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THE El'GEN'E WEEKLY GUARD, I AN INDEPENDENT PAPER CHAULES IL EL-HEIL E L tor ani Pubi ¡»her Published every '1 hursday al Eugene, Oregon. Subscription price, $1.50 per year, If paid in advance; $2.00 at end of year. Entered at the Eugene, Oregon, postoffice as second-class matter. Agents for The Guard The following are authorized to take and receipt for subscriptions or transact any other business for The L>aily and Weekly Guard: Creswell—J. L. Clark. Coburg George A. Drury. A’l postmasters are authorized to receive and receipt for subscrip tions to the Dally and Weekly Guard. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908 PREMIUM PAPERS We are again offering either the Oregon Agriculturist or American Farmer free to every subscriber who pays his subscription to the Weekly Guard one year in advance For the free offer of silver and kitchen sets Bee advertisement on this page You may have them while they last.. Address GUARD PRINTING COMPANY. Eugene. Oregon. -♦♦^.♦♦♦ + + + + + + 4'+ + + -»+ ♦ + + 4-» + *r + -r + + + + + + +* ♦ ♦ + + + + ♦ ♦ + + + ♦ + + ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + ♦ + + ♦ + ♦ ♦ ♦ MY SHRINE. ♦ 4- + + + ♦ ♦ ♦ + ♦ + + This vain world may laud its Ophir + Witli Its diadems of gold, ♦ Yet the glory of my dwelling + Human tongue, hath never told. ♦ Love hath bullded Its foundation, + While its walls are all aglow ♦ With that Peace which crowns the lilies + Where perennial waters flow. + + A fair spirit dwells within It + With a chaplet >n her brow; ♦ She uplifts a golden scepter ♦ As before her will I bow. ♦ Her dear lips have touched lilies And her cheeks have caught the glow. + + Of the roses on the trellis + Where the softest zephyrs blow. + ♦ ♦ When my soul is torn and bleeding ♦ With the fierceness of life's fray, ♦ ♦ And I turn my weary footsteps ♦ ♦ ♦ To my sacred shrine to pray, + There my gracious queen awaits me + ♦ * With her heart and soul aglow, ♦ ♦ Bearing lilies wet with tear drops + From the crystal fountain's flow. + ♦ 8. L. Goode. + ♦ ♦ ♦ ■*♦♦ + + + + ♦ + ♦♦ + + ♦ + + ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ There’s a place of regal beauty Where the Hunb'.'ims never die Where the roses mount the trellis Of the pillars to the sky. There flow crystal streams and fountains Where the whitest lilies grow, 'Tis my home—my sacred temple— On thlH common earth below. THURSDAY’, NOVEMBER 10. UMIH ! Chicago is taking ume by the forelock and has begun a war r the association and the stimulus of earnest purposed ie a from thè on the present method of celebrating our natal day, the Fourth Mr. Lewis said that most of his education had co of July The idea of the people of the Windy City is to bring the leading room, the debating society and the night school of the celebration down to a safe and sane basis, with the object in labor movement, and that he got acquainted with the association view of saving the lives and limbs of the rising generation. It during the seven months which he spent at school at Lebanon, is proposed to do away with the noise and general outburst of Ohio. Nelsonville is made up of miners, a centre for 10,000 exuberance on that day, and to that end the committee appointed By EDWIN*. NYt miners in the Hocking valley. Educational classes and instruc by an organization recently perfected to campaign against what Copyngh;, 130», by Edwte tion in citizenship will be prominent features in this association. is termed a growing evil, will probably recommend that the Commissioner Denby, who recently returned from the Pan size of the firecracker be reduced to the minimum, and the sale SAUCE ama canal zone, says in a letter to the president: A law is pr<>iH>Hed h , 7* of all high explosives eliminated. Chicago is taking the right “There are two matters, however, which I wish to lay be tag marriage null and vo 1 j 7? ”*! fore you. One is the question of clubhouses under the Young view of the matter and other cities should follow in her footsteps. shown that the woman had Men’s Christian Association authority. The value of these in The present cay Fourth of July celebration is an unmitigated ^htr"toinike4B^| stitutions to the canal work cannot be exaggerated. Five or six nuisance. Few of us could wiak to be i. thousand American mechanics and clerks are scattered along the ahoe. of the n.an who The progiess and development of civilization, with ifs new law. lo «ay mching Of th» isthmus from Panama to Colon in