»4^
F
• *
Clerk Haw*., of the Mod-11„ ten year, a* a
Iur
.
a basis for the appor- from adulterants and noxious sub velt "undesirable citlier
ern Woodmen, «fraternal order with i tionment of representative* in
con- stance* will De the rule everywhere in was not surprising th
membershin In
in which he _
_
a large local membership,
gress. The modern American cen the United States. It has taken de should have said in a pi
sets for the necessity for higher sus, which collects statistics relating cades to awaken public sentiment on "1 must say I admire Mr.
----- H. FISHER.
rates of assessment than the present to every important feature of national this important matter, but now it is
Editor and PublUhV._______ in order to pay the actual cost of life j development, I* tne outgrowth of thoroughly aroused and moreover, it
Careful relatives of
Beginning with is supported by the laws of the land. bachelors, and widower
Thursday at Eugene, insurance furnished its members . that requirement.
^ Oregon-
___________ The Modern Woodmen order is an old six simple questions relating to pop- Many years of effort were required luatural or court-made.
and perfectly stable fraternal organ-fulatiun. the amount and scope of the to persuade congress to enact a pure I slating that when sicl
onw. $1 50year ization, but it is learning the lesson information secured were steadily food law. The measure that is now .employ only male traine
i
’2 00 at end °‘ of older orders of similar character— increased until ft became too exten on the federal statute book, it is
Solomon. It living, wot
that something cannot be given for
to be tabulated by hand.
true, falls short of what many per the same class with Dr.
'j*r
, t the Eugene, Oregon, nothHig, even life Insurance, and tend
The next census will be the first sons deemed necessary. Still, it will lor, state chemist of V
ts^ond-clasa matter.
to permanency as well as business sol to be taken since the establishment be wonderfully effective, if properly said in an address that «
idity. Some time there must be ro; of the permanent Census Bureau, enforced, and at present there ap 'should marry, but no ma
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rhe Guard.
day of reckoning, and Head Clerk nearly five years ago.
pears to be a disposition to apply it
AF**"
are authorised to
Hawes would wisely provide against
rigorously. The federal law is sup
The
enumeration
of
1910
will
be
An Oregon winter al
TH
for subscriptions or
»“¿X* business for The Dally calamity before the opportunity pass- taken on April 5th of that year. Here plemented by many state enactments.» cient excuse for iuvlting
es. The position he takes and the tofore the enumeration has been ta Some are recent, other* have been of the blizzard-stricken <
•*SS-ju*rdciark'
boldness with which he expresses his ken on June 1st. Mr. North says tested and found to work well. It is their homes here. So
0****“ Oeo A Drury.
views inspires the thought that some that more accurate statistics will be i too much "to say that public senti-’ had a winter without a f
;44re*s all remittances and com- time, perhaps in the near future, collected by the proposed change of i ment is |overwhelmingly in favor of and no weather colder
there may be laws enacted not only- date. This change will have the ef- tjie enforcement of every law that mornings will white fn
PRINTING CO.,
GtAR» ™ ugene. Oregon1.
guaranteeing bank deposits against feet, he thinks, of showing great aims to prevent fraud ot any sort in the newcomer* have se
sunshine during the pr
loss, but life insurance policy-holders gains in the population of the large food product*,
season as they would 1
as well. Men and women who go in cities, like New York, Boston and
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SUBSt BIBERS
Oregon and the entire Pacific boosted California land.
to these orders in good faith and pay Philadelphia. He says that the sum
their money for years should be as mer resorts begin to attract many Northwest, need more feeders, muFe
an woniei
Are Ar
announced heretofore, the sured that the time will not come, persons in May, and that if t)ie cen of those lines o< steel to bring the
■'«■fie 1’«
ge-
L of the first of October was perhaps in old age. that the order will sus is delayed until June 1st the i now remote corners of the country t
I
- » » 1 111
^lled
withdraw
offer of pass Into bankruptcy, or its rates be enumerators will find many vacant I into intimate touch with the centers
e*
. to
. ’ —
l.h.traw the offl
K Louis Republic free with ev-
auction ii
forced so high that they cannot bear houses when they begin to make their of population, says the Oregon w e
V by the gov
P*
*_ -.«a anhstrrlntinil.
