FROM
E COUNTY
AND CITY
L. Bar Association met
fcourt room at the court-
L noon ut 1 > a. m. for the
L.poiutiug a committee
Lt ions upon the death of
L member of the associa-
R T. Harris, Geo. B.
C. M. Kisseuger were
Rimy will present the
* the next term of cir-
L J. Walton presided at
I land L. E. Beau acted
£
■
dance out on East Third street.
He
was taken before Police Judge Dorris
this morning aud given twenty day*
on the streets.
Today Clem Hodes has been contin­
uously in the saloon business in this
city 37 years. Every citizen of the
county aud valley knows him as an
upright and lilieral business man. In
all these years he has never had trou­
ble with the city authorities except
once, about 26 years ago, when a mi­
nor got a drink of beer at his place
on a Fourth of July, aud even that
was not his fault.
At a meeting of the Y. M. C. A.
board of directors last night various
matters were discussed. It was found
that the probable cost of a suitable
building will be 815,600, and with the
4 ound aud equipment the entire
cost will be 826,660. The .board has
not yet officially selected a lot, but
has one in view that they are pretty
certain will lie the one on which the
building will be erected.
ami Daniel Hinton to­
ll the county clerk a
kipriation of 1641 cubic
|er. miners’ measure un-
The University of Oregon glee and
! pressure, from Jones mandolin clubs left today on their an­
—ar
Tom river nual northern tour. They appear at
^K’ranklin.
The water is Albany tonight, Salem Monday night,
* *se irrigation purposes ami The Dalles Tuesday night, LaGrande
ad , .1
the .1 ditch or ..ovvili
canal Wednesday night, Baker City Thurs­
L- the Cook and Hinton day night, back to Pendleton Friday
h.
night and at Heppner Saturday night.
RIDGWAY
DEFOE SHERK
GIRL WILL
MURDERED
NOT TESTIFY
AT SEATTLE
John Ford, of Florence, who was
brought to Eugene last night by Dep­
uty Sheriff C. C. Hamtr.und, having
been arrested upon the charge of stat
utory rape, was taken before Judge
Wintermeier, of the justice court
this forenoon aud arraigned. He de­
manded an examination, which was
set for this afternoon at 2 o’clock. At
that hour Ford and Stella Ridgway,
the 16-year-old girl who was to have
beeu the prosecuting witness, were
brought into court, but the girl re­
fused to testify against the man and
he was discharged on that count, but
he and the girl were immedatiely ar­
rested upon the charge of lewd co­
habitation. Their examination will
be held next Thursay, the postpone­
ment being made in order to secure
a number of witnesses from Florence.
L. Bilyeu appeared as counsel for
Ford and Deputy Prosecuting Attor­
ney J. M. Williams for the state.
Word was received in Eugene last
uignt that Detoe Sherk, a graduate of
the University of Oregon with the
class of 1066, had committed suicide
by shooting himself in the head while
in his room at a Seattle hotel yester­
day. A telegram from Dr. C. C. Me-
Cornack at Portland to the Sigma Nu
farternity, of which Sherk was a
popular memlier, gave the informtalon
that it was not suicide, but murder.
No other information was contained
in the telegram further than that C.
N. .Pat McArthur had left for Seat­
tle to help investigate the affair.
It is not known here why the young
man was murdered nor is it known
that he ever had any enemies.
His
many friends are awaiting particulars
of the awful deed with feverish an­
xiety. The news of his reported sui­
cide came as a thunderbolt out of a
clear sky, byt the later news that it
was murder was simply appalling.
Young Sherk's home was at Hunt­
ington, Or. At the time of his death
he was in the employ of the Omar
Mining Co. in Alaska, and was on his
way from Ketchican to Portland to
i-rs.rt at headquarters. The body has
been taken to Portland for interment.
The young man was aiiout 2-4 years
old and was one of the most (aipular
students that ever attended the uni­
versity.
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CITY WATER RESPONSIBLE
FOR TYPHOID EPIDEMIC
Tlie typhoid fever epidemic in Eu­
gene is becoming more serious every
.lay and there teens no d< ubt tint
the source of the alarming situa­
tion is the city water works.