communities numbering a few divr,r, up":'5« hundred each. They appear wholly absorbed in the canal work, machines, devices, tools and scientific methods of doing things of the doors such a law would effect th» and my own impression is that there are no drones on the isth I has called into existence many new occupations unknown to our of It ought to make the ‘»riutw mus. But however absorbing an occupation may be, and how forefathers. The latest addition was disclosed the other day, ashamed. Says the adage, -What Is ever fully it takes up the working hours of the day, the average when a man was arrested in New York for speeding his automo the gooee ought to he Mnce human being simply must have some form of amdsement. If he bile beyond the limit of safety. The prisoner was taken to the gander. w th fails to get it in a wholesome way he will get it in an unwhole nearest police station and booked in the usual way. Wnen the If women use undue inflaence „ tlflcial chnrms to push dri^L** some way, and his efficiency as a workman will be lowered. • lieutenant asked the prisoner what his occupation was the man into proposal, «hat shall be The I. C. C. clubhouses conducted by the Young Men’s Christian , answered, “Absolute chronic rheumatics.” When asked whether like masculine tricks’ * Association offer absolutely the only amusement agencies on the he had anv other occupation, the prisoner indignantly replied. These are some of the thing, used u d< nd invL.;’ zone. There are four in operation now—at Cristobal, Empire, “What else do you want? Don’t you think that’s enough to keep women says one of the advocates of th» h, Culebra and Gorgona. I had occasion to visit and receive aid any man busy?” He may be right, but it seems a rather unpleas "Scents, paints. powders, cosmetics, artificial teeth. ¿]8t 7* in trying curcumstances at three of these houses, and I was ant and unprofitable occupation. Iron stays, corsets, pads, high Je very much impressed with the liberal, sensible and effective man _ - . 1 shoes. V cut waltts. drop stitch, agement. They offer libraries, billiards and other indoor amuse The Southern Pacific is going to provide all limited trains rainbow hosiery.” A battery of enticements verily ments to the members, and serve the great and absolutely essen with an outfit for pressing the wrinkled clothing of the traveler. But— '' tial purpose of encouraging social intercourse and esprit de The real idea, of course, although the innovation is ostensibly mascu!lne artlf », corps.” Padded shoulders, patent l*arber«h« for the convenience of the public, is to lure the aforesaid public I V cut or gofyeotis Vests, rolled 1 into paying more toward the salaries of the Southern Pacific em revealing delicate tinted or load g.* RAILROAD MAN'S VIEWS ployes. Thus if you have your trouserloons pressed you will pay hosiery to say nothing of other nri i ous charms of haberdashery’ J. C. Stubbs, traffic director of the Harriman lines, lias writ the porter tv enty-five cents, the same amount foryour waistcoat Also— shall woman be protected fn» ten and published a little booklet on “The Relation of the Rail and seventy-five cents for your coat, making one dollar and f How • false proml-es and protestst!»». .t twenty-five cents for the whole suit. All this in addition to the roads to Trans-Mississippi Territory,” in which be summarizes wooing suitors’ money he manages to take away from you for blacking your Is It not using artificial mean, „ the situation as follows: make sne-lous hints con<emirr 1 “We want, we need—the continuous growth and improve shoes and flicking the dust from your coat collar. iieart to 11^ Talks. ness prospects or bank neconntil Docs the law protect the girl anias ment of this wonderfully promising territory demands more rail A league has been formed in China to force the merchants to | the rosy pictures of marriage palntH roads and enlarged and improved facilities in the existing roads. by the impulsive fancy of the trim The expenditures necessary to these ends are capital expendi- continue the boycott of Japanese goods, and it pays a reward of lover? 