« EI GENE WEEKLY GVARD.THCTMDAT. JULY 1«, l»<* YOU PAY A HIGH PRICi s I ✓ | WT'ORalmosteverythin^^ou buy, including the common JL necessities and the expensive luxuries, from foodstuffs to automobiles. The one marked exception is lumber, which can be bought cheaper today than for many a year past and is retailed in Eugene in many instances for less than wholesale prices. This means that your dollar will buy more now than at any other time and this is therefore the time to spend it. » I Booth-Kelly Lumber Co s 14 East ôth Street, Eugene, Oregon. I »-nnnnnnnnnxînîttttmtttntîtttnnntttttmKttt:::»::::::::::«:: WILKINS ANO DUNN TO ERECT 530,000 BLOCK Saturday evening F. E. Jiunn, the dry goods merchant, and F. M. Wil­ kins. ex-mayor of the city and re­ tired druggist, completed a deal whereby Mr. Dunn secured from Mr. Wilkins the west half of the properly on West Eighth street, between Olive and Charnelton, which Is now cov­ ered by a number of small frame buildings occupied by McClanahan's incubator factory, Gaby's plumbing shop and a number of small business not houses The consideration is (riven out for publication. Mr. Dunn left Sunday evening for Portland to make arrangements to at once begin the ereetllon of a huge two-stor.v reinforced concrete busi­ ness block to cover his and Mr. Wil­ kins' lots, the two to build together, arrangements having been all com­ The building will have a pleted frontage on West Eighth street of 106 feet and will have a depth of 160 feet, Mr. Dunn stated at the de­ pot last evening that as soon as It la possible to arrange all the prelim- Inary details work on the new bulld- Arrangements Ing will commence, ar« now being made to move away the old shacks now covering the property Mr Dunn will lease the lower floor of his part of the big building to Williams A Van Winkle, who are doing business here under the name of the Eugene Auto Company, for a garage He states that the report that he would build across the street from there for the firm was prema­ ture He was considering the matter, but had made no definite decision Mr Wllktas has several prospective tenants for his part of the building Tho entire upper floor will be divide ! Into housekeeping rooms and as there Is now a good demand for flats, they will doubtleu, be filled up quickly af­ ter completion This big block will be a big Im­ provement for that portion of the business section of the city. I twill take the place of a row of unsight­ ly wooden buildings, and will no doubt he the moans of Inducing other property owners on that street to put up substantial buildings West Eighth street Is destined to be one of the best streets for business In the elty. Other new blocks ar« contem­ plated for that thoroughfare, to be built either thia fall or in the spring Mr. Dunn estimates the coot of the new building at something near *30,- •00. < llnh NOTER. I Crow. July 11. (Special) Crow was well satisfied with the success of the celebration. Considering the X”XrrS,„g"' MORE ROOMS FOR GIRLS AT STATE UNIVERSITY • ’"’ ACTIVE SEASON fact that several neighboring places; today on their way back to Mon­ held celebrations, the crowd was sur-1 mouth, where Peter has accepted a prlsingly large. position as bookkeeper In the bank The Free Methodist people are ar- I I • fc» ULnUul! and will begin work July 15. Mirth’s celebration gave a good ranging for their annual campmeet-1 time to those present. The schooner Mayflower left yes­ Ing, which will be held at the usual IM [J fl IIT III A MIK1C0 terday for San Francisco with a car­ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hadley and | p!ace in the big grove in West Spring- go of lumber from the Sluslaw Lum­ son Harvey leave today for an ex­ field. The meetings will start Wed- , ber Co.’s mill. tended outing at London Springs and i nesday, July 22, and will continue , There was a foot race on the old possibly a trip to Eastern Oregon, over two Sundays. N. Welter, elder picnic grounds near town last Mon­ where they have relatives. They have of the Eugene and Grants Pass dis- i day between John Bergman of the rented their farm to C. B. Hadley. trict, will be assisted by W. W. Cof-’ I life saving station and Paul Bond, o# Mrs. R. A. Hollingsworth and »on fee. elder of the Portland district,! Alf Walker, of this city, who re- Florence. The distance was 100 Alva have returned from a two “Bohemia” Sharp, the pioneer of Girls at the University of Oregon also the local pastor. Icently went up the McKenzie with F. yards, to start at shot of a pistol. will be well housed next year. At month's visit to Idaho relatives. Mrs. Joe^Doran was quite seriously the Bohemia district, is in the city, by a I J. A. J. Crow has rented his farm ; A. Borchert and party of SanFrancis- John Bergman was the winner least three new houses, accommodat­ hurt last Saturday evening while in distance variously estimated at from 1 ing between 60 and 70 girls, will be Eugene attending the celebration. We having arrived down from the mints for the coming year to Chas. Hinton co, filed on a water power site on the four to eight feet.