^ctih
iu advance
subscription. Ow- the burdefi of assessment.
i Tradesman. The construction of such the oti.*
rounds.
not bring'Fnough to pa
the raise In the price of paper
Fraternal insurance is a splendid
In the last census 300 supervisors branch lines will benefit both city
|
1— were forced to advance
Honie-uiade wearing api
and
country,
furnishlug
a
market
thing,
but
we
have
too
many
orders,
were employed. It is purposed to
I publishers
'« an extent because they are young and growing have 330 supervisors for the thir for supplies and
bringing better enough for them, appari
Heir price to us to such
1
prices
and
better
living
to the far
longer
give
the
paper
capacity with a membership composed teenth census. The bill provides that
n can
'—••
We agree with tiie edi
of the younger class of people, that these supervisors shall be authorized places. Steam and electricity will
i„,v is a premium.
"nominating a presiden
We are, however, offering the Ore- are giving insurance at less than it to begin work on July 1, 1909. so knit the commercial fabric of Oregon
game.” Still, like other
1 3 Agriculturist or the American ¡costs and attempting to convince the that the enumeration districts can I closer.
attracts some mighty si
¡Farmer (your choice) free with each j public, with excellent success, too, be laid out and their geographical
That New York federal office-hold- on, and more than one
Mih ia advance subscription. Or we that their rates will never be raised. limits clearly defined and scrutini
" die the Semi-Weekly Oregon ¡The law should step in and say this zed in every' locality, with a view to er who did not know any better than sneaked into the game
birMl. the best newspaper in Ope- kind of fake promotion, for it can be the correction of omissions and er to have himself indorsed for reap off the bank wad.
with the Weekly Guard for only designated in no other way, must be rors. Mr. North says he will make pointment Uy Senators Platt and De
A man who has rece
rOTts extra, of $2.25 for both the 1 stopped. The Modern Woodmen offi
pew got It where he might have ex
an effort tc have high-class men de
consular service says, "C
We
will
send
Co»rd and Journal.
cials are right in attempting to place signed as supervisors, ard to this pected it—‘in the neck. And Platt times has more to do with the loca to retire in favor of Taft will be time through souud business reasoning.
J’G''«"! and the Weekly Orego- j their order on a permanent business
end he proposes that these officials and Depew will hardly try to pull oft tion of American consulates than enough to conclude that the contest The question involved is, "Does Ore
gon need a first-class institution ot
liaa for $2.50.
, basis, and if there are other fraternal shall bo paid a minimum compensa a Foraker rejection stunt in the sen commerce," which probably means is all o- er but the shouting.
higher learning?"
The man who
Splendid Premium*.
organizations in the same predlca- tion of $1200 a year. The super ate for his benefit.
that the climate to which he was sent
j J^iess it was failure in Its at answers that question in the affirm-
1 To those who do not wish to take i ment justice to their membership, as visors are to be appointed by the pres
<■ ive will be compelled to acknowl
Congressman Maynard, of Virginia, did not suit him.
idontage of these clubbing offers well as common honesty, demands ident, and, so far as practicable and
tempts to buy editorial space that edge that such an institution must
put
in
a
cla'm
for
the
belt
for
has
„ offer the following splendid pre j that they take similar action.
If the English suffragists really brought about the heavy current in )v t>roperly supported or it cannot
desirable, the boundaries of the su
the most unique proposition to tap wish to do something freakish that vestment in newspaper advertising possibly be anywhere near first-class.
rum to Weekly Guard subscribers:
I
pervisors' districts are to conform
the public money drawer by introduc- would attract attention, they should »pace by the Standard Oil Cotnpany. The amount provided in the bill re
WR ONLY TWO DOLLARS we EUGENE'S GROWTH
to the boundaries of the congression
ferred to the people is $125,000 a
Ing a bill directing the navy depart- stop such childsplay as having them
NOW MORE RAPID
, will send the Weekly Guard one year,
year, to be expended under direction
al districts.
ment to buy, for 15000, “Don't Scorn selves padlocked to the Premier's
Hon Judson Harmon, of Ohio, of a board of regents of which the
THAN EVER BEFORE1
ud give as a premium a set of six
The per caaita cost of the first
a Sailor,” a song written by a seaman front fence and wear muzzles that »ays he would accept the democratic state board of education forms a
giver spoons, butter knife and su-
census, taken in 1790, was $.0112,
part, the other regents being res
There is an unusually large num while the per capita coBt of the cen on one of the battleships.
nr shell (Rogers make).
prevent talking.
