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THE EUGENE GUARD Evolution Navy of Japan * if th« great victories tn'the ancient times was the almost complete destruc tion of an immense army of Chinese that had «ailed across In their junks to Invade one of the Jap islands. The Ce lestial« never reached shore. REGISTRA TION OF J Lesson of the Ships. The first glimpse of the western I world that had come to fire the Japa- ■iree Imagination was the sight of a I tleet of warships. W'iAt wonder, then, that one of the Initial activities of the «wakening nation was In the direction of the construction of n larger navy? Th» fink tangible start seems to have been in U m pnrrlmRo from the United Etutes government of the Stonewall I the departing bettJnrfitpe had vanish«1 Jiukson, a LfiOO ton ship carrying a ten ton gun. beside« «mailer ones, n HE development of Japan's navy from a handful of worthies» over the horizon, so the oM Japan was powerful vessel for that day. She to vanish, and, ouzuporad So the long was renamed the Adzunia, and. with tigre of Ma pot. almost as swiftly I er us a niniW. fhe Japs began that cn- Junks Info one of the finest bod < ither voaael • tame, mer«ingvrs of reer of adaptation and imitation that ies of fighting vchhc I s Ln the pea«* tills time, merchantmen carrying I i:a had such mnarknble results. 1!; world within the space of four docadiM I strange ware«, lint the urtii-k'« of purchase of the Adzuma was made in Is unparalleled In the naval history trade were not the only cargoes. Every . iM'si. two years before the revolution of the world. This marvelous devetoi». Kldp brought th« tales of another clvl- ■ tn 1877 auotber and greater ship wa» meat could not have taken place if tlie llzatlon. The Jap mind proved fertile bought. This was the Fooso, 3.71S nation had not [xissessed the lunate In soil for thia new seed. Almost lmme- ( c.i, double screw, ■■■pet'd tliirtecn telligence and Inherent bravery with dliitely It took root, and in a few yearn riots. This slap carriisl a broadside out which neither military nor naval the land was overrun by now ideas. ■ntral battery and was 220 foot ion". I progress Is possible. The adoption of Perry's visit was in 1853, and in 1868 II •••'<> S umi 11 Iron«-!;. Is. the Kongo, Ill- modern methods was new to the Japs, cilme the revolution that placed the ■ i i and Ilinjo, of 1,300 tons ew-h. wore but they did not have to acquire cour present mikado an the throne In fact ■i <i in the two years following. Tlmso age or intelligence, for those they haw us well as In name. All nations were ..istituted the Japan. •• • navy lu 1SS0. always had. T'nder the old dalmlos now admitted to the Japanese ports, In the succeeding deca-lc only tvr the Japanese were constantly at war and the emperor at once began to lib : ¡..re Irouclmls were added to the ID with rfitch other by land and by sea. eralize? his policy by calling around him but a conslderr.tle sptndmn of far but their warfare until n few decades men who were advocates of the new1 cruisers was built on Japan's order in ago was wageil in the most primitive order. Most prominent among these various foreign countries. With ti. fasLion. They have always been good wore Maniuls Ito and Count Inouye. addition of two more very spec' • sail r They could not tic otherwise From a warring theater of the retain cr.ilserH In the next four ye. rs, tl. • end exist In the peculiarly located lit ers of potty lords Japan suddenly be made vp Japan's naval strength at the He empire which they love so well. came a united nation. Ont of the Idea beginning of her war with China. Tens of thousands of Japanese get of nationality grew the conception of ’Illis remarkable naval evolution iw their living from the sea, and the av a well defined national mission- that not confined alone to ships. The far erage Jap takes to the water as natu of le-lng the lesdov of the orient In the sighted statesmen like Ito saw that rally as a duck. It was therefore but Introduction of western