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THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22. HHW 4 A N * IN D E P E N D E N T PAPER CHAULES II. FISHER, Editor anti l*ut>li«h<r Published every Thursday at Eugene. Oregon. Subscription price, |1.5U per year, if paid in advance; J2.00 at end of year. Entered at the Eugene, Oregon, postoffice as second-class matter. Agent« for Tlie Girard The following are authorized to take and receipt for »ubacriptlona or transact any other bualnee* for The Dally and Weekly Guard: Creswell—J. L. dark. Coburg—George A. Drury. All po»tma»ter» are authorized to raceive and receipt for subscrip tion» to the Dally and Weekly Guard. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1908 PREMIUM PAPERS We are again offering either the Oregon Agriculturist or American Farmer free to every »abacrlber who pays his subscription t» the Weekly Guard one year In advance. For the free offer of silver and kitchen seta •ee advert i »erne nt on this V ou may have them while th<»y last.. Address GUARD PRINTING COMPANY. Eugene, Oregon. GENERAL LUMBER MARKET CONDITIONS Sounding the local lumbermen on the trade conditions re veals the fact that business conditions ccutinue to improve, says the Tacoma West Coast Lumberman. It is obccrva-lo in the well-sustained building operations, as the people nave xound they can build at fully fifteen per cent less than a year ago. Also in the better inquiries from retail yards tributary to the railroads, while the cargo trade to Australia, South America and California ports has been a lar^e factor in maintaining busi ness at a steady price. Some dealers seem to be of the opinion that business seems to show the same uneasiness common to all months immediately preceding presidential elections, but that stocks are generally low and must be replenished after the election anyway, so there is bound to be more life in the trade then than now. Mill men say there has been a better inquiry in the rail trade and a much better movement of lumber in the past four weeks, though the car shortage is seriously interfering with deliveries. Along the Northern Pacific the supply of cars has been light since the crops began to move, and lumbermen re port they are not able to ship much more than a third of the quantity desired. Conditions on the Great Northern are not much better. Under this recurring aggravation, the coming of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul is eagerly looked for, as it will add greatly to the transportation facilities. Indications are that it will be in the field for business on the Pacific coast in the course of six or eight months. Prices of lumber have shown improvement in response to the increased buying and the advance in the log market. Most of the sawmills in Washington are now in operation. Figures from the yellow pine region, in which reports were re ceived from 325 mills, show a reduction in the stocks during the year of about 435,000,000 feet. With the opening of the fall season trade in yellow pine shared in the general improve ment, but within the past two weeks the situation was not so- buoyant, though in the face of badly depleted stocks, with or ders coming in, the mill men believe the business will be such as to maintain the better values ruling since affairs began to take the up grade. THE BILLBOARD NUISANCE European cities have rules governing not only the size, but the style of the advertising signs. They insist that they shall be at tractive in their neatness if they are to attract any attention at all. According to the Chicago Record Herald, by this same token Europe is more progressive than the United States. The Amer ican billboard is a monstrosity. It is both too large and too loud. That if true even if we exclude the indecent posters from the count. The great glaring signs could hardly be made uglier with malice aforethought. To suggest art in connection with them would provoke a smile of derision. They should defeat their own purpose because they are so crude and rcpellant. That is the actual condition as we have it. and, of course, it cannot last. The example of Europe would compel us to insist on a change for very shame, even if we hud no other motive. But, aside from that, the condition is resented by thousands of citi zens who are striving zealously for municipal improvements. They feel that it is out of keeqing with the objects that they I have in view. Furthermore, the sense of injury and the desire for restrictions are steadily increasing. It is a very common thin«? now to hear indignant protests against the billboards from people who have no part in organized movements for their suppression or regulation. The active reformers have the best possible en- [ couragement in an approving public sentiment. Y. M. C. A. NEEDED IN EUGENE There is renewed talk of an active Y. M C A organization in Eugene, with a building suitable for its needs Nothing in the nature of a public institution could be of greater benefit to Eugene, when we have so many young men attending the public schools It would give them a place for proper asso ciation. provide amusement and recreation and furnish enter tainment courses that would be of interest and value to all classes and at a price within the