'ures. The needed money will be obtainable when confidence in $15 for the slitting of the ears of a merchant caught handljng Dees the law enforce the keeping n the solemn pledre made by the manta ,he productiveness of railroad investments is restored; when boycotted stuff. They don’t do it just that way in this country, love, cherish red protect his bride’ co-operation and good will is manifest in the relations of the but our method is almost as effective as that of he Chinese. Ont on this sapient reformer' people and the carrier; when it is promoted by the individual We simply go to work and cut off the means of livelihood of the The little harmless devi es of vonn to make themselves personally altn* citizen; when it so pervades the public mind as to find exprès- ! offender and let him slowly starvt to death unlens, of course, he tfve nr" nor t j be compared with t> 'ion through legislative bodies; when it dominates the purpose ' decides to be a good dog. Oh, China is waking up all right and do'-eutl< -i nn<l the lures often nrr-tM by men In trying to «In the tenant of those charged with the investment of the enormous sums before long she will be almost as alert as some ot the so-called of a girl Y. M.C. A. AND ITS WORK needed for such great works, and when it energizes and illu civilized nations. minates the spirit of those charged with the management of the PROMINENT CITIZENS OF This evening an eight-day campaign will be inaugurated in railroads. A Chinese millionaire from Hongkong came to this country Eugene for the purpose of raising at least $50,000 to buy a BROWNSVILLE VISIT CITY “When these conditions prevail the needed money will be and brought two of his wives along to attend to his personal site, build and equip a modern Y. M. C. A. building. It is a forthcoming, the work will be prosecuted and the wheels of in comfort. But this matter of having dual helpmeets is not permit movement that ought to succeed, and it certainly will if the dustry begin to turn everywhere. Then there will be no idle la ted in this land of the free and home of the trusts, even in the A pvrt y o; wnsnlie dtHi people all take the interest in it that its importance upon the came uu to Eugene toaav in an aa» boring men on the streets, no salesmen off on long vacations, nor i case of milliona ’ res — that is to say .openly — and one of the growth and welfare of the city entitles it to. Everybody should to imbibe 4 little of the Eugene «pg do somehing, acting upon the principle that ‘‘every litfe helps'' will there be anxious minds in the counting room. The full din wives, the older and uglier one, was deported. Which we con ft, they say. ¡mil to look over the ri*y. ivy i ch ctrwk vti ner pail will be the escutcheon on the door of the cottage and clude is the way of all the world. Even a prosaic American ■| the in the furtherance of a great and good cause. appearance of the city and with would probably send away the uglier of his two wives, presuming the many itnni ¡vements during the The Y. M. C. A. movement has spread the world over a id is palace. last year. They came by way o! “ Some nia^say that T am optimistic. Well, that is true. I lie had two, if he had to make a choice between them. having a great bearing upon the education and training of the Springfield ami will return th:« af ternoon by way of Junction City. Th __________________ young people, as well as many classes of the older population. am looking for the substance—not the hole in the doughnut. members of the party are: Ed Hollo- Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of The shooting of Prosecutor Heney will probably have the way. pr -sfdent ot the Brownmill The variety and extent of the instruction offered by the Y. M C. Club, and manawroi'b* A. in evening educational classes is surprising. The association things unseen.” This is a divine philosophy that may well be ap effect of causing the graft prosecution in San Francisco pushed Commercial fruit cannery there: Wayne Standard, at Hamilton, Ohio, offers to architectural draftsmen, real estate plied to human affairs, and nowhere, to my mind, more produc more relentlessly than ever. Public sentiment will demand the secretary of the club, and a twt* E. E. White, vice presided of dealers and public-minded citizens interested in parks and sim tively of the things we desire and hope for than to the western wiping out of the gang of corruptionists, and interest in the chant: the club and a hardware and fur» ilar improvements, as well as owners of property adaptable to half of Uncle Sam's territory.” prosecution, which has waned of late, will be renewed by the tore merchant: R W. Tripp, a real estate dealer, and F. M. Brown, editor landscape gardening, a course in that subject. The instructor cold-blooded deed of this ex-convict; who was exposed while try of the Times. is a practical landscape gardener, a