1 I nomination f<> president. Sure; the ponsible citizens of the state appoint
one
woods are full of men willing to do ed by the governor. Standing before
A kitchen set consisting of
ber of houses being built in Eugene sus of 1900 was $.1550. Mr. North
Mark Twain and Senator Tillman
Here's art epigram, handed down as much.
(.rvlhg knife
and
fork, one for the winter season. In every part
the world inviting the best people of
does not think there will be an ln- appear to have similar ideas about
other states as immigrants, Oregon
from the bench, for those who (think
bread knife, one cake knife, one par of the city residences are going up,
the bank receivers, as Mark writes, "It
crease
in
the
per
capita
cost
of
"Bohemia" a deskside place to spend , Governor Beckham, of Kentucky. Is could not afford to destroy or weak
Us knife (American Cutlery co, and architects are busy drawing
en the cap sheaf ot its educational
thirteenth census over that of the costs more to keep a permanent bank
their lives; "The majority of mqRr, hot! the first politician to discover system.
sake), one pan cake turner and one plans for others that will be started
1
twelfth.
that.
the
road
to
the
United
States
receiver
than
it
does
to
keep
a
ha
uments to 'Bohemians' are
eg; spoon, a very useful thing to as soon as the weather settles. 'Sev
The plum-hunters of congress r re rem." ' By the way, how did he find wooden head-pices reared in ¡»otters*
ls> l'ke Jordan, a hard one to
Strong Bov ami Dinner Pail.
fere in any family.
eral brick business buildings are al
not expected to look with favor updn
travel.
out about the latter?
fields.' ”
Or a pretty mantel clock that so under way now and more will be
•A*«
(Saturday Evening Boat.)
the plan proposed by the director for
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keeps good time.
commenced with the advent of spring.
Some
time
ago
we
tncnUiys«'*.
However,
Japan
has
too
much
au
recruiting his force of temporary
None of the other candidates are
Virginia’s legislature wants the
These premiums we have in stock I Arrangements are in progress for the
the Fall Klver «pVpn mill* had en
clerkB for the next census. The bill in Taft’s class when it comes to justices of the supreme court of the thentic information qbou(, our navy joyed a prq«i>«n>qs year. Sharehold
them
aid are prepared to deliver
| resumpeion of work on the Eugene-
stipulates that such additional clerks laughing the old-fashioned, shak state to wear gowns, and has reso- to he fooled Into getting too gay by ers |n thirty-three enmimntes re
promptly. We know they will please Springfield-McKenzie electric railway
ceived cash and stock dividends
as may be required shall be subject ing, enjoyable, contagious kind. And luted to that effect. Presumably no any fake exposure of its defects.
you.
| and it is announced that grading and
averaging twenty per cent, besides
to
such
competitive
examinations
Any one of them costs you only 50 track-laying will again be under way
it’s an asset of value to any public resolution is needed to enable the
If the statesmen who claim that which a number of mills made sub
as the director of the census, in co man, or any other sort of man, for learned Justices to indulge in night
rents in addition to the regular sub- by the first of February.
the country is not ready to accept the stantial additions to surplus.
operation with the civil service com that matter.
In December the mills cut down
caps.
acriptfoB price of the paper.
There is every indication that Eu-
best currency reform will prove up, production by one-fourth. There is
mission, may prescribe, the examina
Address
employ
all
ItB
gene will be able to
The Dalle«, usually referred to as we’ll back the country to do the rest. a sliding scale of wages, the present
tions to be held tinder the'direction
GUARD PRINTING CO.,
It’s an open season for the smart
base being 23.96 cents per cut; but
steadily
resident
workingem
town, is putting up a $70,000
a
slow
of
the
commission.