In the investigation of the cause
of the malady now affecting Eugene
the Guard is able to give an in­
stance that is nearly conclusive in its
scope. On Pearl street, between Elev­
enth aud Sixteenth streets, every
family using city water is afflicted
with typhoid fever, while those in the
same bound* who are using well water
are entirely free from the disease.
At the present time there are nearly
90 case* of the fever in the city,
several deaths have occurred aud the
disease is spreading daily. Doctors are
overworked, nurses are unobtainable
aud of the 90 cases nearly all used
city water.
g Yesjerday a hydrant that bad not
been opened for months was Hushed
and green, foul-smelling water issued
forth. This hydrant was on a dead
end main, and these dead ends are
held responsible for a great amount
of the sickness.
FEVER IS LOCAL.
The present scourge is local and
is not general over the county, as
reported.
Investigation »hows that
n. arty all ti e Lane county ca.,e*. of
which there are few outside of Eu
gene, are traceable to this city.
The citizen* should clean up;
the city council should see that all
unsanitary places should la« chained,
ami that all toilets tributary to sewers
should be connected up.
It is re-
porte.1 that filthy cesspools are in ex­
istence in the very centre of the city
and the council should attend to these
at once.
WATER SUPPLY.
One of Eugene's best physicians
tells the Guard that as long as the
water supply is obtained from the
pre.-ent vicinity we will be affected
with typhoid, and while tilteration
will help it will not entirely remove
these germs.
Eugene a physicians haye united in
a demaud for boiled water.
This
petition was signed by all the physi-
icails in the city except Dr. Brown,
who refused on account of private
reasons, and Dr. Kuykendall, who
stated he did not desir* to sign it as
his action might be misconstrued.
ng on a hop house on ' Dr. Ralph C. Matson, state bacte- '
ell hopyard Thursday, riologist, who has been here several I
■ami his partner, S. R. days investigating the source of the
Lm the roof a distance present epidemic of typhoid fever,
r. Terrill was injured returned to Portland today.
He will
■ _ that he may be laid make a thorough examination of the
Oregon's National Guard may go
Bpmtlis. while his part samples of water and milk secured on a practice march this year instead
■jury.
I from various parts of the city and of enjoying camp life. The matter is
Mm Nugget: An ordi- will make, a report in a few days. The now under consideration by Adjutant-
franchise to the Bo- doctor is of the opinion that the city General William E. Finzer and the
^^Kiie Co. to do business water is responsible for the epidemic. other officers of the guard. The pro­
. to conduct a central J Ex-Governor Wm. P. Lord has deci­ posed deviation from the general rule
^H|il and erect pole lines. ded not to run for Governor again.
and the establishment of a standard
1 gauge target range will depend largely
was presented to
upon a bill now pending in congress
passed its first and
to “increase the efficiency of the
and the rules were
militia and promote rifle practice.”
^■l the ordinance was
At a meeting of the East Eugene
»The bill carried an additional 01,-
A rousing meeting of the Eugene
During the past year numerous in­
Improvemenet
Club
JHdILU ,*UUL,iappropriaton for pro rata dis­ (Fairmount)
Merchants
’ Protective Association
quiries
have
lieen
received
by
our
on
tribution among the several states Wednesday night the following reso­
^^■in after a month
townsman, Chas. Rivett, in regard to was held last night at which time the
lution
was
adopted
and
will
he
pre
­
and territories.
Oregon’s
share
laho, Montana and up
the quality of the soil around Spring­ matter of the alarming spread of ly-
The funeral of James Roberts, who
would be 07,979.08.
For some years sented to the ctiy counici:
ir as Calgary. On his died in Pendleton, was held h< re this
field for the manufacturing of brick. phoid fever epidemic was discussed
“
To
the
City
Council:
pa t each ees-don of congress has ap­
stopped at Oakesdale, afternoon at the residence of his
“When as. the present water supply Mr. Rivett has spent considerable at length.“
propriated 81, "10,006 for the annual
The meeting was called by Hr«*»
d bought a fine farm brother, John Roberts, 667 Olive
time in looking over the different
u e of the militia of the country. of the city of Eugene is pronounced
ident
D. E. 1 orau for the purpose of
clay
lieds
and
iu
testing
the
qualtiy
th of the town.
