THE EUGENE WEEKLY 6UAR0 ‘XnexpenUe «"„77^ ‘ troub,*-'mu^ *bou' them, bm have no idea is proud of his place, He is attend­ many shortcomings, and that he has tem When erank a"«ero“» sys-of their true purpose and use.” It ing to business. He îmes to have been guilty of most of them is doubt­ bie-maÏers are s jow d7 rOnlC ‘ j “ ” ' g ° bJeCt ° f th " P' lb >'catlon to AN INDEPENDENT PAPER the world know that be is at work less true, but Inability to keep busi­ their own sweet wn^ *** / “ Mpl*,n Ju,t what ,he »attoaal for- for a busy concern. The boy who ness secrets Is not among them CHARLE» h . fisher . abown sine, the adjourn^m ’ofTh“e “e,,n’ What h°W says “we” identifies himself with Editor and Publisher. th« concern. Its interests are his. . All our battleships are to be ta use them. last session of the legislature. Ouly In the first place. It Is «xp’ntncd He sticks up for its credit and repu­ mounted on wheels and sent over­ Published every Thursday at Eugene Judge Galloway's firm stand for right Oregon. He takes pleasure in hts land to the Pacific. This Is abou' how the forests are created and how tation. and justice in the strict enforce- 'their boundaries are drawn. Next. work and hopes to say we are in ear- as authentic as most of the stuff tnat inscription price, >1.50 per year I ment of the law has saved the state By Governor C B MUGHEft of New York. , their direct use and value are shown nest, The boy will reap what he sows u being printed on ths subject. If paid In advance; »2 00 at end of much useless expense and trouble, from the point of the homeseeker, if he keeps his grit and sticks to his and ft will serve as a lesson to thé There's no politics in the sugges­ year. the prospector and miner, the user job. You may take off your hat to Entered at the Eugene, Oregon, crank element that ought to hold of timber, the user of range. ,he user him as one of the future solid men of tion that the Immense treasury sur­ AM fully consoious, as is every one who professes to Lave them for awhile. As It Is they have postoffice as second-class matter. of water, and other users of 'orest re­ the town. Let his employer do the plus be put back into circulation— only succeeded in discrediting the a modicum of intelligence, of the TREMENDOUS AD­ sources. Third, it is shown how the right thing by him. Check him kind­ It’s big enough to give every man, Agents for The Guard. system they profess to regard as es­ 1 foresta are intended for use. for the ly if he shows signs of being too big woman and child a dollar. VANTAGES which the country and every community in The following are authorized to sential to the preservation of real for bls place, counsel him as to bis t*ke and receipt for subscriptions or popular government, as the following production of usable products, and it has derived from the extension of our railroad facilities. Senator ’’Bob” Taylor of Tennea- transact other business for The Dally editorial from the Dallas Observer for the establishment and mainte­ habits and associates, and occasion-1 They are the arteries of commerce. Our communities would tDd Weekly Guard: nance of homes. How on all of them ally show him a pleasant prospect of iset> l’reoker Washington sawing the warning against Illegal signatures they serve as great public p'ay- done in a JI ST effort to make these possible. We want more. Eugene, Oregon. The colonist excursion rates go Into wood and Teddy“ chopping wood, is fatal to the free pass referendum, grounds and as breeding places and effect September 1st and continue We want extensions, WE WANT GREATER FACILITIES, we within three miles of each other, and that the failure to copy the full refuges for game. Finally the man- until October 31st. This is the rate THURSDAY, JULY 18 there should be something doing ere want every opportunity afforded to enable tho people to remove i and correct title of the university ap­ ■ agement of the national forests is de- that brings the actual settlers to Ore­ the dog «tar wanes. <>( R PREMIUM OFFERS their product*, and we want FAIR TREATMENT to those who propriation bill is fatal to that peti- ; scribed. gon and means that people can come Notwithstanding that the Guard tion. And thus the Populistic farce Why should Bryan worry about are engaged in this very necessary activity. Here it Is that the great usefulness to this state frpm Kansas City, St. t bas been enlarged and the cost of goes on. The people did not under­ of the forests is brought out most Paul, Minneapolis, and all the great who is to be the democratic candi- R at at publication materially increased the stand the 'initiative and referendum' ¡clearly and strikingly, for the forests territory between the Missouri river date for president, when so many Yet it is said that, despite the prosperity of the country and the Guard Printing Co. makes a special [when they voted on it; they do not are managed by the people in their and the Rocky Mountains fur »25; other men are willing to do it for offer to every new or old subscriber. : understand it now. nor is it probable own interests and every means iv (to all points east of Umatilla, »22.