THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD. THURSDAY. JULY 2? roa
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build a new house, but not a new forest. As for your interests to build a city iu Eugene, determined to keep fighting until the
! battle is won?
think over the following facts:
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Oregon
has
350
billion
feet
of
standing
timber,
even
uow
AN INDEPENDENT PAPER
worth $457,000,000 as a resource.
EASY TO BUILD A RAILROAD
CHARLES H. FISHER, Edit« and Itobliaher
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If
manfactured
and
sold,
even
at
present
lumber
prices,
Ags-uis tor Die ouard
The Dallas, Falls City A Salem railroad, now practically
Th« following are authorized to take and receipt Tor aubeerlptlona or it will bring $5,000,000.000 into the state for labor and sup
(ransact any other buainees for The Dally and Weekly Guard
completed
to West Salem, is being built by four Oregon nieu
plies
Creswell—J. L. Clark.
Coburc—George A. Drury.
’ Oregon now sells $20,000,000 worth of lumber a year. One of these men, in speaking of his road, said, not long ago
Ail postmasters ere authorized to reoaive and reeelpt fer subscrip
“It is not difficult to build a railroad Give tue an undevel-
tions t« the Daily and Weekly Guard._________________________________________ Of this $14.000.000 is received by employes, who put it in local
oped
territory anywhere that promises business, and I can find
circulation.
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Subscription price. «1.50 per year, If paid In advance, gl.uu at end
price of hops |, . ,|rl
the
capital
to build a railroad into it or through it
It is only ami The
' In other words you. whatever your business, share it.
•f year.
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dealers an«! gro*«»i, lir, . »J»1'
for a repetition <,r th,.
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"About a billion feet is destroyed by fire in Oregon annually, necessary to build the first section, and after that the bonds are Of
klntervsi al Eugene. Oregon, posiutfice as aecoiui-cla«» mailer
ISO* When th.»
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Published every Thursday at Eugene, Oregon.
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eagerly
sought
by
investors."
This
is
the
plan
upon
which
which, if manufactured, would bring in $13.000.000.
skyrocket aft.ilr, SU)H th.. tir,’'*•••
"On every thousand feet burned the stumpage owner may the Dallas. Falls City <& Salem roal has been built by local pro I he brewm . .. h»
THURSDAY, JULY 29. 1909
srrlotis shoring.» .,r hop.
moters; it is the plan the promoters of the Eugene A Siuslaw a people
lose $2.00, but the community loses $8.00 in wages.
who grow this .on.,,.... .
HOW AN IDAHO CITY WAS MADE
dealer» who sell it tor o
"Timber pays taxes to your county. If it burns, your prop- i railway are following out. They ask the people of Eugene and the
taking advantage of th., r il, ® »5»
Lane county to put in enough money to do a reasonable amount market In Oregon ha* I m »«»( i iiv .J,
erty has to pay the difference.
The growth of Boise. Idaho, is an exemplification of what
"Help keep down forest fires and you’H make more money, of work with, and are assured that when this is expended the ad a few weeks from lo to ...... . /•»
there I» uo telling ho» iU11,.fc , ‘‘J
persistent enterprise will do in the up building of a city. In this
ditional funds for its completion will be forthcoming
So will your children.
I- M III go
instance the moss-back proclivities of the early settlers, who re
da»» ago new nun <-„nr,
It is up to the people now to say whether they want the road (hl. Ten State
"Don t toss away burning matches or tobacco.
wer.» held to l„. ».'?? »
fused to raise a moderate-sized bonus, lost them the mam line of
"Don’t make camp fires in leaves, rotten wood or against badly enough to subscribe for the stock necessary to begin the cents a poun.l Hatiir.hi. »h.»re »„
the Oregon Short Line railroad, and for several years they were
up the valley of
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logs, where it may spread, or where you cannot be sure it is out. work of construction. If they do it can be built just as easily as sale
cents
Yesterday the m.«r|, t t,„L ’
without railroad facilities at all. Then a twenty-mile stub road
the road referred to atove. Simply talking about a road and sh.s.r Jump of two .«»tit»
"Never leave a fire until it is out.
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was built connecting with the main line, which was and is still
cent level Th.» n.»»t n.uutai »t.,,,
Don t burn your slashings in the dry season without a permit. waiting for outside capital to build it means waiting another place
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their only steam railway. The town was surrounded for hun
"Put out any fire you find if you can. If you can’t, notify a quarter of a century—or perhaps longer.
a 2 5 « «»nt mark«»! ran I.«» |.>ok,.,| (lir
dreds of miles by sage brush deserts, and had but one commer
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fire warden, some other public officer, or the land owner.
trad.» yeaterdav It » ,, Ull|..... lt)| "
cial advance to build its future upon—that of berng the capital of
At the Seattle exposition Oregon has t-o doubt the best exhibit get at the detall» of th.- Iut,..t ir,.