He street, with interment in the Mulkey
The National Guard Association, a menace to public health, and,
rarm weeather on the cemetery. The dt ceased belonged to , which recently met in Washington, | “Whereas, no soulless private cor- by burning. About three weeks ago making a demand upon the city coun­
j at Spokane. Nosnow the Eagles and Red Men.
he found a large bank that contained cil to take immediate action tooklng
indorsed a bill diafted a year before p iration can be safely trusted with
Rocky mountains, in j The Pendleton East Oregonian of
a bed of the best dirt for the purpose to the abatement of th« epide nit. It
the
management
of
Alteration,
the
at the organization's session in St.
that he has ever seen in Oregon, lo­ was decided to ask Mayor Wilkin- to
being five fete.
A Thursday tills of hi* death as follows:
Paul, Minnesota, asking for an extra only proposed remedy, therefor, be it
cated just one-half mile from Spring­ call a special meeting of the council
two from wrecks has
“James Roberts died at the hospital
“
Rerolved,
by
the
East
Eugene
81,006,606.
field, and it is this spot that the new this evening ami a committee const t
Adjutant-General Finzer said this improvement Club that we deplore
,ing of 11. L. Traver, E. Schwarz­
vous about railroad at 8:30 this morning from the effects morning that if congress appropriates the present contagion of sickness brick yard will be locaetd.
schild ami W. K. Scarbrough
Mr.
Rivett
informed
a
News
report-
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____ ap-
r
The
de-
M»- is glad to get I'wk of n-uralgia. with which he had been the extra funds it will have an im­ where public water is in use and de­ I
er Monday that R. J. Huntington. a pointed to draft re»c lotions to be pre­
was for
well several
known days.
among a large
■^■ere the grass is green ' ceased
suffering
mand
for
the
city
of
Eugene
an
ample
portant bearing upon the decision as
representative of the syndicate, was' seated at the meetil g. The commit­
! number h< re, as he had been in the
; to whether the guard this year shall supply of pure mountain water such
in town over Sunday talking over the tee met this forenoon and drew up
city for some time. ”
as
is
available
in
many
of
or
moun
­
I go into a regular camp or out on a
prospects and making arrangements the resolutions, but when a reporter
tain
streams
and
we
ask
our
Honor
­
. practice march of about 60 or 75 miles.
'for the immediate construction of the asked to secure them for publication
The selection of a site for a target able Council of the City of Eugene to
1 plant. The company consists of San they replied that they did not wish
t..ke
immediate
steps
to
s«'cure
the
range w ill also be aff-ct< d by the
Francisco capitalists who are said to them made public until presented to
same
in
accordance
with
recent
vote
action of congress, for with the pas­
I
have millions at their command. Mr. the council. The committee was in­
i
Mrs. Otto Kaufmann has received sage of the act the guard will have ad­ oi the people.”
Huntington stated that 8156,660 would I structed at the meeting last night to
1 word that her moth r, Mrs. Katha­ ditional money with which to rent the
lie invested in the Springfield yard. A make a demaiid upon the council for
rine Liugilbach. who spent last sum­ ground. —Portland Journal.
sidetrack will be built from tbx> S. P. f a thorough cleaning up of the city:
mer here, died at Loveland, Colo.,
yards to .-®ve the handling and haul the closing of all cesspools; the flush­
Monday a( the age ot 08 years.
I ing of nil sewi-rs and watet mains at
i ing of the brick.
_ It ___
_________ that
___ the
__ , yard
________
is estimated
will regular intervals; the enforcement of
Geo. F. Craw has received the news
employ between 75 aud 100 men. aud the ordinance regarding sewer con-
of the death of his oldest sister,Mrs.
tbat the average wages paid for labor uections; the appointment of a city
The
remains
of
Harry
Ladd,
who
Mary Ann Clark, at Newington. '
physician ami a plumbing inspector
died at his home in this city yester­ will be 82 per day. This means an in­
Con., Jan. 27. She was aged 87 years( CotUge GroVe Vnioll) No
ami for the quarantining of all conta­
day afternoon from tpyboid-pneumo- creased payroll for Springfield of
Order of Washington, was organized uia, as chronicled in yesterday’s nearly 05060 per month.—Springfield gious diseases.