- him? great benefits that have been derived from the extension of our trans­ Ml who will pay one year In advance j that they ever will. The changing of used to meet the desires and wants 50) St. Louis, »30; from Chicago, portation facilities, ther is a stato of unrest, that there is a genera! for the Weekly Guard at only 11.50 the state constitution to suit the ideas ■ of all forest-users half way by deal­ 133. It should be borne in mind that diplomacy might prove condition of DISl/ONTI NT throughout tho country. Why i Is it a year will be given their choice of j of a few visionary cranks and Pop- ing with them in the main directly the most important thing of all is most soothing medicine because of extension of mean* of communication I the Twice-a-week St. Louis Repub­ ! ullstic dreamers was a sorry piece of upon the ground and . Ml cases wltn that these people must buy their tlck- could hand the feverish lic or the ‘ Oregon Agriculturalist,” foolishness, and one for which the the utmost practicable dispatch and ets direst to the towns they want to WILL ANY ONE SUGGEST THAT AMERICAN CITIZENS ARE IN » j people will yet pay dearly. In adopt-1 I freedom from red tape. reach. This is true with regard to absolutely free for one year. , REVOLT AGAINST THEIR OWN PROSPERITY? In a word, the special Interest of Medford, Eugene, The Dalles, Astoria The Republic is one of the largest ling this revolutionary amendment thç I What they revolt against is DISHONEST FINANCE Whn» That's a fool Idea, evolved by a and best family papers In America j voters thought they were giving I this manual lies in showing that the ¡and every other city or town in Ore- St. Louis Solomon, to fine attem pled : themselves more power, but now they I they are in rebellion against is FAVORITISM which giww « chance I forest policy of the government, both 1 gon. Many ___ _________ ______ people get the impression and the “Oregon Agriculturist” is I find that the initiative and referen-1 ' in principie and practice, is for the that they can come to Portland and suicides )500. Nobody with that to one man to move his goods and not tv another, which gives ono one of the best and most practical j dum' is a bunglesome, impracticable I benefit of the ordinary man, for the ■ then continue their trip to the point much coin is likely to attempt sul- farm, fruit and stock papers in the man one set of terms and another sot to %is rival, which makes one cide. : measure, without a single redeeming ! benefit of every citizen equally. I of destination, and it devolves upon West. man rich bv giving him access to th* seaboard AND DRIVES feature in its favor. No one beneft- There is still a tendency to think of each and every community in Oregon Subscribers, old or new, may take Candor compels the admission that I cial result has it accomplished thus ■ of the national forests as "preserves" to advertise this fact, and through ANOTHER MAN INTO BANKRUPTCY or into combination their choice of either paper as a pre­ far, nor is it likely that anything will! closed to use, and to leave the pub­ the correspondence and advertising of as a rule those who are taking a with hia more successful competitors. It is a revolt against all the mium. conspicuous part In the au.i-kissn 8 come of it in the future save worry ! lic lands exposed to unregulated in­ their people get new settlers. Those who failed to get the prom­ crusade are personally rnklssible influences which have grown out of an unlicensed freedom and of a and expense. The U’Ren-Brownell , dividua! exploitation. Where these ised premium magazines will be giv­ failure to recognize that theee great privileges, ao necessary for publio outfit certainly handed the young j misapprehensions still prevail “The Western railroads are complaining The call of the harvest, which is en their choice of either of these pa­ and growing state of Oregon a life- Use of the National Forests" will of labor difficulties. The large as insistent as usual, must be hard welfare, have been created by the public for the public benefit AND pers in place of the magazines with­ sized gold brick." go far to correct them. amount of building going on needs on the nerves of the gamblers who NOT PRIMARILY FOR PRIVATE ADVANTAGE. out further cost by sending their The book is written by Frederick more men than can be found, Labor­ tried so hard to kill the crop. I names and addresses to this office. FRAGMENT OF ANCIENT E. Olmstead, whose intimate knowl­ ers are independent as a result and So far we have been unable to com­ HISTORY I NEARTHED edge of conditions in the West and do not remain at one job any time. THE STREET CAR BABY pel the Eastern publishers to keep • FOR GUARD READERS the policy under which the national iW. H.