—The West. and intends spending the winter In ready for occupancy in September. understand that the heat of the day last evening. He stated to a report­ ' river, presumably for the Portland. California with his family. The Mary Spiller house, named for and the over-exertion brought on a er this morning that there are bright Mr. and Mrs. Albert StnrteVant Eugene A Eastern Railway Company, [the first woman connected with th? fainting spell, and as she fell she prospects for an active season of spent the Fourth with relatives at whe are to build their electric line University, is now heing completed struck the pavement in such a man- mining in the district this year, and up the McKenzie vall.-v from Eu­ Crow. and comfortably furnished. It will ner as to injure her quite severely. I already there is gr ater activity tbu Mr. O. V. Liles who Is attending gene. The point at which he filed is have rooms for 20 to 25 girls, and be the accident happening in the even­ was exhibited at any time last yezr. the Slimmer School for teachers In what Is known as Stony Point, on under the same general control as the ing and she was not . brought home' - Mr. Sharp states that at least two Eugene came out to spend this Sat-1 land owned by Geo. T. Hall, Sr., of men’s dormitory. It is beautifully until the next day. / At last reports, mms will be put in on different prop­ urday mid Sunday with his mother thia city, In section 36, township 16 ♦ . located on the highest part of the she was recovering nicely. erties this year, one at the Mayflow­ 8. It. Jenkins of Eugene was out I south of range 2 east. The amount ♦ i campus, and gives promise of being How Eugene ever expects to have er property and the other at the Crest The board of regents of the of water he appropriates is 80,00ft I ♦ University will meet July 25. to his ranch this week. , Ing a most pleasant home. j a baseball tfkm and hold the man­ Eastern. Five miles of road hxrc to Mr. Jas. llinton has returned ' miners' inches. The proposed canal ♦ The meeting will probably The Klosche Tillacum Club will agement up to such an unreasonable be built, however, before the ma­ from Eugene where he has been em-| is to be 40 feet wide at the bottom ♦ be the most important ever I have a handsome new home by the price for the use of the grounds is a chinery can be taken into the latter and twenty feet deep. The point of ♦ held, for more Improvements ployed at carpentering. i opening of the University. The foun- mystery. Those who own the ball John Briggs I» again at work after ! diversion In at Stony Point and the ♦ are to be decided upon than j dation has been completed and car­ park only ask 20 per cent of the re­ I mine, and this work is being pros­ ecuted with vigor. Much other road tiens general course of the canal is to be ♦ at any other past time. Owing his s severe III Illness penters are preparing to rush the ceipts of all games. How liberal, work and many improvements ot a lladleyville has been suffering a westerly, the water to empty into the ♦ to the absence of Chairman ¡building as fast as possible. It will and how they must appreciate a good I different nature are being made 1» succession of epidemics such as la river near the mouth of Gate creek ♦ R. S Bean no meeting was accommodate between 20 and 25 ball team.—News. i the district. grippe, in. u carlatlna and chick­ I In section 28, township 16, south of ♦ held during commencement, girls. The Zeta lota Phi sorority is Mr. Sharp, who has mined in tn* range 2 east. en pox : having a new house built on the cor- ♦ and the earliest possible date district for the past thirty years, bn* HAKIUSBl IMi I’ERSONALH. Frank Snider Is still In Eugene 1 ner of Thirteenth and High streets, ♦ due to the conflicts of en­ I some very valuable propertie« .rea where he went for medical aid. which will have room enough for 20 ♦ gagements of other regents which he expect« to realize a hanfr girls. The plans call for a very hand- ♦ on which members could be Mrs Jas. Traizer and daughter of I some figure some day. , some building ♦ gotten together was the one Eugene came down Tuesday for a Rooms for rent seem much more short visit with numerous friends ♦ set. plentiful than usual, probably for the and relatives in this section. * reason that the touch of hard times ♦ » Gut Peters was down from Coburg Eugene's federal building, which i has made many more people a tiling Sunday last, paving friends a short Is to be erected some time during the | to rent. These, together with the visit He contemplates building him J. P. Campbell, who for four years coming year, may be two stories high now girls' houses and the old ones al­ self a residence in Coburg, and mak­ I has been deputy United States mar­ PARK STATION- Instead of one. as at first contemplat­ ready established, will make 't 'om- ing that city his home in the fu­ ON I I Ft TRK ItlllP shal of Alaska, with headquarters at ed. and for which the original plans AT JUDKINS’ POINT paratlvelv easy for the University to ture. Ketchikan, has resigned that office under the appropriation of *50,000 find good home» for the larg'> num­ Careless shots at Judkins P0**1 Miss May Mullet of Ashland, was called for. Since the additional ap­ 1 and has arrived In Eugene with his ber of girls that will enter In Sep­ > family to make this city their future here last week visiting with Mrs. propriation of *20.000 has been se­ home The Irons for