Eugene, Oregon.
this went Into effect only in Septem
ing of fake presidential booms, to
VII Nl< ll'AI, OWAÌ ItSlllf
through the year, and that there will
hacked
by
local
capitalists.
The thirteenth census will be re give some man, about 99 per cent be hotel,
PAYS IN ASHLAND ber last. Through 1996 the base was
be a good demand for carpenters
IS cents per cut; In 191)4 and 190'»
stricted to inquiries relating to popu low presidential size, a chance to get Eugene might do even better in this
The government
and bricklayers,
17.32 cents per cut. In 1906. weav
(Ashland Record.)
lation, agriculture, manufactures, and into the limelight with a denial that line if our property owners could
The total receipt* of th«* Ashland ers, working ten hours a day, aver-
building, S. P. depot, Divinity School
mines and quarries. It Is provided he is a candidate. Great scheme— get together upon a selection of site. city waterworks for the year 1907 aged seventeen cents an honr for
and Presbyterian church are all big
A mere trifle like boycotting the
in the bill that there shall be a cen
amounted to $17,006.63. The total males, fifteen cents for females;
never fails.
building projects that will call for
instead of getting the presidency expenditures,
Including
Interest, spinners, twelve cents an hour..
United States government is nothing
sus
of
agriculture
in
1915.
and
once
and the elec
of a Washington traction company, taxes on mill property, maintenance Wages prevailing before September,
toiurha powerful person as the king a great many laborers,
Senator Tillman thinks national for which he thought he was slated. and additions and extensions of the 1907, were, we judge, not veFy fa
street paving every ten years thereafter, which
»the Western railroads, Edward H. trie line extension and
249.4«. leav- vorable to the declaration of extra
busy at the shall show the acreage of the prin- bank receivers have been geting more Secretary Loeb was handed what he system, amounted to
will
keep
large
forces
Rirrlman. even though uncrowned as
Ing a balance on the rlght side of dividends and the accumulation of
clpabcrops, and the number and value than their share of assets of "bust
so frequently has, In the line of du $8,827.1.
surpluses by operatives; and a reduc
says the Fresno Republican. The more common classes of i^ork.
farms ed" banks, and wants the figures for
Eugene's growth in all lines is ful of domestic animals on the
ty, handed to others- a lemon.
There are several mains in town tion by one-fourtn of the output of
«Port of Secretary of War Taft to
and
ranges
of
the
country.
the
last
firteen
years.
That
will
make
which will have to be replitrvM with the mills is certainly not favorable
ly meeting the Expectations of its
»tigress regarding the operation of
It is proposed that in 1911 a sum a lot of work for the treasury, any
•
The question, "Who is the eoun- larger pipe In or<(er to give adequate to that process.
most sanguine boosters, and seems
De Panama railway shows how in
Whatever benefit a higli tariff pro
be ex way.
try's biggest liar?" which has been service and there must be consider
destined to double in population in not to exceed $50,000 shall
able expense for betterments this duced for the stockholders they re
dent the "system” is in its exclu
pended to ascertain the feasibility
thrown at the public via the New year. It is understood that the water tain, tucked, away In their strong
de rontrol of business, and not even the next three or four years.
for
Nevertheless
and
notwithstanding,
of securing information required
York Sun, will never be definitely department will purchase a car of boxes. The operatives may still have
twle Sant may allow any such trl-
making comparisons between the
I
it might really be a good thing for answered -it depends too much on pipe early in the spring for this pur a full dinner pall, only they must use
Tiing considerations as la.r play to MISSOURI SOLVI»»
smaller palls.
pose.
number of domestic animals and the
I “ jurists, soldiers and sailors to stick the viewpoint and the focus.