civilization. boats were useless unless manned by natural that when the mtkni* < began to I Almost In the twinkling of an eye th« crews that understood them. It takes get together a navy of figlitiug ships old exehMl vmeee dlMrpprarert. visitors longer to train officers and men than It worthy the name he found ready com were wvtoomed. and J«p« began to does to build vessels, so provision was paratlvely well trulued men to man travel. Parcetvtru' tlui wonderful ad made for such training. America. Eng them. A little, a very little, training vancement mjede by occidental nations, land and othor countries were asked to gave the Japanese the knowledge nec the ucwty aw«krrwd lend determined allow Japanese officers to serve aboard essary to enable them to use the guns to share tn their progrr««. To achieve their ships, and also that Yankee and with reasonable effectiveness, and the that end M wu uuoeasary to adopt th« Brltlah officers be permitted tn servo empire began to get ambitious in a na val way. Then began that marvelous i OF THE T VOTERS Nearly Five Thousand Il £1 Have Put Their Names Down ri 4L I We have Just received a large selection of strictly Hand-Made Clothing, made by the most noted tailors of the United States— COHN WAMBOLD—of Chicago. These suits have no superior for style, cloth and fitting qualities—the very kind good dresse.s and business men arc looking for. Our prices are Only One More Month In Which to Register -They Are Com ing in Rapidly $3.50, $5.00 to $7.50 B. F. Keeney, regeitration clerk at Below the so-called custom order houses and 100 per cent the county clerk’s office, reports above in style, cloth and fitting qualities thnt 4904 voters had registered We extend a special invitation to all the men and especially to throughout the county up until noon the young men of Eugene who have not visited the Bon Marche today. Registration closes onMay 15th, Clothing department to call and examine our new Stylish Suits: and the figures of two years ago or four We start Hand-Made Suits at yeais ago will be easily passed. The names are nowaoming iu rapidly, and there ought to be 6000 registrations by the time the books close, Two years ago 5056 voters registered and That will make you think it pays to trade in the Big Store of bargains. four years ago 5265. Following is the registration by precincts up to noon today: N. Eugene No. 1, 190 N. Eugene No. 2, 212. S. Eugene No. 1, 251. 8. Eugene No. 2, 150. E. Cottage Grove, 346. W. Cottage Grove, 196. Creswell, 108. Springfield, 141. N. Junction, 122. S. Junction, 111. Irving, 146. Florence, 177. Richardson, 67. Fairmount, 124. Willamette, 125. I Saginaw, 80. Camp Creek, 54. Pleasant Hill, 63. Spencer, 40. We carry a full line of ■<!’ kinds of grass Blanton, 45. seed including Bailey, 63. * Sluslaw, 80. High Land Alfalfa Mohawk, 51. Mamin« th Red Clover Lost Valley, 28. Spring Vetches Goshen, 64. Red Top Fall Creek, 59. Fancy Kentucky Blue Grass Long Tom, 62. Millet Long Tom, 6^. Coyote, 40. Buckwheat Elmira, 39. Speltz, and a great many other kinds. Jasper, 59. Gate Creek, 23. Choice Red Clover in 100 pound lets $13.50 Thurston, 68. Blue River, 32. Wallace, 31. Zumwalt, 62. Lake Creek,,39. Our seed is new stock and the best we can buy. Lane, 50. Cheshire, 7. Five Rivers, 15. Mapleton, 46. Walton, 28. Glentena, 12. Herman, 9. Bohemia, 11. Middle Fork,,7. Mabel, 19. . Mound, 27. •••••©3C « -'■ ae®©«©G©9e®©o«®e Hazeldell 4. lieceta, 16. Wendling, 16. Total, 4904. $10.00, $12.00 and $15.00 The BON MARCHE Sin Will You Sow Grass Seed This Spring Garden Seed in Bulk. TYPES OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS AT DIFFERENT PE. DDS OF HER NAVAL EVOLUTION. developmenl which ha« literally star tied the world. Rut to fully und«?rnt*nd tiio rapid strides Japan lias made tn the direc tion of navy building It Is necessary to go back nearly half • ceutury. It la less than flf,ty-one years ago thnt Commodore Perry on« day drop P d anchor in the bay of Yedd' Thnt event in itself was not of any pnrttc