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THE
EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD
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A> ¡.'DEPENDENT PAPER.
GUARD printing co ., inc .
Publishers
published every Friday, Eugene, Ore.
Subscription price, fl. 50 ¡>er year
of paid in advance. $2.00 at end of
year.
Entered at the Eugene, Oregon,
postottice as second-class matter.
agents for the guard
The tollowing are authorized to take
or receipt for subscriptions or trans­
act other business tor the Daily and
Weekly Guard.
W. C. Conner, Cottage Grove.
J. 1- Clark, Creswell.
Geo. A, Drury, Coburg
gantbaler Linotype machine of the conclusion, with which most well in-
„v.-r hauu
very latest improved model, which formeil observers will agree.
He
OÍ th,, mtrietion u¡>- means au outlay of from 13600 to
says: "No man can figure on prob-
ou lb® retirement uf iluten. ”
<4""" before it is fully installed ami abilities or ‘indications.* There are
fitted for woik. Tbe linotype peo- no probabilities
ot indications.
pie will fry to .««cure u. one of these Nothing figures in thee«' coutesta but
Simplified Spelling
Apparently the department of com­ machines the latter part of this
merce and labor is ¡ laying hide and mouth, although they are behind
seek with the president's recent or­ with their orders at all times aud es­
der tor simplified spelling.
The last pecially so since the ‘Frisco disaste«.
bulletin issued by it contains four­ If they can do this tbe machine will
teen hundred words, and but three be casting type iu this office early
were sh^rteued according to the new in November.
With this latest addition The Guard
If we are to go into this thing
plant
will be equipped with every
of shortening down our wurds, tu
possible
facility for doing work that
save space, why not go at it right?
it
is
possible
to acquire, and the
For iustauce, why should the depart
form.
ment insist on putting that extra plant will 11. entnely new in all de­
“m” in its name? Why not say partments. The Guard is .pending
“Department of Comerce?” Mov- thousands of dollars in thus eudtavor-
OCTOBER 25 ment would have been just as good
as movement, yet the bulletin spells
it the latter way twenty-one times.
Decrese is as good as decrease, but
Xotwithstandiug that tho Guard has the department evidently does not
been enlaiged and the cost of publi­
cation
materially increased, the think so; reeets is much shorter than
Guard Printing Co. makes a special leceipts, but the department fails to
offer to every new or old subscriber. economize; and why nut boro in-
THURSDAY
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Our Premium Offers
AU who will pay one year in ad­ stead of bureau,and comercial instead
vance for the Weekly Guard at of commercial, and sbipt instead of
only $1.50 “ year, will be given his shipped, and cureut instead of cur­
choice of the Twice-a-Week St. Louis
Republic,or the“Oregon Agricultu ” rent; agregated instead of aggiegated,
and comodity instead of commodity?
ralist, al solutely free for one year.
The Republic is one of the larges* Yet in this latest bulletin tlie depait-
and best family newspapers in Amer meut holds t-j the old and long way
tea and the “Oregon Agriculturalist”
o' spelling each of these words.
The
Is one uf the best and most practical
bureau might go further ami simplify
farm, fruit and stock papers in the
the language used and thus econo
West.
Subscribers, old or new, may take nilze space. Let us take one para­
their choice of either paper as a graph. As it appears in the bulletin
premium.
it reads:
Those who failed to get the prom­
“Freight movements thin the De
ised premium magazines will be given
troit
river during August amounted
their choice of either of these papers
in place of the magazines without 'to 8,909,152 tons net, 2,773,372 of
further cost, by «ending their names ■ which represented a northbound and
and addresses to this office.
So 7,1.15, <80 a southbound movement.
far we have been unable to compel
Dutiug the six months ending August
tbe Eastern publishers to keep their
I
31,
9,598,962 tous of northbound and
agreement in regard to the magazines,
25,275,600
tons of southbound height
and feel the disappointment as keenly
as our subscribeis.
passed thru this river, a total ot 34,-
The Weekly Guard is still clubbed 874,562 tons in both directions.