’ Remember, it’s the little fire you can put out which may la
a new and sparsely settled state.
ter become the big one.
of all the states represented there. Also Eugeen, with its beauti action» Following the Is..»nt blu.
nena of Saturday, deniers trle.i t0 w
But the people there had learned their lesson from the loss
“If you do not know the fire laws send for a copy. Help en ful Kiser photographs ,is better advertised than any other part cure optlona on crop* »uh i,t,|, of u
of the Oregon Short line through lack of the proper public spirit.
force them."
of the state. When we realize that two or three millions of peo c.-nt» in the Salem »e<-tio«i. |IU« W|( l
out aurceea. although »»une l»<eat
They determined to overcome all obstacles and build up a city.
ple will visit the exposition before its close, it is only a natural option» »ere secure.! m California
How well they have succeeded is demonstrated by the fact that
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conclusion that the city will oecome very widely known through l.atrr It waa lenrne.t that
MUCH WORK AHEAD FOR EUGENE
was bld by one of the large.! d,-alera
the town, which had a population of less than 6000 when the fed
out the country. The editor of The Ouard visited the Oregon for 1000 baleai of Sonoma and <>reKua
eral census of 1900 was taken, is now a beautiful city of 25,000
, Eugene is growing into a city, but has not yet arrived at a building several times last week and always there were crowds I >pa. »nd aubaequently It develoMa
that 2000 balee were actually bou»ht
people, with one million dollars' worth of buildings under con
point where we can relax our efforts if, indeed, that point is of people viewing the Eugene pictures and Lane county exhibits, nt thin price, though wh.-th.-r in 0%.
struction this year, including a seven-story hotel which will be
gon or Cnllforuln could not be l«-ara.
ever reached in any community.
which are kept in excellent shape by Mr. Warren That Eugene's ed.
one of the finest in the Northwest.
Even now. through neglect to keep the city clean and tidy, fame has spread all over the Northwest was also evidenced by
Boise owes pearly all of its growth and prosperity to the en
and our lawns green and smoothly mowed, we are losing popu the fact that The Guard's excursion party of girls, who wore at-
Within«'«» I. Jiilv 2<
rh-roifaj.
terprise of its people. They not only erected fine homes and bus
lation and capital. This is due to the fact that most of the tractive badges, were questioned by hundreds of strangers who •n«- ■ '-o.t'tul''«•«» hna mr.-.- f t., n,
iness buildings, paved streets and laid cement walks, but they
•hl
>»n hnn« 1.« in
ctrangers who come here at the present time are Seattle expo had heard about this city and were anxious to acquire more in nil» » ■••t».»«n th«» hotjH.- r t,- lor.or> ’» ,
built electric railways down the irrigated valleys to the towns
sition visitors who have heard of Eugene and stop off to see the formation, and the Seattle Daily Times sent its staff photo <-«»rt» utid th«» «-nut«« r.it«- of ji) r.nl,
on the Short Line, and thus extended the area of their retail
city with a view to future location if they are favorably im grapher to the Hotel Washington Annex, and photographed the
trade. Local capital built one of these roads, twenty miles long,
pressed with what they see.
party, their picture appearing on the first page of the regular ALBANY’S NEW STREET
without the assistance of a dollar of outside monev. and local
How does Eugene impress these visitors at the present edition of that paper, a distinction accorded to no other similar
CAR HAS ARRIVED
men began and promoted another thirty miles in length. It was
time? Here is a sample:
party of the many that have visited the city since the exposition
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Alban*
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this faith in their city and willingness to back its enterprises fi
John M. Stewart, corporation counsel of Lincoln, Nebraska, opened. All of these things may be taken to indicate that Eu- ar: «••«! i .! b» »c <1 tv I* ii attr*
nancially which made Boise the city it is today and overcame the
ly n» w 'in •4.1.11 • n I: » an ’ ip w rinci
whose brother ¡3 a prominent banker, was here a few days ago, gene is on the map.
a» •*
.<1 o • bu’ irr » i, hiylng
many obstacles that would have dscouraged less determined
drawn by reports of Eugene’s attractiveness as a place of resi
i h<> pu»h hutto.. .1. rvl<-«-. among ■’her
communities.
thlnx»
What v
will - be purtlcuUrljr
dence, and representing his brother as well as himself. Both
agri-i-abl«- to Albany |H»opln la >h" !«■
Eugene has every natural advantage and should outgrow a ,
were thinking of coming here if the city came up to expecta
U<rlng on th«» outaldo. aa tolloat
city like Boise with only reasonable effort on the part of the 1
I' ■ A ■ Rj Co
tions. Mr. Stewart went away sadly disappointed, and the rea
Albany dlvlalon
people. All that is required is for the local capitalists to stand son why is told in his own words:
It la numbered 1. applying dlractly
back of every movement that promises to increase business and
to th«» Albany aervlr«-
Th«» old oao
“You have a very pretty natural location for a city,” he
wilt be return««! to Eugene
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draw trade from a larger area of territory. The proposed Sius-
said, “but why don’t your people have pride enough to keep up
crat.
law railroad is one of these. It means a large and increasing
their lawns? I notice that the parking along the streets is filled.