______ _____ __ , ____________ Bancroft, vice president and ____ their agreement In regard to the i forests are managed especially fits general manager of the Oregon Short It’s just a round bundle of flannels and lace, magazines, and feel the disappoint­ It seems that in the dim and him to deal with the subject. ' Line, says 130 men who were brought Two fat little feet, pudgy hands and ment as keenly as our subscribers. musty past a contract was let to the : out from New York to Battle Moun­ a face, The Weekly Guard is still clubbed Warren Construction Company to: tain, Nevada, by the railroad, jumped And, kicking and rolling, grows bold­ EVERYBODY MI ST ASSIST with the Semi-Weekly Oregon Jour­ pave certain blocks of Willamette j their jobs and went on to San Frail­ Till er and bolder, IN CARRYING OUT it crawls from Its mother’s em­ nal, at $2.25 a year for both papers. street in Eugene; It was so long ago RAILROAD PROGRAM I ciaco. The railroads are bringing brace to her shoulder. Mall all remittances and communi­ that the specifications and conditions men clear from New York, paying And there It surveys all the folks in of the ancient agreement have cations to the car, The important announcement is I their fare, so scarce are laborera And crows as If pleased with all GUARD PRINTING CO., become more Ilk« legendary tradl- the West. Making it i throughout things as they are:. Eugene, Oregon. | tion than anything else, but there are made in today's Guard that the Sius- I [ harder for railroads building in Ne- It chuckles and gurgles aud smiles in law railroad stock subscription has ' old settlers who still profess to re- vada are the inducements offered In a way I member many of the circumstances been fully subscribed. This means, a mining way. Laborers go prospect­ That means “All you kind people, I bld you good day." attending the letting of the contract, that work Opon a railroad will begin ing when they have secured a "grub the information of those who have (From ‘ Monday's Guard ) Then mothers observe It and say it’s not read of them we will stn'e that and the high hopes of having better from this city immediately that will stake.” Tho railroad from Eugene to the well grown. * I streets that were indulged in by the reach the big timber district to the it Is the intention t> bull! 'hlrty But of course not a patch on the kids big timber In the western end of the miles of the line with the jn< : sub­ of their own. people at that time. This is a re- west during the coming year, Even at this quiet season of the county and eventually to the mouth scribed by the citizens, together with If one A. Welch, who, according to markable feat of memory, since the and in due time will give interior While a school girl examinee the 'ales year, with all the numerous educa- of the Siuslaw river is now assured. what Mr. Carver and hla i shapeless wee boot, the county courthouse records, now event referred to happened as long Lane county a direct connection with 1 •> ' line tional institutions of Eugene closed, And declares that the darling's too The committee of businessmen who will put up. This will now owns the Eugyne-Springfleld ago almost as the granting of the tidewater on the Siuslaw. It is also have been working earnestly and ar­ into the big timber and when that the “for rent” eigne that in former awfully cute; duously for the past several weeks much Is built it will be no t ouble electric road franchise, would return franchise for a street railway to he reasonably certain that a branch line years were wont to adorn the win­ And the crusty old bachelors look up have at last beeD successful in secur­ to raise money for t' of from the East and go to work with Willamette Valley Company, upon will be constructed to Corvallia, dows of residences in this city during from their papers law ing the required »80,000 In stock the line to tidewater > ■ t' With a half-frowning smile at the where connection will be made with pick and shovel to make good the which work was to begin "in the near The subscriptions to the enterprise and or to Ita mouth at Florent the summer months are unusually capers first ten miles or mor« wM conditions of his franchise, it would I future," and that was a long, long the navigable waters of the Willam­ scarce, all of which Indicates that the Half baby-kid's •on- afraid if they catch those round everything is now ready for the In­ structed this summer .