C. 11. Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. Young ore enjoying
a short wedding tour to Portland a»
the guest» of Mr. Young’s parents.
Tbe groom is a prominent attorney
of Cottage Grove and a graduate of
the University of Oregon. His bride
1» a daughter of Hon. Bobt. M. e.t« b,
who bas held many responsible official
positions, aud is well known through­
out Oregon. Mrs. Young is an esti­
mable and accomplished lady.
The Guard exteDda congratulation»
to tbe happy couple.
To California
E U. McClanahan and wife, of t*»-
attle, Wash.,are visiting Mr. McClan­
ahan’» brother, E. J. McClana.'Oi
bia city.
Tbe latter aDd his wife will «>•
company his brother to California,
where they go to settle up an e*
of their mother’», who died in Tal«r
county about a year ago.
Married.
; O. A. Nichol» and Mias Li >•
Ritchey, resident* of Cottage Grove,
were united in marriage this
by Juatice of.tbeiPeace C. A. Wit. •'
mêler, in his officejn this city.
Died
Mr*. Whitoole, oí Marcóla. 1
this morning at her home. The -e
will
be bnried tomorrow at_
Laurel Hill cemetery, nearjlsni
son Station.
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