EXPRESS RATE PROBLEM
tBierfere.
to their specialties and keep out of
acreage of the principal crops on the
I
▼
it would seem to be time for the
' hen the government undertook
same farms in succeeding years, 1 the the public criticism game, in which
Missouri
has
solved
the
matter
of
women of New York society to sit up
» rk of constructing the canal,
returns on which the comparisons are
i
they are always out of place.
and take notice when a police court
io. that the Panama railway line expressVates so far as the Internal based to include for any county at
«uig operated for the exclusive business of the state is concerned, least 70 per cent of the acreage 1 of
Would a judge be justifiable in magistrate issues a signed statement
Bx DARWIN B. KINCSLCY. President of th« N«w York Llfa Iniunnct Company- .
***.it of the overland railroads, so but upon all business that has to do
sending
a lawyer to jail for contempt arraigning them for immorality, as
the
farms
of
such
county.
HE FUTURE OF LIFE INSURANCE IS MENACED BY RE
■hit there was no such thing as water with Interstate commerce the same
of oourt, for filing a legal paper in one has just done.
FORM THROUGH DESTRUCTION. WHEN WILL THE JUS
old
rates
will
obtain.
That
distinc
f’Opitition with the transcontinental
rhyme, may become a live question
A
Portland.
Oregon,
street
cal
con
TICE
OF STATESMANSHIP, WHICH WOULD REFORM BY
We
suppose
those
who
have
been
I
roods by way of the canal. The gov- tion between local and interstate bus
ductor has patented a street recorder for the bench, should the example convicted and are kept out ot prison
CONSERVATION,
TAKE THE PLACE OF THE ACTION OF
iness
is
the
only
thing
that
is
bring
riitnent then bought up the company
to be placed in street cars, which will of a lawyer-poet Of Jamaica, New by shrewd lawyer»—several names
THE
POLITICIAN, WHO THINKS HE HAS
REFORMED
•od placed it on an impartial basis ing comfort to the corporations dur
record the name of the street which York, be followed.
will suggest themselves -may be spo WHEN HE HAS DESTROYED?
10r doing business, all ¿teamship com- ing these times. But If every state in
the car is approaching and also desig
Congressman Hull, of Tennessee, ken of as "near-guilty" without i»ut-|
Wies to be t.eated alike. The Pa- the union followed the lead of Mis
What shall we say of the political leader who fashions a cunning
r-‘r Mail, a Harriman corporation, souri and made a new schedule of nate the numbers of the houses on wants a house committee to trace all ting into the libel law.
appeal to all the baser passions of the human heart J What shall we
•"■ording to the report of the secre- rates in the interest of the people of the block. At the same time the campaign contributions to both par
Perry Belmont wants congress to
invention will flash a picture or ad ties in 1904.
He ought to know put anti-war handcuffs on the pres say of the organ of public opinion which DELIBERATELY MIS-'
demanded exclusive privileges the individual state, the result would
J4* Way ld *h,PPlng over the line, be that the additional expense caused vertisement to view until another that such things are never traceable ident, but Is a little hazy how it STATES FACTS, garbles testimony, destroys reputations and culti
* ich were of course refused. The by extra help in carrying two street is crossed. The speed of the
at least, not those big enough to should be done.
Congress would | vates suspicion and hate, which always lie near to the surface of humau
"Wit i is that
schedules and transacting business on car does not alter the display in the count.
Mail 11 has
—— V the £ Pacific
«cure
AYIH.ll
HO
doubtless willingly deputize Perry to feeling, and DELIBERATELY brings on a social tempest in order''
gradually diverting all its busf- two standards would in the end^ cause least, for the trolley simply meets an
King Leopold, of Belgium, has ta pull off the stunt.
to sell its wares ? What shall we say of the great magazine which, pro
from the Panama line, taking it the express companies to consider overhead contact hanger, wherever lo-
•*? of Tehauntapec, and probably that meeting the people on a plane cated, and the recorder does the rest. ken a leaf out of the Rockefeller
Evidently the two Pennsylvania fessing to put before the wigM a dispassionate review of life insurance
that wouiu
would be »«•*
fair «
and
equitable
for This device will not only relieve con book. He announces that he desires women who fought a duel to the
.........