reach of everybody. The Y M C A has become so general in its scope, moreover, that its activities interest nearly all ageB and the business men as well as the younger element. It is not necessarily a religious institu tion. but its work all tends to better the morals of its members and uplift the religious and moral standard of the community. A Y. M. C. A. organization on a sound financial footing, Tilly equipped, would be a valuable asset to a growing city like Eugene, and is one thing that we are greatly in need of. JUVENILE JUDGE'S IDEA :ng children and the older they grow the more pronounced these ideas become. A method laid down and which is successful for the training of one child may not apply to another. For this 1 reason there can be no set rules for the rearing of children, but each one must be handled according to the temperament of the child. Since the commencement of time there have been good children and bad children, just as there are good men and wo men and bad men and women, and the same will hold until time ceases to be. The great sociological question of the present day is how to make as many good citizens as possible, of course, but a general reform will never be brought about by such a law as is advocated by the Washington judge. Governor Chamberlain is playing the non-partisan game to the limit in refusing to make speeches fer Bryan, and his action will disgust the real Democrats more than ever. Everybody knows he is a Democrat, and even the Republican Statement No. 1 legislators would respect him more and support him with better grace if he would take a more manly course. They are pledged to support him because he received a majority of the popular vote, not because he is or was a mugwump, and like everybody else in the state, will realize that he is simply trying to play them for suckers. Taking his own reasoning for it, if he is barred from making partisan speeches as governor, he will bo forced to keep silent on politics during his six years’ term as senator, having been elected as a non-partisan and being a rep resentative of all the people. Yet we imagine that a while before his term expires he will recover enough partisanship to ask the Democrats to renominate him in the primaries. It's a safe bet that he will. 4 Now they say that President Sam Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, is a tool of the Standard Oil because the union newspaper which he edits is carrying two advertisements for the goods of the trust. While no particulars are given in the press dispatch we presume these advertisements relate to the oil stoves nd axle grease which the trust manufacture and sell, and which they advertise in thousands of papers over the ; country, the business coming from a well-known Philadelphia agency. The Guard carries these advertisements and we always supposed that they were put in the paper because the Standard people, like most big business concerns, believe that the best way to sell goods is to advertise their merits. That the trust was trying to subsidize The Guard never occurred to the pub- 1 lishers, and it probably never has to the publishers of the ‘‘Fed- erationist,” which Mr. Gompers edits for the Federation of La bor. Such campaign matter as this is as silly as it is far-fetched and irrelevant. The publisher of The Guard, not having any per sonal political ambition, is willing to be called a tool of Stand ard Oil or anything else that it might please his enemies to brand him, but we must object to any man in public life being traduced in such a ridiculous manner in ‘ special” dispatches published in a paper like the Oregonian, which is itself carrying the same advertisements no doubt that Sam Gompers allows to appear in the “Federationist,” if indeed he has anything to say about that department of the publication, which we very much doubt. Really, the present campaign seems to be about the silliest in the history of the country, viewed from the unbi ased non-partisan standpoint. Today’s Suggestion by Ellen Stan. I PRETTY FLARE KIRTS are of more Intereat at this season of the year than durlnc the summer months, for it Is during the winter that th ' deman«! for separate skirts to wear with heavy coats of br , «T ta ’ « __ ti ... a ____ fur. The tailored one piece enatnm* costume will will H be worn early iu with furs, bnt later ou the separate cont and skirt will take Its pi?* iloes not mean that the tailored suit will not be worn, but preference- >• Tin, —cv 1» Ji>0Wa tor the separate coat modela, with the fores straight The plain gored ,n‘* “arrow’ th. S By EDWIN A. NYE. CcpyrlBht. 1W. by Edwin A. Nr*. THE DANGEROUS DRUG HAiHT 'boo«h •■«>» Are we becoming modern lotu» eat ere? Literature Is full of refer-tu-e b th<we fabled beings who lived ou th«« fmlt of the lotus— tboee wbo forge« cares and tbs lapse sf time and gavi- tbsmoeivwi to pleaatireH. They law.