graduate of a garden techni HIGH PRICES AND PROSPERITY ing to qualify himself for a juryman during a former trial, in or cal school in Germany. A class in the theory of moulding adapt HARVEY JONES FOUND der that he might vote for acquittal. It looks very much as if there is to be a new era of high I ed t othe needs of foundrymen who understand the practice but guilty by jury not the theory side of the trade, is also offered. A civil service prioes that will exceed the record made before the financial That Oregon is moving right along and was not in the least class at Cincinnati prepares men for government examinations. panic of a year ago. Already publishers are facing a rapid ad-1 affected by the financial flurry is evidenced by the report of (From Saturday’s Daily Guard Of 100 men prepared for civil service examinations at Detroit vance in the price of print paper, due no doubt to the fact that State Labor Commissioner Hoff, recently filed with the secretary The case of the state vs. Hartff last year many have received government appointments, and of the re-election of Speaker Cannon and other high tariff cham of state. It shows that 272 new manufacturing plants were in .Tones, accused of contributing w of a minor, went t - 300 men in a recent competitive examination, the association's pions preclude any possibility of a reduction in duties on wood stalled, with only 87 standing idle. The 272 new plants employ delinquency jurv at 11 o’clock this forenoon W students obtained the highest grades. During the summer at pulp. The publishers of the country, led by Herman Ridder, have over three times as many men as those idle, and the great major at 3 o’clock this afternoon bro«“! in a verdict of guilty. Wilmerding, Pa., a citizenship school was conducted in the for made a hard fight for the right to do business on a profitable ity of the idle plants will start in operation shortly. I The demurre■ ' ■h‘> eign quarters. Many farmers' sons are in the West Side, New basis, but have lost out to the powerful paper mill trust. They State vs John * iHams sm Smith, i li.n ■-■• •! with •cGisi York, auto aobile school, straying to run notors for hauling pro will in all probability be severely punished for the course they were overruled this morning The American Beet Sugar Association is not a bit backward duce to market. The class opened with more than forty men. took and paper prices will no doubt make a new record within : both entered pleas of not gun ■ in demanding that the sugar schedule of the tariff be revised up The Honolulu Association has a class in civil government for vot the next few months. u H vr \'ii i ; i < ' mi ward, though it will probably be satisfied if it isn’t lowered. And ers and co ning voters, and proposes a class in sugar mill ma (Editorial from the "all ' Merchants also are daily receiving notice of advances in there are others—a big bunch of them. Journal.) chinery ar. sugar chemistry suited to the needs of the country. almost every line of woolen and cotton goods, and those who The presit.cn t of the Boston Ta cicab Co pany has just written failed to stock up heavily this fall because of the financial un ( What Amerlc needs mom In deciding that the American Tobacco Company was a trust railroad extension and Weyer . the Association that they will hereafter employ no chaffeuri but certainty will be forced to fill depleted stocks at greatly en- j gallon, and a ' tariff, and - those trained in the associate n r automobile school. Out of hanced prices and be placed at a disadvantage compared to operating in restraint of trade, the United States Circuit Court, wheat crop, ar : i merchzot ■ » 140 men trained last year in tins school only two ailed in secur their bolder competitors who risked heavy buying during the sitting in New York, hit the trust a more damaging body blow and a new navj s a rer'Y* the kind fath* - and mot#« Lj than the Kentucky night riders ever did. have—piety that . ounted it PJ ing state certificates, while ten out of twelve other applicants period of depression. business to st p for dat. failed. The Boston Association's law school has an equally sat . prayers before breakfast, rUbt ■ It is probable that wages will respond in a measure to the middle of the harvest, hat qo. isfactory showing. There are 1800 men in all departments of Since a New Jersey farmer bought an old fiddle for $2. which rapid advance in prices, but it is doubtful if they keep pace with work a half hour carlie the Boston