Albany ÎMmornif
Mr an«t Mn.
revenue to our merchants and increased values to property own
with dry grass and weeds, instead of green grass and flowers
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Elrnnr
arriv«««! from
ers. But it will never be built unless the people of Eugene want
Saturiuy * vanirne Mr Riet havlBf
The city has a ragged, unkempt appearance. In my home city of
Washington, July 23.—Indications this afternoon are strong
h«*r»» f » h.iv«* rhtr<<*
it badly enough to put their money into it, and convince foreign
Lincoln years ago we issued bonds and paved the streets, people that the tariff conference committee will report in favor of the oí th«» offi<«» of th** Wui'-n (’orutnie«
capital of their faith in investments tending to develop the coun
for whom h«» *111 keep th®
caught the spirit and improved their property. Now we are reap following rates: Coal, 4 5 cents a ton; iron ore, 25 cents; lum Hon <*4» with
h««ur<|nar(« tn just
try.
ing the benefit of our investment in permanent improvements; ber, $1.25 per thousand feet; petroleum, free. There will be • f th«» I >«»tii«MTnt offl«<*
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the city is growing rapidly, there are 3000 students in the State more objection to the hide reduction than to any of the other
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EDUCATE THE CHILDREN
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University, and in all the country there is no more beautiful city. adjustments, it being proposed to make the rate seven per cent
My brother and myself want to come West, but we will not lo- advalorem.
Over 2,500,000 of the 17,000,000 school children enrolled
cate in a city where the people are not possessed of sufficient
In hopes that the conference committee on the tariff may be
in the United States have, during the school year just closed,
civic pride to keep their city clean, neat and attractive."
able to report by that time, the senate today adjourned until next
been systematically instructed concerning the dangers of con
Mr. Stewart is only one of many who have recently left Eu Monday instead of Tuesday, as would have been necessary under
sumption and the methods for its cure and prevention, accord
gene disappointed, for similar reasons, and the conditions they the unanimous agreement for three-day interims, pending the
ing to a statement recently issued by the National Association
complain of could easily be remedied by the property owners. It report of the conference committee.
for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
costs only a little time and work to make green lawns and to
Besides the 2,500,000 children thus regularly instructed in
A buaineas man of Salem
th«'
Five |M-<>pl<- are killed every month
keep the weeds and grass along the streets mowed down. All it Journal
of that city: "We will turn In New York City, on an averax«'. by
their schools, the National association estimates that fully 1,-
requires is the proper spirit of progress—a desire on one’s part loose and make Salem the city that It automobiles, and the people are get
000,000 more have received instruction at the various tubercu to render the full measure of his duty as a citizen.
should be; there will be hundreds of
All due to
teams and thousands of men employ ting tropical about It.
losis exhibits held in all parts of the country or in separate
reckless driving.
If we neglect these things, we will largely lose the benefit of ed here."
Benefit
who
classes and organizations.
the large sums spent in street paving, because streets alone do
Suffer
A number of investigations conducted in various parts of the
not make a city. These streets must be lined with modern busi-
world show that a large percentage of the children in the public
Minneapolis, Minn. "I wa»sm*««
j ness houses and neat, attractive homes which give evidence of
sufferer
»male tr< iblea w bMI
schools have tuberculosis before they are eighteen. That a lar contentment and prosperity.
C*UM*«1 a weakliM*
ger number of them do not die is due to the fact that healthy
and brokeii <lowo
In city-building there is no good stopping place. Eugene has
condition of th*
children are able to resist the attack of the consumption germ.
system. I read »
merely started on the road and will lose much of the advantage
niiicb of w hat l.vilia
On account of the prevalence of the disease among children the that should accrue from the paving of our streets if we relax our
E I•inkliain’» Veg
National association considers their education to be one of
etable Com pound
efforts now. Read the history of every live city, like that of
had «loin- for other
prime importance.