- tbeir counterpart In tbe metlern drut: j Mitera. Tbe intxiw Sower of <«ir day It opium and Its predoeM. or eocalne. or abatnth. or any somber of pr»-pnratlen- It Is said inietuperance Is tbe great j eat evil of our day. The drug Us bit 1» a large part of that rice. If you will talk with a retail drug gist who will tell you tbe facts or con sult the boat medical authorities, you will be shocked and startled. One might expect, for Instance, that large quantities of morphine or cocnlne would I m * sold in the drug stores of the- Tenderloin districts. It Is nlso true that the pharmacies in the fashionable districts have a large trade in these and other drug stuffs. Besides, THE DRUG HABIT IS PREVALENT AND GROWING AMONG ALL CLASSES OF OUR PEOPLE. The society woman is tempted to the use of stimulants because dissipation drains her vitality. She must keep the pace and be vivacious. The flesh U weak: the temptation is great. On the other hand, the low and the unfor tunate. Impoverished both In body and iu mind, take the drug to forget their misery. But there are ethers. Besides the high and the low. the «miss of the common people are com- lug to be large drug users. The temptation Is an Insidious one Perhaps the stimulant was first pre- wrilied by a physician. It sootnes racked nerves. When the pain comes, use it. The pain comes often. Per- nups one <*annot sleep. There Is the drug. Perhaps one has a great weak ness—the drug again. Anxiety, wor ry. depression—the drug. And. finally, almost every phase of the victim’s life makes a special draft on the danger ous drug. And so the modern lotus flower makes dreadful inroads on our society. The habit wil! ruin any people, It saps vital forces. It ruina generation« yet to be. The press and the pulpit must fleht this growing vice. Because the evil Is Intrench«*«! In secretlveness. Unlike drunkenness, it does not manifest Itself. It shrinks from publicity. It must be dragged Into the Mmelfght. Round the alarm! ** ‘ _ — r' - PILES; Eugene will probably have a new postoffice in aue course of time, and it will fill a long-felt want. Some of the other things that we ought to have next week are a new city hall, a Y. M. C A. building and a modern hotel. A proper amount of hustling will secure all of them. Level-headed men usually discount accusations against their opponents and laudation of their friends, thereby striking a safe working balance, which enables them to make their decision on principle, not personality. We notice that the labor vote gives no evidence of sharing the fears of the political managers about its being misled. As we know him, the average labor voter is entirely capable of intelli gently casting his ballot without assistance, and what is more, is likely to do so. CTT.K!»; ."ILiCa: -a«» advaotaif. * «* «>• gored «kin th* elrratar e Ole - ”w 1, Uat ft wm -it u< —« a» 7«®«. a. Bat. ‘be bla. «« h* stajwi ;;; pfrainkt «ralZbt pt*„ “ th* the seing, sdvag» tatrbeJ n with the In the back a aeat tintah can be rrso the. placket by cut ting the Wr, stitched ia with the seam wide enough at the to,, for a placket fa,. Ing. This makes a neater finish than a separate facing, as It does ,w,y with all raw e-dres and extra bulk. This skirt lsesp«. daily good for stout figures, as the num- l>er of gores makes one appear slighter. A pretty dark blue broadcloth or acrj* with a satin waist »0 match in co,or will make a very neat costume for morning wear dur ing the coming sea son. The skirt can be left perfectly plain or trimmed with bias bands of the satin. The favored col orings are smoko and seal gray, pea- cock blue, dull greens and reJs navy blue ana black. Novelties have l>een se«m io some extent, but preference basfsen shown for plain tua terlala, broadcloth being the faroml material, then serge and cheviot Some of the new sergw are in basket weave in quite a number of pretty color combinations. This skirt Is In round length with under box plait at the back or In habit style. The pattern Is cut in eight sizes—from 22 to 30 Inches bust meisur» To copy it for the average person It requires 9 yards of material 3ti ln<4>es wide or 7Y, yards of material 44 Inches wide. After all it isn't such an awful good job to kill a man, even if TYPHOON DAMAGt FOREST FIRES BURNED one be a millionaire. This fact is being realized more forcibly WAS VERY SEVERE than ever by Harry Thaw, who finds himself locked within the OUT AT ROGERS CITY portals of an insane asylum for the criminal insane at Mattewan, Amboy, Oct. 20.—The damage bv Rogers City. Oct. 19.—After a New York, with a good chance of remaining there for several Thursday’s typhoon was greater than three «lays' battle with forest fires, reported. In Chang Chow three this city was yesterday afternoon free months, and possibly years. After all, there is no particular rea houses were destroyed and of smoke. No buildings in this place 1100 killed. In Lamcheng six hun- were destroyed, it is estimated that son for the liberation of Thaw. He is a man of no character and dr»d houses were destroyed and the homeless in Presque Isle and Al so far as anybody has been able to determine has never 1200 killed. pena counties are at least 400 fami Five years ___ ___ _____ „„ „ ago the Lamcheng lies, and an average of from four to accomplished a good deed in his lifetime. Society is better off flooded an«! 