The
with the Semi-Weekly Oregou Journal
principal Rem in the northbound
at #2.25 a year for both papers.
Mail all remittances aud communi- movement was 8,894 562 tons of coal,
while the chief shipments south
«satii ns to
GUARD PRINTING CO.,
J bound were 18,912,792 tons of iron
Eugene. Oregon.
ore, 64,715,472 bushels of grain and
mg to give the people of Lane coun­
ty a thoiougbly up to date newspaper
eimply because its business justifies
the outlsy, having outgrown its form­
er plant.
Furthermore, the Guard
bus absolute faith iu the future pros
perity and growth of Eugeue and
its tributary territory, aud does not
purpose to be anywhere but at the
bead of the procession.
Oregon Text Books
The Oregon Text Book Commission
was appointed four years ago by
Governor Chamberlain and is com­
posed of the
citizens:
following
prominent
Harvey W. Scott, editor of the Ore­
gonian; William M. Ladd, of the
Lad«l A Tilton bank, both of Port­
land. P. L. Campbell, president of
the Stat«« Universtiy, of Eugene.
William M. Colvig, a'toney,
of
Jacksonville, and Charles A. Johns,
attorney and mayor, of Baker City.
On th» second Monday in July of
next year tbe commission is to meet
aud mak«« such changes in the selec­
tion of text books as seems advisable.
There is oue featuie of the school
book question to which the commis
sion should ami ve.y likely will give
attention, and that is the cost of the
books to tbe purchaser, says the Bak­
er City Democrat.
There is large
room for reduction in this aud if it
cannot he obtained the commission
flaxseed and 591,053 tous of tloar. ”
might inaugurate a movement which
Simplified in spelling and construc­
would result in tbe state printing
tion the paragraph could have been
tbe text books.
The United Press Association, of
' made to occupy much less space.
It
Washington, D. C., whose splendid
should have b en shortened up thus:
hews service from the national capital
“Frat movuients thru the Detroit
Is it not about time for Lane coun­
will soon be a feature of the Daily
river in August were 9,909,152 tons ty to revive tbe agitation for a beet
Guard, sends some interesting gossip
net; 2,77,372 northbound, 7,1:15,780 sugar manufactory here?
We can
this week concerning prominent men
sonttibound. Duiiug six months end- raise as good sugar beets as they do
and public questions. Fiom the cor­
iug August 31, 9,503,62 tuns north­ in Northeastern Oregon aud Eastern
Washington. Now is tbe time to talk
respondence the tollowing is taken:
bound and 25 275,600 tons southbound
it up —Register.
Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, a
past thru this river ; total, 34,87,562
The above article is about like ad-
membet of th« committee on Cuban tous
Principal item northbound
vising the erectiou of a stamp mill
relations, which will have to do with was 8,489,325 tons coal.
Chie' ship­
BUf
the situation in the Island Republic ments southbound were 18,912,792 on a mining prospect without
to
pay
run-
st the comiug session of congress, is tons iron ore, 64,715,42 bushels grain tlcieut pay ore in sight
ning expenses. If the Register had
nf the opinion that annexation in and flaxseed, and 592,053 tons flour.”
advised “Irrigation” therewith it
the Island Republic at the coming
Tbe Reg
would have hit tbe mark,
session of congress, will be the only
ister well knows that, it is a physical
permanent solution of the problem.