< I ind corporation of a company and the inspire renewed confidence on the j time ago, as the fairy story writers ette river. This Is understood to ba demand for houses will be great eyes of deep blue tlon building of the first ten miles or will probably be plac • I I- The fat little baggage will gurgle part of the public. Because The would put it. It Is even related that part of Mr. Carver's plan to make his when the university opens •en- Those more of road before the winter rains before the work begles “Pop-goo.” Guard has criticised the action I tho paving company shipped a rock road absolutely Independent of other who are now recreating in the moun­ slon next spring set In. And then, as the bundle of cooings Fifteen miles of << 1 :»ur- The committee this afternoon an­ of the alleged captalists at the head ¡crusher and other accessories to this lines, while not Included In his prop­ tains or at the seaside will return and and charms ! in of this enterprise. It has been accused city and pulverized a few tons of osition to the people of Eugene, and the fall and winter activities promise ls borne from the car in its mother's nounced that the amount had been rhased by Mr. Carver * ■ ter- raised and tho work of organizing the Medford-Crater Lal"' r • proud arms, of “knocking,” but that has not wor­ rock, but as their contract provided i work upon this part of the system Ito be exceptional this year. This con- . are will nt once be attended to and the ward losing It on a » «<> 1 A fatherly man says, "Your boy is a will probably be carried on simulta ­ ried us in the least. Some persons ; for the paving of the street when the day, surveys for the line will be started due to arrive In Portl.md : dltlon is no doubt due to the many pearl,” led there are who do not comprehend the track for the electric road was laid, neously with the construction of the i large projecta now under way, pr in And coldly the mother replies, “8he’s as soon as possible. Already written and will be shipped h «• contracts for the right-of-way for the on the Siuslaw road. outspoken fearlessness of a newspa­ both companies to begin work simul­ Eugene-Slualaw section. a girl. ” 'immediate prospect, and it la safe to Negotiations will a' >en- first six miles “ out of ----- Eugene have Not only will the construction of —Toronto Telegram. per that is not mortgaged to a cor­ taneously. and when one was ready > Eu- been secured, this matter having rd to secure terminal say that there will have to be an ac­ ‘ an Independent line of railroad be poration tn some form; that is owned the other wasn't, th« work never ac­ 'i»rn been attended to by the committee gene. They will be I t tive building season or a genuine • eg­ soon after the began work on the en- part of the city soi'n s'. T and controlled absolutely by the pub­ tually began Time and again a date of vast benefit to thia city, making bouse famine will be on before next WHEN YOU THINK AIMM’T IT act location hot yet havl fl ri e- terprlse. lisher whose name is printed at the was set for the commencement of it an important Jobbing and business I win tea. elded upon. The line will the Route of Road. I centre, but it will prove a boon to When you come to think about it on bead of its editorial columns; that, work, but the people after awhile be- V of The route chosen for the road, as city from the west It •;• < / thia old terrestial ball. while it may not always be right, is ! gan to regard tbe announcement every section of Lane county and the The increase in the stamp sales at Rimmed with roses In the springtime, now planned, will lead due west from Fifth street. Pllblisli List of fl-’sr Eugene for a distance of ten miles, at all times independent, as well as ■ something like they now regard the upper Willamette valley. For this Eugene's postoffice for the fiscal heaped with fruitage in the fall; then turn northerly In the direction It was Intended to p »>11 honest. In Its convictions of duty, 9. P. Co.'s promise to build a new de­ reason it should be borne In mind year ending June 30, 1S07, was »2,-1 Though we all were born a growlin'— of Franklin, thence west again to of subscribers to the f ' ¡that this railroad movement and its though we’re axle deep in doubt; Goldson and past the Anderson ft owing to the fact that brooking no dictation whatever from : pot “next summer." 