Homer Cole, son of W. B. and at the W. O. W. hall last Monday
Guard,were shipped on today’s train New*.
Mina Cole, died at the family resi­ night.
Many of our prominent citi­ to his old home in New Hampshire.
dence on Oak street between Tenth zens were initiated into the mysteries
i
is home from Port- and Eleventh this afternoon at 1:30 , of the order, and a full set of officers An escort from the Masonic lodge, of
I
recei tly underwent a o’clock of typhoid and spinal menin­ installed by Special Supervising Dep­ Which Mr. Ladd was a member, ac­
' Why should people, especially those
He is much im- gitis. aged 21 years. He was al' of O uty E. C. Gay, assisted by Mrs. Gay. companied the remains to the depot.
Mr. Ladd was aged 30 years and
student and within one term of gradu­ The following is the ratio of officers:
using city water, drink any other
leave* a wife and infant son. who are
than boiled water during this typhoid
»st night the Eugene ation. The funeral will be held from Past president. D. W. Bennett; presi­ accompanying the body east. He was
I epidemic? Hardly a man or woman,
etball team won from the family residence at 2 o'clock Fri­ dent. J. C. Johnson: vice president, a member of the Congregational
we think, but knows the terrible
rivals by the score of day afternoon to the Odd Fellows' Mrs. Dr. Hockett : secretary, II. K. church and of the Masonic and Work­
To the Editor:—We are hearing a
Metcalf; treasurer, Mrs. E. Grace man orders. He was associated in the
after-effects of the fever—permanent
le end of the second cemetery.
good deal alsiut the dark side of this
Brund; chaplain, Mrs. Dr. Kime; law business with Chas. M. Kissinger, tpyhoid epidemic, but there is a recovery as a rule not coming for
« a tie and in playing
escort, Lawrence W. Baker ; assistant and was popular among the meen of bright side as well. The ice company months, and often never. The doctors
scored the deciding
I
escort, Mrs. J. C. Johnson ; guard, his profession, as well as out of it. is generously supplying typhoid pa­ tell you that practically all the cases,
and there are mnay, are in families
Mrs.H . K. Metcalf ; sentinel. Thus, He has resided here since last May.
fore Roseburg high
tients, whose friends care to apply for
Born—February 5th, 1906, to Mr. R. Parker ; medical examiners, Dra.
I using city water.
Boil the water,
le score of 16 to 14.
ice, free of charge. I have cause to
and ladl it well—at least twenty min­
also a tie, Roseburg and Mrs. Alph Howard, a son, weight Kime and Hockett ; trustees, II. B.
be
grateful
to
them.
My
youngest
I Brehaut, Andrew- Brund, L. W.
I utes—if you value the lives and health
11S pounds.
»lay-off.
daughter was stricken with the fever
of your family.
Aud as to wells.
J. M. Nichols has purchased a fine Baker.—Nugget.
last Monday ami her temperature for
car loaded with
How long will it lie till the under­
Belgian stallion from the famous sta­
I the four ensuing days was 165.5 to
| off here from a pas-
bles of J. Crouch A Son. He has now-
Dexter. Feb. 9.—The farmers are 1'4.5. By the advice of the physician ground water supply becomes pol­
ain yesterday on ac
three celebrated stallions, Belgian,
busy plowing during the nice weather i attending her we used ice-cold com- luted? Saud and soil may completely
X.
Upon i-xami: I*
filter the slowly moving underground
German coach aud Black Norman.
we are now having.
' presses yesterday. Her temperature
ISfoUD that the journal was
water for a time, but th« re will surely
of
We.
the
undersigned
physicians
within
a
few
hours
dropped
to
101.
W.
B.
Weatherly
was
here
Friday
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Stewart, of
|t would hardly run.
come
a day when their potency will
wish
to
state
that
Goshen, are visiting with relatives That the change was largely due to f*U, your well will Is« contaminated
»pair < wheels was put in and made preparations to start up the Eugene. Oregon,
there
is
no
doubt
in
our
minds
as
to
creamery.