We are all naturally proud of this imposibilitv to aiak<* sugar beet cul­
'’It seems to me that annexation is in­
state,
but it Is gratifying to flud ture a commercial success in the
evitable,” he said. “But never against
Willamette valley without irrigation.
the consent of the Cupan people. The others express the same hi h opinion
Along with the many other good
more intelligent people of Cuba be­ of coast development. John Inglis,
things
that modern irrigation, on a
lieve their best inteiests will be sub­ of Minneapolis, the well known crop
large
scale,
in the Willamette valley
served through annexation to this estimator and grain merchant, is
will
bring,
is
the erection and suc­
country. When that sentiment be­ quoted by the Commercial West, of
cessful
operation
of sugar beet fac­
comes sufficiently strong Cuba will Minneapolis, as saying:
“It would tie difficult to convince tories
**k to be taken in : there will be no
Tbe Register should either openly
people
of the East and Middle West
seizure on the part of the United
and
heartily advocate irrigation, or
of the wonderful growth and develop­
States ”
cease
advising the people on a matter
Here we
Senator Spooner, of Wisconsin, ment of the Pacific slope.
in
which
it is not posted.
•«ys the annexation of Cuba should talk al out a car famine, but it is
not be contemplated unless the Cuban more pronounced in the coast titles.
Mining and lumbering have increased
people request to be made a part of
A young minister went to the coun­
ao rapidly that on y the railroad
the United States. “In the present
ty jail at Portland to preach to tbe
«ituation of Cuban affairs,” he said. companies can comprehend.
prisoners. Here is hie opening re­
* ’The
agricultuarl
development
”1 believe it uuwise to speculate on
mark ;
the probability of the annexation of keep« pare with the 0,her
“My dear friends, I am very glad
the island. The good faith of this Washington, Idaho and Oregon are to see so many of you here before me
increasing their production of ceieals
ffovertimeut is envolved.
We should
this morning."
and while wheat baa been the most
Even tbe severe discipline of the
not talk of unoin until the Cubans
impoitant aud will continue so, yet
prison could not empress tbe shout
**k to annex us ”
the area of coarse grains, oats, bar­
of amusement from the prisoners at
Mr. Spooner came to Washington
ley, rye and hay ia increasing more th.« statement, and »he minister's
•t the request of the president and
as local demand for these Is more effort at apology and explanation was
discussed with him public questions.
urgent. This piovee the wonderful
drowned as tbe prisoners threw aside
He is of the opinion that there should
growth of their cities and increase of all restiaint aud laughed heartily.
he a reform in our currency system
•nd advocates legislation to that end auiuibl industry.
Views of Leading Men
Beets Require Irrigation
Great Western Crops
Glad to See Them in Jail
hy congress.
Guard Still Growing
Today announcement ia marie that
tbe Guard has been elected a mem
•«¡fare of the nation.
Unless such ber of tbe Aamxiated Pre«.
lbw
legsilation is enacted Mr. Spooner
means that tbe Daily Guard will hare
fear« « disastrous panic will result.
an improved new. sernce although in
It is urgent that something I* done
the p~t it has furnished it- patron.
for the relief of our monetary system
with a very satisfactory pres, report.
•o as to enable the banns to ward off
Hun« the same line ot ^i.ancement
•Panic," be dsclaied.
“I am in- The Guard this week ordered a Mer-
•lined to favor emetgency issues
the final figures.
Three years ago
every newspaper in Denver, for in­
stance, opposed with all the power it
possessed the election of a eertaiu
man for mayor, but tbe abused man
was
elected ‘triumphantly.* The
‘power of the press' was a minus
quality. When Blaine was defeat««!
in 1884 tor president it destroyed
whatever there was teuiaiulug in ttie
“faith" to lie ¡«laced in the outlook
of a political campaign. Chamberlain
has been el«1cte«i Governor of Oregon
twice against a heavy opposing ma­
jority with uo apparent reasou then
or afterward for such a result.
Peo­
it is announced that the government
ple vote as they please aud have all
exasperating way of ke« ping lheir iu will look more caretuby to the en­
forcement of its rule regarding th««
tentions to themselves."
roads over which rural free delivery
Tbe people of Roseburg do not pm is established. The pr««sent require­
pose to submit to the action of their ment ia: "Roads traversed shall be
city council in granting a 50 year kept in good condition aud unob­
water and light franchise to the Wil structed by gates, Itieis must 1» no
lamette Valley Co, They have ac­ uuliridge«! creeks or streams uot lord
cordingly tiled a petition with the aide at any season ot tb«> year.”
in
city cleik, asking that a special elec many cases the residents along pro­
tion be held on December 19, giving posed routes have made improve­
the people a right to acipiies-e or re­ ments that enabl«« them to obtain
ject tlie franchise.