ulnr Importance to tho nation which sent him nor Just thru to the nation hi' visited. He had simply gone to ask for the opening of two Japanese port < to American trade and had taken a licet along to gain a respectful hear Ing. The shoguu, who was the virtual ruler, looked upon the fleet, saw tl > force of the argument and gave hts assent There tlia immediate transac tlon nded. Yet to the very large num her of small slant eyes that gazinl upon tin' spectacle the Yankee squadron we < ■ i revelation from another world. An Event ot Portent. The .lapiin tiuit l’srry J:i| ill that hail exlstisl The brown little people basket shoes and wide nos. as their revered i done for no one but the intlqimn»"* inuiiii w,v. kuoiis bow long. Th’ lifts with tile fighting for their p ■. . nd peculiarly same bows find arr . fathers hr ’. sluip<sl sworil.s th. queer tubs > f used before them, boats darted out froi I t. ■ iilgli and in tuba had dart- tented coasts ns sltml .f the Christian «■J since the beginn era. The geisha glr’- ' the odd little >d tllrted and tea bouse« courtc-ii.. sang as other geisha Iris had done Two hnni?re<1 from time lmme' i >i" i "s’ datmlo« and fifty nobletr.«” ■ w hom they hnrfng at their hei. had elected shogun, rtilod the e > nntr- whll« the titular mikado, like th< i- C il nesn enii’or**" of *ho prs'sent day, was n prisoner who was only alkrwort to ii'e-ik to bis fellow mi'll from behind a pal>-'«d «crsvii I ix-ra wua Utile ato> cation except among Hi* ildef man. All till«, however, was bi'fon» the vfrtft of the /i ■ ,e A i:«Ttc»n ships. Th- • ’ ' the I’aln-'- > tn th tr tbililAke wonder, did not know that thto t *in»r mnrkol tho btgtnntng of n new i»ni tn tho hiswc? ta vnrlr empire. lut,» Uaná a I m US-L h I IgT t.?»' «**»»• *- ..»««w 0*4«e.«w*^ ALul ■o «. it m . . / f n ”• -ìftors. ’ ♦ « » hflj Th« f ■ people bad oin/M of n liryur I F. L. Chambers & Bro. customs and th« methods of the we.it. on Japanesa ships. These requests were readily granted, and to the Euro Turning herself from the tradition* t Ion'll, the little kingdom became th? .■can etui American naval experts that 1-attd of th« Rising Run in fact hi w I were sent to train the officers and jnck- us iu name, and the morning that broke les of Japan is due much of th® tuc- over her was th« beginning ®f a new ■ rd m/nla by that nation tn later days. ■ >f even gvaster importance wwa the era In the life of all the far east. ■ ipenlng of the Naval academy nt An Simultaneous Development. napolis to a certain' number of Japa The developmant came io nil i. s nese wtudeuts. Here were trnlfie.1 sev simultaneously. W ith the return of the eral of the admirals now distinguish first crop of Japanese gradual.« from ing' themselves In the war with Russia European and American unlvcrsit s tx-giin the development of n modern Powerful Vessels. After the Boxer uprising, wbea tha educational system in Jnpnn Froiii e each country she took the beet. Her allies were withdrawn from rvklug, model for her publk* schools was Japan's mtiltary activity contlnnetl The navy was strengthened by the In America. New Industries sprang Into lite. troduction of some of the greatest fighting machlm-s afloat. Today the Railroads were introduced Jap Japanese fleet contains four battle youths were sent abrond to s:v. ships averaging over 15.000 tons each, the foundries. The marvelous two of them, the Mlknsa and the Asa tire faculty of the people c; hi. reaching 15,200. Tlu'se nre larger Pictures of Eugcr.c and Lane play, and lu a abort time East 9th Sliced, than any ships (if the Russians and us were eor.stru.