581.21 over the previous year. There la really very little for the promoters deserve tbe bealtiest Warner sawmill, past Triangle lake bers, a member of the any outside source; in brief has no While this city Is not booming, such Still, after all this time, there are world to growl about. and down the Lake creek valley. has one or two of th« tub mission but to print the news with­ ' some aged residents of the city who support of all the people, during the a decided Increase in postal receipts This route was selected by the com­ papers and as he Is out of town. It Is out fear or favor and protect the pub­ ' believe that the “successors, heirs progress of building operations, be­ Indicates that it 1 b after all “going When you come to think about it—- mittee and Stephen Carver as the Impossible to secure them. it will cause It is to be a road owned and did your growlin' ever pay? lic interests whenever it is able to and assigns" of the M arren Construc­ most feasible, and, while the survey­ be published early next week and the some.” Eugene now has four city Did It ever bend a rainbow—chase a ors may not follow the exact route public will know who managed by the people, through a lo- Ir- do ao. mall carriers. tion Company and Willamette Valley thunder cloud away? selected, this will be the general di­ Ited citizens of Eug- So far as Mr. Welch and his asso­ Company will sometime “In the near ; cal board of directors. During the Don’t it deafen all the angels when rection in which the lino will be The members of t Those who criticize jury verdicts they try to sing an’ shout? ciates. whoever they may be, are con­ future” reach an understanding and preliminary work of securing rights-1 illy built, This route affords an easy who have worked hard ■ 'd of-way and preparing for actual con ­ know that there's but lit- Don't they of acquittal under so-called "un­ cerned. if they carry out their prom­ I and fix a date upon which they may grade In the mountainous section for the success of the enterprise tie in the world to growl'about? which the line will traverse, and through thick and thin, are as fol- ises .«nd meet the conditions of the actually begin Operations together. struction the good will and co-opera­ written law” and demand that our lows: Alton Hampton. F. E. Dunn, franchise they accepted, thia paper is . Occosionally an old gray-bearded pio­ tion of the people is especially to be laws be reformed are barking at the When you come to think about It— some of the finest timber land in the J W Kays, F. J. Her ol­ world will be tapped In the Lake desired, and at al) times the direct wrong knot bole. It is human na ­ but the best way's not to think! ready to accord them its moral sup­ neer is seen to gaze dowq the main lenbeck, D. E Yoran. ita» Creek valley and vicinity. Interest of the public In the great en ­ There ’ s a spring there by the way ­ ture that will have to be re-formed bers, J. M. Shelley a"d ’ od- port. and will do as much as another | thoroughfare of the city and murmur, Build Thirty Miles First. side—-stop ye, travelers, and •'al- The Guard has before given an man. Other« have assisted to see that the capital invested in de­ with a far away, prophetic stare In his terprise should be uppermost in the to stop such vcrdlcti drink! outline of the plans of Mr. Carver In ly In the work, but have not bcen minds of all. veloping the cocntry is properly pro­ failing eyes: There's a green tree In thiB desert, the construction of the road, but tor members of the regular committee. Those who have worked so untir ­ At least one Philadelphian is doing 'neath a firmament o' blue, tected from unjust assaults. We •'They’re going to pave, ingly to Induce the people of Lane his best to pull the town out of the An’ a hive that's drlppln' honey for have, however, not the slightest sym­ ball played this year < <11- I feel It, yet— HARRISBURG NOTES. the famished lips of you! county to comply with the terms of slow class—he proposed to and was pathy for franchise grabbers or pro­ oiir IX M AL AM» PERSONAL amond was played Sunday v h -—Atlanta Constitution. The street that’s called Mr. Carver's proposition deserve at accepted by a pretty nurse the day boys crossed bats with a picked nine moters whose capital consists solely Willamette." least the gratitude of the community after his wife's d«ath. Even In Chi­ Geo. Peters was down from Co­ from Halsey. Both teams were at °f hot air.” Oregon has suffered too THE BKJGEMT FISII •he burg last week laying In his winter's their best and they if no more substantial recognition or I cago that would be considered as much at the hand3 of auch men al­ r*'iarlea wood, the mill having closed down game determined to win. Note.