The petition, rural delivery service, but some times
which cannot be igtiors 1 by the coun­ tin« efforts to keep up tin« roads are
cil under the new initiative and re­ relaxed. But the government lias de
ferendum amendment,
beats the elded that unless tbe roads traxeleii
names of a larg«« number of voters, by the carriers are properlv maintain
aud it is asserted that the sentiment ed the the service will be withdrawn.
is largely in favor of municipal own Th«« postottice depaitment now cu:ls
ersbip.
on the carriers tor leports on the
lhe nresident and wile send condo j roads, anti will stop the service wuere
lences and Whit«« House fioweis to tbe highways iu «¡ueatlon are bad.
the daughter of Mrs. Jetteraon Davis,
Next Jauuary is the time for the
a very graceful tribute to the woman
text books in tlie schools to be adopt
who for four years of stern warfare
ed. There are complaints of th«* phys­
lield rank us first lady of the Confed­
iology, his>ories aud some others now
eracy. It ia neaiiy forty-two years ,
in use and it is understood teacher*
since she tied tilt* capital, Richmond,
ami superintendents geneiaily will
nd Union soldiers marched through
urge a few change The agents ot the
¡st streets, rewarding them for the
book coucerus are now swarming
many weary months and incalculable
ttiiough the state in the effort to
shedding of piecious blood liefore its
wo"k in their books.
The commie
intrelii hineuts! We may thank God
siou consists ot Harvey W. Bcott, of
that the scars of that terrible war
tbe Oregoui.il; William M. Ladd, of
have about healed, aud that resent- .
Poitlaiid; Charles A. Johns, of Baker
ment as well ;.s offensive gratulation
City; William M. Colvig, ot Ashland,
is a thing of the past.
aud President Campbell of the State
King Thanh Thai, ot Annam, also University. Tbe commission was ap
known as Cochin Chin«, is u merry pointed under the Daly law by Gov­
old soul His latest joke was the kill­ ernor Geer, and after four years was
ing of one of his numerous wives ami reappointed without change by Gov­
serving her body for dinner, forcing ernor Chamberlain.
the members of hisc ourt to ¡>aitake
Henry Hose cut tbe throat of
of th«« unwelcome dish, Other wives
the
publio woman who consorted with
were coveied with oil and Bet afire,
him
till the last cent ot bis money
naked
were
while some stripped
was
gone,
at Portland, then cursed
and
devoured
thrown to wild beasts
before the king, As be fias several her, walked to the police station aud
hundred wives an there was no telling coidly related his crime as he gave
But as with intoxica­
whert« bls pleasantry would stop, the i himself up.
French authorities, who really control tion, there came a reaction. In his
tbe country, step| ed in and ended \ cell a few hours later be was com­
Great Northern
Railroad . • • -
rilERE nro our American children to find standing room
j hiu I the tens of millions of the future a place for whole-
I some industry i This is an intensely practical question.
♦ IT IS IMMEDIATE. For within twenty years we
must house ami employ in some fashion 50,000,000 of
additional population, amt by the middle of this century, at a time
when the child now born will I m * in the prime of life, there will be ap­
proximately TWO AND A HALF TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE
in the United States as there are today.
No nation in history was ever confronted with a sterner question
than this certain prospect sets before us. What are we to do with our
brother, whose keeper we are f How are we to provide our own chil­
dren with shelter ami their daily bread?
Rational consideration of our potential resources and of available
future employment for this great multitude must, of course, proceed
together. LABOR MUST HAVE MATERIAL TO WORK
UPON, and labor ami material must also la« so conjoined that the sum
total shall be an increase of product equal to the advancing demands
upon it, while nt the same time our natural resources shall not l>e
EXH AUS FED. Only thus can the future lie made safe.