• ••
corry |*g more of it by land j inai
an<l life insurance companies, REFUSES TO SEE RESPONSIBLE
Otild
the continent than it wc
__ ' them would be the cheapest way to ductors of the task of calling out no personal profit from the revenues death for the favor of a man were
street numbers or name«, but will of the Congo State, but will devote believers in all fabled leap year LIFE INSURANCE MEN, apparently from fear that the truth iu
'°'lnd
Profitable to do under*) conduct their business.
The trouble is that all of the states quiet the fears of the nervous passen the money to philanthropic purpose*. rights.
poMession might deprive its article of certain sensational features ?
T*ry circumstances. The secre-1
"cusse-. aS a counter measure, do not take concerted action, and ger who can keep an eye on the dial
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE IS AS CERTAIN
One of Hearst's $15,000 editor*—
According to the Georgia press.
thus is left open an opportunity for and thus be assured of running no
bollit
,Ele Sovernment's
AS
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
IT MUST GO ON
name'.
Tomb*,
Graves,
or
som*thlng
j
mooI1H
hinlng
and
bllfld
tl
;erlng are
hrlfk* * "ne
on 4^* the corporations to enter the f-w risk of being carried by hl* or her like that—predicts a dull and Issue-
BECAUSE CONJUGAL AFFECTION WILL GO ON.
IT FITS INTO
the
most
exhilarating
spous
in
that
to act as a f«*eder for the states that do act and by political destination. Persons seeking a street le*s presidential campaign.
Guess state.
THE PLANS OF A BUSY WORLD, AND THIS IS A VERY BUSY
Bidding
for
a
pn*sldential
manipulation
cause
the
defeat
of
the
may locate it a block away by means
iv*** railway and eventually for
WORLD.
tMeaaal.
men who have taken the lead in the of this recorder, which is like on or agaJn, old mail, your salary pays visit, eh? •
for
something
better.
^To an ordinary company the Idea movement against the corporate in dinary cash register, and it can be
Life in more productive, more generous, more effective, sweeter,
However it may be regarded by the
removed from one car to another if
, I, *,lB*
U nited States out on terests.
A* that is the exact number of in- Mg financiers, the idea of govern HAPPIER; values are more certain, securities more abundant and
jiroix osition would appear
necessary. The thing will relieve the vitatlons to the marriage of Miss j mental Insurance of bank deposits bv tter than ever before. American life insurance, with all its fault»,
monotony of one passengef »taring
a stupend Ions undertaking, but | MILLIONS ARE w ANTED
i Gladys Vanderbilt with the Hunga- looks pretty good to the average de JIAS SEEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND TIIE NEED and splen
**•« ia toe
POR
FEDERAL
CENSI
S
another out of countenance, for be-j [ rian count with the unpronounceable positor.
big for Harriman to at- j
"■K and b
didly answered both. Therefore it must go on. It DESERVES to
Ji’ success is shown by ;
—'
■ ■■
“ * *
of the tween advertisements bit* of attrac name, we presume that it will now 1
Director S. N. D. North.
■
»»Uber of years in which his ,
go
on becatwe when subjected to the severest tests it is found to have
tive
scenery
could
be
displayed
and
t„.
the
Any
currency
law
that
the
bankers
1
roper
«-«per
to
»peak
of
New
»ked congress
**? «ela
the canal legislation. . Census Bureau, has a 000 to defray even a phonograph might be attach-1 York * '800" when referring to it*. of the country wish to be a failure been HONEST, SOUND AND IN THE HIGHEST SENSE USE
to appropriate $14.000.
will have a rocky road to any other
ed to play the latest popular air».
! gilt-edged pink tea wrestler*.
FUL It must go on because it performs now and ia able to perform a
INSURANCE*
the expenses of the till rteenth de-
destination
And that's no joke.
■
function iu civilization which has not been given to any other business.
ON Bl'SINEM BASIS cennlal cenali». tojae taken In 1
The day is not far distant when
Inasmuch as W. D. Haywood and
The constitution* of
1 nl,pd
Another man convinced that 13 la
food products that ar* entirely fre* I K H. Harriman both carry th* Roos*-
•• Print a communication 1 State* require* an enumeration once
Ä *EEm mRD
' from
R.B»—” FAPE —
The Future of Life Insurance.
c