Eugene semi-weekly guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-190?, March 26, 1904, Image 6

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    A EUG :NE BOY
hbout atn ■yunces caused by tramps
cal. The Variag was now sinking with
be good service ana comforts for tb
Legging, One lady reports that as
considerable list, as was also the mer
people, advancement to keep pac
many as five tramps came to her
chant ship. We expected to see the
with the age and not altogether profit
bouse iu oue day, only rm of whom
Korietz also sink when jost at 3:57 a
getting. This is oue of the comini
would work for something to »at,
loud report was beard aud we saw
issnes iu Pendleton.”
I bis seems to be the ti i.e cf year
the Korietz was blown up by 1 1 in­
Why not Eugene own its own water
when the bobos -tome north again.
and light system? This would pay
Wayne Osburn Gives Thrilling terna ■ explosion. 1 never expect to
Some aetiou should be takeu to stop
see such a sight again. We were all
every cent of our city taxes, besides
Description of Destruction of on the quarteideck looking at her I
this begging, for no one cares to
we would have a cheaper rate for light
feed a good for nothing tramp, and
and water.
when it took place. A column of
Russian Men of-War.
I
honest men are not tramping these
smoke went straight up in the air
Let us figure and think a little.
several hundred feet. ... We
The city of Eugene is paying for its
were only a few hundred yards from
water 81000 a year to tbe water com­
(Daily Guard March 28)
From letter to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. bei and it is a wonder that we were
pany, and 83,600 for its street lights —
not struck w.tb flying shells. . . .
that is 84600 tbe taxpayers are paying
Osburn:
The Variag commenced to burn at
out for light aud water. That amount
Ever.ii» )i ive happened so fast dur
will pay the interest on 8100,000 a
ing *
' • «r 24 hours that I could about this time, and after sundown
year, which would be ample to put in
write
bo ik on It. 1 have seen to see the flames leaping up aud to
stupe turned, naval battles, men-of- hear the ammunition about the decks Dallas College Had
Won in a water aud llcl.t system for the city.
Tbe city could pay the interest on
war blow ■ > up. nieu of war sink, the being exploded is a sight I shall al­
Basket Ball.
the bonds, and save enough each year
dead a;id ujl
li >ur ported in boats. ways remember. The bauds on the
Irilliant Reception this Afternoon
for a sinking fund to pay the 8100,000
etc., etc., etc , Vei •y. I say tha' ships clayed the Russian nat'oual air
witbin twenty years.
Besides the
in Honor of Miss Archibald, of
enough exeitemont ff.M furni lel ur as the Variag slowly sunk, and at 6:01
Daily Guard March 28
yesterday to make up for a yeui p. in. she rolled over aud sank, ac­
The Dallas Observer, in speaking of light rates could be largely reduced
Boston—Other Social
remaiuing here with no excitement companied by a loud noise caused by the Dallas-Corvallis Lasketbail game, aud tbe water rates, too. The city
ought to own tbeee plants.
The
wbatevei.
L'ow.vei, 1 am going : me water rushing in. As we stood I ends with the following:
Events.
(here it was bard to realize that that
little ton ta»i.
The ouiy cause of regret among the profits from them would pay every
i
was
the
end
of
the
82,500,000
cruiser,
cent
of
Ibe
city
tax.
Night before last
/.alias people who visited the game
the Japa w
Daily Guard March 28
landed their troops aud the transport- ou board of which just a few days be­ is the rough aud ungeutlematily treat
got out 'lie men < f wur pulled oui fore we had dined , . . aud now ment to which they were subjected as
Mrs Dr. Sheldon entertained thia
about six u..les. The Pompey cun. at the bottom of tbe sea with the the train was leaving Corvallis. Not
fternoon iu honor of Miss Archibald
body of the officer whom we all lovid r ...tent with stealing the signal lan­
alougci .c
if Boston. The rooms were tastefully
at 7 a.m. to coa1 ue, ano
the same time a Japanese policenai so dearly, Count Nireod. Such are tern ou the train, cutting the bellcord
lecorated in evergreen, potted plants
br< ugl.t a n te for the captain from the fortunes ot war.
nd candles.