*;' ■ ■ County Industries Will Be Stnt large ns any in the world. exact pulteru tkmt hud ot Nor Was the mikado's government abroad. to St. Louis. This development was < ,.;uy in satisfied with securing only the ships ev.leuce in the navy uuu y. I ti Stie already bad well tniinikl gunner- deed, there can bo little doubt tli-.t fio and crews, as hitd been shown In the ^\^L. Chambers and David Linn Circini of becoming a great tar? battles of the Ynlti and Dort Arthur. I have prepared a pliopographic display power was the actuating motlv ,n the These were not enough. The Spanlsb- of Eugene aud Laue county industries ing of Japan. The soldier American war showed wba-t marks m mg Of fancy groceries and see to send to (be St. Louis fair along | bad a. • c.j TR been the national hero of manship will do. As soon as the Aiovr- what a wtaltb of goods we with the display gotteu up by the I tile Ct« The nobles and the sa- ican gunners were left idle after the show, put up attractively and ladies ’ Lewis and Clark Club of this! mural i.n etn had fought with close of that conflict Jnpan began bid conveniently tn cans and jars. each oil .1 time Immeuiorlal. A ding for them. It was estimated that city. These gentlemen have gone > These are all appetizing, pur» center t physical danger and of just prior to the outbreak of the Rn* ahead and goten up the display at and wholesome, and, besides death I... n Inculcated in the minds •o Japanese war there were at least their own expense but will give the being so attractive to the pal of tl e t from the earliest ages. BOO American gunners In the navy of business men and citizens s chance A li r-’e section of the population had tlie mikado. These are the mon who to contribute enough to defray the ate, they are convenient for no o'l er trade thaa lighting Such a fought with Dewey at Manila and with the table. Quality is high; costs as the display is an excellent spirit i s this had to bava outlet tn Bclilcy at Ranttago prices low. one and is one that will interest SOI It- rectlon. and when the unifies Bccauoe of the character of her th .1 < ue empire came at the begin there« tbe terpadu bout is pecufimy eastern people most. It can be seen W. M. GREEN be retgn of «he present intks<k> «ffectlwe in Japanese waters. As a xe- in the window of Linn Drag Com Phone MaiD 25-1 trot ary ardor had to meek an out (olt a large number of the»« wars «•-- I pany. 61V W llamette St ward oofart oo which to vent Itself, as «trrod. "(«rat men U> roeer.t Ornes th tournai dtnoord was at an end it wi.« •euw to the «nctnsicn that the cafc.'- then that <b« dream came of a greater rtv.imwi jf Tnw craft had bscn ORr- Jansa. The shrewd statesmen of the «<1 ms tort, ito wvt! hare fh»y Wi Island on pirn saw that by the intra tomdhx! by tha Japanese that this 4- To Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Gossler, dilettoti itf westrru weapon« and meth ttmato tv being lea’.wd Springfield, Wednesday evening, ods of fighting th« Jap cont.T easily It has tone been hel i that a natvraffiy ■Ight-pound boy become the lord of the far erst, Once bright nati n. which ha» practically having that eul tn view, the energt s •tool «Uli for centuries, will, when M ua animi t er« oeul to ns aucuui brvo^t UU m coauct ..nd .omp .: .‘li.i. pltshmant Ths first step to that end with i*b«s pocpli’v. lO’-fiop al w to bv.i’d V-» sr ~ry «ri e navy Rmrt toce«<«1hU r. ' ,.«,»v This tbortW The Albany Demo rat says: “The eyn«1 fio ft.« to«? ConnM tn btort mm' in ttx ~i»a o* th« fteren«« of flic Iflfc faratwaa. In tD 'criTHttai nf tnr- rmeeile hotel, of Eugene has been TO r. C! O?“ TUPM <M <>e«<«t Nrfitl". ilea noon a chain of la- t«ertr> craft an 1. iu tact, o« ara iy otner »jjeot’ed y the commercisi men .1 coiti on uecouut of an incl J landa it trd "eco trotti tee earliest iype of ngb vt<»e4iL the/ wt»re. up •res a •«■coins nauou. assai of tue *•**» fr ' * v -1 * V w ■ • r' Usuis oewwii cu« pe"V hw» u«u Inn MOW am.1., »«.* «»,. I m «»« «.tl- Lisi s»Ciiu«?Lt to the ..In, a i\. en p.a« « ou iiw numi*. ,»>«w or. v.i,.» • i ....... X»« — .* mln «uno Ill* pAVpl.siv., ,. m . at -I U.e «barpty uidented oo-iat. On« tooth the.- uwc'ipra. in charge of a hotel at Cbebalh. I Oregon. | J. W. Quackenbush & Sons - DEALERS in =— ANOTHER PHOTO Hardware, Vehicles, GRAPHIC DISPLAY | ' = Implements. Eugene Oregon Í.J..’ Look at Our Display tiyAs-.-V- 'V*I--) j Is Born Go-Carts AT COST ft . ONI ,Y A FEW I frt ?