The njightv wealth of this continent was adequate, with ordinarily
provident handling, for an INDEFINITE INCREASE of the de­
mands upon it. The inheritors of this wealth have already so far dissi-
pated it that some prudent care of the residue cannot be postponed
without certain disaster.
Within forty four years wo shall have to meet the wants of more
than ’200.<>1)0,000 people. In less than twenty years from thia
moment the United States will have 130,000,000 people. Where are
these people, not of some dim, distant age, BUT OF THIS VERY
GEN ERATION now growing to manhood, to bo employed and how
supported I
The first step is to realize our dependence upon the CULTIVA­
TION OF TIIE SOIL. The next will lie to concentrate popular
interest and invention nml hope upon that neglected occupation. We
are still clinttimr to the skirts of a civilization born of great cities. We
ut this very inonmn» use a slang which calls the stupid man “a farmer.”
GENIUS HAS SHUNNED THE FARM and expended itself
upon mechanical appliances ami commerce and the manifold activities
whose favorable reactions filter back but slowly to the plot of ground
upon which stands solidly THE REAL MASTER of himself and
of his destiny.
IF
OUR
OUR
WE COMPREHEND
CHANGE
AND
MAIN
PENDENT
A
LARGER
OCCUPATION
WILL
THEIR JUST AIM, IN THE
LABOR
WISDOM
THE
OF
MOST
FOR
MILLIONS
WILL
ARIGHT ALL THI8
OF
AGRICULTURE
DIGNIFIED
THE
FUTURE
IMPROVEMENT OF
INCREASE OF YIELD, THE
WILLING
OUR
AND
RESOURCE
PROBLEM
COMPREHENSION
a S
INDE­
DIRECT
TO
METHODS AND THE
AND THE
WHO
AND
SCIENCE AND THE
THUS
MAY
TRANSMIT
TO POSTERITY AN UNIMPAIRED INHERITANCE.
The True Purpose of
Imprisoning Criminals
By EUGENE SMITH. Fimou» Criminologist
Mr.
Nichols to try to get his cousin,
young Mr. Tankersly out of a ques-
AID HIM. AND NO CRUELER WRONG CAN BE DONE TO HIM THAN
tbe merry king's diversion.
pletely cowed, shook as with the ague
and could hardly find voice for Ins
Mrs.
Mabatfy,
of Cincinnati,
thought her doctor's medicine was
doing ber no good aud shot him, in
tlicting e wound from which he may
Dot recover.
Savage mankind not
infrequently bold their medicine
men personally responsible for failure
to cure, but with US, even if we think
tbe doctor should have done better,
we keep our resentment iu rliwk.
Were it otherwise medical colleges
wouldsoon close their doors for lack
chattering teeth. The surprise i. that
of students.
The Waste of Our
Great Natural
Resources «
T is not easy to so«« how punishment ever came to be regarded
as an EXPIATION for crime.
The expiatory nature of
suffering depends on its VOLUNTARINESS. Yet this ab­
sorb idea is the only ground on which a dangerous criminal
is now discharged after a CERTAIN TERM of imprisonment.
Public protection is the only motive which justifies the state de­
priving a criminal of his liberty, revenge being wholly alien to its
majesty. But imprisonment that is not reformatory insures protec­
tion ONLY WHILE IT I.ASTS. Therefore we can protect our­
selves from the criminal only by life imprisonment or by reformation,
anil reformation seems to bo more humane, besides being less ex­
pensive. An<l reformation presupposes THE INDETERMINATE
SENTENCE.
The criminal must l>e treated UNTIL CURED.
The que-tion of his guilt is wholly immaterial, anil attempts to make
the punishment fit the crime are an absurdity. Only OMNIS­
CIENT 'E can measure guilt. Under the <>1«? criminal system the state
figured as an avenging furv pursuing the criminal.
men should assert ownership iu such
women—should live off their shame
lul earnings aud then iu jealous rage
kill when discarded.
it was very welt for young
toinable house at Houston, Texas,
in the small hours the other morning
but we really think be went too far
in shooting him.