Mosdames Sweetser,
aud piling cordwood under the car
Soon after tbe Variag went out of
tho . .u A la...... so . l anding tin-
Stafford, Washburne, aud Hyde aided
wheels, a band of hoodlums lined up
sight the merchant ehip broke out in
Jap:
he hostess. Misses Crawford, Ban-
along the track, and as the train be-
■>e sq mJron,inlorming him that
flames and burned all night until 2
tard, Dodge, Gray and Cleaver aided
i - v:-ted between Japan ano
gau to move,threw mud upon the pas- President Campbell of the Opin­
t mis
nis mp-ning.
moming. With the moon com
n serving. The invited guests were:
seugers by the handful.
ion That It is a Great Oppor­
•
e two Russian ships,
ing up, the sniy burning, the lost
Mesdames Washburne, Luc: mi a, Kuy-
Variag and Kcreitz would be given
Several persons standing on the
tunity
for
Eugene,
wreckage of the Variag and Korietz
endali, Straub, Howe, McMurphy,
platforms wer • struck by rocks, and
until noon m leave, aud if they did
■nicking above the water and the Jap­
)eCou, Sweetser, Zeiber, Aukeny,
nut leave bv that
ttiHt time ttiey wmiln
many suits and overcoats were ruined
anese torpedo boats running in and
toney, McCormack, Glen, Young,
Editor Guard:—Those who really
be destroyed .vhik
at
auvboi.gabei
by the volley of mud that was thrown
while
out, i* showed that war, grim war,
’attison, Wann, Scarbrough, Adair,
all other sbi|8 must g' t out ot
At every street crossing from the de­ enjoy tbe advantages of a good library
was in our midst.
Smith, Burden, Shafer, Abbot, Os-
tbe way . .
pot to the north end of town this 1 can best appreciate, prrbaps, the ben-
Well.
Hiere was
Do you wonder that when the day
iorne, Wold, Williams, Wheeler. Liv-
quite a lot of excitement in the bar
disgraceful performance was repeated ■ etits to be derived by the general
was ended I put it dowu as the most
irmore, McGinnis,Willoughby, Dunn,
bor, as you can imagine. All lh<
and when tb° train reached the public from easy access to a well se­
exciting day J hare yet en"nt?
lawthorne, McAllister, Potter, Rob-
m-ii-u! war 'u the harbor began t<
suburbs many of the passengers who lected collection of books The li­
Several weeks ago 1 -eut the music
nson, Kelley, Jobuson, Lilley, Grif-
gel eleu.u ,p and we thought iba
had been unable to crowd into the brary is the heart of a university,
au'l menu cards of our dinner on
In, Whitson, Fuller, Prentice, Chns-
perhaps we would have to get un
coaches were plastered with mud and it is hard to think of any satis-
bonr I the Variag, and also showing
□au, Lowe, Wilkins, Booth, Wood-
from head to foot.
The excursion­ I factoiy elucational work being done
derway with the collier alongside.
the picture of her. I saw her while
rard, Inhgam, McLean, Hendricks,
ists were so surprised aud astonished without au abundance of good books
The Kusiesu boats were flying in
»he was building in Philadelphia in
Snodgrass, Sanderson, Dunn, Calk-
The public
st such a display of ruffianism in a readily at command.
every which direction endeavoring
1900; I have been ou board her there;
ns, Stafford, Boynton, Y’oran, Gray,
to get tbe foreign captains to inter-
town where they had gone as friendly schools of Eugene must ba e a 11-
1 have been on board her here as a
Jearborn, Miller, Campbell, Cooker-
visitors that they could not realize 1 brary sooner or later; probably tbe
ceue uud protest, aud 1 think a pro
guest and been dined; 1 ha e jeeu her
test whs sent out to the Japauese.
accptetauce of the Carnegie gift by ‘he
ine, Pattison, DeBar, Allen, Bean,
what bad happened.
go out to battle, and 1 have seen her
Cmmons, Preston, Schwarzchild, Tol-
Fortunately our captain was not
Thia surprise gave way to ludlgna city is the surest aud best way to ob­
KO down. I oin thus Bay that I have
asked, nor did he enter into it. He
□ ie, Travers, Hyde, Gamber, Profes-
tion when it was recalled by many tain it. The new library could easily
men her in her infancy, known her in
cr Carson, Misses Pattison, Kerns,
said he would do nothing but keep
p isseugers that among the rowdies be made to serve tbe schools as well
her middle age and have seen her die.
tbe general public.
strict neutrality, All the merchant
were a large number of young men
IcCormack,
Hendricks, Stinson,
ielley, Leach.
As to the expense of maintenance,
wearing the caps aud uniform of the
«hips ran up the liver to get out or
college. No blame is attached to the the fraction of a mill of additional
range At ubouc 10 a. m. the Variag
good people of Corvallis, to the tax is not large, aud will steadily
and Koreitz commenced to clear ship
Mrs. Fannie Whiteaker entertained
college team or to the college faculty grow smaller as the wealth of the city
for action, aud you should have seen
tinnier of university and high
fur the disgraceful conduct of this increases. The average taxpayer will
the woodwork that went overboard,
cbuol
stu lente at her home on West
it was really pitiful,
band of young toughs, and the Ob­ probably eave more in tbe lessened
At about 1:3l)
Ihariieltou street.