Cream
will
l>e
received
!
the
use
of
the
ice
I
firmly
believe
and
,
I
here.
before you know it, and then—and
any time for shipment, while new ma the presence of typhoid germs in our
Mrs. W. H. Fenton is in Eugene 1 I am gla«i to make this public ac­ then the terrible fever, maybe death.
»on of Mr. and
knowledgment. There may tie other
chinery will be installed in the plant. city water, and we emphatically urge receiving medical treatment.
lt.se, of Springfield,
cases in town where a similar treat­
Wagons will start out next week.— that the people boil all water that is
Or., February 3,
James Parker, of Cloverdale, spent ment might lie similarly successful.
used, whether it be from the city
Times.
There are not a few “dead ends" to
The last week with realtievs here.
system or from private wells,
Respectfully,
the
Eugene water piping system —that
Mr. Luthy closed a very successful
matter cannot be too earnestly con-
Darnell farm of 667.14
FRED’K V. KNOX.
is, there is no circulation of air ami
term
of
school
here
January
25th.
the 8. P. right of
sidered at the present time.
water after the last faucet on a main
DR. W. O. PROSSER,
land, was sold thia
John Howard now has charge of the
is |>assrd.
A reliable informant tells
j. W. HARRIS,
■feme’s sale to J. E.
ferry between here and Lowell.
us of the opening of such an end for
L. E. McDOUGAL,
Thia farm lies in
The measles, which have been so
The high school second team de-
a tire hydrant and the finding of a lot
F. W. PRENTICE,
ley and is said to l>e feated a military team at a game of
prevalent in and aronnd this neigh
of abomination in the shape of dead
h the county.
F. M. DAY,
borhood during a greater part of the
basketball at the armory last night by
animal matter, forced there of course
GEORGE O’B. DeBAR,
I by the constant pressure back of it.
winter have about all disappeared.
C. Smith has begun the score of 20 to 18.
DOCTORS BARTLE,
R. L. Edwards has the contract for
At Medford yesterday afternoon the
onnty circuit court
Of course this should l>e remedied.
DR ANNA MAURER.
carrying the mail between this place
t" Smith for divorce Eugene high school team defeated the
C.
A.
Brown,
in
a
long
communica
­
DR F. E. SELOVER.
and Goshen and Rufe Wood from tion to the Guard, gives bis version
cruel and inhuman Medford high echoed team by the
G. M. E. BENNETT!, D. O., Zion to June.
^■y were married in score of 33 to 21, but in the evening
of the Goldson shooting accident.
E. A. McALlSTER.
Ittch 13, 1881, and have it was defeated by the Ashland Ath­
C. L. Williams began work in his From his statement it ap,«ears that
" Dr. Cheshire and Dr. Paine were
He also the jury took every precaution to get
•>«■ of which, a daugh letic Club by the score of 30 to 18.
logging camp here Monday,
out of town when the above statement
minor. The plain-
has two camps atiove Cottage Grove, at the facta in the case, and a* they
The husband and brothers and sis­
was signed.
i-t'-iy I. 1’ilyeu
one on Row river and one at Wild- are all good citizens they arrived at a ters of Mrs. Rose Poole take this
(■Horney.
wood.
just conclusion.
method of thankiug their friends for
Mr. Brown further states from the their assistance and consolation in
An infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
ell known character
George Veach died near here Thnrs position of the body it settles the fact their late bereuwmeut. The Ladies
To J. A. Fountain and wife at 529
arrested by Police
To J I. Jones and wife at Cottage day and was >«uried at Lowell Satur­ that Goldson came to his death by a of the Maccaliees and Women of
arrington last night Lawrence street, Engene, February 9.
• bullet from his own gun.
Grove, January 29, 1906, * daughter. day.
and disturbing a 1:06, a eon.
Woodcraft are especially thanked.
PRACTICE MARCH FOR
RATIONAL GUARD
BIG BRICK
DEMAND
PLANT FOR
THAT THE
WANT SUPPLY OF
MOUNTAIN WATER
SPRINGFIELD
CITY ACT
THE FUNE AL OF
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HAMPSHIRE
LODGE ORGANIZED
THE ICE COMPANY'S
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Osxter Items
Physicians' Statement
Basketball Games
THE GOLDSON
SHOOTING CASE
Card of Thanks
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