Better have left
him there, to repent at his leisure
It is stated by the Review of Re­
afterward, perhaps. Houston society
views that the railway mileage of tte.
is shocked, as tbe dead mail was a
United States and Canada under con
favorite in its upper circle. Had they
tract, or to be contracted immediate
known —but he would have lieen a
ly, foots up to 25,000. That is enough
favorite just tbe same.
to reach around tbe woild if it could
be laid in a straight line, while it
Roger (J. Mills is mentioned aa a
would cross this continent eight possible successor to Senator lla’ley,
times. That is a great leeoni but it uf Texas, providing tbe opposition is
is worth while to reflect that it wil strong enough in the next legislature
take a lot of prosperity to furnicb to defeat tbe Satndard oil represent«
tbe money foi construction.
live. Mills was prominent as a con
Gibson City, Illinois, residents ob­ gressman a good many year, ago,
gaining prominence as author of tbe
jected to the burial of a monkey
Mills tariff bill, but of Ute years has
which took place in their cemetery
been as politically dead as even Alton
tbe otber day. As man's history is a
Eugene State Journal. )
B Parkei.
The Evening Guard is rapidly continual record of crime aud -bed
forging ahead as a daily newspaper. ding of blood of bi. fellows, it look,
Tbe Denver mint I. working over
It will soon print a large «peeial edi­ as if more appropriately tbe ob;ec
time
turning out silver half dollar»,
tion. for general aud foreign as well tions should come flom tbe monkey
and
then
cannot .apply the demand
be
■
as local circulation, which will
■ ide of tbe house.
<
»re
­
Lane
County
and
to
They
are
not talking about the “free
credit to
gon.
silver
craze"
nowaday.— It ha* Keen
While tr.s Filipinos are anxiously
found
out
that
we cannot hav. too
striving to separate tbemselvee from
Editor Geer, of tbe Fendutoli
much
of
the
circulating
medium, gold
as, tbe C'ulmtix seem to almost throw
Tribune, baa bad a long whirl at
.liver
and
¡«per
money.
But with
politics and n«« reached a veiy sage tneir island at our beads.
Guard Is Growing
He regards the passage
nt a law giving elasticity, with safety,
to the currency issues of National
hanks, as of great importance to the
tbe ¡»erversity of human nature we
hang ou to wbat wants to get awav
and push off what wants to come to
us. The time has pass««! when any
oue who had the temerity to say that
tbe soouer we were rid of the Philip
piues th«- bettei for us is derided aud
abused, for that view is now almost
universal auioug thlukiug men.
Ou
the other hand Cuba Is a nuisance at
out very door, and the sooner we
take charge of her affairs for good
aud all .Im lietter.
American men
and Americau capital will develop
the island and make it a rich, pros
perous, law abiding territory.
As a
state in the Ameriacan Union Cuba
would have all the “home rule" it
could use in its business and all the
authority it could possibly admiuis
ter.
UNDER THE
NEW
TO SET HIM FREE
IT
WHEN
IS
A
HE
BENEFICENT POWER
STRIVING TO
IS INCAPABLE OF SELF CONTROL.
j H poem for Coday
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I Prithee Send Me Back My Heart
By Sir John Suckling
I
«i—Ù
PRITHEE .«-nd me back my heart
Kince I cannot have thine,
For, If from yours you will not part.
Why, then. shouldst thou have mine?
Yet. now I think on t. lot It lie;
To find It were in vain.
For tliou'st n thief in either eye
Would steal it back again.
Why «botild two heart, in one breast He
Ami yet not lodge together?
O I .ove, where la thy sympathy
If thus our breasts thou sever?
But love la such a mystery
I cannot find It out.
For when I think I'm best resolved
I am tbe most in doubt.
Then farewell care, and farewell woa!
I will no longer pine.
For I’ll lielleve I have her heart
Aa much aa ahe baa mln.
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