It was after the
tbe two K issiai.s started out and
server has one word of suggestion to amount of bis book purchases each
ty.
1 .< leap year party, the young
they were cneered by all the ships. A Stranger Within Our Gates managers cf the scuool. Polk county year than bis part of tbe tax will
latth-s turiting their friends, The
Not that
they
pays annually something over 8700 come to. Especially will this be true
necessarily sym-
guosts were: Misses Alice Merriman,
Advises the Taking of all
pathized with liusisa but they did
in taxes for the support of the Agri iu families in which the children are
Helen and BerthaJMcKinney, Victo­
cultural College, and we would advise fond of reading. To many children
sympathize with those ’two beautiful
that Can Be Got from
ria Mitchell, Neva Perkins, Lillian
ships going out to fight ten ships.
that a part or all this money be on the other Laud, not able to pur­
Carnegie.
Woods,Lula Currin, Mazie Eddy, Jea-
Even after they started out we could
spent in training a number of ths chase booke, the library will openj^a
sie
Paddojk, Messrs. H. G. Moulton,
world
otherwise
wholly
inaccessible.
not believe that there was going to
students to be gentlemen.
Francis Galloway, Cloan Perkins,
Tbe rapid growth of libraries in
Such a course of study is badly
tea tight until promptly at 11:50
(Daily Guard Match 28)
Carl and Marion McClain, Paul
a. m. wlieu the Rusisatia were about
Editor Guard :—Possibly the citizens needed in the O. A. C. curriculum, every state iu the Union is oue of the
Stauffer.
5 miles away, the Japauese fired tbe of Eugene would be pleased to read and the people of Polk county, es- most hopeful signs iu tbe develop­
first shot at the Vsriag. The Japan­ what a cosmopolitan citizen might peciallj those whose clothing was ment of popular education. The li­
ese were so fur away we’could not see have to say concerning the prospect ruined by mud aud whose arms aud braries are the high schools and uni­
Miss Veda McCullough was ten­
them, but th. v used their largest of a munificent Carnegie library, bodies were bruised by .flying stones versities of the working men. No oue
dered a pleasant surprise party last
guns,
The Rns-mns commenced to Some towns ute born great, others and missiles will cheerfully pay their need despair of liberal culture who
evening at hei home on East Four-
has access to a good library.
One of
return the Are aud then the; Japanese have greatness thrust upon them, in part of the expense.”
(tenth street by a few of her girl
commenced an aw'ul.cannonade. The travelling about 1 notice "that all of
friends. The occasion was her seven­
The editor of the Observer wa» the surest ways to build up good cit­
shots wet“ even heardj nt ¡Seoul, 50 the Western tawus were born without among the visitors and received a'bad izenship is to provide the largest cp
teenth birthday.
Numerous games
miles a vav
iwere played and refreshments were
auy public library, therefore, if blow on the arm with a rock. He is portunity for tbe use of books.
The city has an opportunity to do a
The Russians headed then 2 away Dame Fortune seeks to smilo a great fully justified in giving vent to his
¡served. Those present were: Alba
from the Jans an ) then'IiHck Jio'.vurds library upon Eugene let us modestly indignation, and we regret that the large thing fnr the schools and for
Calloway, Grace Ju.iy, Florence
UN. Mind you, all this waa^in plain bow cur beads ami accept it. Let us visitors did not reseut the insuil tbe general public at a small expense
Downing, Louise Hanson,Cleo Mcore,
The burden will after all be a light
sight nud we saw it all ¡..everybody hope it will prove an antidote fo- the by giving tit for tat.
Emma Lackey, Grace Tiffany, Ruth
oue ou the heaviest taxpayer, an i
had tils eves glued on that light, ev benighted heathen who insist upon
Wood, and Mrytle Lyons.
almost inappreciable ou the man ot
erytbiug taking place witbin a few drinking poor whisky, and the dis­
modest means.
Piactically every
miles uf us.
pensers thereof.
Miss Cora Wold was pleasantly sur­
family will receive more than an
About 12:30 the firing censed a
While we acquiesce iu what Rev.
prised
at her home, 658 Patterson
I
'equivalent in the use ot the book
they (the Rnssmne) were getting in Wooly hath state dfrom a seutin. i.enl.,1
street, la-t evening by about twenty
p.aced at its disposal. After the !•
too close towards us. Tlie Variag an stall ipoiut, we must recollect ; that
ot her university triends. The even­
brsry baa once come into use, then
cbnre-l at 1, exhibit Ingjn’l ist to port, ail hands are playiug the same game
ing was passed with games aud candy
Some
two
dozen
prune
growers
of
will never be a complaint made h
mid the Korietz am h rad at 1 :2 . as Brother Carnegie to gain our
There is considerable
complaint pulling, which was thoroughly enjoy-
We could not see much effect of the wealth. He takes all the profit the Laue county aie in Eugene today for tbe cost of maintenance.
from among the residents in town ed by all.
