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4 THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD. THURSDAY. JULY 22. 1909 AFTER ' FOURYEARS OF MISERY sources. If it is turned down that fact may be regarded as evi merchants. Ort<inatiBg in the clothing trades, the movement dence that our citizenship lacks in the essentials necessary to seems to have spread to other Hues. It is a commercial move ment now, but may lead eventually to a civic or municipal move successful city-building. AN INDEPENDENT PAPER <’HARI.ES H. FISHER. Editor and Publisher ment. The idea that advertising is valuable to a city could receive Subscription price, *1.50 per year, if paid in advance; 51.UU at end BIRTHDAY OF FAMOUS WOMAN no better testimonial thau this movement undertaken in our of year. Entered at Eugene, Oregon. poMuffice a« «econd-claM matter greatest commercial centre. When New York feels the need of Published every Thursday at Eugene. Oregou Bow, New Hampshire, was the place, and July 16, 1821, the advertising other cities may well concede its advantages. Pos date of the birth of a girl infant who was destined to become one THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1909 sibly we shall yet see the Ootham city government or the digni- of the most remarkable women of her age. Christian Scientists fied Chamber of Commerce outline some plau of publicity to keep will know that this statement refers to Mary Baker Glover Eddy, WHY WAIT FOR “SOMETHING TO TURN UP"? 4 the city ahead of all rivals. Cured by Lydia E. Pink- and those not of the elect will yet be forced to admit that a wo I man who has built up such an international organization of de I ham’s VegetableCompound The sentiment in favor of a railroad from Eugene to the Si- COMPLETE FIRST SECTION THIS YEAR voted followers must be possessed of uncommon ability. Baltimore. Mil« ~ “ For f„t!r uslaw is practically unanimous in this city, but there is a class my life wnia miaery to in» ■ >ufTi-r«4 Mrs. Baker, who is 88 years of age today, is said by her in who are unwittingly placing obstacles in the way of the active from If a determined effort is made the railroad subscription list timates to be in good health and spirits, and to have lost none of ti«'», terrible ,|r„ workers by remarks Uke the following: should reach a point by August first where the placing of the ging r------- •’ her intellectual ability. This statement, however, must be taken •lliuii, “Yes, I am in favor of the Siuslaw railroad, but it can't be ••«treni« ’. I lu-rvum. .. engineers in the field for the permanent survey will be Justified. ne»«, inn) lint ¡ij built. I never expect to live long enough to be able to ride to on faith, as the great leader of the Christian Science church is If this is done it will be possible to begin the work of grading by gon« In ta» . ......... f«-i liug -, in now almost a recluse, and steadfastly refuses all interviewers. -t««"M.|. 't-llM.h I I,/! the coast from Eugene on a railroad train.’’ the middle of the month, and by the first of the year we may Recently a number of newspaper reporters were permitted to lfivi»u up hoM uf Of course, the road will never be built, if its construction de have a railroad in actual operation across the valley to the «v-r 1..,,^ wel( see her at a distance, but no conversation with the aged woman when I |..,M| w pended upon this class of our citizenship. Like Micawber, made timber belt in the Lake Creek district. Ulkel.yili.« I. |.|llt was allowed. There have been numerous reports of late that famous by the pen of Charles Dickens, they are simply waiting Eugene could well afford to pay $100,000 or $150,000 for ii.iur, v.,-.-.«I, I, Mrs. Eddy is physically and mentally ill, and it has even been < <"I>|‘"UI 1 ll.en for “something to turn up’’—and their own toes turn up before a railroad no longer than the first contemplated section, but it I leit a, thongli hinted that she is dead, but these rumors meet with indignant new III. hu,| |M., will not stop there. If the enterprise of Lane county's people the long-expected opportunity knocks at their doors. denials from Christian Science headquarters. nui, »ntl I nui n-.-oiuui. . Img |t will take the initiative to this extent, capital, ever seeking prof ftviHi It is those who go out and turn something up, and are will to all my frt«-n<U “ Mr». \\ > i .m, At the Eddy home today there will be no congratulatory tele ‘ ing to take reasonable chances in a business venture, who are itable and permanent investment, will be forthcoming to com I IV:W l^itixdoWIIA St., ll iltim ,r.- grams and messages received, as would have probably been the 1 he ui »»t »U. - I .! I. responsible for the progress of this commercial age. They are plete it to the sea. (•ouiitry for th.- em« of < .H, ,,f case if any other personage except a Christian Scientist, of such the men who are building up cities by developing and making Let every property owner and business man who desires to I feuille ci>mpl.liuti I» l.r-li i E pink. prominence as Mrs. Eddy, had reached such an advanced age. . h.im v Vegetable <'uni|>-iii, 1 |t |14# see Eugene grow and prosper do his full share toward the carry llood the te«t «if ye. h a atri t«u|ay t« the most of the resources which surround them. If we wait for The reason of the non-observance of her birthday is because ! ing out of the greatest project ever inaugurated by the people of more widely ami -in ««-,«fully u«e<itlian Mr. Harriman and other railroad magnates, who have no special of the belief of the Christian Scientists that such days should be any Other female reiiieily. It i, ixrurM interest in this country, to build the railroads we so badly need, thought of as little as possible. any Oregon community. Uioil'iiul« of W oiik - ii who have l«.