—This editorial was written reward for their services may be ex­ going some. ready. Morris pitched for th» ho >oya for a short time for repairs. Yew never hperd me tell for publication during the editor’s tended. •self Miss Elsie Widner was up to Etl- and he proved to be right al About thet monster? Well! The promoters of the Eugene-1 _______ vacation in 132». and got In Marie Corelli m.iy b • < in'« 1 upon He was the biggest one summer v—----- — With the signs propitious for a new given gene the latter part of last week vls- from start to finish. He w Springfield electric road may be all today bv mistake in place of another of a Ring with friends and enjoying tbe good support with the excep: and unparalleled growth along all to deny that she proposed marriage I ever seen. 1 swun! right and mean business, but they brain throb entitled “Work Begins few plays and every one of nine celebration In that city. to Mark Twain, while driving When I describe his size lines, tbe people of this city should have not gone to work as they prom- on Willamette Street Tomorrow Miss May Multt, of Ashland, . ar- seemed to play the game to t « llm- through Stratford-on-Avon in an open I can't believe my «yes; rived here Friday last for • visit < wlth it. The Halsey nine chang«'! I dti’h- An' I don't 'sped thet yew *•*1 to do, and for some time past The office boy declares that ft about pull together long and stoutly to bring about tbe consummation of our | carriage with him. if she has to write Kin skurcely b’lieve It, tew. ' the friends and Is the guest of Mrs ( Geo. ers along about the niiddl game and for a time the new did J. Wilhelm. •heir good faith has been questioned fits the present situation anyway, so hopes for a greater Eugene, not only a novel to do It. ould Silas Leonard, who has been I here some handsome work, but 1 Down Llzzard Crick one day _____ the most beautiful, but the best and j by many persons who formerly were we let It go. from Coburg for several weeks re­ not hold out and It was not ' < he- One thing must be credited td the ! 1 fished and fished away, biggest town In all Oregon with the ’heir staunchest friends. It is now in and ceiving medical treatment. Is very fore our boys began to find An* here I wanter state nature-fakirs — they haze made al! single exception of Portland. « the nrder for them to carry out the HOW NATIONAL FORESTS low and hopes for hla recovery are they piled up runs too fast I had the proper bait, the stock sea-serpent yarn« look like An' everything wux clear. SERVE THE PUBLIC not very bright. He underwent an score keeper. Some of th« ’a lacy Podges made to the city council and plugged nickels. And anyway, they'll My head an' hands an' gear. operation some time ago but at that bojs were good batters and did some the public If they would regain the time was too weak to permit of much fine field work as well, but they sx>n be devoting their lulents to When I felt, nigh the bank, “The Use of National Forests," a »-onfidence they have forfeited. could not get started off right |n the hope of ultimate recovery. A mos ’ tremenjua yank. politics. publication just printed by the De­ Jeweler R. C. Roberts was over first at the game and the lo«als got partment of Agriculture, is a brief, iHRly T I I i . isi . xtion from Junction City the latter part of such a start that the visiters could My cork went aout o’ sight. One of our scientists has secured My pole t>ent double, quite. Don't laugh at a boy who magnl- last week visiting with his family not overcomo It. The game was a clear manual for public information DISCREIHTED BY FOOL and hla partner, U. 8. Gleason. Mr. clean one and won by the vialtora flea his place. You may see him successful photographs of the canals The crick she b'lled and b'lled. FRIENDS IN OREGON as to the forestry poller of ,he na" coming from the postofftce with a on the planet Mars, but it's dollars An' got all rougn an' riled. Roberts is tn charge of the company's being outplayed from the start The tional government. store at Junction and Mr. Gleason boys all did their best but <■ big bundle of his employer s letters, to brass buttons that no Martian 1 straightened like a bull. >oy» It Is too true, as the short preface conducts the business here They are TVr,> ts no doubt but the inltla- An' fetched a mighty pull. which he displays with as much pride were a little too strong fo canal. 'em. has got any of the Panama doing a nice business in the jewelry An' would you b'lieve ft? Bay, Uvo mil referendum system of direct to the public says, «hat “msnv peo- The score was up In the big ■ as though they were his own. He ’era. line at both store«. He—well, he got away *