Association's night school. More than 160 different the increasing cost of living. During the period of prosperity was pronounced by an expert to be worth $6000, the market night, so as to get the subjects are taught in 4 00 educational departments of the for old fiddles, has had an upward tendency, though the farmer and go to prayer meeting-*, which ended with the flurry of last fall work was plentiful and what we need now to dean -- association. There will be 4^,000 or more men and boys study hasn't got the $6000 yet. wages high, but the workingman saved little because every ing after working hours this fall with advancement ns their goal and big. of « . high ott« I thing he bought was dearer. The regular salaried man in a big land-, —a veritable army of the ambitious. They will come from all According to a decision of the United States supreme court and . . grand social fu -. tlons.. clerkship position was even worse off because his salary advance walks of life, from the counting rooms and offices, from behind the constitution has not followed the flag into the Panama canal I The above vrart . ::ien on was not so marked. of the rhe counters and desks, from lathes and furnaces, from the work C0S«rtg^3 zone. The court ought to know, but it does seem a little puzzling theme morning at There is on every hand evidence of a return to the conditions rrdial invitabrt « to a layman. bench and laboratory. They will be managers as well as clerks, church and • ho are ¡“ter^4 extended to all apprentices and workmen as well as foremen, and employers as that existed prior to the panic, and it would not be surprising if and hear th» the subject to con well as employes And they will be of all ages, from the boy the volume of business and advance in prices exceeded all former Pity the poor newspaperman who has to make, or try to discussion. No ne will strer* iournal of who is helping his widowed mother by working hard all day. but records, because, since the election, the manufacturing trusts, make, readable copy out of such a sordid subject as the tariff, Wall rellg'ous or < p What daf" who wants an education so much that he studies at night, to the who formerly pretended to favor a general reduction of the tar which win occupy the centre of the stage for some months. in its view of rme. and think of this iff. have thrown off the mask and are asking boldly for higher gray-haired man who, though successful, sees changes coming you do about !' so rapidly in his business that he must do something to keep up duties, which congress is only too likely to grant. The question Conservative life insurance companies may yet be compelled in>e Conih _ Kennedy s ’ with the times. Nor will they all be American born, for thirty that time and experience alone can answer is whether the coun to refuse risks an Tennessee editors who do not provide them moves the bow s -ntly. • or forty nationalities will be represented This is the great Gas try can permanently sustain a prosperity pitched on so high a selves with bullet-proof clothing. opiates. It Is ; ' isaut children espec . e «ngar 9»1’ ” plane, and accompanied by unlimited speculation and combina Light University” of the country. nearly like tr.1”■■■ President T. L Lewis, successor to John Mitchell as presi-1 tion ,of big interests, which is likely to be inaugurated as soon I How hard it is to keep out of the limelight after once being in druggists. dent of the United Mine Workers Association of North America, as financial matters in the East can be again adapted to the it is again shown by the fact that several baseball stars are doing Geo Taylor ' at the opening of the new miners Y M C. A at Nelsonville, de-1 new order of things. While vast fortunes will be made by a vaudeville stunts. sunk a well f< r Fifth and Life dared that there is a better spirit growing between employer comparative few. it is a question as to whether the people gen • and employe and that the misunderstanding betweeh the work- 1 erally will be benefitted. and they may even find it difficult to r The Devil did not please Washington critics. Perhaps be of water ingmen as to the attitude of the church to his welfare is passing "make both ends meet" if prices soar to the dizzy heights the cause the town is entirely too familiar with the real thing to en outfit was n’■ r' ney'a lot on S’* away. In speaking of the educational opportunities offered by great manufacturing combines seem determined they shall. Mr. Stickney » joy an imitation. dence Q