-ti trouble«! with <ii«|>la«-emeiiti, miUin- then, indeed, we may not any of us Hve to see the cars run from ni itlmi. ulceratimi, llbroid tumori, ir. Mrs. Eddy was connected with the Congregational church un Eugene to the Siuslaw. Harriman an Hill possibly have no spec The other day the newspapers printed a little item of news a».-a _ I..... ^I.... pa-ri<»llc ____ » regularitie». |>aiiii. bi.-ki.ii» l ... .a <’^..Ua... .1 . . til 1866, when she discovered what are known as the principles which announced that the czar and czarina are about to make a ! f;,1 gJ' ‘ll't' “ Jr'v ial need for this road, but we of Lane county have. bi<llgr«tioii. ami iiervou.» pro «irati«»' of Christian Science. She began teaching her discovery the fol railroad journey for the purpose of participating in some public after all other mean« I limi had lail.ol. i«i;. .|. Go back to the inception of the great steam and electric rail lowing year and in 1879 the mother church was established in If you are »un«rliig from an) of t|lr» road systems which have made the map of that part of the function and that public notice had been issued to all his sub «liment», iiiiii‘1 give ut« h<i)><- until ).,n Boston. In 1881 she was ordained to the ministry. “The Chris United States look like a checkerboard, and you will find that a jects that they must not approach within a specified number of have givi-u l.y«lia E Pinkham « Veg», tian Science Journal," the official organ of the cult, was started table Compomiil a trial. majority of them were begun as popular movements by enter miles of the railroad's line on the day when the train is passing. If you would like »peclal ml vire by her in 1883. The church now publishes a daily paper in Bos prising communities. Many of them were promoted and begun What a contrast is this with what would happen could Taft make write to Mr». l‘lnkli.ini, Lina, ton, which has an international circulation. “Science and Mil««., for Ha Mhi- Im« gu'ulrd by men of small means, with brains sufficient to recognize the this summer the trip across the continent which was contemplat- t thousand» to health, freu uf Health,” the Bible of the Christian Scientists, is Mrs. Eddy s possibiHties of increased business through railway development. most ambitious Hterary work. ed. That journey would witness the crowding of hundreds of charge« The network of electric roads in Northern Ohio, which has been thousands of citizens—yes, millions of them along the railroad There are now nearly 5000 practitioners of Christian Sci responsible for the wonderful growth of its cities and towns right of way, everybody anxious to salute the president and see PRETTY WEDDING ence healing, and congregations all over the United States, Can and the prosperity of its farmers, would not have been possible ada, Mexico and Europe. him or hear him. And for President Taft's part, the more of AT COTTAGE GROVE had not a single banker been convinced that such Hues were nec them who would do this the merrier. essary to the development of that section of the state. Other b,,.rl.«l Corr«eponden< • WOMAN DEFENDS BACHELORS been taking treatment at a Cottage Cottage Grove July 30 A very bankers followed his lead and the necessary funds were forth GRAIN HARVEST WILL drove honpltul for the pant wwk. died pretty wedding t-»«k phi- ••• it l » Wedneadnv lie t» tile non of Mr. home of th« bride's m- ’t»«- coming. -*■ - ~ < ’• W • ” • Mr» A BE TWO WEEKS LATE Every shield must have its reverse side, is the sage conclu and .Mr» Charlea Eilenburg, of Drain, II llubiMud, al Cottag« Grove .Sat Lane county people can build this railroad to the sea if they THIS SUMMER formerly of Eaatern Oregon, Several urday evi-ulng. July 17 at eight sion of an esteemed exchange, whose editor has discovered a areeka ago he win In the city for med o'clock. when her daughter. Mlu want to now by raising a reasonable sum of money and expend woman defender of bachelors. This fair champion of the much- Good Yield of All Crops Expect ical treatment and It was thought he l.enora. • «» unit««! Ill marrlaga la ing it in actual construction work. They will thus exhibit their had fully recovered, he returning to Erimt Gill. The ceremony »a» per abused class says the bachelors should be pensioned for being ed on Lane County hla Eastern home After remaining formed by Hcv W. A Elkins, of th« own faith in the investment and inspire the confidence of capital one. Bachelors will perhaps welcome this, their feminine pala Farms but a abort time he grew rapidly thirl st Ian church, after which light ists, who are always seeking safe and profitable investment. worse, and wan brought back to this refresbiiK-nts of ice cream «ml < ah* din and advocate. Hitherto, against all the aspersions cast upon Only Inllma'-- «lallveg The boy • ere nerved Merely showing them that there is a good opportunity to build Harvest wll be two weeks late In city again for treatment them and tirades directed at them, they have made no defense. the upper Willamette Valley In a few was 13 years. 