P. L. CAMPBEL1 .
shots except a smokestack was gone. traffic will bear, aud then seeks a wel­ the purpose of organizing a Prune
Growers
’
Association.
The
meeting
All tlie foreign nieu-of-war, including come relief from a surfeit ot or an
us, sent boats with hospital flags fly­ embarrassment ot riches by donating was. called to order this afternoon at
ing, and doctors, to the Variag. In libraries to all well behaved towns in 1:30. and C. M. Densmore elected
temporary chairman. Mr. Shepard,ot
h I iou ’ half an hour our doctor came Uncle cium's dominion. Suppose our
back mid told us ot the awful scenes income, like our more prosperous Hie Salem Pruue Growers' Associa
LORD KITCHNER
Will Make Season of i J4 From March 15thtoJuiy 1st
aboard tlie Variag. Five or six big brother C., shouli attain the colossal tion, was present and explained th.
shots had made the ship to lie in a proportions of two or three million »erkiugs of bis association. The ai
Number 32935
n
ternoon was spent iu discussion aud
sinking <•'edition; there were forty dollars per month,their let us remem
Record
2:25
c
woumied ou the docks amt tliirtv bet tire poor towns that are minus an up to press time no permanent organ
Trial
2:19 1-4
izatioti
had
been
effected.
kit! 1.
My friend, Count Niered illuminating library ami follow Car­
Sire Zombro 2:11, son of
was killed instantly on (lie bridge. negie’s j, . d example in spite of the I
McKinney, 2:11 1-4.
We all li id to shudder wheu
we ethics that cause our conscience to le
First Data SARAH BEN­
I
thought of the destructive effects ot volt incidentally.
TON (dam of E.ia Madison
modern warfare.
Here was a shi|
A CONSTANT READER.
2'12 1-2 May Day trial
which lied only been tired on fo
2:16 1-2, Lord Kitclner
about a half hour,and then nt a rang
2:2(j\ by Albion, son of Gen.
Benton.
of 10,000 yards, and yet had cause:
Second dam BESSIE (gran-
great damage. Castle and tlie docto
dam of Ella Madison 2 ;12 1-2,
went back to the Variag with supplh
Harry
Madison
2:27,
Eugene, Mardh 25, 1901.
Tuesday, March 15th, at the home
of medicine, bandages, etc. Cast I.
Julia M., trial 2:13 1-2), by
Ed.
Guard:
—
The
following
item
is
Inca, son of Woodford’s
wigwagged back that ttie Kussiain of Isaac Hughes,Dallas, Polk county,
clipped from tbe Pendleton paper:
Mambrino.
were al aiidoui'.ig the Variag and v< two happy hearts were made one.
Third
dam LAWSHE
From the East Oregonian.
The contracting parties were J. T.
sent several boats over in charge oi
MARE, by Tenbrock, (thor­
Miss
Rosa
“
The
muuici|Bl
water
system
owned
lliiglies,
of
Dallas,
and
Brooks and Dowling. 1 was on dutj
oughbred).
Lord Kitchener is a black
aud of course could not go. All oi Cruzan, of Dexter. At 11 a. tn. a few by the city of Pendleton returned the,
stallion,
foaled in 1897, 16
♦ he Varing's boats were di strove I. s intimate friends and all the Imme people profit of 87,663.61 for the yesr'j
hands
high, weighs 1220
dial«'
relatives
of
the
groom
zere
as
­
llk'J.HU
increase
in
profits
of
8992.10!
ii ,’ 11 i j went in the boats of tbe for
pounus He won a prize in
sembled in ;he parlor itid «lile Miss over 1902. This company is the fruits
the show ring at the Oregon
ot municipal ownership if put lie;
Maggie Hughes played
State Fair, last year, and also
El'
th' B'.ue Rib*, n at the Dis­
utilities. No ci»y in the land - i i 1 i |
march il e young couple,
trict Fair at Eut:ene, Oregon,
ever sell, t arter or give aw i a 1. .n ,
ch
Wilber 11 che and Ml
TJ
nd indi-
d him
f those
MISTREAT
AT CHEMULPO
VISITING
COLLEGIANS
Corvallis Toughs Threw
RS. SHELDON
Mud and Stones.
ENTERTAINS
U. OF 0. PRESIDENT
ON LIBRARY
MORE LIBRARY
DISCUSSION
LANE COUNTY
PRUNE GROWERS
LORD KITCHENER
WANTS
MUNICIPAL
OWNERSHIP
Wedding Beils.
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