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EI GENE WEEKLY GVARD.THCTMDAT. JULY 1«, l»<*
YOU PAY A HIGH PRICi
s
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| 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.
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Booth-Kelly
Lumber
Co
s
14 East ôth Street, Eugene,
Oregon.
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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.
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Crow. July 11.
(Special) Crow
was well satisfied with the success of
the celebration.
Considering the
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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
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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.
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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.
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reason that the touch of hard times
♦
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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 <X»I NTR4
the two county roads, and will be the of 1909 probably at the University of ceipts of the Roseburg postoffice were also banging at
vice are now lixated In the Beck
t»a
Oregon
Oregon
will
gave
two
nchol-'
have
increased
27
per
cent
In
two
The
schooners
Oakland
and
Sau
most
attractive
place
for
suburban
with block
As there are several men
t" -
ars at Oxford next year. Edward Wt-1 vears
Roseburg Is now. and has most in line between them
connected with the offices, besides salito left San Francisco Wednesday, homes near Eugene
nans, of Willamette University, who] been for the past two years. In the boys on the bar. Rem^nstrsnçe^
numerous guards and rangers In the bound for the Sluslaw In tow of a
was appointed In 1907. and Wlstar frro delivery class, and an effort answered with profane '
steamer
They
will
take
out
cargoes
field, all making their headquarters
Johnson,
of the University of Ore-! will now be made to have all streets But the men on the track
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cf
lumber
from
the
Oregon
A
Cal
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Judge
Harris,
of
the
circuit
court,
here, a good deal of room Is necessa
gon.
appointed
this year.
and houses numbered tn order that the ms maintained the.r I'._,
ifornia
Lumber
Co.
’
s
mill.
(today granted a divorce to Clark A.
ry
The offices occapy five or six |
the
free delivery system mav at once and were still firing at ”•>
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*.
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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
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SHOTS STRIKE WITHIN
TEN FEET OF PEOPLE