3.000 were drowned and six in each family. with Thaw in the asylum or in prison. Men of his stamp can hundreds killed at other places Dispatches from Alpena, Mich., in well be spared from life's activities. Fruit-growing is already proving a very profitable industry in Lane county. About Creswell, where there are many good or chards, prune growers have realized handsome profits, especial ly Dr. Scarbrough, who is one of the largest prune growers in the state. The natural result of the profits made by growers has been a demand for land in that vicinity, one man having refused $12,000 for sixty acres of fruit land there. ■ SKIRT. Il« an Saturday nlulit night the num ber f deaths in the forest fires of Presque Isle and Alpena counties will surely exceel 50 an«i may run to wards 100. In the vicinity of Metz, B« lton and Pon-a the fires have burned sufficiently to leave several hundred women and children camp ing in comparative safety in the open fields. William» Indan Pile Ointment will cure blind, bleeding and Itching biles. It absorbs the tumors, allays Itching at once, acts as a poultice, gives instant relief Williams' In dian Pile Ointment is prepared for piles and Itching of the private parts ■lack S utt. who has been engineer Sold bv I.fnn Drug Co., bv mall 50c and $1 0(1. William» Mfg Co., on the Wendling branch from Eugene to Wendling for the past year <>r, props., Cleveland. O. more, has been transferred to a run out of Silverton on Woodbirrn line I Thp HUI Crest company nave let ind wil] go down this we'-k to begin the c'ntract for the grading of Bea his new work. The run here is open con street through its new addition to bids and a regular man will be as- i to Eugene, to A. C. Mathews Th«- signed to it in a few days. - street is to he graded on a gradual I curve from Willamette street to Eu gene avenue, and when finished will he one of the show streets of the city The roadway will he thirty-four feet1 wide from curb to curb. Thf« win be a ffve-f ot side-walk of « ement. k-.u\.« , «> 1 •‘in commerciai and eight feet of parking. I.awson 1 ranvhea. Including claaa- cypress trees, lauruitlnus an«! pam pas grass will be planted in the park ing the entire length of the street. I ALRA'.Y COL^OE/àlBANY: OREGON and on the Park avenue front of thé property. The entrance to Ueccon street will be marked with statelv pillars of brick or stone. It Is the! intention of the company to make ’ ">e great mall this new addition a credit tp Eugene I order LIQUOR HOUSE. W« C. Arne!, who was In the city from -uy the express. Marcóla today, stated that th.* South i •Vrite today tor ern Pacific company had its docks there pretty well cleared of lumber. He didn’t think there was much pros pect of the company resuming oper tos Thb-d Stmil r Porf;«.<t O. .PM ' ations there for some time yet. Mr. Arnel is still supplying the Eugene Lumber Co. with sawlogs off of his timber tract, shipments being made every day. I TCHING D andruff and FALUNC t MAIR c are but outward signs of the evil done in secret by myriads of dan- Jruff germs sapping the life blood of the hair. Micro kills the para site, soothes the itching scalp, gives lustre to the hair and stops it falling out. A single appticat»* gives relief and proves its worts Save your hair before too late. Micro prevents baldness. It is * delightful dressing for the bar. free from grease and sticky o,ls- Ask yourdruggi'tfor free booklet HOYT CHEMICAL CO. I « Í.. •-J ■ ■ Price List. It's all very well to condemn the wife-swapping of savage peoples, but wherein does it differ from the wife-swapping of too many of our own people, via the divorce court? Only in a lit tle red tape and lawyers' fees. Queer that two men. neither having a bank account or any reasonable prospect of ever having one, will argue for hours, and even come to blows occasionally, over the question of guar anteeing bank deposits. Well, well; a poor clerk in the Portsmouth (N H ) navy yard has been fired for 1 pernicious political activity.” 0. civil ser A Washington juvenile judge wants prospective brides and vice reform, what humbuggery is pulled off in thy name grooma examined as to their skill in child-raising before mar riage and would have them pass first grade before issunig the Hobson seems to have made a most distinguished convert. marriage license. Which makes us conclude that there would • ogue Here’s Senator Lodge declaring that Japan would make ins. 't- All persons over the age of five years have their ideas of train- ing demand? of us, if ovr navy isa t kept stronger than hers. OREGON !» PÓRTI NG CO. Quite a number of the members of several duck clubs sent to the pre serves in the Long Toni bottom to day and others will go out tomorrow There Is plenty of water, but Ing will probably not be the best account of the fair weather V E Edbloom and family arrb me today from their trip to 1 ye They had a splendid trip r they are very glad to get bt Oregon and Eugene, which lo. od to them, they dec! Mrs 4 Sold in Eugene Cv ---------------------------- -“THE SCHOOL OF QUALITY"--------- Tenth and Morrison. Portland, Oregon A. P. Armstrong. LL-B-« * ■ occupy two floors 65 by loo feet, have a co employ a large faculty, give individual instruction, rec- ve o tor office help than we can meet. others in quality- of instruction. Our school adtr.’ttr It pars to attend such CSaM a Buataesa M m : •• Keep hammering away ever.a-: work. It will win out in the end.” Naid an Edatatnr: "T!>< turn given in your school makes it the stan«iard of its k:r (Lepers all the year. 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