Lincoln, and you will find that the croakers predicted financial
anffertuK women J
In Boston a special commission which recently investigated bankruptcy because of public improvement and increasing taxes,
felt »tire it would
lielp me. and I n«»**t
the subject, found that over 5000 school children in that city but long since these croakers have been silenced. Seattle, Port
»ay it did In-lp
alone had positive cases of tuberculosis. In New York, a recent land, Boise, Los Angeles and many other cities are also living
wonderfully. »1
pain - all ft uie I
study showed over 25,000 tuberculosis children in the schools. examples of what persistent enterprise and untiring public spirit
frew stronger.and within thr« < mouth*
On the basis of these and other investigations, it is estimated by will do.
was a jterfectly well woman.
“1 want this letter made public to
certain authorities that there are nearly 1,000,000 school chil
•how the l>eneiit women may derivo
Those who wish to live in towns without a bonded indebted
from Lydia E. Pinkham'» Vegetablo
dren in the United States today who will probably die of tubercu ness, where taxes are low and there are no assessments for pub
<'omjHoind."— Mrs. .1«> h \ 'I M oi . da M,
losis before they have reached the age of eighteen. This would lic improvements must go to the sleepy villages, where property
2115 Second St.. North, Minm-apuli*.
Minn.
mean that the public schools of the country are paying annually values are also low, rentals hardly worth collecting, and the hum
Tlooisands of nnsolicite-l and tr»ntv
about $7,500,000 for the education of children who will die be of business activity seldom disturbs the peace and quietude of
In«» tettinionials like tin- alxo- |>r<»v*
th«» efficiency of Lydia E Pinkhnis*
fore they reach the age of eighteen. At least one-half of this their day dreams.
\ egetabl«» Compound, wliiili is mado
sickness, and possibly three-fourths of it, could be prevented if
exclusively from roots and herbs
The Guard feels that the people of Eugene are not yet fully
W’onien who sillier from those di*-
the municipal and state governments would adopt better and alive to the necessity of keeping up the campaign that was
tressing ill» iM»cnliar to theirsex .should
more hygienic methods of controlling and teaching the children, begun with the paving of our streets, in order to reap the bene,
not lose sight of these fact
,1"ll,
the ability of Ly<iia E I'inklmm*
and if the public in general were alive to the need for tuberculo fits which should accrue from this investment. They made a
Vegetable Compound to restore tbeil
sis prevention.
health.
mistake in voting down the proposition to build a city hall and
If you want special advice write
The National association declares that the best way to wipe I in refusing to make provision for the support of a creditable
«<» Mrs. Pinklimn, ut Lynn, Mass.
out consumption among the children is to educate both them band. We need these things and must have them to attract the
She will t rent your l«»t ter asst rictl.r
contl<l<»iitlnl. For 20 year»
and their parents so that they will know that tuberculosis is a desirable class of people necessary to make Eugene a city.
lias h«»en helping sick women in
communicable disease, that it can be cured, and that it must be They cost money, but the newcomer will help us pay the price
this way, free of charge. l>on I
b«-sitatc — w rite nt once.
prevented.
and do it willingly.
Every resident of Eugene must do his share in this campaign
TO AVOID FOREST FIRES
for a greater city. Each one must be imbued with’the idea that
; it is his duty to keep his premises clean and attractive, and to
! onaraM MaaaUn* la al| bnaakaa.
f .««
lina, anlaara. ■■■ albana«!« aia. all «-aaad o» «JJ
The Oregon state board of forestry has sent many notices bear willingly his share of the expense of public improvements.
I foaaXallna iba« kaa waa araa.aa« aawaa«
I araa,aal «a» aa» aro««». " * bal»
which should be read by all. These notices at this time of
What has already been done in the past thtree years has
the year are especially pertinent. The following is one of the doubled thp population of the city and more than doubled the
MGSES W. CORTRIGHT, HONEST POLICEMAN.
Ul|m_C0ll EOÍ.»¿LHNYd)gf 8°^
notices that have been widely distributed:
No mm ever retired from the New York police fore«» with n better rw-ord
market value of real property. Another three years of similar
hnn M oms W. Cortrlght, ex-chlef Inspector, who left the deportment recently
“Would you set fire to any man's house in your town?
effort will produce still greater results.
fter forty-two years’ service with never a lirvath of wrongdoing against him
HOUSE. w»
“If you saw his house afire would you pass it by without do-
The conclusion, therefore, must be that while it costs money Mten tltlef t’ortrlght announced his determination to retire Commissioner
pay thee’rr**
ing anything?
Write today «*
and requires persistent industry1 to build up a city, it pays in the dliM-ham lasued a general order to the police, calling attention to the enviable
'ecord that the vet.rau had won In his rise from patrwlman to the
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“Do you realize that timber is quite as valuable to the owner long run.
Ikye on the fore«.
—and much more so to the community and to you?
He can
IMPORTING
How many of our people are ready to enlist in this campaign
THE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For
of Women
from Female Ills
ALBANY
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'OREGON
UM «Mew «»Mt
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FeeUeed. OeeM«*