the crossing of the I yesterday afternoon came so '■”* tember. It will be remembered that Geo. J. Wilhelm. She was on her way ■to a number of people that they M cured for the building the govern­ several months ago Mr. Campbell electric railroad over the Southern ment architects have been at work on to Portland, and left for that city 1 they were having a narrow e»cW* was here and bought the Blanton res­ Pacific track at the end of Fast Thir­ Sunday afternoon. new plans. Some time age they wired idence property at the corner of Thir­ teenth street have arrived and are be­ EXAMINATIONS FOR I from being wounded. Several bw Postmaster Page, stating that the RHODES S< Ht»LARsi|||>s Logs are pretty thick In the river teenth and Willamette streets, and Ing put In. The electric cars are ex- government contemplated locating also an MO-acre tract of fruit land pected to be running by the end of just now. the Spaulding drive being lets struck withfng ten the office of the forest service In the northwest of the city. He will build this week to Kincaid park station The examinations for the Rbe(jM but a short distance above the bridge. feet of two individual*, and o new building and asked the amount a fine house on his property In the nt Judkins' Point, where the company The Spaulding people are takipg shots approached so close to 0 of floor space needed by the service city some time tn the future. Mr. has contracted to bullJ a station and scholarships will h-reafter be held In down severeal million feet of logs of people that they vigorously pre Mr Page Immediately wired a reply Campbell will leave soon for the charge not more than a 5-cent fare to the autumn Instead of in January, as their own and are also driving about I ed. A band of ducks was In with the required Information and East, where he will remain during and from all parts of Eugene, and heretofore. The change has been three million feet of fir logs which river all afternoon and the » • the architects are now making the the fall, but his family will stay here make two crossings over the South­ made for the reason that the new got away from Booth-Kelly last win­ perhaps a hundred, were fired a? date will allow the successful candi­ plana accordlngly. ter and which wil] be delivered at bird«. and the boys will attend the Univer­ ern Pacific track, each a little west >h. Mr Aa the forest service will require a sity. They ar« making tkelr tempo­ from where two crossings are now es­ date much more time to select and Corvallis for the latter company — At one time three boys -n great deal of floor spare. It la Impoa- rary home at th« residence of Mrs tablished. says the Oregon Journal, arrange for the college he wishes to1 Bulletin. across from Judkins' Point Unless selection«! whose editor Is the owner of the land enter at Oaford Bible to locate the office« on th« I.aura Burr on West Sixth street shooting at the fowls, the baN* th'Te Then Kincaid park will be are made quite early, candidates are, floor with the postoffice, so doubt- In aften compelled to accept second I According to the figure« of Post­ glancing and Striking the race arfj* le»s there will be a second story to laid out tn blocks and lots, extending . f The next Rhodes master Parks, of Roseburg, which bankment between t'u> r-- the building under the new arrange­ NEWS OF 1044 ER some distance south from the South­ choice of colleges were examination will be held In the fall 1 have just been made public, the re­ river, where four people other ern Pacific, the electric road, and ment The offices of the forest ser­ From the track some other Sil SI.AW The Oregon A California Lumber i McKee from Leva Mellndy McKee. rooms In the block and are cramped | be Inaugurated. The boys, however. desisti Co is running Its mill twelve kours Junction City parties. They were at that. they m > w where their »hott w a day now The men co to work at married In Josenhlne county, Ore- K C. Smith, the well-known resl- Ing. 6 o'clock In the morning and quit -.-ed. * i gon. July 4. 1X98. and have two ml- Ths Reaver clubhouse on Twelth So far as has been_dl»cov- C,t3r whc h’ndlp(1 a large The" ban« street, between Alder and HUyard, Is at half-past 6 in the evening, taking I nor children. Roselle Pearl and Char- Dr and Mrs R A. Jayne hare re­ ducks were killed, bunch of Eastern Oregon horses last half an hour at noon i lie Cooper, the custody of whom Is being covered with a cement and turned home from a month's stay at rd*. _ I’ _ Peter Schreuder* and bride arrived swarded the plaintiff Cruel and in­ Hood River, where the doctor has sumer, says that there are not manv sisted of about 20 ma ind *1 gravel finish on the outside wall This were kept bnay racing »? good ones left in Eastern Oregon, la the first finish of Its kind In Ku- here Saturday to spend a few days human treatment Is the ground upon been looking after his land interests the stream, so bewildered and that he will not handle any this with his parents. They will leave which the divorce was granted. gene. and the harvesting of his crop of did not know which «ay ’ ' ALF WALKER FILES ON WATER | fl P U H L lYl IA lYIHltO THIS SUMMER UNIVERSITY REGENTS WILL MAKE EUGENE THEIR FUTURE HOME ---------- -- SHOTS STRIKE WITHIN TEN FEET OF PEOPLE