7 mouth» and 15 days of the contracting partlet. »err a railway from Eugene to the Siuslaw will not appeal to them but He died of a complication of present They may have felt they needed none. They have been silent; fields binders are already at work. old. .Mr an l Mrs. Gil! Will r* r-' l- at if we have the entire right of way secured, the surveys made, ' mostly on oats. Grain proepect* ar« rheumatism and heart trouble, the they have uttered no protest against proposed taxes to be levied much better in this |Hirt of the state medical term being endocarditis - Doretva w I ere Mr Gill I-« «•ii.».'-«yed grade thrown up and some of the steel laid, the proposition at by tin- <) A 3 E railroad • - iii«aaf- upon them nor has their anger risen at denunciation heaped upon than they have lieen In the paat few Western Oregon. months, and fhe valley grain ylel<! once becomes tangible, and we will be in a position to talk busi H**««*»***»«********<H«< them by indignant ladies of suffragette leanings. “Instead of will be greater than ha«, been ex- ness with the men who have money to invest. That is just what perted. pensioning parents of large families,’’ says this Joan of Arc, Fall grain will yield an averege : MARRIED : is proposed now to do—to spend the money received from local “let us pension the bachelors. Let's quit raising children until crop In the upper valley, while hack • • stock subscriptions in actual construction work, and the more In the foothill« there will I«- a heavy, we can take care of those we have. Let us abolish sentimental crop. The hill ranches reveived morel the people here invest the better the terms will be upon which At McMInnvIll«. ism and substitute common sense. In race-suicide, co-called, rain early this spring than did th--. July IS. 1969. at tier n«nr Harry .MH>h«ll an the remaining funds necessary for its completion can be pro center of the valley and th«- result Is Thurston, of rhetitnntlsni. Alex »«'lt<«ii. lies the salvation of the race.’’ very apparent In the present appear- Gr She 1» survived by rei»-I “ cured. Still, with all this, we shall probably not find out what the ance of the crop. On many hill fat ms tlv* July If the people of Eugene and Lane county are in earnest, and In Ijan« county there will I m - a record- bachelor thinks about it. He continues to maintain his Sphinx brraking yield of fall i-rnln 1 At the Eur-n.- Genera have faith in the future of their own county, if the doubters and In sp te of the unprerented lack of ,(||v ]x , ian silence. We may be nonplussed at this taciturnity, but he rain in th«- pa-t three months, sprrlng .... ' ... . ,, weak-kneed will close their mouths, if they can render no aid, 'V? ’a.k1“ cares not what we think, and he turns not from the tenor of his grain will yield an average crop The '7,""^ this outlet to the sea will be a reality within the next two years. late rain« are bringing th« spring- 1, h's faml v way. sown crop out nicely and Indication. 'h* wl" ' ” ’“k' Are we ready to act—or are we still going to remain quies Without the ’■-"-■»‘»•irK. Now, privately, we don’t believe the bachelor is in favor of an- for a fair yield. cent. waiting for “something to turn up”? a-rr-nn «««««. race suicide at all. It is more than likely he was and is of en heavy rains two weeks ago. however. spring grain tn Um- count) would AMATEUR DRAMA tirely different views. The chances are the girl married the be In poor condition now. The ef-l ’>•< Ml»« feet of that downjKiur was wonderful, HOW CITIES ARE BUILT other fellow. That accounts for his reticence on the entire sub and ATWALTERVILLE er anil the damage It did to hav and' ul Kev. ject. cherries will be far ovcrbalanc«»! by Ile wed- the good to nil growing grains and| The work of building up cities depends less upon geograph nuin>.- late vegetables and fruits. of tba Due to rhe ««ver growing tendency ical location and apparent natural commercial advantages than COUNTRY DISTRICTS SUBSCRIBE LIBERALLY . toward deversifh-d farming and the upon the efforts of the people. Cities, as a matter of fact, do utllizatl'.n of land for fruit culture, not grow up, but are built by the enterprise and energy of those Word was telephoned in last evening that the people living poultry raising and dairying In the Willamette Valley, the acreage In who Hve in them. Faith in the future and a determination to do between Smithfield and Triangle Lake had subscribed for $32,- grain 1« smaller In l^ane county this things works miracles when the efforts of a community are 000 of stock in the Eugene-Siuslaw railroad and that the canvass year than in former years, so the total wheat yield of this county will was as yet incomplete. rightly directed. Ite less than in proceeding sea-ons. , There is a good illustration of the rewards which come to the This is encouraging news and ought to stimulate the people ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ enterprising community presented in the history of Fort Smith, of Eugene to renewed effort, as it assures the success of the died : Arkansas, rapidly becoming one of the leading cities of the movement to raise $150,000 for construction if Eugene will do : ♦ Southwest. It has been made what it is by the enterprise of its anywhere near what should be justly expected of our citizens. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ At her home in Eugene Saturday I people. Many years ago a local capitalist built a belt of railroad It ought, moreover, to arouse local pride to the extent of meeting evening. July 17, 1909, Mr». Sidney. HUNTERS & TRAPPERS’GUIDE .X. entirely around the city. It did not pay operating expenses, but the people of the country districts half way in the matter of a 3. Terrill, wife of ProfMaor A. C. Ter-, made an inducement to manufacturers, who desired the best of great public enterprise which is necessary to the development of rill, formerly of the University of i H.u.a.1* ..a. <h,r «•'• •—i >*••'■»• «■«. I-a...«. .1....|i<a> . » ... Oregon. She hud been III only a short' shipping facilities. Then the commercial organizations raised Lane county. time, and her husband, who was at | e« money and offered to pay liberally for every factory located Furthermore, the activity of the people of the Lake Creek Seattle attending the Y M. C. A. ; sehool preparatory to entering upon , there, or to any one furnishing information concerning an indus district emphasizes the fact that they are determined to have a his work a» secretary of the Eugene try that might be induced to come. As a result of that policy railroad. If Eugene, which is naturally favored by them, does association, did not. even know of her I illness. He was apprised of her death Onr books aro open for your inspection, that belt line of railroad is in turn encircled with a line of fac not want to build it, they will turn their money over to Carver by wire Saturday evening. Mrs. Ter tories and manufacturing plants of many kinds. A newspaper and invite him to come in from Corvallis. They realize that the rill was the sister of Mrs. Guv Stock- name given if wanted. Wenotonly ton, of this city, wife of the city > Kot toP price», but you can satisfy yourself directory on our desk describes Fort Smith's industries as fol time has come when they must have railroad connection wtih the school superintendent: also of Miss Jones, of this city, She absolutely at any timo that you get what w» lows: outside world or their country will go backward and land values Alberta leaves a father, John W. Jones, and “Large cotton compress, cotton gins, cotton seed oil and decrease instead of advancing, as in other localities. This splen two more sisters at Denver. prompt cmh returns The funeral will not. be held prob Hli ip your produce to ua. Writ« saw mills, cigar, ice and furniture factories, and many other in did response in two days' time to the appeal for stock subscrip ably until Saturday, in order to await to us now for coops, tags, eta dustrial establishments.” tions is indicative of a spirit and determination that cannot be the arrival of relatives from Colora do. Fort Smith also subsidized and built railroads until five of misunderstood or misconstrued. Phil Sterling Eilenburg, who han them were operating their trains into its yards. Let Eugene s answer to the people who naturally look to W.H. M c C orquooale . P rop . 95 F ront S t ., P ortland , When this Arkansas city began its campaign for population this city for their commercial inspiration be such that no citizen and business a few years ago it was no larger than Eugene is of the community will be ashamed of the record at any time in now. At this time it is a city many times larger, with vast com the future. mercial interests. What any other city has done Eugene may do because we have the natural advantageous location that few possess, with a ADVERTISING CITIES large territory tributary which is practically undeveloped. If Yes, we want you to send or bring us your watches that won’t keep time, watches our capitalists have the enterprise to invest their money at home The movement to advertise municipalities has at last been the average wafchmaket cannot fix. No work too difficult for us to do. Tii*v v... We cm- ■—to help in the building of a railroad to the coast and to the tim taken up in our chief American city. Most persons would say at ploy no ^*4 tin u ers, but wc 3rC arc cx expert watchmakers A P ” ’ Ut WC F crt wat chmakers and supervise all work ourselves ber districts, securing the transportation facilities necessary for the outset that no city in the country is so little in need of ad and cheerfully guarantee every job. p the profitable operation of factories, then will we prosper and vertising as New York. Certainly that city gets more free ad grow, and see a great city built up in a few years on the site of vertising in different ways than any other within our borders J a scattered country town. Yet such a movement has been started by an organization called This Siuslaw railroad is a test of the willingness of our peo the New York Industries Association. The object of this organ I __________ 542 W,"amet^« Street, EUGENE, ORE. | ple to invest their money in enterprises that tend to develop re- ization is to boom merchandise of all kinds sold by New York THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD •” FURS ¡HIDES YOU GET WHAT WE GET IMffl g v aLXlgL rmr/fruc JllXfwO SOUTHERN OREGON COMMISSION CO. I I • WANTED ------ I Watches that» won’t* keep time I Maurer-Coppernoli Jewelrv Co., Inc. j